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1486 Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth York
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1559 Coronation of Elizabeth I
Events on the 16th January
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 800. This year was the moon eclipsed, at eight in the evening, on the seventeenth day before the calends of February; and soon after died King Bertric and Alderman Worr. Egbert (age 27) succeeded to the West-Saxon kingdom; and the same day Ethelmund, alderman of the Wiccians, rode over the Thames at Kempsford; where he was met by Alderman Woxtan, with the men of Wiltshire, and a terrible conflict ensued, in which both the commanders were slain, but the men of Wiltshire obtained the victory.
On 16th January 1010 Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 46) died.
On 16th January 1245 Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster was born to King Henry III of England (age 37) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 22) in London.
Close Rolls Edward II 1307-1313. On 16th January 1310 King Edward II of England (age 25). Stamford [Map]. To the Sheriff of York. Order to proclaim that the king does not intend to change the money current in the Kingdom in the late King's time, as had been rumoured, and to forbid anyone from thinking little of it, whereby victuals and other necessaries may be sold more dearly.
The like to all the Sheriffs of England [Ibid].
Enrolment of deed of Peter de Gavaston (age 26), knight, surrendering to the king the castle, manor, and honour of Knaresborough [Map], with the free chase of Knaresborough, and the manors of Routheclyve and Auldburgh, lately granted to him by the King for his lifetime. Witnesses: Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 18), Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 59), John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 23), John de Brittania, Earl of Richmond, Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 48), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 36), Robert son of Walter, Robert son of Payn, William de Burford, William Inge. Dated at Stamford [Map] July 26, 3 Edward II.
Enrolment of like surrender by the said Peter of the county of Gaure and the castles of Talanon, Tantalon, and Mauleon, the provostships (preposituras) and Camparian(um) called 'la Cointal' and of the city of Bayonne, the manor of Erebafaveyra, Born, Comtad, Salmun, Dagenes, and the island of Oleron, and the lands of Marempne and of Lancras in Saintogne, and all rights, appurtenances, etc., etc., thereto pertaining to the king, which the king lately granted him for life. Witnesses as above. Dated August 4, 3 Edward II.
Memorandum, that this deed was delivered to the king in his chamber in the House of the Friars Preachers, Stamford [Map] at Stamford, by the hands of the said Peter and the king delivered the said deed to J his chancellor, to be enrolled in the chancery, and it was afterwards delivered to Ingelard de Warle, keeper of the King's Wardrobe to be kept in the king's wardrobe, but the king's charters that the said Peter hereof were not then restored.[CONTINUES].
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Close Rolls Edward II 1307-1313. 16th January 1310 King Edward II of England (age 25). The Grove, Watford [Map]. To the Treasurer and the Barons of the Exchequer. Order to discharge the Abbot of Hayles of £100yearly, the rent of the manor of Lychelad [Map], as the King granted it to Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 26) and Margaret his wife.
To the same. Order to discharge the men of Wallingford, Oxfordshire [Map] of the ferm of that town from August 5 last, to Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall and Margaret his wife.
Around 16th January 1362 St Marcellus' Flood was an intense extratropical cyclone, coinciding with a new moon, which swept across the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark causing at least 25,000 deaths. In England the town of Dunwich, Suffolk was destroyed.
On 16th January 1373 Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 31) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Hereford, Earl Essex, Earl of Northampton extinct. His estates were divided between his two daughters Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 7), wife of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and Mary Bohun (age 5), wife of Henry of Bolingbroke (age 5), the future Henry IV, although the title and estates should have been inherited Gilbert Bohun who was a grandson of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex.
On 16th January 1400 John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 48) was executed at Pleshey Castle [Map]. Duke Exeter forfeit. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 53) arranged for the children of her dead brother Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel, who had been executed on the orders of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter three years before, to witness the execution.
Accounts and Extracts. 16th January 1400. The earl of Huntingdon (age 48), the king's [half] brother, fled into the county of Essex; but passing through a small village belonging to the countess of Hereford (age 53), sister to the late earl of Arundel, he was known and arrested. The countess sent news of it to king Henry, desiring him to send her the young earl of Arundel (age 18), her nephew, that he might enjoy the vengeance she was going to take on the man to whose counsels she principally attributed the death of her brother; which, it appears, she should rather 'have imputed to the treachery of the earl of Nottingham. The young Arundel hastened thither, and loaded Huntingdon with reproaches. The countess had assembled her vassals, to the number of eight thousand, and delivered to them the earl of Huntingdon in chains, ordering them to cut him in pieces. The unfortunate man entreated for mercy, alledging, that he had never done them any injury; and all took great pity on him except the countess (of Hereford) and the earl of Arundel. The countess flew into a passion, exclaiming, "Curse on you all, villains! you have not the courage to put a man to death."
An esquire offering himself for this purpose, advanced with his hatchet in his hand; but he was so touched with the tender complaints of Huntingdon, that be trembled for fear, and returned to the countess with tears, ssaying, "Madam, I would not put the duke to death for all the gold in the world." — "Then," said she, "do what thou hast promised, or thy own head shall be cut off." When he heard this, he was so afraid, that he knew not what to do, and faid, "Sir, I entreat your pardon; forgive me your death." He then lifted his hatchet, and struck him so hard on the shoulder, that he made him fall with his face to the ground: The noble duke (Huntingdon had been created duke of Exeter by Richard) leaped on his feet, saying, "Alas, man! why do you treat me thus? "For God's fake, kill me more easily." He then gave him eight blows on the shoulder, for he could neither hit his neck or his head; the ninth stroke was in the neck: and the worthy duke, brother to the noble king Richard, spoke yet, saying, "Alas, dear friend! have pity on me, and free me from my pain." The executioner then cut his throat with a knife, to separate his head from his body; and in this manner was the noble duke put to death.'
