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On this Day in History ... 20th September
20 Sep is in September.
Events on the 20th September
On 20 Sep 1066 King Harald Hardrada III of Norway (age 51), with Tostig Godwinson Earl Northumbria (age 40), defeated the brothers Edwin Earl of Mercia and Morcar Earl Northumbria at the Battle of Fulford at Fulford York.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 20 Sep 1066. When the ships were come home, then came Harald, King of Norway (age 51), north into the Tine, unawares, with a very great sea-force-no small one; that might be, with three hundred ships or more; and Earl Tosty (age 40) came to him with all those that he had got; just as they had before said: and they both then went up with all the fleet along the Ouse toward York.89 When it was told King Harold (age 44) in the south, after he had come from the ships, that Harald, King of Norway, and Earl Tosty were come up near York, then went he northward by day and night, as soon as he could collect his army. But, ere King Harold could come thither, the Earls Edwin and Morkar had gathered from their earldoms as great a force as they could get, and fought with the enemy.90 They made a great slaughter too; but there was a good number of the English people slain, and drowned, and put to flight: and the Northmen had possession of the field of battle. It was then told Harold, king of the English, that this had thus happened. And this fight was on the eve of St. Matthew the apostle, which was Wednesday.
Note 89. Not only the twelve smacks with which he went into Scotland during the summer, as before stated, but an accession of force from all quarters.
Note 90. On the north bank of the Ouse, according to Florence of Worcester; the enemy having landed at Richale (now "Riccal"). Simeon of Durham names the spot "Apud Fulford," i.e. Fulford-water, south of the city of York.
John of Worcester. 20 Sep 1066. After these transactions, Harold Harfaager (age 51), king of Norway, brother [Note. maternal half-brother] of St. Olave the king, suddenly arrived at the mouth of the river Tyne [Map], with a powerful fleet of more than five hundred great ships. Earl Tosti (age 40) joined him with his fleet, as they had before agreed, and they made all sail into the Humber; and then ascending the river Tyne against the current, landed their troops at a place called Richale. As soon as king Harold (age 44) received this news, he marched with all expedition towards Northumbria; but, before the king's arrival, the two brothers, earls Edwin and Morcar, at the head of a large army, fought a battle with the Norwegians on the northern bank of the river Ouse, near York, on the eve of the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle [20th September], being Wednesday; and their first onset was so furious that numbers of the enemy fell before it. But, after a long struggle, the English, unable to withstand the attack of the Norwegians, fled with great loss, and many more of them were drowned in the river than slain in the fight. The Norwegians remained in possession of the field of death; and, having taken one hundred and fifty hostages from York, and leaving there one hundred and fifty hostages of their own, returned to their ships.
Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon 1066. [20 Sep 1066]. He escaped to Scotland, where he fell in with Harold (age 51), king of Norway with 300 ships. Tosti (age 40) was overjoyed, and tendered him his allegiance. Then they joined their forces and came up the Humber, as far as York, near which they were encountered by the Earls Edwin and Morcar ; the place where the battle was fought is still shown on the south side of the city. Here Harold, king of Norway, and Tosti, his ally, gained the day.
On 20 Sep 1305 Nigel Bruce (age 29) was hanged at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map].
On 20 Sep 1349 Archbishop Simon Islip was elected Archbishop of Canterbury. His two predecessors Archbishop Thomas Bradwardine (deceased) and Archbishop John de Ufford having died of plague in quick succession during the 1348-1350 Black Death Plague Outbreak.
On 20 Sep 1370 Edward Plantagenet (age 6) died of plague at Bordeaux [Map].
On 20 Sep 1459 Bishop John Hales (age 59) was elected Bishop of Lichfield.
On 20 Sep 1486, nine months exactly after his parents married, Prince Arthur Tudor was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 29) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 20) at Winchester Priory [Map]. he was created Duke of Cornwall at birth.
