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12 Apr is in April.
1385 Double Marriage of the Burgundian Court
1477 Trial and Execution of Ankarette Twynyho
1533 Anne Boleyn's First Appearance as Queen
1587 Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
1689 Coronation William III and Mary II
Events on the 12th April
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 626. This year came Eamer from Cwichelm, king of the West-Saxons, with a design to assassinate King Edwin (age 40); but he killed Lilla his thane, and Forthere, and wounded the king. The same night a daughter was born to Edwin, whose name was Eanfleda. Then promised the king to Paulinus, that he would devote his daughter to God, if he would procure at the hand of God, that he might destroy his enemy, who had sent the assassin to him. He then advanced against the West-Saxons with an army, felled on the spot five kings, and slew many of their men. This year Eanfleda, the daughter of King Edwin, was baptized, on the holy eve of Pentecost. And the king within twelve months was baptized, at Easter, with all his people. Easter was then on the twelfth of April. This was done at York [Map], where he had ordered a church to be built of timber, which was hallowed in the name of St. Peter. There the king gave the bishopric to Paulinus; and there he afterwards ordered a larger church to be built of stone. This year Penda began to reign; and reigned thirty winters. He had seen fifty winters when he began to reign. Penda was the son of Wybba, Wybba of Creoda, Creoda of Cynewald, Cynewald of Cnebba, Cnebba of Icel, Icel of Eomer, Eomer of Angelthew, Angelthew of Offa, Offa of Wearmund, Wearmund of Whitley, Whitley of Woden.
On 12th April 996 Otto III King Italy III King Germany III Holy Roman Emperor (age 15) was appointed III King Italy.
. 12th April 1125. ... and Sigefred was consecrated as bishop of Chichester at Lambeth by archbishop William (age 55) on the second of the ides [the 12th] of April; there being present at this consecration the Roman cardinal, Thurstan (age 55), archbishop of York, Everard, bishop of Norwich, Richard of Hereford, Bernard of St. David's, David of Bangor, Urban of Glamorgan (age 49), and John, bishop-elect of Rochester.
Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 12th April 1194. On the twelfth day of April, a Tuesday in Easter Week, Richard, King of England, departed from Northampton and traveled to Silveston. Meanwhile, Hubert (age 34), Archbishop of Canterbury, and Hugh (age 69), Bishop of Durham, traveled to Brackley [Map], where accommodations had been prepared for the Bishop of Durham — lodgings that he had held for the past thirty years, provided by the king's marshals under King Henry II. When the Scottish king's servants arrived, they attempted to expel the Bishop of Durham's servants, but were unable to do so. However, they purchased food for the King of Scotland and prepared it in one of the buildings within the estate. When the Bishop of Durham arrived and was informed of the situation, he refused to leave. Instead, he boldly entered his lodgings and ordered the tables to be set. While he was dining, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived and offered him alternative lodgings, advising him to vacate the estate and allow the King of Scotland to stay there instead. When the King of Scotland returned from hunting later that evening and was informed of the situation, he was greatly displeased and refused to enter the estate. Instead, he ordered that his provisions be given to the poor, and he himself traveled to King Richard at Silverston [Map]. There, he complained about the insult he had suffered from the Bishop of Durham. Upon hearing this, King Richard became angry and rebuked the Bishop of Durham severely
Duodecima die mensis Aprilis, feria tertia in hebdomada Paschæ, Ricardus rex Angliæ recessit de Northamtonia, et perrexit usque ad Selvestun; et Hubertus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, et Hugo Dunelmensis episcopus, perrexerunt usque ad Brakelai, ubi præparatum erat hospitium Dunelmensis episcopi, quod ipse a triginta annis retro tenuerat ex liberatione marescallorum regis Henrici. Et ubi procuratio sua præparata fuerat, supervenerunt servientes regis Scotiæ volentes ejicere servientes episcopi, sed non poterant. Emerunt tamen cibaria regis, et in quadam domo ejusdem curiæ præparaverunt. Quo cum Dunelmensis episcopus venisset, et dictum esset ei a suis ita contigisse, noluit pedem referre, sed audacter hospitium suum intravit, et mensas apponi jussit. Et dum pranderet supervenit Hubertus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, et obtulit ei hospitium suum: et consuluit ei ut ipse, relicto hospitio illo regi Scotiæ, abiret. Cum autem rex Scotiæ a venatu redisset sero, et nunciatum esset ei ita contigisse, grave tulit, et noluit illo ire: sed præcepit procurationem suam dari pauperibus, et ipse venit ad regem apud Selvestun, et conquestus est ei de injuria quam fecerat ei Dunelmensis episcopus ; unde rex iratus multum increpavit Dunelmensem episcopum.