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 16th January 1409 René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou was born to King Louis of Naples (age 31) and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.77%.
Vatican Regesta Vol. DCLXXXV Secretarum Tomus IV 2 Innocent VIII. 10 Kal. Aug. Decree, at the petition of king Henry (age 29) and queen Elizabeth (age 20), that a notarial copy of the process before James, bishop of Imola, Apostolic Nuncio with the power of a legate de latere, in regard to the dispensation granted by him to them to contract marriage, notwithstanding the impediment arising from their being related in the double fourth degree of kindred, shall have the same credence as the original letters of the said bishop. The Pope (age 54) exemplifies the said letters and process as follows:
Public instrument, setting forth that in the year of the Incarnation 1486, after the computation of the English church, the 4th indiction, anno 2 Innocent VIII [16th January 1486], in the chapel of St. Mary [the Virgin] on the east side of the cathedral church of St. Paul, London [Map], before James, bishop of Imola, apostolic legate to England and Scotland, in presence of the below-written notaries public, appointed by the said bishop as scribes in the below-written matter of dispensation, and witnesses below-named, there appeared in person Master Robert Morton (age 51), Archdeacon of Winchester, and John de Giglis, I.U.D., as proctors of king Henry, and Richard Hill, dean of the chapel of the household of the said king, and David William, doctor of decrees, dean of St. Mary's Arches, London, as proctors of the lady Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late king Edward IV, who produced their mandates of procuration and presented to the said legate a schedule of petition on behalf of the said king and lady, praying him to dispense them to marry, notwithstanding the impediment of their relationship in the fourth and fourth degrees of kindred, as was specified by the said Master Robert Morton.
The said instrument exemplifies the said procurations and schedule, as follows:
(i) A public instrument, setting forth that in the year of the Incarnation, etc., 1486, the 4th indiction, anno 2 Innocent VIII, January 14, in a certain great chamber within the palace royal at Westminster, before Thomas, archbishop of York (age 62) and legate of the apostolic see, John, bishop of Worcester (age 56), chancellor of England, and Jasper duke of Bedford (age 54), and many other nobles and magnates, in the presence of me, Richard Spencer, notary public below-written, the said king, present in person, appointed Masters John de Giglis, I.U.D., and Robert Morton, master or keeper of the rolls of the chancery of the said king, as his proctors to appear before the said bishop and legate (who, as is said, has faculty from the apostolic see to dispense a certain number of persons related in the fourth and fourth degrees of kindred and affinity to contract marriage), and to request him to exhibit, etc., the said letters, and execute them in accordance with the desire of the said king, etc. Of all which things, done on the above date and in the above place, in the presence of the above-named witnesses and of Richard Spencer, clerk, of the diocese of Lincoln, notary public by apostolic and imperial authorities, registrar-principal of the court of Canterbury, and keeper of the registers of the same court, the said notary has made the present public instrument, and, being otherwise engaged, has caused it to be written by another, and has published and drawn it up in this public form, and has signed it with his wonted sign and name;.
(ii) A like public instrument, setting forth that on the same date as in the preceding, and in a certain chamber within the royal palace of Westminster, before John, bishop of Worcester, chancellor of England, John lord de Wellys (age 36), Master William Smyth, dean of the chapel royal of Wymbourn in the diocese of Salisbury, and other witnesses, in the presence of the above notary, Richard Spencer, the above lady Elizabeth, present in person, appointed Masters Richard Hill, dean of the chapel of the king's household, and David William, doctor of decrees, dean of St. Mary's Arches, London, and commissary-general of the official of the court of Canterbury and president of the said court, in the absence of the said official, as her proctors to appear, etc., as in the preceding. Of all which things, done on the above date and in the above place, in the presence of the abovenamed witnesses and of … Richard Spencer, clerk, etc., as above, the said notary has made, written, subscribed, published, and drawn up in this public form the present public instrument, and has signed it with his wonted sign and name;.
(iii) The petition to James, bishop of Imola, apostolic legate to England and Scotland, on behalf of the most serene prince and lord, the lord Henry, by the grace of God king of England and France and lord of Ireland, of the one part, and of the most illustrious (clarissime) lady, the lady Elizabeth, eldest legitimate and natural daughter of the late Edward, sometime king of England and France and lord of Ireland, of the other part, setting forth that whereas the said king Henry has by God's providence won his realm of England, and is in peaceful possession thereof, and has been asked by all the lords of his realm, both spiritual and temporal, and also by the general council of the said realm, called Parliament, to take the said lady Elizabeth to wife, he, wishing to accede to the just petitions of his subjects, desires to take the said lady to wife, but cannot do so without dispensation, inasmuch as they are related in the fourth and fourth degrees of kindred, wherefore petition is made on their behalf to the said legate to grant them dispensation by his apostolic authority to contract marriage and remain therein, notwithstanding the said impediment of kindred, and to decree the offspring to be born thereof legitimate.
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Hall's Chronicle. 16th January 1542. The sixtene daie of January the Parliament began, in the which the Lordes and Commons assented, to desire of the kyng certain peticions. First, that he would not vexe himself, with the Quenes offence, and that she and the lady Rocheford (age 37), might be attainted by Parliament.
Also, because of protractyng of tyme, whiche the more should bee to his unquietnes, that he would under his greate Seale, geve his royall assent, without tariyng the ende of the Parliament.
Also, that Duram and Culpeper, before attainted by the common law might also be attainted by Parliament.
Also, that Agnes Duches of Norffolke (age 65), and Katheryn Countesse of Brigewater (age 43) her daughter, whiche were for concealyng the saied offence committed to the Tower and indited of misprision, and the lorde William (age 32) and other, arreigned of the same, might be likewise attainted.
