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16 Dec is in December.
1379 Sinking of John Arundel's Fleet
1431 French Coronation of Henry VI
1485 Birth of Catherine of Aragon
1535 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1653 Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
Events on the 16th December
On 16th December 999 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 68) died.
On 16th December 1153 Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester (age 54) died from poisoning by William "The Younger" Peverell (age 73). His son Hugh (age 6) succeeded 5th Earl Chester. William "The Younger" Peverell was exiled.
On 16th December 1246 Archbishop Edmund Rich was beatified as Saint.
On 16th December 1263 King Haakon IV of Norway (age 59) died. His son Magnus (age 25) succeeded King Norway.
On 16th December 1332 the Battle of Annan Moor was fought between the supporters of the seven year old King David II of Scotland (age 8), son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland, and the supporters of King Edward I of Scotland (age 49), supported by the English. The Bruce army, led by, Archibald Douglas (age 34), supported by John Randolph 3rd Earl of Moray (age 26) and King Robert II of Scotland (age 16) surprised King Edward I of Scotland and his supporters at Annan and threw them out of Scotland.
On 16th December 1379 John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 31) drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son John (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned".
Thomas Banastre (age 45) drowned.
Thomas Walsingham Chronicon Angliæ 1379. [16th December 1379]. After a few hours had passed, the wind had risen a bit stronger. Lord John (age 31) ordered that all the ships embark, and he commanded the sailors to set the sails and let the ships be driven by the wind. However, the captain of the ship that Lord John had boarded, Robert Rust of Blakeney, foreseeing the coming storm, advised him not to venture out into the sea at that time, saying that a storm would soon come, bringing certain danger and possibly leading to shipwreck. But Lord John, ‘drawn by his fate,' would not heed his words and insisted on sailing. The captain, seeing that he could not persuade Lord John to wait, handed the ships over to Neptune and shortly after, they entered the deep sea. And as it is said, ‘after they had reached the open sea, the winds, like a formation, struck the sea,' and ‘a blue storm cloud stood above their heads, bringing both night and winter, and the waves shuddered in darkness.' Immediately the winds turned the sea, and great waves arose; and the ships were tossed about in the vast whirlpool. The storm clouds covered the day, and soon the damp sky was blotted out: so that they wandered blindly on the waves, and all things before them threatened death. And what was even more terrifying than death, as it is said, a demonic vision or apparition appeared among them, which was visibly threatening the destruction of those who had boarded Lord John Arundel's ship. What a cry, what a lamentation, what groans, how many tears, then there were among the women who, by force or willingly, had boarded the ships. It is hard to describe how, with the wind and waves driving them, the ships rose to the sky and sank to the abyss; when they no longer saw the image of death, but death itself, present before them, and they did not doubt they would be given over to death. What great agitation and trembling of the mind, what great remorse of the body, and anxiety of conscience, overtook the men who, to satisfy their lust, had dragged the women into the dangers of the sea. They, who were well aware, as participants in such evil, when, by God's mercy, they sometimes managed to reach the haven of salvation.
Post hæc evolutis non multis horarum spatiis, eum ventus flavisset paulo turgidius, imperat Dominus Johannes ut omnes naves ingrediantur, et mandat naucleris ut, velis expansis et in altum deductis, committant navigia ventis. Nauta vero in cujus navem ipse Dominus Johannes concesserat, videlicet Robertus Rust de Blakeney, præsagus intemperiei futuræ, dissuadet ei se pro tunc mari committere, dicens tempestatem post modicum tempus affuturam, quæ et indubitatum ferret periculum, et forsitan naufragii causa foret. Ipse autem, quem "sua fata trahebant," aurem accommodare noluit verbis ejus, sed magis urgebat ad velificandum. Igitur nauta, cernens non posse persuaderi dicto Johanni ut remorari deberet, dat Neptuno naves, et in brevi ingreditur alta maris; et ut ita dicam; — "Postquam altum tenuere rates," mox "venti, velut agmine facto," "incubuere mari," ‘"cæruleusque supra capita eorum imber astitit, noctem hyememque ferens, et inhorruit unda tenebris. Continuoque venti volvunt mare, magnaque surgunt mquora; et dispersi jactantur gurgite vasto. Involvere diem nimbi, et mox humida cœlum abstulit:" itaque cæcis "errant in undis, præsentemque eis intentant omnia mortem." Et, quod ipsa morte terribilius est, ut ferunt, diabolica visio, sive species, apparuit inter eos, quæ visibiliter videbatur eornm perditioni, qui in navem dicti Johannis Arundelle concesserant, imminere. Quis clamor, quantus luctus, quales gemitus, quot lacrymæ, tunc inter mulieres, quæ vi vel sponte in naves ascenderant, [fuerint, est narrare difficile, cum impnlsu ventorum et fluctuum ascenderent] usque ad cœlos, et descenderent usque ad abyssos; cum jam non mortis imaginem, sed ipsam mortem, præsentem cernerent, et continuo morti dari minime dubitarent. Quanta perturbatio mentisque trepidatio, corporisque magnus remorsus, et anxietas conscientiæ viros invasit, qui pro explenda libidine mulieres ad pericula maris traxerant, ipsi optime referre noverint, qui, participes existentes tanti mali, quandoque Domino miserante, salutis portum contingere meruerunt.