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Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. [On or after 12th April 1194] However, the King of England, in the presence of his mother Eleanor (age 72), Hubert (age 34), Archbishop of Canterbury, Hugh (age 69), Bishop of Durham, Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, and many others, both clergy and laymen from both kingdoms, granted and confirmed by his charter to William, King of Scotland, and his heirs forever, that: Whenever the King of Scotland comes to the court of the King of England by royal summons, The Bishop of Durham and the Sheriff of Northumberland shall receive him at the River Tweed and escort him safely to the River Tees. There, the Archbishop of York and the Sheriff of Yorkshire shall receive him and escort him safely to the borders of Yorkshire. Thus, he shall be escorted from county to county by bishops and sheriffs, until he arrives at the court of the King of England. From the moment the King of Scotland enters English territory, he shall receive a daily allowance of 100 shillings from the royal treasury for his expenses.
Tamen rex Angliæ in præsentia Alienor matris suæ, et Huberti Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, et Hugonis Dunelmensis episcopi, et Gocelini Glascuensis episcopi, et aliorum multorum tam clericorum quam laicorum utriusque regni, concessit, et carta sua confirmavit Willelmo regi Scottorum, et hæredibus suis in perpetuum; quod quandocunque ipsi per summonitionem regis Angliæ ad curiam suam venient, episcopus Dunelmensis et vicecomes Northimbriæ recipient eum ad aquam de Tuede, et in salvo conductu ducent eos usque ad aquam de Taise; et ibi recipient eos archiepiscopus Eboracensis et vicecomes Eboraci, et in salvo conductu ducent eos usque ad fines comitatus Eboracensis; et sic per episcopos et vicecomites ducentur de comitatu ad comitatum, donec perveniant ad curiam regis Angliæ: et ex quo rex Scottorum intraverit terram regis Angliæ habebit quotidie de bursa regis Angliæ centum solidos de liberatione.
On 12th April 1256 Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 39) died.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 12th [Apr 1358], the Countess of Pembroke (age 41) again came to dinner.
On 12th April 1385 a double wedding of the Burgundian Court was celebrated with brother and sister John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 13) and Margaret Valois Countess Holland (age 10) getting married ...
John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 48) and Margaret Silesia. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 43) and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 37). They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainault V Count Zeeland (age 20) and Margaret Valois Countess Holland were married. She the daughter of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria and Margaret Silesia. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 12th April 1477 Ankarette Hawkeston aka Twynyho was arrested at Keyford, Somerset and taken to Bath, Somerset [Map]. George York 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) believed she had murdered his wife Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence who had died four months before.
On 24th February 1526 Afonso Aviz was born to John III King Portugal (age 23) and Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Portugal (age 19). Their first child, he died on 12th April 1526. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.30%.
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On 12th April 1530 Joanna "La Beltraneja" Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 68) died.
On 12th April 1533, Saturday, Easter Eve, Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32) made her first appearance as Queen attending mass at the Queen's Closet at Greenwich Palace [Map]. She was accompanied by sixty ladies including Margaret "Madge" Shelton.
The Venetian Ambassdor reported ... "This morning of Easter Eve, the Marchioness Anne went with the King (age 41) to high mass, as Queen, and with all the pomp of a Queen, clad in cloth of gold, and loaded (carga) with the richest jewels; and she dined in public; although they have not yet proclaimed the decision of the Parliament.".
Wriothesley's Chronicle. 12th April 1533. Memorandum: the 12th day of Aprill, Anno Domini 1533, beinge Easter eaven, Anne Bulleine (age 32), Marques of Pembroke,d was proclaymed Queene at Greenewych, and ofired that daie in the Kinges Chappell as Queene of England.e
Note d. Anne Boleyn was raised to the dignity of Marchioness of Pembroke on Sunday, September 1st, 1532, at Windsor Castle, an honour which had never before been conferred on any unmarried female.
Note e. She had been some months preriously married to Henry VIII in great privacy by Dr. Rowland Lee (age 46), afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and Coyentry, but whether the marriage took place, as Sanders says, November 14th, 1532, on their arrival at Dover from France, or was deferred, as Cranmer (age 43) [?] supposed, to January 25th, 1533, still remains uncertain.
Hall's Chronicle. After the King perceiving his new wife Queen Anne (age 32), to be great with child, caused all officers necessary, to be appointed to her, and so on Easter eve, she went to her Closet openly as Queen, with all solemnity, and then the King appointed the day of her Coronation, to be kept on Whit Sunday next following, and writings were sent to all Shires, to certify the names of men of forty pound, to receive the Order of Knighthood, or else to make a fine: the assessment of which fines, were appointed to Thomas Cromwell, Master of the Kings Jewel House, and counsellor to the king, and newly in his high favour, which so politicly handled the matter, that he raised of that seizing of fines, a great sum of money to the Kings use. Also the King wrote letters to the city of London, to prepare pageants against the same coronation.
Archives of Venice. April 12. [1533] Sanuto Diaries, v. lviii. p. 81.
