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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.'
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18 Nov is in November.
1278 Arrest of the Coin Clippers
1441 Trial and Punishment of Eleanor Cobham
On 18th November 1100 Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux died.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. [18th November 1100]. And the Archbishop Thomas of York soon hereafter died.
Annals of Dunstable. [18th November 1278] In the same year, in the month of November, all the Jews throughout England were arrested on one and the same day, and imprisoned in London, because of the clipping of the king's coin. And many Christians were accused by the Jews of being in agreement with them, especially among the more prominent men of London. Of the Jews of both sexes, two hundred and twenty were hanged at London for the aforesaid offense; and in the other cities of England, a very great number. For the ransom of the Christians the king received an immeasurable sum of money; yet some of the Christians were nevertheless handed over to execution by hanging.
Eodem anno, mense Novembri, capti sunt omnes Judæi per Angliam uno die, et Londoniæ inprisonati, pro retonsura monetæ regis. Et indicati sunt per Judæos Christiani plurimi de consensu; et præcipue de nobilioribus Londoniæ. De Judæis utriusque sexus prædicta occasione sunt suspensi Londoniæ ducenti et quater viginti. In aliis civitatibus Angliæ maxima multitudo. Pro redemptione Christianorum habuit rex pecuniam infinitam; aliqui tamen ex Christianis suspendio tradebantur.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the year of our Lord 1278, within the fortnight after the feast of Saint John the Baptist (around 8th July), the king held his parliament at Gloucester, and he issued the statutes known as the Statutes of Gloucester,1 containing fifteen chapters. And in the month of August, he went to Chester, where he issued the statute called Quo Warranto, and began an inquiry into landholding rights. A separate investigation was made concerning clipped coinage by the Jews, and on the 18th of November 1278, they were arrested throughout all of England. When the fraud was discovered, many of them were hanged.
Anno Domini MCCLXXVIII in quindena Sancti Johannis Baptistæ tenuit rex parliamentum suum apud Gloucestriam, fecitque statuta quæ dicuntur Statuta Gloucestriæ, continentia XV capitula; et in mense Augusti fecit cester, ibidem rex statutum Quo Warranto; et tractatum Warranto. est de moneta retonsa per Judæos, et capti sunt per totam Angliam XIV kalendas Decembris, et detecta maleficorum fraude plures eorum suspensi erant;
Note 1. This statute was given at Gloucester on the 2nd of August. "Done a Gloucester le demeine procheine apres la feste sein Pere a la goule de Aust" i.e. "Done at Gloucester the Sunday next after the feast of Saint Peter in Chains, at the beginning of August". Statutes of the Realm, 1.45-50. The old printed copies of the Statutes read "le quart jour de October" i.e. "the fourth day of October".
On 18th November 1313 Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon (age 23) died.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. On Wednesday [18th November 1355], they passed by the castle of the Count of Foix, called Mounthaut, at the foot of which each knight, one after the other, crossed the great river Geronde with amazement from the local people. Throughout the entire year, boats are normally kept ready at that crossing for the use of the locals, but they had been removed at that time by nearby peasants from the town of North to hinder the army's passage. The river Geronde, however, was crossed by God's grace, for according to the castellan's report, no one could have crossed it after that day's rain had caused it to flood so this passage was rightly attributed to the power of God. The aforementioned town of North had been taken by assault, and after the surrender of its castle, the rearguard spent the night there.
Die Mercurii transierunt per castrum comitis Fluxensis, vocatum Mounthaut, ad cuius pedem equites singuli successive, cum stupore illorum de patria, transierunt aquam magnam de Geronde; ubi continue per totum annum sunt nacelle parate pro transitu indigenarum, que tunc ad exercitus impedimentum per villanos vicinos de North fuerant subtracte. Aquam de Geronde cum gracia Dei petransitam relacione castellanorum nullus potuisset pertransivisse post inundacionem pluvie diurne, unde eius transitus Dei virtuti iuste fuerat ascriptus. Prefata villa de North fuerat per insultum conquisita, in cuius castro reddito retro-custodia pernoctavit.
On 18th November 1416 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 39) was created 1st Duke Exeter by King Henry V of England (age 30) for the remainder of his natural life for 'his service to the king and the realm on both sides of the seas'. At the time the only other dukes were the King's brothers.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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After 18th November 1434. St Mary's Church, Ewelme [Map]. Monument to Thomas Chaucer (deceased) and Maud Burghesh (age 55).