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On 16th December 1431 Henry VI (age 10) was crowned II King France: Lancaster at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] by Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 56). A somewhat futile exercise; the last gasps of the Hundred Years War. The ceremony had been arranged by John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 42). His wife Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford (age 27) attended.
Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 53) was appointed Carver.
Thomas Harrington (age 31), Richard Archer (age 44), Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon and his son Thomas (age 17) attended.
On 16th December 1435 Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon (age 61) died.
On 16th December 1460 a Lancastrian force ambushed the forces of the Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 49) near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Andrew Trollope fought for the Lancastrians. The only source for the battle is William of Worcester's book Annales rerum Anglicarum. See our translation from the Latin text to English on Amazon.
Chronicle of England by William of Worcester. 16th December 1460. And in December [....], the parliament was adjourned. The Duke of York, with the Earl of Salisbury and many armed men, headed from London towards York, where their supporters, numbering [....], were ambushed and killed by the forces of the Duke of Somerset at Worksop.
Et mensis Decembris [....] parliamentnm adjornatur. Et dux Eboraci cum comite Sarum, et aliis multis millibus armatis, de Londone versus Eboracum tetenderunt, ubi præeuntes sui ad numerum [....] per gentes ducis Somercetiæ interimuntur apud Worsop.
On 16th December 1485 Catherine of Aragon was born to Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 33) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 34) at the Palace of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid [Map]. She was possibly named after her Great Grandmother Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.23%.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 16th December 1535. 983. The dearth has increased twofold in England. The preachers publicly say that it is the fault of those who obey the Apostolic See. Rome, 16 Dec. 1535.
Sp., pp. 3, modern copy.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 16th December 1535. Add. MS. 28,588, f. 87. B. M. 983. Dr. Ortiz to the Empress.
Wrote last on Nov. 22. Is glad to hear the good news that the Turk has been defeated by the Sophi, with a loss of 40,000 horse (de acaballo) and 40 great pieces of artillery, his army having been 70,000.
In the cause of the Queen of England (age 50), the Consistory has ordered of itself a monitory to be issued, fixing a space of two months for the King to turn from his heresy and schism and public adultery, and then he will not be declared deprived of his kingdom.
The Imperial ambassador writes that he has not leave to visit or send any person to see the Queen and Princess. Those with the Queen are guards and spies, not servants, for they have sworn in favour of Anne (age 34), not to call her highness Queen, nor serve her with royal state. So, not to give them cause to sin, the Queen has not left her chamber for two years; and perhaps if she wished to, it would not be allowed, "y que no manda un ducado," nor has she any of her old servants except her confessor, physician, and apothecary. The King always asks those who wish to join him (se quisieren juntar con el) to renounce obedience to the Apostolic See, and he who formerly appealed to a Council now wishes it not to be held.
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Chronicle of Greyfriars. 16th December 1551. Item the xvj. day was a proclamacion for the new qwyne that no man [should speak ill o]f it, for because that the pepulle sayd dyvers that ther was the ragyd staffea it.
Note a. One of the many intimations of the unpopularity of the duke of Northumberland (age 47), whose badge was the ragged staff.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th December 1552. The xvj day of Dessember was stallyd at Wy[ndsor] [Map] the erle of Westmerland (age 27) and ser Andrew Dodley (age 45) off the nobull order of the garter.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th December 1554. The xvj day of Desember dyd pryche at Powlles crosse [Map] doctur Cottes the bysshope of West Chastur, and h[is] sermon of the blessyd sacrement of the auter .... owt dyvers actours [authors] of the sacrement of dyvers ....
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th December 1559. The xvj day of Desember was the sam man bered in sant Don stones in the est, master Cottell, that was slayne with (the) falle, and he had a sarmon, and all ys compene in ther clothyng, and a grett dener, for ther was mad mon [moan] for hym, and a dolle.... Parker (age 55) electyd byshope of Canturbere.
On 16th December 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map] ... with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) present ...
Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley (age 46) and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 21) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 21) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 60). He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 45) and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
9th June 1597. On 9th June 1597 John Wrey of North Russell was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map].
On 16th December 1595 Blanch Killigrew (age 60) was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map].
Gothic altar tomb monument with three-tiered altarpiece or reredos behind, the lowest tier of which resembles a triptych. It was moved from St Ive Church in Cornwall in 1924 by Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet.
The large slate slab on top of the chest tomb is inscribed within a ledger line: Ye body of John Wrey Esquier who was buried ye 9th of June Ano Domini 1597 Heere lieth the body of Blannch Wrey who was buried ye 16 of December 1595
On the left panel of the triptych is inscribed the following verse:
Loe here he lieth though dead yet living still,
His famous name resounding echo saye,
Whereby report of hym the ayre doth fyll
The lastinge fame & name of rightful Wreye,
Good to ye poore bribes never woulde he take,
Voyde of oppression all kind of waye,
He faithful frynds of enemyes did make,
Of quarels greate ceast lawe ech daye by daye.