Polydore Vergil. Around 20 Sep 1497. Learning of his enemies' departure, Henry (age 40) headed straight for Taunton, Somerset [Map]. Duke Edward of Buckingham (age 19) arrived there, a young man endowed with great spirit and virtue of character, and he was followed by a host of right noble knights with armor and all the other things requisite for warfare. In that number were Giles Briggs, Alexander Baynham, Maurice Berkeley, Robert Tames, John Guise, Robert Point, Henry Vernon, John Mortimer, Thomas Tremayle, Edward Sutton, Amyas Powlet (age 40), John Bicknell, John Sapcot, Hugh Luterell, John Wadham and his son Nicholas, John Speck, Richard Beauchamp of St. Amand, Francis Cheney, Rogerd Tokett, Thomas Long, Nicholas Lattimer, John d'Urbeville, William Storton, Roger Newberg, William Martin, Thomas Lind, Henry Rogers, Walter Hungerford, John Semery, Edward Carell, Maurice Borroughs, William Norris, John Langford, Richard Corbett, Thomas Blount, Richard Lacon, Thomas Cornwallis, and many other excellent soldiers. Meanwhile, when the king had come up, either to avoid delaying the fight or fearing the fortune of war, he sent ahead Robert Lord Broke, Richard Thomas, and Giles Daubney (age 46) to begin the battle, while he followed after, so that, when he saw the battle begin, he could either come to the aid of his men or launch a simultaneous attack on the enemy rear. But the king's plan was unnecessary. For Peter (age 23) was so far from standing his ground, that after he learned the enemy were in arms, he furtively slipped away in the night and quickly fled to the asylum at Beaulieu Abbey [Map]. Whether he did this out of cowardice (with which he was well supplied), or because he suspected trickery, is not known, but it is well enough agreed that it was a good thing for the king that he was not compelled to come to blows with the Cornishmen, whose strength was so enhanced by despair that they had all determined on conquering or dying to the last man in that battle.
Chronicles of London. 20 Sep 1497 ... where vpon the Weddensday folowyng he [Perkin Warbreck (age 23)] mustrid, havyng to the numbre, as it was said, of viij Ml men; how be it they wer pore and naked. And the nyght folowyng aboute mydnyght the said Perkyn wt Ix horsmen accompanyed fled secretly fro the pore Comons levyng theym amased and disconsolat. And after my Lord Chamberleyn, havyng knowlege of this his departure, sent toward the Sees side CC. Sperys to Stoppe hym from the See, and to Serche the Cuntrey yf they myght take hym.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1547. The 20th daie, being Sainct Matthewes Eaven, was a solemne sermon made in Poules [Map] by the Bishopp of Lincolne, with procession, Ponies. kneeling with their copes in the quire, and after that Te Deum song with the organns playinge to give laude to God for the said victorie, my lord major, with his brethren the aldermen, being present, with all the comens in their lyveries, and that night great fiars were made in everie streete with banqueting for joy of the said victorie.
On 20 Sep 1586 Anthony Babington (age 24), John Ballard, Henry Donn, Thomas Salusbury (age 22) and Chideock Tichbourne (age 24) were hanged at St Giles' Field Holborn.
On 20 Sep 1638 Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 33) and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%.
On 20 Sep 1643 the First Battle of Newbury was fought at Newbury, Berkshire [Map] with King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 42) commanding the Royalist army and Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 52) commanding the victorious Parliamentary army. For King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland John Byron 1st Baron Byron (age 44) fought with distinction.
Henry Bertie was killed.
Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 33) was killed. His son Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison (age 29) was killed. His brother John Villiers 3rd Viscount Grandison succeeded 3rd Viscount Grandison.
Edward Villiers (age 23) fought.
Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 33) was killed. His son Lucius Carey 3rd Viscount Falkland (age 11) succeeded 3rd Viscount Falkland.
Richard Neville (age 28) served under the Earl Carnarvon. Carnarvon was killed and Neville took up the command as a Colonel of Horse.
Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 25) was wounded.