Also, that whosoever had spoken or doen any act, in the detestacion of her abhominable livyng, should be pardoned.
On 16th January 1549 Thomas Seymour (age 41), the King's (age 11) uncle, was caught trying to break in to the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. He entered the privy garden and awoke one of the King's pet spaniels. In response to the dog's barking, he shot and killed it. He was arrested and taken to the Tower of London [Map].
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 49) was arrested on various charges, including embezzlement at the Bristol mint.
After 16th January 1549 William Sharington (age 54) was arrested and charged with coining base money, clipping, and other frauds. He confessd and was attainted forfeiting his landed estates and being ejected from his seat in Parliament.
Holinshed's Chronicle. 16th January 1549. The sixteenth of Ianuarie, sir Thomas Seimer (age 41) baron of Sudleie, lord admerall, and brother to the duke of Summerset lord protector, was arrested and sent to the tower, and after by authoritie of parlement he was attainted, and the twentith of March next insuing, in the third yeare of this kings reigne beheaded at tower hill. Moreouer in this parlement, the vse of the masse was clearlie prohibited, and a booke for the vniformitie of diuine seruice, and right administration of the sacraments, was set foorth and established.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th January 1559. The xvj day of [January] was gret justes at the tylt-[yard], iiij chalengers, the duke of Northfoke (age 22) and (unfinished)
On 16th January 1569 Winifred Knightley (age 39) died at Titteshall, Norfolk. She was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map].
Winifred Knightley: Around 1530 she was born to William Knightley at Norwich, Norfolk [Map]. In 1543 Robert Coke and she were married.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 16th January 1617. Upon the 16th I received a letter from my Lord (age 27) that I should come up to London the next day because I was to go before the King on Monday next.
On 16th January 1621 Maurice Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 24) and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 24). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1660. Monday. In the morning I went up to Mr. Crew's (age 62), and at his bedside he gave me direction to go to-morrow with Mr. Edward (age 12) to Twickenham, Richmond, and likewise did talk to me concerning things of state; and expressed his mind how just it was that the secluded members should come to sit again. I went from thence, and in my way went into an alehouse and drank my morning draft with Matthew Andrews and two or three more of his friends, coachmen. And of one of them I did hire a coach to carry us to-morrow to Twickenham. From thence to my office, where nothing to do; but Mr Downing (age 35) he came and found me all alone; and did mention to me his going back into Holland, and did ask me whether I would go or no, but gave me little encouragement, but bid me consider of it; and asked me whether I did not think that Mr. Hawly could perform the work of my office alone or no. I confess I was at a great loss, all the day after, to bethink myself how to carry this business. At noon, Harry Ethall came to me and went along with Mr. Maylard by coach as far as Salsbury Court, and there we set him down, and we went to the Clerks, where we came a little too late, but in a closet we had a very good dinner by Mr. Pinkny's courtesy, and after dinner we had pretty good singing, and one, Hazard, sung alone after the old fashion, which was very much cried up, but I did not like it. Thence we went to the Green Dragon, on Lambeth Hill, both the Mr. Pinkney's, Smith, Harrison, Morrice, that sang the bass, Sheply and I, and there we sang of all sorts of things, and I ventured with good success upon things at first sight, and after that I played on my flageolet, and staid there till nine o'clock, very merry and drawn on with one song after another till it came to be so late. After that Sheply, Harrison and myself, we went towards Westminster on foot, and at the Golden Lion, near Charing Cross, we went in and drank a pint of wine, and so parted, and thence home, where I found my wife and maid a-washing. I staid up till the bell-man came by with his bell just under my window as I was writing of this very line, and cried, "Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morning". I then went to bed, and left my wife and the maid a-washing still.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 16th January 1662. Having notice of the Duke of York's (age 28) intention to visit my poor habitation and garden this day, I returned, when he was pleased to do me that honor of his own accord, and to stay some time viewing such things as I had to entertain his curiosity. Afterward he caused me to dine with him at the Treasurer of the Navy's house, and to sit with him covered at the same table. There were his Highness, the Duke of Ormond (age 51), and several Lords. Then they viewed some of my grounds about a project for a receptacle for ships to be moored in, which was laid aside as a fancy of Sir Nicholas Crisp (age 63). After this, I accompanied the Duke to an East India vessel that lay at Blackwall, Essex [Map], where we had entertainment of several curiosities. Among other spirituous drinks, as punch, etc., they gave us Canary that had been carried to and brought from the Indies, which was indeed incomparably good. I returned to London with his Highness. This night was acted before his Majesty (age 31) "The Widow", a lewd play.
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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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1662. Towards Cheapside; and in Paul's Churchyard saw the funeral of my Lord Cornwallis (deceased), late Steward of the King's House, a bold profane talking man, go by, and thence I to the Paynter's (age 53), and there paid him £6 for the two pictures, and 36s. for the two frames. From thence home, and Mr. Holliard (age 53) and my brother Tom (age 28) dined with me, and he did give me good advice about my health.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1665. Thence to visit my Lady Sandwich (age 40) and so to a Tangier Committee, where a great company of the new Commissioners, Lords, that in behalfe of my Lord Bellasses (age 50) are very loud and busy and call for Povy's (age 51) accounts, but it was a most sorrowful thing to see how he answered to questions so little to the purpose, but to his owne wrong. All the while I sensible how I am concerned in my bill of £100 and somewhat more. So great a trouble is fear, though in a case that at the worst will bear enquiry. My Lord Barkeley (age 63) was very violent against Povy. But my Lord Ashly (age 43), I observe, is a most clear man in matters of accounts, and most ingeniously did discourse and explain all matters. We broke up, leaving the thing to a Committee of which I am one. Povy, Creed, and I staid discoursing, I much troubled in mind seemingly for the business, but indeed only on my own behalf, though I have no great reason for it, but so painfull a thing is fear. So after considering how to order business, Povy and I walked together as far as the New Exchange and so parted, and I by coach home.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1665. Thence I to Westminster Hall [Map] and walked up and down. Among others Ned Pickering (age 47) met me and tells me how active my Lord is at sea, and that my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 17) is now at Rome, and, by all report, a very noble and hopefull gentleman.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1665. To the office a while, then to supper and to bed. This afternoon Secretary Bennet (age 47) read to the Duke of Yorke (age 31) his letters, which say that Allen (age 53)1 has met with the Dutch Smyrna fleet at Cales2, and sunk one and taken three. How true or what these ships are time will show, but it is good newes and the newes of our ships being lost is doubted at dales and Malaga. God send it false!
