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On this Day in History ... 19th November

19 Nov is in November.

1557 Battle of St Quentin

1644 Execution of Alexander Carew 2nd Baronet

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 19th November

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 768. This year died Archbishop Egbert at York, on the thirteenth day before the calends of December, who was bishop thirty-six winters; and Frithbert at Hexham, who was bishop there thirty-four winters. Ethelbert was consecrated to York, and Elmund to Hexham.

On 19 Nov 1473 Nicholas Fitzherbert (age 73) died at Norbury, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map]. Fluted Period. Fine set of weepers. Probably Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent.

Nicholas Fitzherbert: In 1400 he was born to Henry Fitzherbert and Isabella Downes at Norbury, Derbyshire. In or before 1424 Nicholas Fitzherbert and Alice Booth were married. They had eight sons and five daughter according to the inscription on his monument. In or after 1453 Nicholas Fitzherbert and Isabel aka Elizabeth Ludlow were married. They had two sons and two daughters.

Clenched Fist Crest usually left-handed; probably a mistake by the sculptor since left-hand suggests illegitimacy.

Suns and Roses Collar.

Feet resting on a Lion with Chunky Lions Mane.

Chest with Weepers.

Two wives shown on one end.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1554. The sam day whent to met my lord cardenall Polle (age 54) in Kent my lord of Elly, with odur - doctur Thurlbe (age 48) bysshope of Elly.

Note. P. 75. Cardinal Pole. "The 24. of November cardinall Poole came oute of Brabant into England," &c. See Stowe's Chronicle, p. 625.

On 19 Nov 1557 John Braye 2nd Baron Braye died from wounds received at the Battle of St Quentin without issue. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. Baron Braye abeyant between his six sisters inherited. The abeyance would be terminated in 1839 in favour of Sarah Otway-Cave 3rd Baroness Braye a descendant of his sister Elizabeth Braye (age 56).

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1559. The xix day of November was bered at Lambeth the old byshope of Durram doctur Donstalle (deceased), sum-tyme byshope of London, with (unfinished)

Note. P. 218. Funeral of bishop Tunstall. His epitaph, formerly on a brass plate under the communion table of Lambeth church, will be found in Ducarel's History of Lambeth, Appx. p. 40. It was written by Walter Haddon. He died on the 15 Nov. aged 85

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1560. The xix day of November was electyd the byshope of Wynchester at the cowrt, master Horne (age 50) late dene of Durram.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1562. The xix day of November at after-non was [a] fray with-owtt Tempull-bare agaynst master Huntun (age 28) ['s house?] that mared my lady of Warwyke (age 24) and ther was sl[ain] master Banaster, servand unto master Huntun, by (blank)

Note. P. 296. Master Hunton that married my lady of Warwick. Sir Edward Unton, K.B. on the 29th April, 1555, married Anne, one of the daughters of the protector Somerset, and widow of John Dudley, earl of Warwick, the eldest son of John duke of Northumberland. See the memoirs prefixed to Unton Inventories, 1841, 4to. p. xxxvii.

On 19 Nov 1569 Sébastien de Luxembourg Duke of Penthièvre (age 39) was killed at the Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

On 18 Nov 1616 or 19 Nov 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 28 Mar 1578 he was born to Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole and Anne Bourne. He was baptised 15 Apr 1578. On 29 Apr 1607 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole was knighted. On 18 Jun 1607 he and Dorothy Kempe were married.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1616. 19 Nov 1616. Upon the 19th William Punn came down from London with letters from my Lord (age 27) whereby I perceived there had passed a challenge between him and my Coz. Clifford which my Lord sent him by my Coz. Cheymy, the Lords of the Council sent for them both and the King made them friends giving my Lord marvellous good words and willed him to send for me because he meant to make an agreement himself between us.

This going up to London of mine at this time I little expected. By him I also heard that my Sister Sackville was dead.

On 21 Feb 1637 Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke was appointed Lord Chancellor which position he held until 19 Nov 1756.

On 19 Nov 1644 Alexander Carew 2nd Baronet (age 36) was tried for treason, for attempting to betray the Parliamentary cause, by court-martial and convicted at Guildhall [Map].

