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11 May is in May.
1068 Coronation of Queen Matilda
1429 Joan of Arc and Charles VII meet at Loches
11th May 1477 Execution of George Duke of Clarence's Servants
1536 Trial of Brereton, Norris, Smeaton, and Weston
1685 Execution of the Wigtown Martyrs
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 664. This year the sun was eclipsed, on the eleventh of May; and Erkenbert, King of Kent, having died, Egbert his son succeeded to the kingdom. Colman with his companions this year returned to his own country. This same year there was a great plague in the island Britain, in which died Bishop Tuda, who was buried at Wayleigh-Chad and Wilferth were consecrated-And Archbishop Deus-dedit died.
On 11th May 1068 Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 37) was crowned Queen Consort England at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 11th May 1068. This Easter came the king (age 40) to Winchester, Hampshire [Map]; and Easter was then on the tenth before the calends of April. Soon after this came the Lady Matilda (age 37) hither to this land; and Archbishop Eldred hallowed her to queen at Westminster on Whit Sunday.
Flowers of History. 11th May 1068. Matilda (age 37), the wife of king William (age 40), was consecrated queen on the day of Pentecost, by Aeldred, archbishop of York, on the twenty-second of March. [Note. The date a mistake. Pentecost the fiftieth day after Easter so usually in May. Pentcost known as White Sunday, or Whit-Sunday.] This year also, William had a son born in England, who was called Henry. For his first-born, William Rufus (age 12), and also Robert (age 17), were born in Normandy, before their father had conquered England.
On 11th May 1183 Archbishop Walter de Coutances was elected Bishop of Lincoln being selected by King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 50) over three other candidates.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year [1311], on the eleventh day of May, at York in the cathedral church, by the special mandate of the lord pope, the lord archbishop held a provincial council. He preached, and his theme was: "All these who are gathered have come to you." When the sermon was finished, he recited and caused to be read the bull of the lord pope, by which he had been summoned to the general council which the lord pope had ordained to be held in the coming month of October at Vienne. He also caused to be read the following dreadful bull against the Knights Templar, who, by order of the same lord pope, had first been seized by all the kings, in every land throughout the whole world, all on one day, namely on the Wednesday within the octave of the Epiphany of the Lord, in the year of the Lord 1307, and assigned to secure custody. All their lands were confiscated; nor did they have in England, out of all their possessions, more than four pence per day for each man from the king's purse. The text of the papal bull is as follows.
Eodem anno undecimo die Maii apud Eborum in ecclesia cathedrali, ex mandato speciali domini papæ, tenuit dominus archiepiscopus concilium provinciale. Prædicavitque, et erat suum thema; "Omnes isti congregati venerunt tibi;" factoque sermone, recitavit et legi fecit bullam domini papæ, qua citatus fuerat ad concilium generale, quod fieri et teneri ordinaverat dominus papa mense Octobris proximo sequente apud Viennam, legique fecit sequentem bullam horribilem contra Persecution Templarios, qui, ex ordinatione ipsius domini Knights papæ, per universos reges in singulis terris per universum orbem capti primo fuerant, omnes in uno die, die scilicet Mercurii infra octavas Epiphaniæ Domini, anno ejusdem Domini MCCCVII et certæ custodia deputati. Omnesque terræ illorum erant confiscate; nec habebant in Anglia ex omnibus bonis suis, nisi singuli eorum singulis diebus quatuor denarios ex bursa regis. Tenor bullæ papalis talis est.
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On 11th May 1313 Archbishop Robert Winchelsey (age 68) died.
On 11th May 1366 Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 49) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 19) at Prague. She married (1) 20th January 1382 her fourth cousin King Richard II of England, son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales.
On 11th May 1395 Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan (age 43) was created 1st Duke Milan by Wenceslaus IV of Behemia King Romans (age 34) for 100,000 florins. Caterina Visconti Duke Milan (age 34) by marriage Duchess Milan.
In October 1421 King Henry V of England (age 35) commenced the Siege of Meaux. John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke (age 57) fought. His son John Cornwall (age 18) was killed; his head being blown off by a cannon ball witnessed by his father. Meaux [Map] was eventually captured on 11th May 1422.
On 11th May 1429 following her success at Orléans Joan of Arc (age 17) met Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 26) at the Royal Lodge, Loches where she persuaded him to be crowned at Reims Cathedral.
On 11th May 1433 William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 58) and Margarethe La Marck (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 59) and Marie Valois Duchess Cleves (age 40). He the son of John Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
11th May 1477 two servants of George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) were hanged at Tyburn [Map] for being sorcerers and planning the murder of Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick (age 42).
John Stacy and Thomas Burdett of Arrow in Warwickshire (age 52) were hanged.
Annales of England by John Stow. 11th May 1477. This yeere T. Burdet (age 52) an esquire of Arrow in Warwickshire son to sir Nichoas Burdet (who was great butler of Normandy in Henrie the sixths days) was beheaded (as was said) for a word spoken, in this sort. K. Edw. in his progresse hunted in T. Burdet's parke at Arrow, and slew many of his deere, amongst the which one was a white bucke, thereof T. Burdet made great account, & therefore when be understood thereof, he wished the bucks head in his belly that moved [?] the King to kill it. Which tale being told to the king, Burdes was apprehended and accused of treason, for wishing the bucks head horns & all in the kings belly. This was the report, and true it is (though some have said the contrarie) that there was a parke at Arrow; for king Edward the third, in the seventh year of his reign, gave licence to Rob. Burdet to inclose his wood of Arrow into his parke (as appeareth by patten in record;) And the Record also showeth that the said Thomas Burdet was accused of poisoning, sorcery and enchantment, for the which he was attained, by Parliament condemned, drawn from the Tower of London to Tiborne, and there beheaded, and then buried in the Grey Friars church at London. This Thomas Burdet (by licence obtained of Edward the fourth in the twelth year of his reign) alientated his lands from his eldest son, and true heir, to others at his pleasure, whereof he after sore repented him: And being drawn from the Tower toward his end (as is afore showed) espying his said eldest son in West Cheape, over against the hospital of Thomas Becket, he procured himself to be stayed, and there asked his son forgiveness, confessiong, himself grievously to have offended God, in wronging him of his inheritance, which he took to be the cause that God had so justly plagued him, by the Princes pleasure, to come to such an end.
On 11th May 1509 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (deceased) was buried in the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Henry Willoughby (age 58) and Anthony Wingfield (age 22) attended. The ladies given mantelets and kerchiefs were as follows:
Household of Mary Tudor:
Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 13).
Catherine York Countess Devon (age 29).
Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex (age 30). Possibly Margaret Whetehill.
Anne Percy (age 65) or Anne Percy Countess Arundel (age 23).
Elizabeth Hussey Countess Kent.
Eleanor Pole (age 47).
Elizabeth Empson.
Mary Scrope (age 33).
Jane Popincourt.
Household of the Princess of Wales Catherine of Aragon:
Catherine of Aragon (age 23).
Agnes or Inez Vanegas.
Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby (age 19).
Household of Margaret Beaufort the King's Mother:
Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 65).
Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 46).
Mary Hussey Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 25).
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Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1509. 11th May 1509. 20. Henry VII.'s Funeral.
"Th'entierment of the moost excellent prynce King Henry the vijth."
A book beginning with a long list of lengths and prices of black cloth bought from 56 merchants (named). Then follow the prices of "manteletts" and "kercheffes" allowed to the Princess of Castell, Lady Kateryne, Lady Fytzwater, Lady Anne Percy, the lady of Kent, Lady Gordon, Lady Verney, Lady Marzen, Mrs. Redyng, Mrs. Catysby, Mrs. Denes (or Denyse), Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Jarnyngham, Mrs. Bucknam, Mrs. Popyncourt, Mrs. Kateryn and Mrs. Sapcott, and their gentlewomen; to the Princess of Wales and her two ladies, Dame Agnes Vanegas and Dame Maria de Gavara, four gentlewomen, Katerina Fortes, Maria Saleinas, John de Quero's wife and Kateryn Montaya, and two chamberers, Kateryn de Gavara and Esabell de Vanegas; to the King's "grauntdame," Lady Jane, Lady Wylloughby, Mrs. Clyfford, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Stanhop, Mrs. Jane, Mrs. Ratclyff, to the two gentlewomen of these ladies and to Perott Doren and Jane Walter, chamberers of the King's granddame. Next come payments to goldsmiths, tailors, &c., for hearse covering, palls, robes, coffin cloths, gowns "for 9 henxmen and the M." (master) and for many poor men, the carriage of stuff to Richmond, and provision of hangings there. Then come payments amounting to £25, mainly for saddlery for the Princesses of Wales and Castell, headed as made by warrant dated 15 May 1 Henry VIII. and some further payments for hearses at St. Paul's and Westminster and for a cloth of estate for the high altar at Greenwich; followed by "The Boke of Peynters," showing payments for "scochyns," coats of arms, banners, "banerolles," "pencelles," "magesties," "rachementes" and borders, made by Mr. Broun, Rogecrosse, William Whytyng, John Wolff, John Wanlesse, Thomas Grene, Richard Rowanger and others (named). Then come expenses at Richmond, St. Paul's and Westminster showing amount and cost of material, names and wages of workmen &c. (£1,557s. of Poleyn wax was used on the hearse at Pawles and £3,606s. at Westminster), and bills of the purchase of torches (weights given) and expenses in the Stable.