Note 1. Among the State Papers is a letter from Captain Thomas Allin to Sir Richard Fanshaw (age 36), dated from "The Plymouth, Cadiz Bay", December 25th, 1664, in which he writes: "On the 19th attacked with his seven ships left, a Dutch fleet of fourteen, three of which were men-of- war; sunk two vessels and took two others, one a rich prize from Smyrna; the others retired much battered. Has also taken a Dutch prize laden with iron and planks, coming from Lisbon (Calendar, Domestic, 1664-65, p. 122).
Note 2. The old form of the name Cádiz.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1666. Thence anon carried her and Mrs. Pierce home, and so to the Duke of Albemarle (age 57), and mighty kind he to me still.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1666. So home late at my letters, and so to bed, being mightily troubled at the newes of the plague's being encreased, and was much the saddest news that the plague hath brought me from the beginning of it; because of the lateness of the year, and the fear, we may with reason have, of its continuing with us the next summer. The total being now 375, and the plague 158.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1667. Then all withdrew, and by and by the Council rose, and I spoke with the Duke of York (age 33), and he told me my business was done, which I found accordingly in Sir Edward Walker's (age 56) books. And so away, mightily satisfied, to Arundell House [Map], and there heard a little good discourse, and so home, and there to Sir W. Batten (age 66), where I heard the examinations in two of our prizes, which do make but little for us, so that I do begin to doubt their proving prize, which troubled me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1667. So after supper a little to the office, to enter my journall, and then home to bed. Talk there is of a letter to come from Holland, desiring a place of treaty; but I do doubt it. This day I observe still, in many places, the smoking remains of the late fire: the ways mighty bad and dirty. This night Sir R. Ford (age 53) told me how this day, at Christ Church Hospital, they have given a living over £200 per annum to Mr. Sanchy, my old acquaintance, which I wonder at, he commending him mightily; but am glad of it. He tells me, too, how the famous Stillingfleete (age 31) was a Bluecoat boy. The children at this day are provided for in the country by the House, which I am glad also to hear.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1667. So home to dinner, and found Balty (age 27), told him the good news, and then after dinner away, I presently to White Hall, and did give the Duke of York (age 33) a memorial of the salt business, against the Council, and did wait all the Council for answer, walking a good while with Sir Stephen Fox (age 39), who, among other things, told me his whole mystery in the business of the interest he pays as Treasurer for the Army. They give him 12d. per pound quite through the Army, with condition to be paid weekly. This he undertakes upon his own private credit, and to be paid by the King (age 36) at the end of every four months. If the King pay him not at the end of the four months, then, for all the time he stays longer, my Lord Treasurer (age 59), by agreement, allows him eight per cent. per annum for the forbearance. So that, in fine, he hath about twelve per cent. from the King and the Army, for fifteen or sixteen months' interest; out of which he gains soundly, his expense being about £130,000 per annum; and hath no trouble in it, compared, as I told him, to the trouble I must have to bring in an account of interest. I was, however, glad of being thus enlightened, and so away to the other council door, and there got in and hear a piece of a cause, heard before the King, about a ship deserted by her fellows (who were bound mutually to defend each other), in their way to Virginy, and taken by the enemy, but it was but meanly pleaded.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1667. This day, before the Duke of York (age 33), the business of the Muster-Masters was reported, and Balty (age 27) found the best of the whole number, so as the Duke enquired who he was, and whether he was a stranger by his two names, both strange, and offered that he and one more, who hath done next best, should have not only their owne, but part of the others' salary, but that I having said he was my brother-in-law, he did stop, but they two are ordered their pay, which I am glad of, and some of the rest will lose their pay, and others be laid by the heels. I was very glad of this being ended so well. I did also, this morning, move in a business wherein Mr. Hater hath concerned me, about getting a ship, laden with salt from France, permitted to unload, coming in after the King's declaration was out, which I have hopes by some dexterity to get done. Then with the Duke of York to the King (age 36), to receive his commands for stopping the sale this day of some prize-goods at the Prize-Office, goods fit for the Navy; and received the King's commands, and carried them to the Lords' House, to my Lord Ashly (age 45), who was angry much thereat, and I am sorry it fell to me to carry the order, but I cannot help it. So, against his will, he signed a note I writ to the Commissioners of Prizes, which I carried and delivered to Kingdone, at their new office in Aldersgate Streete.
On 16th January 1668 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 39) fought a duel at Barn Elms with Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) with whose wife Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 25) he was conducting a relationship. The duel may, less plausibly, be about Talbot's first wife Anne Conyers although Pepys appears to contradict this. Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury was fatally wounded dying two months later. Following the duel George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham commenced living with Shrewsbury's wife Anne Maria. His wife Mary Fairfax Duchess Buckingham (age 29) returned to live with her parents.
Admiral Robert Holmes (age 46) and Jenkins acted as seconds to George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Jenkins was killed.
