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On 11th January 1311 Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders (age 16) and Sophia Berthout Berthout were married. He the son of Reginald I Count Guelders (age 56) and Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders (age 39).
On 11th January 1350 King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 56) and Blanche Évreux Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 10th and 11th of January, 1358, Isabella (age 63) is visited by the Countess of Pembroke (age 41), the Countess of Kent (age 28), and Sir John de Wynewyk. Of these, the Countess of Pembroke has been already noticed. The Countess of Kent was Isabella, daughter of the Marquess of Juliers (age 59), and widow of John Plantagenet, Earl of Kent. Her husband had died in the year 13531; upon which she took the veil at Waverley [Map]; but afterwards, as Dugdale tells us, "quitting her profession, was clandestinely married to Sir Eustace Dabrischecourt." The name of this knight is usually written D'Ambreticourt. He was the son of Sir Sanchez D'Ambreticourt (age 28), Knight of the Garter, and a descendant of the poor knight of Ostrevant, in Hainault, in whose house Isabella found shelter on her dismissal from the court of her brother, Charles IV. of France, and whom, with his whole family, she had invited over into England, and had in various ways advanced. In reference to the Countess of Kent, Froissart says— "This lady was greatly attached to Sir Eustace D'Ambreticourt, for his gallant deeds of arms, which had been related to her: and she sent him coursers, hackneys, and letters full of love; which so much emboldened Sir Eustace, and spurred him to perform such feats of chivalry and of arms, that all those under him made fortunes." Dugdale tells us, in respect of the Countess's breach of her vows, that "she and her said husband, being personally convented before the said Archbishop of Canterbury in his manor house of Maghfeld," the Archbishop imposed on them a certain penance of prayers and alms very skilfully adapted to their offence.
Of Sir John de Wynewyk, I have been unable to learn anything of certainty. He appears to have been attached to the King's court, and was perhaps the medium employed for managing Isabella's affairs. He visited her and exchanged letters with her constantly.
Note 1. Possibly a mistake for 1352? John Plantagenet 3rd Earl Kent died 26 Dec 1352.
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On 11th January 1395 Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 26) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 25). She married 28th January 1405 her second cousin Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy, son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy.
On 11th January 1494 Domenico Ghirlandaio (age 45) died.
11th January 1513. Ferdinand King of Aragon (age 60) to Pedro De UREA, his Ambassador at the Imperial Court.
Shows that the treaty which the Cardinal of Gurk (age 45) has, with the consent of Urea and Vich, concluded at Rome, by excluding the Venetians, undoes all that has been done against France. Henceforth they must make no binding declaration without consulting Ferdinand. Had the English followed his plan they would now be masters of Guienne; and, like them, the Emperor has now hindered the accomplishment of his own wishes and made France stronger. Takes this as a command from God for Christian princes to unite in reforming the Church, and has therefore devised the measures explained in instructions sent by Beltrian. Gurk is to be shown the instructions, but not this letter. If the King of France (age 50) offers Madame Renée (age 2) as security, or offers to put fortresses in trust of third persons, Urea shall point out to the Emperor how little these offers are to be trusted. The marriage of Prince Charles (age 12) with the King of England's (age 21) sister (age 16) must not be broken off; or France will gain the King of England, to the detriment of Spain and the House of Burgundy. Another essential condition is that all acts of the schismatical Council be annulled. Is glad to hear of the meeting between the Emperor and the King of England, whose alliance is both the guarantee that France will keep peace if concluded and the most valuable support in case of war.
On 11th January 1546 Ernest I Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 48) died. His son William (age 10) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 11th January 1562. The xj day of January was bered in Suffoke my lade contes of Bayth wedow, and the last wyff to the sed erle, and late the wyff of ser Thomas Cutsun, and late to ser Recherd Longe knyght; with a grett banar of armes and vj banar-rolles of all mareges [marriages], and a x dosen skochyons of armes, and vj of sylke wrought with fyne gold.