On the Monday in Passion week1 Parliament (il Parlamento) [and Convocation?] assembled. They decided that the marriage of Queen Catharine to the King is null, and that he may marry (poter prender moter); and they have abolished (lecato) the appeal to the Pope. Henceforth, no one may contract marriage by dispensation, but solely as conceded by holy writ, and the sacred canons; so that the dispensation of Pope Julius is void. They have also abrogated the dispensation for holding a plurality of benefices with cure of souls, and for nonage, and other things. They have prohibited obedience to papal monitions and interdicts. The Bishop of Rochester [John Fisher] having publicly opposed these measures, on Palm Sunday [6th April], he was arrested, and given in custody to the Bishop of Winchester [Stephen Gardiner (age 50)]; and three days ago he was sent to reside at a place of his (ad uno locho suo) and is not to go more than a mile beyond it.
Parliament has been prorogued (si levò) until Whitsuntide, which will be on the 6th of June.
Three days ago, the King; sent the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk and the Marquis of Exeter (il Marcheze di Anal sic) to notify to the Queen the decision made in Parliament about the divorce, and the new marriage; exhorting her to yield, and secede (rinmorersi) from the judgment of the "Rota." She replied that she knew not, and was unable to imagine, how such a matter could have been terminated, the decision not having been made by a legitimate judge; and with regard to a new marriage, she believed nothing whatever, knowing the King her husband to be most sage and holy supientissimo et suntissimo. As to yielding to the sentence, she said that although it was her wish to satisfy his Majesty in everything, yet is it beyond her power to do so on this occasion not choosing to peril the salvation of her soul, and disobey the law of God who united her to his Majesty; and that recourse must be had to the true judge and vicar of the Lord. Subsequently the Imperial Ambassador went to the King, and spoke to him molto altamente.
This morning of Easter Eve, the Marchioness Anne (age 32) went with the King to high mass, as Queen, and with all the pomp of a Queen, clad in cloth of gold, and loaded (carga) with the richest jewels; and she dined in public; although they have not yet proclaimed the decision of the Parliament [Convocation?].
I hear on good authority that the conclusion of the peace with Scotland is expected.
I am assured that some months ago, his Majesty espoused her, and that she bore him a son who is several months old. (Mivien afirmato za più mezi questa Mta averla sposata, e aver uno fiol di qualche meze con lei).
Four days ago, Mons. de Beove [Beauvoir] arrived here with the son (age 30) of the Earl of Wiltshire (age 56), and he told me he hoped the affairs between his Majesty and Scotland will be adjusted; and Dom. Silvestro Dario, the papal nuncio late in Scotland, tells me King James will be satisfied with fair terms, without which he will do nothing, and the Scots would rather die than submit; they plunder the English daily, and their King is dependent on the Emperor.
On the 5th a gentleman came hither to the King from the Duke of Saxony his cousin (germano suo), with letters from Frederick Count Palatine—who last year commanded the troops sent in favour of the Emperor by the Free Towns and other potentates of Germany—to request his Majesty to join their League; and they are holding a Diet, in which, should his Majesty choose, he will have great authority. This envoy went first to France, and he has not yet been despatched.
London, 12th April. Registered by Sanuto 8th May.
[Italian.]
Note 1. In the year 1533 the 13th of April was Easter day, so the case was decided by the "Convocation" or Parliament on the 7th April 1533."
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Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1533. 12th April 1533. 12 April. Granvelle Papers, II. 22. 331. Charles V. to his Ambassador in France.
Has received his letters of 15 March and 4 April, and those of the Queen, &c.... Has written already of his disembarcation at Marseilles, and the treatment shown him there. As to the king of England's marriage with Anne Boleyn (age 32), the Imperial ambassador had written of it as a rumor before Easter, but he did not know it for certain. Has heard nothing from him since. Knows not if his letters have been detained. Praises the honest expressions of Francis about this marriage, the good counsel he had given the King, and the sympathy he had expressed for Katharine. Thought the proposed interview of the Pope and Francis had been dropped, &c. Barcelona, 12 April 1533. Fr.
Calendar of State Papers of Spain. 15th April 1533. 1061. Eustace Chapuys (age 43) to the Emperor (age 33).
On Saturday, the eve of Easter, Lady Anne went to mass in truly Royal state, loaded with diamonds and other precious stones, and dressed in a gorgeous suit of tissue, the train of which was carried by the daughter (age 34) of the duke of Norfolk (age 80), betrothed to the Duke of Richmond. She was followed by numerous damsels, and conducted to and from the church [Map] with the same or perhaps greater ceremonies and solemnities than those used with former Queens on such occasions. She has now changed her title of marchioness for that of Queen, and preachers specially name her so in their church prayers. At which all people here are perfectly astonished, for the whole thing seems a dream, and even those who support her party do not know whether to laugh or cry at it. The King is watching what sort of mien the people put on at this, and solicits his nobles to visit and pay their court to his new Queen, whom he purposes to have crowned after Easter in the most solemn manner, and it is said that there will be banqueting and tournaments on the occasion. Indeed some think that Clarence, the king-at-arms who left for France four days ago, is gone for the purpose of inviting knights for the tournament in imitation of the Most Christian King when he celebrated his own nuptials. I cannot say whether the coronation will take place before or after these festivities, but I am told that this King has secretly arranged with the archbishop of Canterbury (age 63), that in virtue of his office, and without application from anyone he is to summon him before his court as having two wives, upon which, without sending for the Queen, he (the Archbishop) will declare that the King can lawfully marry again, as he has done, without waiting for a dispensation, for a sentence from the Pope, or any other declaration whatever.