After 20 Sep 1643. Monument to Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (deceased) who was killed at the First Battle of Newbury and who is buried in St Michael & All Angels Church, Great Tew [Map]. The inscription reads:
This tablet is erected to record the fact that LUCIUS CAREY, VISCOUNT FALKLAND distinguished in the time of Charles the First is buried in this Church. The exact spot where his remains lie is not known, nor was there, so far as is known, any memorial to him in this Church until the erection of the present one in 1885, but his burial at Tew is certified by the parish register He fell fighting on the side of the King in the battle of Newbury, on the 20th September 1643, in the 34th year of his age. He was lord of the manor of Great Tew, and resided at Tew, attracting round him there a society of learned friends from Oxford, as is mentioned by Clarendon, who has celebrated his worth with an eloquent pen and with the warmth of friendship. The praises of Clarendon are confirmed by Sir Philip Warwick, Waller and Cowley, who all extol the eminence of his natural gifts and the variety and extent of his learning. But that which has yet more contributed to keep his memory and shed lustre upon it, is the admiration which he won by his fine and blameless character.
On 20 Sep 1658 Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map].
Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester: she was born to Thomas Cheeke and Essex Rich. On 20 Dec 1642 Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester and she were married. She by marriage Countess Manchester. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Catherine Spencer.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20 Sep 1660. At home, and at the office, and in the garden walking with both Sir Williams all the morning. After dinner to Whitehall to Mr. Dalton, and with him to my house and took away all my papers that were left in my closet, and so I have now nothing more in the house or to do with it. We called to speak with my Landlord Beale, but he was not within but spoke with the old woman, who takes it very ill that I did not let her have it, but I did give her an answer. From thence to Sir G. Downing (age 35) and staid late there (he having sent for me to come to him), which was to tell me how my Lord Sandwich (age 35) had disappointed him of a ship to bring over his child and goods, and made great complaint thereof; but I got him to write a letter to Lawson (age 45), which it may be may do the business for him, I writing another also about it. While he was writing, and his Lady and I had a great deal of discourse in praise of Holland. By water to the Bridge, and so to Major Hart's lodgings in Cannon-street, who used me very kindly with wine and good discourse, particularly upon the ill method which Colonel Birch (age 45) and the Committee use in defending of the army and the navy; promising the Parliament to save them a great deal of money, when we judge that it will cost the King more than if they had nothing to do with it, by reason of their delays and scrupulous enquirys into the account of both. So home and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Sep 1663. This day the King (age 33) and Queen (age 24) are to come to Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. I hear my Baroness Castlemaine (age 22) is for certain gone to Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map] to meet him, having lain within here at home this week or two, supposed to have miscarried; but for certain is as great in favour as heretofore;1 at least Mrs. Sarah at my Lord's, who hears all from their own family, do say so.
Note 1. According to Collins, Henry Fitzroy, Baroness Castlemaine's second son by Charles II, was born on September 20th, 1663. He was the first Duke of Grafton. B.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20 Sep 1665. But, Lord! what a sad time it is to see no boats upon the River; and grass grows all up and down White Hall court, and nobody but poor wretches in the streets! And, which is worst of all, the Duke (age 31) showed us the number of the plague this week, brought in the last night from the Lord Mayor; that it is encreased about 600 more than the last, which is quite contrary to all our hopes and expectations, from the coldness of the late season. For the whole general number is 8,297, and of them the plague 7,165; which is more in the whole by above 50, than the biggest Bill yet; which is very grievous to us all.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20 Sep 1665. So I up, and after being trimmed, the first time I have been touched by a barber these twelvemonths, I think, and more, went to Sir J. Minnes's (age 66), where I find all out of order still, they having not seen one another till by and by Sir J. Minnes and Sir W. Batten (age 64) met, to go into my Lord Bruncker's (age 45) coach, and so we four to Lambeth, Surrey [Map], and thence to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56), to inform him what we have done as to the fleete, which is very little, and to receive his direction.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20 Sep 1667. At the office doing business all the morning. At noon expected Creed to have come to dine with me and brought Mr. Sheres (the gentleman lately come from my Lord Sandwich (age 42)) with him; but they come not, so there was a good dinner lost.