Note. P. 275. Funeral of the countess of Bath. Margaret, only child of John Donnington, of Stoke Newington in Middlesex, married successively to sir Thomas Kytson, sir Richard Long, and John Bourchier earl of Bath. The last died in 1560. Her monument in Hengrave church, Suffolk, with recumbent effigies of herself and her three husbands, is engraved in Gage's History of that parish, 1822, 4to. p. 65; and in the same volume are several letters to and from her, an inventory of her property, her will, and an account of her funeral expenses, &c.
On 11th January 1564 Richard Southwell (age 61) died at Windham Manor, Norfolk. He was buried in the north side of the chancel of St Nicholas' Church, Woodrising [Map]. His will of 24 Jul 1561, to which he had added a codicil on the day of his death, was proved on 22 June by Norfolk, Thomas Cornwallis and Thomas aka Francis Gawdy (age 36). He bequeathed over 10,000 sheep to members of his family and left his personal armour to his 'cousin and friend' Henry Bedingfield (age 55) and other armour to the young 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 27), whom he named an executor
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl (age 21), was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater (age 29) and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys (age 38), of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor (age 18), youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven (age 57), and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 11th January 1619. The 11th my Lord (age 29) went to Knole.
On 11th January 1655 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk was born to Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk (age 26) and Anne Somerset Countess Norfolk (age 24). He married 8th August 1677 his third cousin twice removed Mary Mordaunt Duchess Norfolk, daughter of Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough and Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1660. Wednesday. Being at Will's with Captain Barker, who hath paid me £300 this morning at my office, in comes my father (age 58), and with him I walked, and leave him at W. Joyce's, and went myself to Mr. Crew's (age 62), but came too late to dine, and therefore after a game at shittle-cocks with Mr. Walgrave and Mr. Edward (age 12), I returned to my father, and taking him from W. Joyce's, who was not abroad himself, we inquired of a porter, and by his direction went to an alehouse, where after a cup or two we parted. I went towards London, and in my way went in to see Crowly, who was now grown a very great loon and very tame. Thence to Mr. Steven's with a pair of silver snuffers, and bought a pair of shears to cut silver, and so homeward again. From home I went to see Mrs. Jem, who was in bed, and now granted to have the smallpox. Back again, and went to the Coffee-house, but tarried not, and so home.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1661. Office day. This day comes news, by letters from Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], that the Princess Henrietta (age 16) is fallen sick of the meazles on board the London, after the Queen (age 51) and she was under sail. And so was forced to come back again into Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] harbour; and in their way, by negligence of the pilot, run upon the Horse Sand. The Queen and she continue aboard, and do not intend to come on shore till she sees what will become of the young Princess. This news do make people think something indeed, that three of the Royal Family should fall sick of the same disease, one after another.
John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1662. I dined at Arundel House [Map], where I heard excellent music performed by the ablest masters, both French and English, on theorbos, viols, organs, and voices, as an exercise against the coming of the Queen (age 23), purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my Lord Aubigny (age 42) her Majesty's Almoner to be) showed us his elegant lodging, and his wheel-chair for ease and motion, with divers other curiosities; especially a kind of artificial glass, or porcelain, adorned with relievos of paste, hard and beautiful. Lord Aubigny (brother to the Duke of Lennox) was a person of good sense, but wholly abandoned to ease and effeminacy.
John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1662. I received of Sir Peter Ball, the Queen's (age 52) attorney, a draft of an Act against the nuisance of the smoke of London, to be reformed by removing several trades which are the cause of it, and endanger the health of the King (age 31) and his people. It was to have been offered to the Parliament, as his Majesty commanded.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1663. After dinner comes a footman of my Lord Sandwich's (age 37) (my Lord being come to town last night) with a letter from my father, in which he presses me to carry on the business for Tom with his late mistress, which I am sorry to see my father do, it being so much out of our power or for his advantage, as it is clear to me it is, which I shall think of and answer in my next.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1664. Thence after dinner to White Hall, where the Duke (age 30) being busy at the Guinny business, the Duke of Albemarle (age 55), Sir W. Rider, Povy (age 50), Sir J. Lawson (age 49) and I to the Duke of Albemarle's lodgings, and there did some business, and so to the Court again, and I to the Duke of York's lodgings, where the Guinny company are choosing their assistants for the next year by ballotting.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1664. I heard the Duke of York (age 30) tell to-night, how letters are come that fifteen are condemned for the late plot1 by the judges at York; and, among others, Captain Oates, against whom it was proved that he drew his sword at his going out, and flinging away the scabbard, said that he would either return victor or be hanged.
