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On this Day in History ... 13th March

13 Mar is in March.

1194 Richard Lionheart Returns to England

1271 Murder of Henry of Almain

1569 Battle of Jarnac

1601 Essex Rebellion

1666 Great Plague of London

1881 Assassination of Tsar Alexander II

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Events on the 13th March

. 13th March 1121. After this, the archbishop, having accompanied the king (age 53) to Abingdon [Map], consecrated on Sunday the third of the ides [the 13th] of March, Robert, before named, as bishop of Chester, there being present and assisting at this sacrament William, bishop of Winchester, William, bishop of Exeter, and the Welsh bishops, Urban (age 45) and Bernard.

Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 13th March 1194. On the following day, after the ninth hour, he [King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 36)] landed in England at the port of Sandwich, on a Sunday, the 13th of March1.

... et in crastino post horam diei nonam applicuit in Angliam apud Sandicum portum, die Dominica, tertio idus Martii.

Note 1. According to this computation Richard left Antwerp on Friday, March 4, and reached Swine on Monday the 7th. He had then spent a month in Germany between Mentz and Antwerp, where he had to wait a long time for a wind (R. Coggesh.) but as no mention is made of his coronation, which should have been performed at Aries, we may conclude that it did not take place. Ralph de Diceto places the landing at Sandwich on the 20th instead of the 13th of March: Gervase makes him land on the Saturday, March 12. Ralph of Coggeshall confirms Hoveden, but gives the hour, "the second hour of the day," differently. Richard went on to Canterbury on the Sunday (Gerv. 1532); and met the archbishop on the way to Rochester, on the Monday. He reached London on the Wednesday after he landed. R. Dic. 672.

. 13th March 1194. Traveling with his mother (age 72) and chancellor through the lands of the Duke of Louvain towards the British sea, he arrived at Antwerp, where he waited for a suitable time to cross. Finally, on the Sunday after the Feast of Saint Gregory (March 13), he landed in England at the port of Sandwich with great joy. At the very hour when the king and his company arrived—namely, at the second hour of the day (around 8 a.m.)—as the sun shone brilliantly, an unusually bright and extraordinary radiance appeared in the sky, not far from the sun. This radiance had the length and width of a human body, with a brilliant white glow mixed with a reddish hue, resembling the colors of a rainbow. Many who saw this phenomenon interpreted it as a sign that the king had arrived in England.

Qui cum matre sua et cancellario per terram ducis Luvanae ad mare Britannicum proficiscens, apud Andeworpe aptum tempus transfretandi diutius exspectavit; qui in die Dominica post festum Sancti Gregorii in Angliam cum magno gaudio ad portum Sandwicensem applicuit. Hora autem qua rex cum suis applicuit, scilicet secunda hora diei, sole clarius rutilante, apparuit quidam serenissimus atque insolitus splendor, non longius a sole distans, quasi ad longitudinem et latitudinem humani corporis, candorem praefulgidum atque rubedinem quasi species iridis in se continens; quem splendorem plures intuentes, pronunciabant regem in Anglia fore appulsum.

On 13th March 1271 Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 52) and Gertrude Hohenburg (age 46).

On 13th March 1271 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro, Viterbo by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.

The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated.

Henry "Almain" Cornwall was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].

The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell.

