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1274 Coronation of King Edward I
1553 Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters
1560 Death of Francis II King France Charles IX Succeeds
1565 Marriage of Richard Keyes and Mary Grey
Events on the 19th August
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 768. This year died King Eadbert, the son of Eata, on the fourteenth day before the calends of September.
On 19th August 768 Eadberht King of Northumbria died. His son Oswulf succeeded King Northumbria.
On 19th August 1274 King Edward I of England (age 35) was crowned I King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 33) was crowned Queen Consort England.
King Alexander III of Scotland (age 32) and Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 33) attended.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the year of our Lord 1274, on the fourth day before the Nones of August [02 Aug 1274], Edward, son of King Henry, arrived in England; and on the 14th day before the Kalends of September [19th August 1274], on the feast of Saint Magnus the martyr, he was elevated and crowned as King of England, in the second year of his reign following the death of his father. He was anointed king, and his wife Eleanor was anointed queen, by Brother Robert of Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster in London, amid the rejoicing and acclamations of the crowd, who cried, "Long live the king!" He was of handsome appearance, tall and of elegant form, for from the shoulders upward he stood out among common men, and he was still of youthful age, not yet having completed his thirty-sixth year. In the early days of his reign, desiring to establish just laws and to fulfill what was lacking, being a man of justice, great counsel, and sound judgment, he summoned his nobles and, in the third year of his reign, in the year of our Lord 1275, by their common counsel, issued statutes at London, known as the First Statutes of Westminster, comprising forty-seven chapters.
Anno Domini MCCLXXIV quarto nonas Augusti applicuit in Angliam Edwardus, filius regis Edward Henrici, et XIV kalendas Septembris, die scilicet beati Magni martyris, magnificatus est, et in regem Angliæ coronatus, secundo anno regni sui post obitum patris; ipsumque inunxit in regem et Alienoram conjugem suam in reginam frater Robertus de Kiluerby archiepiscopus Cantuariensis apud Westmonasterium Londoniis, congaudentibus turbis et conclamantibus, Vivat rex! Erat enim aspectu pulcher, magnæ staturæ et elegantis formæ, ab humeris enim et supra in populo communi eminebat, et juvenilis ætatis, nondum enim compleverat annum ætatis suæ XXXVI. Hic in primordiis novitatis suæ leges justas condere et insufficientes adimplere cupiens, utpote justus, magni consilii, et discreti animi, convocatis magnatibus suis, anno regni sui tertio, de communi A. D. 1275. consilio, statuta condidit Londoniis quæ dicuntur Statuta Westmonasterii prima, et continent capitula XLVII.
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Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 19th [Aug 1358], the Countess of Pembroke (age 41) spent the entire day at the castle [Map]; and Sir John de Wynewyk came to supper.
On either 5th August 1388 or 19th August 1388 a Scottish army commanded by John Swinton defeated an English army commanded by Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 24) during the Battle of Otterburn at Otterburn [Map]. Henry "Hotspur" Percy and his brother Ralph Percy (age 29) were captured as was Matthew Redman (age 60). The English suffered 1000 killed, 2000 captured. The Scottish 100 killed, 200 captured.
On the Scottish side James Douglas 2nd Earl Douglas (age 30) was killed. His sister Isabel (age 28) succeeded Countess Mar.
John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray (age 46) fought.
Froissart Book 13. 5th August 1388 or 19th August 1388. There began a cruel battle and at the first encounter many were overthrown of both parties; and because the Englishmen were a great number and greatly desired to vanguish their enemies, and rested1 and greatly did put aback the Scots, so that the Scots were near discomfited. Then the earl James Douglas, who was young and strong and of great desire to get praise and grace, and was willing to deserve to have it, and cared for no pain nor travail, came forth with his banner and cried, 'Douglas, Douglas!' and sir Henry Percy and sir Ralph his brother, who had great indignation against the earl Douglas because he had won the pennon of their arms at the barriers before Newcastle, came to that part and cried, 'Percy!' Their two banners met and their men: there was a sore fight: the Englishmen were so strong and fought so valiantly that they reculed the Scots back. There were two valiant knights of Scots under the banner of the earl Douglas, called sir Patrick of Hepbourn and sir Patrick his son. They acquitted themselves that day valiantly: the earl's banner had been won, an they had not been: they defended it so valiantly and in the rescuing thereof did such feats of arms, that it was greatly to their recommendation and to their heirs for ever after.
Note 1. In French, 'ilz se arresterent,' without 'and.'
On 19th August 1399 King Richard II of England (age 32) surrendered to Henry Bolingbroke Earl of Derby (age 32) at Flint Castle [Map]. William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 29) was present [Note. Wikipedia states Berkeley Castle?]
The Deposition of King Richard II. This reply was a most joyful hearing for us. After this the duke entered the castle, armed at all points, except his basinet, as you may see in this history. Then they made the king, who had dined in the donjon, come down to meet Duke Henry, who, as soon as he perceived him at a distance, bowed very low to the ground; and as they approached each other he bowed a second time, with his cap in his hand; and then the king took off his bonnet, and spake first in this manner: "Fair cousin of Lancaster, you be right welcome." Then Duke Henry replied, bowing very low to the ground, "My Lord, I am come sooner than you sent for me: the reason wherefore I will tell you. The common report of your people is such, that you have, for the space of twenty or two and twenty years, governed them very badly and very rigorously, and in so much that they are not well contented therewith. But if it please our Lord, I will help you to govern them better than they have been governed in time past."y
Note y. Language of the same kind Richard was made to employ in two orders speedily issued for the purpose of keeping the peace and repressing any attempt of his own friends; one dated at Chester August 20th; and another at Lichfield August 24th. They both speak of the duke in these words; "qui jam idem regnum nostrum pro regimine et gubernatione ejusdem, ac diversis defectibus, in eodem regno existentibus, emendandis, aliisque de causis est ingressus."
Ilustration 14. King Richard II of England (age 32) (standing in black and red) surrendering to King Henry IV of England (age 32) (holding the white staff) at Flint Castle [Map].
If the date laid down by our historian in page 151 be correct, and those of the writs given in Rymer equally so, it would follow that the former of these instruments would seem to have been framed by anticipation upon Henry's authority, and set forth in the king's name before his arrival; since, according to the text, Richard was not brought into the city of Chester till Tuesday, the twenty-second of August. But there appears strong reason to suspect that the writer may not have been accurate as to the day of the month on which the king was taken from Flint castle, though there may be no doubt that he is right as to the day of the week. I am inclined, with Carte, to place this event on August 19 [1399]; which I find by calculation to have fallen on Tuesday in that year, and then the dates of the documents in Rymer will follow in their right course. The king would be on Wednesday, August 20, at Chester, where the first writ was issued; and after remaining there three days, and setting out on the fourth from his leaving Flint, inclusive, might be at Lichfield on his way to London, on Sunday, the twenty-fourth of the same month; where the second writ was issued. Indeed the Monk of Evesham asserts that they halted at Lichfield the whole of Sunday, being the festival of Saint Bartholomew the apostle, which by the calendar corresponds to August 21, and accords with the indisputable authority in Rymer.
Chronicle of John Benet. 19th August 1399. Afterward, he advanced to Flint Castle, where he captured King Richard and led him first to Chester, then to Coventry, Northampton, and finally to London, where he imprisoned him in the Tower. The Duke Henry then held a parliament in London and was crowned King Henry on the feast of Saint Edward, King and Confessor. Before Christmas, King Richard was placed in Pontefract Castle [Map].
... et postea transivit ad castellum de Flynt et in eo cepit regem Ricardum et duxit illum in Cestriam et ad Coventriam et Norhamptonam et sic Londonias et posuit illum in Turri, et tenuit Dux Henricus parliamentum apud Lundon' et coronatus fuit Henricus in regem in die sancti Edwardi regis et confessoris, et ante Natale positus est rex Ricardus in castro de Pontefracto;
Thomas Walsingham [-1422]. 19th August 1399. These terms being agreed upon and confirmed, he [King Richard II (age 32)] came to Flint Castle [Map], where, after a brief conversation with the Duke of Lancaster [Henry Bolingbroke], they mounted their horses and came to Chester Castle that night with the army that had followed the Duke, which was exceedingly numerous. The King, however, surrendered himself to the Duke on the twentieth day of August, on the forty-seventh day after the Duke's entry into England. The King's treasury, along with his horses, other ornaments, and all the furnishings of his household, fell into the hands of the Duke. However, the King's household members, both magnates, lords, and lesser men, were despoiled by the Welsh and the Northumbrians. The King himself was led to London, to be kept in the Tower until the next Parliament.
Quibus concessis et firmatis venit ad castrum de Flynt; ubi habito brevi collogquio cum Duce Lancastrize, mox ascensis equis venerunt ad castellum Cestriæ ea nocte, cum exercitu, qui Ducem secutus fuerat, Inumeroso valde. Reddidit autem se Rex Dueci vicesimo die mensis Augusti, et quadragesimo septimo die ab ingressu Ducis in Angliam: thesaurus Regis, cum equis et aliis ornamentis, et universa domus supellectili, venit ad manus Ducis; sed familiares Regis, magnates, domini, et mediocres, per Wallicos et Northumbrenses despoliati sunt. Rex vero perductus est Londonias, conservandus in Turri usque ad Parliamentum proximo celebrandum.
On 19th August 1485, King Richard (age 32) left Nottingham to travel to Leicester, en route to meet Henry Tudor's army.
On 19th August 1493 Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 77) died. His son Maximilian (age 34) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.
On 19th August 1515 Louise Valois was born to King Francis I of France (age 20) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France (age 15). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.50%.
On 15 or 19th August 1531 Thomas Bilney (age 36) was burned at the stake at Norwich, Norfolk [Map] as described in Wriothesley's Chronicle.
On 19th August 1553 Andrew Dudley (age 46) was tried at Westminster Hall [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th August 1553. [The xix day were arraigned at Westminster hall sir Andrew Dudley (age 46), sir John Gates (age 49), sir Harry] Gattes, ser Thomas Palmer, and cast [to be hanged and] quartered.
Note. Sir John Gates and sir Thomas Palmer. These two knights were beheaded with the duke of Northumberland on the 22d August. Stowe in his Summarie preserves a soubriquet of the latter: he was called, "buskin Palmer." See a note regarding him in the Life of Lord Grey of Wilton, p. 3. He had received a pardon for all treasons, &c. Feb. 1551–2.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th August 1557. The xviiij day of August was the hers for the kyng of Denmarke fenysshed, with wax, the wyche was never sen shyche on [seen such a one] in England of that fassyon, of sqware tapurs, and xxj baners and baners rolles of all ther leneges and mareges in baner-rolles. The sam nyght was the durge, my lord tresorer cheyff morner; and after that my lord Darcy (age 60), ser Robart Uxinbryge (age 49), ser Edmond Peckam (age 62), ser [Robert] Freston (age 57), cofferer to the quen (age 41), and ser Recherd Sowthwell (age 54), ser Arthur Darcy (age 62), and mony nobull men and gentyllmen alle in blake; and my lord of London (age 57) begane the durge, with ys myter [on] alle the durge wylle; and after the durge alle the haroldes and the lordes whent to the bysshope of London('s) plasse and dronke; and iiij goodly whytt branchys, and vj dosen torchys, and the qwer hangyd with blake and armes; and vj pilers covered with velvet, and a goodly hers-cloth of tensell, the crosse of cloth of selver; and the morow masse, and a goodly sermon, and after to my lord('s) of London to dener for the kyng of Denmarke('s) obseque and fenerall, and a mageste and valans fryng of gold, and x dosen pensels, and x dosen skochyns of armes.
On 5th December 1560 Francis II King France King Consort Scotland (age 16) died. His brother Charles (age 10) succeeded IX King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. Mary Queen of Scots (age 17) no longer Queen of France she returned to Scotland arriving at Leith 19th August 1561 after having been in France for thirteen years.
On 19th August 1565 Thomas Keyes (age 41) and Mary Grey (age 20) were married. Elizabeth Stafford (age 19) and Ursula Stafford (age 12) were witnesses. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk.
On 19th August 1590 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland was baptised.
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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 19th August 1596 Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia was born to King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 30) and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 21) at Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 19th August 1617. The 19th my Lord (age 28) wrote me a very kind letter from Lewes to which I wrote an answer presently. In the afternoon I went to Penshurst on horseback to my Lord Lisle where I found Lady Dorothy Sidney (age 19)1, my Lady Manners, with whom I had much talk, and my Lord Norris, she and I being very kind. There was Lady Worth who told me a great deal of news from beyond sea, so we came home at night, my Coz. Barbara Sidney bringing me a good part of the way.
Note 1. Daughter of Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 53). Wife of Robert Sidney (age 21) eldest surviving son of Lord Lisle (age 53) who in the following year was created Earl of Leicester. Mother of Sacharissa.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1649. I went to salute the French King (age 10) and the Queen Dowager (age 47); and, on the 21st, returned in one of the Queen's coaches with my Lord Germain, Duke of Buckingham (age 21), Lord Wentworth (age 37), and Mr. Croftes (age 38), since Lord Croftes.
On 19th August 1659 the Battle of Winnington Bridge was fought between the 5000 strong Parliamentary Army of General John Lambert (age 39) and the 4000 strong Royalist army led by George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 36).
Brothers Piers Legh (age 28) and Thomas Leigh fought. Thomas Leigh was killed.
Edward Morgan of Golden Grove was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th August 1661. At the office all the morning; at noon the children are sent for by their mother my Lady Sandwich (age 36) to dinner, and my wife goes along with them by coach, and she to my father's and dines there, and from thence with them to see Mrs. Cordery, who do invite them before my father goes into the country, and thither I should have gone too but that I am sent for to the Privy Seal, and there I found a thing of my Lord Chancellor's (age 52)1 to be sealed this afternoon, and so I am forced to go to Worcester House, where severall Lords are met in Council this afternoon. And while I am waiting there, in comes the King in a plain common riding-suit and velvet cap, in which he seemed a very ordinary man to one that had not known him. Here I staid till at last, hearing that my Lord Privy Seal had not the seal here, Mr. Moore and I hired a coach and went to Chelsy, and there at an alehouse sat and drank and past the time till my Lord Privy Seal came to his house, and so we to him and examined and sealed the thing, and so homewards, but when we came to look for our coach we found it gone, so we were fain to walk home afoot and saved our money.
Note 1. This "thing" was probably one of those large grants which Clarendon quietly, or, as he himself says, "without noise or scandal", procured from the king. Besides lands and manors, Clarendon states at one time that the king gave him a "little billet into his hand, that contained a warrant of his own hand-writing to Sir Stephen Fox (age 34) to pay to the Chancellor the sum of £20,000, (approximately 10 million dollars in the year 2000) of which nobody could have notice". In 1662 he received £5,000 out of the money voted to the king by the Parliament of Ireland, as he mentions in his vindication of himself against the impeachment of the Commons; and we shall see that Pepys, in February, 1664, names another sum of £20,000 given to the Chancellor to clear the mortgage upon Clarendon Park; and this last sum, it was believed, was paid from the money received from France by the sale of Dunkirk. B.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th August 1662. After sitting, Sir G. Carteret (age 52) and I walked a good while in the garden, who told me that Sir W. Batten (age 61) had made his complaint to him that some of us had a mind to do him a bad turn, but I do not see that Sir George is concerned for him at all, but rather against him. He professes all love to me, and did tell me how he had spoke of me to my Lord Chancellor (age 53), and that if my Lord Sandwich (age 37) would ask my Lord Chancellor, he should know what he had said of me to him to my advantage, of which I am very glad, and do not doubt that all things will grow better and better every day for me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th August 1662. By and by to sit at the office; and Mr. Coventry (age 34) did tell us of the duell between Mr. Jermyn (age 26), nephew to my Lord St. Albans (age 57), and Colonel Giles Rawlins, the latter of whom is killed, and the first mortally wounded, as it is thought. They fought against Captain Thomas Howard (age 31), my Lord Carlisle's (age 33) brother, and another unknown; who, they say, had armour on that they could not be hurt, so that one of their swords went up to the hilt against it. They had horses ready, and are fled. But what is most strange, Howard sent one challenge, but they could not meet, and then another, and did meet yesterday at the old Pall Mall [Map] at St. James's, and would not to the last tell Jermyn what the quarrel was; nor do any body know. The Court is much concerned in this fray, and I am glad of it; hoping that it will cause some good laws against it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th August 1663. Up betimes, and my wife up and about the house, Susan beginning to have her drunken tricks, and put us in mind of her old faults and folly and distractednesse, which we had forgot, so that I became mightily troubled with her. This morning came my joyners to new lay the floors, and begun with the dining room. I out and see my viall again, and it is very well, and to Mr. Hollyard (age 54), and took some pills of him and a note under his hand to drink wine with my beere, without which I was obliged, by my private vowe, to drink none a good while, and have strictly observed it, and by my drinking of small beere and not eating, I am so mightily troubled with wind, that I know not what to do almost.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th August 1665. Slept till 8 o'clock, and then up and met with letters from the King (age 35) and Lord Arlington (age 47), for the removal of our office to Greenwich, Kent [Map]. I also wrote letters, and made myself ready to go to Sir G. Carteret (age 55), at Windsor; and having borrowed a horse of Mr. Blackbrough, sent him to wait for me at the Duke of Albemarle's (age 56) door: when, on a sudden, a letter comes to us from the Duke of Albemarle, to tell us that the fleete is all come back to Solebay [Map], and are presently to be dispatched back again. Whereupon I presently by water to the Duke of Albemarle to know what news; and there I saw a letter from my Lord Sandwich (age 40) to the Duke of Albemarle, and also from Sir W. Coventry (age 37) and Teddiman; how my Lord having commanded Teddiman with twenty-two ships1.
Note 1. A news letter of August 19th (Salisbury), gives the following account of this affair:-"The Earl of Sandwich being on the Norway coast, ordered Sir Thomas Teddeman with 20 ships to attack 50 Dutch merchant ships in Bergen harbour; six convoyers had so placed themselves that only four or five of the ships could be reached at once. The Governor of Bergen fired on our ships, and placed 100 pieces of ordnance and two regiments of foot on the rocks to attack them, but they got clear without the loss of a ship, only 500 men killed or wounded, five or six captains among them. The fleet has gone to Sole Bay to repair losses and be ready to encounter the Dutch fleet, which is gone northward" (Calendar of State Papers, 1664-65, pp. 526, 527). Medals were struck in Holland, the inscription in Dutch on one of these is thus translated: "Thus we arrest the pride of the English, who extend their piracy even against their friends, and who insulting the forts of Norway, violate the rights of the harbours of King Frederick; but, for the reward of their audacity, see their vessels destroyed by the balls of the Dutch" (Hawkins's "Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland", ed. Franks and Grueber, 1885, vol. i., p. 508). Sir Gilbert Talbot's "True Narrative of the Earl of Sandwich's Attempt upon Bergen with the English Fleet on the 3rd of August, 1665, and the Cause of his Miscarriage thereupon", is in the British Museum (Harl. MS., No. 6859). It is printed in "Archaeologia", vol. xxii., p. 33. The Earl of Rochester, Kent [Map] also gave an account of the action in a letter to his mother (Wordsworth's "Ecclesiastical Biography", fourth edition, vol. iv., p. 611). Sir John Denham (age 50), in his "Advice to a Painter", gives a long satirical account of the affair. A coloured drawing of the attack upon Bergen, on vellum, showing the range of the ships engaged, is in the British Museum. Shortly after the Bergen affair forty of the Dutch merchant vessels, on their way to Holland, fell into the hands of the English, and in Penn's "Memorials of Sir William Pen (age 44)", vol. ii., p. 364, is a list of the prizes taken on the 3rd and 4th September. The troubles connected with these prizes and the disgrace into which Lord Sandwich fell are fully set forth in subsequent pages of the Diary. Evelyn writes in his Diary (November 27th, 1665): "There was no small suspicion of my Lord Sandwich having permitted divers commanders who were at ye taking of ye East India prizes to break bulk and take to themselves jewels, silkes, &c., tho' I believe some whom I could name fill'd their pockets, my Lo. Sandwich himself had the least share. However, he underwent the blame, and it created him enemies, and prepossess'd ye Lo. Generall (Duke of Albemarle), for he spake to me of it with much zeale and concerne, and I believe laid load enough on Lo. Sandwich at Oxford". (of which but fifteen could get thither, and of those fifteen but eight or nine could come up to play) to go to Bergen; where, after several messages to and fro from the Governor of the Castle, urging that Teddiman ought not to come thither with more than five ships, and desiring time to think of it, all the while he suffering the Dutch ships to land their guns to their best advantage; Teddiman on the second pretence, began to play at the Dutch ships, (wherof ten East India-men,) and in three hours' time (the town and castle, without any provocation, playing on our ships,) they did cut all our cables, so as the wind being off the land, did force us to go out, and rendered our fire-ships useless; without doing any thing, but what hurt of course our guns must have done them: we having lost five commanders, besides Mr. Edward Montagu, and Mr. Windham. This Mr. Windham had entered into a formal engagement with the Earl of Rochester, Kent [Map], "not without ceremonies of religion, that if either of them died, he should appear, and give the other notice of the future state, if there was any". He was probably one of the brothers of Sir William Wyndham, Bart. See Wordsworth's "Ecclesiastical Biography", fourth. edition, vol. iv., p. 615. B.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th August 1665. Our fleete is come home to our great grief with not above five weeks' dry, and six days' wet provisions: however, must out again; and the Duke (age 31) hath ordered the Soveraigne, and all other ships ready, to go out to the fleete to strengthen them. This news troubles us all, but cannot be helped. Having read all this news, and received commands of the Duke with great content, he giving me the words which to my great joy he hath several times said to me, that his greatest reliance is upon me. And my Lord Craven (age 57) also did come out to talk with me, and told me that I am in mighty esteem with the Duke, for which I bless God.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1671. I dined at the Hamburg Resident's, and, after dinner, went to the christening of Sir Samuel Tuke's (age 56) son, Charles, at Somerset House, by a Popish priest, and many odd ceremonies. The godfathers were the King (age 41), and Lord Arundel of Wardour (age 63), and godmother, the Countess of Huntingdon (age 58). [Note. This must refer to the Dowager Countess of Huntingdon wife of Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon since his successor Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon (age 20) didn't marry until 1672.].
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1671. To Council. The letters of Sir Thomas Modiford (age 51) were read, giving relation of the exploit at Panama, which was very brave; they took, burned, and pillaged the town of vast treasures, but the best of the booty had been shipped off, and lay at anchor in the South Sea, so that, after our men had ranged the country sixty miles about, they went back to Nombre de Dios, and embarked for Jamaica. Such an action had not been done since the famous Drake.
On 19th August 1673 Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth (age 23) was created 1st Duchess Portsmouth, 1st Countess Fareham, 1st Baroness Petersfield by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 43) for life for being his mistress and for having given birth to his son Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 1).
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1674. His Majesty (age 44) told me how exceedingly the Dutch were displeased at my treatise of the "History of Commerce;" that the Holland Ambassador had complained to him of what I had touched of the Flags and Fishery, etc., and desired the book might be called in; while on the other side, he assured me he was exceedingly pleased with what I had done, and gave me many thanks. However, it being just upon conclusion of the treaty of Breda (indeed it was designed to have been published some months before and when we were at defiance), his Majesty told me he must recall it formally; but gave order that what copies should be publicly seized to pacify the Ambassador, should immediately be restored to the printer, and that neither he nor the vender should be molested. The truth is, that which touched the Hollander was much less than what the King himself furnished me with, and obliged me to publish, having caused it to be read to him before it went to press; but the error was, it should have been published before the peace was proclaimed. The noise of this book's suppression made it presently to be bought up, and turned much to the stationer's advantage. It was no other than the preface prepared to be prefixed to my "History of the Whole War;" which I now pursued no further.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1683. I went to Bromley to visit our Bishop (age 58), and excellent neighbor, and to congratulate his now being made Archbishop of York. On the 28th, he came to take his leave of us, now preparing for his journey and residence in his province.
On 19th August 1721 Thomas Deacon (age 70) died. He was buried at Peterborough Cathedral [Map]. Powdered Wig. Hand On Skull. Elbow Reclining Figure. Heeled Shoes. Sculpted by Robert Taylor (age 7).
Thomas Deacon: Around 1651 he was born. B 1653 he and Mary Havey were married. Before 1718 he was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.
On 19th August 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote (age 36) died. On 5th May 1772 Bridget White Lady Heathcote (age 64) died. Monument to in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].
Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote: On 23rd March 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. On 22nd June 1749 Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
Bridget White Lady Heathcote: In 1705 she was born to Thomas White of Walling Wells in Nottinghamshire. In 1720 John Heathcote 2nd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London.
After 19th August 1843. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Memorial to Charlotte Myddelton (deceased).
After 19th August 1843. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Monument to Charlotte Myddelton (deceased). She the last remaining member of the Myddelton family who married Robert Myddelton-Biddulph by which Chirk Castle [Map] came into the possession of the Biddulph family who adopted the surname Myddelton-Biddulph.
Robert Myddelton-Biddulph: In March 1761 he was born. On 20th December 1796 Richard Myddelton died unmarried. His sister Charlotte Myddelton and her husband Robert Myddelton-Biddulph inherited Chirk Castle [Map]. On 24th December 1801 he and Charlotte Myddelton were married. She the heiress of her father Richard Myddelton and brother Richard Myddelton by which she and her husband inherited Chirk Castle [Map]. On 30th August 1814 he died.
After 19th August 1843. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Memorial Ascension Window to Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph (age 38), and his sons Robert Myddelton-Biddulph and Gilbert Hugh Myddleton-Biddulph commissioned by Fanny Mostyn-Owen (age 36) wife and mother respectively.
Robert Myddelton-Biddulph: In 1843 he was born to Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph and Fanny Mostyn-Owen. On 4th September 1863 he died at Malta. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map].
Gilbert Hugh Myddleton-Biddulph: On 15th December 1848 he was born to Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph and Fanny Mostyn-Owen. On 11th February 1878 he died at Rome.
Fanny Mostyn-Owen: On 18th August 1807 she was born to William Mostyn-Owen of Woodhouse. On 31st May 1832 Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph and she were married. On 4th November 1887 she died.
On 19th August 1925 Helen Gladstone (age 75) died. Memorial at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.
Commonwealth War Graves at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map] including one to Flight Sargeant William Dundas Fordwych who was killed aged twenty-one with the rest of his crew on 19th August 1942. Took off 0001 hrs to practicing overshoot procedures. The starboard outer engine was feathered by error, resulting in a stall and the crash that followed at 01.15hrs at Normanton [Map], 12 miles NE of Nottingham.
Births on the 19th August
On 19th August 1012 Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders was born to Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders (age 32) and Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders at Arras.
On 19th August 1454 François Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 41) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 35) at Chambéry.
On 19th August 1515 Louise Valois was born to King Francis I of France (age 20) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France (age 15). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.50%.
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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 19th August 1557 Frederick Württemberg I Duke Württemberg was born to George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (age 59) and Barbara of Hesse (age 21).
On 19th August 1558 François Bourbon Condé Prince Conti was born to Louis Bourbon Prince Condé (age 28) and Eléanor de Roucy de Roye Princess Condé (age 23).
On 19th August 1596 Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia was born to King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 30) and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 21) at Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife.
On 19th August 1622 James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 21) and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 18).
On 19th August 1646 John Flamsteed was born in Denby, Derbyshire [Map].
On 19th August 1656 Christopher Wandesford 1st Viscount Castlecomer was born to Christopher Wandesford 1st Baronet (age 28) and Eleanor Lowther Lady Wandesford (age 26).
On 19th August 1673 Arabella Cavendish was born to Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 43) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 42).
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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 19th August 1690 Charles Churchill was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 40) and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 30).
On 19th August 1694 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton was born to Robert Shirley (age 20) and Anne Ferrers (age 16).
On 19th August 1710 Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont was born to William Wyndham 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Seymour (age 17).
On 19th August 1711 Edward Boscawen was born to Hugh Boscawen 1st Viscount Falmouth (age 31) and Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth.
On 19th August 1711 Stuarta Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 60) and Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 30).
On 19th August 1721 James Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 29).
On 19th August 1773 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 38) and Frances Twysden (age 20).
On 19th August 1773 Valentine Lawless 2nd Baron Cloncurry was born to Nicholas Lawless 1st Baron Cloncurry (age 37) and Margaret Browne Baroness Cloncurry (age 37) at Merrion Square, Dublin in Dublin.
On 19th August 1778 Sophie Fredericka Caroline Luise Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 28) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 21).
On 19th August 1778 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury was born to James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury (age 32) and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury (age 17).
On 19th August 1779 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow (age 34) and Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow.
On 19th August 1797 George Young 2nd Baronet was born to Samuel Young 1st Baronet (age 21) and Emily Baring Lady Young (age 21).
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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 19th August 1808 Isabella Somerset Anne Frances was born to Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 41) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 37).
On 19th August 1813 Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet was born to Henry Thomas Colebrooke (age 48) in Calcutta, India.
On 19th August 1819 Brownlow Charles Bertie was born to Montagu Bertie 5th Earl of Abingdon (age 35) and Emily Gage Countess of Abingdon.
On 19th August 1841 Edward Percy Seymour was born to Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 36) and Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset (age 31).
On 19th August 1844 Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow was born to John Hume Egerton (age 31) and Marianne Margaret Compton (age 27).
On 19th August 1845 William Percival Wynn was born to Spencer Bulkeley Wynn 3rd Baron Newborough (age 42) and Frances Maria De Winton Baroness Newborough. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 19th August 1845 Reverend Brooke de Malpas Grey-Egerton 13th Baronet was born to Reverend William Henry Egerton (age 33).
On 19th August 1848 Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey 3rd Baronet was born to William Payne-Gallwey 2nd Baronet (age 41) and Emily Anne Frankland-Russell Lady Frankland (age 26).
On 19th August 1851 Bernard Coleridge 2nd Baron Coleridge was born to John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 30) and Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 26).
On 19th August 1856 Guy Thomas Saunders Sebright 12th Baronet was born to Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright 8th Baronet (age 54).
On 19th August 1857 Edgar Vincent 1st Viscount D'Abernon was born to Frederick Vincent 11th Baronet (age 59) and Maria Copley Young (age 37).
On 19th August 1858 Lionel Dawson-Damer 5th Earl of Portarlington was born to Lionel Dawson-Damer 4th Earl of Portarlington (age 26) and Harriet Lydia Robinson Montagu Countess Portarlington.
On 19th August 1859 William Sidney 5th Baron De Lisle and Dudley was born to Philip Sidney 2nd Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 31) and Mary Foulis (age 33). He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 19th August 1876 Muriel Finch-Hatton Lady Paget was born to Murray Finch-Hatton 7th Earl Nottingham 12th Earl Winchilsea (age 25) and Edith Harcourt Countess Winchelsea and Nottingham (age 20).
On 19th August 1882 Gerald William Addington 5th Viscount Sidmouth was born to Gerald Addington 4th Viscount Sidmouth (age 28).
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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 19th August 1889 Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis was born to Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis 21st Baron Clinton (age 26) and Jane Grey McDonnell Baroness Clinton (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.
On 19th August 1892 Roland James Corbet 5th Baronet was born to Walter Orlando Corbet 4th Baronet (age 36).
On 19th August 1893 Lovel William Coke was born to Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 70) and Georgina Caroline Cavendish Countess Leicester (age 41).
On 19th August 1898 Maud Lillian Elfreda Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born to William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 26) and Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam (age 21).
On 19th August 1900 Thomas Cholmondeley 4th Baron Delamere was born to Hugh Cholmondeley 3rd Baron Delamere (age 30) and Florence Ann Cole Baroness Delamere (age 22).
On 19th August 1905 Mary Kathleen Lane-Fox Viscountess Bridgeman was born to George Lane-Fox 1st Baron Bingley (age 34) and Mary Agnes Emily Wood Baroness Bingley (age 28).
On 19th August 1925 Michael David Hogg 8th Baronet was born to Arthur Ramsey Hogg 7th Baronet (age 28).
On 19th August 1945 Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley 9th Duke of Wellington was born to Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 30).
On 19th August 1950 John Charles Josslyn Ramsden 9th Baronet was born to Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden 8th Baronet (age 35).
On 19th August 1966 Robert James Renwick 3rd Baron Renwick was born to Harry Andrew Renwick 2nd Baron Renwick (age 30).
On 19th August 1966 John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 5th Baron Acton was born to Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton 4th Baron Acton (age 25).
Marriages on the 19th August
On 19th August 1371 Louis Bourbon II Duke Bourbon (age 34) and Anne Auvergne Duchess Bourbon (age 13) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bourbon. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He the son of Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon and Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon (age 58).
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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 19th August 1479 Jean V Count Armagnac and Jeanne Foix were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years. She the daughter of Gaston IV Count Foix and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of John IV Count Armagnac and Isabella Évreux Countess Armagnac. They were first cousin once removed.
On 19th August 1568 John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 23) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (age 18) were married. He the son of Christian III King of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 57). They were sixth cousins.
On 19th August 1708 Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney (age 22) and Elizabeth Shovell Baroness Romney were married.
On 19th August 1742 John Thomas (age 30) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell were married at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. There was no issue. She the sister of his former pupil William Clayton 1st Baronet.
On 19th August 1776 Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon (age 30) and Henrietta Maria Phipps (age 19) were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 2 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 19th August 1819 John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans (age 57) and Harriet CarewCountess St Germans were married.
On 19th August 1913 Walter Yarde-Buller (age 54) and Alianore Chandos-Pole Lady Lethbridge (age 44) were married. They were first cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19th August 1918 Osborne De Vere Beauclerk 12th Duke St Albans (age 43) and Beatrix Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess St Albans (age 41) were married. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne (age 73) and Maud Evelyn Hamilton Marchioness Lansdowne (age 68). He the son of William Amelius Aubrey Beauclerk 10th Duke St Albans and Grace Bernal Duchess St Albans (age 70). They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Deaths on the 19th August
On 19th August 768 Eadberht King of Northumbria died. His son Oswulf succeeded King Northumbria.
On 19th August 1186 Geoffrey Plantagenet 2nd Duke Brittany (age 27) died at Paris [Map].
On 19th August 1245 Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 47) died.
On 19th August 1298 Saint Louis Capet Bishop Toulose (age 24) died.
On 19th August 1493 Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 77) died. His son Maximilian (age 34) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.
On 19th August 1537 Thomas Cornwall 8th Baron Burford (age 70) died at Acton. His son Richard (age 44) succeeded 9th Baron Burford of Burford in Shropshire.
On 19th August 1560 Elizabeth Dudley Baroness Stourton (age 60) died.
On 5th December 1560 Francis II King France King Consort Scotland (age 16) died. His brother Charles (age 10) succeeded IX King France: Capet Valois Angoulême. Mary Queen of Scots (age 17) no longer Queen of France she returned to Scotland arriving at Leith 19th August 1561 after having been in France for thirteen years.
On 19th August 1633 Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 34) died.
On 19th August 1659 the Battle of Winnington Bridge was fought between the 5000 strong Parliamentary Army of General John Lambert (age 39) and the 4000 strong Royalist army led by George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 36).
Brothers Piers Legh (age 28) and Thomas Leigh fought. Thomas Leigh was killed.
Edward Morgan of Golden Grove was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.
On 19th August 1659 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet died. His son Edmund (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baronet Prideaux of Forde Abbey in Dorset.
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On 19th August 1702 Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 57) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Kent. Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 27) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 19th August 1704 James Power 3rd Earl Tyrone (age 37) died without male issue. Earl Tyrone extinct.
On 19th August 1710 Lady Mary Fane (age 36) died.
On 19th August 1721 Thomas Deacon (age 70) died. He was buried at Peterborough Cathedral [Map]. Powdered Wig. Hand On Skull. Elbow Reclining Figure. Heeled Shoes. Sculpted by Robert Taylor (age 7).
Thomas Deacon: Around 1651 he was born. B 1653 he and Mary Havey were married. Before 1718 he was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.
On 19th August 1723 Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 31) died.
On 19th August 1734 Penelope Stonhouse Baroness Gower (age 29) died.
On 19th August 1752 Anne Newport Lady Bridgeman died. She was buried at Weston Park, Staffordshire.
On 19th August 1758 Mary Hay 14th Countess Erroll died at Slains Castle, Slains. Her great nephew James (age 32) succeeded 15th Earl Erroll.
On 19th August 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote (age 36) died. On 5th May 1772 Bridget White Lady Heathcote (age 64) died. Monument to in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].
Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote: On 23rd March 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. On 22nd June 1749 Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
Bridget White Lady Heathcote: In 1705 she was born to Thomas White of Walling Wells in Nottinghamshire. In 1720 John Heathcote 2nd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London.
On 19th August 1808 Francis Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Baron Ducie (age 69) died. His son Thomas (age 31) succeeded 4th Baron Ducie. Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth (age 26) by marriage Baroness Ducie.
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On 19th August 1850 Charles Vincent Loraine 7th Baronet (age 43) died. His brother Henry (age 37) succeeded 8th Baronet Loraine of Kirkharle in Northumberland.
Illustrated London News, 31 August 1850: "The decease of this Baronet occurred in London, on the 19th instant, after a very severe illness. Sir Charles had completed his 42nd year. He was the second son of Sir Charles Loraine, the fifth Baronet, by Elizabeth his wife, only daughter of Vincent Campart, Esq, Esq., of Turnham Green, and grandson of Sir William Loraine, Bart., by Hannah his first wife, daughter of Sir Lancelot Allgood, Knt., of Nunwick. The family of Loraine, of Kirkharle, is one of the most ancient in Northumberland."
On 19th August 1864 Robert Dennett Rodney 6th Baron Rodney (age 44) died. His son George (age 7) succeeded 7th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 19th August 1874 Henry Webb 7th Baronet (age 68) died. Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire extinct.
On 19th August 1882 Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 85) died.
On 19th August 1908 Frederick Brydges Major Henniker 5th Baronet (age 46) died. His brother Arthur (age 42) succeeded 6th Baronet Henniker of Newton Hall in Essex.
On 19th August 1927 John Manners-Sutton 3rd Baron Manners (age 75) died. His son Francis (age 30) succeeded 4th Baron Manners of Foston in Lincolnshire. Mary Edith Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Manners (age 27) by marriage Baroness Manners of Foston in Lincolnshire.
On 19th August 1930 Leonara Caroline Digby Baroness Ashburton (age 85) died.
On 19th August 1998 Anne Palairet Countess of Oxford and Asquith (age 81) died.