On 12th April 1541 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Albany was born to King James V of Scotland (age 29) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 25). Possibly named Arthur? He died eight days later. He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 12th April 1555 Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 76) died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 12th April 1563. The xij day of Aprell, was Ester monday, dyd pryche at sant Mare spyttyll master Horne (age 53) the byshope of Wynchastur, and ther was my lord mare (age 54) and the althermen in skarlett, and certen juges and serjantes of the law, and mony worshephulle men and women, and the masturs of the hospetall with ther gren stayffes in ther handes, [and the] chylderyne of the hospetall boyth boysse and wenchys in bluw [coats and] red capes [caps] to the nombur of a (blank), and ther was geydered at the sermon for the Frenche men [refugees] in-to England women and chylderyn the sum of xlv li.
On 12th April 1577 Christian IV King of Denmark was born to Frederick II King of Denmark (age 42) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 19).
On 12th April 1587 an English fleet commanded by Francis Drake (age 47) left Plymouth, Devon [Map].
Diary of Anne Clifford. 12th April 1617. The 12th Mrs Watson came here, with whom I had much talk of my Lord's (age 28) being made a Knight of the Garter. This night I went into Judith's chamber where I mean to continue till my Lord is better.
On 12th April 1645 Colonel William Legge was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44).
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th April 1656. Mr. Berkeley (age 7) and Mr. Robert Boyle (age 29) (that excellent person and great virtuoso), Dr. Taylor (age 43), and Dr. Wilkins (age 42), dined with me at Sayes Court [Map], when I presented Dr. Wilkins with my rare burning-glass. In the afternoon, we all went to Colonel Blount's (age 52), to see his newly-invented plows.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12th April 1663. Home to dinner, and after dinner, intending to go to Chelsey to my Lord Sandwich (age 37), my wife would needs go with me, though she walked on foot to Whitehall. Which she did and staid at my Lord's lodgings while Creed and I took a turn at Whitehall, but no coach to be had, and so I returned to them and sat talking till evening, and then got a coach and to Gray's Inn walks, where some handsome faces, and so home and there to supper, and a little after 8 o'clock to bed, a thing I have not done God knows when. Coming home to-night, a drunken boy was carrying by our constable to our new pair of stocks to handsel them, being a new pair and very handsome.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12th April 1665. Up, and to White Hall to a Committee of Tangier, where, contrary to all expectation, my Lord Ashly (age 43), being vexed with Povy's (age 51) accounts, did propose it as necessary that Povy should be still continued Treasurer of Tangier till he had made up his accounts; and with such arguments as, I confess, I was not prepared to answer, but by putting off of the discourse, and so, I think, brought it right again; but it troubled me so all the day after, and night too, that I was not quiet, though I think it doubtfull whether I shall be much the worse for it or no, if it should come to be so.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12th April 1665. Dined at home and thence to White Hall again (where I lose most of my time now-a-days to my great trouble, charge, and loss of time and benefit), and there, after the Council rose, Sir G. Carteret (age 55), my Lord Brunkard (age 45), Sir Thomas Harvy (age 39), and myself, down to my Lord Treasurer's (age 58) chamber to him and the Chancellor (age 56), and the Duke of Albemarle (age 56); and there I did give them a large account of the charge of the Navy, and want of money. But strange to see how they held up their hands crying, "What shall we do?" Says my Lord Treasurer, "Why, what means all this, Mr. Pepys? This is true, you say; but what would you have me to do? I have given all I can for my life. Why will not people lend their money? Why will they not trust the King (age 34) as well as Oliver? Why do our prizes come to nothing, that yielded so much heretofore?" And this was all we could get, and went away without other answer, which is one of the saddest things that, at such a time as this, with the greatest action on foot that ever was in England, nothing should be minded, but let things go on of themselves do as well as they can.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12th April 1667. We broke up; and I soon after to Sir G. Carteret's (age 57) chamber, where I find the poor man telling his lady (age 65) privately, and she weeping. I went into them, and did seem, as indeed I was, troubled for this; and did give the best advice I could, which, I think, did please them: and they do apprehend me their friend, as indeed I am, for I do take the Vice-chamberlain for a most honest man. He did assure me that he was not, all expences and things paid, clear in estate £15,000 better than he was when the King (age 36) come in; and that the King and Chancellor (age 58) did know that he was worth, with the debt the King owed him, £50,000, I think, he said, when the King come into England.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th April 1681. I dined at Mr. Brisbane's, Secretary to the Admiralty, a learned and industrious person, whither came Dr. Burnet (age 37), to thank me for some papers I had contributed toward his excellent "History of the Reformation"..