New Chronicle by Villani Chapter 39. 13th March 1271. And now we return to our chief subject — how was slain Count Henry, earl of Cornwall (age 35), brother [cousin] of King Edward, in revenge for this, as we said before. The court was greatly disturbed, giving much blame therefor to King Charles, who ought not to have suffered this if he knew thereof, and if he did not know it he ought not to have let it go unavenged. But the said Count Guy (age 27), being provided with a company of men-at-arms on horse and on foot, was not content only with having done the said murder; forasmuch as a cavalier asked him what he had done, and he replied, "J'ai fait ma vangeance," [I took my revenge] and that cavalier said, "Comment? Votre père fut trainé;" [How? Your father was dragged] and immediately he returned to the church, and took Henry by the hair, and dead as he was, he dragged him vilely without the church; and when he had done the said sacrilege and homicide, he departed from Viterbo, and came safe and sound into Maremma to the lands of Count Rosso, his father-in-law. By reason of the death of the said Henry, Edward, his brother, very wrathful and indignant against King Charles, departed from Viterbo, and came with his followers through Tuscany, and abode in Florence, and knighted many citizens, giving them horses and all knightly accoutrements very nobly, and then he came into England, and set the heart of his said brother in a golden cup upon a pillar at the head of London Bridge over the river Thames, to keep the English in mind of the outrage sustained. For the which thing, Edward, after he became king, was never friendly towards King Charles, nor to his folk. After like manner, Philip, king of France, departed with his folk, and came and dwelt many days in Florence; and when he was come into France, he buried the body of the good King Louis, his father with great honour, and had himself crowned with great solemnity at Rheims.

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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 13th March 1372 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans was born to King Charles V of France (age 33) and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.59%.

Chronicle of Gregory. 13th March 1461. The xiij day of Marche the King, owre newe King Edwarde (age 18), toke his jornaye unto the Northe, and the Duke of Northefolke (age 45) with hym. The Erle of Warwycke (age 32) and the Lord Fauconbrygge (age 32), with many knyghtes, squyers, and comyns, to the nombyr of iic Mlmen.

Patent Rolls. 13th March 1463. Westminster Palace [Map]. Commission to James Strangways, knight, Thomas Witham (age 43), chancellor of the Exchequer, Thomas Mouutford, esquire, John Laton, esquire, and Ralph Assheton, esquire, to enquire by oath of good men of the county of York whether Joan Faucombregge, late Countess of Kent (age 56), is an idiot and incapable of the government of herself and her possessions, whether she has alienated any of her lands, and who is her next heir.

On 13th March 1516 Vladislaus II King Hungary (age 60) died.

On 13th March 1519 Thomas Babington of Dethick (age 70) died at Ashover, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church, Ashover, Derbyshire [Map].

Monument to Thomas Babington of Dethick and Edith Fitzherbert. Excellent painted alabaster monument of the Fluted Period with the colours much refreshed. Carved by Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings. The monument was probably erected shortly after Edith died. Thomas's will requests the tomb not be disturbed when dies:

I will my body be buryed in my parish church of Ashover, nere by wif Edith, it it fortune me to deceas within xx. myles of the same. And ells in such place as shalbe thought by them that shalbe wt me at the tyme of my diceas; But I will not that the Tombe which I have made in the Church of Ashover be broken or hurt for my carkas, but that it be leyde nere the same, and over that place that I shall lye in, a stone with a scripture after myne executors and supervisour myndis or the more parte of them to be leyde."

She wearing a Gabled Headress with long lappets.

He in civilian clothes with a purse (aka scrip aka gypciere) hanging from his belt.

The chest tomb of exceptional quality with the fifteen weepers under crocketed canopies broadly undamaged. The weepers on the sides are believed to represent Thomas and Editha's children, possibly fourteen, and their respective spouses. The chest tomb now abuts the south wall of the chancel meaning only three sides visible.

Thomas Babington of Dethick and Edith Fitzherbert with Saints Catherine and Thomas of Canterbury in the centre.

Thomas Babington of Dethick: Around 1449 he was born to John Babington and Isabel Bradbourne. Before 1476 Thomas Babington of Dethick and Edith Fitzherbert were married.

Edith Fitzherbert: Around 1457 she was born to Ralph Fitzherbert and Elizabeth Marshall at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. In 1511 Edith Fitzherbert died at Ashover, Staffordshire.

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On 13th March 1569 Louis Bourbon Prince Condé (age 38) was killed after surrendering at the Battle of Jarnac. His son Henri (age 16) succeeded Prince Condé. His son Charles (age 2) succeeded Count Soissons.