Death doe they worst this Wreye yet lives & shall,
Thy darte his deeds cannot extyrpe or quayle.
Thousands are they which thou hast causde to fall,
And yet on hym no waye thou canst prevayle.
What resteth then but cease to mourne & moane
For hym whose vertues shine like to the sonne.
Though here he lieth his Sowle to Heave is gone,
Where Angells see hym though his threads be spoone [spun].
John Wrey of North Russell: he was born to Walter Wrey of North Russell and Bridget Shilstone. In 1585 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall. In or before 1595 John Wrey of North Russell and Blanch Killigrew were married. She was heiress to the lordship of the manor of Trebeigh, Cornwall. They had six sons and two daughters. In 1597 John Wrey of North Russell died.
Blanch Killigrew: In 1535 she was born to Henry Killigrew of Woolstone St Ive Cornwall. On 14th December 1596 she died.
Atropos: Atropos is one of the Three Fates. She cuts the thread of human life.
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16th December 1631. Account of the beginning of the tragedy written by an eyewitness, Giulio Cesare Braccini, and translated from his book "Dell'Incendio fattosi nel Vesuvio a 16 dicembre 1631", Naples 1632:
[This] story … will live on in the memory of our descendants through the [various] sad reminders and vestiges [of the disaster]. On the 10 of December, the Torresi [the townsfolk of Torre del Greco], the villagers of Massa di Somma, of Polena, and San Bastiano, began to hear noises coming from inside the mountain – the contortions of underground spirits – [so terrifying] that they couldn't sleep at night. Some, knowing of an ancient tradition that an old river used to rise from Vesuvius – but had got trapped in the mountain – thought it was now trying to force its way out. Others of a more pious nature, were mindful of the stories of Peter Damian who wrote that there was a door in that place leading down to hell, where the most wicked souls were taken; and no one doubted that it was there that the demons held court to avenge the great misdeeds of the world, in their capacity as agents of God. Another group, distracted by their daily affairs, did not worry because the tremors remained constant, and relatively gentle. At the same time, others noticed that the water in the wells was becoming fouled and, in some cases, had disappeared altogether; but if they had been good students of Pericles and Pythagoras they would have been able to predict the earthquakes from that information alone, and save themselves. But as someone said perituri non recipiunt consilia [they die who do not take advice].
A trustworthy person from Ottaviano said that he had been upon the mountain, at the mouth of the crater, one month earlier and then again two weeks later. And on the second occasion he noticed that the ground had risen so much that there was no depression in the middle at all, as Aristotle notes in describing the how the land bulged in Sarga, one of the Aeolian islands…
On Monday morning, 15 [December], when the weather was calm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, an enormous star was seen over the mountain, which aroused in me standing forty miles away a sense of awe. But during the night at around five o'clock [midnight according to the modern clock], a servant of the Marquis of Arena left Portici to come to Naples and he told us that when he was on the Bridge of the Magdalen he saw a beam of fire that seemed to him to run from all the way from Pozzuoli to Vesuvius. And the men of Resina [Ercolano] confirmed that they saw the same thing just below the top of the crater, which remained stable for several hours, while fiery exhalations danced all around as if they were thunderbolts. At that time…having just arrived at my abbey of Civita Luparella, I felt a little earthquake. Yet in the places closer to the mountain, from that hour until twelve o'clock [5am], the ground shook continually and, in some places they felt 18 quakes and in others 50, each more forceful than the last. And from what I have been able to gather, the mountain opened up on its flank, or to be more precise in the Atrian levels, the plain [nearby]. [This fissure] was visible at first only from the south side, from Torre dell Greco and from Annunziata and higher up the mountain from the church of S. Maria a Pugliano where according to tradition the Prince of the Apostles [St Peter] said mass…. Then, it spewed smoke and fire and ash and stones and flames from more than one side. And I heard from Santolo di Simone from S. Anastasia, who bravely with four friends from the village climbed the mountain that morning, that on arriving at a place called Mountain of the Devils…less than half a mile from the crater, he saw smoke and fire coming from several sides. [He related that the fissures] were opening up still further, bit by bit, throwing up from the cracks an explosion as if made up of little firecrackers of the type used on feast days; and the holes seemed to them like the bottom of great vats that grew ever larger owing to the exhalations. These exhalations then joined together in the air to form a great cloud…from which rained thunderbolts and massive rocks, one of which fell so close that it almost hit him. He stood there for half an hour looking at the spectacle and all the time he saw new fissures appear, and all the while the stones that fell burned and consumed everything they touched. The one that fell near him landed on a rock and shattered into many pieces, burning everything around. And when it had cooled down he picked up a piece and took it home and he found that it was much heavier and stronger than expected, …like wrought iron……
The sight of these flames for those living nearby – also terrified by the constant shaking – caused …them to throw up their hands to heaven to ask mercy from God. And abandoning their possessions… they fled wherever they thought it was safest. The more pious ran to the churches to confess their sins and to receive the sacraments, and because there were many gathered there, they thought their united prayers would be effective.
