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1189 Richard I Appoints his Bishops
1535 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1830 Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway
On 15th September 1054 García III King Pamplona (age 42) died in Barcelona [Map]. His son Sancho succeeded IV King Pamplona.
On 15th September 1189 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 32) held a Council meeting at Pipewell [Map] at which he appointed a number of Bishops:
Bishop William Longchamp was elected Bishop of Ely.
Bishop Godfrey Lucy was elected Bishop of Winchester.
Bishop Richard Fitzneal (age 59) was elected Bishop of London.
Archbishop Hubert Walter (age 29) was elected Bishop of Salisbury.
On 15th September 1231 Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 57) was murdered. His son Otto (age 25) succeeded II Duke Bavaria.
Before 15th September 1398 the future Henry IV (age 31) reported to King Richard II (age 31) that Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 30) had made a treasonous remark regarding Richard's rule. Richard II proposed a duel of honour at Gosford Green, Caludon, Coventry [Map], near Mowbray's home Caludon Castle.
On 15th September 1398 the future Henry IV (age 31) spent the night at Baginton Castle, Warwickshire [Map], the home of his friend William Bagot. Thomas Mowbray (age 30) spent the night at his home Caludon Castle, Warwickshire [Map].
On 15th September 1408 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 24) was killed at Île de Bréhat. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. Baron Holand, Baron Wake of Liddell abeyant. See Walsingham.
Thomas Walsingham [-1422]. [15th September 1408] Lord Thomas (age 24), Earl of Kent, while besieging the castle of Briaut in Brittany, was struck in the head by a bolt from a crossbow. Nevertheless, he captured the castle and completely destroyed it; but not long afterwards, when his brain had become putrid, he met his death.
Dominus Thomas Comes Canciæ, dum obsidet castrum de Briaut in Britannia, spiculo balistæ vulneratus in capite, cepit tamen castrum et destruxit funditus; nec multo post, putrefacto cerebro, mortem incurrit.
Chronicle of Robert Fabyan [-1512]. 15th September 1500. And this j'ere dyed doctour Morton (age 80), cardynall and chaunceler of Englande, in the moneth of October [September].
On 15th September 1505 Mary Queen Hungary was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 27) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. Letter 16. Henry VIII (age 37) to Anne Boleyn (age 27).
The reasonable request of your last letter, with the pleasure also that I take to know them true, causeth me to send you these news. The legate which we most desire arrived at Paris on Sunday or Monday last past, so that I trust by the next Monday to hear of his arrival at Calais: and then I trust within a while after to enjoy that which I have so long longed for, to God's pleasure and our both comforts.
No more to you at this present, mine own darling, for lack of time, but that I would you were in mine arms, or I in yours, for I think it long since I kissed you.
Written after the killing of a hart, at eleven of the clock, minding, with God's grace, to-morrow, mightily timely, to kill another, by the hand which, I trust, shortly shall be yours.
Henry R.
Note. The date of this letter is presumed to be middle September 1528.
On 15th September 1533 Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Poland was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Anne Jagiellon (age 30).
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 15th September 1535. R. O. St. P. I. 448. 370. Sir Thomas Audeley, Chancellor, to Cromwell.
Has received the King's letters, dated the 13th inst., for writs to be made to all sheriffs to notify the prorogation of Parliament to 4 Feb. Will use diligence. Audeley, the Speaker, and some others, must assemble in the Houses 3 Nov. next, to prorogue the same. Is glad of the adjournment of the term, considering the increase of sickness in the city. His advice, since the King desires it, is that Parliament be prorogued till 4 Feb., and the term till Crastino Animarum, by which time, by coldness of the weather, the plague should cease; if not, it may then be prorogued till Hilary Term. To adjourn the whole term suddenly would be prejudicial. One justice must sit in every Court on the first day of the term to receive the King's writ for the adjournment. Asks whether the Exchequer shall be adjourned with the rest, and advises that all should be adjourned together.