Annales of England by John Stow. The 13 of March [1601], sir Gilley Merike Knight, and Henry Cuffe (age 38) Gentleman, were drawne to Tiborne, the one from the Tower, the other from Newgate, and there hanged, boweled, and quartered, as being actors with the late earle of Essex.

Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts. [13th March 1601]. But Merick and Cuff (age 38), the one a principal actor, the other a chief plotter and inducer of the were yesterday executed at Tyburne.

On 13th March 1620 Bishop Martin Fortherby (deceased) was buried at All Hallows Staining Church Langbourn Ward.

On 13th March 1635 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland (age 58) died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map] where he has a monument. The marble elments sculpted by Isaac Besnier, Sculptor in Ordinary and Keeper of the Statues to Charles I until 1643, when he was superseded by his son Peter; the bronze elements perhaps cast by Hubert le Sueur. His son Jerome (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. Frances Stewart Countess Portland (age 18) by marriage Countess of Portland.

Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland: On 16th December 1605 he was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 10th June 1632 he and Frances Stewart Countess Portland were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 17th March 1663 he died. His son Charles succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.

Frances Stewart Countess Portland: In 1617 she was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. In 1694 Frances Stewart Countess Portland died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 13th March 1650. Saw a triumph in Monsieur del Camp's Academy, where divers of the French and English noblesse, especially my Lord of Ossory, and Richard, sons to the Marquis of Ormond (age 39) (afterward Duke), did their exercises on horseback in noble equipage, before a world of spectators and great persons, men and ladies. It ended in a collation.

John Evelyn's Diary. 13th March 1661. I went to Lambeth, with Sir R. Browne's (age 56) pretense to the Wardenship of Merton College, Oxford, to which, as having been about forty years before a student of that house, he was elected by the votes of every Fellow except one; but the statutes of the house being so that, unless every Fellow agree, the election devolves to the Visitor, who is the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Juxon (age 79)), his Grace gave his nomination to Sir T. Clayton, resident there, and the Physic Professor: for which I was not at all displeased, because, though Sir Richard missed it by much ingratitude and wrong of the Archbishop (Clayton being no Fellow), yet it would have hindered Sir Richard from attending at Court to settle his greater concerns, and so have prejudiced me, though he was much inclined to have passed his time in a collegiate life, very unfit for him at that time, for many reasons. So I took leave of his Grace, who was formerly Lord Treasurer in the reign of Charles I.

John Evelyn's Diary. 13th March 1661. This afternoon, Prince Rupert (age 41) showed me, with his own hands, the new way of graving, called mezzo tinto, which afterward, by his permission, I published in my "History of Chalcography"; this set so many artists on work, that they soon arrived to the perfection it is since come to, emulating the tenderest miniatures.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1665. This day I saw my Lord Castlemayne (age 31) at St. James's, lately come from France.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1666. At noon to dinner, and then to the office again, where mighty business, doing a great deale till midnight and then home to supper and to bed. The plague encreased this week 29 from 28, though the total fallen from 238 to 207, which do never a whit please me.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1667. So home to supper and to bed. The Duke of Buckingham (age 39) is concluded gone over sea, and, it is thought, to France.