John Talbot of Lacock (age 37) and Bernard Howard (age 27) acted as seconds to Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury. Note. Bernard Howard a guess based on name and age.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1668. Up, after talking with my wife with pleasure, about her learning on the flageolet a month or two again this winter, and all the rest of the year her painting, which I do love, and so to the office, where sat all the morning, and here Lord Anglesey (age 53) tells us again that a fleete is to be set out; and that it is generally, he hears, said, that it is but a Spanish rhodomontado; and that he saying so just now to the Duke of Albemarle (age 59), who come to town last night, after the thing was ordered, he told him a story of two seamen: one wished all the guns of the ship were his, and that they were silver; and says the other, "You are a fool, for, if you can have it for wishing, why do you not wish them gold?"-"So", says he, "if a rhodomontado will do any good, why do you not say 100 ships?" And it is true; for the Dutch and French are said to make such preparations as 50 sail will do no good.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th January 1669. Up, and to the office all the morning, dined at home with my people, and so all the afternoon till night at the office busy, and so home to supper and to bed. This morning Creed, and in the afternoon comes Povy (age 55), to advise with me about my answer to the Lords [Commissioners] of Tangier, about the propositions for the Treasurership there, which I am not much concerned for. But the latter, talking of publick things, told me, as Mr. Wren (age 40) also did, that the Parliament is likely to meets again, the King (age 38) being frighted with what the Speaker hath put him in mind of-his promise not to prorogue, but only to adjourne them. They speak mighty freely of the folly of the King in this foolish woman's business, of my Lady Harvy (age 30). Povy tells me that Sir W. Coventry (age 41) was with the King alone, an hour this day; and that my Baroness Castlemayne (age 28) is now in a higher command over the King than ever-not as a mistress, for she scorns him, but as a tyrant, to command him: and says that the Duchess of York (age 31) and the Duke of York (age 35) are mighty great with her, which is a great interest to my Chancellor's' (age 59) family; and that they do agree to hinder all they can the proceedings of the Duke of Buckingham (age 40) and Arlington (age 51): and so we are in the old mad condition, or rather worse than any; no man knowing what the French intend to do the next summer.
Around 16th January 1679 Robert Coke (age 25) died. Buried in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map].
Robert Coke: Around 1654 he was born to Richard Coke. Before 13th April 1678 Robert Coke and Anne Osborne were married. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th January 1684. The Thames was fill'd with people and tents, selling all sorts of wares as in the Citty.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 16th January 1704. The Lord Treasurer (age 58) gave my grandson (age 21) the office of Treasurer of the Stamp Duties, with a salary of £300 a year.
On 16th January 1756 Hill Boothby (age 47) died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Hill Boothby: On 27th October 1708 she was born to Brooke Boothby in Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map].
On 16th January 1809 the Battle of Corunna was fought when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore.
Brothers General Thomas Bradford (age 31) and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford (age 27) fought.
On 16th January 1809 Charles Banks Stanhope (age 23) was killed at Battle of Corunna.
In the north west tower chapel in the nave of Westminster Abbey is a marble monument in the shape of a shield, with a background of a sword, carbine and two military flags. The fee for the monument was paid in 1814 by Westmacott. The inscription reads:
To the memory of the Honble. Charles Banks Stanhope, second son of Charles (age 55), Earl Stanhope, and nephew of the Right Honble. William Pitt; Major of the 50th regiment of Foot, who, in the act of gallantly encouraging his men, fell by a musquet shot in the battle of Corunna. This tablet is affectionately inscribed by his afflicted sister, who can neither do justice to his virtues nor sufficiently deplore his loss. Born 3 June 1785. Died 16 Jan. 1809.
On 16th January 1867 Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter (age 71) died. His son William (age 41) succeeded 3rd Marquess Exeter, 12th Earl Exeter, 13th Baron Burghley. Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter (age 39) by marriage Marchioness Exeter.
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map].
Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter: On 2nd July 1795 he was born to Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. On 1st May 1804 Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter died. His son Brownlow succeeded 2nd Marquess Exeter, 11th Earl Exeter, 12th Baron Burghley. On 12th May 1824 Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter were married. She by marriage Marchioness Exeter. He the son of Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. In 1827 he was appointed 664th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Times. 14th February 1873. DEATH OF Baroness Cadogan. We have to announce the death of the Countess Cadogan (deceased), which occurred on Tuesday at Cadogan House, Belgravia. The deceased, who had long been an invalid, was the third daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. Gerald V. Wesley D.D., and Lady Emily, eldest daughter of the first Earl Cadogan. She was born in February, 1812 [NOTE. Sources state 16th January 1808], and married July 13, 1836, her cousin, the present Lord Cadogan (age 60), then Viscount Chelsea. She leaves issue four sons and a daughter.
On 16th January 1875 Henry Hugh Armstead (age 46) was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
On 16th January 1886 Joseph Maas (age 38) died. Monument in Rochester Cathedral [Map] sculpted by James Currie (age 50).
Joseph Maas: On 30th January 1847 he was born in Dartford, Kent [Map].
The Times. 16th January 1913. Obituary. Lord Ashburnham (deceased).
The Earl of Asburnhan died yesterday atternoon at a hotel in Paris where he was staying. He had been ill for some time.
Bertram, Earl Ashburnham and Viscount St. Asaph in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Baron Ashburnham in that of England, was born on October 28, 1840. He the eldest son or the fourth earl, his mother having been an aunt of the present Earl of Haddington (age 85). He was educated at Westminster School and on the Continent, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1872. Six years later he succeeded his father in the title and estates, which consist of about 24,000 acres. The family seats are Ashburnham Place, Battle; Barking Hall, Needham Market, Suffolk; and Pembrey, Camarthenshire. The barony was created by William III. The first baron's grandfather had been committed to the Tower by Cromwell for aiding King Charle's escape from Hampton Court. The third baron, who had been Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Frederick Prince of Wales, obtained the higher titles.