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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.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th April 1689. Scotland declares for King William (age 38) and Queen Mary (age 26), with the reasons of their setting aside King James (age 55), not as abdicating, but forfeiting his right by maladministration; they proceeded with much more caution and prudence than we did, who precipitated all things to the great reproach of the nation, all which had been managed by some crafty, ill-principled men. The new Privy Council have a Republican spirit, manifestly undermining all future succession of the Crown and prosperity of the Church of England, which yet I hope they will not be able to accomplish so soon as they expect, though they get into all places of trust and profit.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th April 1689. King James (age 55) was now certainly in Ireland with the Marshal d'Estrades, whom he made a Privy Councillor; and who caused the King to remove the Protestant Councillors, some whereof, it seems, had continued to sit, telling him that the King of France (age 50), his master, would never assist him if he did not immediately do it; by which it is apparent how the poor Prince is managed by the French.
John Evelyn's Diary. 12th April 1689. I went with the Bishop of St. Asaph (age 61) to visit my Lord of Canterbury (age 58) at Lambeth [Map], who had excused himself from officiating at the coronation, which was performed by the Bishop of London (age 57), assisted by the Archbishop of York (age 74). We had much private and free discourse with his Grace concerning several things relating to the Church, there being now a bill of comprehension to be brought from the Lords to the Commons. I urged that when they went about to reform some particulars in the Liturgy, Church discipline, Canons, etc., the baptizing in private houses without necessity might be reformed, as likewise so frequent burials in churches; the one proceeding much from the pride of women, bringing that into custom which was only indulged in case of imminent danger, and out of necessity during the rebellion, and persecution of the clergy in our late civil wars; the other from the avarice of ministers, who, in some opulent parishes, made almost as much of permission to bury in the chancel and the church, as of their livings, and were paid with considerable advantage and gifts for baptizing in chambers. To this they heartily assented, and promised their endeavor to get it reformed, utterly disliking both practices as novel and indecent.
On 12th April 1692 William Fermor 1st Baron Leominster (age 43) was created 1st Baron Leominster by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 41). Catherine Paulett Baroness Leominster by marriage Baroness Leominster.
On 12th April 1696 Henry Bourchier Fane (age 27) was killed in a duel with Elizeus Burges at Leicester Fields Leicester Square.
Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville. To the Marquis of Hartington (age 19). London. April 12, 1810.
Dearest Hartington, — You must think me a brute for having been so long without writing to you, but I have been for some time the idlest of human beings. We keep terrible late hours, and I do nothing from morning till night but think what an angel my husband is, which is more pleasant than profitable. Your absence furnishes me with conversation wherever I go. I really cannot explain your leaving London just now, your thinking Bath the best place for mathematics or Doctor Randolph's attractions. Poor worn-out Lady Warwick rien peut plus with it, but with a tremulous voice, like cowards just before they dip into the sea, follows me about — 'Where is he gone, my dear Lady Harriet, what can he be gone about?' There are shoals of Miss Mildmays, and the good-natured Dowager quite like a hen. Sir Henry and his wife go about in attitudes, but they match so well and look so handsome that one forgives them for it.
You will have seen in the papers all that has been going on about Sir Francis Burdett (age 40). London is quiet and dull again. The mob entirely dispersed and nothing but soldiers to be seen. These riots have been very animating to different people in different ways. Lord Carlisle (age 61)1 - got well pelted with mud and dirt. Think of the nose of nice nobility. Little 02. was obliged to explain his politics to the mob, who were going to swallow him, I believe. He is so factious that if he was not so small and inarticulate he might some day or other get into mischief. As it is he is never heard and scarcely seen. So passe, passe, petit bonhomme, very harmless and very ridiculous.
We all go to Court the day after to-morrow. Lady Stafford (age 44)3 presents me, Lady Liverpool (age 43) the Duchess (age 52)4.
Note 1. He married Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, a daughter of the first Marquis of Stafford and half-sister to Lord Granville (age 36). He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1780 to 1782. He wrote indifferent poetry, and was sneered at in English Bards amd Scotch Beviewers by his relative and ward, Lord Byron (age 22).
Note 2. Lord Ossulston (age 33), who succeeded his father, Lord Tankerville (age 66), in 1822,. He married in 1806 Mlle. Corisande de Gramont (age 27), of whom there is frequent mention in these letters.
Note 3. Countess of Sutherland, married in 1785 to the second Marquis of Stafford (age 52), half-brother to Lord Granville. He was Ambassador in Paris from 1790 to 1792. She did what she could for Marie Antoinette when in prison.