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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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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1667. By and by by coach, set down Mr. Holliard (age 58) near his house at Hatton Garden [Map] and myself to Lord Treasurer's (age 60), and sent my wife to the New Exchange. I staid not here, but to Westminster Hall [Map], and thence to Martin's, where he and she both within, and with them the little widow that was once there with her when I was there, that dissembled so well to be grieved at hearing a tune that her, late husband liked, but there being so much company, I had no pleasure here, and so away to the Hall again, and there met Doll Lane coming out, and 'par contrat did hazer bargain para aller to the cabaret de vin', called the Rose, and 'ibi' I staid two hours, 'sed' she did not 'venir', 'lequel' troubled me, and so away by coach and took up my wife, and away home, and so to Sir W. Batten's (age 66), where I am told that it is intended by Mr. Carcasse to pray me to be godfather with Lord Bruncker (age 47) to-morrow to his child, which I suppose they tell me in mirth, but if he should ask me I know not whether I should refuse it or no.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1667. So home by water, and stepped into Michell's, and there did baiser my Betty, 'que aegrotat' [unwell] a little. At home find Mr. Holliard (age 58), and made him eat a bit of victuals. Here I find Mr. Greeten, who teaches my wife on the flageolet, and I think she will come to something on it. Mr. Holliard advises me to have my father come up to town, for he doubts else in the country he will never find ease, for, poor man, his grief is now grown so great upon him that he is never at ease, so I will have him up at Easter.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1667. Late at my office preparing a speech against to-morrow morning, before the King (age 36), at my Lord Treasurer's (age 60), and the truth is it run in my head all night.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 13th March 1668. Thence with our company to the King's playhouse, where I left them, and I, my head being full of to-morrow's dinner, I to my Lord Crew's (age 70), there to invite Sir Thomas Crew (age 44); and there met with my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 20) and his lady, the first time I spoke to her. I saluted her; and she mighty civil and; with my Lady Jemimah, do all resolve to be very merry to-morrow at my house. My Lady Hinchingbroke [Note. Probably a reference to Elizabeth Wilmot Countess Sandwich the future Lady Hinchinbroke.] I cannot say is a beauty, nor ugly; but is altogether a comely lady enough, and seems very good-humoured, and I mighty glad of the occasion of seeing her before to-morrow.

On 13th March 1716 Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia was born to Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia (age 27) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 28). She a granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.31%.

On 13th March 1808 Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway (age 59) died. His son Frederick (age 40) succeeded VI King Denmark and Norway. Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 40) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 13th March 1825 the inquest concluded "That the deceased, Mr. Wm. Owen (age 56), Esq,. died from taking a large quantity of Barclays drops; the bottle containing that liquid having been negligently and incautiously labelled, by the person who prepared the medicine as an opening draught, such as the said Mr. Owen had been in the habit of taking and that we understand the above lamented mistake took place at the house of Mr. Smith, a chymist and druggist in the Haymarket."

On 13th March 1834 Charles Philip Yorke (age 70) died without issue one day after his seventieth birthday. On 10th May 1854 Harriet Manningham (age 70) died. Both buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].

Framed inscription panel with achievement of arms, supported by consoles and surmounted by a sarcophagus, in various marbles, signed by Thomas Denman (age 44).

The quote 'Et Nos Aliquod' appears to refer to Vergils Aeneid Paragraph 57 Sentence 4 "et nos aliquod nomenque decusque gessimus." meaning "I also had some name and respect".

Charles Philip Yorke: On 12th March 1764 he was born to Charles Yorke and Agneta Johnson. On 1st July 1790 Charles Philip Yorke and Harriet Manningham were married.

Harriet Manningham: On 21st June 1763 she was born to Charles Manningham of Thorpe in Surrey.

The Diary of George Price Boyce 1854. 13th March 1854. To Rossetti's (age 25). Found him at home but unwell; he sleeps little at nights. A young man of the name of Hughes (age 22) was painting a picture of Orlando inscribing his mistress' name on a tree. Parts nicely painted. Rossetti showed me an exquisite drawing of his from the Vita Nuova, Dante receiving visitors on the anniversary of Beatrice's death. He showed me too a little unfinished drawing of Dante, Beatrice, and two others, in Paradise, he promised to finish for me, as I liked it, and would like some work in exchange. On the wall he has pen and ink outlines by J. E. Millais (age 24), W. H. Hunt (age 26), Deverell, and W. B. Scott, pencil design by Woolner, chalk study by F. M. Brown (age 32). A lovely hasty rub in of a cornfield against a deep blue sky, by W. H. Hunt. We read a long critique of the National Exhibition in the Daily News by Coventry Patmore; intensive praise of my small drawing, finding fault with the others. Rossetti came round to Russell St. and took ten of the drawings I showed him. He liked the long Sunset, Moel Siabod—Autumn Study, Thought the 3 greatest men in art were Giotto, Durer, Hogarth.