After a while, even though the sun had come out, one could still see a dense and extraordinary cloud over the mountain from as far away as Naples. It looked like an exceptionally tall leafless umbrella-pine, as it had seemed to Pliny, who saw it in the year of our Lord 81 [actually 79 CE]. It had a huge trunk, like a vast round tower but rising to such a great height that it almost became lost from sight. Then, either because its spirit could rise no higher or because it could not sustain its own weight, it fell, spreading itself in great, branch-like canopies, extending many miles across the area. Because it was hidden from the clear light of day, it appeared now black and evil, now stained and livid, but always with some red in it, like fire.
On seeing all this some … simple folk ran through the streets screaming… At the beginning I stayed put, as I was not in a place where I could see the mountain. But it struck me in the end, when it had risen so high and spread so far, just what it was, and I went to a bookshop and took the collected letters of Pliny off the shelf. And showing it to various people I told them how 1550 years earlier Pliny had described precisely what we were seeing. One of them who was there, overcome with curiosity, went up to the roof-top terrace with his quadrant and worked out that it had risen up over thirty miles into the sky. And this is believable … as it could also be seen from as far away as Rome.
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On 16th December 1653 Oliver Cromwell (age 54) was appointed Lord Protector.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1660. In the morning to church, and then dined at home. In the afternoon I to White Hall, where I was surprised with the news of a plot against the King's (age 30) person and my Lord Monk's (age 52); and that since last night there are about forty taken up on suspicion; and, amongst others, it was my lot to meet with Simon Beale, the Trumpeter, who took me and Tom Doling into the Guard in Scotland Yard, and showed us Major-General Overton, where I heard him deny that he is guilty of any such things; but that whereas it is said that he is found to have brought many arms to town, he says it is only to sell them, as he will prove by oath. From thence with Tom Doling and Boston and D. Vines (whom we met by the way) to Price's, and there we drank, and in discourse I learnt a pretty trick to try whether a woman be a maid or no, by a string going round her head to meet at the end of her nose, which if she be not will come a great way beyond. Thence to my Lady's and staid with her an hour or two talking of the Duke of York (age 27) and his lady, the Chancellor's daughter, between whom, she tells me, that all is agreed and he will marry her. But I know not how true yet. It rained hard, and my Lady would have had me have the coach, but I would not, but to my father's (age 59), where I met my wife, and there supped, and after supper by link home and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1661. And so back again to Westminster Hall [Map], and thence to my Lord Sandwich's (age 36) lodging, where I met my wife (who had been to see Mrs. Hunt who was brought to bed the other day of a boy), and got a joint of meat thither from the Cook's, and she and I and Sarah dined together, and after dinner to the Opera, where there was a new play ("Cutter of Coleman Street")1, made in the year 1658, with reflections much upon the late times; and it being the first time, the pay was doubled, and so to save money, my wife and I went up into the gallery, and there sat and saw very well; and a very good play it is. It seems of Cowly's (age 43) making. From thence by coach home, and to bed.
Note 1. Cutter, an old word for a rough swaggerer: hence the title of Cowley's play. It was originally called "The Guardian", when acted before Prince Charles at Trinity College, Cambridge, on March 12th, 1641.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1661. Up by five o'clock this morning by candlelight (which I have not done for many a day), being called upon by one Mr. Bollen by appointment, who has business to be done with my Lord Privy Seal (age 55) this morning, and so by coach, calling Mr. Moore at the Wardrobe, to Chelsy, and there did get my Lord to seal it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1662. So to the office, and hence, having done some business, by coach to White Hall to Secretary Bennet's (age 44), and agreed with Mr. Lee to set upon our new adventure at the Tower to-morrow. Hence to Col. Lovelace (age 41) in Cannon Row about seeing how Sir R. Ford (age 48) did report all the officers of the navy to be rated for the Loyal Sufferers, but finding him at the Rhenish wine-house I could not have any answer, but must take another time.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1664. So toward my cozen Scott's, but meeting my Lady Sandwich's (age 39) coach, my wife turned back to follow them, thinking they might, as they did, go to visit her, and I 'light and to Mrs. Harman (age 21), and there staid and talked in her shop with her, and much pleased I am with her. We talked about Anthony Joyce's giving over trade and that he intends to live in lodgings, which is a very mad, foolish thing. She tells me she hears and believes it is because he, being now begun to be called on offices, resolves not to take the new oathe, he having formerly taken the Covenant or Engagement, but I think he do very simply and will endeavour for his wife's sake to advise him therein.