The Arms in two rows left to right ...
Top Row:
2 
York Arms. Possibly Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York impaled 
Neville Arms
3 
Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter 1377 1426 Arms
4 
Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk 1300 1338 Arms impaled Neville Arms
5 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter 1377 1426 Arms (again?)
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Stafford Arms impaled Neville Arms
7 
Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled 
Chaucer Modern Arms.
Bottom Row:
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Beauchamp Arms quartered with 
Beaumont Arms; Earl Warwick reflecting the Beauchamp family having inherited the Earldom of Warwick through marriage to Isabel Maudit who was the sister of William Maudit 8th Earl Warwick who died without issue. Isabel Maudit and William Maudit 8th Earl Warwick were the children of William Maudit and Alice Beaumont. Alice Beaumont inherited the Earldom of Warwick when her half-niece Margaret Beaumont 7th Countess Warwick died.
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Courtenay Arms impaled 
Beaufort Arms
3 Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled 
Mohun Arms
4 Montacute and Monthermer Arms quartered Neville Arms
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De La Pole Arms quartered Chaucer Modern Arms
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Despencer Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms
7 Mohun Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms. John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster and Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster.
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On 18th November 1441, Saturday, Roger Bolingbroke was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map].
Chronicle of Gregory [1400-1467]. 18th November 1441. And on the Satyrday next folowyng was Roger Bulbroke hanggyde, and drawe, and quarteryde at Tyburne.
The Brut. [18th November 1441]. And the Seturday next, the xvij. day of Nouembre, Roger Bultyngbrok, Dame Alianore Cobhams Clerk of Nigromancy and sorcery, was brought to the Guyldhall of London, and there dampned for his fals treson, and for his fals tresoun, and sorcery and Nigromancy ayenst all holy Chirch; wherthurgh he was dampned to deth by landes lawe. And he was ledde to the Toure of London, and leyd vpon a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the Cite to Tybowrne galowes, and there hanged, and let downe ageyne all quyk, and his bowelles cutte out of his body, and brent afore hym. And then was his hede smyten of, and his body quartered; and oon sent to Oxenford, the secund sent to Cambrigge, the thridde to Bristowe, and the fourth to [ ]1; and his hede was set vpon London Brigge: and fus he ended his life in this world.
Note 1. Blank space left in MS.
An English Chronicle. [18th November 1441]. And the Satirday the xviij day of Nouembir next sewyng, maister Roger Boltyngbroke at Guyldehalle at Londoun befor the said lordis and justiceȝ was arreymed of the forsaid articleȝ of tresoun ayens the kyngis persone, and therof be xij men of Londoun he was founde gilty. Wherfore be the iugement of ser Johan Hody that tyme chief justice of the kyngis bench, he was drawe fro the tour of Londoun vnto Tyburne [Map]; and there he was hanged and leet doun half alive, and his bowellis take out and brent, and his hed smyte of and set on London brigge, and his body quartrid and sent to certayn tounes of Englond, that is to saye, Oxenford, Cambrigge, York and Hereforde. And whanne the said maister Roger sholde die, he confessid that he was nevir gilty of eny treson ayens the kyngis persone; but he presumed to fer in his konnyng, as he sayde, wherof he cride God mercy; and the justice that yaf on him iugement livid not longe aftir.
Chronicles of London Vitellius A XVI. [18th November 1441]. And aftyr Roger the clerk aforn sayd on the Setterday, that is to say the xviij day of nouembre, was brought to the yeld hall with Sir John horn, prest, and William Wodham, squyer; the wich Sir John and William had her charterys at that tyme; and the clerk whas dampned and the same day whas drawe ffro the Toure of london to Tybom, and ther hongid, hedid, and quartered; and the hed sett on london brygge, and his one quarter att hertford1, a nother att Oxenford, a nother at York, and the iiijte at Cambryg. And the lady [Eleanor Cobham Duchess of Gloucester (age 41)] put in prison and aftyr sent to the Ile of Man2, ther to abyde while that sche levyd.
Note 1. Hereford, H.
Note 2. Chestre, H.
Chronicle of William of Worcester [1415-1482]. And a certain very famous cleric, one of those in the whole world in astronomy and the art of necromancy, Master Roger Bolingbroke, was arrested. He was publicly placed in the cemetery of St. Paul's with his necromantic garments and waxen images, and as many other necromantic instruments as possible, sitting on a high throne so that all could see his work. Later, he was drawn, hanged, and quartered [on 18th November 1441], and his head was placed upon London Bridge. This Master Roger was one of the most notable clerics in the whole world, and he was accused because of the aforementioned Lady Eleanor, for whom he was a counsellor in the magical arts. After her death, many lamented excessively.
Et quidam clericus famosissimus, unus illorum in toto mundo in astronomia et arte nigromantica, magister Rogerus Bolyngbroke, arrestatus fuit, et in cœmiterio Sancti Pauli publice cum indumentis suis nigromanticis et imaginibus cereis, et quam pluribus aliis instrumentis nigromaticis, sedebat in quodam alto solio, ut ab omnibus viderentur opera ejus; postea tractus, suspensus, et quartarizatus erat, et caput ejus super pontem Londonias positum. Iste magister Rogerus erat notabilissimus clericus unus illorum in toto mundo, et accusatus est propter prædictam dominam Elianoram, cui conciliarius erat in arte magica, post cujus mortem multi lamentabantur valde nimis.
On 18th November 1463 John Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 26) died of plague. His brother Sigismund (age 24) succeeded Duke Bavaria.
Chronicles of London Vitellius A XVI. 18th November 1497. This yere the Saterday, beyng the xviijth day of Nouembre, the kyng came vnto his manoir of Shene after his long beyng at Excetir. And vpon the Weddensday folowyng he came by land to Lambhith, and there toke his Barge and came vnto Westm'., where the Mair, wt his Brethern, receyved hym in the paleis, wt dyuers of the Citesyns to the numbre of iiijxx, of euery ffeliship a certeyn assigned in their last lyuereys. At which Season the forsaid Persone Perkyn (age 23) came also before the kyng, vpon whome the same season and other dayes folowyng was moch wonderyng, and many a Curse throwen at his hede.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 18th November 1554. The xviij day of November dyd pryche at Powlles crosse [Map] the nuw bysshope of Lynckolne, doctur White (age 44), late the warden of Wynchaster.
The sam day was consecratyd nuw [bishops], on bysshope of Brystow (age 59), and a-nodur byshope of Lycheffeld and Coventre (age 50).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 18th November 1557. [The xviij day of November died the lord Bray, within the Black-friars, near Ludgate]; the wyche he gatt ys deth [at St. Quintin's.]
Henry Machyn's Diary. 18th November 1557. The xviij day of November cam tydynges from the yerle of Northumberland (age 29) owt of Skottland that the [Scots] and our men mett and ther fowth, and ther was taken and ... of the Skotts, att a place callyd (blank).
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. Fridaye the xviiith of November [1558] Dr. Reynolde Poole (deceased), Cardinall and Archbishopp of Canterburie, died at Lambeth, in the morninge, and was afterward buried at Canterburie, in Christes Churche.
On 18th November 1584 Gaspar de Crayer was born to Gaspard de Crayer the Elder and Christina van Abshoven in Antwerp [Map]. His father was a decorative painter, illuminator and art dealer.
On 18th November 1605 Bishop Lancelot Andrewes (age 50) was installed Bishop of Chichester at Chichester Cathedral [Map].
On 18th November 1615 Gervase Helwys (age 54), the gaoler Richard Weston, widow of a London doctor Mrs Anne Turner, and an apothecary James Franklin were found guilty as "accessories before the fact done" and sentenced to death.
On 18th November 1616 or 19th November 1616 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole (age 38) died. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. Stuart Period. Two-stage altar tomb in alabaster and black marble with miniature effigies in the lower stage, inscription panels and shield of 
Chicheley Arms impaled, supporting a recumbent effigy in armour. Tassets.
Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole: On 28th March 1578 he was born to Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole and Anne Bourne. He was baptised 15th April 1578. On 29th April 1607 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole was knighted. On 18th June 1607 he and Dorothy Kempe were married.
On 18th November 1621 Archbishop William Laud (age 48) was appointed Bishop of St David's.
On 18th November 1637 Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) succeeded III Holy Roman Emperor. Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 31) by marriage Holy Roman Empress.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th November 1659. Mr. Gunning (age 45) celebrated the wonted Fast, and preached on Phil. II 12, 13.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18th November 1662. Thence walked home, and my wife came home, having been abroad to-day, laying out above £12 in linen, and a copper, and a pot, and bedstead, and other household stuff, which troubles me also, so that my mind to-night is very heavy and divided. Late at my office, drawing up a letter to my Lord Treasurer (age 55), which we have been long about, and so home, and, my mind troubled, to bed.
On 18th November 1662 Anne Élisabeth Bourbon was born to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 24) and Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 24). Coefficient of inbreeding 17.28%. She died aged less than one years old.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18th November 1663. At my office till late, and then came Mr. Hollyard (age 54) so full of discourse and Latin that I think he hath got a cupp, but I do not know; but full of talke he is in defence of Calvin and Luther. He begun this night the fomentation to my wife, and I hope it will do well with her.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18th November 1663. He gone, I to the office again a little, and so to bed. This morning I sent Will with my great letter of reproof to my Lord Sandwich (age 38), who did give it into his owne hand. I pray God give a blessing to it, but confess I am afeard what the consequence may be to me of good or bad, which is according to the ingenuity that he do receive it with. However, I am satisfied that it will do him good, and that he needs it: MY LORD, I do verily hope that neither the manner nor matter of this advice will be condemned by your Lordship, when for my defence in the first I shall allege my double attempt, since your return from Hinchinbroke, of doing it personally, in both of which your Lordship's occasions, no doubtfulnesse of mine, prevented me, and that being now fearful of a sudden summons to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], for the discharge of some ships there, I judge it very unbecoming the duty which every bit of bread I eat tells me I owe to your Lordship to expose the safety of your honour to the uncertainty of my return. For the matter, my Lord, it is such as could I in any measure think safe to conceal from, or likely to be discovered to you by any other hand, I should not have dared so far to owne what from my heart I believe is false, as to make myself but the relater of other's discourse; but, sir, your Lordship's honour being such as I ought to value it to be, and finding both in city and court that discourses pass to your prejudice, too generally for mine or any man's controllings but your Lordship's, I shall, my Lord, without the least greatening or lessening the matter, do my duty in laying it shortly before you. People of all conditions, my Lord, raise matter of wonder from your Lordship's so little appearance at Court: some concluding thence their disfavour thereby, to which purpose I have had questions asked me, and endeavouring to put off such insinuations by asserting the contrary, they have replied, that your Lordship's living so beneath your quality, out of the way, and declining of Court attendance, hath been more than once discoursed about the King (age 33). Others, my Lord, when the chief ministers of State, and those most active of the Council have been reckoned up, wherein your Lordship never used to want an eminent place, have said, touching your Lordship, that now your turn was served, and the King had given you a good estate, you left him to stand or fall as he would, and, particularly in that of the Navy, have enlarged upon your letting fall all service there. Another sort, and those the most, insist upon the bad report of the house wherein your Lordship, now observed in perfect health again, continues to sojourne, and by name have charged one of the daughters for a common courtizan, alleging both places and persons where and with whom she hath been too well known, and how much her wantonnesse occasions, though unjustly, scandal to your Lordship, and that as well to gratifying of some enemies as to the wounding of more friends I am not able to tell. Lastly, my Lord, I find a general coldness in all persons towards your Lordship, such as, from my first dependance on you, I never yet knew, wherein I shall not offer to interpose any thoughts or advice of mine, well knowing your Lordship needs not any. But with a most faithful assurance that no person nor papers under Heaven is privy to what I here write, besides myself and this, which I shall be careful to have put into your owne hands, I rest confident of your Lordship's just construction of my dutifull intents herein, and in all humility take leave, may it please your Lordship, Your Lordship's most obedient Servant, S. P.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 18th November 1664. Up and to the office, and thence to the Committee of the Fishery at White Hall, where so poor simple doings about the business of the Lottery, that I was ashamed to see it, that a thing so low and base should have any thing to do with so noble an undertaking. But I had the advantage this day to hear Mr. Williamson (age 31) discourse, who come to be a contractor with others for the Lotterys, and indeed I find he is a very logicall man and a good speaker. But it was so pleasant to see my Lord Craven (age 56), the chaireman, before many persons of worth and grave, use this comparison in saying that certainly these that would contract for all the lotteries would not suffer us to set up the Virginia lottery for plate before them, "For", says he, "if I occupy a wench first, you may occupy her again your heart out you can never have her maidenhead after I have once had it", which he did more loosely, and yet as if he had fetched a most grave and worthy instance. They made mirth, but I and others were ashamed of it.
On 18th November 1668 Frederick William Oldenburg was born to Ernest Günther Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 59) and Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.
On 18th November 1668 Frederick William Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to Ernest Günther Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 59) and Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th November 1679. I dined at my Lord Mayor's (age 50), being desired by the Countess of Sunderland (age 33) to carry her thither on a solemn day, that she might see the pomp and ceremony of this Prince of Citizens, there never having been any, who for the stateliness of his palace, prodigious feasting, and magnificence, exceeded him. This Lord Mayor's acquaintance had been from the time of his being apprentice to one Mr. Abbot, his uncle [Note. His mother's brother], who being a scrivener, and an honest worthy man, one who was condemned to die at the beginning of the troubles forty years past, as concerned in the commission of array for King Charles I had escaped with his life; I often used his assistance in money matters. Robert Clayton, then a boy, his nephew, became, after his uncle Abbot's death, so prodigiously rich and opulent, that he was reckoned one of the wealthiest citizens. He married a free-hearted woman, who became his hospitable disposition; and having no children, with the accession of his partner and fellow apprentice, who also left him his estate, he grew excessively rich. He was a discreet magistrate, and though envied, I think without much cause. Some believed him guilty of hard dealing, especially with the Duke of Buckingham (age 51), much of whose estate he had swallowed, but I never saw any ill by him, considering the trade he was of. The reputation and known integrity of his uncle, Abbot, brought all the royal party to him, by which he got not only great credit, but vast wealth, so as he passed this office with infinite magnificence and honor.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th November 1688. It was now a very hard frost. The King (age 55) goes to Salisbury to rendezvous the army, and return to London. Lord Delamere (age 36) appears for the Prince (age 38) in Cheshire. The nobility meet in Yorkshire. The Archbishop of Canterbury (age 71) and some Bishops, and such Peers as were in London, address his Majesty to call a Parliament. The King invites all foreign nations to come over. The French take all the Palatinate, and alarm the Germans more than ever.
On 18th November 1785 Louis Philippe "The Fat" Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 60) died. His son Louis (age 38) succeeded II Duke Orléans.
On 18th November 1809 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 21) and Sophia Paulett Duchess of Cleveland (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett (age 53) and Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett. He the son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland (age 43) and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington.
On 18th November 1820 Luise Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 35) and Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 31). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
After 18th November 1834. St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. Monument to Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (deceased).
Altar tomb with shaped ends and recumbent effigy in Garter robes with Leg Garter, all in white marble; the ends of the tomb chest are carved with arms and heraldic emblems; signed 'R. WESTMACOTT, JUNR, A.R.A. (age 35) 1844'.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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After 18th November 1835 George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon (deceased) was buried at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].
George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon: On 4th December 1779 he was born to Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon and Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Sedley. On 25th August 1802 George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon and Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon were married. On 27th March 1829 Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon died at Sudbury, Derbyshire [Map]. His son George succeeded 4th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. On 18th November 1835 George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon died. His son George succeeded 5th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
On 18th November 1851 Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 80) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded V King Hanover, 2nd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale. Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
On 18th November 1852 Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 18th November 1863 Lieutenant William Feilden Mosley (age 25) was killed in action at the Umbelya Pass during the campaign against the 'fanatics' at Malka, a colony of 'malcontents or bigoted muslims' in the Yusufzai country. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove [Map].
Lieutenant William Feilden Mosley: On 1st April 1838 he was born to William Bayley Mosley.
On 18th November 1865 Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon (age 55) died. His brother Theobald (age 54) succeeded 15th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
Monument to Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon in All Saints Church, Spelsbury [Map] sculpted by Charles Francis Fuller (age 36).
Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon: On 20th April 1810 he was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon at Dublin [Map].
Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon: In 1811 he was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon. On 30th November 1879 Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon died. His brother Arthur succeeded 16th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
On 18th November 1873 John Yonge Akerman (age 67) died.
On 18th November 1911 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 31) and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 65) and Isabel Sophie Craven. He the son of Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 65) and Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 62). They were fifth cousins.
The London Gazette 30180. Downing Street, 12th July, 1917.
The King has been pleased to cause Letters Patent, dated 11th May, 1917, to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, constituting the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, in substitution for Letters Patent dated 18th November, 1907, constituting the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the said Dominion.
His Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool (age 47), G.C.M.G., M.V.O., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 18th November 1917 Neil James Archibald Primrose (age 34) died from wounds while leading his squadron of the 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry against Turkish positions on the Abu Shusheh ridge during the Third Battle of Gaza. He was buried at the Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Ramla, in Israel. The inscription on his gravestone reads: He Lives By Love.
Memorial at the North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map] commissioned by his father Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian (age 70).
On 18th November 1926 Grace Bernal Duchess St Albans (age 78) died.
On 18th November 1936 Alonso María Orléans Galliera (age 24) died.
After 18th November 1936. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Memorial to Bennett John Toms, Churchwarden, died at sea.
On 18th November 1954 Guy David Innes-Kerr 10th Duke Roxburghe was born to George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe (age 41) and Margaret Elizabeth Mcconnel Duchess Roxburghe (age 35). He married 10th September 1977 Jane Meriel Grosvenor Duchess Roxburghe, daughter of Robert George Grosvenor 5th Duke Westminster and Viola Maud Lyttelton Duchess Westminster.
On 18th November 1969 Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 81) died.
On 18th November 1584 Gaspar de Crayer was born to Gaspard de Crayer the Elder and Christina van Abshoven in Antwerp [Map]. His father was a decorative painter, illuminator and art dealer.
On 18th November 1662 Anne Élisabeth Bourbon was born to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 24) and Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 24). Coefficient of inbreeding 17.28%. She died aged less than one years old.
On 18th November 1668 Frederick William Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to Ernest Günther Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 59) and Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 18th November 1668 Frederick William Oldenburg was born to Ernest Günther Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 59) and Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%.
On 18th November 1709 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely was born to Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus (age 22) and Anne Ponsonby. He married 1745 Frances Monroe Countess of Ely.
On 18th November 1745 Thomas Noel 2nd Viscount Wentworth was born to Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth (age 30). He married 2nd February 1788 Mary Henley Countess Ligonier, daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington and Jane Huband.
On 18th November 1757 Thomas Taylour 1st Marquess of Headfort was born to Thomas Taylour 1st Earl of Bective (age 33) and Jane Rowley (age 23). He married 5th December 1778 Mary Quin Marchioness of Headfort and had issue.
On 18th November 1761 Frances Whichcote was born to Christopher Whichcote 4th Baronet (age 23). She married William Manners.
On 18th November 1769 Bishop William Carey was born.
On 18th November 1778 William Stuart was born to John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 34) and Charlotte Jane Windsor Marchioness Bute (age 32).
On 18th November 1794 Lionel Tollemache 8th Earl Dysart was born to William Manners aka Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 28) and Catherine Rebecca Gray Lady Manners (age 28). He married 1819 Maria Elizabeth Toone Countess Dysart and had issue.
On 18th November 1813 Cecil Brooke Boothby was born to William Boothby 8th Baronet (age 31) and Frances Jenkinson Lady Boothby.
On 18th November 1820 Luise Glücksburg was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 35) and Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 31). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 18th November 1835 Emma Harriet Wilson 12th Baroness Berners was born to Reverend Robert Wilson (age 34) and Harriet Crump. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. She married 3rd November 1853 Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones 3rd Baronet, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Jones 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
On 18th November 1846 Henry Northcote 1st Baron Northcote was born to Stafford Henry Northcote 1st Earl Iddesleigh (age 28) and Cecilia Frances Farrer Countess Iddesleigh.
On 18th November 1888 Richard Legh 3rd Baron Newton was born to Thomas Wodehouse Leigh 2nd Baron Newton (age 31) and Evelyn Caroline Davenport Baroness Newton. He married 28th January 1914 Helen Meysey-Thompson Baroness Newton, daughter of Henry Meysey-Thompson 1st Baron Knaresborough and Ethel Adeline Pottinger Baroness Knaresborough, and had issue.
On 18th November 1907 William James Harris 6th Earl Malmesbury was born to James Edward Harris 5th Earl Malmesbury (age 34) and Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe Countess of Malmesbury (age 22). He married 7th July 1932 Diana Claudia Carleton Countess of Malmesbury, daughter of Dudley Pigott aka Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester, and had issue.
On 18th November 1954 Guy David Innes-Kerr 10th Duke Roxburghe was born to George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe (age 41) and Margaret Elizabeth Mcconnel Duchess Roxburghe (age 35). He married 10th September 1977 Jane Meriel Grosvenor Duchess Roxburghe, daughter of Robert George Grosvenor 5th Duke Westminster and Viola Maud Lyttelton Duchess Westminster.
On 18th November 1955 William Henry Smith 5th Viscount Hambleden was born to William Smith 4th Viscount Hambleden (age 25).
On 18th November 1964 Nicholas Timothy Knatchbull was born to John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne (age 40) and Patricia Mountbatten 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (age 40). He a great x 3 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 18th November 1356 Piers Mauley 4th Baron de Mauley (age 25) and Elizabeth Meinhill Baroness Darcy Knayth and Haversham (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Haversham. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 18th November 1561 Thomas Wharton 1st Baron Wharton (age 66) and Anne Talbot Baroness Braye and Wharton (age 37) were married. She by marriage Baroness Wharton. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre.
On 18th November 1657 Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg (age 30) and Mary Cromwell Countess Fauconberg (age 20) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Faunconberg. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell (age 58) and Elizabeth Bourchier (age 59).
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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On 18th November 1781 Heneage Finch 4th Earl Aylesford (age 30) and Louisa Thynne Countess Aylesford (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Aylesford. She the daughter of Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath (age 47) and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 46). He the son of Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford and Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford (age 51).
On 18th November 1794 Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey (age 30) and Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey (age 18) were married. She the daughter of William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork (age 50) and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam (age 45). He the son of Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey (age 65) and Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey (age 50).
On 18th November 1798 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale (age 46) and Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale (age 33) were married.
On 18th November 1809 Henry Vane 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 21) and Sophia Paulett Duchess of Cleveland (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett (age 53) and Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett. He the son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland (age 43) and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington.
On 18th November 1826 Francis Dugdale Astley 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Emma Dorothea Lethbridge Lady Astley were married.
On 18th November 1835 Colonel John Sydney North (age 31) and Susan North 10th Baroness North (age 38) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus North 3rd Earl Guildford and Susan Coutts Countess Guildford (age 65).
On 18th November 1841 Francis Wheler 10th Baronet (age 40) and Elizabeth Bishop Lady Wheler were married at Lucknow.
On 18th November 1863 William Tate 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Caroline Glasgow Lady Tate were married.
On 18th November 1911 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 31) and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 65) and Isabel Sophie Craven. He the son of Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 65) and Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 62). They were fifth cousins.
On 18th November 1931 Albert Holden Illingworth 1st Baron Illingworth (age 66) and Margaret Wilberforce Baroness Illingworth (age 30) were married. She by marriage Baroness Illingworth of Denton in Yorkshire. The difference in their ages was 35 years.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 18th November 1100 Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux died.
On 18th November 1184 Bishop Jocelin de Bohun (age 73) died.
On 18th November 1305 John II Duke Brittany (age 66) died. His son Arthur (age 44) succeeded 3rd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux.
On 18th November 1313 Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon (age 23) died.
On 18th November 1341 Eleanor Beauchamp Baroness Fitzwarin (age 63) died at Thornbury, Gloucestershire.
On 18th November 1401 Thomas Ughtred 2nd Baron Ughtred (age 76) died. His grandson Thomas (age 17) succeeded 3rd Baron Ughtred.
On 18th November 1463 John Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 26) died of plague. His brother Sigismund (age 24) succeeded Duke Bavaria.
On 18th November 1559 Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall (age 85) died in Lambeth Palace [Map].
On 18th November 1559 Bishop Ralph Baines (age 55) died.
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.'
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On 18th November 1563 William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke (age 70) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 8th Baron Greystoke.
On 18th November 1590 George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 62) died. He was buried at Sheffield Cathedral [Map]. His son Gilbert (age 37) succeeded 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl Waterford, 12th Baron Furnivall, 16th Baron Strange Blackmere, 13th Baron Talbot. Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 34) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
On 18th November 1591 Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 26) died.
On 18th November 1601 Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 66) died.
On 18th November 1627 Frances Meautys Countess of Sussex (age 42) died.
On 18th November 1691 John Brookes 1st Baronet (age 55) died. He was buried at St Martin le Grand Church, York [Map]. His son James (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Brookes of York in Yorkshire.
On 18th November 1706 William Thomas 1st Baronet (age 65) died. Baronet Thomas of Folkington in Sussex extinct.
On 18th November 1719 Compton Felton 5th Baronet (age 69) died. Baronet Felton of Playford in Suffolk extinct.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 9th November 1731 Love Dring Lady Reade (age 76) died. She was buried on 18th November 1731 in the Brocket Chapel at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]; see monument here [Map].
On 18th November 1732 Bridget Gage Viscountess Fauconberg (age 57) died.
On 18th November 1777 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley (age 61) died. His son Thomas (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Foley of Kidderminster in Worcestershire. Henrietta Stanhope Baroness Foley (age 21) by marriage Baroness Foley of Kidderminster in Worcestershire.
On 18th November 1785 Louis Philippe "The Fat" Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 60) died. His son Louis (age 38) succeeded II Duke Orléans.
On 18th November 1806 John Mordaunt 7th Baronet (age 72) died. His son Charles (age 35) succeeded 8th Baronet Mordaunt of Massingham Parva.
On 18th November 1822 Anne Brown Lady Trelawny died.
On 18th November 1834 Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (age 77) died. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. His nephew Charles (age 35) succeeded 4th Earl Hardwicke, 4th Viscount Royston. Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke (age 24) by marriage Countess Hardwicke.
On 18th November 1835 Captain John Edmund George Parker 4th Baronet (age 46) died. His brother Charles (age 43) succeeded 5th Baronet Parker of Bassingbourn in Essex.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 18th November 1835 George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon (age 55) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded 5th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
On 18th November 1839 Hans Blackwood 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 81) died. His son Price (age 45) succeeded 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 5th Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.
On 18th November 1851 John Cope 11th Baronet (age 83) died without issue. His fifth cousin once removed William (age 40) succeeded 12th Baronet Cope of Hanwell in Oxfordshire.
On 18th November 1851 Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 80) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded V King Hanover, 2nd Duke Cumberland and Teviotdale. Marie Saxe Altenburg Queen Consort Hanover by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
On 18th November 1852 Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon (age 45) died.
On 18th November 1858 Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 48) died.
On 18th November 1861 Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 44) died at Calcutta, India in the arms of her husband Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 48).
On 18th November 1864 Theodosia Harriett Elizabeth Vyner (age 30) died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 18th November 1865 Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon (age 55) died. His brother Theobald (age 54) succeeded 15th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
Monument to Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon in All Saints Church, Spelsbury [Map] sculpted by Charles Francis Fuller (age 36).
Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon: On 20th April 1810 he was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon at Dublin [Map].
Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon: In 1811 he was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon. On 30th November 1879 Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon died. His brother Arthur succeeded 16th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
On 18th November 1873 John Yonge Akerman (age 67) died.
On 18th November 1888 William Courtenay 11th Earl Devon (age 81) died at Powderham Castle [Map]. His son Edward (age 52) succeeded 12th Earl Devon.
On 18th November 1893 Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury (age 92) died. His son Robert (age 59) succeeded 2nd Baron Ebury.
On 18th or 30th November 1897 Dudley Wilmot Carleton 4th Baron Dorchester (age 75) died. Baron Dorchester of Dorchester in Oxfordshire extinct.
On 18th November 1918 William Vavasour 3rd Baronet (age 71) died. His son Leonard (age 37) succeeded 4th Baronet Vavasour of Hazlewood in Yorkshire.
On 18th November 1923 Henry Cusack Hawyley 6th Baronet (age 46) died. His nephew David (age 10) succeeded 7th Baronet Hawley of Leybourne Grange in Kent.
On 18th November 1926 Grace Bernal Duchess St Albans (age 78) died.
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.'
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On 18th November 1928 Pamela Wyndham Viscountess Grey (age 57) died.
On 18th November 1967 Henry Hotham 7th Baron Hotham (age 68) died. His son Henry (age 27) succeeded 8th Baron Hotham of South Dalton in Yorkshire, 18th Baronet Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire.
On 18th November 1969 Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 81) died.
On 18th November 1976 Christopher Addison 2nd Viscount Addison (age 71) died. His brother Michael (age 62) succeeded 3rd Viscount Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire, 3rd Baron Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire.
On 18th November 1985 George James Augustine Prévost 5th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Christoper (age 50) succeeded 6th Baronet Prevost of Belmont in Hampshire.
On 18th November 2015 John Henry Kilian Brunner 4th Baronet (age 88) died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His son Nicholas (age 55) succeeded 5th Baronet Brunner of Druids Cross in Lancashire.