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20 Sep 1668. Thence to St. Margaret's Church [Map], thinking to have seen Betty Michell, but she was not there. So back, and walked to Gray's Inn walks a while, but little company; and so over the fields to Clerkenwell, to see whether I could find that the fair Botelers do live there still, I seeing Frances the other day in a coach with Cary Dillon (age 41), her old servant, but know not where she lives. So walked home, and there walked in the garden an hour, it being mighty pleasant weather, and so took my Lady Pen (age 44) and Mrs. Markham home with me and sent for Mrs. Turner (age 45), and by and by comes Sir W. Pen (age 47) and supped with me, a good supper, part of my dinner to-day. They gone, Mrs. Turner staid an hour talking with me.... [Note. Missing text "and yo did now the first time tocar her cosa with my hand and did make her do the like con su hand to my thing, whereto neither did she show any aversion really, but a merry kind of opposition, but yo did both 
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20 Sep 1668. Lord's Day. Up, and to set some papers to rights in my chamber, and the like in my office, and so to church, at our own church, and heard but a dull sermon of one Dr. Hicks, who is a suitor to Mrs. Hovell, the widow of our turner of the Navy; thence home to dinner, staying till past one o'clock for Harris (age 34), whom I invited, and to bring Shadwell the poet with him; but they come not, and so a good dinner lost, through my own folly. And so to dinner alone, having since church heard the boy read over Dryden's (age 37) Reply to Sir R. Howard's (age 42) Answer, about his Essay of Poesy, and a letter in answer to that; the last whereof is mighty silly, in behalf of Howard1.
Note 1. The title of the letter is as follows: "A Letter from a Gentleman to the Honourable Ed. Howard, Esq., occasioned by a Civiliz'd Epistle of Mr. Dryden's before his Second Edition of his Indian Emperour. In the Savoy, printed by Thomas Newcomb, 1668". The "Civiliz'd Epistle" was a caustic attack on Sir Robert Howard; and the Letter is signed, "Sir, your faithful and humble servant, R. F".-i.e., Richard Flecknoe.
On 20 Sep 1673 King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 39) and Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 14) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England.
On 20 Sep 1822 Georgiana Elizabeth Miller Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 33) died from childbirth. She had given birth to twins one of whom was stillborn, one survived thirteen days.
Monument in Milton Mausoleum, Markham Clinton [Map] sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 47).
Georgiana Elizabeth Miller Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne: On 01 Jun 1789 she was born to Edward Miller Mundy. On 18 Jul 1807 Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and she were married in Lambeth Palace. She by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme. He the son of Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 20 Sep 1854 Charles Pierrepont Darcy Lane-Fox (age 24) was wounded, Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) fought.
Major-General John Douglas (age 37) commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
William Frederick Waldegrave (age 38) died from wounds received.
Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) was shot through the arm.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 36), Godfrey Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar (age 23) and Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton (age 25) fought.
Arthur Williams-Wynn (age 35), Captain of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed.
On 20 Sep 1854 Captain William Monck (age 31) was killed at the Battle of Alma.
20 Sep 1858. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 30). Drawing of Louisa Ruth Herbert (age 27).
On 20 Sep 1858 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 60) and Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan (age 33) were married; she had been his mistress since 1857. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. The marriage something of a scandal since James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan had left his first wife; Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 39) refused to have Adeline at court. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan.
Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Chapter 17. The funeral was on September 20 [1859], at the Kensal Green Cemetery.
Along the road leading to the chapel many hundreds of his private and professional friends, his neighbours among the tradespeople of Westminster, the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the servants of the Great Western Railway Company, had assembled, and, with his family, followed his body to its place of burial, in the grave of his father and mother1.
Note 1. A few weeks after Mr, Brunel's death, a meeting of his friends was held, when it was determined to raise some memorial to him. A statue was made by the late Baron Marochetti (age 54), and a site for it promised by the First Commissioner of Works; but it has not yet been erected.