The new sheriffs of London have granted Audeley the nomination of under-sheriff of Middlesex. Hears Cromwell has since written to the sheriffs for the same; and reminds him that last year he (Audeley) had such a grant, but abstained from using it, when Cromwell promised not to interrupt him again. Has few advancements for his servants, Cromwell has many; begs he may enjoy the grant. Humble commendations to the King and Queen. Old Forde, 15 Sept. Signed.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 15th September 1561. The sam day the Quen('s) (age 28) grace removyd from Hatford castyll [Map] in Hatford-shyre unto Enfeld [Map] within x mylle of London.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 15th September 1561. The xv day of September tydynges cam to London [that] the kynge of Sweythland (age 27) was landyd in the North at ...., and yt be truw as the sayng was then.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 15th September 1617. Upon the 15th we rid on horseback to my Lady Selby's, all this week I being at home and was sad to see how ill things went with me. My Lord (age 28) being in the midst of his merry progress far out of Sussex where he had hunted in many gentlemen's Parks. Then he went to Woodstock to meet the King, and he stay'd up and down at many gentlemen's houses a good while. From thence he went to the Bath where he stay'd not above two days but yet returned to London till about Michaelmas.
Between 15th September 1648 and 27th November 1648 the Treaty of Newport attempted to reconcile King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 47) (who was imprisoned at nearby Carisbrooke Castle [Map]) with Parliament. Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles (age 48) and Henry Vane "The Younger" (age 35) represented Parliament. James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 37) represented King Charles. The Treaty eventually came to nothing.
Parliament was also represented by John Crew 1st Baron Crew (age 50), John Glynne (age 46), Nathaniel Fiennes (age 40), William Pierrepont of Thoresby (age 40), Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 45), William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (age 66), Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 63), William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 57), James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex (age 27) and Thomas Wenman 2nd Viscount Wenman (age 52).
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th September 1651. I accompanied Sir Richard Browne (age 46), my father-in-law, to the French Court, when he had a favorable audience of the French King (age 13), and the Queen (age 49), his mother; congratulating the one on his coming to the exercise of his royal charge, and the other's prudent and happy administration during her late regency, desiring both to preserve the same amity for his master, our King, as they had hitherto done, which they both promised, with many civil expressions and words of course upon such occasions. We were accompanied both going and returning by the Introductor of Ambassadors and Aid of Ceremonies. I also saw the audience of Morosini, the Ambassador of Venice, and divers other Ministers of State from German Princes, Savoy, etc. Afterward I took a walk in the King's gardens, where I observed that the mall goes the whole square there of next the wall, and bends with an angle so made as to glance the wall; the angle is of stone. There is a basin at the end of the garden fed by a noble fountain and high jetto. There were in it two or three boats, in which the King now and then rows about. In another part is a complete fort, made with bastions, graft, half-moons, ravelins, and furnished with great guns cast on purpose to instruct the King in fortification.
On 15th September 1656 John Dethick was knighted by Oliver Cromwell (age 57).