Note 1. The 1663 Farneley Wood Plot.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1664. Thence to the Coffee-house, whither comes Sir W. Petty (age 40) and Captain Grant (age 43), and we fell in talke (besides a young gentleman, I suppose a merchant, his name Mr. Hill (age 34), that has travelled and I perceive is a master in most sorts of musique and other things) of musique; the universal character; art of memory; Granger's counterfeiting of hands and other most excellent discourses to my great content, having not been in so good company a great while, and had I time I should covet the acquaintance of that Mr. Hill. This morning I stood by the King (age 33) arguing with a pretty Quaker woman, that delivered to him a desire of hers in writing. The King showed her Sir J. Minnes (age 64), as a man the fittest for her quaking religion, saying that his beard was the stiffest thing about him, and again merrily said, looking upon the length of her paper, that if all she desired was of that length she might lose her desires; she modestly saying nothing till he begun seriously to discourse with her, arguing the truth of his spirit against hers; she replying still with these words, "O King!" and thou'd him all along.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1666. Up and to the office. By and by to the Custome House to the Farmers, there with a letter of Sir G. Carteret's (age 56) for £3000, which they ordered to be paid me. So away back again to the office, and at noon to dinner all of us by invitation to Sir W. Pen's (age 44), and much other company. Among others, Lieutenant of the Tower (age 51), and Broome, his poet, and Dr. Whistler, and his (Sir W. Pen's) son-in-law Lowder (age 25), servant [lover] to Mrs. Margaret Pen, and Sir Edward Spragg (age 46), a merry man, that sang a pleasant song pleasantly. Rose from table before half dined, and with Mr. Mountney of the Custome House to the East India House, and there delivered to him tallys for £3000 and received a note for the money on Sir R. Viner (age 35).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1668. Lay some time, talking with my wife in bed about Pall's (age 27) business, and she do conclude to have her married here, and to be merry at it; and to have W. Hewer (age 26), and Batelier, and Mercer, and Willet bridemen and bridemaids, and to be very merry; and so I am glad of it, and do resolve to let it be done as soon as I can. So up, and to the office, where all the morning busy, and thence home to dinner, and from dinner with Mercer, who dined with us, and wife and Deb. to the King's house, there to see "The Wild-goose Chase", which I never saw, but have long longed to see it, being a famous play, but as it was yesterday I do find that where I expect most I find least satisfaction, for in this play I met with nothing extraordinary at all, but very dull inventions and designs. Knepp come and sat by us, and her talk pleased me a little, she telling me how Mis Davis (age 20) is for certain going away from the Duke's house, the King (age 37) being in love with her; and a house is taken for her, and furnishing; and she hath a ring given her already worth £600: that the King did send several times for Nelly (age 17), and she was with him, but what he did she knows not; this was a good while ago, and she says that the King first spoiled Mrs. Weaver, which is very mean, methinks, in a Prince, and I am sorry for it, and can hope for no good to the State from having a Prince so devoted to his pleasure. She told me also of a play shortly coming upon the stage, of Sir Charles Sidly's (age 28), which, she thinks, will be called "The Wandering Ladys", a comedy that, she thinks, will be most pleasant; and also another play, called "The Duke of Lerma"; besides "Catelin", which she thinks, for want of the clothes which the King promised them, will not be acted for a good while.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th January 1669. Thence to the New Exchange, to buy some things; and, among others, my wife did give me my pair of gloves, which, by contract, she is to give me in her £30 a-year. Here Mrs. Smith tells us of the great murder thereabouts, on Saturday last, of one Captain Bumbridge, by one Symons, both of her acquaintance; and hectors that were at play, and in drink: the former is killed, and is kinsman1 to my Lord of Ormond (age 58), which made him speak of it with so much passion, as I overheard him this morning, but could not make anything of it till now, but would they would kill more of them.
Note 1. Captain Francis Bromwich's mother Ann was half-sister of the Duke of Ormond's mother Elizabeth Poyntz (age 82).