On 23 Dec 1644 Alexander Carew 2nd Baronet was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Augustine's Church, Hackney. His son John Carew 3rd Baronet (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Carew of Antony in Cornwall.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1663. Thence to the Temple [Map], and there visited my cozen Roger Pepys (age 46) and his brother Dr. John, a couple, methinks, of very ordinary men, and thence to speak [with] Mr. Moore, and met him by the way, who tells me, to my great content, that he believes my letter to my Lord Sandwich (age 38) hath wrought well upon him, and that he will look after himself and his business upon it, for he begins already to do so. But I dare not conclude anything till I see him, which shall be to-morrow morning, that I may be out of my pain to know how he takes it of me. He and I to the Coffee-house, and there drank and talked a little, and so I home, and after a little at my office home to supper and to bed, not knowing how to avoid hopes from Mr. Moore's words to-night, and yet I am fearful of the worst.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1663. Up, and to the office, where (Sir J. Minnes (age 64) and Sir W. Batten (age 62) being gone this morning to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map]) the rest of us met, and rode at noon. So I to the 'Change [Map], where little business, and so home to dinner, and being at dinner Mr. Creed in and dined with us, and after dinner Mr. Gentleman, my Jane's father, to see us and her. And after a little stay with them, I was sent for by Sir G. Carteret (age 53) by agreement, and so left them, and to him and with him by coach to my Lord Treasurer (age 56), to discourse with him about Mr. Gauden's having of money, and to offer to him whether it would not be necessary, Mr. Gauden's credit being so low as it is, to take security of him if he demands any great sum, such as £20,000, which now ought to be paid him upon his next year's declaration. Which is a sad thing, that being reduced to this by us, we should be the first to doubt his credit; but so it is. However, it will be managed with great tenderness to him. My Lord Treasurer we found in his bed-chamber, being laid up of the goute. I find him a very ready man, and certainly a brave servant to the King (age 33): he spoke so quick and sensibly of the King's charge. Nothing displeased me in him but his long nails, which he lets grow upon a pretty thick white short hand, that it troubled me to see them.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1666. After dinner I carried and set my wife down at her brother's, and then to Barkeshire-house, where my Chancellor (age 57) hath been ever since the fire, but he is not come home yet, so I to Westminster Hall [Map], where the Lords newly up and the Commons still sitting. Here I met with Mr. Robinson, who did give me a printed paper wherein he states his pretence to the post office, and intends to petition the Parliament in it.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1666. Thence to my Chancellor's (age 57), and there Mr. Creed and Gawden, Cholmley (age 34), and Sir G. Carteret (age 56) walking in the Park over against the house. I walked with Sir G. Carteret, who I find displeased with the letter I have drawn and sent in yesterday, finding fault with the account we give of the ill state of the Navy, but I said little, only will justify the truth of it.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1666. Here we walked to and again till one dropped away after another, and so I took coach to White Hall, and there visited my Lady Jemimah, at Sir G. Carteret's (age 56) lodgings. Here was Sir Thomas Crew (age 42), and he told me how hot words grew again to-day in the House of Lords between my Lord Ossory (age 32) and Ashly (age 45), the former saying that something said by the other was said like one of Oliver's Council. Ashly said that he must give him reparation, or he would take it his owne way. The House therefore did bring my Lord Ossory to confess his fault, and ask pardon for it, as he was also to my Lord Buckingham (age 38), for saying that something was not truth that my Lord Buckingham had said. This will render my Lord Ossory very little in a little time.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1667. Thence with W. Hewer (age 25) and our messenger, Marlow, home by coach, and so late at letters, and then home to supper, and my wife to read and then to bed. This night I wrote to my father, in answer to a new match which is proposed (the executor of Ensum, my sister's former servant) for my sister (age 26), that I will continue my mind of giving her £500, if he likes of the match. My father did also this week, by Shepley, return me up a 'Guinny, which, it seems, upon searching the ground, they have found since I was there. I was told this day that Lory Hide (age 25)1, second son of my Chancellor (age 58), did some time since in the House say, that if he thought his father was guilty but of one of the things then said against him, he would be the first that should call for judgement against him: which Mr. Waller (age 61), the poet, did say was spoke like the old Roman, like Brutus, for its greatness and worthiness.

Note 1. Laurence Hyde, second son of Chancellor Clarendon (1614-1711). He held many important offices, and was First Lord of the Treasury, 1679-84; created Earl of Rochester in 1681, and K.G. 1685.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19 Nov 1667. So home and to dinner, where Mr. Shepley with me, newly come out of the country, but I was at little liberty to talk to him, but after dinner with two contracts to the Committee, with Lord Bruncker (age 47) and Sir T. Harvy (age 42), and there did deliver them, and promised at their command more, but much against my will. And here Sir R. Brookes (age 30) did take me alone, and pray me to prevent their trouble, by discovering the order he would have. I told him I would suppress none, nor could, but this did not satisfy him, and so we parted, I vexed that I should bring on myself this suspicion. Here I did stand by unseen, and did hear their impertinent yet malicious examinations of some rogues about the business of Bergen, wherein they would wind in something against my Lord Sandwich (age 42) (it was plain by their manner of examining, as Sir Thomas Crew (age 43) did afterwards observe to me, who was there), but all amounted to little I think. But here Sir Thomas Crew and W. Hewer (age 25), who was there also, did tell me that they did hear Captain Downing give a cruel testimony against my Lord Bruncker, for his neglect, and doing nothing, in the time of straits at Chatham, Kent [Map], when he was spoke to, and did tell the Committee that he, Downing, did presently after, in Lord Bruncker's hearing, tell the Duke of Albemarle (age 58), that if he might advise the King (age 37), he should hang both my Lord Bruncker and Pett (age 57). This is very hard.

John Evelyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1677. They went away, and I saw embarked my Lady Sylvius (age 24), who went into Holland with her husband, made Hoffmaester to the Prince (age 27), a considerable employment. We parted with great sorrow, for the great respect and honor I bore her, a most pious and virtuous lady.

On 19 Nov 1677 James Fox (age 12) died of smallpox; some sources say smallpos. He is bured in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey [Map]. His mural monument is inscribed: "Here lies buried, near the ashes of Edward, John, and Stephen, three brothers, the most distinguished young man James Fox, the fifth son of the most honorable Sir Stephen Fox (age 50), Knight, and Elizabeth his wife, a son most worthy of his parents, and parents worthy of their son. He showed the highest piety, even as a boy, towards God; a unique devotion towards his parents; old-fashioned simplicity among all; a head most dear to Venus and Apollo, a true Adonis and Hyacinth, and by the gifts of his mind and body, a beloved of God now, once of men. O parents, take pity on parents. O children, imitate this son! O descendants, mourn your loss. Cultivated in various kinds of literature, he flourished with an admirable contrast. Under the boy lay hidden another man; in the cradle of life and in death, a Hercules, while snatched away by the treachery of measles, he seemed to have flown from the fire and painful tunic to the heavens. On the 13th day before the Calends of December, in the year of our Lord 1677, aged 12 and a half."

Hic infra situs est, juxta Edwardi, Johannis, & Stephani, trium fratrum cineres, selectissimus Adolescentulus Jacobus Fox, honoratissimi Domini Steph. Fox Equiti Aurati & Elizabethae uxoris, filius natu quintus, parentes filio & filius parentibus quam dignissimus. Summa pietate, vel puer quoad Deum; singulari studio erga parentes, prisca simplicitate inter omnes, percarum Veneri & Apollini caput, indubitatus Adonis & Hyacinthus necnon per dotes animi & corporis, nunc Dei olim hominum amasius. O parentes miseremini parentum. O filii ex illo transcribite filium! O posteri vestrum deflete damnum. Vario literaturae genere excultus admirandi sua floruit Antithesis. Sub puero vir delituit alter in vitae cunabulis & in morte Hercules, dum morbillorum perfidia sublatus, videatur ex igne & tunicâ molestâ evolasse ad coelos. A. D. 13. Cal. Decemb. Anno Dom. 1677. aetatis 12. cum semisse.

John Evelyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1681. I dined with my worthy friend, Mr. Erskine, Master of the Charter House, uncle to the Duchess of Monmouth (age 30); a wise and learned gentleman, fitter to have been a privy councillor and minister of state than to have been laid aside.

On 19 Nov 1698 Henry Spelman of Wickmere (age 69) died. On 02 Sep 1729 Margaret Spelman (age 50). Monument and chest tomb in Church of St Andrew, Wickmere [Map].

Henry Spelman of Wickmere: On 14 Jul 1629 he was born to Clement Spelman.

Margaret Spelman: Around 1648 she was born to Clement Spelman.

The Diary of George Price Boyce 1855-1857. 19 Nov 1857. Adjourned to Millais' (age 28) house, just taken, No. 16 York Terrace, at about 4, and not finding him in waited and had a long and very pleasant chat with his wife [Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais (age 29)], who has a lovely and passionate face, and whose manner is particularly engaging and ladylike withal. At her request, and afterwards backed by Millais, stayed to dinner, after which she left and I had a long chat on divers subjects with him. He spoke about Ruskin (age 38), whom he thinks desperately ill off, and of the portrait he painted of him in Scotland, which he thought the finest thing in the way of portraiture he had yet done, and said he wanted it for the exhibition (R.A). He seemed astonished when I told him I had seen it in Ruskin's bedroom?

On 19 Nov 1881 Alexander Leslie-Melville (age 81) died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Branston [Map].

Alexander Leslie-Melville: On 18 Jun 1800 he was born to Alexander Leslie-Melville 7th Earl of Leven. On 30 Sep 1858 he and Charlotte Smith were married.

Births on the 19th November

On 19 Nov 1235 Henry Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria I Duke Bavaria was born to Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 29) and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 34). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 19 Nov 1563 Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester was born to Henry Sidney (age 34) and Mary Dudley (age 33).

On 19 Nov 1655 William Robinson 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Robinson of York and Elizabeth Tancred.

On 19 Nov 1779 Edward Rice Trevor was born to George Rice and Cecil Cardonnel 2nd Baroness Dynevor (age 44).

On 19 Nov 1807 Edward Dering 8th Baronet was born to Edward Dering 7th Baronet (age 50).

On 19 Nov 1846 Emile Wauters was born.

On 19 Nov 1851 Leopold Vincent Harold Willoughby was born to Henry Willoughby 8th Baron Middleton (age 34) and Julia Louisa Bosville Baroness Middleton (age 27).

On 19 Nov 1865 Henry Hugh Hoare 6th Baronet was born to Henry Arthur Hoare (age 61) and Julia Lucy Lane.

On 19 Nov 1958 Isabella Delves Broughton was born to Major Evelyn Delves Broughton 12th Baronet (age 43) and Helen Mary Shore.

On 19 Nov 1971 John Russell 7th Earl Russell was born to Conrad Russell 5th Earl Russell (age 34).

Marriages on the 19th November

Before 19 Nov 1443 Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West (age 48) and Elizabeth Greyndour Countess of Worcester (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness De La Warr, Baroness West. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.

Before 19 Nov 1516 Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent (age 35) and Elizabeth Hussey Countess Kent were married. He the son of George Grey 2nd Earl Kent and Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

After 19 Nov 1516 Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent (age 35) and Margaret Fynche Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of George Grey 2nd Earl Kent and Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 19 Nov 1557 John Braye 2nd Baron Braye and Anne Talbot Baroness Braye and Wharton (age 33) were married. She by marriage Baroness Braye. She being the daughter of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 57) who ward John had been. She the daughter of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 19 Nov 1571 Thomas West 2nd Baron De La Warr (age 15) and Anne Knollys Baroness De La Warr (age 16) were married.

On 19 Nov 1627 Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 23) and Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury were married at Bridgwater House Barbican. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 48) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 44). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before 19 Nov 1651 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet (age 61) and Cicely Skeffington were married.

On 19 Nov 1707 Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 31) and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 21) were married.

After 19 Nov 1763 George Howard (age 45) and Elizabeth Beckford Countess Effingham (age 38) were married.

On 19 Nov 1799 John Wallop 3rd Earl Portsmouth (age 31) and Grace Norton Countess Portsmouth (age 47) were married. She by marriage Countess Portsmouth. She the sister of one of his trustees William Norton 2nd Baron Grantley (age 57). She being forty-seven years old at the time of the marriage was considered unlikely to have children which his brother Newton Wallop aka Fellowes 4th Earl of Portsmouth (age 27) considered desriable given John's mental condition. He the son of John Wallop 2nd Earl Portsmouth and Urania Fellowes (age 57).

On 19 Nov 1831 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet (age 27) and Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough (age 50). He the son of Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet (age 62) and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn.

Before 19 Nov 1902 Arthur Hill 6th Marquess of Downshire (age 31) and Katherine Mary "Kitty" Hare Marchioness Downshire (age 30) were divorced as a consequence of her affair with Joseph Frederick Laycock (age 35). Laycock was also having an affair with Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 40) with whom he possibly fathered two children: Maynard Greville (age 4) and Mercy Greville.

On 19 Nov 1902 Joseph Frederick Laycock (age 35) and Katherine Mary "Kitty" Hare Marchioness Downshire (age 30) were married.

On 19 Nov 1943 Michael Henley aka Eden 7th Baron Henley 5th Baron Northington (age 29) and Elizabeth Hobhouse (age 22) were married.

Deaths on the 19th November

On 19 Nov 1190 Archbishop Baldwin Avigo (age 65) died in Acre [Map].

On 19 Nov 1406 Phillipe Bryan Baroness Scrope Masham Baroness Devereux died.

On 19 Nov 1425 Bishop John Fordham died.

On 19 Nov 1557 John Braye 2nd Baron Braye died from wounds received at the Battle of St Quentin without issue. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. Baron Braye abeyant between his six sisters inherited. The abeyance would be terminated in 1839 in favour of Sarah Otway-Cave 3rd Baroness Braye a descendant of his sister Elizabeth Braye (age 56).

On 19 Nov 1644 Alexander Carew 2nd Baronet (age 36) was tried for treason, for attempting to betray the Parliamentary cause, by court-martial and convicted at Guildhall [Map].

On 23 Dec 1644 Alexander Carew 2nd Baronet was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Augustine's Church, Hackney. His son John Carew 3rd Baronet (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Carew of Antony in Cornwall.

On 19 Nov 1701 Richard Annesley 3rd Baron Altham (age 46) died. His son Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 12) succeeded 4th Baron Altham.

On 19 Nov 1702 Thomas Style 2nd Baronet (age 78) died. His son Oliver Style 3rd Baronet (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baronet Style of Wateringbury in Kent.

On 19 Nov 1705 William Cochrane 3rd Earl Dundonald (age 19) died. His brother John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald (age 18) succeeded 4th Earl Dundonald.

On or before 19 Nov 1706 Frances Napier Lady Barkham (age 73) died. She was buried at the Church of St George, South Acre [Map] where there is an inscription "Novembris 19: Sepulta Domina Francisca Relicta Dmi Edwardi Barkham Baronelli: et postea Dmi Henrici Rychardson Baronis De Cramon".

On 19 Nov 1731 David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont (age 66) died. His son David Murray 6th Viscount Stormont (age 41) succeeded 6th Viscount Stormont.

On 19 Nov 1733 Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde (age 69) died. On 25 Nov 1733 she was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

On 19 Nov 1763 Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Effingham (age 49) died. His son Thomas Howard 3rd Earl of Effingham (age 17) succeeded 3rd Earl of Effingham, 9th Baron Howard of Effingham.

On 19 Nov 1773 James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster (age 51) died. His son William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster (age 24) succeeded 2nd Duke Leinster.

On 19 Nov 1791 Thomas Howard 3rd Earl of Effingham (age 45) died. On 19 Nov 1791 His brother Richard Howard 4th Earl of Effingham (age 43) succeeded 4th Earl of Effingham, 10th Baron Howard of Effingham.

On 19 Nov 1829 Edith Mary Marshall Lady Barrington died.

On 19 Nov 1890 Hannah Rothschild Countess of Rosebery (age 39) died.

On 19 Nov 1893 Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker (age 49) died.

On 19 Nov 1925 Lucy Henrietta Nugent Lady Boileau died.

On 19 Nov 1933 Louise Jopling nee Goode (age 90) died.

On 19 Nov 1941 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 93) died. His son Thomas William Coke 4th Earl of Leicester (age 61) succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester.

On 19 Nov 1951 Ethel Sarah Emerson-Tennent Lady Langham (age 80) died.