On 13th March 1881 Tsar Alexander II of Russia (age 62) was assassinated. He died at the Winter's Palace, St Petersburg. His son Alexander (age 36) succeeded III Tsar Russia. Dagmar aka Maria Feodrovna Glücksburg (age 33) by marriage Tsarina Russia.

As he was known to do every Sunday for many years, the emperor went to the Mikhailovsky Manège for the military roll call. A young member of the Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will") movement, Nikolai Rysakov, threw a bomb which explosion Alexander survived. A second young member of the Narodnaya Volya, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, threw a second bomb killing the Tsar.

On 13th March 1884 or 24th March 1884 William Charles Fuller was born at Laugharne [Map].

The London Gazette 26496. St. James's Palace, March 13, 1894.

The Queen (age 74) has been pleased to appoint Edwyn Francis, Earl of Chesterfield (age 39), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of George William Henry, Lord Vernon (age 40), resigned.

On 13th March 1906 Admiral Richard Horace Hamond (age 63) died. Memorial in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map].

Admiral Richard Horace Hamond: On 17th January 1843 he was born to Anthony Hamond and Mary Anne Musters.

13th March 1918. The Sketch.

Engaged to the Earl of St. Germans (age 27): Lady Blanche Somerset (age 20).

The engagement of Lady Blanche Somerset, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and the Earl of St. Germans, M.C., Dragoons, was announced on March 6. Lady Blanche, who was born in 1897, is a daughter of the ninth Duke. Lord St. Germans is the sixth Earl, and succeeded to the title in 1911. He was born in 1890, and is a Captain of Dragoons. He has served in the war ever since 1914, and has been wounded, mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Military Cross.

On 13th March 1949 Marie Campbell Baroness Leigh died. Memorial at Church of the Virgin Mary, Stoneleigh [Map].

Marie Campbell Baroness Leigh: On 2nd October 1923 Francis Dudley Leigh 3rd Baron Leigh and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Leigh of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire.

Births on the 13th March

On 13th March 1271 Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 52) and Gertrude Hohenburg (age 46).

On 13th March 1372 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans was born to King Charles V of France (age 33) and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.59%.

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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 13th March 1674 James Bertie was born to James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (age 20) and Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon.

On 13th March 1679 Charlotte Lee Baroness Baltimore was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 16) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 14) at St James' Park [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 13th March 1716 Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia was born to Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia (age 27) and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 28). She a granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.31%.

On 13th March 1719 John Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke was born to William Whitwell and Anne Griffin.

On 13th March 1733 Johan Joseph Zoffany was born.

On 12th March 1749 or 13th March 1749 William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster was born to James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster (age 27) and Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster (age 17) at Arlington Place. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 13th March 1764 Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey was born to Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey (age 34) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 20).

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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 13th March 1768 Anne Wellesley was born to Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 32) and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 25).

On 13th March 1770 Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn was born to George Hamilton (age 51).

On 13th March 1782 Robert Bateson 1st Baronet was born.

On 13th March 1785 Robert Murray was born to John Murray 4th Duke Atholl (age 29).

On 13th March 1826 Tatton Sykes 5th Baronet was born to Tatton Sykes 4th Baronet (age 54) and Mary Anne Foulis.

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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 13th March 1846 Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher 5th Baronet was born to Henry Fletcher 3rd Baronet (age 38) and Emily Maria Browne Lady Fletcher.

On 13th March 1849 Colonel Simon Macdonald Lockhart was born to Norman Macdonald Lockhart 3rd Baronet (age 46).

On 13th March 1857 Herbert Plumer 1st Viscount Plumer was born.

On 13th March 1878 David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale was born to Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 41) and Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 23).