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1666. Then after dinner by water to Westminster to see Mrs. Martin, whom I found up in her chamber and ready to go abroad. I sat there with her and her husband and others a pretty while, and then away to White Hall, and there walked up and down to the Queen's (age 28) side, and there saw my dear Baroness Castlemayne (age 26), who continues admirable, methinks, and I do not hear but that the King (age 36) is the same to her still as ever.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1666. Left them, and in the dark and cold home by water, and so to supper and to read and so to bed, my eyes being better to-day, and I cannot impute it to anything but by my being much in the dark to-night, for I plainly find that it is only excess of light that makes my eyes sore. This after noon I walked with Lord Bruncker (age 46) into the Park and there talked of the times, and he do think that the King (age 36) sees that he cannot never have much more money or good from this Parliament, and that therefore he may hereafter dissolve them, that as soon as he has the money settled he believes a peace will be clapped up, and that there are overtures of a peace, which if such as the Chancellor (age 57) can excuse he will take. For it is the Chancellor's interest, he says, to bring peace again, for in peace he can do all and command all, but in war he cannot, because he understands not the nature of the war as to the management thereof. He tells me he do not believe the Duke of York (age 33) will go to sea again, though there are a great many about the King that would be glad of any occasion to take him out of the world, he standing in their ways; and seemed to mean the Duke of Monmouth (age 17), who spends his time the most viciously and idly of any man, nor will be fit for any thing; yet bespeaks as if it were not impossible but the King would own him for his son, and that there was a marriage between his mother and him; which God forbid should be if it be not true, nor will the Duke of York easily be gulled in it. But this put to our other distractions makes things appear very sad, and likely to be the occasion of much confusion in a little time, and my Lord Bruncker seems to say that nothing can help us but the King's making a peace soon as he hath this money; and thereby putting himself out of debt, and so becoming a good husband, and then he will neither need this nor any other Parliament, till he can have one to his mind: for no Parliament can, as he says, be kept long good, but they will spoil one another, and that therefore it hath been the practice of kings to tell Parliaments what he hath for them to do, and give them so long time to do it in, and no longer. Harry Kembe, one of our messengers, is lately dead.
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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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th December 1667. Up, and to several places, to pay what I owed. Among others, to my mercer, to pay for my fine camlott cloak, which costs me, the very stuff, almost £6; and also a velvet coat-the outside cost me above £8. And so to Westminster, where I find the House mighty busy upon a petition against my Lord Gerard (age 49), which lays heavy things to his charge, of his abusing the King (age 37) in his Guards; and very hot the House is upon it. I away home to dinner alone with wife and girle, and so to the office, where mighty busy to my great content late, and then home to supper, talk with my wife, and to bed. It was doubtful to-day whether the House should be adjourned to-morrow or no.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th December 1685. I accompanied my Lord Lieutenant as far as St. Alban's [Map], there going out of towne with him neere 200 coaches of all the greate officers and nobilitie. The next morning taking leave, I return'd to London.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th December 1686. I carried the Countess of Sunderland (age 40) to see the rarities of one Mr. Charlton in the Middle Temple, who showed us such a collection as I had never seen in all my travels abroad either of private gentlemen, or princes. It consisted of miniatures, drawings, shells, insects, medals, natural things, animals (of which divers, I think 100, were kept in glasses of spirits of wine), minerals, precious stones, vessels, curiosities in amber, crystal, agate, etc.; all being very perfect and rare of their kind, especially his books of birds, fish, flowers, and shells, drawn and miniatured to the life. He told us that one book stood him in £300; it was painted by that excellent workman, whom the late Gaston, Duke of Orléans, employed. This gentleman's whole collection, gathered by himself, traveling over most parts of Europe, is estimated at £8,000. He appeared to be a modest and obliging person.
On 16th December 1773 the Boston Tea Party was the act by American Patriots defending their rights by destroying a shipment of tea owned by the East India Company by throwing it into Boston Harbour. It forms one of the foundation events of the American Revolution which commenced two years later.
On 16th December 1775 Jane Austen was born to George Austen (age 44) and Cassandra Leigh (age 36) in Steventon, Hampshire. She was baptised on 5th April 1775 at St Nicholas' Church, Steventon at which her father was rector; the delay being caused by adverse weather.
On 16th December 1776 William Tollemache (age 25) drowned when HMS Repulse sank in a hurricane off Bermuda.
1780. Dominic Serres (age 58). 16th December 1778. Barrington's (age 49) action at St Lucia: the squadron at anchor off the Cul de Sac after the action.
Admiral Samuel Barrington: On 15th September 1730 he was born to John Shute aka Barrington 1st Viscount Barrington and Anne Daines Viscountess Barrington. On 16th August 1800 Admiral Samuel Barrington died. He has a monument sculpted by John Flaxman at St Andrew's Church, Shrivenham.