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John Evelyn's Diary. 15th September 1659. Came to see me Mr. Brereton (age 28), a very learned gentleman, son to my Lord Brereton (age 48), with his wife and divers other ladies. Also, Henry Howard of Norfolk (age 31), since Duke of Norfolk.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th September 1660. Met very early at our office this morning to pick out the twenty-five ships which are to be first paid off: After that to Westminster and dined with Mr. Dalton at his office, where we had one great court dish, but our papers not being done we could [not] make an end of our business till Monday next. Mr. Dalton and I over the water to our landlord Vanly, with whom we agree as to Dalton becoming a tenant. Back to Westminster, where I met with Dr. Castles, who chidd me for some errors in our Privy-Seal business; among the rest, for letting the fees of the six judges pass unpaid, which I know not what to say to, till I speak to Mr. Moore. I was much troubled, for fear of being forced to pay the money myself. Called at my father's (age 59) going home, and bespoke mourning for myself, for the death of the Duke of Gloucester (deceased). I found my mother pretty well. So home and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th September 1662. At White Hall we hear that the Duke of York (age 28) is gone a-hunting to-day; and so we returned: they going to the Duke of Albemarle's (age 53), where I left them (after I had observed a very good picture or two there), and so home, and there did resolve to give up my endeavours for access to the leads, and to shut up my doors lest the being open might give them occasion of longing for my chamber, which I am in most fear about.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th September 1666. In the evening there comes to me Captain Cocke (age 49), and walked a good while in the garden. He says he hath computed that the rents of houses lost by this fire in the City comes to £600,000 per annum; that this will make the Parliament, more quiet than otherwise they would have been, and give the King (age 36) a more ready supply; that the supply must be by excise, as it is in Holland; that the Parliament will see it necessary to carry on the warr; that the late storm hindered our beating the Dutch fleete, who were gone out only to satisfy the people, having no business to do but to avoid us; that the French, as late in the yeare as it is, are coming; that the Dutch are really in bad condition, but that this unhappinesse of ours do give them heart; that there was a late difference between my Lord Arlington (age 48) and Sir W. Coventry (age 38) about neglect in the last to send away an express of the other's in time; that it come before the King, and the Duke of Yorke (age 32) concerned himself in it; but this fire hath stopped it.
On 15th September 1667 Edgar Stewart 1st Duke Cambridge was born to James Duke of York (age 33) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 30).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th September 1668. So took wife and Mercer and Deb. and W. Hewer (age 26) (who are all to set out this day for Cambridge, to cozen Roger Pepys's (age 51), to see Sturbridge Fayre); and I shewed them the Exchange [Map], which is very finely carried on, with good dispatch. So walked back and saw them gone, there being only one man in the coach besides them; and so home to the Office, where Mrs. Daniel come and staid talking to little purpose with me to borrow money, but I did not lend her any, having not opportunity para hater allo thing mit her. At the office all the morning, and at noon dined with my people at home, and so to the office again a while, and so by water to the King's playhouse, to see a new play, acted but yesterday, a translation out of French by Dryden (age 37), called "The Ladys a la Mode" so mean a thing as, when they come to say it would be acted again to-morrow, both he that said it, Beeson, and the pit fell a-laughing, there being this day not a quarter of the pit full.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th September 1685. I accompanied Mr. Pepys (age 52) to Portsmouth [Map], whither his Ma* (age 51) was going the first time since his coming to the Crowne, to see in what state the fortifications were. We tooke coach and six horses, late after dinner, yet got to Bagshot that night. Whilst supper was making ready I went and made a visit to Mrs. Graham (age 34), some time maid of honour to ye Queene Dowager (age 46), now wife to James Graham, Esq (age 36) of the privy purse to the King; her house being a walke in the forest, within a little quarter of a mile from Bagshot towne. Very importunate she was that I would sup, and abide there that night, but being obliged by my companion, I return'd to our inn, after she had shew'd me her house, wch was very commodious and well furnish'd, as she was an excellent housewife, a prudent and virtuous lady. There is a parke full of red deere about it. Her eldest son was now sick there of the small-pox, but in a likely way of recovery, and other of her children run about, and among the infected, wnh she said she let them do on purpose that they might whilst young pass that fatal disease she fancied they were to undergo one time or other, and that this would be the best: the severity of this cruell disease so lately in my poore family confirming much of what she affirmed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th September 1692. There happened an earthquake, which, though not so great as to do any harm in England, was universal in all these parts of Europe. It shook the house at Wotton, but was not perceived by any save a servant or two, who were making my bed, and another in a garret. I and the rest being at dinner below in the parlor, were not sensible of it. The dreadful one in Jamaica this summer was profanely and ludicrously represented in a puppet play, or some such lewd pastime, in the fair of Southwark [Map], which caused the Queen (age 30) to put down that idle and vicious mock show.