Note 4. Elizabeth.Duchess of Devonshire.
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On 12th April 1855 Elizabeth Margaret HIbbert Lady Holland (age 21) died from childbirth.
On 12th April 1866 Viktoria Hohenzollern was born to Frederick III King Prussia (age 34) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 25). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 12th April 1875 Reverend Christopher Robert Lighton 6th Baronet (age 55) died. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Ellastone.
Reverend Christopher Robert Lighton 6th Baronet: On 28th May 1819 he was born. On 2nd June 1843 he and Mary Anne Elizabeth Ram were married. In 1848 he was appointed Vicar of St Peter's Church, Ellastone which office he served for twenty-seven years.
12th April 1892. National Photographic Record and Survey; Mr Godfrey Bingley. Historic Stonehenge.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
12th April 1892. Godfrey Bingley (age 49). Historic Stonehenge.
St Michal's Church, Inveresk [Map]. Monument to Alexander Verner McLare M.C. Killed in action 12th April 1918.
On 12th April 1920 Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 67) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford: On 24th September 1852 she was born to Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. On 24th October 1886 George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford and she were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford.
12th April 1933. The Bystander. Front page photograph of Pamela Mitford (age 25).
Pamela Mitford: On 25th November 1907 she was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles. 16th May 1929. Daily Mirror. It was learned last night at the house of the Hon. Pamela Freeman-Mitford that her engagement to Mr. Oliver Vernon Watney, a member of the famous brewery firm, has been broken off. First arranged for last October, the wedding was postponed until January 22, but was then postponed indefinitely because Mr. Watney was suffering from pleurisy. On 12th April 1994 Pamela Mitford died.
On 12th April 1961 Russian astronaunt Yuri Gagarin completed the first manned space flight.
On 12th April 1990 Queen Elizabeth II (age 63) distributed the Royal Maundy in the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map]. Sge was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh (age 68).
Births on the 12th April
On 24th February 1526 Afonso Aviz was born to John III King Portugal (age 23) and Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Portugal (age 19). Their first child, he died on 12th April 1526. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.30%.
On 12th April 1541 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Albany was born to King James V of Scotland (age 29) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 25). Possibly named Arthur? He died eight days later. He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 12th April 1550 Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford was born to John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 34) and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford (age 24).
On 12th April 1577 Christian IV King of Denmark was born to Frederick II King of Denmark (age 42) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 19).
On 12th April 1595 Miles Hobart was born to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 35) and Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart in Plumstead, Greenwich.
On 12th April 1601 Bernhard Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 56) and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (age 28).
On 12th April 1624 Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours was born to Henri I Duke of Nemours (age 51).
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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 12th April 1651 Bishop John Hough was born.
On 12th April 1717 Ellis Cunliffe 1st Baronet was born to Foster Cunliffe (age 35).
On 12th April 1724 Admiral Mark Milbanke was born to Ralph Milbanke 4th Baronet (age 36) and Anne Delaval Lady Milbanke (age 22).
On 12th April 1739 Sackville Beauclerk was born to Vere Beauclerk 1st Baron de Vere (age 39) and Mary Chambers Baroness Spencer (age 25). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12th April 1756 Ferdinand August Heinrich Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 32) and Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 32) at Coburg.
On 12th April 1781 Thomas Hanmer was born to Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Margaret Kenyon Lady Hanmer.
On 12th April 1792 John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham was born to William Henry Lambton (age 28) and Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (age 20) at 14 Berkeley Square, Mayfair.
On 12th April 1799 John Yarde-Buller 1st Baron Churston was born to Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller 2nd Baronet (age 32).
On 12th April 1801 Susan Caroline Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 34) and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 31).
On 12th April 1803 Caroline FitzHardinge Berkeley was born to Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 58). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12th April 1809 Charles Anderson-Pelham 2nd Earl Yarborough was born to Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough (age 27).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th April 1810 Reverend William Henry Spencer was born to Francis Almeric Spencer 1st Baron Churchill (age 30) and Frances Fitzroy Baroness Churchill Wychwood (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.63%.
On 12th April 1814 George Pitt-Rivers 6th Baron Rivers was born to Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers (age 36) and Frances Rigby.
On 12th April 1821 Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour-Conway 1st Baron Alcester was born to Horace Beauchamp Seymour-Conway (age 29) and Elizabeth Malet Palk (age 24).
On 12th April 1825 Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington was born to Robert Henley 2nd Baron Henley (age 35) and Harriet Peel (age 22).
On 12th April 1833 Pascoe Charles Glyn was born to George Glyn Banker 1st Baron Wolverton (age 36) and Marianne Grenfell Baroness Wolverton (age 31).
On 12th April 1837 Augustus Frederick Bampfylde 2nd Baron Poltimore was born to George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore (age 51) and Caroline Buller Baroness Poltimore (age 31).