Mr. Brunel's family, by the permission of the Dean of Westminster, have placed a memorial window in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey. Along the bottom of the window (which consists of two lights, each 23 feet 6 inches high and 4 feet wide, surmounted by a quatrefoil opening, 6 feet 6 inches across) is the Inscription, ‘IN MEMORY OF ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, CIVIL ENGINEER. BORN APRIL 9, 1806. DEPARTED THIS LIFE, SEPTEMBER 15, 1859.' Over this are four allegorical figures (two in each light): Fortitude, Justice, Faith, and Charity. The upper part of the window consists of six panels, divided by a pattern work of lilies and pomegranates. The panels contain subjects from the history of the Temple. The three subjects in the western light represent scenes from the Old Testament—viz. the Dedication of the Temple by Solomon, the Finding of the Book of the Law by Hilkiah, and the Laying the Foundations of the Second Temple. The subjects in the eastern light are from the New Testament—viz. Simeon Blessing the Infant Saviour, Christ Disputing with the Doctors, and The Disciples pointing out to Christ the Buildings of the Temple. In the heads of each light are angels kneeling, and in the quatrefoil is a representation of Our Lord in Glory, surrounded by angels.
The work was placed in the hands of Mr. R. Norman Shaw, architect, who prepared the general design, arranged the scale of the various figures, and designed the ornamental pattern work. The figure subjects were drawn by Mr. Henry Holiday, and the whole design was executed in glass by Messrs. Heaton, Butler, & Bayne.
On 20 Sep 1915 Lieutenant Noel Henry Cragg (age 22) was killed in action by shell fire at Nieuport, Belgium while in charge of a naval gun. He was buried at Dunkirk. While serving on H.M.S. King Edward VII he was publicly thanked by Admiral Sir Lewis Bayley and noted by the Admiralty for saving life at sea. As Sub-Lieutenant on H.M.S. Hind T.B.D. [Torpedo Boat Destroyer] he took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight and the Cuxhaven Raid. He was mentioned in Sir John French's despatches for gallant and distinghuished conduct in the field.
On 20 Sep 1944 Lieutenant Richard Thomas Ward (age 22) was killed in action.
Births on the 20th September
On 20 Sep 1486, nine months exactly after his parents married, Prince Arthur Tudor was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 29) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 20) at Winchester Priory [Map]. he was created Duke of Cornwall at birth.
On 20 Sep 1638 Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 33) and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%.
On 20 Sep 1649 Carr Scrope 1st Baronet was born to Adrian Scrope (age 33) and Mary Carr.
After 20 Sep 1650 Robert Ridgeway 4th Earl Londonderry was born to Weston Ridgeway 3rd Earl Londonderry and Frances Temple.
On 20 Sep 1702 Karl Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 26) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 20 Sep 1726 Robert Brudenell was born to George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan (age 40) and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan (age 37).
On 20 Sep 1742 Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood was born to William Chaloner (age 28).
On or before 20 Sep 1762 Theodosia Margaret Monson Lady Shaw was born to John Monson 2nd Baron Monson (age 35). She was baptised on 20 Sep 1762.
On 20 Sep 1768 Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 25) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 20).
On 20 Sep 1778 James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis was born to James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis (age 35) and Catherine Mann.
On 20 Sep 1783 Juliana Butler Countess Belmore was born to Henry Butler 2nd Earl Carrick (age 37).
On 20 Sep 1787 Charlotte Mary Nelson was born to Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 30).
On 20 Sep 1790 Henry Frederick Stephenson was born illegitimately to Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk (age 44).
Before 20 Sep 1797 Leland Noel was born to Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham (age 35).
On 20 Sep 1799 William Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 35) and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 31). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 20 Sep 1804 George Lewen Glyn 4th Baronet was born to George Glynn 2nd Baronet (age 65).
On 20 Sep 1805 William Williams was born to John Williams 1st Baronet (age 43) and Margaret Williams Lady Williams (age 37).
On 20 Sep 1814 George Augustus Frederick Murray 6th Duke Atholl was born to James Murray 1st Baron Glenlyon (age 32) and Emily Frances Percy Baroness Goldolphin Helston (age 26) at Great Cumberland Place.
On 20 Sep 1834 William Vincent 12th Baronet was born to Frederick Vincent 11th Baronet (age 36) and Louisa Norris (age 32).