On the 15th September 1830 the Liverpool-Manchester Railway was opened by the Duke of Wellington. Several trains travelled between Liverpool and Manchester. The line had a number of stations: Liverpool Crown Street, Roby, Parkside, Eccles and Manchester Liverpool Road.
A collision took place at Parr. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, who was travelling in the lead train on the northern track, hauled by Phoenix: "One of our engine wheels, how I know not, contrived to bolt from the course—in plain words, it escaped from the rail, and ploughed along upon the clay, with no other inconvenience than an increase of friction, which damped our speed, and with the additional application of the break, soon brought us to an anchor. The engine, however, behind us, not being aware of our mishap, came pelting on at a smart pace, without receiving its signal for checking motion in time. Accordingly, those on the look-out hastily called on their fellow-passengers to be on their guard, and prepare for a jolt, which took place with a crash upon our rear, sufficiently loud and forcible to give an idea of what would happen, if by any strange chance it had charged us with the unrestrained impetuosity of its powers."
At Parr the Duke of Wellington's train stopped for water. Despite a request from the railway engineers for passengers to remain on the trains, around fifty men disembarked from the Duke's train to stretch their legs. The group consisted of many of the most influential figures of the day, including the Marquess of Stafford (age 72), Charles Arbuthnot (age 63), Prince Esterházy, and the Earl of Wilton (age 30).
At Parkside William Huskisson (age 60) went to shake the hand of the Duke of Wellington. As they exchanged greetings, some of the crowd saw Rocket, hauling the third of the seven trains on the northern track, approaching in the distance. They shouted "An engine is approaching, take care gentlemen" to those people—including Huskisson—standing on the tracks. Huskisson tried to clamber into the carriage, but those inside failed to reach him to pull him in. Holmes, still pressed against the carriage, shouted "For God's sake, Mr Huskisson, be firm", but Huskisson grabbed the door of the carriage. With Holmes still pressed against the side of the carriage, the door, with Huskisson hanging on to it, swung out directly into the path of Rocket. Rocket collided with the door and Huskisson fell onto the track in front of the locomotive. In the words of Harriet Arbuthnot (age 37), who was in the Duke's carriage, "[Huskisson] was caught by it, thrown down & the engine passed over his leg & thigh, crushing it in a most frightful way. It is impossible to give an idea of the scene that followed, of the horror of everyone present or of the piercing shrieks of his unfortunate wife, who was in the car. He said scarcely more than, 'It's all over with me. Bring me my wife and let me die.'"
1831 colour engraving of Parkside station:
Charles Arbuthnot: On 14th March 1767 he was born. On 28th February 1799 he and Marcia Clapcote Lisle were married at Cholmondeley House. On 31st January 1814 he and Harriet Fane were married at St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck. The difference in their ages was 26 years. On 18th August 1850 he died at Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner.
Harriet Fane: On 10th September 1793 she was born to Henry Fane of Fulbeck and Anne Buckley Batson. In August 1834 Harriet Fane died.
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On 15th September 1846 Eustace Arkwright (age 27) died of typhus at Geneva.
After 15th September 1853. Monument to Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Baron Pietro Carlo Marochetti (age 48).
Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet: Before 1643 he was born to William Brownlow 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Duncombe. Before 26th June 1659 Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow were married. In 1666 William Brownlow 1st Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
On 15th September 1864 Sigismund Hohenzollern was born to Frederick III King Prussia (age 32) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 23). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
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Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Volume 30 1908 Page 155. 15th September 1868. The following biographical sketch is taken from The Sheffield and Rotherham lndependent of September 15th, 1868:
The death of Samuel Mitchell (deceased), Esq., which took place at an early hour yesterday morning, will be learned with regret by a wide circle of friends. Mr. Mitchell was born on the 13th February, 1803, and was the son of Mr. Samuel Mitchell, of Sheffield and Whiteley Wood, merchant, by Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. William Brightmore and grandson of Thomas Bolsover, the inventor of the useful art of silver plating. When quite a young man he evinced a decided taste for antiquarian pursuits, and subsequently became one of our best known students of the Past.