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1693. The Bishop of Lincoln (age 56) preached in the afternoon at the Tabernacle near Golden Square, set up by him. Proposals of a marriage between Mr. Draper and my daughter Susanna (age 24). Hitherto an exceedingly warm winter, such as has seldom been known, and portending an unprosperous spring as to the fruits of the earth; our climate requires more cold and winterly weather. The dreadful and astonishing earthquake swallowing up Catania, and other famous and ancient cities, with more than 100,000 persons in Sicily [Map], on 11th January last, came now to be reported among us.
John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 1694. Supped at Mr. Edward Sheldon's, where was Mr. Dryden (age 62), the poet, who now intended to write no more plays, being intent on his translation of Virgil. He read to us his prologue and epilogue to his valedictory play now shortly to be acted.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 11th January 1695 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch was born to James Scott (age 20) and Henrietta Hyde Countess Dalkeith (age 18). On 20th January 1695 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch was baptised at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married (1) 5th April 1720 his second cousin Jane Douglas, daughter of James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry and Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury, and had issue (2) 4th September 1744 Alice Powell Duchess Buccleuch.
After 11th January 1701 Monument to Thomas Brotherton (deceased).
On 11th January 1716 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby was born to John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 67) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 36). He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 11th January 1744 Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 62) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 2nd Duke Bridgewater, 5th Earl Bridgewater, 6th Viscount Brackley, 6th Baron Ellesmere.
On 11th January 1762 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 59) died. He was buried in St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. His funeral was attended by Joshua Reynolds (age 38) among many others. His apprentice Nicholas Read (age 29) took over his studio at 66 St Martin's Lane.
On 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 73) died at the family's London House, 4 Saint James' Square. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel (age 45) succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] on 21st January 1797. Her will stated that she was to be buried in the vault "in as private a manner as may be consistent with proper decency. A Hearse with six horses, without any Ornament or Escutcheons and two Coaches with six horses each will be sufficient, without any Family Coach or Livery Servant. I would not have the Church hung with black or any Escutcheons to be used there nor any mourning rings given". It went on to give £50 to the poor of Flitton with Silsoe and of Clophill. She also gave her servant Jane Band an annuity of £40 per annum. She also stated: "It is my intention to erect a Monument in the Church at Flitton to the memory of my late Lord. If it shall happen that I do not carry this my intention into execution I then direct that one shall be placed there to his memory and mine plain and neat in the design but not magnificent or expensive and that the same be placed in the Division now empty on the right hand side of the Duke of Kent's Monument". In fact she did raise Hardwicke's monument in his lifetime as it states that she did so and 'waits to follow him'. The eulogy on the monument reads: "Her excellent & cultivated understanding, her serene & benevolent temper, her polished manners, her domestic virtues and exemplary piety will ever be revered and regretted by her children, relations and friends". In a codicil to her will she wrote: "I desire my Body to be kept as long as is proper and then buried with Lime in the Coffin to promote a speedier dissolution". She also willed "If any letters or papers are found in my handwriting which have been returned to me from Friends I correspond with not burnt (which it is my intention to do) I desire my Executrix will burn them".
Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.
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On 11th January 1800 Charles Nevinson Howard (age 24) died in a shooting accident at Holker Hall, Cartmel.
On 11th January 1812 Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 65) died. His son Charles (age 39) succeeded 4th Duke Buccleuch, 6th Duke Queensberry, 4th Earl Doncaster, 4th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 38) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.
On 11th January 1821 John Henry Campbell was born to John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll (age 43) and Joan Glassel (age 46).
On 11th January 1837 François Gérard (age 66) died.
Ten Years' Digging. January 11th [1848]. The cutting was carried forwards to the intended limit beyond the centre of the barrow, yielding in its progress more animal bones, a dog's tooth, numerous calcined flakes of flint, and a neatly formed arrow head of the same substance.
On 11th January 1855 Eva Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 35) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 27) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.
On 11th January 1877 Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk was born to Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell 11th Lord Herries (age 39) and Angela Mary Charlotte Fitzalan Howard Lady Herries. She married 5th February 1904 her first cousin once removed Henry Fitzalan Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Granville Fitzalan 14th Duke of Norfolk and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.