On 20 Sep 1853 John Savile Lumley-Savile 2nd Baron Savile was born to Reverend Frederick Savile-Lumley.
On 20 Sep 1875 Frederick Farrand Trollope 14th Baronet was born to Frederick James Anthony Trollope (age 27).
On 20 Sep 1889 Trevor Wood Wheler 13th Baronet was born to Edward Wheler 12th Baronet (age 31) and Mary Leontine Wood Lady Wheler.
On 20 Sep 1893 Geoffrey Frederick Neill Palmer 11th Baronet was born to Edward Geoffrey Broadley Palmer 10th Baronet (age 29).
On 20 Sep 1936 Johanna Hesse Darmstadt was born to Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 29) and Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 25). She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.82%.
On 20 Sep 1939 Anthony FitzHardinge Gueterbock 18th Baron Berkeley was born to Brigadier Ernest Adolphus Leopold Gueterbock of The Plough in Terrick in Buckinghamshire and Cynthia Ella Foley (age 30).
On 20 Sep 1951 David Moreton 7th Earl of Ducie was born to Basil Howard Moreton 6th Earl of Ducie (age 34).
Marriages on the 20th September
On 20 Sep 1293 Henry of Bar III Count of Bar (age 34) and Eleanor Plantagenet (age 24) were married. She the daughter of King Edward I of England (age 54) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Theobald of Bar II Count of Bar and Jeanne Toucy Countess Bar. He a great x 5 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 20 Sep 1301 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 14) and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 15) were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
Before 20 Sep 1303 Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus (age 26) and Lucy Kyme were married. He the son of Gilbert Umfraville 7th Earl Angus (age 58) and Elisabetha Comyn.
After 20 Sep 1643 Charles Villiers 2nd Earl Anglesey and Mary Bayning Countess Anglesey (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Anglesey. He a cousin of her first husband. He the son of Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey and Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey (age 35).
On 20 Sep 1650 Weston Ridgeway 3rd Earl Londonderry and Frances Temple were married at St Ann Blackfriars Church Farringdon Within.
Before 20 Sep 1660 Bishop John Gauden and Elizabeth Russell (age 50) were married.
On 20 Sep 1673 King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 39) and Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 14) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England.
Before 20 Sep 1726 Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet (age 45) and Martha Lloyd were married.
On 20 Sep 1738 William Murray 1st Earl Mansfield (age 33) and Elizabeth Finch Countess Mansfield (age 34) were married. She by marriage Countess Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea.
On 20 Sep 1775 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet (age 24) and Seymour Dorothy Fleming (age 16) were married. She brought £52,000 to the marriage.
On 20 Sep 1783 Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris (age 39) and Sarah Cavendish Countess Mountnorris were married. She by marriage Viscountess Valentia. He the son of Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey and Juliana Donovan Countess Anglesey.
On 20 Sep 1810 Reynold Abel Alleyne 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Rebecca Alton Lady Alleyne (age 16) were married at St Philip, Barbados. She by marriage Lady Alleyne of Four Hills in Barbados.
On 20 Sep 1843 Archibald John Primrose (age 33) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 61) and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope. He the son of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 59) and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden.
On 20 Sep 1848 William Harry Hay 19th Earl Erroll (age 25) and Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll (age 19) were married in Montreal. She by marriage Countess Erroll. He the son of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll and Elizabeth Fitzclarence Countess Erroll (age 47). He a grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 20 Sep 1856 Frederick Grand Duke of Baden (age 30) and Princess Louise of Prussia (age 17) were married. She the daughter of William I King Prussia (age 59). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 20 Sep 1858 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 60) and Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan (age 33) were married; she had been his mistress since 1857. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. The marriage something of a scandal since James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan had left his first wife; Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 39) refused to have Adeline at court. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan.
On 20 Sep 1871 William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett (age 43) and Emma Sophia Johnson Countess Poulett were married six weeks after the death of his first wife Elizabeth Lavinia Newman Countess Poulett. She by marriage Countess Poulett.
Deaths on the 20th September
On 20 Sep 1307 Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke (age 77) died. Her son Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 32) succeeded 2nd Earl Pembroke.