On 15th September 1884 Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh (age 33) died in a hunting accident on a shooting expedition in the Big Horn Mountains Wyoming. Monument in Church of the Virgin Mary, Stoneleigh [Map] sculpted by Edwardo Orlandini.
Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh: On 1st September 1851 he was born to William Henry Leigh 2nd Baron Leigh and Caroline Amelia Grosvenor Baroness Leigh.
On 15th September 1894 Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark (age 78) died. Memorial at St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge [Map].
Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark: On 26th February 1816 she was born to Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson. In 1837 Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Waterpark. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 15th September 1916 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Paston Mack (age 53) was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. Memorial at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Paston Mack: On 22nd January 1863 he was born to John Mack of Paston Hall.
On 15th September 1916 Charles William Reginald Duncombe 2nd Earl Feversham (age 37) was killed in action at Flers-Courcelette, Somme during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
Note. Charles Duncombe 3rd Earl Feversham (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Feversham, 5th Baron Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.
On 15th September 1916 Raymond Herbert Asquith (age 37) was killed in action while leading the first half of 4 Company in an attack near Ginchy on 15 September 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette; he was shot in the chest.
15th September 1938. A Page from the Visitors Book, Commemorating the Royal Visit of King George VI (age 42) to St Michael's Church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire [Map] with signatures of the King, top, and Captain Victor Malcolm Wombwell (age 45), bottom.
On 15th September 1943 Norton Knatchbull 6th Baron Brabourne (age 21) was executed by the SS in Bronzolo after having attempted to escape whilst on his way to captivity. He was buried in Padua War Cemetery. His brother John (age 18) succeeded 7th Baron Bradbourne, 16th Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch in Kent.
On 15th September 1952 Very Reverend Frederic Athelwold Iremonger (age 74) died. Memorial in Winchester Cathedral [Map] sculpted by Bertram Mackennal.
Very Reverend Frederic Athelwold Iremonger: On 8th July 1878 he was born to William Henry Iremonger and Mary Sophia Iremonger.
On 15th September 1973 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 90) died. His grandson Carl (age 27) succeeded XVI King Sweden. Silvia Sommerlath Queen Consort Sweden by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
On 15th September 1984 Prince Harry Windsor Duke Sussex was born to King Charles III (age 35) and Diana Spencer Princess Wales (age 23). He a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
On 15th September 1317 Alan Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer was born to William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 52) and Alice Tosny Countess Warwick (age 33) at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
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On 15th September 1505 Mary Queen Hungary was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 27) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 15th September 1533 Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Poland was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Anne Jagiellon (age 30).
On 15th September 1634 George Calvert was born to Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore (age 29) and Ann Arundell Baroness Baltimore (age 18).
On 15th September 1666 Sophia Dorothea of Celle was born illegitimately to George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 42) and Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg.
On 15th September 1667 Edgar Stewart 1st Duke Cambridge was born to James Duke of York (age 33) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 30).
On 12th November 1692 Evelyn Alston 5th Baronet was born to Joseph Alston 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Penelope Evelyn Lady Alston (age 20). He was baptised 15th September 1691. He was baptised 14th November 1692 at Long Ditton, Surrey.
On 15th September 1730 Admiral Samuel Barrington was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington (age 52) and Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington (age 40).
On 15th September 1740 Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty was born.
On 15th September 1744 William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork was born to John Ponsonby (age 31) and Elizabeth Cavendish (age 18).
On 15th September 1769 Walter Aston 9th Baronet was born to Walter Aston 8th Baronet (age 36).
On 15th September 1792 Mary Fortescue was born to Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Fortescue (age 39) and Hester Granville Countess Fortescue (age 26).