On 13th March 1884 or 24th March 1884 William Charles Fuller was born at Laugharne [Map].

On 13th March 1887 Charles Thomas Mills was born to Charles Mills 2nd Baron Hillingdon (age 32) and Alice Marion Harbord Baroness Hillingdon (age 29).

On 13th March 1949 Andrew Clyde Stewart 14th Earl of Galloway was born to Alexander David Stewart (age 34).

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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 13th March 1954 Francis David Ormsby-Gore 6th Baron Harlech was born to William David Ormsby-Gore 5th Baron Harlech (age 35) and Sylvia Thomas Baroness Harlech.

On 13th March 1957 Dominic Nelson 5th Baronet was born to William Hope Nelson 3rd Baronet (age 42) and Elizabeth Anne Cary Lady Nelson (age 29).

On 13th March 1961 Ralph Douglas Scott-Montagu 4th Baron Montagu of Beaulieu was born to Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu 3rd Baron Montagu (age 34) and Belinda Crossley Baroness Montagu (age 29).

Marriages on the 13th March

On 13th March 1712 John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 17) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 57) and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. They were fourth cousins.

On 13th March 1723 Francis Poole 2nd Baronet (age 41) and Frances Pelham Lady Poole were married. She by marriage Lady Poole of Poole in Cheshire.

On 13th March 1729 Bussy Mansel 4th Baron Mansel (age 8) and Barbara Villiers Lady Blackett (age 22) were married. She the daughter of William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey.

On 13th March 1746 Francis Vincent 7th Baronet (age 29) and Mary Howard Lady Vincent (age 24) were married.

On 13th March 1778 Robert Shirley 7th Earl Ferrers (age 21) and Elizabeth Prentiss Countess Ferrers were married at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch. He the son of Robert Shirley 6th Earl Ferrers (age 54) and Catherine Cotton Countess Ferrers (age 59).

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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 13th March 1879 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 18) were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. He the son of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 59). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.

Deaths on the 13th March

On 13th March 1181 Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux (age 53) died at Évreux, Haute Normandie. His son Amaury succeeded 5th Count Évreux, 5th Seigneur Montfort.

On 13th March 1271 Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro, Viterbo by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.

The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated.

Henry "Almain" Cornwall was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].

The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell.

On 13th March 1375 Maria de la Cerda Y Lara Countess Alençon (age 56) died.

On 13th March 1385 Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley (age 75) died.

On 13th March 1422 John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford (age 33) died. On 13th March 1422 His son Thomas (age 7) succeeded 8th Baron de Clifford, 8th Lord Skipton.

On 13th March 1516 Vladislaus II King Hungary (age 60) died.

On 13th March 1540 Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu died. Earl Essex, Viscount Bourchier extinct. His daughter Anne (age 23) succeeded 7th Baroness Bourchier. His second cousin once removed John (age 41) succeeded 2nd Count Eu. Neither he or his descendants used the title.

On 13th March 1569 Louis Bourbon Prince Condé (age 38) was killed after surrendering at the Battle of Jarnac. His son Henri (age 16) succeeded Prince Condé. His son Charles (age 2) succeeded Count Soissons.

On 13th March 1635 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland (age 58) died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map] where he has a monument. The marble elments sculpted by Isaac Besnier, Sculptor in Ordinary and Keeper of the Statues to Charles I until 1643, when he was superseded by his son Peter; the bronze elements perhaps cast by Hubert le Sueur. His son Jerome (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. Frances Stewart Countess Portland (age 18) by marriage Countess of Portland.

Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland: On 16th December 1605 he was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 10th June 1632 he and Frances Stewart Countess Portland were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 17th March 1663 he died. His son Charles succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.

Frances Stewart Countess Portland: In 1617 she was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. In 1694 Frances Stewart Countess Portland died.

On 13th March 1708 John Pole 3rd Baronet (age 58) died. His son William (age 30) succeeded 4th Baronet Pole of Shute House in Devon.