The London Gazette 25308. Whitehall, January 11, 1884. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for appointing Ernest Augustus Charles, Marquess of Ailesbury (age 73), to be Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Berks, in the room of George Grimston, Earl of Craven, deceased.
On 11th January 1900 Archibald James Leofric Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (age 36) died from wounds received a week before at Wagon Hill during the Siege of Ladysmith.
On 11th January 1923 Constantine I King Greece (age 54) died.
On 11th January 1931 Giovanni Boldini (age 88) died. The New York Times: "Boldini was a fashionable portrait painter. He 'did' all the grandes dames of Paris, and at a certain period to have a portrait painted by Boldini was a crowning event of social season. His style was racy and advanced for his time, and he believed that his décolleté paintings touched the extreme limit of convention. His work was the talk of numerous salons. And then he was superseded by Vandongens and Etcheverrys and Domergues and others whose daring shocked and discouraged Boldini. He had not painted for many years before his death. His body was taken to Ferrara, his native city, for burial."
On 11th January 1934 María del Rosario de Silva Duchess of Alba (age 33) died of tuberculosis.
After 11th January 1955. Memorial at St Columb's Church, St Columb. On 11 January 1955, two squadron Shackleton MR.2s (WG531 and WL743) disappeared while operating near Fastnet Rock. Both missing believed to have collided. Eighteen aircrew missing presumed killed. The two Shackletons departed on a routine exercise off Fastnet Rock on the southwest Irish coast. The two maritime patrol aircraft took off from RAF St Eval at 10:14 and 10:20 respectively to carry out search exercises as part of their 15-hour patrol. Radio messages received from the two airplanes through 20:00 that night indicated that they were flying at the prescribed 85 mi (137 km) distance from one another, despite their having departed St. Eval with only six minutes' separation. From 20:58 all contact was lost. A three-day search was conducted, but both aircraft remained missing without a trace, leading to the assumption that there had been a mid-air collision. In 1966, the starboard outer (No. 4) engine of WL743 was recovered about 75 miles north of where authorities had long assumed the collision had occurred.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 11th January 1395 Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 26) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 25). She married 28th January 1405 her second cousin Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy, son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy.
On 11th January 1591 Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex was born to Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 25) and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 24). He married (1) 1603 his fourth cousin Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset, daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (2) 11th March 1630 his fourth cousin Elizabeth Paulet Countess Essex.
On 11th January 1597 Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes was born to John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar (age 35) and Mary Stewart Countess Mar (age 15) at Stirling Castle [Map]. She married 28th December 1614 John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and had issue.
On 11th January 1620 Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton was born to Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester (age 21) and Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester. She married before 1646 Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester, son of Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton, and had issue.
On 11th January 1630 Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth was born to Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 30) and Penelope Godolphin Viscountess Fitzhardinge. He married 1664 Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset.
On 11th January 1640 Robert Burdett 3rd Baronet was born to Francis Burdett 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Elizabeth Walter. He married (1) 1666 Mary Pigot (2) 1676 Magdalen Aston, daughter of Thomas Aston 1st Baronet and Anne Willoughby Lady Aston, and had issue (3) after 1694 Mary Brome Lady Burdett.
On 11th January 1655 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk was born to Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk (age 26) and Anne Somerset Countess Norfolk (age 24). He married 8th August 1677 his third cousin twice removed Mary Mordaunt Duchess Norfolk, daughter of Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough and Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough.
On 3rd January 1657 Heneage Finch 5th Earl Winchilsea was born to Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 29) and Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea (age 20). He was baptised on 11th January 1657. He married 15th May 1684 Anne Kingsmill Countess Winchelsea.
On 11th January 1659 Ambrose Browne was born to Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Philippa Cooper Lady Browne.
On 11th January 1668 John Egerton was born to John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater (age 21) and Elizabeth Cranfield. He died aged two in 1670.
On 11th January 1694 Eleonore Antoine Hesse-Kassel was born to Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 39) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 40). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%. She died aged less than one years old.