On 12th April 1842 Edward Harris 4th Earl Malmesbury was born to Admiral Edward Harris (age 33).
On 12th April 1845 Henry Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 9th Baronet (age 36).
On 12th April 1846 Richard Fitzherbert 5th Baronet was born to William Fitzherbert 4th Baronet (age 37) and Ann Alleyne Lady Fitzherbert (age 31).
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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 12th April 1849 Edward Beauchamp 1st Baronet was born to Reverend William Henry Beauchamp.
On 12th April 1852 Arthur Dryden 9th and 6th Baronet was born to Alfred Erasmus Dryden 8th and 5th Baronet (age 30).
On 12th April 1866 Viktoria Hohenzollern was born to Frederick III King Prussia (age 34) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 25). She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 12th April 1866 Arthur Algernon Lane Fox-Pitt was born to Augustus Henry Fox Pitt-Rivers (age 38) and Alice Margaret Stanley (age 38).
On 12th April 1868 Frederick Maitland 14th Earl of Lauderdale was born to Frederick Maitland 13th Earl of Lauderdale (age 27).
On 12th April 1869 Louise De Vere Beauclerk was born to William Amelius Aubrey Beauclerk 10th Duke St Albans (age 28) and Sybil Mary Grey Duchess St Albans (age 20).
On 12th April 1898 Lieutenant Edward Wodehouse was born to John Wodehouse 2nd Earl Kimberley (age 50) and Isabel Geraldine Stracey Countess Kimberley.
On 12th April 1899 John Pratt 5th Marquess Camden was born to John Pratt 4th Marquess Camden (age 27) and Joan Marion Neville Marchioness Camden (age 22).
On 12th April 1909 William Vane was born to Lieutenant-Colonel William Lyonel Vane (age 49) and Katharine Louisa Pakenham (age 41).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th April 1914 Michael Addison 3rd Viscount Addison was born to Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 45) and Isobel Gray.
On 12th April 1930 Patrick Pery 6th Earl of Limerick was born to Edmund Pery 5th Earl of Limerick (age 41) and Angela Olivia Trotter Countess of Limerick (age 33).
On 12th April 1934 Oenone Clarissa Chaplin was born to Anthony Chaplin 3rd Viscount Chaplin and Alvilde Bridges Viscountess Chaplin (age 24).
On 12th April 1937 Caroline Elizabeth Wethered Marchioness of Ailesbury was born to Commander Owen Francis MacTier Wethered.
Marriages on the 12th April
On 12th April 1363 Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 28) and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 61) and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 12th April 1385 a double wedding of the Burgundian Court was celebrated with brother and sister John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 13) and Margaret Valois Countess Holland (age 10) getting married ...
John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 48) and Margaret Silesia. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 43) and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 37). They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainault V Count Zeeland (age 20) and Margaret Valois Countess Holland were married. She the daughter of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria and Margaret Silesia. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 12th April 1649 Charles Hussey 1st Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Brownlow Lady Hussey (age 19) were married at the St James' Church, Clerkenwell. They had seven sons and eight daughters.
On 12th April 1651 August Philipp Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 38) and Marie Sibylle Nassau Saarbrücken Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck were married at Beck. She by marriage Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. He the son of Alexander Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg and Dorothea Schwarzburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg.
On 12th April 1672 Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford (age 45) and Diana Kirke Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford and Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess of Oxford.
On 12th April 1757 Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh (age 38) and Mary Cotton Countess Desmond and Denbigh (age 4) were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond, Countess Denbigh. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of William Feilding 4th Earl Desmond 5th Earl Denbigh and Isabella Jong Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
On 12th April 1823 Bingham Baring 2nd Baron Ashburton (age 23) and Harriet Mary Montagu Baroness Ashburton (age 17) were married. She the daughter of George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich and Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich (age 42).
On 12th April 1825 Theophilus Biddulph 6th Baronet (age 40) and Jane Rebecca Vyner Lady Biddulph (age 22) were married.
On 12th April 1836 Edward North Buxton 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Catherine Gurney Lady Buxton (age 22) were married. They were first cousins.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th April 1871 Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane 4th Baronet (age 41) and Margaret Gladstone were married.
On 12th April 1913 George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech (age 28) and Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 51) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 45).
On 12th April 1940 Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 49) and Anaïs Melisande Folin were divorced.
Deaths on the 12th April
On 12th April 1165 Henry Fitzmiles Baron Abergavenny was killed by Seisyll ap Dyfnwal Gwent at Arnold Arnaullt Castle [Map]. He buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. His brother Mahel succeeded Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation.
On 12th April 1256 Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 39) died.
On 12th April 1411 Robert of Bar 1st Duke of Bar (age 66) died.
On 12th April 1434 Joan Holland Duchess York (age 54) died.