Lord Ashburnham, who was Chairman of the British Home Rule Association, presided over one the easliest public meetings ever held in Great Britain to advocate that policy. For many years be acted as the represetative of Don Carlos and the Legitimist Party of Spain in this country. Lord Ashburnham was a magistrate for Sussex, Breconshire. and Carmarthenshire. He was senior knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Great Britain and representative of the Order, and he the received also the Grand Cross of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the Pontitical Order of Pius.
The late peer married in 1888 Emily, daughter of the late Mr. R. Chaplin. Lady Ashburnham died in 1900, leaving one daughter, Lady Mary Catherine Ashburnham (age 23), born in 1890 and is now a nun. Lord Ashburnham's brother John, who had been in the Diplomatic Service, died last April. His next two brothers are also dead, and the title passes to Captain the Hon. Thomas Ashburnham (age 57), late 7th Hussars, who is not Roman Catholic. The new peer was born in 1855, and served in Egypt, obtaining the order of the Medjidieh. He was formerly extra aide-de-camp to two Lords-Lieutenent of Ireland. In 1903 be married Maria Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. W. H. Anderson, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he now lives. There is no heir. His sisters are Lady Margaret Bickersteth and Lady Mary Holland, wife of the Hon. Sydney Holland.
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Time Team Series 1 Episode 1: The Guerrilla Base of the King was filmed between 16th April 1993 and 18th April 1993. It was originally shown on 16th January 1994.
Location: Athelney Abbey [Map].
Category: Time Team Early Medieval.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson (age 47), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 47), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Gerry Barber, Bristol University Environmental Archaeologist
Phil Harding (age 43), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 30), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Robin Bush (age 50), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 58), Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Gerry McDonnell, Archeaological Scientist.
Base: George Hotel [Map] in Wedmore.
Techniques: Field Walking, Excavations, Magnetometry, Resistivity, Soil Coring
Sources: Life of Alfred by Asser, Assers Life of Alfred 878.
Historical Figures: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex, Guthrum Viking.
Events: Battle of Edington.
Outcomes: Plan of Athelney Abbey [Map], possible site of original Saxon church, Anglo-Saxon iron slag indicating iron working; the furthest west found at the time.
Births on the 16th January
On 16th January 1245 Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster was born to King Henry III of England (age 37) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 22) in London.
On 16th January 1362 Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland was born to Thomas de Vere 8th Earl of Oxford (age 26) and Maud Ufford Countess of Oxford (age 17). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 16th January 1409 René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou was born to King Louis of Naples (age 31) and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.77%.
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On 16th January 1621 Maurice Palatinate Simmern was born to Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 24) and Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 24). He a grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 16th January 1630 Henry Hastings was born to Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon (age 21) and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 17).
On 16th January 1652 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 30) and Frances Cecil (age 19).
On 16th January 1698 John Twisleton 6th or 12th Baron Saye and Sele was born to Colonel Fiennes Twisleton 5th or 11th Baron Saye and Sele (age 28).
On 16th January 1723 Arthur Pomeroy 1st Viscount Hamberton was born.
On 16th January 1740 Willoughby Bertie 4th Earl of Abingdon was born to Willoughby Bertie 3rd Earl of Abingdon (age 47) and Anna Maria Collins Countess Abingdon.
On 16th January 1744 Walter Vavasour 6th Baronet was born to Walter Vavasour 5th Baronet and Dorothy Langdale Lady Vavasour.
On 16th January 1745 Mary Eyles-Styles was born to Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles 3rd Baronet and Sibella Egerton (age 33).
On 16th January 1774 Reverend Frederick Hotham was born to Beaumont Hotham 2nd Baron Hotham (age 36).
On 16th January 1774 George Cornewall 3rd Baronet was born to George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Catherine Cornewall (age 22). He was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 16th January 1792 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley was born to George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley (age 42) and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 30).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 16th January 1795 Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland was born to Gilbert Heathcote 4th Baronet (age 21) and Catherine Sophia Manners Lady Heathcote at Normanton Hall Normanton Park Normanton, Rutlandshire.
On 16th January 1796 Robert Carrington 2nd Baron Carrington was born to Robert Smith 1st Baron Carrington (age 43).
On 16th January 1808 Charles Wellesley was born to Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 38) and Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington (age 35).
On 16th January 1817 Ann Maria Pleydell-Bouverie was born to William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 37) and Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor (age 26).
On 16th January 1818 Charles William Lambton was born to John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham (age 25) and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham (age 20).
On 16th January 1831 Dudley Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby was born to Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (age 32) and Frances Stuart Countess Harrowby Lincolnshire.
On 16th January 1833 James Frederick Henry Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie was born to John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 2nd Baron Wharncliffe (age 31) and Georgiana Elizabeth Ryder Baroness Wharncliffe (age 28).
On 16th January 1838 Cuthbert Ellison Edwardes was born to William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 36) and Laura Jane Ellison (age 26).
On 16th January 1847 Constance Mary Barrington Baroness Haldon was born to George Barrington 7th Viscount Barrington (age 22).
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On 16th January 1850 Tonman Mosley 1st Baron Anslow was born to Tonman Mosley 3rd Baronet (age 36) at East Lodge, Anslow, Burton-upon-Trent. He was baptised at Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire.
On 16th January 1857 Agatha Manners Tollemache Baroness Westbury was born to William Tollemache (age 36) and Katherine Elizabeth Camilla Burke (age 37). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 16th January 1861 James McGarel-Hogg 2nd Baron Magheramorne was born to James McGarel-Hogg 1st Baron Magheramorne (age 37) and Caroline Elizabeth Emma Douglas-Pennant.
On 16th January 1873 Ivor Churchill Guest 1st Viscount Wimborne was born to Ivor Bertie Guest (age 37) and Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill Baroness Wimborne (age 25).