On 11th January 1695 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch was born to James Scott (age 20) and Henrietta Hyde Countess Dalkeith (age 18). On 20th January 1695 Francis Scott 2nd Duke Buccleuch was baptised at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married (1) 5th April 1720 his second cousin Jane Douglas, daughter of James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry and Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury, and had issue (2) 4th September 1744 Alice Powell Duchess Buccleuch.
On 11th January 1697 William Capell 3rd Earl Essex was born to Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex (age 26) and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex (age 17). He married (1) 27th November 1718 his fourth cousin Jane Hyde Countess Essex, daughter of Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon and Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon, and had issue (2) after January 1724 his fourth cousin Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex, daughter of Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford, and had issue.
On 11th January 1716 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby was born to John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 67) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 36). He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 11th January 1727 Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (age 28) and Dorothy Bowyer at Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire. He married 18th May 1752 Elizabeth Wynn Lady Gresley and had issue.
On 11th January 1751 Anne Croker 1st Baroness Crofton was born. She married before 23rd October 1778 Edward Crofton 2nd Baronet, son of Marcus Lowther-Crofton 1st Baronet and Catherine Crofton, and had issue.
On 11th January 1771 John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse was born to John Wodehouse 1st Baron Wodehouse (age 29) and Sophia Berkeley Baroness Wodehouse (age 24). He married 1796 Charlotte Norris Baroness Woodhouse and had issue.
On 11th January 1776 Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle was born to Edward Southwell 20th Baron Clifford (age 37). She married 9th April 1792 William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle, son of George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle and Anne Miller Countess Albermarle, and had issue.
On 11th January 1803 Dudley Coutts Stuart was born to John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 58) and Frances Coutts Marchioness Bute.
On 11th January 1805 Maria Augusta Windham Countess Listowel was born to Vice Admiral William Lukin Windham (age 36) and Anne Sara Thellusson (age 30) at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk. She married (1) before 5th February 1830 George Thomas Wyndham of Cromer Hall Norfolk and had issue (2) 23rd July 1831 William Hare 2nd Earl Listowel and had issue.
On 11th January 1807 Bishop Charles Baring was born to Thomas Baring 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Mary Ursula Sealy Lady Baring (age 33).
On 11th January 1810 Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke was born to Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 34) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 37). She married August 1833 Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke and had issue.
On 11th January 1812 Blanche Georgiana Howard was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 38) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 28). She married 1829 her second cousin William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire and had issue.
On 11th January 1814 Theresa Anna Maria Fox-Strangways Baroness Digby was born to Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester (age 26) and Caroline Leonora Murray Countess Ilchester. She married 1837 Edward St Vincent Digby 9th and 3rd Baron Digby and had issue.
On 11th January 1818 William Twisden 9th Baronet was born to William Twisden (age 19).
On 11th January 1821 John Henry Campbell was born to John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll (age 43) and Joan Glassel (age 46).
On 11th January 1825 Isaac Newton Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth was born to Newton Wallop aka Fellowes 4th Earl of Portsmouth (age 52) and Catherine Fortescue Countess Portsmouth (age 38). He married 15th February 1855 his third cousin once removed Eveline Howard Herbert Countess Portsmouth, daughter of Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon, and had issue.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 11th January 1825 Thomas Fermor-Hesketh 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Hesketh 4th Baronet (age 25) and Annette Maria Bomford Lady Hesketh (age 26). He married 1846 Arabella Fermor Lady Hesketh, daughter of Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret and Amabel Elizabeth Borough Countess of Pomfret, and had issue.
On 11th January 1855 Eva Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 35) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 27) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.
On 11th January 1859 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston was born to Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon 4th Baron Scarsdale (age 27) and Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale (age 21). He married (1) 22nd April 1895 Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston and had issue (2) 2nd January 1917 Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston.
On 11th January 1877 Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk was born to Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell 11th Lord Herries (age 39) and Angela Mary Charlotte Fitzalan Howard Lady Herries. She married 5th February 1904 her first cousin once removed Henry Fitzalan Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Granville Fitzalan 14th Duke of Norfolk and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.
On 11th January 1933 Caroline Anne Pole-Carew was born to John Pole-Carew 12th Baronet (age 30) and Cynthia Mary Burns Lady Pole (age 24). She married 16th July 1963 Paul Asquith.