Next (at f. 112b.) in an account of "Almose yeven by dyverse doctours," viz.:—Dr. Ednam: alms by the way from Richmond to London by the hands of Dr. Hobbys and the Under-almoner, £22; alms to King's chaplains, £23; and other payments for alms distributed betweene Paules and Westminster, given to 60 country churches, wages of torchbearers and £10 each to the choirs of Paules and Westminster; total, £102 Dr. Bekensawe: distributed to poor people at the Clynke 28 and 29 April and 9, 10 and 11 May and to impotent people of the city and suburbs nominated by their curates, total £447 9s. 8d. Similar distributions by Dr. Rawlyns, £463 16d., and Dr. Honywood, £520 at Ledon Hall and Seynt Mary Spetyll; by Dr. Lupton, at Westminster, £386 5s. 4d.; and on 5 May, by Dr. Lupton, to 39 prisoners delivered out of Newgate, Ludgate, Counter in the Pultrye, Counter in Bredestrete and the King's Bench, £34 3s.
At f. 114 begins an account of expenditure of provisions at the Bishop of London's palace and at Westminster by the various departments of the Household.
Then, after specifying the mourning clothing allowed to ladies and lords of every degree, at f. 119 comes:—
f. 119. "Livery given as well to archbishops, dukes, bishops, earls, lords, knights, chaplains, squires, gentlemen, yeomen, grooms and pages and other officers as to the King's grauntdame, the princesses of Walis and Castell, the Queen's sister, 'merqueses,' Countesses, Viscountesses, baronesses, knights' wives, gentlewomen, chamberers, with their servants as well men as women, against the interment of" &c. Henry VII., who died 21 April in the 24th year of his reign and was buried at Westminster 11 May following.
[The amount of cloth allowed to themselves and their servants is in each case given, the total length being 18,311¾ yds.]
f. 119b.
Bishops: York, Winchester,* London. Earls: Treasurer,* Essex, Kent, Derbie. Barons: Harry Stafford, John Grey, Richard Grey, Anthony Grey, Delaware, Willoughby, Dacres of the South, Ferrers, Barnes, Dacres of the North, Chamberlain*, Darcy, Sir John Huse, Comptroller of the King's House. Knights: Sir David Owyn, Sir Edward Stanley, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir Matthew Broun, Sir Richard Lewys, Sir John Huddilston, Sir Rob. Sheffeld, Sir Th. Bryan, Sir William Vampage, Sir Edward Darell, Sir Rob. Southwell, Sir John Bothe, Sir Walter Hungerford. Gentlemen-ushers: Rob. Knolles, Henry Wentworth, Francis Barnard, (blank) Kermynow.
f. 120. Bishops: Chichester, Chester, Rochester. Lords: Howard, Fitzwater, Mr. Secretary*, Lord Clynton. Knights: Sir Th. Tirrell, Sir Hugh Vaghan, Sir Rol. Veilvyle, Sir Adrian Fortescu, Sir Richard Fowler. Sir Rob. Peyton, Sir John Seymore, Sir Th. Fynes, Sir Jhon Devynnysshe. Squyers for the Bodie: Henry Wyott, Master of the King's Jewelhouse, Mr. Arthur, Edward Hungerford, Th. Knevett, Ant. Wyngfeld, John Veer, William Parr, John Geynesford, Th. Tirrell, Edward Nevell, Ch. Brandon, Giles Capell, Hugh Denyse, Wistan Broun, Edward Guylford, John Dyve, John Hampden, John Melton, Richard Weston, Th. Stoner, Richard Chombley. Gentlemen-ushers: John Russell, John Moreton, John Clerk, Edward Ap Rees, Edward Doon, Jasper Fyloll, George Kene, Richard Fyssher, John Mershall, William Kyngeston, Rob. Jones, John Leventhorp, John Roy. Sewers of the Chamber: Francis Buddes, Th. Ap Rees, Th. Ap Morgan, Richard Whitehill, Chr. Villers, Griffith Doon, John Salysbury, Nicholas Hyde, John Clon, Hugh Walden, John Verney, John Hyghfeld, Melchior Astolo, Edward Swenerton, Rob. Ardern, William Lyngen. Serjeants of arms: Rob. Wesshyngton, Edward Griffith, James Conyers, John Roydon, Gilb. Mawdesley, John Hamerton, William Butler, Mores Butler, Lionel Crowford, Hugh Chomley, Th. Russhe, Th. Twyseaday, Rob. Marleton, John Harper. Officers at Arms: Garter King at Arms, Richemont King at Arms, Norrey King at Arms, Wyndesore and Somerset heralds, and Rougecrosse, Blewmantill, Barwyke, Rougedragon, Guynes, Hammes, Caleis, Mount Orgeil and Kyldare pursuivants. Grooms of the Chamber: Piers Barbour, Richard Clement, James Worseley, Rob. Hesulrygge, John Pate, John Bygge, William Dalborn, Peter Malvesey, John Pultney, Rob. Hert, John Floid, William Hylton, David Ap Rees, — Forster, Th. Gardygon, Th. Musgrave, Th. Vowell, — Shevall, Rob. Barbour, George Sutton, John Burton, William Coke, William Wynslowe, Henry Ardern, John Davyd, Petie Roy, Nicholas Taylour, Rob. Troughton, Bart. Overton, Janken Vaghan, Nicholas Baker. Pages of the Chamber: John Copenger, John Catchmay, Th. Carvanell, Henry Kemyas, Massy Velyarde, Peter Champney.
f. 122. The King's Grandame. Ladies: Lady Jane, Lady Wylloughby. Gentlewomen: Mrs. Clyfford, Parker, Fowler, Stanhop, Jane and Ratclyffe. Chamberers: Perott Doren, Jane Walter. Counsellors: Mr. Chaunceler, Mr. Chamberleyn, Mr. Steward, Mr. Morgan. Chaplains: Mr. Confessor, Mr. Almoner, Mr. Pexall. Gentlemen: Mr. Parker, George Henyngham, George Frauncesse, Rob. Fernyngham, Rog. Ratclyff, John Lee. Yeomen: Rob. Merbury. William Hylmer, Nicholas Aughton, Richard Aderston, John Merycoke, Rob. Nessewyke, Rob. Hylton, John Madyson, William Love. Grooms: Hugh Carr, Henry Abney, Hugh Worsley, John Hasylby, Rob. Clyff.
122b. The King's Guard: William Kebe, Nicholas Downes, Nicholas Pounser, Humph. Baryngton, Richard Phyllypp and 119 others named.
Mr. John Baptista, Mr. William Lynche, Mr. John Chambre. Squire for the Body: Henry Milborn. Gentleman-ushers: John Sherp, William Tyler. Groom of the Chamber: Th. Wolbaston.
124. Doctor Lacy, Ralph Egerton. Sewers: Henry Pynago, William Norres, Ant. Cotton. Clerk Comptroller: Edward Hatclyff. Yeomen: Rob. Ryssheton, John Nevell, William Royt, John Braban, William Poole, Th. Woderoff, Edward Addeley, George Brocas, Th. Bella, John Gaso, John Dey, William Vaghan, John Prynce. Footman: David Phyllypp. Grooms of the Chamber: William Thomas, William Compton, William Gower, Walter Badham, Chr. Rochestre. Grooms Officers: Alex. Staveley, John Versyn, Rob. Lyttle, John Smythe, Richard Bendon, William Hoxeson, Roger Bedill, James Derham, John Colynson, John Spokesman, William Roodes, Th. Sawcy, John Naples, Th. Wheteley, Th. Peper, John Janyns. Pages officers: John Dowener, William Seynt. Sewer for the Board: John Cornewale. Yeomen: John Grey, William Leygh, Hugh Sterkey, Chr. Roper, Th. Maxson, Th. Dec, John Passy, Rob. Maunger. Minstrels: Hakenett de Lewys, Stephen de Lalaunde. Grooms: Richard Amere, Richard Hert, William Atkynson, John Jely. Pages: Rob. Bowyngton, John Procter, Petie John.
Knight: Sir Henry Merney. Cupbearers: Josselyn Percy, Henry Clyfford. Chaplains: Dr. Rawson, Mr. Geoffrey Wrenne.
Henry Guylford, Th. Lucy, John Moreton.
125. Lords: my Lord Steward, my Lord of Oxford (age 9), my Lord MountJoye, Mr. Treasurer (age 19), the Master of the Wardrobe, Sir John Cutte, Undertreasurer*. Knights: Sirs Edward Poynynges, John Reynesford, John Peche, John Carewe, William Saundes, Th. West, Edward Haward and George Maners. Cupbearer: Richard Hastynges. Squires for the Body: Th. Parr, Ant. Fetipace, John Carr, Th. Bolan, Matth. Baker. Gentlemen-ushers: John Whytyng. Chr. Garnysshe.
The King's chaplains: Mr. Hobbys, Mr. Cosyn, Mr. Vaghan, Mr. Lupton, Mr. Lychfeld, Mr. Honywood, Mr. West, brother to the Lord Dalaware, Mr. Wolsey, Mr. Oxenbrygge, Mr. Esterfeld, Mr. Fyssher, Mr. Rawlyns, Mr. Teylour, Mr. Hatton "profyce of Cambryge," Mr Petir of ye Closet.
126. Lords: The Earl of Aren, the Earl of Ormond, the Lord Hastynges. Knight: Sir Rob. Brandon. Squires for the Body: John Marney, Symken Dyghby. Bishops with lords: the Bishop of Lincoln, my Lord Matravers, the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of Carlisle. Minstrels of the Chamber: Gyles, Buntanes, Babram, "Seykebudes" (sackbuts) and shalmeys: Johannes, Guyllam Borrow, Edward Johannes, Alex. Massu. The King's trumpets: Jakett, Petir, Domynyk, John Cecile, Frank, Christopher, Adryan, John Broun, John Blank. The King's falconers: Francis, Peter, Patrick, Mate, Hugh. Keeper of the King's "librally": Sir William Faques, priest. Clerk of the Counseill: William Bellouse.