On 15th September 1798 Harriet Theodora Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet (age 41) and Amelia Parry.
On 15th September 1819 Henry Cockayne-Cust was born to Henry Cockayne-Cust (age 38) and Anna Maria Needham (age 29).
On 15th September 1821 Jane Delves Broughton was born to Henry Delves Broughton 8th Baronet (age 44) and Mary Pigott Lady Broughton (age 34).
On 15th September 1824 Francis Leveson-Gower aka Egerton was born to Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 24) and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere (age 21).
On 15th September 1827 Charles Cunliffe Smith 3rd Baronet was born to Charles Joshua Smith 2nd Baronet (age 27).
On 15th September 1829 Cecilia Wyndham was born to George Thomas Wyndham of Cromer Hall Norfolk (age 24) and Maria Augusta Windham Countess Listowel (age 24).
On 15th September 1837 George Young 3rd Baronet was born to George Young 2nd Baronet (age 40) and Susan Praed Lady Young.
On 15th September 1841 Edith Villiers Countess Lytton was born to Edward Ernest Villiers (age 35) and Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell (age 34).
On 15th September 1848 Frederick Hanbury-Tracy was born to Thomas Charles Hanbury-Tracy 2nd Baron Sudeley (age 47) and Emma Elizabeth Alicia Dawkins-Pennant Baroness Sudeley.
On 15th September 1851 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart was born to James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (age 46) and Jane Lawley (age 30).
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On 15th September 1864 Sigismund Hohenzollern was born to Frederick III King Prussia (age 32) and Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia (age 23). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 15th September 1870 Frances Louisa Spencer-Churchill Lady Gresley was born to George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough (age 26) and Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough (age 23).
On 15th September 1872 Frances Garnet Wolseley 2nd Viscountess Wolseley was born to Garnet Wolseley 1st Viscount Wolseley (age 39) and Louisa Erskine Holmes Viscountess Wolseley (age 29).
On 15th September 1890 Agatha Miller aka Agatha Christie was born to Frederick Alvah Miller (age 44).
On 15th September 1893 Hartley Glover Lady Paget was born.
On 15th September 1895 Marian Ileene Mabel Hastings was born to Warner Hastings 15th Earl Huntingdon (age 27) and Maud Margaret Wilson Countess Huntingdon (age 27).
On 15th September 1913 Thomas Percy Tuchet-Jesson was born to Thomas Touchet-Jesson (age 34).
On 15th September 1913 John Richard Frederick FitzHerbert 8th Baronet was born to Henry Edward Fitzherbert (age 30).
On 15th September 1925 John Eden 1st Baron Eden of Winton was born to Timothy Calvert Eden 8th and 6th Baronet (age 32).
On 15th September 1929 John Julius Cooper 2nd Viscount Norwich was born to Alfred Duff Cooper 1st Viscount Norwich (age 39) and Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners Viscountess Norwich (age 37).
On 15th September 1954 Frederick William John Augustus Hervey 7th Marquess of Bristol was born to Victor Hervey 6th Marquess of Bristol (age 38) and Pauline Mary Bolton.
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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 15th September 1984 Prince Harry Windsor Duke Sussex was born to King Charles III (age 35) and Diana Spencer Princess Wales (age 23). He a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
On 15th September 1657 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 29) and Mary Fairfax Duchess Buckingham (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham. He the son of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham. They were half fifth cousins.
On 15th September 1701 John Germain 1st Baronet (age 51) and Mary Mordaunt Duchess Norfolk (age 42) were married. She by marriage Lady Germain of Westminster. She the daughter of Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough and Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough (age 79).
On 15th September 1706 John Germain 1st Baronet (age 56) and Elizabeth Berkeley Lady Germain were married. She brought £6000 to the marriage. She the daughter of Charles Berkeley 2nd Earl Berkeley (age 57) and Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley (age 52).