Greville Memoirs. 16th December 1830. At Court yesterday; William Bathurst (age 39) sworn in. All the Ministers were there, and the Duke of Wellington at the levee looking out of sorts. Dined at the Lievens'; Lady Cowper (age 43) told me that in the summer the Duke had not made a direct offer to Melbourne, but what was tantamount to it. He had desired somebody (she did not say who) to speak to Lamb (age 48)6, and said he would call on him himself the next day. Something, however, prevented him, and she did not say whether he did call or not afterwards. He denied ever having made any overture at all. To Palmerston he proposed the choice of four places, and she thinks he would have taken in Huskisson if the latter had lived. He would have done nothing but on compulsion; that is clear. It is very true (what they say Peel said of him) that no man ever had any influence with him, only women, and those always the silliest. But who are Peel's confidants, friends, and parasites? Bonham, a stock-jobbing ex-merchant; Charles Ross, and the refuse of society of the House of Commons.
Note 6. Sir Frederick Lamb.
Archaeologia Volume V32 1847 Appendix. Account of a Group of Tumuli on Beckhampton Down, Wilts.
Dec. 16th, 1847. John Yonge Akerman (age 41), Esq. F.S.A. communicated to the Society a letter which he had received from Richard Falkner, Esq. dated Devizes, 25th of September, 1847, descriptive of a Group of Tumuli on Berkhampton Down, not hitherto, as Mr. Falkner believed, sufficiently noticed by the antiquary. Referring to the Ordnance Map of Wiltshire, Sheet XIY. he says, "The Barrows I am about to describe will be found in the triangle made by the old road from Bath, approaching the present turnpike road from Devizes to Marlborough; Wansdyke forming the base. They are placed in a line passing from the south-west to the north-east, and surrounded by a fosse of a very unusual shape, 20 feet across and 3 in depth. The ground covered by them is 80 yards in length and 47 yards broad in the widest part. The Tumulus at the south-east end of the inclosure is the largest, the diameter of the base being 63 feet, and its height 10 feet. The one at the other end is not so high, but, as it slopes into the fosse, its base is not many feet less. Between them is a Barrow of much smaller dimensions, and the three are connected together by slight bands of earth, with a fosse on each side, running a short distance up the Barrows." Mr. Falkner's communication to Mr. Akerman was illustrated by a drawn sketch taken from the south, a ground plan, and some sections. The singular arrangement of these mounds, their difference in size, and other circumstances, led Mr. Falkner to the conclusion that this spot was the resting-place of three members of a Celtic family, who perhaps fell together in some hostile attack, or otherwise died about the same time: and it would seem they were persons of distinction, whose place of sepulture was in after times visited with ceremony, there being an approach to the ground 260 yards in length, formed of a vallum and fosse, still quite perfect, commanding a fine view of the Barrows throughout its course. This letter was accompanied by short notices of two other groups of Tumuli: one about a mile to the east of the triple Barrow just described, close to the turnpike road; the other situated in one of the deep hollows of the Chalk Downs, not far from Silbury Hill, and remarkable from the length of the approaches.
A second communication from Mr. Falkner to Mr. Akerman was read, accompanying a drawing of what has been either part of a Torques, or one of the coils of an Armilla, or Armlet, found in the autumn of 1844 on St. Ann's Hill, near Devizes. The sketch was the actual size and shape of the original; the material of which was fine gold, weighing rather more than 2½ ounces troy. In form and character of workmanship it strongly resembled one of the gold bracelets found near Egerton Hall, in Cheshire, in 1831; and which is engraved in the XXVII. Volume of the Archaeologia, p. 401.
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The London Gazette 27157. From the General Commanding-in-Chief the Forces in South Africa to the Secretary of State for War. Chieveley Camp, SIB, December 16, 1899.
I have the honour to bring the following cases of Distinguished Service in the Field to your notice.
At [the Battle of] Colenso, on the 15th December, the detachments serving the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, had all been either killed, wounded, or driven from their guns by Infantry fire at close range, and the guns were deserted.
About 500 yards behind the guns was a donga, in which some of the few horses and drivers left alive were sheltered. The intervening space was swept with shell and rifle fire.
Captain Congreve, Rifle Brigade, who was in the donga, assisted to hook a team into a limber, went out and assisted to limber up a gun; being wounded he took shelter, but seeing Lieutenant Roberts (age 27) fall badly wounded he went out again and brought him in. Some idea of the nature of the fire may be gathered from the fact that Captain Congreve was shot through the leg, through the toe of his boot, grazed on the elbow and the shoulder, and his horse shot in three places. Lieutenant the Honourable F. Roberts, King's Royal Rifles, assisted Captain Congreve. He was wounded in three places.
Corporal Nurse, Royal Field Artillery, 66th Battery, also assisted. I recommend the above three for the Victoria Cross.
On 16th December 1914 the German Navy bombarded Scarborough, North Yorkshire [Map], Hartlepool and Whitby. Around 137 were killed, around 600 injured.
On 16th December 1962 Lawrence of Arabia received its premiere in New York at the Criterion Cinema New York. Alec Guiness, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, David Lean (Director) and Sam Spiegel (Producer) attended.
Births on the 16th December
On 16th December 1485 Catherine of Aragon was born to Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 33) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 34) at the Palace of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid [Map]. She was possibly named after her Great Grandmother Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.23%.
On 16th December 1582 Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 27) and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby. His Godmother was Queen Elizabeth I (age 49).
