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Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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16 Mar is in March.
1190 Attacks on the Jews in England
1330 Execution of Edmund of Woodstock
14th March 1471 King Edward lands at Ravenspur
1475 March 1470 Welles' Rebellion and Battle of Losecoat Field aka Empingham
On 16th March 1058 Lulach King Scotland died. King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 26) succeeded III King Scotland.
On 16th March 1166 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 33) travelled from St Andrew's Church, Owlesbury [Map] to Falaise, Calvados, Basse Normandie.
On 16th March 1190 at York [Map] the Jewish population sought protection from violence in Clifford's Tower. The tower was besieged by the mob. The Jewish men killed their wives and children, after which they set fire to the wooden keep. Those who did escape were murdered.
Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall. For at York, more than four hundred Jews had taken refuge in the royal fortress [Clifford's Tower] to escape the persecution of the Christians, who had gathered there for the county assembly. Nevertheless, they were besieged and fiercely attacked by certain knights and citizens of the aforementioned city. When they could no longer withstand the assaults of their besiegers and all hope of escape was lost, they voluntarily brought upon themselves a wretched death out of fear of a more dreadful fate. They chose to perish by mutual slaughter rather than be savagely and disgracefully butchered by their persecutors' fury. Now, among them was a man of advanced age and well-versed in Mosaic law, whom they called Rabbi. All, from the least to the greatest, listened to him. He encouraged them to accept such a horrific manner of death through exhortations and by citing the exemplary teachings of the forefathers in the Old Law. And so, nearly all of them, except for a few who later pretended to convert to belief in the Lord Jesus, obeyed his urging. Taking up a knife, he cut the throats and arteries of each one, having first thrown their wealth into the filthy water that ran below. At last, he likewise took his own life in the same manner. Thus, the enemies of the Christian name left their bodies unburied, exposed to dogs and birds, while their souls were consigned to eternal torment in the flames of Hell.
Nam cum apud Eboracum quadringenti et eo amplius Judæi in munitione regia inclusi haberentur, ob persecutionem Christianorum, qui tunc ad comitatus convenerant, declinandam, nihilominus tamen a quibusdam militibus et prædictæ urbis civibus sunt obsessi et acrius expugnati. Cumque assultus expugnantium diutius ferre non possent, et jam omnis spes evadendi sublata fuisset, miserabilem mortem dirioris mortis metu voluntarie sibi ipsimet accersierunt, eligentes potius mutua cede deperire quam persequentium rabie truculentius atque impudentius jugulari. Erat autem quidam inter eos natu major et in lege Mosaica instructior, quem Rabi cognominabant, cui omnes auscultabant, a minimo usque ad maximum, qui eosdem ad tam horribile genus mortis exhortationibus et exemplari doctrina patrum in Veteri Lege præcedentium, animaveret. Cumque fere omnes, exceptis quibusdam paucis, qui se postmodum in Dominum Jesum credere simularunt, ejus hortatui obtemperarent, ille, arrepto cultro, incidit fibras gutturis singulorum cum arteriis, projectis prius eorum pecuniis in aqua ccenulenta, que subtus decurrebat, ac tandem semetipsum simili morte jugulans. Sicque inimici Christiani nominis cadavers inhumata canibus et avibus exposuerunt; animas vero gehennalibus flammis in perpetuum cruciandas tradentes.
Images of Histories by Ralph Diceto. 16th March 1194. On Wednesday, after the city had been crowned, he was received with great exultation by both the clergy and the people in a solemn procession at St. Paul's Church in London.
Feria iiiita coronata civitate, cum exultatione magna tam cleri quam populi, sollempni processione receptus est in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Lundoniæ.
On 16th March 1278 William Jülich IV Count Jülich (age 68) and his sons William Jülich (age 38) and [natural] Roland were killed. He and his two sons had entered the town of Aachen to collect taxes for King Rudolph I of Germany (age 59). There was a riot and William and his sons were killed. The city of Aachen was later ordered to pay a high compensation to William's widow Richardis (age 63) as compensation for his murder.
On 16th March 1279 Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 59) died.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.
Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 31) fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley (age 55) surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 34) was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Finally, on the 16th day of March [1322], the forces, stirred by the fury of Mars [God of War], advanced, with the royal banners opposing the baronial standards under the leadership of their respective earls. Oh, if only these banners had been united against the enemies of Christ's cross tenfold in strength by the unanimous consent of the king and the earls, rather than Englishman against Englishman, kinsman against kinsman, ally against ally, knight against his commander. The armies clashed at Boroughbridge, where the noble Earl Humphrey was pierced through the groin by a Welshman hidden under the bridge, who thrust a lance through a gap in the wooden planks, striking in that vulnerable place where knights were not usually armoured, alas, he was slain without even suspecting an attack from below. The Earl of Lancaster was captured on the battlefield, along with barons, baronets, and ninety knights, while some squires, retainers, and others who were too weak to rekindle war were allowed to flee, including some knights disguised among them. The captives were brought before the royal justiciars, including Sir Andrew de Harclay1 and others, and legally convicted of schism, rebellion, and conspiracy against the king's person. To ensure that their impunity would not serve as an encouragement for future generations to commit similar crimes, the law decreed various punishments.