On 15th September 1743 David Erskine 9th Earl Buchan (age 71) and Isabella Blackett Countess Buchan (age 52) were married. She by marriage Countess Buchan.
On 15th September 1791 George Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke of Marlborough (age 25) and Susan Stewart Duchess of Marlborough (age 24) were married. She the daughter of John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway (age 55) and Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway (age 48). He the son of George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough (age 52) and Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough (age 48).
On 15th September 1794 Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 27) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 15) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 40) and Jane Dutton (age 40).
On 15th September 1904 Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany (age 26) and Beatrice Child-Villiers Baroness Dunsany (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dunsany. She the daughter of Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 59) and Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Countess Jersey (age 54).
On 15th September 1917 George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 25) and Marjorie Lowther Baroness Rodney (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. She the daughter of Lancelot Edward Lowther 6th Earl Lonsdale (age 50) and Gwendoline Sheffield (age 48).
On 15th September 1954 Peter Griffiths Earl Loudon (age 30) and Barbara Abney-Hastings 13th Countess of Loudoun (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston (age 60) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 12th Countess Loudon (age 71).
On 15th September 1979 Richard Bridgeman 7th Earl of Bradford (age 31) and Joanne Elizabeth Miller Countess Bradford were married. He the son of Gerald Bridgeman 6th Earl of Bradford (age 67) and Mary Willoughby Montgomery Countess Bradford.
On 15th September 2000 William Duke Coleridge 5th Baron Coleridge (age 63) and Rosemary Frances Scoones Viscoutess Exmouth were married. She by marriage Baroness Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon. She the former wife of Murray Beauclerk 14th Duke St Albans (age 61) and Paul Pellew 10th Viscount Exmouth (age 59).
On 15th September 1054 García III King Pamplona (age 42) died in Barcelona [Map]. His son Sancho succeeded IV King Pamplona.
On 15th September 1146 Alan "Black" Penthièvre 1st Earl Richmond (age 46) died at Brittany [Map]. His son Conan (age 8) succeeded 2nd Earl Richmond.
On 15th September 1231 Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 57) was murdered. His son Otto (age 25) succeeded II Duke Bavaria.
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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 15th September 1343 Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 40) died. His son William (age 10) succeeded 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby.
On 15th September 1375 John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster (age 55) died. Since he had no male issue the title Baron Mohun of Dunster went into abeyance between his three daughters. Elizabeth Mohun Countess of Salisbury had one child who died in 1397. Philippa Mohun Duchess York (age 8) didn't have issue. Maud Mohun Baroness Strange Knockin (age 18) had one son Richard Strange 3rd Baron Dunster 7th Baron Strange Knockin who succeeded as 3rd Baron Mohun of Dunster on the death of his aunt Philippa Mohun Duchess York.
On 15th September 1408 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 24) was killed at Île de Bréhat. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. Earl Kent extinct. Baron Holand, Baron Wake of Liddell abeyant. See Walsingham.
On 15th September 1415 Bishop Richard Courtenay died.
On 15th September 1500 Cardinal John Morton (age 80) died at Knole House, Sevenoaks.
On 15th September 1574 Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 65) died.
On 15th September 1574 Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy (age 51) died.
On 15th September 1643 Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 76) died. His son Richard (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl Cork.
On 15th September 1665 John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett (age 50) died. His son John (age 24) succeeded 3rd Baron Poulett. Essex Popham Baroness Poulett (age 23) by marriage Baroness Poulett.
On 15th September 1691 Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Lisburne (age 44) died. Viscount Lisburne and Baron Rathfarnham extinct.
On 15th September 1700 John Aubrey 2nd Baronet (age 50) died. His son John (age 20) succeeded 3rd Baronet Aubrey of Llantrithyd in Glamorganshire.
On 15th September 1707 Christopher Wandesford 1st Viscount Castlecomer (age 51) died. His son Christopher (age 23) succeeded 2nd Viscount Castlecomer, 2nd Baron Wandesford, 3rd Baronet Wandesford of Kirklington.
