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On this Day in History ... 16th November

16 Nov is in November.

1093 Battle of Alnwick

1272 Death of Henry III

1499 Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbreck and Edward Earl of Warwick

1538 Thomas Becket Shrine destroyed

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 16th November

On 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 1272 King Henry III of England (age 65) died at Westminster [Map]. His son King Edward I of England (age 33) succeeded I King of England. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort England.

On 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 1441 Queen Charlotte of Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 28) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 23).

On 16 Nov 1488 John Savage (age 44) was appointed 237th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 31).

Chronicle of Robert Fabyan 1499. 16 Nov 1499. In thys yere, the. xvi. day of Nouember, was areyned in the Whyte Halle at Westmynster, the forenamed Parkyn (age 25), &. iii. other;

Hall's Chronicle 1499. 16 Nov 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.

On 16 Nov 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.

John Evelyn's Diary. 16 Nov 1661. I presented my translation of "Naudæus concerning Libraries" to my Lord Chancellor (age 52); but it was miserably false printed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16 Nov 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.

On 16 Nov 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%.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16 Nov 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.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16 Nov 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.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16 Nov 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. 16 Nov 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).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16 Nov 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.

John Evelyn's Diary. 16 Nov 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. 16 Nov 1697. The King's (age 47) entry very pompous; but is nothing approaching that of King Charles II

After his father died on 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 1797 Frederick William II King Prussia (age 53) died. His son Frederick William III King Prussia (age 27) succeeded II King Prussia.

In Apr 1813 Fanny Mary ffolkes (age 36) died.

On 06 Mar 1869 Fanny Anna West (age 43) died.

On 16 Nov 1867 William John Browne ffolkes (age 47) died.

Memorials in Church of St Mary, Hillington [Map].

Fanny Mary ffolkes: In Apr 1777 she was born to Martin ffolkes 1st Baronet and Fanny Turner. On 28 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 06 Mar 1869 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gregory Wale and she were married.

William John Browne ffolkes: On 13 Jan 1820 he was born to William Browne ffolkes 2nd Baronet and Charlotte Philippa Browne.

Greville Memoirs. 16 Nov 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.

Greville Memoirs. 16 Nov 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.

Births on the 16th November

On 16 Nov 1441 Queen Charlotte of Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 28) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 23).

On 16 Nov 1632 Anthony Cope 4th Baronet was born to John Cope 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Fane (age 24).

On 16 Nov 1659 John Thornycroft 1st Baronet was born to John Thornycroft and Dorothy Howel.

On 16 Nov 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%.

On 16 Nov 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%.

On 16 Nov 1684 Allen Bathurst 1st Earl Bathurst was born to Benjamin Bathurst (age 45) and Frances Apsley (age 29).

On 16 Nov 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.

On 16 Nov 1744 Fletcher Norton was born to Fletcher Norton 1st Baron Grantley (age 28) and Grace Chapple Baroness Grantley.

On 16 Nov 1784 John Dalrymple 7th Earl of Stair was born to William Dalrymple (age 48).

On 16 Nov 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.

On 16 Nov 1827 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk was born to James Carnegie 5th Baronet (age 28).

On 16 Nov 1829 John Hamilton 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell was born to Archibald James Hamilton 12th of Orbiston at Marseilles, France.

On 16 Nov 1843 Louise Jopling nee Goode was born to Thomas Smith Goode in Manchester, Lancashire.

On 16 Nov 1853 Beatrice Grey was born to Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham (age 49) and Julia Thellusson Baroness Walsingham (age 36).

On 16 Nov 1857 Osbert Victor George Atheling Lumley was born to Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough (age 44) and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough.

On 16 Nov 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].

On 16 Nov 1871 William Francis Cornewall 7th Baronet was born to George Henry Cornewall 5th Baronet (age 38) and Louisa Frances Bayley Lady Cornewall.

On 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 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.

On 16 Nov 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).

On 16 Nov 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 3.82%.

Marriages on the 16th November

On 16 Nov 1327 William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl Ulster (age 15) and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess 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 16 Nov 1635 Thomas Trollope 1st Baronet (age 40) and Mary Clitherow Lady Trollope (age 25) were married.

On 16 Nov 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. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 16 Nov 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.

On 16 Nov 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). 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 16 Nov 1797 Field Marshal George Nugent 1st Baronet (age 40) and Maria Skinner (age 26) were married.

On 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 1858 George Baker 3rd Baronet (age 42) and Augusta Catherine Fitzwygram (age 39) were married.

On 16 Nov 1870 Edward Harris 4th Earl Malmesbury (age 28) and Sylvia Georgina Stewart Countess of Malmesbury were married.

On 16 Nov 1920 Roland Cubitt 3rd Baron Ashcombe (age 21) and Sonia Rosemary Keppel (age 20) were married at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks.

On 16 Nov 1938 Alexander Keiller (age 48) and Doris Emerson Chapman (age 35) were married.

On 16 Nov 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.

Deaths on the 16th November

On 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 1207 Archbishop Walter de Coutances died.

On 16 Nov 1272 King Henry III of England (age 65) died at Westminster [Map]. His son King Edward I of England (age 33) succeeded I King of England. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort England.

On 16 Nov 1379 Otto "The Bavarian" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 38) died.

On 16 Nov 1560 Marie Jakobaea Baden Duchess Bavaria (age 53) died.

On 16 Nov 1585 Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 60) died. His son Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare (age 23) succeeded 12th Earl Kildare.

On 16 Nov 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 16 Nov 1625 Sofonisba Anguissola (age 93) died.

On 16 Nov 1717 Hester Davenport Countess of Oxford (age 75) died.

On 16 Nov 1727 Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 38) died. His brother Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey (age 34) succeeded 5th Baron Altham.

On 16 Nov 1732 John Guise 3rd Baronet (age 55) died. His son John Guise 4th Baronet (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Guise of Elmore in Gloucestershire.

On 16 Nov 1738 Henry Maynard 3rd Baronet (age 62) died. His son William Maynard 4th Baronet (age 17) succeeded 4th Baronet Maynard of Walthamstow in Essex.

On 16 Nov 1739 Henry Grey 3rd Earl Stamford (age 54) died. On 16 Nov 1739 His son Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford (age 24) succeeded 4th Earl Stamford, 5th Baron Grey of Groby. Mary Booth Countess Stamford (age 35) by marriage Countess Stamford.

On 16 Nov 1745 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 80) died. His coffin-plate says 05 Nov 1645. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His brother Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond (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 16 Nov 1762 John Boyle 5th Earl Cork (age 55) died. His son Hamilton Boyle 6th Earl Cork (age 32) succeeded 6th Earl Cork.

On 16 Nov 1797 Frederick William II King Prussia (age 53) died. His son Frederick William III King Prussia (age 27) succeeded II King Prussia.

On 16 Nov 1831 Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 74) died.

On 16 Nov 1832 Catherine Anne Cope Marchioness Huntly (age 61) died.

On 16 Nov 1834 Sophia Margaret Lygon Lady Kent (age 45) died.

On 16 Nov 1937 Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 26) died.