Tandem XVJ die mensis Marcii Martis furore concitant partes, vexillisque regalibus vexilla baronum sub ducatu comitum adversancia, procedunt, que utinam contra inimicos crucis Christi plures in decuplo regis et comitum unanimi consensu fuissent displicata, et non Anglicus in Anglicum, cognatus in cognatum, affinis in affinem, miles in imperatorem fuisset debacatus. Congrediuntur acies apud Borubrigge, ubi piissimus comes Humfridus a quodam Wallico de sub ponte trans foramen tabule lancea in inguinem ex parte secreciori, ilia videlicet qua non solebant milites armari, sub pedibus neminem habens suspectum, proth dolor transfoditur. Capiuntur in campo comes Lancastrie et cum eo barones, baronetti, et milites nonaginta, quinque scutiferis, clientibus, et aliis impotentibus guerram resuscitare diffugio dimissis, et inter illos quibusdam militibus occultis. Captos atque coram regni iusticiariis, domino Andrea de Harchleye et aliis, raciocinatos cismate et rebellione et in capud regium conspiracione legitime convictos, ne impunitas illorum posteris tribueret incentivum taliter delinquendi, diversimode punivit censura legalis.
Note 1. Harclay does not appear among the judges named in Rymer's Fœdera 2.478.
Lanercost Chronicle. 16th March 1330. In the same year, on the sixteenth day of March, Lord Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, the king's uncle and son of the illustrious King Edward, son of Henry, was captured at Winchester as a traitor to the king. Before many nobles of the realm and others, he made a public confession that he — both by command of the lord pope and at the urging of certain bishops of England, whom he named explicitly, and with the counsel of many great men of the land, whom he also named and identified by certain signs — had wished and had indeed acted with all his strength to ensure that the said Lord Edward, the deposed king, be freed from prison and restored to the throne. He confessed that he was especially stirred by the influence of a certain Dominican friar of the London convent, namely Brother Thomas de Dunheved, who told the earl that he had summoned the devil, who affirmed that Lord Edward, the deposed king, was still alive. He was further influenced by three other friars of the same order — Edmund, John, and Richard. To carry this out, the lord pope and the aforementioned bishops and nobles had promised him a large sum of money, as well as counsel and aid in the undertaking.
Eodem anno, decimo sexto die Martii, captus fuit apud Wyntoniam dominus Edmundus de Wodestok, comes Cantiæ, avunculus regis, et filius quondam inclyti regis Edwardi filii Henrici, tanquam proditor regis, et fecit coram multis proceribus regni et aliis recognitionem publicam quod ipse (tarn ex mandato domini papæ quam ex instigatione quorundam episcoporum Angliæ, quos nominavit expresse, et ex consilio multorum magnorum de terra, quos etiam nominavit et per certa signa convicit, et specialiter ex instigatione cujuSdam fratris Prædicatoris de conventu Londoniarum, fratris scilicet Thomæ de Dunheved, qui dixerat dicto comiti quod ipse suscitaverat diabolum, qui asseruit dominum Edwardum regem quondam depositum esse vivum, et ex instigatione aliorum trium fratrum supradicti ordinis, Edmund! scilicet, Johannis, et Ricardi) voluit egisse et egit totis viribus ut dictus dominus Edwardus rex depositus fuisset liberatus et a carcere restitutus in regnum, et ad id faciendum promiserat sibi dominus papa et diet! domini episcopi et proceres supradicti pecuniam copiosam et consilium et auxilium in agendis.
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Patent Rolls. 16th March 1378. Westminster. Letters for Margaret, countess of Norfolk, the king's kinswoman, nominating John Underhull and William Seymore of Rosse her attorneys in Ireland, for a year.
The second creation of the Earl of Northumberland occurred on 16th March 1416 although it was, in effect a restoration of the first creation with Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland (age 23) being restored rather than created. Unclear as to why some sources refer to this as a creation?
On 16th March 1452 Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) was appointed III Holy Roman Emperor at St Peter's Basilica, Vatican. In the afternoon of the same day Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress (age 17) were married at St Peter's Basilica, Vatican. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. She the daughter of Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria and Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland Volume 1. 16th March 1471. The Duke of Clarence (age 21) to Henry Vernon (age 26).
[1471,] March 16. Wells [Map]. — Henry Vernon. We pray you to finde the meanes as secretly as ye can to have sure and trusti men in the North, or whersoevere therl of Northumberland bee, to espie of the guyding there, and as the cas shall requir and it shalbee expedient to certifie us, and alway whan oon is goon that another bee abiding, and in lyke wyse that ye have about therl of Shrovesbury and the Lord Stanley oon commyng to us and an other alway abiding there. We bee adcerteigned that it is said about London that K[ing] E[dward] is saylled by the coste of Northfolk toward Humbre. Wherfor we pray you to sende thidder to enquire and understande of the trouth, and to certifie us therof, and if he bee in thoos costes that alway ye have spies there to certifie us from tyme to tyme of the tidinges and the guyding, oon commyng to. us and an other alway abiding as in the other places, dooing your effectuell devoir herein as our veray truste is in you, nat sparing for any coste, for we woll allowe yon at your accomptes the uttermast of thexpenses that ye shall make in that behalve. Wylling and desiring you that bicause of thees tidinges ye doo the gretter devoir to arredie you with as many as ye can make in defensible array as well of our tenauntes as of yours to bee redy to comme to us within an houres warnying, lyke as we wrote to you but late by your servaunt. Writen at Welles the xvj day of March. (Signed : — ) Gr. Clarence. Signet.