On 15th September 1712 Sidney Godolphin 1st Earl Godolphin (age 67) died. His son Francis (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Godolphin, 2nd Viscount Rialton, 2nd Baron Godolphin of Rialton in Cornwall. Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (age 31) by marriage Countess Godolphin.
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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 15th September 1748 William Corbet 5th Baronet (age 46) died without issue. His brother Henry (age 45) succeeded 6th Baronet Corbet of Stoke on Tern in Shropshire.
On 15th September 1759 Edmund Allen 8th Baronet died unmarried. Baronet Allen of Hatfield in Essex extinct.
On 15th September 1781 Egerton Leigh 1st Baronet (age 47) died. His son Egerton (age 19) succeeded 2nd Baronet Leigh of South Carolina in America.
On 15th September 1797 Elizabeth Hamilton Baroness Dormer died.
On 15th September 1853 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 74) died. His grandson John (age 11) succeeded 2nd Earl Brownlow, 2nd Viscount Alford, 3rd Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 6th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map].
On 15th September 1864 George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan (age 81) died. His son Henry (age 52) succeeded 4th Earl Cadogan, 4th Viscount Chelsea, 6th Baron Cadogan. Mary Sarah Wellesley Countess Cadogan (age 55) by marriage Countess Cadogan.
On 15th September 1864 Lavinia Bingham Viscountess Hardinge (age 28) died.
On 15th September 1866 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet (age 67) died. His son John (age 7) succeeded 5th Baronet Willoughby of Baldon House in Oxfordshire.
On 15th September 1891 John Steell (age 86) died.
On 15th September 1894 Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark (age 78) died. Memorial at St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge [Map].
Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark: On 26th February 1816 she was born to Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson. In 1837 Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Waterpark. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 15th September 1898 William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe 4th Earl of Desart (age 53) died. His brother Hamilton (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Desart.
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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 15th September 1909 Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (age 60) died. His son Dudley (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Tweedmouth of Edington in Berwickshire.
On 15th September 1916 Charles William Reginald Duncombe 2nd Earl Feversham (age 37) was killed in action at Flers-Courcelette, Somme during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
Note. Charles Duncombe 3rd Earl Feversham (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Feversham, 5th Baron Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.
On 15th September 1927 Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper Baroness Templemore (age 89) died.
On 15th September 1932 William Craven 5th Earl Craven (age 35) died of peritonitis at Pau, France. His son William (age 15) succeeded 6th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 6th Viscount Uffington, 12th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.
On 15th September 1943 Norton Knatchbull 6th Baron Brabourne (age 21) was executed by the SS in Bronzolo after having attempted to escape whilst on his way to captivity. He was buried in Padua War Cemetery. His brother John (age 18) succeeded 7th Baron Bradbourne, 16th Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch in Kent.
On 15th September 1952 Very Reverend Frederic Athelwold Iremonger (age 74) died. Memorial in Winchester Cathedral [Map] sculpted by Bertram Mackennal.
Very Reverend Frederic Athelwold Iremonger: On 8th July 1878 he was born to William Henry Iremonger and Mary Sophia Iremonger.
On 15th September 1969 Joan Grimston Lady Neumann died.
On 15th September 1972 Pamela Kay-Shuttleworth Lady Frankland (age 56) died.
On 15th September 1972 Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (age 85) died.
On 15th September 1973 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 90) died. His grandson Carl (age 27) succeeded XVI King Sweden. Silvia Sommerlath Queen Consort Sweden by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
On 15th September 1982 Charles Henry Robert Dillon 21st Viscount Dillon (age 37) died. His son Henry (age 9) succeeded 22nd Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
On 15th September 1995 John Somers Cocks 8th Baron Somers (age 88) died. His second cousin once removed Philip (age 47) succeeded 9th Baron Somers.