On 20 Sep 1384 Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 45) died. His son King Louis of Naples (age 6) succeeded Louis II Duke Anjou.
On 20 Sep 1398 Thomas Boteler 4th Baron Sudeley (age 39) died at Bewsey, Lancashire. His son John Boteler 5th Baron Sudeley (age 13) succeeded 5th Baron Sudeley.
On 20 Sep 1400 Maud Mohun Baroness Strange Knockin (age 43) died.
On 20 Sep 1404 Peter Valois II Count Alençon (age 64) died.
On 20 Sep 1432 Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter died.
On 20 Sep 1480 Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 72) died.
On 20 Sep 1492 George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny (age 52) died. His son George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Bergavenny (age 23) succeeded 5th Baron Bergavenny, 3rd Baron Bergavenny.
On 20 Sep 1492 Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick (age 66) died.
On 20 Sep 1501 Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 46) died. On 20 Sep 1501 His son Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 24) succeeded 2nd Marquess Dorset, 2nd Earl Huntingdon, 8th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Eleanor St John Marchioness Dorset by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
On 20 Sep 1543 Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 51) died. He was buried in the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 16) succeeded 2nd Earl of Rutland, 13th Baron Ros Helmsley. Margaret Neville Countess Rutland by marriage Countess of Rutland.
On 20 Sep 1580 Christina Stewart 4th Countess Buchan (age 32) died.
On 20 Sep 1615 Samson Lennard Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 71) died.
On 20 Sep 1643 the First Battle of Newbury was fought at Newbury, Berkshire [Map] with King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 42) commanding the Royalist army and Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 52) commanding the victorious Parliamentary army. For King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland John Byron 1st Baron Byron (age 44) fought with distinction.
Henry Bertie was killed.
Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 33) was killed. His son Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison (age 29) was killed. His brother John Villiers 3rd Viscount Grandison succeeded 3rd Viscount Grandison.
Edward Villiers (age 23) fought.
Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 33) was killed. His son Lucius Carey 3rd Viscount Falkland (age 11) succeeded 3rd Viscount Falkland.
Richard Neville (age 28) served under the Earl Carnarvon. Carnarvon was killed and Neville took up the command as a Colonel of Horse.
Major General Charles Fleetwood (age 25) was wounded.
On 20 Sep 1643 Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland (age 22) died. His son Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 2) succeeded 2nd Earl of Sunderland, 4th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 20 Sep 1643 Major Thomas Eure (age 36) died. His brother William Eure of Elvet and Kelloe in County Durham (age 35) succeeded 14th Baron Scrope of Bolton.
On 20 Sep 1643 William Brooke (age 45) died. Baron Cobham abeyant between his four daughters and co-heirs
On 20 Sep 1658 Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton [Map].
Essex Cheeke Countess Manchester: she was born to Thomas Cheeke and Essex Rich. On 20 Dec 1642 Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester and she were married. She by marriage Countess Manchester. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Catherine Spencer.
On 20 Sep 1660 Bishop John Gauden died.
On 20 Sep 1663 Henry Vaux 5th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 72) died unmarried. Baron Vaux Harrowden abeyant between his sisters and their issue. In 1838 His great x 7 nephew George Charles Mostyn 6th Baron Vaux of Harrowden abeyance terminated 6th Baron Vaux Harrowden. Caroline Vansittart Baroness Vaux by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
On 20 Sep 1688 Elizabeth Leigh Viscountess Tracy died. She was buried at Toddington, Gloucestershire.
On 20 Sep 1705 Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke (age 59) died.
On 20 Sep 1724 David von Krafft (age 69) died.
On 20 Sep 1726 Thomas Mainwaring 3rd Baronet (age 45) died. His nephew Henry Mainwaring 4th Baronet succeeded 4th Baronet Mainwaring of Over Peover.
On 20 Sep 1751 Anne Vaughan Duchess Bolton died.
On 20 Sep 1777 Edward Howard 9th Duke of Norfolk (age 91) died.
Earl Norwich and Baron Howard of Castle Rising extinct.
Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk (age 56) succeeded 10th Duke Norfolk, 28th Earl Arundel Sussex, 11th Earl Surrey, 8th Earl Norfolk, 18th Baron Maltravers, 18th Baron Arundel. Catherine Brockholes Duchess Norfolk (age 59) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
Baron Furnivall, Baron Talbot, Baron Strange Blackmere, Baron Mowbray and Baron Segrave abeyant.
On 20 Sep 1797 Reverend Thomas Edwardes 7th Baronet (age 67) died. He was buried at St Mark's Church, Frodesley where hiss memorial has the incription "JULIANA, wife of the Revd Thos EDWARDS Rector, was entombed beneath, July 16th 1778, Aged 56, Also the remains, of the Revd Sr Thos EDWARDES Bart, Rector, were interred 20th Septr 1797, Aged 70". His son Reverend John Thomas Cholmondeley Edwardes 8th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 8th Baronet Edwardes of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. Frances Gask Lady Edwardes (age 32) by marriage Lady Edwardes of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
On 20 Sep 1806 Matthew Blakiston 2nd Baronet (age 45) died. His son Matthew Blakiston 3rd Baronet (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blakiston of the City of London.
On 20 Sep 1822 Georgiana Elizabeth Miller Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 33) died from childbirth. She had given birth to twins one of whom was stillborn, one survived thirteen days.
Monument in Milton Mausoleum, Markham Clinton [Map] sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 47).
Georgiana Elizabeth Miller Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne: On 01 Jun 1789 she was born to Edward Miller Mundy. On 18 Jul 1807 Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and she were married in Lambeth Palace. She by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme. He the son of Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 20 Sep 1844 Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford (age 77) died.
On 20 Sep 1848 Henry Monck 1st Earl of Rathdowne (age 63) died without male issue. Earl Rathdowne extinct. His brother Charles Monck 3rd Viscount Monck (age 57) succeeded 2nd Viscount Monck.
On 20 Sep 1854 Charles Pierrepont Darcy Lane-Fox (age 24) was wounded, Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) fought.
Major-General John Douglas (age 37) commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
William Frederick Waldegrave (age 38) died from wounds received.
Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) was shot through the arm.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 36), Godfrey Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar (age 23) and Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton (age 25) fought.
Arthur Williams-Wynn (age 35), Captain of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed.
On 20 Sep 1884 William Compton Domvile 3rd Baronet (age 59) died. His son Compton Meade Domvile 4th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 4th Baronet Domvile of Templeogue and Santry House in the County of Dublin.
On 20 Sep 1905 William Frederick Williams 4th Baronet (age 19) died unmarried. His brother Frederick William Williams 5th Baronet (age 17) succeeded 5th Baronet Williams of Tregullow in Cornwall.
On 20 Sep 1929 Hedworth Lambton aka Meux (age 73) died. The waelth he inherited from Valerie Langdon Lady Meux was inherited by his five step-daughters, children of his wife Mildred Cecilia Sturt Lady Montagu (age 60): Sibyl Louise Beatrix Cadogan (age 36), Edith Mary Cadogan Baroness Hillingdon (age 34), Cynthia Hilda Evelyn Cadogan (age 33), Alexandra Mary Cadogan Duchess of Marlborough (age 29) and Victoria Laura Cadogan.
On 20 Sep 1943 Valentine Browne 6th Earl of Kenmare (age 52) died. His brother Gerald Ralph Desmond Browne 7th Earl of Kenmare (age 46) succeeded Earl Kenmare, 7th Viscount Kenmare.
On 20 Sep 1975 George Parker 7th Earl Macclesfield (age 87) died. His son George Parker 8th Earl Macclesfield (age 61) succeeded 8th Earl Macclesfield. Valerie Mansfield Countess Macclesfield (age 56) by marriage Countess Macclesfield.
On 20 Sep 2015 John Parker 6th Earl Morley (age 92) died. His son Mark Lionel Parker 7th Earl of Morley (age 59) succeeded 7th Earl Morley, 7th Viscount Boringdon of North Malton in Devon, 8th Baron Boringdon.