On 16th December 1605 Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland (age 28) and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland (age 28).
On 16th December 1650 Robert Marsham 4th Baronet was born to John Marsham 1st Baronet (age 48) and Elizabeth Hammond Lady Marsham (age 38).
On 16th December 1721 Frances Lee was born to George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 31) and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 24). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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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 16th December 1724 William Douglas 4th Duke Queensberry was born to William Douglas 2nd Earl March (age 28) and Anne Hamilton 2nd Countess Ruglen (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.66%.
On 16th December 1727 Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 24) and Martha Hughes (age 23).
On 16th December 1770 Admiral Charles Rowley 1st Baronet was born to Admiral Joshua Rowley 1st Baronet (age 36).
On 16th December 1771 Francis Lindley Wood 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Wood (age 40).
On 16th December 1774 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 39) and Frances Twysden (age 21).
On 16th December 1776 Henry James Montagu Scott 2nd Baron Montagu was born to Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 30) and Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Buccleuch (age 33).
On 16th December 1784 Paul Anthony Irby was born to Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 35) and Christian Methuen.
On 16th December 1790 John Carpenter 4th Earl of Tyrconnell was born to Charles Carpenter (age 33).
On 16th December 1790 King Leopold I of Belgium was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 40) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 33).
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On 16th December 1799 Richard Sutton 2nd Baronet was born to John Sutton (age 29) and Sophia Frances Chaplin.
On 16th December 1806 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet was born to Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Christina Hird.
On 16th December 1819 Charles Edmund Isham 10th Baronet was born to Justinian Isham 8th Baronet (age 46).
On 16th December 1821 Frederick William Cadogan was born to George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan (age 38).
On 16th December 1822 John Leslie 1st Baronet was born to Charles Powell Leslie (age 53) and Christiana Fosbery.
On 16th December 1826 Evelyn Grosvenor was born to Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 31) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 29).
On 16th December 1840 Frederick Maitland 13th Earl of Lauderdale was born to Major-General Frederick Maitland (age 32) at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
On 16th December 1844 John Willoughby Michael Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen (age 37) and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 16th December 1852 Maurice Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 33) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 25) at Carton House, Carton, Kildare, County Kildare.
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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 16th December 1855 Mabel Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 36) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 28) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.
On 16th December 1861 Norman Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (age 27) and Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock.
On 16th December 1861 Antonio de la Gándara was born. His father was of Spanish ancestry, born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and his mother was from England.
On 16th December 1866 Roger Fry was born to Edward Fry (age 39) and Mariabella Hodgkin (age 33).
On 16th December 1868 William Craven 4th Earl Craven was born to George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven (age 27).
On 16th December 1869 Mabel Laura Egerton was born to Francis Egerton 3rd Earl Ellesmere (age 22) and Katherine Louisa Phipps Countess Ellesmere (age 19).
On 16th December 1871 Alexander Bannerman 11th Baronet was born to George Bannerman 10th Baronet (age 44).
On 16th December 1889 Constance Violet Lucy Bligh was born to John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 62) and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley (age 60).
On 16th December 1898 Charles Christian Baring 2nd Baronet was born to Godfrey Baring 1st Baronet (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 16th December 1900 Ralph Smith-Marriott 10th Baronet was born to George Rudolph Wyldbone Smith-Marriott (age 31).
On 16th December 1902 Matthew White Ridley 3rd Viscount Ridley was born to Matthew White Ridley 2nd Viscount Ridley (age 28) and Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest Viscountess Ridley.
On 16th December 1906 James Louis Lindsay was born to David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford 10th Earl Balcarres (age 35) and Constance Lilian Pelly Countess Crawford and Balcarres.
On 16th December 1917 Tatiana Mountbatten was born to George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven (age 25) and Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) at Edinburgh. She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 16th December 1918 George William Rodney was born to George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 27) and Marjorie Lowther Baroness Rodney (age 23).
On 16th December 1958 Christina Susanna Chaplin was born to Anthony Chaplin 3rd Viscount Chaplin and Rosemary Lyttelton (age 36).
On 16th December 1964 James Christopher Douglas Wellesley was born to Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 49).
Marriages on the 16th December
On 16th December 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map] ... with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) present ...
Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley (age 46) and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 21) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 21) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 60). He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 45) and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
On 16th December 1650 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness (age 51) and Grace Rokeby (age 50). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 16th December 1667 John Middleton 1st Earl Middleton (age 59) and Martha Carey Countess Middleton (age 32) were married at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. She by marriage Countess Middleton. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth and Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth (age 66).
On 16th December 1712 Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds (age 21) and Elizabeth Harley (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 51) and Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer. He the son of Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke Leeds (age 53) and Bridget Hyde Duchess Leeds (age 50).
On 16th December 1731 Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere (age 23) and Elizabeth Tenison were married. She died a year later from smallpox.
On 16th December 1754 Charles Cockayne 5th Viscount Cullen (age 44) and Sophia Baxter Viscountess Cullen were married.