On 11th January 1950 Richard Thomas Legh 5th Baron Newton was born to Peter Legh 4th Baron Newton (age 34) and Priscilla Egerton-Warburton (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 11th January 1311 Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders (age 16) and Sophia Berthout Berthout were married. He the son of Reginald I Count Guelders (age 56) and Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders (age 39).
On 11th January 1350 King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 56) and Blanche Évreux Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Margaret Capet Countess Valois. They were half first cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 11th January 1673 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 20) and Mary Rich (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick.
On 11th January 1755 William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth (age 23) and Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth.
On 11th January 1894 John Shiffner 5th Baronet (age 36) and Elsie Burrows were married.
On 11th January 1372 Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 53) died at Arundel [Map]. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map].
On 11th January 1374 Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 70) died at Greystoke, Cumberland. She was buried at Durham Cathedral [Map].
On 11th January 1425 Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 67) died at Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire [Map]. He was buried at Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire [Map]. His son William (age 26) succeeded 4th Baron Fitzhugh. Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh (age 28) by marriage Baroness Fitzhugh.
On 11th January 1464 William Marrow (age 54) died.
On 11th January 1494 Domenico Ghirlandaio (age 45) died.
On 11th January 1546 Ernest I Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 48) died. His son William (age 10) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 12th December 1561 Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 52) died at Stoke Newington [Map]. She was buried on 11th January 1562 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave; see Henry Machyn's Diary.
On 11th January 1564 Richard Southwell (age 61) died at Windham Manor, Norfolk. He was buried in the north side of the chancel of St Nicholas' Church, Woodrising [Map]. His will of 24 Jul 1561, to which he had added a codicil on the day of his death, was proved on 22 June by Norfolk, Thomas Cornwallis and Thomas aka Francis Gawdy (age 36). He bequeathed over 10,000 sheep to members of his family and left his personal armour to his 'cousin and friend' Henry Bedingfield (age 55) and other armour to the young 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 27), whom he named an executor
On 11th January 1629 Thomas Haselrigge 1st Baronet (age 65) died. His son Arthur (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Haselrigge of Noseley Hall in Leicestershire.
On 28th December 1660 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe (age 38) died. On 11th January 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas (age 62) succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.
On 11th January 1668 Thomas Pope 3rd Earl Downe (age 70) died.
On 11th January 1700 Elizabeth Gerard Baroness Gerard (age 41) died.
On 11th January 1719 John Wynn 5th Baronet (age 91) died without issue. Baronet Wynn of Gwydir extinct. He bequeathed his estates, the second or third largest in Wales, to his second-cousin once-removed Jane Thelwall, who had predeceased him, daughter of his great-aunt Sydney Wynn (age 79). By doing so the his estates and the Williams estates of her former husband William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet (age 54), also the second or third largest in Wales, were combined into the largest estate in Wales which far execeeded any other. At this time William Williams-Wynn 2nd Baronet changed his surname from Williams to Williams-Wynn.
On 11th January 1744 Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 62) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 2nd Duke Bridgewater, 5th Earl Bridgewater, 6th Viscount Brackley, 6th Baron Ellesmere.
On 11th January 1744 James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn (age 57) died. His son James (age 31) succeeded 8th Earl Abercorn.
On 11th January 1762 Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 59) died. He was buried in St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. His funeral was attended by Joshua Reynolds (age 38) among many others. His apprentice Nicholas Read (age 29) took over his studio at 66 St Martin's Lane.
On 11th January 1769 Thomas Style 4th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Charles succeeded 5th Baronet Style of Wateringbury in Kent.
On 11th January 1794 Bishop John Hinchliffe (age 63) died. He was buried in Peterborough Cathedral [Map].
On 11th January 1794 Bishop John Hinchcliffe (age 63) died. He was buried at Peterborough Cathedral [Map].