Patent Rolls. 16th March 1475. Exemplification, at the request of William Broune of Staumford, Westminster. 'marchaunt,' of the tenour of an article in an act (English) of attaint in the Parliament summoned at Westminster on 6 October, 12 Edward IV. and continued by divers prorogations to 23 January, 14 Edward IV. ordaining that whereas Richard Welles late of Hellowe, co. Lincoln, knight, caused Robert Welles late of Hellowe, knight, and Thomas Delalaunde late of Horblyng, co. Lincoln, knight, and others to assemble together against the king and they made war against the king on 12 March, 10 Edward IV. in a field called 'Hornefeld' in Empyngham, co. Rutland, the said Richard, Robert and Thomas be convicted of high treason and forfeit all the possessions which they had on the said 12 March except the manors of Lilleford, co. Northampton, and Hokyngton, co. Cambridge, whereof Thomas FitzWilliam the elder and Thomas FltzWilliam the younger were seised to the same time that they made estate thereof to Jahne late the wife of Richard Hastynges (age 42), knight, and heirs in fee and after the said Richard and Jahne sold the same manors to the said William and of the same levied a fine to the use of him and his heirs. [Rolls of Parliament, VI. 144.]
On 16th March 1485 Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 28) died at Westminster Palace [Map]. Probably of tuberculosis. The day she died there was an eclipse of the sun; a bad omen to some. There were rumours of foul play.
Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick (age 10) was restored 6th Baron Montagu, 9th Baron Montagu, 8th Baron Monthermer
Croyland Chronicle 1485. In the course of a few days after this, the queen (age 28) fell extremely sick, and her illness was supposed to have increased still more and more, because the king entirely shunned her bed, declaring that it was by the advice of his physicians that he did so. Why enlarge? About the middle of the following month, upon the day of the great eclipse of the sun, which then took place, queen Anne, before-named, departed this life, and was buried at Westminster, with no less honours than befitted the interment of a queen.
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.
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On 16th March 1509 Agnes Savoy Duchess Longueville (age 63) died at Paris [Map].
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1533. 16th March 1533. Camusat, 82 b. 242. Montmorency (age 40) to the Bailly Of Troyes.
The King sends a memoir which has come from the cardinals of Tournon and Grammont, to be shown to the king of England and the duke of Norfolk. He will reply fully to what Langey and Rochefort (age 30) have brought. As to the prize which the Scotch have taken to Dieppe since the Bailly wrote, such good order has been taken on the coasts of Normandy, Picardy, and Brittany that the king of England has good reason to be contented. Desires him to tell Norfolk of this. The King sends Beauvais to Scotland in a few days. He will pass through England, to try and bring this war to an amicable end. The Emperor does what he can to stir them up. The King will spend Easter at Paris, which is inconvenient, considering the journey he intends to take. Expects that the first news from Italy will be the Emperor's embarcation. Sends a letter in the King's hand to Madame la Marquise (age 32). Desires to be recommended to her. Has news that the Bailly's brother is better. The King has sent to Denmark to preserve friendship with the King there, who is the present possessor. Thinks he will remain friendly, though the Emperor has tried to draw him away. Coussy, 16 March. Fr.
On 16th March 1544 the First Battle of Glasgow was fought between an army of Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 27), who supported a marriage between King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 6) and Mary Queen of Scots (age 1), and an army of James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 28) who opposed it.
Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 59) fought for James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran for which was rewarded with the family lands (which he held in tack), as well as the restoration of his family's title of Lord Boyd.
On 16th March 1554 Bishop John Bird was deprived of his Bishopric since he had married.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th March 1554. The xvj day of Marche was deprevyd the archebysshope of Yorke (age 72), and the bysshope of Lynkolne doctur Tayller, and the bysshope of Chester, the bysshope of sant Davys.
On 16th March 1557 Charles Stourton 8th Baron Stourton (age 37) and four of his servants were executed at Salisbury for the murder of William Hartgill and his son John Hartgill. His son John (age 4) succeeded 9th Baron Stourton. See Newgate Calendar.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th March 1558. The xvj day of Marche my lord mare and the althermen wher commondyd unto Yeld-halle [Map], for thay had a commondement by the qwyen (age 42) that thay shuld lend the quen a (blank) of H.; for ther sat my lord stresorer (age 75), my lord preve-saylle (age 52), and the bysshope of Elly (age 52) as commyssyonars, and my lord chanseler (age 57), with odur of the conselle.... with ij whyt branchys and xij torchys .... great tapurs, and after a grett dener within the ....
Diary of Anne Clifford. 16th March 1617. The 16th my Lord (age 27) sent for John Cook to make broths for him and Josiah1 to wait in his chamber, by whom I wrote a letter to entreat him that if he were not well I might come down to Buckhurst to him. This day I spent in walking in the Park with Judith2, carrying my Bible with me, thinking on my present fortunes and what troubles I have passed through3.
Note 1. Mr. Josiah Cooper, a Frenchman, Page.
Note 2. Mrs. Judith Simpton of the Laundry Maids' Table.
Note 3. Upon the 17th the woman made an end of the sheet of Lady Sussex's work that is for the pallet which was begun in April, presently after I came out of the North from my Mother.
About this time my Lord Hay (age 37) was sworn a Privy Councillor.
About this time my Lord took Adam a new barber to wait on him in his Chamber.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th March 1660. Note. Then the writing in golden letters, that was engraven under the statue of Charles I, in the Royal Exchange ('Exit tyrannus, Regum ultimus, anno libertatis Angliae, anno Domini 1648, Januarie xxx.) was washed out by a painter, who in the day time raised a ladder, and with a pot and brush washed the writing quite out, threw down his pot and brush and said it should never do him any more service, in regard that it had the honour to put out rebels' hand-writing. He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known. The merchants were glad and joyful, many people were gathered together, and against the Exchange made a bonfire. "Rugge's Diurnal". In the Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts at the British Museum is a pamphlet which is dated in MS. March 21st, 1659-60, where this act is said to be by order of Monk (age 51): "The Loyal Subjects Teares for the Sufferings and Absence of their Sovereign Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with an Observation upon the expunging of 'Exit Tyrannus, Regum ultimus', by order of General Monk, and some Advice to the Independents, Anabaptists, Phanatiques, &c. London, 1660".
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th March 1663. Up very betimes and to my office, where, with several Masters of the King's ships, Sir J. Minnes (age 64) and I advising upon the business of Slopps, wherein the seaman is so much abused by the Pursers, and that being done, then I home to dinner, and so carried my wife to her mother's, set her down and Ashwell to my Lord's lodging, there left her, and I to the Duke (age 29), where we met of course, and talked of our Navy matters. Then to the Commission of Tangier [Map], and there, among other things, had my Lord Peterborough's (age 41) Commission read over; and Mr. Secretary Bennet (age 45) did make his querys upon it, in order to the drawing one for my Lord Rutherford more regularly, that being a very extravagant thing. Here long discoursing upon my Lord Rutherford's despatch, and so broke up, and so going out of the Court I met with Mr. Coventry (age 35), and so he and I walked half an hour in the long Stone Gallery, where we discoursed of many things, among others how the Treasurer doth intend to come to pay in course, which is the thing of the world that will do the King (age 32) the greatest service in the Navy, and which joys my heart to hear of. He tells me of the business of Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Pen (age 41), which I knew before, but took no notice or little that I did know it. But he told me it was chiefly to make Mr. Pett's (age 52) being joyned with Sir W. Batten (age 62) to go down the better, and do tell me how he well sees that neither one nor the other can do their duties without help. But however will let it fall at present without doing more in it to see whether they will do their duties themselves, which he will see, and saith they do not. We discoursed of many other things to my great content and so parted, and I to my wife at my Lord's lodgings, where I heard Ashwell play first upon the harpsicon, and I find she do play pretty well, which pleaseth me very well.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th March 1667. This evening, having done my letters, I did write out the heads of what I had prepared to speak to the King (age 36) the other day at my Lord Treasurer's (age 60), which I do think convenient to keep by me for future use. The weather is now grown warm again, after much cold; and it is observable that within these eight days I did see smoke remaining, coming out of some cellars, from the late great fire, now above six months since. There was this day at the office (as he is most days) Sir W. Warren, against whom I did manifestly plead, and heartily too, God forgive me! But the reason is because I do find that he do now wholly rely almost upon my Lord Bruncker (age 47), though I confess I have no greater ground of my leaving him than the confidence which I perceive he hath got in my Lord Bruncker, whose seeming favours only do obtain of him as much compensation as, I believe (for he do know well the way of using his bounties), as mine more real. Besides, my Lord and I being become antagonistic, I do not think it safe for me to trust myself in the hands of one whom I know to be a knave, and using all means to become gracious there.
On 16th March 1668 Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) died from wounds received duelling. He was buried at Albrighton, Shropshire. His son Charles (age 7) succeeded 12th Earl of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl Waterford.
An alternative version of his death is that is was from heart disease. The autopsy after his death showed the sword wound was perfectly healed but his liver and heart were in a very bad state.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th March 1669. Thence to Deptford, Kent [Map], but staid not, Uthwayte being out of the way: and so home, and then to the Ship Tavern [Map], Morrice's, and staid till W. Hewer (age 27) fetched his uncle Blackburne by appointment to me, to discourse of the business of the Navy in the late times; and he did do it, by giving me a most exact account in writing, of the several turns in the Admiralty and Navy, of the persons employed therein, from the beginning of the King's leaving the Parliament, to his Son's coming in, to my great content; and now I am fully informed in all I at present desire. We fell to other talk; and I find by him that the Bishops must certainly fall, and their hierarchy; these people have got so much ground upon the King (age 38) and kingdom as is not to be got again from them: and the Bishops do well deserve it. But it is all the talk, I find, that Dr. Wilkins (age 55), my friend, the Bishop of Chester, shall be removed to Winchester, and be Lord Treasurer. Though this be foolish talk, yet I do gather that he is a mighty rising man, as being a Latitudinarian, and the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) his great friend. Here we staid talking till to at night, where I did never drink before since this man come to the house, though for his pretty wife's sake I do fetch my wine from this, whom I could not nevertheless get para see to-night, though her husband did seem to call for her. So parted here and I home, and to supper and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th March 1669. Thence, after seeing Mr. Sheldon, I to Greenwich, Kent [Map] by water, and there landed at the King's house, which goes on slow, but is very pretty1. I to the Park, there to see the prospect of the hill, to judge of Dancre's (age 44) picture, which he hath made thereof for me: and I do like it very well: and it is a very pretty place.
Note 1. The old palace at Greenwich, Kent [Map] had just been pulled down, and a new building commenced by Charles II, only one wing of which was completed, at the expense of £36,000, under the auspices of Webb, Inigo Jones's kinsman and executor. In 1694 the unfinished edifice was granted by William and Mary to trustees for the use and service of a Naval Hospital; and it has been repeatedly enlarged and improved till it has arrived at its present splendour. B.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1669. To London, to place Mr. Christopher Wase (age 42) about my Lord Arlington (age 51).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th March 1669. At noon home, where my wife and Jane gone abroad, and Tom, in order to their buying of things for their wedding, which, upon my discourse the last night, is now resolved to be done, upon the 26th of this month, the day of my solemnity for my cutting of the stone, when my cozen Turner must be with us. My wife, therefore, not at dinner; and comes to me Mr. Evelyn (age 48) of Deptford, Kent [Map], a worthy good man, and dined with me, but a bad dinner; who is grieved for, and speaks openly to me his thoughts of, the times, and our ruin approaching; and all by the folly of the King (age 38). His business to me was about some ground of his, at Deptford, Kent [Map], next to the King's yard: and after dinner we parted. My sister Michell (age 28) coming also this day to see us, whom I left there, and I away down by water with W. Hewer (age 27) to Woolwich, Kent [Map], where I have not been I think more than a year or two, and here I saw, but did not go on board, my ship "The Jerzy", she lying at the wharf under repair. But my business was to speak with Ackworth, about some old things and passages in the Navy, for my information therein, in order to my great business now of stating the history of the Navy. This I did; and upon the whole do find that the late times, in all their management, were not more husbandly than we; and other things of good content to me. His wife was sick, and so I could not see her.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1673. Dr. Pearson (age 60), Bishop of Chester, preached on Hebrews ix. 14; a most incomparable sermon from one of the most learned divines of our nation. I dined at my Lord Arlington's (age 55) with the Duke (age 23) and Duchess of Monmouth (age 22); she is one of the wisest and craftiest of her sex, and has much wit. Here was also the learned Isaac Vossius (age 55).
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1676. The Countess of Sunderland (age 30) and I went by water to Parson's Green, to visit my Baroness Mordaunt (age 44), and to consult with her about my Lord's monument. We returned by coach.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1683. I dined at Mr. Houblon's (age 53), a rich and gentle French merchant, who was building a house in the Forest, near Sir J. Child's (age 52), in a place where the late Earl of Norwich dwelt some time, and which came from his lady, the widow of Mr. Baker. It will be a pretty villa, about five miles from Whitechapel.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1686. I was at a review of the Army about London, in Hide Park [Map], about 6000 horse and foote, in excellent order; his Ma* (age 52) and infinity of people being present.
On 16th March 1705 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 56) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 25) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore (age 47). He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 97).
On 16th March 1748 Anne Gordon was born to Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon (age 27) and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon (age 30).
On 16th March 1766 Anne Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon (age 25) and Harriet Stewart.
On 16th March 1776 Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds was born to George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 52) and Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend (age 24). She married 17th August 1797 her sixth cousin George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds, son of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers, and had issue.
On 16th March 1785 Sophia Paulett Duchess of Cleveland was born to John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett (age 28) and Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett. She married 18th November 1809 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland, son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington.
St Giles' Church, Great Longstone [Map]. Memorial to Jane Ashwood Dawson elsdest daughter of Robert Wright of Longstone Hall, Derbyshire. She was married to Anthony Dawson. She died in childbed March 16th, 1790.
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.
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On 29th March 1792 Gustav III King Sweden (age 46) was assassinated. King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 13) succeeded King Sweden.
The assassination of the king was enacted on the 16th of March 1792 at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm at midnight. Gustav had arrived earlier that evening to enjoy a dinner in the company of friends. During dinner, he received an anonymous letter that described a threat to his life written by the colonel of the Life Guards Carl Pontus Lilliehorn. After dinner the King continued through a corridor leading from the foyer towards the opera stage where the dancing took place. Anckarström took out the pistol from his left inner pocket, then either he or Ribbing pulled the trigger with the gun in Anckarström's hand. The king was carried back to his quarters, and the exits of the Opera were sealed. Anckarström was arrested the following morning and immediately confessed to the murder. The king had not been shot dead; he was alive and continued to function as head of state. However, the wound became infected, and on 29 March 1792. Gustav's funeral took place on 14 May 1792 at Riddarholmskyrkan.
Before 16th March 1803 Mary Finch (age 87) died. On 16th March 1803 she was buried.
On 15th July 1756 William Howard (age 41) was killed accidentally whilst driving a chaise.
Monument in St Peter's Church, Elford [Map].
Mary Finch: On 1st March 1716 she was born to Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford. On 6th November 1736 William Howard and she were married. She the daughter of Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford. He the son of Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk and Catherine Graham Countess Berkshire and Suffolk.
Archaeologia Volume 21 Section XXXII. Account of a Monumental Effigy discovered in Stevenage Church [Map] in Hertfordshire: By Mr. Robert T. Stothard (age 29), addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen (age 42), K. T. President. Read 16th March 1826.
Robert Thomas Stothard: In 1797 he was born to Thomas Stothard and Rebecca Watkins.
On 16th March 1835 Louisa Caroline Cavendish was born to William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Blanche Georgiana Howard (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.65%. She married 26th September 1865 her second cousin once removed Francis Leveson-Gower aka Egerton, son of Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere, and had issue.
On 16th March 1842 Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk (age 76) died. He was buried at Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map]. His son Henry (age 50) succeeded 13th Duke Norfolk, 24th or 31st Earl Arundel, 14th Earl Surrey, 11th Earl Norfolk, 21st Baron Maltravers, 21st Baron Arundel. Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Norfolk (age 54) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
Ten Years' Digging. On the 16th of March we opened Scrip Low [Map], a barrow near Stanton, composed of sandy earth and pebbles, and measuring about fourteen yards diameter. We found the interment, consisting of calcined bones, about eighteen inches from the surface, some distance north from the centre, surrounded by sandstones, which only occurred in that part of the barrow. A considerable space in the middle was uncovered, down to the natural surface, about two feet beneath the summit, where a layer of dark-coloured earth was observed, but nothing of importance found, a broken instrument of fiint, two small pieces of plain earthenware, and a few burnt bones only being observed.
On 16th March 1861 Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 74) died. She was buried at Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum Frogmore Estate Home Park Windsor, Berkshire.
On 16th March 1862 Henry Matthew Burrell (age 19) drowned in the Bay of Melbourne during a squall. Memorial window at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Letters of James McNeill Whistler 1863. 16th March 1863 or 23rd March 1863. 7a Queens Road West, Chelsea. Monday - / March
Dear Rose (age 43) -
Any news about "my house" - . Is it all right? am I wanted to take any step? or will it all be settled without me? Are you going to make him do anything at all to the house and can I go in shortly when the agreement is made
I have been knocked up for a couple of days with rheumatism but hope to get to work again tomorrow - I was very sorry not to see you the other day at Rossetti's (age 34) -
Will you drop me a line about the house.
With many thanks
Ever Yours
J Whistler (age 28)
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On 16th March 1893 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29). He married 12th August 1915 his third cousin once removed Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland and had issue.
On 16th March 1912 Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 75) died.
On 16th March 1917 Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Brownlow died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 16th March 1919 Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry (age 62) died. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Long Newton [Map].
On 16th March 1940 Alfred Douglas-Hamilton 13th Duke of Hamilton 10th Duke Brandon (age 78) died. His son Air (age 37) succeeded 14th Duke Hamilton, 11th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 10th Marquess Douglas, 11th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.
On 16th March 1942 John Stewart-Murray 8th Duke of Atholl (age 70) died. His brother James (age 62) succeeded 9th Duke Atholl, 10th Marquess Atholl, 11th Earl Atholl, 12th Earl Tullibardine, 8th Baron Percy, 14th Baron Strange Knockin, 5th Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire.
On 16th March 1338 Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick was born to Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 25) and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick (age 24). He married before 1374 his third cousin twice removed Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick, daughter of William Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Margaret Percy Baroness Ferrers Groby, and had issue.
On 16th March 1651 Thomas Egerton was born to John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater (age 27) and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater (age 24). He married before 12th February 1679 Hester Busby and had issue.
On 16th March 1671 John Pakington 4th Baronet was born to John Pakington 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Margaret Keyt Lady Pakington.
On 16th March 1681 Thomas Butler was born to Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 41) and Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran (age 26). He died aged four in 1685.
On 16th March 1747 Edward Foley was born to Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 30) and Grace Granville. He married (1) 20th October 1778 Anne Margaret Coventry, daughter of George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry and Maria Gunning Countess Coventry (2) 21st March 1790 Eliza Mary Foley Hodgetts and had issue.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 16th March 1748 Anne Gordon was born to Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon (age 27) and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon (age 30).
On 16th March 1749 John Peachey 2nd Baron Selsey was born to James Peachey 1st Baron Selsey (age 26) and Georgiana Caroline Scott Baroness Selsey (age 22). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th March 1765 James Browne 2nd Baron Kilmaine was born to John Browne 1st Baron Kilmaine (age 38). He married before 11th June 1794 Anne Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Baronet and Sarah Bradshaw 1st Baroness Waterpark, and had issue.
On 16th March 1766 Anne Hamilton was born to Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon (age 25) and Harriet Stewart.
On 16th March 1776 Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds was born to George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 52) and Anne Montgomery Marchioness Townshend (age 24). She married 17th August 1797 her sixth cousin George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds, son of Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers, and had issue.
On 16th March 1783 Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet (age 33) and Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn (age 29). He married 30th September 1813 Hester Frances Smith, daughter of Robert Smith 1st Baron Carrington, and had issue.
On 16th March 1785 Sophia Paulett Duchess of Cleveland was born to John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett (age 28) and Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett. She married 18th November 1809 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland, son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington.
On 16th March 1802 George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd 2nd Earl Sheffield was born to John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield (age 66) and Anne North Countess Sheffield (age 42). He married before 18th January 1832 Harriet Lascelles Countess Sheffield, daughter of Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood and Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood, and had issue.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 16th March 1809 Emma Lascelles Baroness Portman was born to Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood (age 41) and Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood. She married 16th June 1827 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman and had issue.
On 16th March 1810 Robert Curzon 14th Baron Zouche Harringworth was born to Robert Curzon Baron Zouche (age 36) and Harriet Anne Bishopp 13th Baroness Zouche (age 22).
On 16th March 1812 John Edward Honywood 6th Baronet was born to John Coutenay Honywood 5th Baronet (age 25).
On 16th March 1818 General George Augustus Frederick Paget was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 49) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 36). He married (1) 27th February 1854 his first cousin Agnes Charlotte Paget, daughter of Arthur Paget and Augusta Fane Baroness Boringdon, and had issue (2) 6th February 1861 his first cousin once removed Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex.
On 16th March 1819 Charles Frederick Smythe 7th Baronet was born to Edward Joseph Smythe 6th Baronet (age 31). He married 7th October 1855 Maria Stonor, daughter of Thomas Stonor 3rd Baron Camoys and Frances Towneley Baroness Camoys.
On 16th March 1826 Henry Cunliffe was born to Robert Henry Cunliffe 4th Baronet (age 40) and Susan Emily Paton Lady Cunliffe (age 19). He married 1852 his second cousin Mary Augusta Riddell.
On 16th March 1828 Bishop George Ridding was born at Winchester College, Winchester where his father was vicar.
On 16th March 1835 Louisa Caroline Cavendish was born to William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Blanche Georgiana Howard (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.65%. She married 26th September 1865 her second cousin once removed Francis Leveson-Gower aka Egerton, son of Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere, and had issue.
On 16th March 1839 Pamela Blanche Rushout was born to Charles Cockerell aka Rushout 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Cecilia Olivia Foley Lady Cockerell. She married 1860 George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn, son of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant, and had issue.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 16th March 1841 George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven was born to William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 31) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 25). He married 2nd January 1867 his fifth cousin Evelyn Laura Barrington Countess Craven, daughter of George Barrington 7th Viscount Barrington.
On 16th March 1848 Sackville Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil was born to James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 56) and Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury (age 23).
On 16th March 1853 Emily Annora Charlotte Pierrepont Countess Beauchamp was born to Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Manvers (age 28). She married 18th February 1868 her fourth cousin once removed Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp, son of Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp and Susan Caroline Eliot, and had issue.
On 16th March 1854 Lionel Tennyson was born to Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (age 44) and Emily Sellwood Baroness Tennyson (age 40). He married 28th February 1878 Eleanor Locker and had issue.
On 16th March 1866 Terence John Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was born to Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (age 39).
On 16th March 1867 Elizabeth Baring Countess Kenmare was born to Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke (age 38) and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke (age 28) at Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [Map]. She married 26th April 1887 Valentine Charles Browne 5th Earl of Kenmare, son of Valentine Browne 4th Earl of Kenmare and Gertrude Thynne Countess Kenmare, and had issue.
On 16th March 1871 Clarence Graves 6th Baron Graves was born to Henry Graves 5th Baron Graves (age 23).
On 16th March 1879 Mark Sykes 6th Baronet was born to Tatton Sykes 5th Baronet (age 53) and Christina Anne Jessica Cavendish-Bentinck. He married before 31st August 1904 Edith Violet Gorst and had issue.
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.
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On 16th March 1885 Edward Llewelyn Roger Lloyd-Mostyn 4th Baron Mostyn was born to Llewelyn Nevill Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn 3rd Baron Mostyn (age 28) and Mary Florence Edith Clements (age 27).
On 16th March 1893 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29). He married 12th August 1915 his third cousin once removed Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland and had issue.
On 16th March 1910 Ailwyn Fellowes 3rd Baron de Ramsey was born to Coulson Churchill Fellowes (age 27). He married 27th July 1937 his fifth cousin Lilah Labouchere and had issue.
On 16th March 1930 Jonathan Bryan Guinness 3rd Baron Moyne was born to Bryan Walter Guiness 2nd Baron Moyne (age 24) and Diana Mitford (age 19). He married (1) 1951 Ingrid Wyndham and had issue.
On 16th March 1939 Rupert Ingrams Baron Darcy was born.
On 16th March 1958 Henry Hood 8th Viscount Hood was born to Alexander Lambert Hood 7th Viscount Hood (age 44) and Diana Maud Lyttelton Viscountess Hood (age 38).
On 16th March 1705 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 56) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 25) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore (age 47). He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 97).
On 16th March 1707 William Stawell 3rd Baron Stawell (age 25) and Elizabeth Pert Baroness Stawell (age 29) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
On 16th March 1725 (possibly 1724) Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 26) and Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 26) were married at St Anne's Church, Soho [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 16th March 1727 John Shelley 4th Baronet (age 35) and Margaret Pelham Lady Shelley were married. She by marriage Lady Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
On 16th March 1738 Clotworthy Skeffington 1st Earl Massereene (age 23) and Anne Daniel were married.
On 16th March 1779 John Hadley D'Oyly 6th Baronet (age 25) and Diana Rochfort Lady D'Oyly (age 24) were married at Calcutta, India. She by marriage Lady D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk. They had four children.
On 16th March 1796 Thomas Parker 5th Earl Macclesfield (age 33) and Daughter of Lewis Edwards were married. He the son of Thomas Parker 3rd Earl Macclesfield.
On 16th March 1824 William Brodrick (age 25) and Elizabeth Anne Brudenell (age 29) were married. She died eight months later. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 54) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 54). They were fifth cousins.
On 16th March 1836 George Warwick Bamlfylde 1st Baron Poltimore (age 49) and Caroline Buller Baroness Poltimore (age 30) were married. She by marriage Baroness Politmore.
On 16th March 1846 James Duff 5th Earl Fife (age 31) and Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay Countess Fife (age 16) were married. She by marriage Countess Fife. She the daughter of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll (age 45) and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll (age 45).
On 16th March 1848 George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 41) and Harriet Cavendish Countess Strafford (age 27) were married. He the son of John Byng 1st Earl Strafford (age 76) and Mary Stevens Mackenzie.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 10th February 1947 David William Anthony Blyth Macpherson 2nd Baron Strathcarron (age 23) and Valerie Cole Baroness Strathcarron were married. She by marriage Baroness Strathcarron of Banchor in Invernessshire. The marriage was annulled by the end of the year. Note the National Portrait Gallery has a photo with Valerie Cole Baroness Strathcarron taken on 16th March 1939 so the date of this marriage may be incorrect.
On 16th March 1058 Lulach King Scotland died. King Malcolm III of Scotland (age 26) succeeded III King Scotland.
On 16th March 1181 Henry Blois I Count Champagne (age 53) died. His son Henry (age 14) succeeded II Count Champagne.
On 16th March 1278 William Jülich IV Count Jülich (age 68) and his sons William Jülich (age 38) and [natural] Roland were killed. He and his two sons had entered the town of Aachen to collect taxes for King Rudolph I of Germany (age 59). There was a riot and William and his sons were killed. The city of Aachen was later ordered to pay a high compensation to William's widow Richardis (age 63) as compensation for his murder.
On 16th March 1279 Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 59) died.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.
Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 31) fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley (age 55) surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 34) was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
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On 16th March 1373 Robert Holland 2nd Baron Holand (age 62) died. His sister Maud (age 63) succeeded 3rd Baroness Holand.
On 16 or 17th March 1377 Marie Chatillon Countess Pembroke (age 74) died.
On 16th March 1410 John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 37) died at Hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son Henry (age 9) succeeded 2nd Earl Somerset.
On 16th March 1485 Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 28) died at Westminster Palace [Map]. Probably of tuberculosis. The day she died there was an eclipse of the sun; a bad omen to some. There were rumours of foul play.
Edward "Last Plantagenet" York 17th Earl Warwick (age 10) was restored 6th Baron Montagu, 9th Baron Montagu, 8th Baron Monthermer
On 16th March 1503 Bishop Edward Story died.
On 16th March 1509 Agnes Savoy Duchess Longueville (age 63) died at Paris [Map].
On 16th March 1557 Charles Stourton 8th Baron Stourton (age 37) and four of his servants were executed at Salisbury for the murder of William Hartgill and his son John Hartgill. His son John (age 4) succeeded 9th Baron Stourton. See Newgate Calendar.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 16th March 1612 Margaret Fiennes 11th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 71) died. Her son Henry (age 41) succeeded 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 12th Baron Multon of Gilsland. Chrysogona Baker Baroness Dacre Gilsland by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 16th March 1668 Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) died from wounds received duelling. He was buried at Albrighton, Shropshire. His son Charles (age 7) succeeded 12th Earl of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl Waterford.
An alternative version of his death is that is was from heart disease. The autopsy after his death showed the sword wound was perfectly healed but his liver and heart were in a very bad state.
On 16th March 1691 Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 56) died.
On 16th March 1714 Letitia Popham Baroness Seymour died.
On 16th March 1728 Brook Bridges 1st Baronet (age 48) died. His son Brook (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bridges of Goodneston in Kent.
On 16th March 1729 James Long 5th Baronet (age 47) died. His son Robert (age 24) succeeded 6th Baronet Long of Westminster in London.
On 16th March 1735 Randall Plunkett 11th Baron Dunsany died. His son Edward (age 22) succeeded 12th Baron Dunsany.
On 16th March 1741 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry (age 73) died. His son William (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Kerry.
On 16th March 1766 John West 1st Earl De La Warr (age 72) died. His son John (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl De La Warr, 2nd Viscount Cantalupe, 8th Baron De La Warr.
On 16th March 1798 Henry Gough-Calthorpe 1st Baron Calthorpe (age 49) died in Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 16th March 1830 Robert Farquhar (age 53) died. His son Walter (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baronet Farquhar of Mauritius.
On 16th March 1841 John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley (age 69) died. His son John (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baron Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire, 10th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
On 16th March 1842 Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk (age 76) died. He was buried at Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map]. His son Henry (age 50) succeeded 13th Duke Norfolk, 24th or 31st Earl Arundel, 14th Earl Surrey, 11th Earl Norfolk, 21st Baron Maltravers, 21st Baron Arundel. Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Norfolk (age 54) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
On 16th March 1847 Edward Marmaduke Stourton aka Vavasour 1st Baronet (age 60) died. His son Edward (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Vavasour of Hazlewood in Yorkshire.
On 16th March 1861 Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn (age 74) died. She was buried at Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum Frogmore Estate Home Park Windsor, Berkshire.
On 16th March 1900 Elizabeth Bishop Lady Wheler died.
On 16th March 1909 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 77) died. Earl Egerton extinct. His brother Alan (age 63) succeeded 3rd Baron Egerton Tatton. Anna Louisa Taylor Baroness Egerton (age 58) by marriage Baroness Egerton Tatton.
On 16th March 1912 Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 75) died.
On 16th March 1916 Isabella Anne Browne Baroness Beaumont (age 91) died.
On 16th March 1917 Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Brownlow died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
On 16th March 1919 Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry (age 62) died. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Long Newton [Map].
On 16th March 1921 Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 74) died.
On 16th March 1923 George Cholmondeley 4th Marquess Cholmondeley (age 64) died. His son George (age 39) succeeded 5th Marquess Cholmondeley, 8th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 5th Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 9th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 8th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 8th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 7th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 7th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 29) by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 16th March 1924 James Walter Mackay Simpson 3rd Baronet (age 41) died. Baronet Simpson of Strathavon and the City of Edinburgh extinct.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 16th March 1930 Blanche Craven Countess Coventry (age 87) died.
On 16th March 1930 Robert Schomberg Henry Kerr 10th Marchioness Lothian died. Her first cousin Philip (age 47) succeeded 11th Marquess Lothian. Her first cousin once removed Peter (age 7) succeeded 12th Marquess Lothian, 13th Earl Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian.
On 16th March 1940 Alfred Douglas-Hamilton 13th Duke of Hamilton 10th Duke Brandon (age 78) died. His son Air (age 37) succeeded 14th Duke Hamilton, 11th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 10th Marquess Douglas, 11th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.
On 16th March 1942 John Stewart-Murray 8th Duke of Atholl (age 70) died. His brother James (age 62) succeeded 9th Duke Atholl, 10th Marquess Atholl, 11th Earl Atholl, 12th Earl Tullibardine, 8th Baron Percy, 14th Baron Strange Knockin, 5th Baron Glenlyon of Glenlyon in Perthshire.
On 16th March 1969 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 63) died. His son Henry (age 29) succeeded 17th Earl Pembroke, 14th Earl Montgomery, 6th Baron Herbert Lea. Clare Pelly Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery.
On 16th March 1984 Lucius Cary 14th Viscount Falkland (age 79) died. His son Lucius (age 48) succeeded 15th Viscount Falkland, 5th Baron Hunsdon of Scutterskelfe in the County of York.
On 16th March 1991 Rowland Baring 3rd Earl of Cromer (age 72) died. His son Evelyn (age 44) succeeded 4th Earl Cromer, 4th Viscount Errington Hexham Northumberland.
On 16th March 1999 Lawrence Monck Middleton 10th Baronet (age 86) died. Baronet Middleton of Belsay Castle in Northumberland extinct.
On 16th March 2013 Bianca Maria de Paolis Countess of Shaftesbury died.