On 16th January 1876 Mervyn Manningham-Buller 3rd Baronet was born to Major-General Edmund Manningham Manningham-Buller (age 47) and Anne Coke (age 31).
On 16th January 1886 George Bowyer 1st Baron Denham was born to Lieutenant Colonel Wentworth Grenville Bowyer.
On 16th January 1893 Harold Augustus Wernher 3rd Baronet was born to Julius Charles Wernher 1st Baronet (age 42) and Alice Mankiewicz Baroness Ludlow.
On 16th January 1895 Edward Knollys 2nd Viscount Knollys was born to Francis Knollys 1st Viscount Knollys (age 57) and Ardyn Mary Tyrwhitt Viscountess Knollys (age 34).
On 16th January 1901 Major Archibald Edward Cubitt was born to Henry Cubitt 2nd Baron Ashcombe (age 33) and Maud Marianne Calvert (age 35).
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On 16th January 1908 John William Salusbury-Trelawny 12th Baronet was born to John William Salusbury-Trelawny 11th Baronet (age 38).
On 16th January 1910 George James Augustine Prévost 5th Baronet was born to Charles Thomas Keble Prévost 4th Baronet (age 43).
On 16th January 1915 Douglas David Edward Vivian was born to George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 36) and Nancy Lycett Green Baroness Vivian.
On 16th January 1951 Richard Douglas Somerville Head 6th Baronet was born to Francis David Somerville Head 5th Baronet (age 34).
On 16th January 1960 Nicholas Felix Minturn Brunner 5th Baronet was born to John Henry Kilian Brunner 4th Baronet (age 32).
Marriages on the 16th January
On 16th January 1255 Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol (age 28) and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol and Mary Avesnes. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 16th January 1401 Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 64) and Elisabeth La Marck Duchess Bavaria (age 23) were married at Cologne. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of Adolph La Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark (age 51). He the son of Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess 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 16th January 1479 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 25) and Anne de la Tour Auvergne Duchess Albany were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. She the daughter of Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne (age 62) and Louise de La Trémoïlle. He the son of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.
On 16th January 1620 Giles Brydges 1st Baronet (age 47) and Mary Scudamore Lady Bridges (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years.
On 16th January 1647 Thomas Abdy 1st Baronet (age 34) and Anne Soame Lady Abdy were married at St Bartholomew the Less. She by marriage Lady Abdy of Felix Hall in Kelveden in Essex. They had ten children.
On 16th January 1677 William Widdrington 3rd Baron Widdrington (age 21) and Alathea Fairfax Baroness Widdrington were married. She by marriage Baroness Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire.
On 16th January 1679 John Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Elizabeth Sheldon Lady Cotton were married at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 16th January 1735 Charles Dillon 10th Viscount Dillon and Frances Dillon Viscountess Dillon were married. They were first cousin once removed.
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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 January 1745 George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 26) and Dinah Frankland Countess Lichfield (age 26) were married. He the son of George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 48).
On 16th January 1788 Robert Edward Petre 9th Baron Petre (age 45) and Juliana Barbara Howard Baroness Petre (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th January 1808 George Coventry 8th Earl Coventry (age 23) and Emma Susanna Lygon were married. She the daughter of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp (age 60) and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. He the son of George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 49) and Margaret "Peggy" Pitches Countess Coventry (age 48).
On 16th January 1844 William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen (age 36) and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen were married. She by marriage Countess Enniskillen. He the son of John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen and Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen.
On 16th January 1847 Thomas Grove 1st Baronet (age 23) and Katherine Grace O'Grady Lady Grove were married.
On 16th January 1861 George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds (age 32) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 24) were married. He the son of George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 58) and Harriet Emma Arundel Stewart. They were half first cousins.
On 16th January 1865 George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan (age 24) and Beatrix Jane Craven Countess Cadogan (age 20) were married. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 55) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 48). He the son of Henry Cadogan 4th Earl Cadogan (age 52) and Mary Sarah Wellesley Countess Cadogan (age 56).
On 16th January 1892 James Reginald Graham (age 28) and Florence Rose Wood Lady Graham were married. She would, thirty-five years later, marry his younger brother Richard James Graham 4th Baronet (age 33); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
Deaths on the 16th January
On 16th January 1010 Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 46) died.
On 16th January 1373 Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 31) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Hereford, Earl Essex, Earl of Northampton extinct. His estates were divided between his two daughters Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester (age 7), wife of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 18) and Mary Bohun (age 5), wife of Henry of Bolingbroke (age 5), the future Henry IV, although the title and estates should have been inherited Gilbert Bohun who was a grandson of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex.
On 16th January 1400 John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 48) was executed at Pleshey Castle [Map]. Duke Exeter forfeit. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 53) arranged for the children of her dead brother Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel, who had been executed on the orders of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter three years before, to witness the execution.
On 16th January 1441 Anne Talbot Countess Devon (age 48) died.
On 16th January 1469 Henry Bromflete 1st Baron Vesci (age 62) died at Londesborough without male issue. Baron Vesci extinct.
On 16th January 1513 Ralph Ogle 3rd Baron Ogle (age 44) died in Morpeth, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Bothal [Map]. His son Robert (age 23) succeeded 4th Baron Ogle.
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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 January 1585 Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln (age 73) died at London. His son Henry (age 44) succeeded 2nd Earl Lincoln, 10th Baron Clinton. Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln (age 42) by marriage Countess Lincoln.
On 16th January 1637 Anne Crofts Countess Cleveland died.
On 16th January 1655 William Button 1st Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St James the Great Church, North Wraxall. His son William (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baronet Button of Alton in Wiltshire.
