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12th November 1272 - Death of King Henry III
1326 Capture and Abdication of Edward II
1499 Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbreck and Edward Earl of Warwick
On 16th November 1005 Archbishop Ælfric died.
On 16th November 1093 Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland (age 48) died three days after her husband King Malcolm III of Scotland (deceased) and her son Edward Dunkeld were killed at the Battle of Alnwick.
Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall. King Malcolm of Scotland and his son Edward, along with many others, were killed1 by the knights of Robert, Earl of Northumbria. Upon hearing this news, Queen Margaret, overcome with grief, fell into illness and passed away on the third day [16th November 1093]. The Scots then killed their new king, Duncan, and appointed Donald Bán as their ruler.
Rex Scotorum Malcolmus et Edwardus filius ejus, cum multis aliis, a militibus Roberti Northumbrorum comitis occisi sunt; quo audito, regina Margareta pre dolore decidit in sgritudinem, et tertia die vitam finivit. Scotti regem suum Dunecanum peremerunt, et Duvenaldum sibi regem constituerunt.
Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall. At the same time, Lord Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (age 60), once prior of a certain Carthusian house in England, as he was returning to England from a visit to his homeland, was seized by a grave illness in London. From the burden of this sickness he departed this life1, and, as we believe, passed into the unfailing brightness of eternal light. His lifeless body was carried from London to the city of Lincoln, the seat of his bishopric, at the very time when the King of England held his meeting there with the King of Scotland; on which occasion three archbishops and nearly all the nobles of both kingdoms had gathered. When it was announced that the bishop's body was approaching the city, crowds of people rushed in throngs to meet the funeral of their shepherd. The kings themselves, with the archbishops, the whole clergy, and the princes, devoutly went out to meet him. The king, laying aside royal pomp, together with the archbishops, humbly bent his neck and placed the coffin upon his own shoulders, and for a while bore the holy burden, caring little for the mud of the streets out of reverence for so great a man. Then the coffin was carried by the archbishops, bishops, and clergy of the city into the cathedral, with psalms and hymns. The lessons at the night vigil were read only by archbishops and bishops. They counted themselves fortunate who were able to touch his coffin, or kiss his feet, or grasp some piece of his garments. While his body lay above the ground before burial, clothed in pontifical vestments, face uncovered as was customary, his head crowned with a mitre, countless offerings and rich gifts were presented. In that city he had begun a new church in honour of the Mother of God, of such elegant design that it seemed to surpass all other churches in England, which he foretold would be completed whether in his life or after his death. He also instituted a confraternity in his diocese, from which a thousand marks were collected each year for the building of that work. Rumor spread abroad that by his merits, divine power granted healing to certain sick people. Nor is it strange if the Lord of Hosts showed some miracle on earth to magnify His beloved servant, whose reputation for holiness was so widely spread that many firmly believe he lived a life of virtue. Indeed, even before he became a bishop, he was renowned among religious men for his outstanding piety; and after his consecration as bishop, he strove, as far as the pastoral care allowed, always to keep the same model of life and humility. He abhorred the plague of simony so greatly that not even for the request of the king himself or any powerful man would he bestow church benefices on anyone, unless the person's moral worth made him worthy. Many more things could be usefully written about his praiseworthy way of life, but we leave them to more eloquent men and to those who have fuller knowledge of his deeds.
Per idem tempus domnus Hugo episcopus Lincolniensis, quondam prior cujusdam domus ordinis Carthusiensis in Anglia, cum a patriæ suæ revisitatione in Angliam regrederetur, apud Londoniam maxima ægritudine detentus est. Ex cujus ægritudinis molestia ex hac luce subtractus, ad indeficientem, ut credimus, transiit luminis claritatem. Cujus corpus exanime a Londoniis delatum, in civitatem Lincolniensem, episcopatus sui sedem, eodem tempore, Deo procurante, illatum est, quo rex Angliæ cum rege Scotia colloquium suum habuit; ubi tunc tres archiepiscopi et fere omnes nobiliores utriusque regni convenerant. Nuntiato itaque quod corpus episcopi jam appropinquaret civitati, catervatim ruunt populi in occursum funeris sui pastoris. Ipsi reges cum archiepiscopis et cum omni clero et principibus devote occurrunt. Cujus loculum rex, deposito fastu regio, cum archiepiscopis, submissis cervicibus, super humeros humiliter imponunt et per aliquam moram pium onus subvehunt, luteum platearum parvi pendentes pro tanti viri obsequio. Deinde ab archiepiscopis et episcopis et a clero civitatis cum psalmis et hymnis in basilicam sedis suæ bajulatur. Lectiones in nocturnis exsequiis vigiliarum nonnisi ab archiepiscopis et episcopis leguntur. Felices se arbitrabantur qui loculum ejus contingere, aut pedes deosculari, aut de vestimentis ejus aliquid apprehendere potuerunt. Copiosissima oblatio et magna donaria ei oblata sunt, quamdiu intumulatus super terram jacuit, pontificalibus insignitus, more solito faciem habens discoopertam, caput mitra redimitum. Novam quandam ecclesiam in honore Dei Genitricis eleganti schemate, in urbe illa inchoavit, quæ omnes alias basilicas in Anglia quadam structuræ elegantia superexcellere videtur, quam se vivum sive mortuum consummandam esse prædixit. Quandam vero fraternitatem in episcopatu suo instituit, ex qua mille marcæ singulis annis ad illud opus construendum colligebantur. Fama volitans perhibet quod meritis ipsius sanitatem quibusdam ægrotis divina virtus contulit. Nec mirum si Dominus virtutum pro dilecto suo apud homines in terris magnificando aliquod miraculum ostenderit, cujus sanctitatis opinio tam celebris apud plurimos exstitit, ut eum vitam virtutum duxisse incunctanter credant. Siquidem ante episcopatum præcipua religione præpollens, opinatissimus inter religiosos habebatur; quam utique conversationis ac humilitatis formulam etiam post episcopatum, in quantum ei licuit pro cura pastorali, semper habere studuit. Simoniacam vero pestem in tantum exhorruit, ut nec pro ipsius regis aut alicujus potentis favorabili petitione alicui ecclesiastica beneficia largiretur, nisi quem morum probitas commendabilem redderet. Plura sunt quæ de ejus laudabili conversatione utiliter conscribi possunt, sed ea eloquentioribus et qui majorum actuum ejus notitiam habent, relinquimus.
Note 1. Bishop Hugh of Lincoln died on the 16th November 1200. He was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln on 21st November 1186.
On 16th November 1207 Archbishop Walter de Coutances died.
On 16th November 1240 Archbishop Edmund Rich (age 65) died at Soisy-Bouy, Seine et Marne.
On 16th November 1272 King Henry III of England (age 65) died at Westminster [Map]. His son Edward (age 33) succeeded I King of England. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort England.
Chronicle of William Rishanger. The death of King Henry.
When King Henry had inflicted due vengeance upon the sacrilegious men of Norwich, he decided to return to London. And when he had turned aside to the Abbey of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, he was seized by a grave illness, which did not leave him until the end of his life. While he lay sick, the Earls and Barons of the land came to him with the bishops, so that they might be present at his passing. He humbly confessed his sins, beating his breast, and forgave everyone any ill-will, also promising an amendment of life. Thereupon he was absolved by a prelate; then he devoutly received the body of Christ, and, being anointed with extreme unction, he reverently adored the cross of the Lord, ordering that his debts be paid and the remainder be distributed equally to the needy. When he had duly accomplished these things, he yielded up his spirit to God [16th November 1272]. His body, moreover, was given honorable burial at Westminster.
Mors Henrici Regis.
Cum Rex Henricus condignam ultionem Northwicensibus dedisset sacrilegis, Londonias redire decrevit. Et cum ad Abbathiam Sancti Edmundi, Regis et Martyris, declinasset, gravi languore corripitur, qui eum non deseruit usque ad vitæ finem. Dum ægrotaret autem, venerunt ad eum Comites et Barones terræ, cum Pontificibus, ut ejus transitui interessent. Confessus est autem humiliter peccata sua, tundens pectus suum, et malam remittens omnibus voluntatem, emendationem quoque vitæ promittens. Exhinc absolvitur a Prælato: deinde devote suscepit corpus Christi, et, unctione delibutus extrema, crucem Domini suppliciter adoravit, jubens debita sua solvi, et residuum indigentibus æque partiri. Cum hæc rite peregisset, reddidit spiritum suum & Deo. Corpus autem ejus apud Westmonasterium honorificæ traditur sepulturæ.
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Chronicle of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London by Arnold Fitz Thedmar, 1201-1275. For immediately the King was dead, on the morrow of Saint Edmund the Archbishop [16th November 1272], the Archbishop of York, the Earl of Gloucester, and many other nobles of England, who were then present, came into the City and caused peace to be proclaimed as towards all persons, Jews as well as Christians; after which, they came into the Chamber of the Guildhall, where the Aldermen and the aforesaid Walter, with a countless multitude of people, were assembled; and, upon hearing of the disagreement that existed between the Aldermen and the said Walter, the Earl before-named, seeing such a vast multitude of people adhering to this Walter, in order that the quiet of the City might not be disturbed, requested that he might be admitted to the Mayoralty. But the Aldermen told him that that matter had been referred to the arbitration of ten men, in manner already stated. The Earl however, disregarding this arbitration, commanded that on the morrow, Friday namely, a Folkmote should be called together in the Churchyard, at Saint Paul's Cross, and that he should continue to be Mayor for that year, to whose election the greater part of the citizens should agree.
Chronicle of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London by Arnold Fitz Thedmar, 1201-1275. Afterwards, on the Feast of Saint Edmund the Archbishop [16th November 1272], Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, came to Westminster, and in presence of his lordship the King, who was then at the point of death, made promise upon oath that he would preserve the peace of the kingdom of England, and would, to the utmost of his power, cause the same to be observed; and that he would keep that kingdom in Sir Edward's behalf. Afterwards, at a late hour on the same day the King died, after a reign of fifty-six full years and twenty days; and was buried on the Feast of Saint Edmund the King [20 November], as set forth on the preceding leaf.
Annals of Oseney by Thomas Wykes. [Tiberius A.9.] In the same year, on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of December, that is, on the feast of Saint Edmund of Canterbury [16th November 1272], died Henry the Fourth [Third], king of England, of good memory, the son of King John, and he was buried in the conventual church of Westminster before the high altar; which church he had built from the foundations. This Henry reigned fifty-six years and twenty days, and he accomplished many wondrous works both among the clergy and among the people. Above all kings who were before him he loved the beauty of the house of God and divine service. Beyond all Englishmen he loved foreigners, and enriched them with countless gifts and possessions. He was succeeded by his first-born son Edward, who at the time was in the Holy Land.
Eodem anno xvi. kalendas Decembris, scilicet in die Sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis, obiit bonæ memoriæ Henricus quartus rex Angliæ filius regis Johannis, et sepultus est in ecclesia conventuali Westmonasterii ante altare autenticum; quam quidem ecclesiam construxerat a fundamentis. Iste Henricus regnavit quinquaginta et sex annis viginti diebus, et fecit tam in clero quam in populo multa mirabilia. Iste super omnes reges qui fuerunt ante ipsum dilexit decorem domus Dei et obsequium divinum. Iste super omnes Anglicos dilexit alienigenas, et eos innumerabilibus ditavit donariis et possessionibus. Cui successit Edwardus filius suus primogenitus existens in Terra Sancta.
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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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Annals of Six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet [1258-1328]. Henry, king of the English, falling ill in the month of November, on the feast of Saint Edmund the Bishop and Confessor [16th November 1272], fell asleep in the Lord at St Edmund’s, in Dover. And on the feast of blessed Edmund the King and Martyr [20th November], he was laid to rest at Westminster. This king, although in the affairs of the world he was considered less prudent, shone with all the greater devotion before God. For each day he was accustomed to hear three sung Masses, and, wishing to hear still more, he would continually attend upon priests celebrating in private. It once happened that Saint Louis, king of the French, conversing with him on this matter, said that one ought not always devote oneself to hearing Masses, but more frequently to listening to sermons. To whom he replied with witty courtesy: that he preferred to see his friend often, rather than to hear someone speaking about him, even if speaking good things. He was of medium height, of compact/broad build, and the eyelid of one eye was lower, so that it covered part of the black of the pupil. He was powerful in strength, but rash in action; yet because he had fortunate and successful outcomes, many think he was the one indicated by Merlin the prophet as “the lynx,” penetrating all things.
Henricus Anglorum rex mense Novembri infirmitate correptus, in die sancti Eadmuudi, episcopi et confessorisy in Doraino obdormivit. In die vero beati Eadmundi, regis et martyris, apud Westmonasterium traditur sepulturse. Iste rex quantum in sseculi actibus putatur minus prudens, tanto majori devotione apud Deum pollebat. Singrulis namque diebus tres missas cum nota audire solebat; et plures audire cupiens, privatim celebrantibus assistebat assidue. Contigit autem aliquando sanctum Lodovicum, Francorum regem, cum eo super hoc conferentem dicere. Quod non semper missis sed frequentius sermonibus audiendis esset vacandum. Cui faceta urbauitate respondens, ait, Se malle sæpins amicum suum videre, quam de eo loquentem, licet bona dicentcm. audire. Erat autem staturæ mediocris, compacti corporis, alterins oculi palpebra demissiore, ita ut partem nigredinis pupillæ celaret; robustus viribus, sed præceps in factis, in quibus tamen, quia fortunatos et felices exitns habuerit, putant eum multi apud Merlinum fatidicum per lyncem designatum omnia penetrantem.
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On 16th November 1326 King Edward II of England (age 42) was captured at Pant y Brâd, Llantrisant. He was imprisoned at Llantrisant Castle, Glamorganshire [Map]. Thereafter he was taken to Kenilworth Castle [Map], then Berkeley Castle [Map]. With him at the time of his capture were Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 40), Robert Holden, controller of his wardrobe; Robert Baldock, chancellor of England; two knights, one sergeant-at-arms, one valet and one clerk.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. In this year, in the month of November, Walter,1 Archbishop of Canterbury, died, and he was succeeded by Master Simon de Mepham, a doctor of theology, through a canonical election. In this same year, Master Thomas de Cobham2, Bishop of Worcester, also died; and he was succeeded by papal provision by Adam Orleton, formerly Bishop of Hereford, who had gone to the papal court on behalf of his own affairs and those of the king's mother. Likewise, the pope provided the Church of Hereford with Master Thomas de Charlton, who was then present at the court.
Hoc anno, mense Novembris, obiit Walterus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, cui successit per eleccionem canonicam magister Symon de Mepham, doctor in theologia. Hoc anno moriebatur magister Thomas de Cobham episcopus Wigorniensis; cui successit per provisionem pape Adam Torltoine, prius episcopus Herefordensis, ad curiam pro negociis propriis et matris regis profectus. Item papa providit ecclesie Herefordensi de magistro Thoma de Charletone, tunc in curia presente.
Note 1. Archbishop Walter Reynolds died on 16th November 1327.
Note 2. Thomas de Cobham, Bishop of Worcester, died on 27th August 1327.
On 16th November 1327 Archbishop Walter Reynolds died at Mortlake, Richmond.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. On Monday, the middle battle of the army was lodged at a fine town called Ayollpuhbone, which had long been defended but was at last taken by assault; its outer castle surrendered thereafter. The Prince ordered that nothing should be harmed by fire, out of respect for the Count of Foix, to whose domain it belonged. On the morning of Tuesday, crossing with difficulty the river called Besyle, they entered a very desolate region. But around the first hour [around 7 a.m.], they arrived before a great monastery of the Cistercian order,1 founded by the grandfather of the Count of Foix, called Burgbone. There, the Count himself,2 the senior noble of all the Langue d'Oc, came joyfully to meet the Lord Prince, having escaped from the prison of the French king, where he had lain in Paris for two years. From that point forward, he remained faithfully with the Prince. At that time, the Count was young, about twenty-one years of age, and not yet a knight. That day they rode through the Count's territory, through the villages of Maselle and Calmon, separated by a river, on the far side of which once stood an ancient, now-ruined castle. They left to the right the large town of Saint-Cavele and the high stronghold called Hautripe, which belonged to the French. But that day they burned nothing, out of reverence for the said Count and respect for his neighbourhood.
Die Lune media custodia ospitabatur apud bonam villam vocatam Ayollpuhbone, diu defensam, set conquisitam per insultum; cuius castrum ad extra se reddidit; quibus princeps iussit nihil noceri per ignem, ratione comitis Fluxensis, cuius dominio pertinebant. Mane diei Martis, transcuntes set districte flumen vocatum Besyle, intrarunt patriam nimis vastam; set circa horam primam venecrunt coram grandi monasterio ordinis Cisterciensis, fundato per avum comitis Fluxensis, vocato Burgbone, ubi comes prefatus, maior scilicet tocius lingue Doxitane, obviavit cum magna leticia domino principi, evasus de carcere coronati Francorum, in quo Parisius iacuit duobus annis; et mansit ex tunc cum principe fidelis. Tunc erat predictus comes iuvenis, etatis quasi viginti unius annorum, necdum miles extiterat. Illo die equitarunt in dominio illius comitis per villas de Maselle et Calmon, quam dividit aqua, ex cuius parte ulteriori fuit antiquitus castrum destructum; et dimiserunt a dextris magnam villam de Seint Cavele et arduum castrum vocatum Hautripe, que sunt Gallicorum. Set illo die nihil incenderunt propter reverenciam comitis prefati et sue vicinie.
Note 1. The abbey of Boulbonne was founded in 1129 as a Benedictine house, but in 1150 it was transferred to the Cistercian order. Roger Bernard, comte de Foix, was a benefactor in 1160. Gallia Christ., 13.288.
Note 2. Gaston Phœbus (age 24), comte de Foix, sided with his brother-in-law, Charles of Navarre (age 23), against king John, who thereupon imprisoned him; but, on the prince of Wales's advance, he was liberated and sent to oppose it.
On 16th November 1357 Adolph La Marck (age 23) was appointed Bishop Münster.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 16th of November [1357] after her return to Hertford Castle [Map], she was visited by the renowned Gascon warrior, the Captal de Buche (age 26), cousin of the Comte de Foix. He had recently come over into England with the Prince of Wales, having taken part, on the English side, in the great battle of Poitiers.
On 16th November 1379 Otto "The Bavarian" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 38) died.
On 16th November 1397 Cardinal Philippe Valois (age 58) died.
On 16th November 1441 Queen Charlotte of Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 28) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 23). She married 1451 her second cousin once removed King Louis XI of France, son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France, and had issue.
Chronicle of Robert Fabyan [-1512]. 16th November 1499. In thys yere, the. xvi. day of Nouember, was areyned in the Whyte Halle at Westmynster, the forenamed Parkyn (age 25), &. iii. other;
Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. 16th November 1499. Perkyn (age 25) (of whom rehearsal was made before) being now in hold, could not leave with the destruction of himself, and confusion of other that had associate themselves with him, but began now to study which way to fly and escape. For he by false persuasions and liberal promises corrupted Strangways, Blewet, Astwood and long Rogier his keepers, being servants to Sir John, Digby Lieutenant. In so much that they (as it was at their arraignment openly proved) intended to have slain the said Master, and to have set Perkyn and the Earl of Warwick (age 24) at large, which Earl was by them made privy of this enterprise, and thereunto (as all natural creatures love liberty) to his destruction assented, but this crafty device and subtle imagination, being opened and disclosed, sorted to none effect, and so he being repulsed and put back from all hope and good luck with all his accomplices and confederates, and John Awater sometime Mayor of Corffe in Ireland, one of his founders, and his son, were the sixteen day of November arraigned and condemned at Westminster.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1519. 16 Nov. [1519] Calig. D. VII. 158. B. M. 514. Boleyn (age 42) To Wolsey.
Wrote his last on the 31st Oct. Yesterday se'night the King and Queen came hither from Amboise. On Wednesday Mountpesat arrived from England, praising his entertainment there. My Lady told him that Mountpesat had informed her "how the King my master had put off his beard, and axed me if I knew not of it. I said that Mountpesat had been with me at my lodging, and towlde me likewise; and further said that, as I supposed, it hath been by the Queen's desire; for I told my Lady that I have here afore time known when the King's grace hath worn long his beard, that the Queen hath daily made him great instance, and desired him to put it off for her sake." Thinks that she had taken some offence at him because he had shown a letter from Wolsey of the 28th of July, in which the King promised to wear his beard till the meeting. She also "axed" him "if [the] Queen's grace was nat awnte to the king of Spain." Boleyn answered he was her sister's son, but that the king of England had greater affection for her son than any King living. She was well appeased, and said, "Th[eir love] is nat in the berdes, but in the harts."
Next day the King asked him if he had heard any news from England. On his replying in the negative, Francis "laid his hand on his breast, and said, By the fay[th] of a gentleman, that, but for the very trust he had of the said meetin[g and] entrevieu, he would have been at this day at Myllan."
There is a talk of the duke of Albany going to Scotland; but my Lady assured Boleyn he should not, though he was much desired there. He is now in ... with his wife, but at the court no one is so familiar with the King. The Pope's legate, who had received the Bishopric of Coutances and great presents, has returned to Rome. If the Pope die it is thought Francis will help the legate to the papacy. An ambassador is expected from Denmark for new aid for the adventurers th[at went] thither this last summer. Many of them are in prison. The king of Denmark detains their captain, brother of the seneschal of Normandy. The bastard of Savoy has been made Grand Master. He perceives by Mountpesatt, that French gentlemen are much better treated in England than Englishmen in France. Blois, 16 Nov. Signature burnt off.
Mutilated, pp. 3. Add. Endd.
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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 November 1528 Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre was born to King Henry II of Navarre (age 25) and Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre (age 36). She married her third cousin Antoine King Navarre, son of Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme, and had issue.
On 16th November 1531 Anna d'Este was born to Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara (age 23) and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 21). She married (1) 29th April 1548 her third cousin once removed Francis II Duke Guise, son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise, and had issue (2) 29th April 1566 her third cousin once removed Jacques of Savoy 2nd Duke of Nemours and had issue.
On 16th November 1538 Henry VIII (age 47) attacked Thomas of Becket's reputation, removing his canonisation at the same time.
Henry enacted legislation as follows:
ITEM, for as moche as it appereth now clerely, that Thomas Becket, sometyme Archbyshop of Canterburie, stubburnly to withstand the holsome lawes establyshed agaynste the enormities of the clergie, by the kynges highness mooste noble progenitour, kynge HENRY the Seconde, for the common welthe, reste, and tranquillitie of this realme, of his frowarde mynde fledde the realme into Fraunce, and to the bishop of Rome, mayntenour of those enormities, to procure the abrogation of the sayd lawes, whereby arose moch trouble in this said realme, and that his dethe, which they untruely called martyrdome, happened upon a reskewe by him made, and that, as it is written, he gave opprobrious wordes to the gentyllmen, whiche than counsayled hym to leave his stubbernesse, and to avoyde the commocion of the people, rysen up for that rescue. And he not only callyd the one of them bawde, but also toke Tracy by the bosome, and violently shoke and plucked hym in suche maner, that he had almoste overthrowen hym to the pavement of the Churche; so that upon this fray one of their company, perceivynge the same, strake hym, and so in the thronge Becket was slayne. And further that his canonization was made onely by the bysshop of Rome, bycause he had ben a champion of maynteyne his usurped auctoritie, and a bearer of the iniquitie of the clergie, for these and for other great and urgent causes, longe to recyte, the Kynge's Maiestie, by the advyse of his counsayle, hath thought expedient to declare to his lovynge subjectes, that notwithstandynge the sayde canonization, there appereth nothynge in his lyfe and exteriour conversation, wherby he shuld be callyd a sainct, but rather estemed to have ben a rebell and traytour to his prynce. Therefore his Grace strayghtly chargeth and commandeth that from henseforth the sayde Thomas Becket shall not be estemed, named, reputed, nor called a sayncte, but bysshop Becket; and that his ymages and pictures, through the hole realme, shall be putte downe, and avoyded out of all churches, chapelles, and other places; and that from henseforthe, the dayes used to be festivall in his name shall not be observed, nor the service, office, antiphoners, colletes, and prayers, in his name redde, but rased and put out of all the bokes.
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On 16th November 1560 Marie Jakobaea Baden Duchess Bavaria (age 53) died.
On 16th November 1625 Sofonisba Anguissola (age 93) died.
On 16th November 1657 Dorothea Oldenburg was born to Frederick III King of Denmark (age 48) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 29). She died aged less than one years old.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th November 1661. I presented my translation of "Naudæus concerning Libraries" to my Lord Chancellor (age 52); but it was miserably false printed.
On 16th November 1661 Johann Philip Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 59) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 42) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%. He died aged less than one years old.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th November 1663. Thence to my Lord's lodgings thinking to find Mr. Moore, in order to the sending away my letter of reproof to my Lord, but I do not find him, but contrary do find my Lord come to Court, which I am glad to hear and should be more glad to hear that he do follow his business that I may not have occasion to venture upon his good nature by such a provocation as my letter will be to him. So by coach home, to the Exchange [Map], where I talked about several businesses with several people, and so home to dinner with my wife, and then in the afternoon to my office, and there late, and in the evening Mr. Hollyard (age 54) came, and he and I about our great work to look upon my wife's malady, which he did, and it seems her great conflux of humours, heretofore that did use to swell there, did in breaking leave a hollow which has since gone in further and further; till now it is near three inches deep, but as God will have it do not run into the bodyward, but keeps to the outside of the skin, and so he must be forced to cut it open all along, and which my heart I doubt will not serve for me to see done, and yet she will not have any body else to see it done, no, not her own mayds, and so I must do it, poor wretch, for her. To-morrow night he is to do it. He being gone, I to my office again a little while, and so home to supper and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th November 1664. Up and to my business, and then to White Hall, there to attend the Lords Commissioners, and so directly home and dined with Sir W. Batten (age 63) and my Lady, and after dinner had much discourse tending to profit with Sir W. Batten, how to get ourselves into the prize office1 or some other fair way of obliging the King (age 34) to consider us in our extraordinary pains.
Note 1. The Calendars of State Papers are full of references to applications for Commissionerships of the Prize Office. In December, 1664, the Navy Committee appointed themselves the Commissioners for Prize Goods, Sir Henry Bennet (age 46) being appointed Comptroller, and Lord Ashley (age 43) treasurer.
On 16th November 1664 Marie Anne Bourbon was born to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 26) and Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 17.28%. She died aged less than one years old.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th November 1665. Up, and fitted myself for my journey down to the fleete, and sending my money and boy down by water to Eriffe, [Erith, Kent] I borrowed a horse of Mr. Boreman's son, and after having sat an houre laughing with my Lady Batten and Mrs. Turner (age 42), and eat and drank with them, I took horse and rode to Eriffe, where, after making a little visit to Madam Williams, who did give me information of W. Howe's having bought eight bags of precious stones taken from about the Dutch Vice-Admirall's neck, of which there were eight dyamonds which cost him £60,000 sterling, in India, and hoped to have made £2000 here for them. And that this is told by one that sold him one of the bags, which hath nothing but rubys in it, which he had for 35s.; and that it will be proved he hath made £125 of one stone that he bought. This she desired, and I resolved I would give my Lord Sandwich (age 40) notice of.
On 16th November 1665 George Geldorp (age 85) died.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th November 1666. At noon to the 'Change [Map], and thence back to the new taverne come by us; the Three Tuns [Map], where D. Gawden did feast us all with a chine of beef and other good things, and an infinite dish of fowl, but all spoiled in the dressing. This noon I met with Mr. Hooke (age 31), and he tells me the dog which was filled with another dog's blood, at the College the other day, is very well, and like to be so as ever, and doubts not its being found of great use to men; and so do Dr. Whistler, who dined with us at the taverne.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th November 1667. Thence, it being too soon, I to Westminster Hall [Map], it being now about 7 at night, and there met Mr. Gregory, my old acquaintance, an understanding gentleman; and he and I walked an hour together, talking of the bad prospect of the times; and the sum of what I learn from him is this: That the King (age 37) is the most concerned in the world against the Chancellor (age 58), and all people that do not appear against him, and therefore is angry with the Bishops, having said that he had one Bishop on his side (Crofts ), and but one: that Buckingham (age 39) and Bristoll (age 55) are now his only Cabinet Council1 and that, before the Duke of York (age 34) fell sick, Buckingham was admitted to the King of his Cabinet, and there stayed with him several hours, and the Duke of York shut out. That it is plain that there is dislike between the King and Duke of York, and that it is to be feared that the House will go so far against the Chancellor, that they must do something to undo the Duke of York, or will not think themselves safe. That this Lord Vaughan (age 28), that is so great against the Chancellor, is one of the lewdest fellows of the age, worse than Sir Charles Sidly (age 28); and that he was heard to swear, God damn him, he would do my Lord Clarendon's business. That he do find that my Lord Clarendon hath more friends in both Houses than he believes he would have, by reason that they do see what are the hands that pull him down; which they do not like. That Harry Coventry (age 48) was scolded at by the King severely the other day; and that his answer was that, if he must not speak what he thought in this business in Parliament, he must not come thither. And he says that by this very business Harry Coventry hath got more fame and common esteem than any gentleman in England hath at this day, and is an excellent and able person. That the King, who not long ago did say of Bristoll, that he was a man able in three years to get himself a fortune in any kingdom in the world, and lose all again in three months, do now hug him, and commend his parts every where, above all the world. How fickle is this man [the King], and how unhappy we like to be! That he fears some furious courses will be taken against the Duke of York; and that he hath heard that it was designed, if they cannot carry matters against the Chancellor, to impeach the Duke of York himself, which God forbid! That Sir Edward Nicholas (age 74), whom he served while Secretary, is one of the best men in the world, but hated by the Queen-Mother (age 57), for a service he did the old King against her mind and her favourites; and that she and my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26) did make the King to lay him aside: but this man says that he is one of the most perfect heavenly and charitable men in the whole world.
Note 1. The term Cabinet Council, as stated by Clarendon, originated thus, in 1640: "The bulk and burden of the state affairs lay principally upon the shoulders of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Strafford, and the Lord Cottington; some others being joined to them, as the Earl of Northumberland for ornament, the Bishop of London for his place, the two Secretaries, Sir H. Vane and Sir Francis Windebank, for service and communication of intelligence: only the Marquis of Hamilton, indeed, by his skill and interest, bore as great a part as he had a mind to do, and had the skill to meddle no further than he had a mind. These persons made up the committee of state, which was reproachfully after called the junto, and enviously then in the Court the Cabinet Council" ("History of the Rebellion", vol. i., p. 211, edit. 1849).
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th November 1668. Up, and by water to White Hall, and there at the robe chamber at a Committee for Tangier, where some of us-my Lord Sandwich (age 43), Sir W. Coventry (age 40), and myself, with another or two-met to debate the business of the Mole, and there drew up reasons for the King's taking of it into his own hands, and managing of it upon accounts with Sir H. Cholmley. This being done I away to Holborne, about Whetstone's Park, where I never was in my life before, where I understand by my wife's discourse that Deb. is gone, which do trouble me mightily that the poor girle should be in a desperate condition forced to go thereabouts, and there not hearing of any such man as Allbon, with whom my wife said she now was, I to the Strand, and there by sending Drumbleby's boy, my flageolet maker, to Eagle Court, where my wife also by discourse lately let fall that he did lately live, I find that this Dr. Allbon is a kind of poor broken fellow that dare not shew his head nor be known where he is gone, but to Lincoln's Inn Fields I went to Mr. Povy's (age 54), but missed him, and so hearing only that this Allbon is gone to Fleet Street, I did only call at Martin's, my bookseller's, and there bought "Cassandra", and some other French books for my wife's closet, and so home, having eat nothing but two pennyworths of oysters, opened for me by a woman in the Strand, while the boy went to and again to inform me about this man, and therefore home and to dinner, and so all the afternoon at the office, and there late busy, and so home to supper, and pretty pleasant with my wife to bed, rested pretty well.
On 16th November 1671 Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 31) and Elizabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern Duchess Orléans (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Orléans. He the son of Louis XIII King France and Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th November 1676. My son (age 21) and I dining at my Lord Chamberlain's (age 58), he showed us among others that incomparable piece of Raphael's, being a Minister of State dictating to Guicciardini, the earnestness of whose face looking up in expectation of what he was next to write, is so to the life, and so natural, as I esteem it one of the choicest pieces of that admirable artist. There was a woman's head of Leonardo da Vinci; a Madonna of old Palma, and two of Vandyke's, of which one was his own picture at length, when young, in a leaning posture; the other, an eunuch, singing. Rare pieces indeed!
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th November 1697. The King's (age 47) entry very pompous; but is nothing approaching that of King Charles II
After his father died on 16th November 1727 his uncle Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey (age 34) arranged for Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (deceased) to be kidnapped so that he wouldn't inherit his father's titles or estates. In 1737 he would also have inherited the estates of his cousin Arthur Annesley 5th Earl Anglesey (age 47). He was shipped to a plantation in Delaware and sold into indentured servitude.
On 16th November 1739 Margaret Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 38) and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond (age 34). She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She died aged one in 1741.
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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 November 1745 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 80) died. His coffin-plate says 5th November 1645. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His brother Charles (age 74) de jure 3rd Duke Ormonde (he didn't claim the title since his brother the second duke had been attainted for supporting the Jacobite rebellion), 3rd Marquess Ormonde, 14th Earl Ormonde, 7th Earl Ossory.
On 16th November 1784 George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton (age 24) and Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (age 23) were married at Navestock, Essex. She the daughter of James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 48). He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 49) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 47). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th November 1797 Frederick William II King Prussia (age 53) died. His son Frederick (age 27) succeeded II King Prussia.
In April 1813 Fanny Mary ffolkes (age 36) died.
On 6th March 1869 Fanny Anna West (age 43) died.
On 16th November 1867 William John Browne ffolkes (age 47) died.
Memorials in Church of St Mary, Hillington [Map].
Fanny Mary ffolkes: In April 1777 she was born to Martin ffolkes 1st Baronet and Fanny Turner. On 28th May 1802 Gilbert Hervey West and she were married.
Fanny Anna West: In 1826 she was born to Edward West and Lucretia Georgiana ffolkes at Bombay, India. Before 6th March 1869 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gregory Wale and she were married.
William John Browne ffolkes: On 13th January 1820 he was born to William Browne ffolkes 2nd Baronet and Charlotte Philippa Browne.
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Greville Memoirs. 16th November 1830. Yesterday morning I went to Downing Street early, to settle with Lord Bathurst (age 68) about the new appointment to my office. Till I told him he did not know the appointment was in the Crown; so he hurried off to the King, and proposed his son William. The King was very gracious, and said, 'I can never object to a father's doing what he can for his own children,' which was an oblique word for the bâtards, about whom, however, it may be said en passant he has been marvellously forbearing.
Greville Memoirs. 16th November 1830. I had a long conversation with Lady Bathurst (age 64), who told me that the Duke had resolved to stand or fall on the Reform question, that he had asked Lord Bathurst's (age 68) opinion, who had advised him by all means to do so; that Lord Bathurst had likewise put his own place at the Duke's disposal long before, and was ready to resign at any moment. It is clear that Lord Bathurst had some suspicion that the Duke had an idea of not standing or falling by that question, for he asked him whether anybody had given him different advice, to which he replied, though it seems rather vaguely, 'No, oh no; I think you are quite right.' I told her the substance of what I had heard about his being disposed to a compromise. She said it was quite impossible, that he would be disgraced irredeemably, but owned it was odd that there should be that notion and the suspicion which crossed Lord Bathurst's mind. I do think it is possible, but for his honour I hope not. The Bathursts felt this appointment of William was a sort of 'Nunc dimittis,' but there is yet something between the cup and the lip, for Stanley got up in the House of Commons and attacked the appointment, and it is just possible it may yet be stopped.
On 16th November 1831 Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 74) died.
On 16th November 1843 Louise Jopling nee Goode was born to Thomas Smith Goode in Manchester, Lancashire. She married (1) 1860 Francis "Frank" Romer (2) 1874 Joseph Middleton Jopling.
On 16th November 1921 John Russell 4th Earl Russell was born to Bertrand Russell 3rd Earl Russell (age 49).
On 16th November 1937 Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 26) died.
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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 November 1937 Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 31) died in a plane crash.
On 16th November 1937 Stillborn son Hesse Darmstadt was born to Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 31) and Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 26). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.83%.
On 16th November 1937 Alexander Hesse Darmstadt (age 4) died in a plane crash.
On 16th November 1937 Ludwig Hesse Darmstadt (age 6) died in a plane crash.
On 16th November 1938 Alexander Keiller (age 48) and Doris Emerson Chapman (age 35) were married.
On 16th November 1956 Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland was born to Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland (age 42) and Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Northumberland (age 34). He married 21st July 1979 Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland.
On 16th November 2011 Maureen Swanson (age 78) died. She was buried at the Earl of Dudley's Memory Garden, St Michael's Church, Himley [Map].
On 16th November 1441 Queen Charlotte of Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 28) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 23). She married 1451 her second cousin once removed King Louis XI of France, son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France, and had issue.
On 16th November 1528 Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre was born to King Henry II of Navarre (age 25) and Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre (age 36). She married her third cousin Antoine King Navarre, son of Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme, and had issue.
On 16th November 1531 Anna d'Este was born to Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara (age 23) and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 21). She married (1) 29th April 1548 her third cousin once removed Francis II Duke Guise, son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise, and had issue (2) 29th April 1566 her third cousin once removed Jacques of Savoy 2nd Duke of Nemours and had issue.
On 16th November 1632 Anthony Cope 4th Baronet was born to John Cope 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Fane (age 24). He married 1652 his first cousin Mary Gerard Lady Cope, daughter of Dutton Gerard 3rd Baron Gerard and Mary Fane Baroness Gerard.
On 16th November 1657 Dorothea Oldenburg was born to Frederick III King of Denmark (age 48) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 29). She died aged less than one years old.
On 16th November 1659 John Thornycroft 1st Baronet was born to John Thornycroft and Dorothy Howel.
On 16th November 1661 Johann Philip Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 59) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 42) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 16th November 1664 Marie Anne Bourbon was born to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 26) and Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 17.28%. She died aged less than one years old.
On 16th November 1684 Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst was born to Benjamin Bathurst (age 45) and Frances Apsley (age 29). He married July 1704 his first cousin Catherine Apsley Countess Bathurst Sussex and had issue.
On 16th November 1690 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 25) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 23). He married (1) 1712 his first cousin Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (2) 1732 Elizabeth Cartwright Viscountess Tyconnel.
On 16th November 1739 Margaret Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 38) and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond (age 34). She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She died aged one in 1741.
On 16th November 1744 Fletcher Norton was born to Fletcher Norton 1st Baron Grantley (age 28) and Grace Chapple Baroness Grantley. He married 1793 Caroline Elizabeth Balmain and had issue.
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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 November 1767 William John Gore was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran (age 33) and Catherine Annesley. He married before 23rd November 1801 Caroline Hales, daughter of Thomas Hales 4th Baronet, and had issue.
On 16th November 1773 Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways was born to Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester (age 26) and Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester (age 18). She married 17th April 1796 William Davenport Talbot of Lacock Abbey and had issue.
On 16th November 1782 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 2nd Earl Minto was born to Gilbert Elliot 1st Earl Minto (age 31) and Anna-Maria Amyand Countess Minto (age 30). He married 1806 Mary Brydone Countess Minto and had issue.
On 16th November 1784 John Dalrymple 7th Earl of Stair was born to William Dalrymple (age 48). He married 2nd June 1808 Laura Manners Countess Stair, daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache 7th Countess Dysart.
On 16th November 1785 Frederick Pleydell-Bouverie was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 2nd Earl Radnor (age 35) and Anne Duncombe Countess Radnor (age 27).
On 16th November 1795 Sophia Sherard Lady Whichcote was born to Philip Sherard 5th Earl Harborough (age 28). She married (1) 9th April 1812 Thomas Whichcote 6th Baronet, son of Thomas Whichcote 5th Baronet and Diana Turnor Lady Whichcote, and had issue (2) 23rd April 1840 William Charles Evans 8th Baron Carbery.
On 16th November 1800 Richard White 2nd Earl Bantry was born to Richard White 1st Earl Bantry (age 33) and Margaret Anne Hare Countess Bantry at St Finbar, County Cork. He married 11th October 1836 Mary O'Brien Countess Bantry, daughter of William O'Brien 2nd Marquess Thomond and Rebecca Trotter Marchioness Thomond.
On 16th November 1807 Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham (age 42) and Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 33). She married 1831 John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon and had issue.
On 16th November 1808 Henry Thomas Howard was born to Thomas Howard 16th Earl Suffolk 9th Earl Berkshire (age 32) and Elizabeth Jane Dutton Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 33).
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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 November 1808 Bishop Walter Kerr Hamilton was born to Archdeacon Anthony Hamilton (age 30).
On 16th November 1810 John Eardley-Wilmot 2nd Baronet was born to John Eardley-Wilmot 1st Baronet (age 27). He married 17th April 1839 Eliza Martha Williams Lady Eardley-Williams, daughter of Robert Williams 9th Baronet and Anne Hughes, and had issue.
On 16th November 1827 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk was born to James Carnegie 5th Baronet (age 28). He married (1) 19th June 1849 Catherine Hamilton Noel, daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams, and had issue (2) 1860 Susan Catherine Mary Murray Countess Southesk, daughter of Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore, and had issue.
On 16th November 1829 John Hamilton 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell was born to Archibald James Hamilton 12th of Orbiston at Marseilles, France. He married 29th March 1864 Emily Eleanor Leslie-Melville and had issue.
On 16th November 1843 Louise Jopling nee Goode was born to Thomas Smith Goode in Manchester, Lancashire. She married (1) 1860 Francis "Frank" Romer (2) 1874 Joseph Middleton Jopling.
On 16th November 1844 Edgar Jacob was born to Philip Jacob.
On 16th November 1853 Beatrice Grey was born to Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham (age 49) and Julia Thellusson Baroness Walsingham (age 36). She married 10th February 1887 Walter Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot aka Carpenter, son of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford.
On 16th November 1857 Osbert Victor George Atheling Lumley was born to Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough (age 44) and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. He married before 27th July 1896 his third cousin Constance Ellinor Wilson-Patten and had issue.
On 16th November 1857 Aldred Beresford Lumley 10th Earl Scarborough was born to Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough (age 44) and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough at Tickhill Castle [Map]. He married 8th April 1899 Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough and had issue.
On 16th November 1866 Sidney Greville was born to George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke (age 48) and Anne Charteris Countess Warwick (age 37).
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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 November 1871 William Francis Cornewall 7th Baronet was born to George Henry Cornewall 5th Baronet (age 38) and Louisa Frances Bayley Lady Cornewall.
On 16th November 1878 Raymond Herbert Asquith was born to Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (age 26) and Helen Kelsall Melland (age 24).
On 16th November 1880 Lionel George William Guest was born to Ivor Bertie Guest (age 45) and Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill Baroness Wimborne (age 33).
On 16th November 1896 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet was born to Oswald Mosley 5th Baronet (age 22) and Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote (age 22) at 47 Hill Street. He married (1) 11th May 1920 Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats, daughter of George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston, and had issue (2) 6th October 1936 Diana Mitford, daughter of David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles, and had issue.
On 16th November 1921 John Russell 4th Earl Russell was born to Bertrand Russell 3rd Earl Russell (age 49).
On 16th November 1928 Anne Katharine Gabrielle Lumley Viscountess Ridley was born to Roger Lumley 11th Earl of Scarbrough (age 32) and Katherine Isobel McEwen Countess Scarborough (age 29). She married 3rd June 1953 Matthew White Ridley 4th Viscount Ridley, son of Matthew White Ridley 3rd Viscount Ridley and Ursula Lutyens, and had issue.
On 16th November 1937 Stillborn son Hesse Darmstadt was born to Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 31) and Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 26). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.83%.
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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 November 1956 Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland was born to Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland (age 42) and Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Northumberland (age 34). He married 21st July 1979 Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland.
On 16th November 1967 Jonathan Walpole 11th and 9th Baron Walpole was born to Robert Walpole 10th and 8th Baron Walpole (age 28).
On 16th November 1327 William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 15) and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 46) and Maud Chaworth. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent (age 18) and Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent (age 19) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 48) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 45). He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 16th November 1628 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby Parham. They were sixth cousins.
On 16th November 1635 Thomas Trollope 1st Baronet (age 40) and Mary Clitherow Lady Trollope (age 25) were married.
On 16th November 1671 Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 31) and Elizabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern Duchess Orléans (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Orléans. He the son of Louis XIII King France and Anne of Austria Spain Queen Consort France. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 16th November 1754 William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 46) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Richard Granville.
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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 November 1784 George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton (age 24) and Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (age 23) were married at Navestock, Essex. She the daughter of James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 48). He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 49) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 47). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th November 1797 Field Marshal George Nugent 1st Baronet (age 40) and Maria Skinner (age 26) were married.
On 16th November 1805 John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 24) and Maria Fane (age 18) were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 46) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 47) and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 44).
On 16th November 1858 George Baker 3rd Baronet (age 42) and Augusta Catherine Fitzwygram (age 39) were married.
On 16th November 1870 Edward Harris 4th Earl Malmesbury (age 28) and Sylvia Georgina Stewart Countess of Malmesbury were married.
On 16th November 1920 Roland Cubitt 3rd Baron Ashcombe (age 21) and Sonia Rosemary Keppel (age 20) were married at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks.
On 16th November 1938 Alexander Keiller (age 48) and Doris Emerson Chapman (age 35) were married.
On 16th November 1954 Captain Gerald Ponsonby 6th Baron de Mauley (age 32) and Helen Alice Douglas Baroness de Mauley (age 33) were married. They were second cousins.
On 16th November 1005 Archbishop Ælfric died.
On 16th November 1093 Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland (age 48) died three days after her husband King Malcolm III of Scotland (deceased) and her son Edward Dunkeld were killed at the Battle of Alnwick.
On 16th November 1140 Wulfgrin Angoulême II Count Angoulême died. His son William succeeded VI Count Angoulême.
On 16th November 1200 Bishop Hugh of Lincoln (age 60) died.
On 16th November 1207 Archbishop Walter de Coutances died.
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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 November 1240 Archbishop Edmund Rich (age 65) died at Soisy-Bouy, Seine et Marne.
On 16th November 1272 King Henry III of England (age 65) died at Westminster [Map]. His son Edward (age 33) succeeded I King of England. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 16th November 1327 Archbishop Walter Reynolds died at Mortlake, Richmond.
On 16th November 1379 Otto "The Bavarian" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 38) died.
On 16th November 1397 Cardinal Philippe Valois (age 58) died.
On 16th November 1560 Marie Jakobaea Baden Duchess Bavaria (age 53) died.
On 16th November 1585 Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 60) died. His son Henry (age 23) succeeded 12th Earl Kildare.
On 16th November 1601 Charles Neville 6th Earl of Westmoreland (age 59) died at Nieuwpoort penniless and largely forgotten. He had been attainted in 1571 hence his title Earl of Westmoreland was forfeit. Raby Castle, County Durham [Map] was taken into Royal custody.
On 16th November 1625 Sofonisba Anguissola (age 93) died.
On 16th November 1637 Margaret St Lawrence Countess Fingall died.
On 16th November 1638 Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon (age 66) died. He was buried at Cecil Chapel St Mary's Church, Wimbledon. Viscount Wimbledon, Baron Cecil of Putney extinct.
On 16th November 1665 George Geldorp (age 85) died.
On 16th November 1717 Hester Davenport Countess of Oxford (age 75) died.
On 16th November 1727 Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 38) died. His brother Richard (age 34) succeeded 5th Baron Altham.
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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 November 1732 John Guise 3rd Baronet (age 55) died. His son John (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Guise of Elmore in Gloucestershire.
On 16th November 1738 Henry Maynard 3rd Baronet (age 62) died. His son William (age 17) succeeded 4th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.
On 16th November 1739 Henry Grey 3rd Earl Stamford (age 54) died. His son Henry (age 24) succeeded 4th Earl Stamford, 5th Baron Grey of Groby. Mary Booth Countess Stamford (age 35) by marriage Countess Stamford.
On 16th November 1745 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 80) died. His coffin-plate says 5th November 1645. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His brother Charles (age 74) de jure 3rd Duke Ormonde (he didn't claim the title since his brother the second duke had been attainted for supporting the Jacobite rebellion), 3rd Marquess Ormonde, 14th Earl Ormonde, 7th Earl Ossory.
On 16th November 1757 Thomas Samwell 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. His son Thomas (age 46) succeeded 3rd Baronet Samwell of Upton in Northamptonshire.
On 16th November 1758 Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 82) died. His son Nathaniel (age 32) succeeded 5th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 5th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 20) by marriage Lady Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.
On 16th November 1762 John Boyle 5th Earl Cork (age 55) died. His son Hamilton (age 32) succeeded 6th Earl Cork.
On 16th November 1769 Henry Paget 2nd Earl Uxbridge (age 50) died. Earl Uxbridge, Baron Burton extinct. His third cousin Henry (age 25) succeeded 9th Baron Paget Beaudasert.
On 16th November 1793 Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney (age 81) died. His son Charles (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baron Romney, 7th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. Frances Wyndham (age 38) by marriage Baroness Romney.
On 16th November 1797 Frederick William II King Prussia (age 53) died. His son Frederick (age 27) succeeded II King Prussia.
On 16th November 1814 John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 70) died. His grandson John (age 21) succeeded 2nd Marquis of the Isle of Bute, 5th Earl Bute, 2nd Earl of Windsor, 2nd Viscount Mountjoy of the Isle of Wight.
On 16th November 1831 Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 74) 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 November 1832 Catherine Anne Cope (age 61) died.
On 16th November 1834 Sophia Margaret Lygon Lady Kent (age 45) died.
On 16th November 1863 Maria Carleton Baroness Bolton (age 86) died.
On 16th November 1912 Somerset Gough-Calthorpe 7th Baron Calthorpe (age 81) died. His son Somerset (age 49) succeeded 8th Baron Calthorpe of Calthorpe in Norfolk, 9th Gough-Calthorpe of Edgbaston in Warwickshire.
On 16th November 1929 Charles Stanhope 10th Earl of Harrington (age 42) died. His son William (age 7) succeeded 11th Earl Harrington, 11th Viscount Petersham, 11th Baron Harrington.
On 16th November 1931 Richard Granville Hare 4th Earl of Listowel (age 65) died. His son William (age 25) succeeded 5th Earl Listowel in County Kerry.
On 16th November 1934 Odo Vivian 3rd Baron Swansea (age 59) died. His son John (age 9) succeeded 4th Baron Swansea of Singleton in Glamorganshire, 4th Baronet Vivian of Singleton in Swansea in Glamorganshire.
On 16th November 1937 Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 31) died in a plane crash.
On 16th November 1937 Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 26) died.
On 16th November 1970 Michael Guy Percival Willoughby 11th Baron Middleton (age 83) died. His son Digby (age 49) succeeded 12th Baron Middleton, 13th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton.
On 16th November 2011 Maureen Swanson (age 78) died. She was buried at the Earl of Dudley's Memory Garden, St Michael's Church, Himley [Map].
On 16th November 2013 William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley (age 93) died. He was buried at the Earl of Dudley's Memory Garden, St Michael's Church, Himley [Map]. His son William (age 66) succeeded 5th Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire, 15th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
On 16th November 2013 Robin Plunket 8th Baron Plunket (age 87) died. His nephew Tyrone (age 47) succeeded 9th Baron Plunket of Newtown in County Cork.