On 11th January 1794 Caroline Campbell 1st Baroness Greenwich (age 76) died. Baron Greenwich extinct since her
On 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 73) died at the family's London House, 4 Saint James' Square. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel (age 45) succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] on 21st January 1797. Her will stated that she was to be buried in the vault "in as private a manner as may be consistent with proper decency. A Hearse with six horses, without any Ornament or Escutcheons and two Coaches with six horses each will be sufficient, without any Family Coach or Livery Servant. I would not have the Church hung with black or any Escutcheons to be used there nor any mourning rings given". It went on to give £50 to the poor of Flitton with Silsoe and of Clophill. She also gave her servant Jane Band an annuity of £40 per annum. She also stated: "It is my intention to erect a Monument in the Church at Flitton to the memory of my late Lord. If it shall happen that I do not carry this my intention into execution I then direct that one shall be placed there to his memory and mine plain and neat in the design but not magnificent or expensive and that the same be placed in the Division now empty on the right hand side of the Duke of Kent's Monument". In fact she did raise Hardwicke's monument in his lifetime as it states that she did so and 'waits to follow him'. The eulogy on the monument reads: "Her excellent & cultivated understanding, her serene & benevolent temper, her polished manners, her domestic virtues and exemplary piety will ever be revered and regretted by her children, relations and friends". In a codicil to her will she wrote: "I desire my Body to be kept as long as is proper and then buried with Lime in the Coffin to promote a speedier dissolution". She also willed "If any letters or papers are found in my handwriting which have been returned to me from Friends I correspond with not burnt (which it is my intention to do) I desire my Executrix will burn them".
Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.
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On 11th January 1812 Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 65) died. His son Charles (age 39) succeeded 4th Duke Buccleuch, 6th Duke Queensberry, 4th Earl Doncaster, 4th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 38) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.
On 11th January 1817 Francis North 4th Earl Guildford (age 55) died. His brother Frederick (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Guildford, 7th Baron Guildford.
On 11th January 1837 François Gérard (age 66) died.
On 11th January 1841 Anne Buck Lady Wood died.
On 11th January 1876 Mary Tyrell Lady Champion de Crespigny (age 53) died.
On 11th January 1890 Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet (age 76) died. His son Edward (age 28) succeeded 5th Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.
On 11th January 1892 George Robert Osborn 6th Baronet (age 78) died. His grandson Algernon (age 21) succeeded 7th Baronet Osborn of Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
On 11th January 1900 Henry Bruce Meux 3rd Baronet (age 43) died without issue. Baronet Meux of Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire extinct.
On 11th January 1923 Constantine I King Greece (age 54) died.
On 11th January 1931 Giovanni Boldini (age 88) died. The New York Times: "Boldini was a fashionable portrait painter. He 'did' all the grandes dames of Paris, and at a certain period to have a portrait painted by Boldini was a crowning event of social season. His style was racy and advanced for his time, and he believed that his décolleté paintings touched the extreme limit of convention. His work was the talk of numerous salons. And then he was superseded by Vandongens and Etcheverrys and Domergues and others whose daring shocked and discouraged Boldini. He had not painted for many years before his death. His body was taken to Ferrara, his native city, for burial."
On 11th January 1939 Edward Arthur Palk 5th Baron Haldon (age 85) died. Baron Haldon of Haldon in Devon extinct. His second cousin Wilmot (age 62) succeeded 9th Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon.
On 11th January 1943 Walter Geoffrey Shakerley 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. His brother George (age 79) succeeded 4th Baronet Shakerley of Somerford-Park in Cheshire. Evelyn Mary France-Hayhurst Lady Shakerley (age 73) by marriage Lady Shakerley of Somerford-Park in Cheshire.
On 11th January 1960 Major Wilfred Barrow 5th Baronet (age 62) died. His son Richard (age 26) succeeded 6th Baronet Barrow of Ulverstone in Lancashire.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 11th January 1967 Algar de Clifford Charles Meysey-Thompson 3rd Baronet (age 81) died. Baronet Meysey-Thompson of Kirby Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire extinct. There was a potential 4th Baronet, (Humphrey) Simon Meysey-Thompson 1935–2002, who never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
On 11th January 1975 Victor Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 5th Countess Minto (age 83) died.
On 11th January 1997 Michael Henry Croft 2nd Baron Croft (age 80) died. His son Bernard (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Croft of Bournemouth in Hampshire, 3rd Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire.