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On this Day in History ... 19th August

19 Aug is in August.

1274 Coronation Edward I

1388 Battle of Otterburn

1399 Abdication of Richard II

1485 Battle of Bosworth

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

1659 Battle of Winnington Bridge

1662 Montagu Chomeley Duel

1671 Raid on Panama

1667 Treaty of Breda

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

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.

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.

Froissart Book 3 Chapter 126. 05 Aug 1388 or 19 Aug 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 either 05 Aug 1388 or 19 Aug 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 Douglas Countess Mar (age 28) succeeded Countess Mar.

John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray (age 46) fought.

Thomas Walsingham Chronicon Angliæ 1399. 19 Aug 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 orna- mentis, 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 Parlia- mentum proximo celebrandum.

On 19 Aug 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?]

Around 1401. Jean Creton Chronicler. The Capture and Death of King Richard. King Richard II of England (standing in black and red) surrendering to King Henry IV of England (age 33) (holding the white staff) at Flint Castle [Map].

On 19th August 1485, King Richard (age 32) left Nottingham to travel to Leicester, en route to meet Henry Tudor's army.

On 19 Aug 1493 Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 77) died. His son Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1531 Thomas Bilney (age 36) was burned at the stake at Norwich, Norfolk [Map] as described in Wriothesley's Chronicle.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Aug 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.

On 19 Aug 1553 Andrew Dudley (age 46) was tried at Westminster Hall [Map].

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Aug 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 05 Dec 1560 Francis II King France King Consort Scotland (age 16) died. His brother Charles IX King France (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 19 Aug 1561 after having been in France for thirteen years.

On 19 Aug 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. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 19 Aug 1590 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland was baptised.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 19 Aug 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.

On 19 Aug 1622 Frederick Wettin (age 26) was killed.

John Evelyn's Diary. 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 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. 19 Aug 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.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Aug 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. 19 Aug 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. 19 Aug 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. 19 Aug 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.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Aug 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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John Evelyn's Diary. 19 Aug 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.

John Evelyn's Diary. 19 Aug 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.].

On 19 Aug 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. 19 Aug 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.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote (age 36) died. On 05 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 23 Mar 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. On 22 Jun 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 19 Aug 1925 Helen Gladstone (age 75) died. Memorial at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.

On 19 Aug 1943 Major John Hamilton-Russell (age 32) was killed accidentally whilst on active service.

Births on the 19th August

On 19 Aug 1454 François Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 41) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 35) at Chambéry.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1557 Frederick Württemberg I Duke Württemberg was born to George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (age 59) and Barbara of Hesse (age 21).

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1656 Christopher Wandesford 1st Viscount Castlecomer was born to Christopher Wandesford 1st Baronet (age 28) and Eleanor Lowther Lady Wandesford (age 26).

On 19 Aug 1694 Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton was born to Robert Shirley (age 20) and Anne Ferrers (age 16).

On or before 19 Aug 1704 Orlando Humphreys 2nd Baronet was born to Willam Humphreys 1st Baronet and Margaret Wintour.

On 19 Aug 1710 Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont was born to William Wyndham 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Seymour (age 17).

On 19 Aug 1711 Edward Boscawen was born to Hugh Boscawen 1st Viscount Falmouth (age 31) and Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth.

On 19 Aug 1711 Stuarta Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 60) and Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 30).

On 19 Aug 1773 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 38) and Frances Twysden (age 20).

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1779 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow (age 34) and Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow.

On 19 Aug 1797 George Young 2nd Baronet was born to Samuel Young 1st Baronet (age 21) and Emily Baring Lady Young (age 21).

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1857 Edgar Vincent 1st Viscount D'Abernon was born to Frederick Vincent 11th Baronet (age 59) and Maria Copley Young (age 37).

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1925 Michael David Hogg 8th Baronet was born to Arthur Ramsey Hogg 7th Baronet (age 28).

On 19 Aug 1966 Robert James Renwick 3rd Baron Renwick was born to Harry Andrew Renwick 2nd Baron Renwick (age 30).

Marriages on the 19th August

On 19 Aug 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). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 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 Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 57).

Before 19 Aug 1622 Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 21) and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 18) were married. He the son of William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton.

Before 19 Aug 1704 Willam Humphreys 1st Baronet and Margaret Wintour were married.

On 19 Aug 1708 Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney (age 22) and Elizabeth Shovell Baroness Romney were married.

Before 19 Aug 1710 William Wyndham 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Seymour (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (age 48) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset (age 43).

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1819 John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans (age 57) and Harriet Carew were married.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 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). 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 19 Aug 1186 Geoffrey Plantagenet 2nd Duke Brittany (age 27) died at Paris [Map].

On 19 Aug 1245 Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 47) died.

On either 05 Aug 1388 or 19 Aug 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 Douglas Countess Mar (age 28) succeeded Countess Mar.

John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray (age 46) fought.

On 19 Aug 1493 Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 77) died. His son Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.

Before 19 Aug 1560 Alice Squier Baroness North died.

On 19 Aug 1560 Elizabeth Dudley Baroness Stourton (age 60) died.

On 05 Dec 1560 Francis II King France King Consort Scotland (age 16) died. His brother Charles IX King France (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 19 Aug 1561 after having been in France for thirteen years.

On 19 Aug 1633 Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 34) died.

Before 19 Aug 1651 Adam de Colone (age 79) died. He was buried on 19 Aug 1651.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1702 Anthony Grey 1453 1490 11th Earl Kent (age 57) died. His son Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Kent. Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 27) by marriage Countess Kent.

On 19 Aug 1704 James Power 3rd Earl Tyrone (age 37) died without male issue. Earl Tyrone extinct.

On 19 Aug 1710 Lady Mary Fane (age 36) died.

On 19 Aug 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 19 Aug 1723 Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 31) died.

On 19 Aug 1734 Penelope Stonhouse Baroness Gower (age 29) died.

On 19 Aug 1752 Anne Newport Lady Bridgeman died. She was buried at Weston Park, Staffordshire.

On 19 Aug 1758 Mary Hay 14th Countess Erroll died at Slains Castle, Slains. Her great nephew James Hay 15th Earl Erroll (age 32) succeeded 15th Earl Erroll.

On 19 Aug 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote (age 36) died. On 05 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 23 Mar 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. On 22 Jun 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 19 Aug 1874 Henry Webb 7th Baronet (age 68) died. Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire extinct.

On 19 Aug 1882 Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 85) died.

On 19 Aug 1930 Leonara Caroline Digby Baroness Ashburton (age 85) died.

On 19 Aug 1998 Anne Palairet Countess of Oxford and Asquith (age 81) died.