On 4th March 1739 John Shaw 3rd Baronet (age 52) died. He was buried on 13th March 1739 at the Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham. His son John (age 10) succeeded 4th Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent.

On 13th March 1741 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 46) died. Baron Ferrers of Chartley abeyant.

On 13th March 1743 Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 63) died.

On 13th March 1753 Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville (age 55) died. His son Charles (age 36) succeeded 3rd Earl Tankerville, 4th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Alice Astley Countess Tankerville (age 36) by marriage Countess Tankerville.

On 13th March 1768 Compton Domvile 2nd Baronet (age 72) died. Baronet Domvile of Templeogue extinct. Charles Pocklington aka Domvile (age 28) inherited his estates and adopted the surname Domvile.

On 13th March 1771 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 67) died. He was buried on 19th March 1771 at St John the Baptist Church, Burford. His son William (age 44) de jure 6th Earl Banbury, 6th Viscount Wallingford, 6th Baron Knollys.

On 13th March 1782 Charles Holte 6th Baronet (age 60) died. Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire extinct. His daughter Mary Elizabeth Holte (age 26) and her husband Abraham Bracebridge inheritedBrereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. The inheritance complicated since Lister Holte, 5th Baronet, appears to have bequeathed Heneage Legge a lifetime's interest in the Hall.

On 13th March 1808 Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway (age 59) died. His son Frederick (age 40) succeeded VI King Denmark and Norway. Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 40) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 13th March 1812 Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 67) died. He was buried at Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. His son Henry (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Uxbridge, 10th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 4th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.

On 13th March 1834 Charles Philip Yorke (age 70) died without issue one day after his seventieth birthday. On 10th May 1854 Harriet Manningham (age 70) died. Both buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].

Framed inscription panel with achievement of arms, supported by consoles and surmounted by a sarcophagus, in various marbles, signed by Thomas Denman (age 44).

The quote 'Et Nos Aliquod' appears to refer to Vergils Aeneid Paragraph 57 Sentence 4 "et nos aliquod nomenque decusque gessimus." meaning "I also had some name and respect".

Charles Philip Yorke: On 12th March 1764 he was born to Charles Yorke and Agneta Johnson. On 1st July 1790 Charles Philip Yorke and Harriet Manningham were married.

Harriet Manningham: On 21st June 1763 she was born to Charles Manningham of Thorpe in Surrey.

On 13th March 1857 William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 84) died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son William (age 51) succeeded 2nd Earl Amherst, 3rd Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 42) by marriage Countess Amherst.

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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 13th March 1892 Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 54) died.

On 13th March 1898 Eleanor Sophia Leigh Lady Cunliffe (age 50) died.

On 13th March 1909 John Manners Yorke 7th Earl of Hardwicke (age 68) died. His son Charles (age 39) succeeded 8th Earl Hardwicke, 8th Viscount Royston.

On 13th March 1930 George Coventry 9th Earl Coventry (age 91) died.

On 13th March 1933 Charles Marsham 5th Earl Romney (age 68) died. His son Charles (age 41) succeeded 6th Earl Romney, 6th Viscount Marsham, 8th Baron Romney, 12th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. Marie Henrietta Keppel Countess of Romney (age 42) by marriage Countess Romney.

On 13th March 1937 Gaetano Trentanove (age 79) died.

On 13th March 1937 Arthur Walsh 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (age 77) died. His brother George (age 74) succeeded 4th Baron Ormathwaite of Ormathwaite in Cumberland.

On 13th March 1949 Marie Campbell Baroness Leigh died. Memorial at Church of the Virgin Mary, Stoneleigh [Map].

Marie Campbell Baroness Leigh: On 2nd October 1923 Francis Dudley Leigh 3rd Baron Leigh and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Leigh of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire.

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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 13th March 1969 Robert Foljambe 4th Earl of Liverpool (age 81) died. His great nephew Edward (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Liverpool.