On 16th January 1666 Dudley North 3rd Baron North (age 83) died. His son Dudley (age 64) succeeded 4th Baron North. Anne Montagu Baroness North (age 54) by marriage Baroness North.
On 16th January 1668 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 39) fought a duel at Barn Elms with Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) with whose wife Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 25) he was conducting a relationship. The duel may, less plausibly, be about Talbot's first wife Anne Conyers although Pepys appears to contradict this. Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury was fatally wounded dying two months later. Following the duel George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham commenced living with Shrewsbury's wife Anne Maria. His wife Mary Fairfax Duchess Buckingham (age 29) returned to live with her parents.
Admiral Robert Holmes (age 46) and Jenkins acted as seconds to George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Jenkins was killed.
John Talbot of Lacock (age 37) and Bernard Howard (age 27) acted as seconds to Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury. Note. Bernard Howard a guess based on name and age.
On 16th January 1681 Arabella Smith Countess Nottingham died.
On 16th January 1689 Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 55) died. His son John (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Clare, 4th Baron Haughton.
On 16th January 1692 William O'Brien 2nd Earl Inchiquin (age 52) died. His son William (age 30) succeeded 3rd Earl Inchiquin. Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin by marriage Countess Inchiquin.
On 16th January 1698 Honora Burke Duchess Berwick (age 24) died at Pézenas.
On 16th January 1705 Henry Hene 3rd Baronet (age 53) died. His son Richard (age 30) succeeded 4th Baronet Hene of Winkfield in Berkshire.
On 16th January 1724 Thomas Aston 3rd Baronet (age 58) died. His son Thomas (age 20) succeeded 4th Baronet Aston of Aston.
On 16th January 1747 James Grant 6th Baronet (age 67) died. His son Ludovic (age 40) succeeded 7th Baronet Grant of Colquhoun.
On 16th January 1758 William Russell 7th Baronet (age 32) died. His second cousin John (age 16) succeeded 8th Baronet Russell of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
On 16th January 1771 John Kemp 6th Baronet (age 17) died unmarried. His uncle Benjamin (age 62) succeeded 7th Baronet Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk.
On 16th January 1774 John Cullum 5th Baronet (age 74) died. His son John (age 40) succeeded 6th Baronet Cullum of Hastede in Suffolk.
On 16th January 1783 Elizabeth Ewens Countess Stafford died.
On 16th January 1801 George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 45) died at York House Hotel Albermarle Street. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Welshpool. Earl Powis extinct. In 1784 his sister Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis (age 42) had married Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis (age 46) who was created Earl Powis in 1784.
On 16th January 1812 Henrietta Musgrave Lady Morris died.
On 16th January 1818 Thomas Grey 2nd Baron Walsingham died. His son George (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
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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 January 1829 Edward Stracey 1st Baronet (age 87) died. His son Edward (age 60) succeeded 2nd Baronet Stracey of Rackheath in Norfolk.
On 16th January 1830 John Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 81) died at Batsford Park Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. His son John (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baron Redesdale of Redesdale in Northumberland.
On 16th January 1838 Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 78) died.
On 16th January 1856 Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll (age 54) died.
On 16th January 1864 George Augustus Frederick Murray 6th Duke Atholl (age 49) died. His son John (age 23) succeeded 7th Duke Atholl, 8th Marquess Atholl, 9th Earl Atholl, 10th Earl Tullibardine, 12th Baron Strange Knockin, 3rd Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire.
On 16th January 1865 Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby (age 78) died.
On 16th January 1867 Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter (age 71) died. His son William (age 41) succeeded 3rd Marquess Exeter, 12th Earl Exeter, 13th Baron Burghley. Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter (age 39) by marriage Marchioness Exeter.
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map].
Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter: On 2nd July 1795 he was born to Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. On 1st May 1804 Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter died. His son Brownlow succeeded 2nd Marquess Exeter, 11th Earl Exeter, 12th Baron Burghley. On 12th May 1824 Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter were married. She by marriage Marchioness Exeter. He the son of Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. In 1827 he was appointed 664th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 16th January 1886 Joseph Maas (age 38) died. Monument in Rochester Cathedral [Map] sculpted by James Currie (age 50).
Joseph Maas: On 30th January 1847 he was born in Dartford, Kent [Map].
On 16th January 1899 John William Plunkett 17th Baron Dunsany (age 45) died. His son Edward (age 20) succeeded 18th Baron Dunsany.
On 16th January 1900 Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Manvers (age 75) died. His son Charles (age 45) succeeded 4th Earl Manvers, 4th Viscount Newark, 4th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
On 16th January 1909 William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst (age 73) died. His daughter Mary (age 51) succeeded 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney in London.
On 16th January 1928 Bernhard Saxe Meiningen III Duke Saxe Meiningen (age 76) died.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 16th January 1929 John Brunner 2nd Baronet (age 63) died. His son Felix (age 31) succeeded 3rd Baronet Brunner of Druids Cross in Lancashire.
On 16th January 1935 Arthur Holland 3rd Viscount Knutsford (age 79) died. His son Thurstan (age 46) succeeded 4th Viscount Knutsford of Knutsford in Cheshire, 4th Baron Knutsford of Knutsford in Cheshire, 5th Baronet Holland of Sandlebridge.
On 16th January 1939 Montrose Stuart Graham 11th Baronet (age 63) died. His son Montrose (age 34) succeeded 12th Baronet Graham of Esk in Cumberland
On 16th January 1940 Edward Lycett Green 2nd Baronet (age 79) died. His son Edward (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baronet Green of Wakefield in Yorkshire and of Ken Hill in Norfolk.
On 16th January 1942 Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 91) died at Yattendon Castle [Map]. His grandson Alastair (age 27) succeeded 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn.
On 16th January 2011 Julian Asquith 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (age 94) died. His son Raymond (age 58) succeeded 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith.