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16 Jun is in June.
1056 Battle of Glasbury-on-Wye
1467 Tournament Bastard of Burgundy
1483 Richard of Shrewsbury Removed from Sanctuary
1497 Battle of Blackheath aka Deptford Bridge
1535 Execution of Bishop Fisher and Thomas More
Events on the 16th June
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 16th June 1056. This year Bishop Egelric resigned his bishopric at Durham, and retired to Peterborough minster [Map]; and his brother Egelwine succeeded him. The worthy Bishop Athelstan died on the fourth before the ides of February; and his body lies at Hereford [Map]. To him succeeded Leofgar, who was Earl Harold's mass-priest. He wore his knapsack in his priesthood, until he was a bishop. He abandoned his chrism and his rood-his ghostly weapons-and took to his spear and to his sword, after his bishophood; and so marched to the field against Griffin the Welsh king.79 But he was there slain, and his priests with him, and Elnoth the sheriff, and many other good men with them; and the rest fled. This was eight nights before midsummer. Difficult is it to relate all the vexation and the journeying, the marching and the fatigue, the fall of men, and of horses also, which the whole army of the English suffered, until Earl Leofric, and Earl Harold (age 34), and Bishop Eldred, came together and made peace between them; so that Griffin swore oaths, that he would be a firm and faithful viceroy to King Edward. Then Bishop Eldred took to the bishopric which Leofgar had before eleven weeks and four days.
Note 79. This was no uncommon thing among the Saxon clergy, bishops and all. The tone of elevated diction in which the writer describes the military enterprise of Leofgar and his companions, testifies his admiration.
On 16th June 1056 Bishop Leofgar of Hereford was killed at the Battle of Glasbury-on-Wye.
John of Worcester. 16th June 1056. Athelstan, bishop of Hereford, a man of great sanctity, died on the fourth of the ides [the 10th] of February, at the episcopal vill called Bosanbyrig [Bosbury]; his body was carried to Hereford, and buried in the church [Map] which he himself had built from the foundations. He was succeeded by Leovegar, earl Harold's chaplain, who, on the sixteenth of the calends [the 16th] of June in the same year, together with his clerks and Ethelnoth the vice-reeve and many others, was massacred by Griffyth, king of Wales, at a place called Claftbyrig [Map]. He held the see only eleven weeks and four days. On his being thus cut off, the bishopric of Hereford was administered by Aldred, bishop of Worcester, until a successor could be appointed. This same bishop Aldred and the earls Leofric and Harold (age 34) afterwards reconciled Griffyth, king of Wales, with king Edward.
John of Worcester. 16th June 1056. Earl Ethelwin (age 63), that is Odda, [Earl of Devon] a the friend of the churches, the solace of the poor, the protector of widows and orphans, the enemy of oppression, the shield of virginity, died at Deerhurst on the second of the calends of September [31st August], having been made a monk by Aldred, bishop of Worcester, before his death; but he lies in the abbey of Pershore [Map], where he was buried with great pomp. Æthelric, bishop of Durham, voluntarily resigned his see and retired to his monastery of Peterborough, where he had been brought up and made a monk; and there he lived twelve years, having been succeeded in his bishopric by his brother, Ægelwin, a monk of the same abbey.
On 16th June 1272 King Edward I of England (age 32) was attacked by an assassin who stabbed him with a poisoned dagger. He survived but was in a weakened state for some time.
On 16th June 1332 Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons was born to King Edward III of England (age 19) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 17) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 16th June 1467 a great banquet was hosted by the King's older sister Anne York Duchess Exeter (age 27) and, in the absence of her husband Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 36) who remained, her future husband Thomas St Leger (age 27). King Edward IV of England (age 25) and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 30) attended as did Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" (age 46).
On 16th June 1483 Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65) removed Edward IV's youngest son Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York (age 9) from Sanctuary in Westminster Abbey [Map] to the Tower of London [Map] so that he could join his brother in preparation for his Coronation. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 28) was present.
Croyland Chronicle 1483. [16th June 1483]. On the Monday following, they came with a great multitude by water to Westminster, armed with swords and staves, and compelled the cardinal lord archbishop of Canterbury, with many others, to enter the sanctuary, in order to appeal to the good feelings of the queen and prompt her to allow her son Richard, duke of York, to come forth and proceed to the Tower, that he might comfort the king his brother. In words, assenting with many thanks to this proposal, she accordingly sent the boy, who was conducted by the lord cardinal to the king in the said Tower of London.
Croyland Chronicle 1483. [After 16th June 1483]. From this day, these dukes acted no longer in secret, but openly manifested their intentions. For, having summoned armed men, in fearful and unheard-of numbers, from the north, Wales, and all other parts then subject to them, the said Protector Richard assumed the government of the kingdom, with the title of King, on the twentieth day of the aforesaid month of June; and on the same day, at the great Hall at Westminster, obtruded himself into the marble chair. The colour for this act of usurpation, and his thus taking possession of the throne, was the following:-It was set forth, by way of prayer, in an address in a certain roll of parchment, that the sons of king Edward were bastards, on the ground that he had contracted a marriage with one lady Eleanor Boteler, before his marriage to queen Elizabeth; added to which, the blood of his other brother, George, duke of Clarence, had been attainted; so that, at the present time, no certain and uncorrupted lineal blood could be found of Richard duke of York, except in the person of the said Richard, duke of Gloucester. For which reason, he was entreated, at the end of the said roll, on part of the lords and commons of the realm, to assume his lawful rights. However, it was at the time rumoured that this address had been got up in the north, whence such vast numbers were flocking to London; although, at the same time, there was not a person but what very well knew who was the 31 mover at London of such seditious and disgraceful proceedings.
Note 31. In allusion, no doubt, to the Duke of Buckingham.
On 16th June 1487 a Lancastrian army defeated a Yorkist army at the Battle of Stoke Field; considered by many to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses.
The Lancastrian army of Henry Tudor comprised:
John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44).
Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 55).
George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 19).
Henry Willoughby (age 36).
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 45).
John Mordaunt (age 31).
Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 19).
William Norreys (age 46).
Edward Norreys (age 23) wounded.
John Paston (age 43).
George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 27).
Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 31).
Thomas Lovell, knighted.
Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 40).
Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London
William Lyttelton (age 37) who was knighted after the battle.
The Yorksists:
John de la Pole Earl Lincoln (age 25) was killed. Earl Lincoln extinct.
Thomas Fitzgerald (age 29) and Martin Schwartz were killed.
Lambert Simnel (age 10) fought and was captured. He was pardoned by King Henry VII and put to work in the in the royal kitchen as a spit-turner. When he grew older, he became a falconer. Almost no information about his later life is known.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 31) fought and escaped. He was attainted. , Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, Baron Holand forfeit.
Edmund Peckham was granted the manors of Alford, Eccles, Alderley, Chester, and Flint.
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Wriothesley's Chronicle. 16th June 1487. The Earle of Lincolne (age 25)1, the Lord Lovell (age 31), and one Martin Swarte, a straunger, slayne all in a feild that they made againste the Kinge.2
Note 1. John Earl of Lincoln was son of John de la Pole (age 44), Duke of Suffolk, and of Elizabeth (age 43), eldest sister of Edward IV.
Note 2. This battle was fought at the village of Stoke [Map], near Newark [Map], 16th June, 1487, when Lambert Simnel (age 10) was made prisoner.
Polydore Vergil. [16th June 1487] On the following day the king formed all his forces into a triple battle-line, marched to Stoke, and came to a stop near the earl's camp, where he offered him the opportunity for a fight on level ground. Given this opportunity, the earl brought out his forces, gave his men the signal, and joined battle. Both sides fought very stoutly and fiercely, nor did the Germans in the forefront, rough men and exercised in arms, yield to the English, just as not many men excelled their captain Martin Schwartz in power of mind and body. On the other hand the Irish, although they conducted themselves with great courage, yet since in accordance with their national custom they fought with bodies unprotected by any armour, they fell more than anybody else, and their slaughter was a great source of fear to the others. The battle was fought on equal terms for more than three hours, when at length the king's first battle-line, by far the strongest and best manned, which alone had joined and continued the fight, made such a vigorous attack on the enemy that first it killed the opposing captains, then turned all the rest to rout, and in the flight these men were killed or captured. But when the battle was finished, then it was more evident how much courage had existed in the enemy army. For their leaders John Earl of Lincoln, Francis Lovell, Thomas Broughton, Martin Schwartz and Thomas Fitzgerald, the commander of the Irish, all died at the posts they had occupied while fighting when alive. About 4,000 men were killed, and among these the five leaders I have named. The king lost less than half as many of his men, who had launched the first attack. Young Lambert the pretender was taken, together with his tutor Richard, but the lives of the both of them were spared, because the former was innocent and, thanks to his youth, had done no wrong, as being incapable of doing anything in his own right, and the latter was a priest. And yet, so that he might learn (as they say) that a rock hangs over the head of the man who has cast it aloft, he was remanded to perpetual darkness and chains. Lambert is still alive, made a falconer by the king after he had turned the spit for a while in the royal kitchen and performed other base tasks. And so Margaret's first attempt came to nothing, and as soon as she learned this from a rumor carried into Flanders, she began to be miserably afflicted, to mourn, grieve, and at the same time to scheme how she might hatch some more serious trouble for King Henry, as I shall show below in a convenient place.
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Chronicles of London Vitellius A XVI. [16th June 1487] Also this yere was Stoke feeld, wher by the kynges powre was slayne therle of Lyncolne, Maxten Swart, a Ducheman, and moche of the people that came wt theym. And yet was that tyme false Englisshemen that were bitwene the ffeeld and the kynges trewe people that were comyng to hym ward, which vntru persons said that the kyng was fled and the feeld lost; wherby the kyng was put from moche of his ayde, but yet god was his helper and sent hym the victory.
Hall's Chronicle. 16th June 1487. When the place was apoynted and ordeined to trye the vttermost by stroke of battaile, the taykof erle set furth his army, and geuyng a token to his compaignie, set upon his aduersaries with a manly courage, desirynge his souldyours that daye to remembre his honoure, and' their awne lyues. And so both the armyes ioyned and fought earnestly and sharply, in Barouche that the Almaynes beynge tryed and expert menne in warres and marciall feates, were in all thynges, aswell in strengthe as pollecye egall and equyualent with the Englishemen: but as for Martyne Swarde theyr chiefe capitayne and leader, not many of the Englyshernen,, bothe for valyaunt courage of a stoute stomack and strengthe and agylyte of body was to be' compared or resembled with hys manhoode. Of the othersyde, the Iryshemen, although they foughte hardeiy and stucke to it valyauntly, yet because they were after the manner of theyr countrey almoste naked, without harneys or armure, they were stryken downe and slayne lyke dull and brute beastes, whose deathes and destructions was a great discouragynge and abashement to the residue of the company. Thus they fought for a space sa sore and so egrely of bothe partes, that no man coulde well iudge to whorne the victory was lyke to enclyne: But at length, the kynges forward beynge full of people and well fortefyed with wynges, whiche onely bothe beganne and contynued the fyght, set vpon the aduersaryes with suche a; force and violence, that fyrst they oppressed and kylled suche capitaynes one by one as resysted theyr myght and puyssaunce, and after that put all the other to fearfull %ght, thewhiche were eyther apprehended as captyues and prysoners in theyr flyght runnynge awaye, or elles slayne and brought to confusyon in a small moment. But when this battaile was fynished and fought oute to the extremytie, then it well apered what high prowes, what manly stomakes, what courageous hartes and what valyaunt courage was in the kynges aduersaryes. For there their chiefe capiteynes the erle of Lyncolne and the lorde Louell, Syr Thomas Broughton, Martyn swarde & the lord Gerardyne capiteyne of the Irishemen were slayne and founde dead. Howbeyt, some aflfyrme that the lorde Louell toke his horsse & would haue fled ouer Trent, but he was not hable to recouer the fartherside for the highnes of the banke and so was drowned in the ryuer. There were kylled at that battaile with their fyue capiteynes before reherced of that partye aboute foure thousand: Of the kynges parte there were not halfe of them which foughte in the forward and gaue the onset slayne or hurt: Then was Lambert the yonglynge which was falsely reported to be the dukes sonne of Clarence, and his master sir Richard Symond prieste bothe taken, but neither of them put to death, because that Lambert was but an innocet poore soule, a very chylde, and was not of an age to do any suche entreprice of his awnc deuyce, and the other was a priest, which yet to thentet he might rein? bre that the stone ofte tymes falleth on the head of hym that casteth it into y ayer, & that many a man maketh a rod for his awn tayle when he entendeth it for another, this priest for penaunce was comitted to perpetual pryson & miserable captiuitie. But this Lambert in coclusion was made the kynges faulkener, after that he had been a turne broche and executed such vile officies in the kynges kytchyn & suyllarye for a space. And thus was all the high •entrepryce that lady Margaret had deuised & set furthe at this tyme, turned to nought and brought to none effect, & to an euell coclusion. Of which chaunce, when she was aduertysed & enformed in the countrye of Flaundcrs, she was very sorye at the harte & much lamented and deplored, that her ymagined purpose sorted to suche an infortunate ende & effect, incontinently deuisyng, practisyng and ymagenyng some greate and more difficile enterpryce, by the which she might vexe and pevturbe yet once agayne the kyng of England and his whole region: Whiche purpose, euen as she inuented yt, so she set yt forwarde as shalbe shewed herafter plainly.
After that kyng Henry had thus asswaged and appeased these matters beynge of so great a moment and weight, with no great mocion, tumulte or trouble, & had not only escaped and defaced the apparant and ymminet perell with a small conflict, and no great daungerous brunt or ieopardy, but also repressed & suppeditate the cyuile dissencion and interior stryfe, in maner as he woulde haue wyshed it, he might thynke hym selfe at one tyme cleane ryd & delyuered from two euelles together, both from feare present & also that was to come. For certeynly when he pondred & diligently consydered his aduersaries (whose puissaunce he botli in nombreand force, farredid surmount and precell) at the very poynte so fiercely to ioyne and to byd him battaile, he much suspected & no lesse mistrusted that they had some preuy fautoures and secret coucelers (the which when tyme and place should requyre or expostulate) would with their strength, aide, succoure and assyst them agaynst him and his puyssaunse. But when he perceaued and sawe the hoost of his enemyes manifestly vanquished and put to flight, hecomaunded that no ma should kyll or sleye the Erie of Lyncolne, but that he should be brought to hym alyue, to thentent that he might shewe & bewraye bothe the foutayneand originall begynnyng, and also the confederates, aiders and comforters of his late practysed sedicious cospiracy. But the fame is, that the souldyours woulde not so do, fearynge least paradueture thesauyngof his only lyfe (as yt should hauc been in dcde) the lyfe of many other should haue been lost, or at the least in ieopardye. This battaile was fought on a saturdaye beyng the XVJ [16th] daye of luyn the yere of our lord thousand foure hundreth LXXXIX1 and towarde thende of the second yere of the reigne of this kynge: In the •whiche yere also Thomas Burchier Archebishopp of Cauntourbury dyed, into whose rome Ihon Moorton late bishop of Ely, a manne of egall learnyng, vertue and pollecye with hys predecessours, whome Alexander of that name the. vi. bishop of Roome created Cardinall, and the kynge preferred hym to thoffyce of the highe Chauncclour of England: Now to returne to my purpose.
Note 1. 1489. The battle was fought in 1487.
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Chronicle of Jean Molinet Chapter 158. [16th June 1487] King Edward, driving his enemies before him and seeking out the adversary, rode through the forest of Nottingham. Without entering the town, he came to Newark, where he crossed the river, which is very wide, and marched along its banks for about two or three leagues. At the end of a meadow, he came upon King Henry's army, near a village with two wings. At the head of the vanguard was the Earl of Oxford, accompanied by the Lord of Scaudale, the Lord of Salisbury, the Lord of Estingles, the son of the Duke of Norfolk (brother to the Earl of Lincoln), and several great nobles and powerful barons of England. On the right wing of the said vanguard was Lord Scales, commanding two thousand horsemen; and on the left wing, Sir John Savage, with fourteen hundred horsemen. In the main battle was King Henry himself, accompanied by noble princes and distinguished knights, numbering twenty thousand; and in the rearguard was Lord Strange, with fourteen to fifteen thousand. But King Edward's army was drawn up in a single mass, numbering only eight thousand. When the two sides came to blows, Edward's army could not withstand the volleys of English archers, especially the Germans, who were only half-armored; and although they showed great valor, indeed, as much as could be expected given their small numbers, they were nevertheless broken and defeated, pierced and overwhelmed with arrows like hedgehogs.
There died the Earl of Lincoln, a very valiant man and renowned in arms, along with Sir Martin Schwartz, a bold knight of great courage, as well as many notable persons, in such great number that only two hundred from their entire army escaped. Of those who were found two days later, the Irish and English were hanged, while the foreigners were pardoned and dismissed. As for King Edward, he was captured and led as a prisoner to the town of Newark, four leagues away, where King Henry, joyful over his victory, without stopping on the way, went to give thanks to God for his triumph and good fortune. The canons of the great church, in solemn procession, came out to meet him; he saluted the Virgin Mary and offered his standard to the image of Saint George. And two days later, he dismissed his army so thoroughly that there remained around him no more than four or five thousand men.
En l'esle dextre de ladite avant-garde estoit en chief le seigneur d'Escales, ayant deux mille chevaulx; et, en la senestre, sire Jehan Saulvaige, à tout quatorze cents chevaulx . En la grande bataille, estoit le roy Henry, en personne, accompaignié des nobles princes et notables chevaliers, en nombre de vingt mille; et, en l'arrière-garde, estoit le seigneur d'Estranges, en nombre de quatorze à quinze mille . Mais la bataille du roi Edouard estoit en une masse, montant en nombre de huict mille seulement; lesquels, quant vint au joindre d'un parti contre l'autre, ne peult porter le traict des archiers d'Angleterre, souverainement les Allemans, qui n'estoient armés qu'à demi; et jàsoit-ce que ils montrassent grant vaillance, voire autant que possible, estoit, selon leur petit nombre et quantités: toutesfois ils furent rompus et desfaicts, sagettés et chargés de traicts comme hérichons . Le roy Édouard chassant ses ennemis devant lui, et quérant adversaire, chevaucha parmi la forest de Nottinghen; et sans entrer en la ville, vint à Nieuwerque, où il passa la rivière, qui est fort grande, au long de laquelle il marcha au pays, environ deux ou trois lieues; et, au bout d'une prairie, trouva l'armée du roy Henry, lez un villaige à deux aesles . L'avant-garde estoit en chief, le comte d'Occenfort, accompagné du seigneur de Scaudale, du seigneur de Saresbry duseigneur d'Estingles, du fils du duc deNorfolque, frère au seigneur de Linconne, et de plusieurs grands nobles et puissants barons d'Angleterre .
Illecq morut le comte de Linconne, très preux et renommé en armes, sire Martin Zwatre, chevalier fort entreprenant et de très hardi couraige, ensemble plusieurs notables personnaiges, en si grand nombre, que de toute leur armée n'eschappèrent que deux cens; desquels, deux jours après, ceux qui furent trouvés Irlandois et Anglois furent pendus, et les estrangiers furent congiés . Et le roy Edouard fut prins et menè prisonnier en la ville de Nieuwercq, à quatre lieues près, où le roy Henry, joyeulx de sa victoire, sans descendre en chemin, alla rendre grâce à Dieu de sa victoire et de sa bonne fortune . Les colléges de la grande église, à solennelle procession, lui vindrent audevant: il salua la vierge Marie, et donna son estendard à l'image de Sainct-George; et deux jours après, rompit son armée tant nettement qu'il n'avoit autour de lui plus haut de quatre à cinq mille hommes .
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Paston Letters Volume 6 1016. [16th June 1487] Knights Made At The Battle Of Stoke1
Sir Edmond Benyngfeld. Sir Jamys Blount. Sir Richard Croft. Sir [Humfrey] Stanley. [Sir Richard De]levere, Sir J[ohn] Mortumer. Sir William Troutbeke. The sone and heyr of the Lord Audeley, 2 Sir Edward Noreys. Sir Robert Clyfford. Sir George Hopton. Sir John Paston. Sir Thomas Lovell. Sir Humfrey Savage. Sir Herry Willoughby Sir John Sapcotes. Sir William Vampage. Sir Antony Brone. Sir Gregory . . Sir Thomas Bl[ount]. Sir Robert Cheyny. Sir William Car[ew]. Sir John Wy[ndham], Sir Simond .... Sir Roger Be[llingham]. Sir John .... Sir George Nevil .... Sir Robert Radcly[ff]. Sir Jamys Par[ker]. Sir Edward Dar[ell]. Sir Edward Pekeryn[g]. Sir Thomas of W[olton]. Sir William Sand[es].
Note 1. [Add. MS. 34,889, f. 135.] This is only a fragment, the first part of which is lost. The seven names at the beginning are the end of a list of knights bannerets made upon the field. Then follow the names of those who were merely dubbed knights; but this list, too, is imperfect, not merely by the mutilation of some names, but because another leaf would certainly have been required to give them all. Compare another copy of these lists in Leland's Collectanea iv. 214-15, where the names in the second list stand in a different order. Several of the mutilated names here have been filled in from Leland; but, curiously enough, that list gives no Sir Gregory and no Sir Simon. Since this was in type the Editor has found a complete list, more accurate than Leland's, which will be printed at the end of these letters.
Note 2. Sir James Audeley (age 24), as his name is given in Leland's list. This was Sir James Touchet, who succeeded his father as Lord Audeley in 1491, and was beheaded and attainted in 1497.
Historia Regis Henrici Septimi by Bernado Andrea. [16th June 1487] He [King Henry VII] had just finished and was ready to reply to the Earl of Oxford, when, since time was pressing, he commanded silence and ordered that action be taken swiftly due to the urgency of the moment. Then, almost headlong, they seized their arms, like doves scattered by a dark storm. And now, the royal army was approaching the bands of the barbarians, who, having taken up a position on the brow of a hill, were drawn up and prepared, lying in wait for our men. But the Lord, the God of vengeance, avenging their unjust rage, sent a sudden whirlwind, just as He had done when Constantine fought against the enemies of the Church. As battle broke out and while it seemed our forces were being overcome, they who were thought to be defeated ended up subduing the enemy. Then suddenly, a great shout rose up to the heavens: "King Henry!" And the blast of trumpets from all sides filled the ears of all with joy. There, that wretched little would-be king [Lambert Simnel (age 10)], who, as I mentioned before, had been crowned in Ireland, was captured in battle. When asked by what audacity he had dared to commit so great a crime, he did not deny that he had been forced into it by certain infamous men of his own sort. Then, when he was questioned about his family and parentage, he confessed that they were entirely low-born people, engaged in menial occupations, altogether unworthy to be recorded in this history. As for that Earl of Lincoln, he met an end fitting for his deeds: for he was slain on the battlefield, as were many others, among whom their leader and commander, Martin Schwartz, a man otherwise highly skilled in the arts of war also fell while fighting bravely. Through the grace of Almighty God, a victory was granted to our king, who lost very few of his own men in the battle. He returned to London, giving thanks to God, accompanied by the entire host in celebration.
Finierat cum jam respondere parato ut ante comiti Oxoniensi rex quia tempus urgebat silentium indicit ac temporis angustiæ consulendnm imperavit. Illi ferme præcipites, atra ceu tempestate columbæ, arma capessunt. Jamque barbarorum turmis appropinquabat regius exercitus; illique supercilio montis instructi paratique mostros operiebantur. Sed Deus ultionum Dominus injustas illorum iras vindicans, repentino venti turbine, velut dum Constantinus adversus ecclesiæ hostes dimicaret, exorto dum præliantur, nostri qui putabantur superati illos denique subjecerunt. Tunc subito ad eethera exortus clamor "Rex Henricus," clan gentibus undique tubis, aures omnium lætitia complevit. Ibi nebulonum ille regulus in Hibernia ut ante dixi coronatus misellus bello capitur; qui interrogatus qua audacia tantum facinus vapulo facere ausus esset, a quibusdam suæ sortis flagitiosis hominibus se fuisse coactum non negavit.
Deinde super generis ac parentum conditione interrogatus, viles omnino personas, vilibusque officiis, nec in hac historia inseri dignis, omnes fuisse confessus est. Comes autem ille Linconiensis dignum factis exitium pertulit; nam in campo interemptus est, et item alii permulti, quorum dux atque imperator Martinus Souarp, vir alioquin bellicis artibus egregie doctus, fortiter pugnando corruit. Parta Dei Optimi Maximi gratia a rege nostro victoria, paucis admodum suorum in eo bello trucidatis, Londinum Deo gratulatum revertitur, tota comitante caterva.
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John Leland's Collectanea Volume 4. [16th June 1487] On the Morne, whiche was Satirday, the King erly arros, and harde 2 Masses, wherof the Lorde John Fox, Bisfhop of Excester, sange the Ton ; and the King had 5 good and true Men of the Village of Ratecliff whiche shewde his Grace the beste Way for to conduyt his Hoste to Newark, whiche knew welle the Countrey, and shewde wher wer Marres, and wher was the River of Trent, and wher wer Vilages or Grovys for Busshements, or strayt Weyes, that the King might conduyt his Hoste the better. Of whiche Guides the King gave 2 to th Erle of Oxinforde to conduyt the Fowarde, and the Remanent reteyned at his Pleasure.
And so in good Order and Array, before 9 of the Clok, beside a Village called Stook, a large Myle out of Newarke, his Fowarde recountrede his Enemyes and Rebells, wher by the Helpe of Almighty God he hadde the Victorye. And ther was taken the Lad [Lambert Simnel (age 10)] that his Rebells callede King Edwarde, whos Name was indede Lambert, by a Vaylent — and a gentil Esquier of the King's Howfe, called Robert Bellingham. And ther was slayne th' Erle of Lincoln John, and dyvers other Gentilmen, and the Viscount Lorde Lovell put to Flight. And ther wer slayne of Engllsshe, Duche, and Irisfhemen iiij M [4000], and that Day the King made 13 Banerctts, and LIJ [52] Knyghts, whos Names ensueth:
Theis bee the Names of the Baneretts. Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir John Cheyny, Sir William Stow [These III [3] wer made byfor the Batell].
And after the Batell wer made the fame Day: Sir John of Aronndell, Sir Thomas Cokesay, Sir John Forstin, Sir Edmund Benyngfelde, Sir James Blount, Sir Richarde Crofte, Sir Humfrey Stanley, Sir Richarde De La Ver, Sir John Mortymer, Sir William Trouthbek.
The Names of the Knyghts made at the same Bataill: Sir James Audeley, Sir Edwarde Norres, Sir Robert Clifforde, Sir George Opton, Sir Robert Abroughton, Sir John Pafton, Sir Fenry Willougby, Sir Richard Pole, Sir Richard Fitzlewes, Sir Edwarde Abroi, Sir George Lovell, Sir John Longvile, Sir Thomas Terell, Sir Roger Bellyngam, Sir William Carew, Sir William Trouthbek, Sir Thomas Pooli, Sir William Vampaoe, Sir James Harrington, Syr John Devenysshe, Sir John Sabarotts, Sir Thomas Lovell, Sir Humfrey S a vage, Sir Antony' Browne, Sir Thomas Grey, Sir Nicholas Vaux, Sir William Tynvytt, Sir Amyas Pallet, Sir RaufF Langforth, Sir Henry Bould, Sir William Redmyll, Sir Thomas Blount, Robert Cheyny, Sir John Wyndan, Sir John A. Mufgrove, Sir George Nevell, Sir James Parker, Syr Edwarde Darell, Sir Edwarde Pykerynge, Sir Thomas of Wolton, Syr William Sandes, Syr Robert Brandon, Syr Mores Barkley, Sir John Dygby, Sir Raf Shirley, Sir William Litilton, Sir William Norres, Syr Thomas Hanfeide, Sir Chriftofer Wroughton, Syr Thomas Lyn, Sir Mofes Aborongh, Syr Thomas Manyngton
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On 16th June 1497 the rebel army reached Blackheath, Greenwich [Map] where they expected to be met by an army of Kent rebels. No uprising had taken place in Kent in their support. Contrarily, Kent forces had mobilised for the King under George Grey 2nd Earl Kent (age 43). In view of this thousands deserted overnight.
Hall's Chronicle. [16th June 1497] But kynge Henry wrought cleane contrary to their mynde and expectacion, for he neuer thought to geue theim battaile tyll he had theim farre from their domesticall habitacions and natiue region, so that they should be out of all hope of aide and comforte. And when they were with their long and tedious iourney weried and tyred, and that their furye were somewhat asswaged and fell to repentaunce of their mad commocion and frantike progressio, then he woulde in some place conuenient for his purpose, circumuent & enuyron theim to his auauntage and their destruccion as he did in dede afterward felde. In the meane ceason there was great feare thorough the citee & cryes were made, euery man to harneys, to harneys, some ranne to the gates, other mounted on the walles, so that no parte was vndefended, and continuall watche was kept by the rnagestrates of the citee least the rebelles being poore and nedy woulde dissende from their campe and inuade the cytee and spoyle, and robbe the riches and substaunce of the marchauntes. But the kyng deliuered and purged their hartes out of this feare, for after yt he perceaued that the Cornishmeri were all the daye ready to fight and that vpon the hill, he sent streight Ihon Earle of Oxforde, Henry Burchier Erie of Essex, Edmond de la Poole earle of Suffolke, and sir Ryes app Thomas, and Sir Homftey Stanley noble warryers with a great company of archers and horsmen to enuyron the hill on the right syde & on the left, to thentent yt all bywayes beyng stopped & forclosed, all hope of flight should be taken from theim : And incontinent, he being as wel encouraged with manly stomacke & desire to fight as furnished wt a populous army & copie of artillery, set forward out of the cytee & encaped hym selfe in Sainct Georges felde, where he the frydaye at nyght then lodged.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1528. 16th June 1528. Love Letters XII. 4383. Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn.
There came to me in the night the most afflicting news possible. I have to grieve for three causes: first, to hear of my mistress's (age 27) sickness, whose health I desire as my own, and would willingly bear the half of yours to cure you; secondly, because I fear to suffer yet longer that absence which has already given me so much pain, God deliver me from such an importunate rebel!; thirdly, because the physician I trust most is at present absent when he could do me the greatest pleasure. However, in his absence, I send you the second, praying God he may soon make you well, and I shall love him the better. I beseech you to be governed by his advice, and then I hope to see you soon again!
Note. The full content of this letter may be found in the The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn.
The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. Letter 8. Henry VIII (age 36) to Anne Boleyn (age 27).
There came to me suddenly in the night the most afflicting news that could have arrived. The first, to hear of the sickness of my mistress, whom I esteem more than all the world, and whose health I desire as I do my own, so that I would gladly bear half your illness to make you well. The second, from the fear that I have of being still longer harassed by my enemy. Absence, much longer, who has hitherto given me all possible uneasiness, and as far as I can judge is determined to spite me more because I pray God to rid me of this troublesome tormentor. The third, because the physician in whom I have most confidence, is absent at the very time when he might do me the greatest pleasure; for I should hope, by him and his means, to obtain one of my chief joys on earth that is the care of my mistress yet for want of him I send you my second, and hope that he will soon make you well. I shall then love him more than ever. I beseech you to be guided by his advice in your illness. In so doing I hope soon to see you again, which will be to me a greater comfort than all the precious jewels in the world.
Written by that secretary, who is, and for ever will be, your loyal and most assui'ed Servant,
H. (A B) R.
Note. The date of this letter is presumed to be around June 1528 when an outbreak of the Sweating Sickness was at its height.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 16th June 1535. Vienna Archives. 876. Chapuys to Charles V.
This morning I received your letters of the 29th ult. concerning your embarkation. At the same time the ambassador of France here resident has heard from the sieur de Vely that your Majesty intended to go straight to Constantinople, without stopping at Tunis, against Barbarossa, not to lose the season and opportunity so convenient for reconquering Constantinople and the rest of Greece; that to this you were induced by the persuading of the Venetian ambassador, who undertook that the said Barbarossa should do no injury to Christendom. These news the said Ambassador has communicated to several persons, and, among others, to the Venetian secretary, who is Vice Ambassador here, whom, as he himself reported to me, the said Ambassador sent for this morning to inform him. It is probable these news have not been invented or published without some hidden purpose (mistére).
As soon as this King heard that the Bishop of Rochester (age 65) had been created a cardinal he declared in anger several times that he would give him another hat, and send the head afterwards to Rome for the Cardinal's hat. He sent immediately afterwards to the Tower those of his Council to summon again the said Bishop and Master Mur (age 57) to swear to the King as Head of the Church, otherwise, before St. John's Day they would be executed as traitors. But it has been impossible to gain them, either by promises or threats, and it is believed they will soon be executed. But as they are persons of unequalled reputation in this kingdom, the King, to appease the murmurs of the world, has already on Sunday last caused preachers to preach against them in most of the churches here, and this will be continued next Sunday; and although there is no lawful occasion to put them to death, the King is seeking if anything can be found against them,—especially if the said Bishop has made suit for the hat; to find out which several persons have been taken prisoners, both of his kinsmen and of those who kept him in prison. It is impossible to describe the distress of the Queen and Princess on account of these two persons, and they are not without fear that after them matters may be carried further than I have hitherto written (que apres iceulx le sort pourroil passer plus avant que jay cydevant escript). Since the said news of the Bishop's creation as cardinal, the King, in hatred of the Holy See, has despatched mandates and letters patents to the bishops, curates, and others commissioned to preach, that they continually preach certain articles against the Church, and to schoolmasters to instruct their scholars to revile apostolic authority, and this under pain of rebellion; also that the Pope's name should be rased out of all mass books, breviaries, and hours, either in the calendar or elsewhere. It was also commanded that in all churches the Gospels should be read in French (qu. English?) to infect all the people with Lutheranism, and make them more obstinate in repelling any foreign invasion. The King, so far as I see, is not only provoked at the said Bishop being made cardinal, but also at the bishop of Paris, in whom he had always had great confidence, because previous to this creation he was considered a bad Papist. He has also no great pleasure in the Auditor of the Chamber, and to soothe him the Lady lately made him a feast in a house of hers, where she got up several fine mummeries. She invited many, and the French ambassador was not pleased at being forgotten. The said Lady had so well banquetted and mummed, that, as the Princess has sent this day to inform me, the King dotes upon her more than ever; which increases greatly the fear of the said Princess, owing to the long delay of the remedy, which, it is the universal opinion, would be sure and easy if your Majesty prohibited intercourse with your countries, provided affairs would admit of it. This a number of good and notable persons have compelled me to repeat.
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Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 16th June 1535. 876. The Duke of Norfolk (age 62) and the other deputies of this King for the meeting at Calais are daily expected here. It is not two days since the French ambassador said that the said meeting would still last 20 days. I know not the cause of its being shortened, or any particulars of what was treated, except that I have had confirmation of the fact that what the French most insisted on was to have the Princess for the Dauphin, and it is commonly said that they have left ill pleased with one another. London, 16 June 1535.
French, from a modern copy, pp. 3.
Letters and Papers. 16th June 1536. R. O. 1147. Antony Waite to Lady Lisle (age 42).
Received her letters this morning, and is glad she and Lord Lisle (age 72) are well. She must not think his slack writing is due to unthankful forgetfulness of her kindness. Has always sent his recommendations to her in his letters to Lord Lisle sent by Worley and others. His master is in health and merry, as a man of his age may. These few days past he has resigned his Bishopric to Dr. Sampson, the dean of the King's chapel, at the King's request. He is in great favour with the King, and has always been a just and faithful councillor. He was consecrated, with the Abbot of St. Benet's, now Bishop of Norwich, on Trinity Sunday last, and yesterday performed mass before the King and Queen (age 27) at Westminster. They came thither on horseback from Newe Hall, with two archbishops, bishops, dukes, marquises, lords, barons, abbots, and justices, with a great part of the "noblenes" of the realm, and with no less solemnity went a procession after the blessed sacrament, to the great comfort and rejoysance of a great multitude of his subjects, who at that time were there gathered to see his Grace and the Queen, who is a very amiable lady, and of whom we all have great hope. London, the morrow of Corpus Christi Day.
His cousin Waytte and his wife are merry, and desire to be recommended. Hol., pp. 2. Add.: At Calais.
Diary of Edward VI. 16th June 1550. The lord marquis, mr. Herbert (age 49), the vicedam (age 28), Henadpy, and divers other gentlemen went to th'erle of Warwike's1, wher thei wer honorablie received, and the next day thei rane at the ring a great nomber of gentlemen.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th June 1552. [The xvj of June the duke of Northumberland (age 48) took horse at five of the clock in the morning, to look after the Marches towards Scotland, of which he was constituted lord Warden, with a] compeny of lords and knyghts [to bring him on his] way of his jornay,-the vj kyng Edward the vjth.
Note. Duke of Northumberland took horse towards Scotland. He had been appointed lord warden of the Scotish Marches some months before: "11th Oct. 1551. A letter to the lord chauncelor to make out for the duke of Northumberlande a pattente of the lord wardenshippe generall in the north partes foranempste Scotland, with asmuch fee, preheminence, and authoritie as any his predecessores in that offyce have had heretofore, with power also to substytute and make deputy wardenes under him, with such fees as any in that rowme heretofore have had, and further the allowance of C. lighte horsemen at xd. by the daye." (Privy Council Book, MS. Harl. 352, f. 191.)
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th June 1557. The xvj day of June my yong duke of Norfoke (age 21) rod abrod, and at Stamford-hylle my lord havying a dage hangyng on ys sadylle bow, and by mysse-fortune dyd shutt [shoot] yt, and yt on [hit one] of ys men that ryd a-for, and so by mysse-forten ys horse dyd flyng, and so he hangyd by on of ys sterope(s), and so thatt the horse knokyd ys brayns owt with flyngyng owt with ys leges.
On 16th June 1600 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 23) and Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 22) were married. He the son of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 50) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 54). They were fifth cousins.
Mary Fitton (age 21) led a Masque in celebration at the Blackfriars residence of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 35) with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 66) and William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 20) attending. She, Mary soon afterwards became the mistress of William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke and soon became pregnant.
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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 June 1601 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 62) died at Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son Henry (age 34) succeeded 4th Baron Mordaunt.
He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map] where he has a black-painted alabaster pall and black marble slab. The Mordaunt crest appears to have changed to an African woman.
Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt: In 1567 he was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt. Before 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset. In 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt died. His son John succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
On 1st May 1632 Frances Coleclough (age 74) died. On 16th June 1643 William Smethwich (age 80) died. They were buried at St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map]
Inscriptions on the monument "Here lieth the body of William Smethwicke of Smethwicke esq. who, mindful of his death, erected this monument for himself and, his wife, pious to God, pious in good workes which William was born Oct. 1, Anno D'ni 1551 and died June 16 Anno Dni' 1643." and
"Here alsoe lieth the body of Frances Smethwicke, daughter of Sir Anthony Coleclough, Knight, married to William Smethwicke aforesaid and lived in wedlocke with him 48 years a devout and hospitall matron, born Anno Dom: 1557, in the Castle of Kildare, in Ireland, Novemb. 6, and died 1st of May, 1632."
Frances Coleclough: On 6th November 1557 she was born to Anthony Coleclough at Kildare Castle. In 1585 William Smethwich and she were married.
William Smethwich: On 1st October 1551 he was born to Thomas Smethwick and Ann Vernon.
On 16th June 1644 Princess Henrietta Stewart Duchess Orléans was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 43) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 34) at Bedford House Exeter, Devon. John Hinton (age 40) was in attendance.
On 16th June 1650 Francis Cavendish of Doveridge (age 31) died. He was buried at St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge [Map],
Francis Cavendish of Doveridge: On 11th December 1618 he was born to Henry Cavendish of Doveridge and Bridget Willoughby. Date possibly incorrect since he may have been baptised 11th October 1618. On 12th November 1642 Francis Cavendish of Doveridge and Dorothy Bullock were married. Around 1645 Francis Cavendish of Doveridge and Dorothy Broughton were married.
Around 16th June 1662 Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (deceased) was buried at All Saints Church, Ledsham [Map] some six weeks after her death as stipulated by her will by which she provided £120 to "retain her kindred, friends and servants together, and to entertain other persons ordinary and extraordinary". Shroud Monument.
Her tomb consists of a large block of white marble on a black slab on which her finely carved effigy rests showing her in a winding sheet. The black slab is supported by black pillars with white capitals and base.
At the head of the tomb are the arms Witham as a widow: Or three eaglets overall a bend gules. The Witham crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a demi-woman hair dishevelled holding in dester hand a gem ring.
At the sides Jobson (impaling Witham and Bolles implaing Witham.
The inscription ...
Here under, lyeth interred the Body of the Right Worshipful Dame Mary Bolles of Heath Hall, in the County of York, Baronetess, on of the daughters of William Witham, of the worshipful and ancient Family of Witham of Leadstone Hall, in the County aforesaid, Esquire; who married to her first husband Thomas Jobson of Cudworth, in the said County, Esquire, by whom she had issue Thomas Jobson, Esquire, and Elizabeth, who married Thomas Sheerebrooke of Oxon, in the Country of Nottingham, Esquire. The said Dame Mary Bolles had to her second husband Thomas Bolles of Asbarstone, in the Country of Nottingham, Esquire; by who she had issue Ann, married the Right Worshipful Sir William Dalston of Dalston, in the County of Cumberland, King and Baronet; and Mary, who married Thomas Legh of Alington, in the County of Cheshire, Esquire. The said Dame Mary Bolles, being 83 years of age, departed this mortal life at Heath Hall, aforesaid, the 5 day of May, in the year of our Lord 1662.
Her bowels were buried at the Church of St Peter Kirkthorpe [Map].
Thomas Jobson of Cudworth: In or before 1600 he and Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles were married. On 21st November 1606 he died.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1664. He being gone I to the 'Change [Map], Mr. Creed with me, after we had been by water to see a vessell we have hired to carry more soldiers to Tangier [Map], and also visited a rope ground, wherein I learnt several useful things. The talk upon the 'Change [Map] is, that De Ruyter (age 57) is dead, with fifty men of his own ship, of the plague, at Cales: that the Holland Embassador here do endeavour to sweeten us with fair words; and things likely to be peaceable.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1665. By and by saw Mr. Coventry (age 37), which rejoiced my very heart. Anon he and I, from all the rest of the company, walked into the Matted Gallery; where after many expressions of love, we fell to talk of business. Among other things, how my Lord Sandwich (age 39), both in his counsells and personal service, hath done most honourably and serviceably. Sir J. Lawson (age 50) is come to Greenwich, Kent [Map]; but his wound in his knee yet very bad. Jonas Poole, in the Vantguard, did basely, so as to be, or will be, turned out of his ship. Captain Holmes (age 43)1 expecting upon Sansum's death to be made Rear-admirall to the Prince (age 45) (but Harman (age 40)2 is put in) hath delivered up to the Duke (age 31) his commission, which the Duke took and tore. He, it seems, had bid the Prince, who first told him of Holmes's intention, that he should dissuade him from it; for that he was resolved to take it if he offered it. Yet Holmes would do it, like a rash, proud coxcombe. But he is rich, and hath, it seems, sought an occasion of leaving the service. Several of our captains have done ill. The great ships are the ships do the business, they quite deadening the enemy. They run away upon sight of "The Prince3".
Note 1. Captain Robert Holmes (afterwards knighted). Sir William Coventry, in a letter to Lord Arlington (age 47) (dated from "The Royal Charles", Southwold Bay, June 13th), writes: "Capt. Holmes asked to be rear admiral of the white squadron in place of Sansum who was killed, but the Duke gave the place to Captain Harman, on which he delivered up his commission, which the Duke received, and put Captain Langhorne in his stead" (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1664-65, p. 423).
Note 2. John Harman, afterwards knighted. He had served with great reputation in several naval fights, and was desperately wounded in 1673, while.
Note 3. "The Prince" was Lord Sandwich's ship; the captain was Roger Cuttance. It was put up at Chatham, Kent [Map] for repair at this date.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1665. Captain Grove the Duke (age 31) told us this day, hath done the basest thing at Lowestoffe, in hearing of the guns, and could not (as others) be got out, but staid there; for which he will be tried; and is reckoned a prating coxcombe, and of no courage.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1665. Strange to hear how the Dutch do relate, as the Duke says, that they are the conquerors; and bonefires are made in Dunkirke in their behalf; though a clearer victory can never be expected. Mr. Coventry (age 37) thinks they cannot have lost less than 6000 men, and we not dead above 200, and wounded about 400; in all about 600.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1665. It is strange to see how people do already slight Sir William Barkeley (age 26)1, my Lord FitzHarding's (deceased) brother, who, three months since, was the delight of the Court. Captain Smith of "The Mary" the Duke (age 31) talks mightily of; and some great thing will be done for him.
Note 1. Sir William Berkeley, see note, vol. iii., p. 334. His behaviour after the death of his brother, Lord Falmouth, is severely commented on in "Poems on State Affairs", vol. i., p. 29 "Berkeley had heard it soon, and thought not good To venture more of royal Harding's blood; To be immortal he was not of age, And did e'en now the Indian Prize presage; And judged it safe and decent, cost what cost, To lose the day, since his dear brother's lost. With his whole squadron straight away he bore, And, like good boy, promised to fight no more". B.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1666. At noon home to dinner and then down to Woolwich, Kent [Map] and Deptford, Kent [Map] to look after things, my head akeing from the multitude of businesses I had in my head yesterday in settling my accounts. All the way down and up, reading of "The Mayor of Quinborough", a simple play. At Deptford, Kent [Map], while I am there, comes Mr. Williamson (age 32), Sir Arthur Ingram (age 49) and Jacke Fen, to see the new ships, which they had done, and then I with them home in their boat, and a very fine gentleman Mr. Williamson is. It seems the Dutch do mightily insult of their victory, and they have great reason1. Sir William Barkeley (deceased) was killed before his ship taken; and there he lies dead in a sugar-chest, for every body to see, with his flag standing up by him. And Sir George Ascue (age 50) is carried up and down the Hague for people to see. Home to my office, where late, and then to bed.
Note 1. This treatment seems to have been that of the Dutch populace alone, and there does not appear to have been cause of complaint against the government. Respecting Sir W. Berkeley's body the following notice was published in the "London Gazette" of July 15th, 1666 (No. 69 [Note. actually issue 70]) "Whitehall, July 15. This day arrived a Trumpet from the States of Holland, who came over from Calais in the Dover packet-boat, with a letter to his Majesty, that the States have taken order for the embalming the body of Sir William Berkeley, which they have placed in the chapel of the great church at the Hague, a civility they profess to owe to his corpse, in respect to the quality of his person, the greatness of his command, and of the high courage and valour he showed in the late engagement; desiring his Majesty to signify his pleasure about the further disposal of it". "Frederick Ruysch, the celebrated Dutch anatomist, undertook, by order of the States-General, to inject the body of the English Admiral Berkeley, killed in the sea-fight of 1666; and the body, already somewhat decomposed, was sent over to England as well prepared as if it had been the fresh corpse of a child. This produced to Ruysch, on the part of the States-General, a recompense worthy of their liberality, and the merit of the anatomist", "James's Medical Dictionary"..
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1667. At noon home to dinner, and much good discourse with him, he being mighty sensible of our misery and mal-administration. Talking of these straits we are in, he tells me that my Lord Arlington (age 49) did the last week take up £12,000 in gold, which is very likely, for all was taken up that could be. Discoursing afterwards with him of our family he told me, that when I come to his house he will show me a decree in Chancery, wherein there was twenty-six men all housekeepers in the town of Cottenham, in Queene Elizabeth's time, of our name. He to church again in the afternoon, I staid at home busy, and did show some dalliance to my maid Nell, speaking to her of her sweetheart which she had, silly girle.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th June 1668. Tuesday. So paying the reckoning, 14s. 4d., and servants, 2s., poor 1s., set out; and overtook one coach and kept a while company with it, till one of our horses losing a shoe, we stopped and drank and spent 1s. So on, and passing through a good part of this county of Wiltshire, saw a good house of Alexander Popham's (age 63), and another of my Lord Craven's (age 60), I think in Barkeshire. Come to Newbery [Map], and there dined, which cost me, and musick, which a song of the old courtier of Queen Elizabeth's, and how he was changed upon the coming in of the King (age 38), did please me mightily, and I did cause W. Hewer (age 26) to write it out, 3s. 6d. Then comes the reckoning, forced to change gold, 8s. 7d.; servants and poor, 1s. 6d. So out, and lost our way, which made me vexed, but come into it again; and in the evening betimes come to Reading [Map], and there heard my wife read more of "Mustapha", and then to supper, and then I to walk about the town, which is a very great one, I think bigger than Salsbury: a river runs through it, in seven branches, and unite in one, in one part of the town, and runs into the Thames half-a-mile off one odd sign of the Broad Face. W. Hewer troubled with the headake we had none of his company last night, nor all this day nor night to talk. Then to my inn, and so to bed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th June 1683. I went to Windsor, Berkshire [Map], dining by the way at Chiswick, at Sir Stephen Fox's (age 56), where I found Sir Robert Howard (that universal pretender), and Signor Verrio (age 47), who brought his draught and designs for the painting of the staircase of Sir Stephen's new house.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th June 1683. That which was new at Windsor [Map] since I was last there, and was surprising to me, was the incomparable fresco painting in St. George's Hall, representing the legend of St. George, and triumph of the Black Prince, and his reception by Edward III.; the volto, or roof, not totally finished; then the Resurrection in the Chapel, where the figure of the Ascension is, in my opinion, comparable to any paintings of the most famous Roman masters; the Last Supper, also over the altar. I liked the contrivance of the unseen organ behind the altar, nor less the stupendous and beyond all description the incomparable carving of our Gibbons (age 35), who is, without controversy, the greatest master both for invention and rareness of work, that the world ever had in any age; nor doubt I at all that he will prove as great a master in the statuary art.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th June 1689. King James's (age 55) declaration was now dispersed, offering pardon to all, if on his landing, or within twenty days after, they should return to their obedience.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th June 1689. Our fleet not yet at sea, through some prodigious sloth, and men minding only their present interest; the French riding masters at sea, taking many great prizes to our wonderful reproach. No certain news from Ireland; various reports of Scotland; discontents at home. The King of Denmark (age 43) at last joins with the Confederates, and the two Northern Powers are reconciled. The East India Company likely to be dissolved by Parliament for many arbitrary actions. Oates acquitted of perjury, to all honest men's admiration.
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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 June 1691 Hugh Bamfylde (age 28) died from a fall from a horse predeceasing his father.
On 16th June 1702 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle was baptised with Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 37) as godparent at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].
On 16th June 1710 William Ashburnham 2nd Baron Ashburnham (age 31) died of smallpox at Ashburnham. His brother John (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex.
On 16th June 1737 (age 32) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 16th June 1742 Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain (age 32) died.
On 16th June 1815 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 47) fought and Algernon Frederick Greville (age 16) fought.
James Hay (age 18) was killed.
Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley (age 16) fought.
General Mildmay Fane (age 20) and Thomas Elmsley Croft 7th Baronet (age 16) were wounded.
Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. The first tumulus opened this season was situate upon the Meadow-place Farm, near Yolgrave, and is generally known as Bee Lowe [Map]; it was decided upon to open it on the 16th of June, when it was found to be impossible to excavate it in a proper manner, owing to the trees growing upon the sides; therefore the only method of examining it was by sinking a hole down the centre of the mound, which consisted of loose earth and stones, amongst which a profusion of rats' bones was met with. In the course of this excavation the broken fragments of a human skeleton were turned up, which made it evident that one interment at least had been disturbed at some former period. Amongst these bones were found a small arrow-head of flint, elegantly formed, two rude instruments of the same material, and about half a dozen horse's teeth. On reaching the native soil, which was about four feet from the top of the barrow, the primary deposit was found, consisting of burnt bones, amongst which was part of a bone pin, also calcined; and near to the same place lay some fragments of a well-baked clay urn, very tastefully ornamented with a chevron pattern, and which had been of the form of vessel designated "drinking cups" by Sir Richard Hoare, by which name they will be distinguished in the subsequent parts of this work, as a simple way of expressing their difference from the sepulchral urns and incense cups, although it is by no means certain that they were made use of for the purpose implied by the words "drinking cup".
On 16th June 1858 Gustav V King Sweden was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 29) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 21).
16th June 1884. Erected by Edward Montagu 8th Earl Sandwich (age 44). Wall plaque listing those buried beneath the chancel of All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
Henry Montagu. Note. Mistake. Died 1625.
Paulina Pepys, wife of Sidney Montagu
Mary Anne Boyle, wife of Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich
Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich
Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich
Unknown Sarah Montagu died 1739, widow of Edward Montagu
John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich
Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich
Charlotte Maylor
John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich
George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich
Catherine Caroline Montagu Countess Colonna-Walewski
Louise-Marie Colonna-Walewska
Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich
John William Montagu 7th Earl Sandwich.
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On 16th June 1912 Hemming Robeson died. Monument in Tewkesbury Abbey [Map], sculpted by Percy Bryant Baker (age 30), was dedicated.
Hemming Robeson: In 1892 he was appointed Archdeacon Bristol which post he held until 1904.
Evening Standard. Mon, 16 Jun 1913 LATE EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE.
The funeral of the Earl of Leven and Melville [John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville (deceased)], who died last week in London from injuries received in an accident in the hunting field, took place in Scotland to-day. A memorial service was held at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, W., this afternoon. Among the congregation were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Beatrice Ormsby-Gore (age 21), the Countess of Strathmore (age 50) and Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon (age 23), the Countess of Desart (age 59), Countess Waldegrave (age 63), the Countess of Dartrey (age 51), the Earl (age 61) and Countess (age 59) of Verulam, Viscount Althorp (age 21) and Lady Adelaide Spencer (age 24), Viscount De Vesci (age 31), Captain and Lady Nina Balfour, the Dowager Lady Leaconfield, Viscount Maidstone, and Lord Reay.
Births on the 16th June
On 16th June 1332 Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons was born to King Edward III of England (age 19) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 17) at Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.00%.
On 16th June 1489 Sibylle Wittelsbach was born to Albert Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 41) and Kunigunde Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 24).
On 16th June 1606 Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal was born to Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 38) and Anne Copleston (age 18).
On 16th June 1644 Princess Henrietta Stewart Duchess Orléans was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 43) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 34) at Bedford House Exeter, Devon. John Hinton (age 40) was in attendance.
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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 June 1653 James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon was born to Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 45) and Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.35%.
On 16th June 1659 Henry Winchcombe 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Winchcombe 1st Baronet (age 16) and Frances Howard Lady Winchcombe.
On 16th June 1681 Christiane Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 22) and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 16th June 1700 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester was born to Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 55) and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet (age 35).
On 16th June 1704 Edward Ward 9th Baron Dudley 4th Baron Ward was born to Edward Ward 8th Baron Dudley 3rd Baron Ward and Diana Howard. His father had died three months before. On 6th September 1731 Edward Ward 9th Baron Dudley 4th Baron Ward died unmarried. His uncle William (age 18) succeeded 10th Baron Dudley, 5th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
On 16th June 1733 Frances Douglas was born to James Douglas 14th Earl Morton (age 31) and Agatha Halyburton at Aberdour.
On 16th June 1754 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr was born to Peter Burrell (age 29) and Elizabeth Lewis.
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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 June 1761 Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough was born to John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer (age 26) and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer (age 24).
On 16th June 1765 Theodosia Maria Ashburnham was born to John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham (age 40) and Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham.
On 16th June 1769 Harriet Hale Baroness Dundas was born to General John Hale (age 41).
On 16th June 1792 John Linnell was born.
On 16th June 1792 Admiral Charles Christopher Parker 5th Baronet was born to Vice-Admiral Christopher Parker (age 30) and Augusta Barbara Charlotte Byron (age 30).
On 16th June 1805 John Vesey Parnell 2nd Baron Congleton was born to Henry Parnell 1st Baron Congleton (age 28) and Caroline Dawson Baroness Congleton.
On 16th June 1812 or 16th July 1812 Mary Paget Countess Sandwich was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 44) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 30).
On 16th June 1816 George Baker 3rd Baronet was born to Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet (age 44) and Harriet Simeon Lady Baker.
On 16th June 1820 Arthur George Onslow was born to Arthur George Onslow 3rd Earl Onslow (age 42) and Charlotte Hanmer Countess Onslow at Old Alresford, Hampshire.
On 16th June 1834 Blanche Eliza Howard was born to Henry Howard 2nd Earl of Effingham (age 27) and Eliza Drummond Baroness Howard (age 23).
On 16th June 1834 Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster was born to George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 47) and Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.22%.
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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 June 1858 Gustav V King Sweden was born to King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 29) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 21).
On 16th June 1872 Hilda Madeline Brassey Duchess Richmond was born to Henry Brassey (age 31).
On 16th June 1875 Henry Cyril "Toppy" Paget 5th Marquess Anglesey was born to Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 39) and Blanche Mary Boyd in Paris [Map]. There were rumours his biological father was Benoît Constant Coquelin (age 34).
On 16th June 1887 Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland was born to Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (age 39) and Blanche Maynard (age 23).
On 16th June 1892 Arthur Frederick Blakiston 7th Baronet was born to Frederick Turnly Blakiston (age 28).
On 16th June 1906 Lettice Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 34) and Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 29).
On 16th June 1912 Ursula Vanda Maud Vivian was born to George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 34) and Nancy Lycett Green Baroness Vivian.
On 16th June 1919 Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce 4th Baron Aberdare was born to Clarence Bruce 3rd Baron Aberdare (age 33) and Margaret Bethune Black Baroness Aberdare.
On 16th June 1946 John Astor 3rd Baron Astor was born to Gavin Astor 2nd Baron Astor (age 28).
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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 June 1967 Rupert Onslow 8th Earl of Onslow was born to Michael Onslow 7th Earl of Onslow (age 29).
Marriages on the 16th June
On 16th June 1269 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 60) and Beatrice Falkenburg Countess Cornwall were married at Kaiserslautern [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.
On 16th June 1407 John IV Count Armagnac (age 10) and Blanche Montfort Countess Armagnac (age 10) were married. She the daughter of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 37). He the son of Bernard VII Count Armagnac (age 44) and Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy (age 42). They were second cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 16th June 1548 Andrew Leslie 5th Earl Rothes (age 18) and Grizel Hamilton Countess Rothes were married. She by marriage Countess Rothes. He the son of George Leslie 4th Earl Rothes (age 63).
On 16th June 1600 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 23) and Anne Russell Countess Worcester (age 22) were married. He the son of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 50) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 54). They were fifth cousins.
Mary Fitton (age 21) led a Masque in celebration at the Blackfriars residence of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 35) with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 66) and William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 20) attending. She, Mary soon afterwards became the mistress of William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke and soon became pregnant.
On 16th June 1605 Thomas Wodehouse 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Blanche Carey Lady Woodhouse were married.
On 16th June 1621 Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 46) and Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 42) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 16th June 1622 James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton (age 15) and Margaret aka Mary Feilding (age 9) were married. She the daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh (age 35) and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (age 39). He the son of James Hamilton 2nd Marquess Hamilton (age 33) and Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton (age 37).
On 16th June 1674 Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea (age 26) and Essex Rich Countess Nottingham (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick. He the son of Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham (age 52) and Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch (age 47).
On 16th June 1739 Robert Ker 2nd Duke Roxburghe (age 30) and Essex Mostyn Duchess Roxburghe were married. He the son of John Ker 1st Duke Roxburghe (age 59) and Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe (age 62). They were half first cousins.
On 16th June 1763 Archbishop William Beresford 1st Baron Decies (age 20) and Elizabeth Fitzgibbon (age 27) were married. He the son of Marcus Beresford 1st Earl Tyrone and Catherine Power Countess Tyrone (age 61).
On 16th June 1767 William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet (age 31) and Frances Dillon (age 20) were married.
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On 16th June 1770 James Quaile Somerville 3rd Baronet and Catherine Crofton were married.
On 16th June 1795 Richard Bedingfeld 5th Baronet (age 27) and Charlotte Georgiana Jerningam (age 27) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They were third cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th June 1816 Augustus Fitzgerald 3rd Duke Leinster (age 24) and Charlotte Augusta Stanhope Duchess Leinster (age 23) were married. She by marriage Duchess Leinster. She the daughter of Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington (age 63) and Jane Fleming Countess Harrington (age 61). He the son of William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th June 1827 William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans (age 26) and Harriet Mellon Duchess St Albans (age 49) were married. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. The difference in their ages was 23 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans.
On 16th June 1827 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman (age 27) and Emma Lascelles Baroness Portman (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood (age 59) and Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood.
On 16th June 1906 Charles Robert Grey 5th Earl Grey (age 26) and Mabel Laura Georgiana Palmer Countess Grey (age 21) were married. She the daughter of William Palmer 2nd Earl Selborne (age 46) and Beatrix Maud Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Selborne (age 48). He the son of Albert Henry George Grey 4th Earl Grey (age 54) and Alice Holford Countess Grey.
Deaths on the 16th June
On 16th June 840 Rorgon Count Rennes I Count Maine died. His brother Gauzbert succeeded I Count Maine.
On 16th June 956 Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris (age 58) died.
On 16th June 1056 Bishop Leofgar of Hereford was killed at the Battle of Glasbury-on-Wye.
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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 June 1190 Alice Berkeley Baroness Berkeley (age 55) died.
On 16th June 1190 Maurice Fitzharding aka Berkeley 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 70) died at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He was buried at Berkeley Castle [Map]. His son Robert (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Berkeley Feudal.
On 16th June 1202 Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême (age 42) died.
On 16th June 1363 Joan de Multon Baroness Fitzwalter (age 59) died.
On 16th June 1397 Philip Artois Count of Eu (age 40) died at Turkey.
On 16th June 1398 Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont died.
On 16th June 1422 Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon (age 33) died. His son Thomas (age 8) succeeded 13th Earl Devon, 8th Baron Okehampton, 6th Baron Courtenay. Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon (age 13) by marriage Countess Devon.
On 16th June 1487 a Lancastrian army defeated a Yorkist army at the Battle of Stoke Field; considered by many to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses.
The Lancastrian army of Henry Tudor comprised:
John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44).
Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 55).
George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 19).
Henry Willoughby (age 36).
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 45).
John Mordaunt (age 31).
Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 19).
William Norreys (age 46).
Edward Norreys (age 23) wounded.
John Paston (age 43).
George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 27).
Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 31).
Thomas Lovell, knighted.
Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 40).
Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London
William Lyttelton (age 37) who was knighted after the battle.
The Yorksists:
John de la Pole Earl Lincoln (age 25) was killed. Earl Lincoln extinct.
Thomas Fitzgerald (age 29) and Martin Schwartz were killed.
Lambert Simnel (age 10) fought and was captured. He was pardoned by King Henry VII and put to work in the in the royal kitchen as a spit-turner. When he grew older, he became a falconer. Almost no information about his later life is known.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 31) fought and escaped. He was attainted. , Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, Baron Holand forfeit.
Edmund Peckham was granted the manors of Alford, Eccles, Alderley, Chester, and Flint.
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On 16th June 1588 Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 57) died.
On 16th June 1601 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 62) died at Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son Henry (age 34) succeeded 4th Baron Mordaunt.
He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map] where he has a black-painted alabaster pall and black marble slab. The Mordaunt crest appears to have changed to an African woman.
Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt: In 1567 he was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt. Before 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset. In 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt died. His son John succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
On 16th June 1622 Alexander Seton 1st Earl Dunfermline (age 67) died. His son Charles (age 6) succeeded 2nd Earl Dunfermline.
On 16th June 1666 Richard Fanshawe 1st Baronet (age 58) died. His son Richard (age 1) succeeded 2nd Baronet Fanshawe of Donmore.
On 16th June 1679 Anne Soame Lady Abdy died.
On 16th June 1701 Tristram Beresford 3rd Baronet (age 32) died.
On 16th June 1710 William Ashburnham 2nd Baron Ashburnham (age 31) died of smallpox at Ashburnham. His brother John (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex.
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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 June 1711 Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 58) died.
On 16th June 1722 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 72) died at Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor. His daughter Henrietta (age 40) succeeded 2nd Duchess Marlborough, 2nd Marchioness of Blandford, 2nd Countess of Marlborough, 2nd Baroness Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire. Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 43) by marriage Duke Marlborough.
On 16th June 1737 (age 32) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
On 16th June 1741 Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 52) died. His half first cousin Edward (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 42) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 16th June 1742 Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain (age 32) died.
On 16th June 1743 Montagu Venables Bertie 2nd Earl of Abingdon (age 70) died. His nephew Willoughby (age 50) succeeded 3rd Earl Abingdon, 7th Baron Norreys of Rycote. Anna Maria Collins Countess Abingdon by marriage Countess Abingdon.
On 16th June 1752 Bishop Joseph Butler (age 60) died unmarried at Rosemead House Kingsmead Square Bath, Somerset. He was buried at Bristol Cathedral [Map].
On 16th June 1771 Louis Bourbon Condé Count Clermont (age 62) died unmarried.
On 16th June 1814 Charles Henry Mordaunt 5th Earl Peterborough 3rd Earl Monmouth (age 56) died. Earl Peterborough, Earl Monmouth, Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, Baron Mordaunt of Reigate extinct. His half sister Mary (age 75) succeeded 11th Baroness Mordaunt.
On 16th June 1815 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 47) fought and Algernon Frederick Greville (age 16) fought.
James Hay (age 18) was killed.
Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley (age 16) fought.
General Mildmay Fane (age 20) and Thomas Elmsley Croft 7th Baronet (age 16) were wounded.
On 16th June 1835 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 60) died.
On 16th June 1841 Hugh Fortescue 1st Earl Fortescue (age 88) died. His son Hugh (age 58) succeeded 2nd Earl Fortescue, 2nd Viscount Ebrington of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, 4th Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill. Elizabeth Geale Countess Fortescue by marriage Countess Fortescue.
On 16th June 1848 Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke (age 70) died. His son Louis (age 42) succeeded III Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.
On 16th June 1858 Charles Ogle 2nd Baronet (age 83) died. His son Chaloner (age 55) succeeded 3rd Baronet Ogle of Worthy in Hampshire.
On 20th February 1859 Mary Paget Countess Sandwich (age 46) died. Her remains were moved to All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map] on 16th June 1884.
On 16th June 1869 Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 66) died. His son Henry (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Stanley Alderley, 2nd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 9th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.
On 3rd March 1884 John William Montagu 7th Earl Sandwich (age 72) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map] on 16th June 1884 at which time the Montagu vault was closed. His son Edward (age 44) succeeded 8th Earl Sandwich.
On 16th June 1889 Mary Agnes Somerville Lady Biddulph (age 51) died.
On 16th June 1894 William Calder Marshall (age 81) died at his home 115 Ebury Street, Chester Square [Map]. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map] in the same grave as his wife who had died seven years before.
On 16th June 1895 Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam died.
On 16th June 1908 Bernard Petre 14th Baron Petre (age 50) died. His brother Philip (age 43) succeeded 15th Baron Petre.
On 16th June 1912 Hemming Robeson died. Monument in Tewkesbury Abbey [Map], sculpted by Percy Bryant Baker (age 30), was dedicated.
Hemming Robeson: In 1892 he was appointed Archdeacon Bristol which post he held until 1904.
On 16th June 1916 Mary Blanche Farquhar Baroness Raglan (age 72) died.
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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 June 1924 Richard Maximilian Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 2nd Baron Acton (age 53) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Acton of Aldenham in Shropshire, 10th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.
On 16th June 1928 Frederick Smith 2nd Viscount Hambleden (age 59) died. His son William (age 24) succeeded 3rd Viscount Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire.
On 16th June 1930 Osbert Molyneux 6th Earl Sefton (age 59) died. His son Hugh (age 31) succeeded 7th Earl Sefton, 14th Viscount Molyneux, 15th Baronet Molyneux of Sefton.
On 16th June 1938 Muriel Finch-Hatton Lady Paget (age 61) died.
On 16th June 1978 Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland (age 60) died.
On 16th June 1992 Peter Legh 4th Baron Newton (age 77) died. His son Richard (age 42) succeeded 5th Baron Newton of Newton-in-Makerfield in Lancashire.
On 16th June 2003 Robert Walter Sigismund Grimston 2nd Baron Grimston (age 78) died. His son Robert (age 52) succeeded 3rd Baron Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire, 3rd Baronet Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 16th June 2021 Edward Baldwin 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (age 83) died. His son Benedict (age 47) succeeded 5th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in Shropshire.