127. Duke: Buckingham. Lords: The Bishop of Norwich, Lord Broke, Lord Scrope, Lord Fitzhugh, Lord of Seynt Jones, Lord Grey of Wylton. Knights: Sirs William Rede, Th. Bousher, Th. Trenchard, John Ryseley, George Holford, Everard Fyldyng, Nicholas Griffythe, Giles Brygges, John Longford, Rob. Dymmok. Squires for the Body: Piers Champion, John Fortescu, Edward Chamberleyn, Francis Cheny, John Cheny, Th. Cheny, Richard Norres, Edward Ratclyff, William Morgan, Edward Bealknapp, Adam Penyngton, Richard Welden, Edward Bulstrode, Th. Pekeryng, Edm. Breknell, Edward Wadham, William West, Richard Wentworth, Mr. Mewtas. Gentlemen-ushers: William Fitzwilliam, Roger Chomley, Edward Benstede, Walter Frost, Godderd Oxenbrygge, George Hervy, Frowyk of Barnett, John Norton, William Penyngton, James Metcalff, Henry Brugges, Edward Jernyngham, John Pooll, Richard Saundes. Sewers of the Chamber: Walron Coughan, John Souche, Francis Harecourt, Rob. Blount.
Counsellors and chaplains: Mr. Chr. Ursewyke, Mr. Simon Stalworth, Mr. Nicholas West. Earls: Arundale, Northumberlond. Knights and justices: Sir John Fyneux, Chief Justice of Ingeland, Robert Rede, Chief Justice of the Common Place, William Hody, Chief Baron. Knights: Sir Th. Dygby, Sir John Dyghby, Sir James Hoberd, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Edm. Carewe, Sir William Filoll, Sir Rob. Drewre, Sir John Savage. Esquires: Maurice Barkeley, William Denes, John Villers, Th. Denham, William Gascoign, William Cromer, "Henry Grey my Lord of Kent brother." Gentlemen-ushers: James Barkley, John Cromer, Rob. Turges, John Bairley, Henry Wodall, James Loder, Ralph Bukberd, Francis Haselden. Grooms: Hugh Edwardes, John Vavasour.
128. Knight: Sir Richard Chomley. (Not described): Oliver Turnour, John Whytyngton, porter, the Under-porter, John Freynce, Rob. Hirdelston, John Williams, Richard Birton, Henry Hopkyns, Cadwalader John, Davy Jones, Richard Babsey, John Auteknapp, Rob. Auler, William Maddokkes, John Brokwall, George Todd, gaoler. Officers of the King's Ordynance: William Huxley, Elys Hylton, John Yong. Grooms: Richard Fawconer, Rob. Fyssher, John Wystowe, Humphrey Walker, Blace Billard, Pace Reynold, Henry Cramer, Wymond Godfrey, William Lacryan, Roger Hyngelych, Edward Hygges, Richard Smyth, gardener, Chr. Wodland, smith, Walter Harowe, Miles Reynold.
129. The Bishop of Ely, My Lord of Canterbury. Lord: my Lord Clyfford. Knights: Sirs John Hungerford, Rob. Plompton, Richard York, John Dunham, George Forster, Rob. Poynys, Rob. Curson. Squires for the Body: John Awdeley, Th. Nevell, William Plompton, Edm. Bray, Edward Ferrers, Th. Moreton, Roger Townesend, Richard Hungerford, Gerard Danett, George Guylford, John Gage, Chr. Willoughby, John Stanley. Gentlemen-ushers: Rob. Witell, Richard Irton, William Bulstrode, William Husse, Th. Seyntmarten, John Pauncefort, Nicholas Sterley, Ralph Worseley. Sewer: Th. Maston. Grooms: Mr. John the King's surgeon, Richard Floyd, Henry the King's godson, Jankyn Floyd, William Lambert, Richard Smythe, Stephen the King's tailor, Th. James, William Pertryche, Mr. John the King's sage French doctor, Mr. Martyn the King's fool, "For Phypp hys master" (this a separate entry), Th. Pownde, Crochett the King's armourer.
Knights: Sir John Ferrers, Sir Richard Knyghtley. Chaplains: Mr. Sydename, Mr. Alkoke, Mr. Gundesalus, Mr. John Glynne, Mr. Salysbury, Mr. Ant. Fyssher, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Derley, Mr. Creton.
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Collectanea by John Leland [1502-1552]. [11th May 1509] Thus and in this Manner was the said Corps of Kynge Henry the VIIth brought throughe the Cittie of London, with Torches innumerable, unto the West Dore of St. Powles [Map], where the Bisschop of London, revested and mytred, received the said Corps; which, after they had encensed it, was taken out of the Charett, the said Picture lyinge upon it, and borne by XII Persons of the Garde, because of the great Waight thereof. The Duke of Buckingham (age 31) with the said Earles goinge by, and puttinge theire Hands unto it. Over the which Corpes was borne a goodlie riche Canopie of Cloth of Golde by Fower Barrons, frome the Tyme that it was taken out of the Charet unto the Tyme that the said Corps was brought before the Highe Alter, where was sett a goodlie curious Light of Nine Branches; under the which Light this Corps was sett, there havinge a solempne Dirige; in the which my Lord of London was Executor Officii, and Attendant upon him the Abbott of St. Albones and the Abbott of Readinge, revested and mytred. This done, the Lords departed frome Powles, and went unto the Bishops Palice; the said Corps beinge watched with divers Knights and Herauds appointed thereunto. And on the Morrowe when the Lords were come unto the Herse againe, there were songe Three solempne Masses; of the which Three Masses the Deane of Powles sange the Firft of our Ladie, the Bisschop of Lincoln (age 49) sange the Second of the Trinitie, and the Bisschop of London sange the Third of Requiem. After the which Masses done the Bisschop of Rochester (age 39) made a notable Sermon; which done everie Man departed unto theire Dynner. And at theire Returne made, which was before One of the Clock, the said Corps was solempnly borne throughe the Churche of St. Powle to the West Dore, with the foresaid Canape borne over it, goinge before it the whole Queire or Powles and allso the Kyngs Chappell, whome followed the Bisshop of London, being revested and mytred, and the said Duke and Earles followinge; where the said Corps was againe laide into the Charet, and appointed in like Manner as is aforesaid. Which done everie Man in like Order as is afore exprested, accompained the said Corps, which was frome thence conveyed throughe Fleete Streete unto Charinge Crosse, where the Abbott of Westminfter, th' Abbott of St. Albones, th Abbott of Readinge, and th' Abbott of Winchombe, all IIJor Abbotts, revested and mytred, with the whole Convent of th' Abbey of Westminster, in Albes and Coops, received the said Corps, and there encensed it. Which done they with Procession solempnly conveyed it unto the West Doore of the said Abbey of Westminfter: Where the Archebishop of Canterbery (age 59) and the Archeb. of Yorke (age 45), revested and mytred, solempnly received the Corps, and in like Manner incensed it; which after was conveyed out of the said Charet into the Abbey, in like Manner as it was conveyed into Powles. Where was sett the moft costly and curious Light possibly to be made by Mans Hand, which was of XIII principal Stonderds, rihly decked with Banners, and all other Things convenient to the same. Here he had his Dirige solempnly, th' Archbissiopp of Canterbury beinge Execut. Officii, upon whom was attendinge the Nomber of XVIII Bisshiops and Abbotts, revested and mytred, duringe the Tyme of the said Dirige. At the which Dirige the Bissiopp of Norwiche redd the First Lesson, the Bisschop of Lincoln the Second Lesson, the Archebishiop of Canterbury the Third Lesson. And after the said Dirige done, the saide Duke and Earles with the other Lords departed unto the Kings Palice; except certen Knights, which were appointed to watch the Corps, in like as they did at Powles.
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Collectanea by John Leland [1502-1552]. [11th May 1509] First there came Twoe Herauds in their Cotearmours unto the Duke of Buckingham (age 31), beinge Chiefe Mourner, kneelinge at the West End of the Herse, goinge before him, frome the Herse unto the Place where the Archeb. stoode to take the Offeringe; where he, representinge the Kyngs Person, offered a Testiament of Golde: Which done the said Herauds conveyed him againe to the Place he came frome. Then the said Herauds came in like Manner unto the Earle of Arondell (age 59) and unto the Earle of Northumberland (age 31), and conveyed them unto a Knight which stoode before the Herse, holdinge the Kyngs Cotearmoure. Of whom the said Herauds received the said Cotearmour, and delivered it to the said Twoe Earles; which solempnly bearinge the said Cotearmour betwene them offered it up unto the said Archeb. with great Reverence; the which he received and delivered unto a Bisshop, which delivered it over unto an Heraude standinge even by them on the South Side of the Church; which done the said Herauds conveyed the Twoe Earles againe unto theire Places. Then the said Herauds came in likewise unto the Earle of Shrewssberie (age 41) and unto the Earle of Surrey (age 66), and conveyed them unto a Knight which stoode before the said Herse, holdinge the Kyngs Sheild crowned; of whome the said Herauds received the said Shielde, and delivered it unto the said Earles; which solempnly bearinge it betwene them offered it in lyke Manner unto the ArcheBisshop; the which he received and delivered it to a Bisshop, by whome it was delivered unto an Heraude, there standinge on the South Syde beneath the other Herauds which helde the Cotearmour: And then the said Herauds conveyed the said Earles againe unto their Places. After this they went unto the Earle of Essex and to the Earle of Kent (age 28), and conveyed them unto a Knight holdinge a goodlie riche Sworde before the Herse, which the said Herauds received of the said Knyght and delivered unto the said Earles: And soe they holdinge the said Sworde betwene them, offered it up unto the ArcheBisshop in like Manner; which was also delivered unto an other Heraude standinge in Order beneath the other Twoe Herauds which helde the Cotearmour and the Shielde. Which, done the said Herauds convey'd the said Twoe Earles into theire owne Places. And then the said Twoe Herauds came unto the Earle of Derbie (age 24) and unto the Earle of Arran (age 34), otherwise called the Scottishe Lorde, which in like Manner conveyed them unto a Knight holdinge the Kings Helmett crowned, to whome was made like deliverie; which they offered in like Manner, and was delivered to another Heraude, and they conveyed unto theire owne Places againe. After this there came ryding the Second Son of th Earle of Surrey, called Sir Edward Howarde (age 33), armed in complete Harnes (his Helmet except) upon a goodlie Courser, trapped in Black Velvet, with the Armes of England embrothered upon the same, which rode unto the Railes of the said Herse, where he did alight; whome the said Herauds incontinent received; whose Horse was ymediatly delivered unto a Servant of the Abbotts of Westminfter. And the said Knight going betwene the Earle of Essex and the Earle of Kent was presented unto the Archebisshop: Which done, the said Knight was conveyed by Twoe Monkes of the said Abbey into the Revestrie, where he was unarmed, and the said Two Earles again conveyed into theire owne Places. And afrer the said Knight came in a Black Gowne, and offered amonge the other Knights. This done the said Two Herauds came againe unto the Duke of Buck. goinge before him to the Archebishop, where he offered againe for himselfe. After whome the other Earles offered in theire Order. Then came the Bisshops and Abbotts, and offered in theire Order; the Bisshops goinge unto the Alter, and there makinge theire Offeringe, and the Abbotts goinge unto the Archeb. kissinge his Hande, and takinge his Blessinge. After whome came the Lords and Barrons, makinge their Offeringe everie Man in Degree. And in the meane while Twoe Herauds came againe unto the said Duke of Buck. and to the Earles, and conveyed them into the Revestrie, where they did receive certen Palles, which everie of them did bringe solempnly betwene theire Hands, and comminge in Order one before another, as they were in Degree, unto the said Herse, they kissed theire said Palles, and delivered them unto the said Heraudes, which lalde them uppon the Kyngs Corps, in this Manner: The Palle which was first offered by the Duke of Buck. was laid on length on the said Corps, and the Residewe were laid acrosse, as thick as they might lie. Which Palles were offered in the Manner aforesaid, in Token of their Homage which they of Dutie ought to doe unto the Kinge. And after the saide Lords and Barrons had made theire Offeringe, then foliowed the Chapleins of Dignitie and the Grey Amezes of the Kinges Chappell, whome foliowed Knights and Gentlemen, everie Man in his Degree. After the which Offeringe and the said Masse ended, a Knight called Edmond Carewe (age 43) came unto the Second Stepp of the Highe Alter, bearinge in his Hand the Kings great Banner, which he offered up unto the Archebisshop, and Sir Edward Darrece (age 43) his Standerd. Which done, the Bisshop of London inade a noble Sermon. And after the said Sermon ended, incontinente the Archebisshopps, Bisshopps, and Abbotts went unto the Herse. At whose Coomminge the Palles and the iiij Banners of the Kings Avowries were carried away by Twoe Monks. Which done, the Picture was taken from the Herse, and borne unto Sr. Edwards Shrine, the Kyngs Chappell, singinge this Anthem, Circum dederunt me genitus mortis [The sorrows of death have compassed me, Psalm 17, 5-6]. And then the said Corps was incensed, and ali the Royal Ornaments taken fome the said Corps, soe that everie Man might see the said Corps cofferd in a Coffin of Bordes, which was covered over with Black Velvett, havinge a Crosse of Whyte Satten from the one End of the said Coffyn unto the other; within the which Coffiyn the verie Corps of the Kynge lay enclosed in Lead. Upon the which Lead was written, in great Lettres chafed, Hic jacet Rex Henricns Septimus [Here lies King Henry VII]. And soe the said Corps was laid into the Vaught with great reverence by the noble Queen Elizabeth his Wyfe; whome incontinent ali the Archebishops, Bisshops, and Abbotts settinge theire Crosses upon the said Corps assoiled, in most solempn Manner sayinge this Collett (Absolvimus). Which done the said Archebishop did cast Earth uppon the said Corps. And then my Lord Treasorer and my Loyd Steward did breake theire Staves, and did cast them into the Vaught; and the other Hed Officers did cast theire Staves in, all whole. Which done the Vaught was closed, and a goodlie riche Pall of Clothe of Golde laide upon the saide Herse. And incontinent ali the Herauds did of theire Cotearmour, and did hange them uppon the Rayles of the Herse; cryinge lamentably in French, The noble King Henry the Seaventh is deade. And as soone as they had so done, everie Heraud putt on his Cotearmour againe, and cryed with a loude Voyce, Vive le noble Roy Henry le VIIIth; which is to say in Englishe Tonge, God send the noble Kynge Henry the Eight longe Lyfe. Amen.
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Letters and Papers. 11th May 1536. R. O. 843. Sir William Poulet to Cromwell.
My Lord of Norfolk showed me that he had no knowledge that the indictment was found, and asked me whether the parties should proceed to their trial or not. I told him I knew not. As to Commissioners he said he knew not how many were required, nor whether they ought to be barons or not. Therefore he could not tell whom to name; and if he knew, yet he would name none till he learned the King's pleasure. So he willed me to advertise you. Hampton Court, Thursday night. Hol., p. 1. Add.: Secretary. Endd.
Letters and Papers. 11th May 1536. 908. Chapuys (age 46) to Charles V.
On the 11th were condemned as traitors Master Norreys (age 54), the King's chief butler, (sommelier de corps) Master Weston (age 25), who used to lie with the King, Master Brereton, gentleman of the Chamber, and the groom (varlet de chambre) [Mark Smeaton (age 24)], of whom I wrote to your Majesty by my man. Only the groom confessed that he had been three times with the said putain and Concubine (age 35). The others were condemned upon presumption and certain indications, without valid proof or confession.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 11th May 1561. The xj day of May cam rydyng thrugh London, with a ixxx horse and with men in ys leverey with a iijxx in .. and with bages [badges] a talbott of the gold-smyth('s) makyng, my yonge yerle of Shrowsbere (age 33) to ys plase at Cold[-harbour,] all in bluw clothe, and on sant Gorge day was electyd knyght of the garter in ys father('s) stede.
On 11th May 1603 Louise Bourbon Condé Duchess Longueville was born to Charles Bourbon Condé Count Soissons (age 36) and Anne Montafié Countess Soissons (age 25). She married 10th April 1617 her second cousin Henri Valois II Duke Longueville, son of Henri Valois I Duke Longueville and Catherine Gonzaga Duchess Longueville, and had issue.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 11th May 1616. Upon the 11th being Sunday before Mr Legge went away I talked with him an hour or two about all the business and matters between me and my Lord (age 27), so as I gave him better satisfaction and made him conceive a better opinion of me than ever he did.
A little before dinner came Matthew1 down from London, my Lord sending me by him the wedding ring that my Lord Treasurer and my old Lady were married withall and a message that my Lord would be here the next week, and that the Child would not as yet go down to Horsley and I sent my Lord the wedding ring that my Lord and I was married with; the same day came Mr Marsh2 from London and persuaded me much to consent to this argument.
Note 1. Mr. Matthew Caldicott, my Lord's favorite.
Note 2. Mr. Marsh, attendant on my Lady.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 11th May 1619. The 11th in the morning Lord William Howard came up to me in Lady Margaret's chamber and conferred with me about an hour, promising to do all the good he could in the Northern business. This day my Lord (age 30) went to Salisbury House to see my Coz. Clifford, there being ordinary passages of kindness between them, so that he useth to keep my Lord company at running at the ring and going to Hyde Park and those places.
Note 1. About this time my Lord of Doncaster went to his embassage into Germany, being sent by the King both to the Emperor and the [Pope?] to mediate between them.
On 11th May 1627 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford (deceased) was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
On 11th May 1640 apprentices attacked Lambeth Palace [Map].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th May 1660. Up very early in the morning, and so about a great deal of business in order to our going hence to-day. Burr going on shore last night made me very angry. So that I sent for Mr. Pitts to come to me from the Vice-Admiral's (age 45), intending not to have employed Burr any more. But Burr by and by coming and desiring humbly that I would forgive him and Pitts not coming I did set him to work. This morning we began to pull down all the State's arms in the fleet, having first sent to Dover for painters and others to come to set up the King's (age 29). The rest of the morning writing of letters to London which I afterwards sent by Dunne. I had this morning my first opportunity of discoursing with Dr. Clarke1, whom I found to be a very pretty man and very knowing. He is now going in this ship to the King. There dined here my Lord Crafford (age 48) and my Lord Cavendish (age 20), and other Scotchmen whom I afterwards ordered to be received on board the Plymouth, and to go along with us. After dinner we set sail from the Downs, I leaving my boy to go to Deal, Kent [Map] for my linen. In the afternoon overtook us three or four gentlemen; two of the Berties, and one Mr. Dormerhoy, a Scotch gentleman, whom I afterwards found to be a very fine man, who, telling my Lord that they heard the Commissioners were come out of London to-day, my Lord dropt anchor over against Dover Castle [Map] (which give us about thirty guns in passing), and upon a high debate with the Vice and Rear Admiral whether it were safe to go and not stay for the Commissioners, he did resolve to send Sir R. Stayner (age 35) to Dover, to enquire of my Lord Winchelsea, whether or no they are come out of London, and then to resolve to-morrow morning of going or not; which was done. It blew very hard all this night that I was afeard of my boy. About 11 at night came the boats from Deal, with great store of provisions, by the same token John Goods told me that above 20 of the fowls are smothered, but my boy was put on board the Northwich. To bed.
Note 1. Timothy Clarke, M. D., one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society. He was appointed one of the physicians in ordinary to Charles II on the death of Dr. Quartermaine in 1667.
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In January 1661 the limbs, body and head of James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose were collected for burial; see Diary of John Nicoll 04 Jan 1661 and Diary of John Nicoll 11 May 1661. On 11th May 1661 the remains were given a splendid funeral and were buried in the Edinburgh Cathedral [Map].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th May 1661. This morning I went by water with Payne (Mr. Moore being with me) to my Lord Chamberlain (age 59) at Whitehall, and there spoke with my Lord, and he did accept of Payne for his waterman, as I had lately endeavoured to get him to be. After that Mr. Cooling did give Payne an order to be entertained, and so I left him and Mr. Moore, and I went to Graye's Inne, and there to a barber's, where I was trimmed, and had my haire cut, in which I am lately become a little curious, finding that the length of it do become me very much. So, calling at my father's, I went home, and there staid and saw my workmen follow their work, which this night is brought to a very good condition. This afternoon Mr. Shepley, Moore, and Creed came to me all about their several accounts with me, and we did something with them all, and so they went away. This evening Mr. Hater brought my last quarter's salary, of which I was very glad, because I have lost my first bill for it, and so this morning was forced to get another signed by three of my fellow officers for it. All this evening till late setting my accounts and papers in order, and so to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th May 1663. Thence to the Tangier Committee, where we should have concluded in sending Captain Cuttance and the rest to Tangier [Map] to deliberate upon the design of the Mole before they begin to work upon it, but there being not a committee (my Lord intending to be there but was taken up at my Baroness Castlemayne's (age 22)) I parted and went homeward, after a little discourse with Mr. Pierce the surgeon, who tells me that my Baroness Castlemaine's hath now got lodgings near the King's chamber at Court; and that the other day Dr. Clerke and he did dissect two bodies, a man and a woman; before the King (age 32), with which the King was highly pleased.
On 11th May 1663 Henri Valois II Duke Longueville (age 68) died.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th May 1666. Up betimes, and then away with Mr. Yeabsly to my Lord Ashly's (age 44), whither by and by comes Sir H. Cholmly (age 33) and Creed, and then to my Lord, and there entered into examination of Mr. Yeabsly's accounts, wherein as in all other things I find him one of the most distinct men that ever I did see in my life. He raised many scruples which were to be answered another day and so parted, giving me an alarme how to provide myself against the day of my passing my accounts.
John Evelyn's Diary. 11th May 1667. To London; dined with the Duke of Newcastle (age 74), and sat discoursing with her Grace (age 44) in her bedchamber after dinner, till my Lord Marquis of Dorchester (age 61), with other company came in, when I went away.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th May 1668. Up, and to my office, where alone all the morning. About noon comes to me my cousin Sarah, and my aunt Livett, newly come out of Gloucestershire, good woman, and come to see me; I took them home, and made them drink, but they would not stay dinner, I being alone. But here they tell me that they hear that this day Kate Joyce was to be married to a man called Hollingshed, whom she indeed did once tell me of, and desired me to enquire after him. But, whatever she said of his being rich, I do fear, by her doing this without my advice, it is not as it ought to be; but, as she brews, let her bake. They being gone, I to dinner with Balty (age 28) and his wife, who is come to town to-day from Deptford, Kent [Map] to see us, and after dinner I out and took a coach, and called Mercer, and she and I to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw "The Tempest", and between two acts, I went out to Mr. Harris (age 34), and got him to repeat to me the words of the Echo, while I writ them down, having tried in the play to have wrote them; but, when I had done it, having done it without looking upon my paper, I find I could not read the blacklead. But now I have got the words clear, and, in going in thither, had the pleasure to see the actors in their several dresses, especially the seamen and monster, which were very droll: so into the play again. But there happened one thing which vexed me, which is, that the orange-woman did come in the pit, and challenge me for twelve oranges, which she delivered by my order at a late play, at night, to give to some ladies in a box, which was wholly untrue, but yet she swore it to be true. But, however, I did deny it, and did not pay her; but, for quiet, did buy 4s. worth of oranges of her, at 6d. a-piece. Here I saw first my Lord Ormond (age 57) since his coming from Ireland, which is now about eight days. After the play done, I took Mercer by water to Spring Garden; and there with great pleasure walked, and eat, and drank, and sang, making people come about us, to hear us, and two little children of one of our neighbours that happened to be there, did come into our arbour, and we made them dance prettily.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 11th May 1676. I dined with Mr. Charleton, and went to see Mr. Montague's (age 37) new palace, near Bloomsbury, built by Mr. Hooke (age 40), of our Society, after the French manner.
On 11th May 1684 Daniel Whistler died.
On 11th May 1685, despite the reprieves Margaret Wilson (age 18) and Margaret McLachlan were drowned at Wigtown, Wigtownshire on the orders of Robert Grierson 1st Baronet (age 30), for refusing to swear an oath declaring James II and VII (age 51) as head of the church.
Some Remarkable Passages of the Life and Death of Mr Alexander Peden Chapter 24. The broth was hell-hot in these days; they 'wanted long-shanked spoons that supped with the devil:' I could give many instances, but at this time shall only mention the drowning of these two women at Wigtoun in Galloway, the 11th of May 1685, (which some deny to be matter of fact) viz. Margaret Lauchlan, who was past sixty-three years, and some of her intimates said to me. She was a christian of deep exercise through much of her life, and of high attainments and great experiences in the ways of godliness; and Margaret Wilson (age 18) who was put to death with her, aged twenty-three. The old woman was first tied to the stake, enemies saying, 'Tis needless to speak to that old damn'd bitch, let her go to hell: but,' say they, 'Margaret, ye are young; if ye'll pray for the king, we will give you your life.' She said, 'I'll pray for salvation to all the elect, but the damnation of none.' They dashed her under the water, and pulled her up again. People looking on said, 'O Margaret, will ye say it I' She said, 'Lord, give him repentance, forgiveness and salvation, if it be thy holy will.' Lagg (age 30) cry'd, 'Damn'd bitch, we do not want such prayers: tender the oaths to her.' She said, ' No, no sinful oaths for me ' They said, 'To hell with them, to hell with them, it is o'er good for them.' Thus suffered they that extraordinary and unheard-of death.
On 11th May 1686 Abigail Heveningham (age 26) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Heydour [Map].
Abigail Heveningham: In 1660 she was born to William Heveningham and Mary Carey. Before 9th June 1680 John Newton 3rd Baronet and she were married.
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On 11th May 1694 William Russell 1st Duke Bedford (age 77) was created 1st Duke Bedford, 1st Marquess Tavistock.
On 11th May 1711 Moritz Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 34) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Altenburg.
On 11th May 1713 James Drummond 3rd Duke Perth was born to James Drummond 2nd Duke Perth (age 39) and Jane Gordon Duchess Perth (age 22) in Drummond Castle. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.70%.
On 11th May 1716 James Drummond 1st Duke Perth (age 68) died. His son James (age 42) succeeded 2nd Duke Perth. Jane Gordon Duchess Perth (age 25) by marriage Duchess Perth.
On 11th May 1726 Johann Wilhelm Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 28) and Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (age 25) at Coburg. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.37%.
On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 24) was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenoy.
George Cholmondeley (age 20), George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 21), Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 20) and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 27) fought.
Henry Ponsonby (age 60), James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 29) led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.
Louis 6th Duke of Gramont (age 55) was killed. His son Antoine (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.
On 11th May 1772 Webb Seymour was born to Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset (age 53) and Anne Maria Bonnell Duchess Somerset.
On 11th May 1804 Wriothesley Russell was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 37) and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 23rd June 1829 his first cousin Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell.
On 11th May 1804 Edward Hase of Salle (age 71) died. On 25th May 1801 Virtue Repps died. Memorial in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Salle [Map].
Edward Hase of Salle: Around 1733 he was born to John Hase of Great Melton in Norfolk and Mary Lombe. On 2nd January 1784 John 1st Lombe Baronet was created 1st Baronet Lombe aka Jodrell of Salle Park in Norfolk with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his brother Edward Hase of Salle and the heirs male of his body and in default thereof to the male issue of Edward Hase's daughter, Virtue Hase. Before 25th May 1801 he and Virtue Repps were married.
Virtue Repps: Around 1732 she was born to John Repps of Mattishall and Virtue Boardman.
On 11th May 1812 Spencer Perceval (age 49) was assassinated at House of Commons. Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 41) was appointed Prime Minister.
At 5:15 pm, on the evening of 11 May 1812, Perceval was on his way to attend the inquiry into the Orders in Council. As he entered the lobby of the House of Commons, a man stepped forward, drew a pistol and shot him in the chest. The assassin, John Bellingham, was a merchant who believed he had been unjustly imprisoned in Russia and was entitled to compensation from the government, but all his petitions had been rejected.
Perceval left a widow and twelve children aged between three and twenty. Parliament voted to settle £50,000 on Perceval's children, with additional annuities for his widow and eldest son.
On 18th May 1812 John Bellingham was hanged at Newgate Prison, London [Map]. René Martin Pillet says...
This unfortunate man had presented several memorials, and had repeatedly demanded audience, but they had given him no answer. Driven to despair, he presented himself at the door of the house of commons, waited for the prime minister, Mr. Percival, and shot him. He was seized, confessed the crime, was tried, condemned to be hung, and executed a few days after. At the time of execution an immense crowd filled the public square, and these expressions were heard on every side: Farewell poor man, you owe satisfaction to the offended laws of your country, but God bless you! you have rendered an important service to your country, you have tdugllt ministers that they should do justice, and grant audience when it is asked of them.
A subscription was opened for the widow and children, and a handsome sum was raised. Their fortune was ten times greater than they could ever have expected in any other situation.
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On 11th May 1814 Harry Mengden Scarth was born to Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverstone and Mary Milbank of Gainford at Staindrop, County Durham. He married 15th November 1842 Elizabeth Sally Hamilton and had issue.
On 11th May 1814 William Burroughs died from wounds received at the Battle of Bayonne.
On 11th May 1814 Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 45) was created 1st Duke Wellington. Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington (age 41) by marriage Duchess Wellington.
On 11th May 1824 Jean-Léon Gérôme was born.
On 11th May 1829 Charlotte Mary Hughes Lady Williams died. Monument in St Marys and St Nicholas Church Beaumaris [Map]. Sculpted by John Ternouth (age 33).
The inscription: In memory of Charlotte Mary, wife of Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley of Baron Hill in this County, esquire and eldest daughter of William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park in Denbighshire, esquire, who died on the 11th of May, 1829 aged twenty three.
Er coffadwriaeth am Charlotte Mary, gwraig Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley o'r Baron Hill yn y Sir yma, yswaen a merch hynaf William Lewis Hughes o'r Kinmel Park yn Sir Ddinbech, yswaen, yr hon a fu farw yr 11eg o fis Mai, 1829 yn dair blwydd ar hugain oed.
Charlotte Mary Hughes Lady Williams: she was born to William Lewis Hughes. Before 17th May 1829 Richard Williams-Bulkeley 10th Baronet and she were married. On 1st December 1830 Robert Williams 9th Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 10th Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire. She by marriage Lady Williams.
On 11th May 1845 the Yarmouth suspension bridge spanned the River Bure at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] collapsed under load from a crowd who had gathered to watch a circus stunt on the river. Some 79 people, mainly children, were killed. Cooke's Royal Circus was in Great Yarmouth, and as part of a promotion, it was advertised that a clown, named Arthur Nelson, would sail up the River Bure in a washtub pulled by four geese on 2nd May 1845. Several thousand people viewed the clown from the river banks and at least 300 in a crowd, 4 to 5 deep, on the southern footway of the bridge. At around 5.40 pm, one of the eyebars in the southern suspension chain failed; members of the crowd witnessed this, but no action seemed to have been taken to evacuate the bridge. The second eyebar in that portion of the chain took up the full load for around five minutes before it too failed. The south side of the deck fell into the river, though the north end remained suspended by the surviving chain, and the majority of the crowd were tipped into the water, which at this point was 2.1 m deep.
Blackburn Standard 11 May 1853. Marriage in High Life.—The marriage of Lord Ribblesdale (age 25) with Miss Emma Mure (age 20), youngest daughter of Colonel Mure, M.P., of Caldwell, was solemnised on Saturday, at St. James's Church, in the presence of a distinguished circle of the friends of both families. Among the company present at the church, we remarked—His Excellency the Prussian Minister, Lord and Lady John Russell and family, the Marquis of Lansdowne (age 72), the Earl (age 53) and Countess (age 43) of Clarendon, the Countess of Mansfield (age 79)1, and the Ladies Murray and Miss Barnett, the Countess Howe, Lord Colville, Lord and Lady De Tabley, Mr. G. C. Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis, Captain the Hon W. J. Colville, Mr. David Mure, Mr. James Mure, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Mure, Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Currie, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. B. Currie, the Hon. Mrs. Cradock, Mr. M. Drummond and the Hon. Mrs. Drummond, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk and Lady Clerk, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stansfield, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wickham, Mr. Hallam, Lieut.-Col. Hunter Blair, M.P., and Mrs. Hunter Blair, Mr. C. L. Coming Bruce, M.P., Mr. Villiers Lister, Mr. Arthur Russell, Col. Broke, Q.A.D.C., and Mrs. Broke, Mr. Horace Broke, Mr. Campbell of Bltkewood, Mr. Markham, Mr. Edwin Markham, Mr. W. Warburton, Mr. Archibald Swinton, Mr. James Swinton, and Captain Birch, R.N. The bride was attended to the altar by the following young ladies: —The Misses Mure, the Hon. Elizabeth Lister, Miss Russell, Miss Lister, the Hon. Georgiana Colville, Miss H. Armytage, Miss Boyle, Miss Fraser, Miss Currie, Miss Markham, and Miss Wickham. The ceremony was very impressively performed by the Rev. E. H. Cradock. The bride was given away by her father. After the service bad been concluded, the bride and bridegroom with their friends returned to the Burlington Hotel, where a splendid déjeuner was served to a party of nearly seventy guests. At the breakfast, the health of the newly-wedded pair was proposed by Lord John Russell, and very warmly responded to. Early in the afternoon, Lord and Lady Ribblesdale left town in a carriage and four for the Marquis of Lansdowue's villa at Richmond, where they will pass the few first days of the honeymoon.— Morning Post.
Note 1. This appears to be a reference to the Dowager Countess of Mansfield since the wife of the incumbent Earl, Louisa Ellison, died in 1837.
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On 11th May 1882. St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 62) sent a wreath of everlasting flowers for the funeral of Frederick Charles Cavendish (deceased) whose memorial is in the Cavendish chapel.
On 11th May 1889 Paul Nash was born.
On 11th May 1894 Karoline Mathilde Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Ferdinand Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 38) and Victoria Friederike Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 34).
11th May 1900. James Lafayette (age 47). Photograph of Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny (age 79) and her daughetrs Rebecca Harriet Salusbury-Trelawny (age 25) and Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham (age 17).
Rebecca Harriet Salusbury-Trelawny: Around 1875 she was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet and Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny. On 27th November 1947 Rebecca Harriet Salusbury-Trelawny died.
Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham: On 18th February 1883 she was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet and Harriet Jacqueline Buller Lady Salusbury-Trelawny. On 27th October 1931 Frederick Archibald Charles 6th Baron Rendlesham and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Rendlesham of Rendlesham in Suffolk. On 5th August 1959 Doloroes Olga Salusbury-Trelawny Baroness Rendlesham died.
Archaeologia Volume 84 1935 Section VI. 11th May 1911. Plate XXXIX. Fig. 1. The re-excavated Fosse, Cutting VIII, looking E., showing a length of 21 ft. of exposed floor (max. width 15 ft.), the solid chalk escarp and counterscarp of the Fosse, and the almost vertical face of silting.
The London Gazette 30180. Downing Street, 12th July, 1917.
The King has been pleased to cause Letters Patent, dated 11th May, 1917, to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, constituting the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, in substitution for Letters Patent dated 18th November, 1907, constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the said Dominion.
His Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool (age 47), G.C.M.G., M.V.O., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand
On 11th May 1920 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet (age 23) and Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats (age 21) were married. Following their marriage he is alledged to have had affairs with his wife's younger sister Alexandra Naldera Curzon (age 16) and his wife's step-mother Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston (age 34). She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 61) and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston.
Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats: On 23rd August 1898 she was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. On 16th May 1933 Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats died.
Alexandra Naldera Curzon: On 20th March 1904 she was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. Naldera baing the place in India where she was conceived. In 1925 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe and she were married. She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. In 1955 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe and Alexandra Naldera Curzon were divorced. On 7th August 1995 Alexandra Naldera Curzon died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Kedleston [Map].
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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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11th May 1923. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper (age 20)
On 11th May 1939 Lieutenant John Arthur Tournay Middleton (age 32) died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Bolam [Map].
Lieutenant John Arthur Tournay Middleton: On 1st July 1906 he was born to Lieutenant Hugh Jeffery Middleton and Mary Katherine Long.
On 11th May 1941 June Mary Forbes-Semphill (age 18) was killed at 15 Basil aka North Street, Kensington on the last day of the London Blitz whilst serving with the Women's Voluntary Services Mobile Canteen Service.
After 11th May 1943. St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove [Map]. Private Nora Isabel James Service Number: W/119369. Auxiliary Territorial Service. Died 11 May 1943 aged 24 years old. Daughter of Francis and Sarah Annie James, of Rolleston.
She was one of twenty-six member of the Auxillary Territorial Service, and two soldiers, who lost their lives by enemy air action on the 11 May 1943 at Sefton House, Great Yarmouth.
The Gorleston Royal Observer Corp post made a sound only report identifying incoming German aircraft about a minute before the attack. The Caister Royal Observer Corp post gave the alarm to Great Yarmouth Police and the crash alarm was sounded just seconds after the first bombs fell. Hostile raid number 497 was a daylight low-level attack by 18 Focke-Wulf FW 190-A's of II/SKG10 ( II. Gruppe, Schnellkampfgeschwader 10), possibly operated from Amsterdam-Schiphol, on the Great Yarmouth area at 08.45 am on 11th May 1943. It was a frontal attack, out of the sun and early morning mist with the raiders following a reverse course to that of an earlier raid on the 7th May. On this raid the Germans crossed the coast just north of the Britannia Pier and flying in a westerly direction attacked the North part of Great Yarmouth before exiting back out over the North Sea in the Winterton area. A squad of about 30 ATS girls had been exercising that morning and had just marched back to their billet when it received a direct hit from a high explosive (HE) bomb. In total 14 x 500 kg. HE bombs fell in various scattered residential areas in the north of the town. Some of the bombs bounced over the ground due to the low-level of their release. There was widespread destruction from bombs and cannon-fire, with the final death toll being 49 people killed and 41 injured. This was the worst air raid Great Yarmouth endured during the Second World War. As the German aircraft were heading home, four North American Mustang Mk 1's from 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn. had just taken off from RAF Coltishall on an armed "Lagoon" reconnaissance sortie over the Dutch coast. The Mustangs were vectored onto the fleeing FW 190's and pursued them out to sea at low-level, F/O Townsend managing to shoot one down, confirmed in German records. The Burlington Palm Court Hotel now stands on the sight of Sefton House and the memorial was unveiled on the 11th May 1994 by Lady Soames DBE. The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on the 9th September 1938, initially as a women's voluntary service, and existed until 1st. February 1949 when it was merged into the Women's Royal Army Corps.
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On 11th May 1985 a fire broke out during a game at Bradford Football Club. Fifty-six people were killed and more than three hundred injured.
After 11th May 1985. Memorial at Bradford Cathedral [Map] to the Bradford City Football Ground Disaster.
On 11th May 1366 Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England was born to Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg (age 49) and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg (age 19) at Prague. She married (1) 20th January 1382 her fourth cousin King Richard II of England, son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales.
On 11th May 1578 Christian Günther I Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was born to John Günther Schwarzburg 1st Count of Schwarzburg Sondershausen (age 45) and Anna of Oldenburg (age 39).
On 11th May 1603 Louise Bourbon Condé Duchess Longueville was born to Charles Bourbon Condé Count Soissons (age 36) and Anne Montafié Countess Soissons (age 25). She married 10th April 1617 her second cousin Henri Valois II Duke Longueville, son of Henri Valois I Duke Longueville and Catherine Gonzaga Duchess Longueville, and had issue.
On 11th May 1619 Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland was born to Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 23) and Elizabeth Throckmorton Baroness Dacre of Gilsland. He married after 16th April 1641 Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland, daughter of Paul Bayning 1st Viscount Bayning and Anne Glemham Viscountess Bayning, and had issue.
On 11th May 1688 Sackville Tufton 7th Earl of Thanet was born to Sackville Tufton (age 41) and Elizabeth Wilbrahim. He married 1722 his fourth cousin twice removed Mary Savile Countess Isle Thanet, daughter of William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax and Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe.
On 11th May 1692 Thomas Saunders Sebright 4th Baronet was born to Edward Sebright 3rd Baronet (age 24). He married November 1718 Henrietta Dashwood Lady Sebright, daughter of Samuel Dashwood, and had issue.
On 11th May 1711 Moritz Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 34) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Altenburg.
On 11th May 1713 James Drummond 3rd Duke Perth was born to James Drummond 2nd Duke Perth (age 39) and Jane Gordon Duchess Perth (age 22) in Drummond Castle. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.70%.
On 11th May 1726 Johann Wilhelm Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 28) and Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (age 25) at Coburg. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.37%.
On 11th May 1744 Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur was born to Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick (age 24) and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick (age 24). She married 1762 Henry Harpur 6th Baronet, son of Henry Harpur 5th Baronet and Caroline Manners Lady Harpur and Burdett, and had issue.
On 11th May 1749 George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley was born to George Cholmondeley (age 24) and Hester Edwardes (age 21). He married 25th April 1791 Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley, daughter of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, and had issue.
On 11th May 1758 Charles Henry Mordaunt 5th Earl Peterborough 3rd Earl Monmouth was born to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 50) and Robiana Brown.
On 11th May 1772 Webb Seymour was born to Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset (age 53) and Anne Maria Bonnell Duchess Somerset.
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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 May 1779 William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 2nd Earl Radnor (age 29) and Anne Duncombe Countess Radnor (age 21). He married (1) 2nd October 1800 Catherine Pelham-Clinton and had issue (2) 24th May 1814 Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor, daughter of Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet and Jane Mildmay Lady St-John Mildmay, and had issue.
On 11th May 1793 Frederick William Frankland 8th Baronet was born to Roger Frankland and Catherine Colville.
On 11th May 1799 George Grey 2nd Baronet was born to George Grey 1st Baronet (age 31) and Mary Whitbread Lady Grey (age 29). He married before 21st March 1835 Anne Sophia Ryder Lady Grey, daughter of Bishop Henry Dudley Ryder, and had issue.
On 11th May 1804 Wriothesley Russell was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 37) and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 23rd June 1829 his first cousin Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell.
On 11th May 1805 Anne Sophia Ryder Lady Grey was born to Bishop Henry Dudley Ryder (age 27). She married before 21st March 1835 George Grey 2nd Baronet, son of George Grey 1st Baronet and Mary Whitbread Lady Grey, and had issue.
On 11th May 1805 Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 44) and Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham (age 29). She married before 24th February 1837 Henry Reveley Mitford and had issue.
On 11th May 1814 Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby was born to John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 32) and Maria Fane (age 27). She married (1) 1834 her sixth cousin William Petty-Fitzmaurice, son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne, and had issue (2) 2nd April 1845 Charles Alexander Gore and had issue.
On 11th May 1814 Harry Mengden Scarth was born to Thomas Freshfield Scarth of Keverstone and Mary Milbank of Gainford at Staindrop, County Durham. He married 15th November 1842 Elizabeth Sally Hamilton and had issue.
On 11th May 1815 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville (age 41) and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville (age 29). He married (1) 1840 Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg Lady Acton (2) 26th September 1865 his half third cousin twice removed Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville and had issue.
On 11th May 1824 Jean-Léon Gérôme was born.
On 11th May 1835 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington was born to William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 34) and Laura Jane Ellison (age 24). He married 19th September 1867 Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington and had issue.
On 11th May 1842 Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell was born to George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey (age 34) and Julia Peel Countess Jersey. She married 3rd September 1861 George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet, son of George Wombwell 3rd Baronet and Georgiana Hunter, and had issue.
On 11th May 1847 William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple was born to William Henry Powell Gore-Langton (age 22) and Anna Eliza Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (age 27). He married 1870 Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe and had issue.
On 11th May 1852 James Walter Grimston 3rd Earl Verulam was born to James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam (age 43) and Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam (age 27). He married 1878 Margaret Francis Graham Countess Verulam, daughter of Frederick Ulric Graham 3rd Baronet and Jane Hermione Seymour Lady Graham, and had issue.
On 11th May 1860 Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet was born to George Jessel (age 36). He married 1890 Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel and had issue.
On 11th May 1861 George Milles-Lade 2nd Earl Sondes was born to George Milles 1st Earl Sondes (age 36) and Charlote Stracey.
On 11th May 1861 Gertrude Augusta Anderson-Pelham was born to Charles Anderson-Pelham 3rd Earl Yarborough (age 26) and Victoria Alexandrina Hare. She married 5th June 1882 Francis Edmund George Astley-Corbett 4th Baronet, son of John Dugdale Astley 3rd Baronet and Eleanor Blanche Mary Corbett, and had issue.
On 11th May 1867 Charles Fitzroy 4th Baron Southampton was born to Charles Fitzroy 3rd Baron Southampton (age 62) and Ismania Katharine Nugent Baroness Southampton. He married 9th July 1892 Hilda Mary Dundas Baroness Southampton, daughter of Lawrence Dundas 1st Marquess Zetland and Lilian Selina Elizabeth Lumley Marchioness Zetland, and had issue.
On 11th May 1883 Charles Frederick Cavendish 5th Baron Waterpark was born to Henry Anson Cavendish 4th Baron Waterpark (age 44) and Emily Stenning Baroness Waterpark (age 37).
On 11th May 1883 Algernon Arthur St Lawrence Lee Guinness 3rd Baronet was born to Benjamin Lee Guinness (age 40).
On 11th May 1889 Paul Nash was born.
On 11th May 1894 Karoline Mathilde Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Ferdinand Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 38) and Victoria Friederike Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 34).
On 11th May 1901 Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll was born to Victor Hay 21st Earl of Erroll (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom. He married (1) 22nd September 1923 Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll, daughter of Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr and Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr, and had issue.
On 11th May 1908 Henry George Massy Dashwood 8th Baronet was born to Robert Henry Seymour Dashwood 7th Baronet (age 31).
On 11th May 1940 Philip Kent Grey 7th Earl Grey was born to Albert Harry George Campbell Grey (age 27).
On 11th May 1941 John Brabazon 15th Earl of Meath was born to Anthony Brabazon 14th Earl of Meath (age 30).
On 11th May 1971 Edward Howard 8th Earl of Effingham was born to David Howard 7th Earl of Effingham (age 32).
On 11th May 1433 William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 58) and Margarethe La Marck (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 59) and Marie Valois Duchess Cleves (age 40). He the son of John Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 11th May 1607 Thomas Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel (age 21) and Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. She the daughter of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 57) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 61). They were third cousin once removed.
On 11th May 1630 Richard Lumley 1st Viscount Lumley (age 41) and Elizabeth Cornwallis Viscountess Lumley (age 40) were married. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward IV of England.
On 11th May 1641 Thomas Cave 1st Baronet (age 19) and Katherine Haslewood were married.
On 11th May 1826 Henry Chamberlain 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Harriet Mullen Lady Chamberlain were married.