On 16th December 1780 James Lamb aka Burges 1st Baronet (age 28) and Anne Montolieu (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 16th December 1847 George St Vincent Duckworth-King 4th Baronet (age 38) and Caroline Mary Dawson-Damer were married.
On 16th December 1863 Algernon Greville-Nugent 2nd Baron Greville (age 22) and Beatrice Violet Graham (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Graham 4th Duke Montrose (age 64) and Caroline Agnes Horsley Beresford "Mr Manton" Duchess Montrose (age 45). They were sixth cousins.
Deaths on the 16th December
On 16th December 956 or 26th December 956 Archbishop Wulfstan died at Oundle, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 16th December 999 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 68) died.
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On 16th December 1153 Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester (age 54) died from poisoning by William "The Younger" Peverell (age 73). His son Hugh (age 6) succeeded 5th Earl Chester. William "The Younger" Peverell was exiled.
On 16th December 1263 King Haakon IV of Norway (age 59) died. His son Magnus (age 25) succeeded King Norway.
On 16th December 1325 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 55) died.
On 16th December 1379 John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 31) drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son John (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned".
Thomas Banastre (age 45) drowned.
On 16th December 1391 Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 80) died.
On 16th December 1435 Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon (age 61) died.
On 16th December 1558 Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich (age 48) died.
On 16th December 1627 Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet (age 29) died. Baronet Thornhurst of Agnes Court in Kent extinct.
On 16th December 1634 George Hay 1st Earl Kinnoull (age 64) died. His son George (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Kinnoull. Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul by marriage Countess Kinnoull.
On 16th December 1672 Isabel Douglas Marchioness Montrose (age 42) died.
On 16th December 1699 George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison (age 82) died. On 16th December 1699 His grandson John (age 15) succeeded 5th Viscount Grandison.
On 16th December 1741 Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury (age 85) died. His son Charles (age 59) succeeded 4th Earl Elgin, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 3rd Viscount Bruce of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury (age 20) by marriage Countess Elgin, Countess Ailesbury.
On 16th December 1774 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton (age 48) died. His brother Thomas (age 45) succeeded 4th Baron Middleton, 5th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton. Georgina Chadwick Baroness Middleton by marriage Baroness Middleton.
On 16th December 1783 William James 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His son Edward (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet James of Park Farm Place in Eltham in Kent.
On 16th December 1798 Thomas Pennant (age 72) died.
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On 16th December 1815 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk (age 69) died. His third cousin Bernard (age 50) succeeded 12th Duke Norfolk, 23rd or 30th Earl Arundel, 13th Earl Surrey, 10th Earl Norfolk, 20th Baron Maltravers, 20th Baron Arundel. Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk (age 45) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
On 16th December 1831 John Allen Johnson-Walsh 1st Baronet (age 87) died.
On 16th December 1839 Henrietta Leslie Pepys Countess Devon (age 62) died.
On 16th December 1842 Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh (age 44) died at Eaton Place, Belgravia.
On 16th December 1848 Edward Francis Burney (age 88) died unmarried.
On 16th December 1850 Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale (age 85) died. She was buried at Kedleston, Derbyshire [Map].
On 16th December 1852 Henry Peyto Verney 24th Baron Latimer 16th Baron Willoughby (age 79) died. He was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map]. His nephew Robert (age 43) succeeded 25th Baron Latimer of Corby, 17th Baron Willoughby Broke. He changed his surname from Barnard to Verney at this time as part of the settlement.
On 16th December 1869 Pietro Tenerani (age 80) died.
On 16th December 1884 William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 84) died. His grandson George (age 26) succeeded 4th Marquess Cholmondeley, 7th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 4th Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 8th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 7th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 7th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 6th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 6th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Winifred Kingscote Marchioness Cholmondeley by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 16th December 1899 Elizabeth Grosvenor Baroness Wenlock (age 75) died.
On 16th December 1912 R Suydam Grant died. He bequeathed his wealth to his nieces Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex (age 46) and Edythe Scott Grant, Vicomtesse de Breteuil of Paris, both of whom received $591,000.
On 16th December 1915 Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr (age 46) died. His son Herbrand (age 15) succeeded 9th Earl De La Warr, 9th Viscount Cantalupe, 15th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.
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On 16th December 1917 Annie Mary Shiffner Lady Graham died.
On 16th December 1923 Richard Verney 27th Baron Latimer 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (age 54) died. He was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map]. His son John (age 27) succeeded 28th Baron Latimer of Corby, 20th Baron Willoughby Broke.
On 16th December 1929 George Blackall Simonds (age 86) died.
On 16th December 1937 Glyn Philpot (age 53) died.
On 16th December 1956 Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale (age 66) died. His son Wentworth (age 34) succeeded 3rd Viscount Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland, 4th Baron Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland.
On 16th December 1987 John Russell 4th Earl Russell (age 66) died. His brother Conrad (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset.
On 16th December 2005 Francis David Somerville Head 5th Baronet (age 89) died. His son Richard (age 54) succeeded 6th Baronet Head of Rochester in Kent.