On 12th April 1443 Archbishop Henry Chichele (age 80) died. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
On 12th April 1493 Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford (age 59) died at Londesborough.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th April 1530 Joanna "La Beltraneja" Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 68) died.
On 12th April 1550 Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 53) died. His son Francis (age 31) succeeded 1st Duke Guise.
On 12th April 1555 Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 76) died.
On 12th April 1557 John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos (age 65) died at Sudeley Castle [Map]. His son Edmund (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Dorothy Braye Baroness Chandos and Knollys (age 33) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.
On 12th April 1639 Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 79) died. His son Henry (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Monmouth. Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth (age 38) by marriage Countess Monmouth.
On 12th April 1641 George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 59) died. His son Christian (age 19) succeeded Duke Brunswick Lüneburg.
On 12th April 1662 Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey (age 54) died.
On 12th April 1681 or 14th April 1681 Thomas Littleton 2nd Baronet (age 60) died. His son Thomas (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet Littleton of Stoke Milburgh in Suffolk
On 12th April 1687 Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester (age 41) died.
On 12th April 1706 Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire (age 86) died. His great nephew Henry (age 20) succeeded 4th Earl Berkshire, 4th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 4th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 12th April 1715 Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 66) died. He was buried at Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire. His son Philip succeeded 2nd Marquess Wharton, 2nd Earl Wharton, 6th Baron Wharton.
On 12th April 1736 Thomas Saunders Sebright 4th Baronet (age 43) died. His son Thomas (age 12) succeeded 5th Baronet Sebright of Besford in Worcestershire.
On 12th April 1770 Thomas Adams 6th Baronet (age 41) died. Baronet Adams of London extinct.
On 12th April 1775 William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian (age 65) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son William (age 38) succeeded 5th Marquess Lothian. Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian (age 30) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 12th April 1823 Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham (age 60) died. Her son Charles (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Barham.
On 12th April 1824 Philip Hales 5th Baronet (age 89) died. Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent extinct.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th April 1834 Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford (age 74) died at Hertford aka Manchester House Manchester Square Marylebone.
On 12th April 1841 Mary Langdale Baroness Stourton (age 89) died.
On 12th April 1845 John Neville 3rd Earl Abergavenny (age 55) died. His brother William (age 52) succeeded 4th Earl Abergavenny, 4th Viscount Neville, 20th Baron Abergavenny, 18th Baron Abergavenny. Caroline Leeke Countess Abergavenny by marriage Countess Abergavenny.
On 12th April 1855 Elizabeth Margaret HIbbert Lady Holland (age 21) died from childbirth.
On 12th April 1861 Richard Noel Noel-Hill 5th Baron Berwick (age 60) died. His brother William (age 59) succeeded 6th Baron Berwick of Attingham in Shropshire.
On 12th April 1863 Elizabeth St Lawrence Lady Borough (age 53) died.
On 12th April 1868 James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 76) died. His son Robert (age 38) succeeded 3rd Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 9th Earl Salisbury. Georgina Anderson (age 41) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.
On 12th April 1881 Juliana Pole-Carew Baroness Robartes (age 68) died.
On 12th April 1893 Charles de Hoghton 10th Baronet (age 69) died. His brother James (age 42) succeeded 11th Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
On 12th April 1894 Emma Lucy Madox Brown (age 50) died at Hotel Victoria. Her husband William Michael Rossetti (age 64) and daughter Olivia Madox Rossetti (age 18) were present.
On 12th April 1896 William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot 3rd Baronet (age 54) died. His son John (age 14) succeeded 4th Baronet Eardley-Wilmot of Berkswell Hall in Warwickshire.
On 12th April 1916 Hubert George Burgh 2nd Marquess Clanricarde (age 83) died. Marquess Clarincade, Baron Somerhill of Somerhill in Kent extinct.
On 12th April 1920 Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 67) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford: On 24th September 1852 she was born to Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. On 24th October 1886 George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford and she were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford.
On 12th April 1929 Francis Baring 2nd Earl Northbrook (age 78) died. Earl Northbrook extinct. His half first cousin Francis (age 47) succeeded 4th Baron Northbrook, 6th Baronet Baring of Larkbeer in Devon.
On 12th April 1942 Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle (age 83) died at Quidenham, Norfolk. His son Walter (age 60) succeeded 9th Earl Albermarle, 9th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 9th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent. Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle (age 32) by marriage Countess Albermarle.
On 12th April 1956 John Chevallier Hoskyns 15th Baronet (age 29) died unmarried. His brother Benedict (age 27) succeeded 16th Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
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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 12th April 1999 Gordon Hope Hope-Morley 3rd Baron Hollenden (age 85) died. His son Ian (age 53) succeeded 4th Baron Hollenden of Leigh in Kent.
On 12th April 2009 William Stanhope 11th Earl of Harrington (age 86) died. His son Charles (age 63) succeeded 12th Earl Harrington, 12th Viscount Petersham, 12th Baron Harrington.