On 11th May 1830 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 38) and Susan Carolina Somerset Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 26) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley. She the daughter of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 63) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 59). He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 68). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 11th May 1837 George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 32) and Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 24) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 52). He the son of Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 64) and Henrietta Maria Hill. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 11th May 1920 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet (age 23) and Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats (age 21) were married. Following their marriage he is alledged to have had affairs with his wife's younger sister Alexandra Naldera Curzon (age 16) and his wife's step-mother Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston (age 34). She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston (age 61) and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston.
Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats: On 23rd August 1898 she was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. On 16th May 1933 Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats died.
Alexandra Naldera Curzon: On 20th March 1904 she was born to George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. Naldera baing the place in India where she was conceived. In 1925 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe and she were married. She the daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. In 1955 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe and Alexandra Naldera Curzon were divorced. On 7th August 1995 Alexandra Naldera Curzon died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Kedleston [Map].
On 11th May 1934 Randal McDonnell 8th Earl of Antrim (age 22) and Angela Christina Sykes Countess of Antrim (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Antrim 2C. He the son of Randall McDonnell 7th Earl of Antrim and Margaret Isabel Talbot Countess of Antrim. They were sixth cousins.
On 11th May 1950 Major Robert Jocelyn Palmer Baron Lucas (age 31) and Anne Rosemary Cooper 11th Baroness Lucas (age 31) were married. He the son of Roundell Palmer 3rd Earl Selborne (age 63) and Grace Ridley Countess Selborne (age 61).
On 11th May 1138 William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey died. His son William (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map]. Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey by marriage Countess Surrey.
On 11th May 1291 Bishop Thomas Ingoldshorpe died.
On 11th May 1296 John Montfort 1st Baron Montfort (age 32) died at Beaudesert, Warwickshire. His son John (age 5) succeeded 2nd Baron Montfort.
On 11th May 1313 Archbishop Robert Winchelsey (age 68) died.
On 11th May 1369 Joan Rokesley Baroness Poynings died.
On 11th May 1406 John Deincourt 5th Baron Deincourt (age 24) died at Blankney, Lincolnshire. He was buried at Blankney, Lincolnshire. His son William (age 3) succeeded 6th Baron Deincourt.
On 11th May 1532 Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex (age 53) died.
On 11th May 1560 Thomas Wendy (age 60) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Haslingfield [Map].
In his will he left his Thomas Percy (age 32), nephew of his former employer, in his will a silver ewer and basin "in remembrance of such benefits which I have received at the hands of my very good lord and late master the late earl of Northumberland his uncle".
He left Anne Preston Baroness Geneville Beaudasert and Parr Kendal his lands at Coton and Whitwell, Cambridgeshire 'as a poor token of the good will which I have ever borne to her ladyship and in remembrance that in that place she had her first acquaintance with my lord her husband (age 54)'.
He also remembered Anthony Browne (age 51), Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 28), Humphrey Radclyffe (age 51) and Richard Weston (age 33).
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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 May 1623 Gilbert Gerard 2nd Baron Gerard died. His son Dutton (age 10) succeeded 3rd Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley.
On 11th May 1638 Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln (age 60) died at Charlton-All-Saints, Wiltshire [Map].
On 11th May 1653 Dorothy Belasyse Baroness Darcy and Conyers (age 81) died.
On 11th May 1663 Henri Valois II Duke Longueville (age 68) died.
On 11th May 1665 Thomas Vyner 1st Baronet (age 76) died. His son George (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet Vyner of London. Abigail Lawrence Lady Vyner by marriage Lady Vyner of London.
On 11th May 1672 Charles Seton 2nd Earl Dunfermline (age 56) died. His son Alexander (age 29) succeeded 3rd Earl Dunfermline.
On 11th May 1684 Daniel Whistler died.
On 11th May 1685, despite the reprieves Margaret Wilson (age 18) and Margaret McLachlan were drowned at Wigtown, Wigtownshire on the orders of Robert Grierson 1st Baronet (age 30), for refusing to swear an oath declaring James II and VII (age 51) as head of the church.
On 11th May 1711 Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend died.
On 11th May 1716 James Drummond 1st Duke Perth (age 68) died. His son James (age 42) succeeded 2nd Duke Perth. Jane Gordon Duchess Perth (age 25) by marriage Duchess Perth.
On 11th May 1728 Charles Lyon 6th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 28) was killed accidentally. Two days previously he had been attending a funeral after which, drunk, he and friends adjourned to a tavern. During a scuffle resulting from high spirits he was accidentally wounded by a sword thrust intended for his friend who he had pushed aside dying forty nine hours later. The subsquent murder trial established the "not guilty" verdict (in addition to "proven" and "not proven") in Scots Law and the right of Scots juries to try the whole case and not just the facts known as Jury Nullification.
James Lyon 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 25) succeeded 7th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland (age 24) was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenoy.
George Cholmondeley (age 20), George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 21), Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 20) and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 27) fought.
Henry Ponsonby (age 60), James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 29) led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.
Louis 6th Duke of Gramont (age 55) was killed. His son Antoine (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.
On 11th May 1778 William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 69) died. His son John (age 21) succeeded 2nd Earl Chatham. He was initally bured at Hayes. After an address by the Commons to the king praying that the deceased statesman might be buried with the honours of a public funeral a sum was voted for a public monument which was erected over a new grave in Westminster Abbey. The monument, by the sculptor John Bacon, has a figure of Pitt above statues of Britannia and Neptune with figures representing Prudence, Fortitude, the Earth and also a sea creature. See Photograph by John Benjamin Stone
On 11th May 1780 Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave (age 57) died.
On 11th May 1812 Spencer Perceval (age 49) was assassinated at House of Commons. Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl Liverpool (age 41) was appointed Prime Minister.
At 5:15 pm, on the evening of 11 May 1812, Perceval was on his way to attend the inquiry into the Orders in Council. As he entered the lobby of the House of Commons, a man stepped forward, drew a pistol and shot him in the chest. The assassin, John Bellingham, was a merchant who believed he had been unjustly imprisoned in Russia and was entitled to compensation from the government, but all his petitions had been rejected.
Perceval left a widow and twelve children aged between three and twenty. Parliament voted to settle £50,000 on Perceval's children, with additional annuities for his widow and eldest son.
On 18th May 1812 John Bellingham was hanged at Newgate Prison, London [Map]. René Martin Pillet says...
This unfortunate man had presented several memorials, and had repeatedly demanded audience, but they had given him no answer. Driven to despair, he presented himself at the door of the house of commons, waited for the prime minister, Mr. Percival, and shot him. He was seized, confessed the crime, was tried, condemned to be hung, and executed a few days after. At the time of execution an immense crowd filled the public square, and these expressions were heard on every side: Farewell poor man, you owe satisfaction to the offended laws of your country, but God bless you! you have rendered an important service to your country, you have tdugllt ministers that they should do justice, and grant audience when it is asked of them.
A subscription was opened for the widow and children, and a handsome sum was raised. Their fortune was ten times greater than they could ever have expected in any other situation.
On 11th May 1829 Charlotte Mary Hughes Lady Williams died. Monument in St Marys and St Nicholas Church Beaumaris [Map]. Sculpted by John Ternouth (age 33).
The inscription: In memory of Charlotte Mary, wife of Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley of Baron Hill in this County, esquire and eldest daughter of William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park in Denbighshire, esquire, who died on the 11th of May, 1829 aged twenty three.
Er coffadwriaeth am Charlotte Mary, gwraig Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley o'r Baron Hill yn y Sir yma, yswaen a merch hynaf William Lewis Hughes o'r Kinmel Park yn Sir Ddinbech, yswaen, yr hon a fu farw yr 11eg o fis Mai, 1829 yn dair blwydd ar hugain oed.
Charlotte Mary Hughes Lady Williams: she was born to William Lewis Hughes. Before 17th May 1829 Richard Williams-Bulkeley 10th Baronet and she were married. On 1st December 1830 Robert Williams 9th Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 10th Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire. She by marriage Lady Williams.
On 11th May 1857 Vice-Admiral Granville Waldegrave 2nd Baron Radstock (age 70) died. His son Granville (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baron Radstock of Castletown in the Queen's County.
On 11th May 1876 John Maryon Wilson 9th Baronet (age 73) died. His son Spencer (age 46) succeeded 10th Baronet Wilson of Eastbourne in Sussex.
On 11th May 1877 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot (age 47) died. His son Charles (age 16) succeeded 20th Earl of Shrewsbury, 20th Earl Waterford, 5th Earl Talbot, 5th Viscount Ingestre, 7th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire.
On 3rd March 1880 George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers (age 65) died at 23 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia. On 11th May 1880 he was buried at St Mary's Church Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset. Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire extinct.
On 11th May 1890 Arthur Grey Haselrigge 12th Baronet (age 77) died. His grandson Arthur (age 11) succeeded 13th Baronet Haselrigge of Noseley Hall in Leicestershire.
On 11th May 1920 Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby 10th and 4th Baron Digby (age 73) died. His son Edward (age 25) succeeded 11th Baron Digby of Geashill in County Offaly, 5th Baron Digby of Sherbourne in Dorset.
On 11th May 1935 Emily Annora Charlotte Pierrepont Countess Beauchamp (age 82) died.
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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 May 1942 Alice Jones Baroness Grantley (age 76) died.
On 11th May 1974 Gerald Rowland Clegg-Hill 7th Viscount Hill (age 70) died. His son Anthony (age 43) succeeded 8th Viscount Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire, 8th Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in Shropshire, 10th Baronet Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire.
On 11th May 2008 Charles Robert Rowley 8th and 7th Baronet (age 82) died. His son Richard (age 48) succeeded 9th Baronet Rowley of Tendring Hall in Suffolk, 8th Baronet Rowley of Hill House in Berkshire.