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Events on the 21st February
On 21 or 24th February 1244 Louis Capet was born to King Louis IX of France (age 29) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 21st February 1397 Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy was born to King John I of Portugal (age 45) and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 36). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st February 1437 King James I of Scotland (age 42) was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James (age 6) succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 33), managed to escape.
Chronicle of Gregory. [21st February 1437] Ande the same year the King of Schottys (age 42) was trayturly slayne in his owne londe, of a false squyr and the squyer is sone, of the same londe, that was namyd Robert Grahams. The whyche squyer and his son were take anon aftyr, and there they were playnely put to dethe, as welle worthy was, to be traye any King or prynce.
A Brief Latin Chronicle. 21st February 1437. And around the following March, the same king, by the wicked persuasion and counsel of the Earl of Atholl (age 77), his uncle, and others supporting him in this, was killed one night by a Scot commonly known as William Graham and some others, while the king was preparing for bed, dressed only in his shirt and trousers. He was terrified and forced into the latrine of his own chamber, where he was cruelly and inhumanely killed with swords. It is said that he had about thirty wounds on his body, seven of which seemed fatal. As evidence of this event, an apostolic legate then in Scotland reportedly later brought the said shirt to the Pope, as it is said. Blessed be the Lord God who so often rescues His servants from the hands of those seeking evil against them, and confuses and overthrows the perjurers and those who disturb the peace!
Et circiter mensem Martii extunc proximo sequentem idem rex, iniqua suasione ac consilio Comitis de Athel, avunculi sui, et aliorum sibi in hoc favencium, per quemdam Scottum, Willelmum Grame vulgariter nominatum, et quosdam alios, nocte quadam, dum se rex ad lectum disponebat, camisia et braccis solummodo indutus, improvise territus et in cloacam proprie camere fugatus, cum spatis crudeliter et inhumane est occisus. Fertur enim ipsum circa xxx vulnera in corpore habuisse, quorum vij letalia videbantur. In evidenciam cujus rei quidam legatus apostolicus in Scotia tunc existens dictam cdamisiam postmodo Domino Pape, ut dicitur, deferebat. Benedictus sit Dominus Deus qui tam sepius servulos suos eripuit de manibus querencium eis mala, perjurosque et pacem turbantes confudit et evertit!
The Death of King James. Here folowing begynnythe a full lamentable cronycle, of the dethe and false murdure of James Stewarde, Kyng of Scotys (age 42), nought long agone prisoner yn englande, the tymes of the kyngs henrye the fifte and henrye the sixte.
Princes shuld take hede, and draw it to thare memorie, of Maistre Johanes de Moigne counsell, thus said yn Frenche langage, II nest pas sires de son pays, quy de son peple n'est amez [He is not lord of his land who is not loved by his people].
From a Manuscript Written In MCCCCXL [1440].
Printed for J. Wylie & Co.
By Robert Chapman. Glasgow. 1818.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1462 Joanna "La Beltraneja" Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal was born to Henry IV King Castile (age 37) and Joan Aviz Queen Consort Castile (age 22). Her nickname "La Beltraneja" a reference to her supposed illegitimacy; she was suspected of being the child of Beltrán de la Cueva 1st Duke of Alburquerque (age 19). She was Henry and Joan's only child. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.39%.
Patent Rolls. 21st February 1470. Exemplification, at the supplication of Jaquetta, duchess of Bedford (age 55), late, the wife of Richard, earl of Ryvers, of the tenour of an act in the great council, remaining in the office of the privy seal in the chamber of the great council called 'le Parlment chambre' within the palace of Westminster, made on 10 February, 9 Edward IV. In the presence of the king and the cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, the archbishop of York, the bishops of Bath, chancellor, Ely, treasurer, Rochester, keeper of the privy seal, London, Durham and Carlisle, the earls of Warwick, Essex, Northumberland, Shrewsbury and Kent, and the lords Hastings, Mountjoye, Lyle, Cromwell, Scrope of Bolton, Saye and others a supplication addressed to the king on behalf of the said duchess and two schedules in paper annexed were openly read, and afterwards his highness by the advice of the said lords of the council accepting the declaration of the said lady commanded the same to be enacted of record and letters of exemplification to be made. The tenours of the supplication and schedules above mentioned ensue in this wise. The duchess complains that Thomas Wake, esquire, in the time of the late trouble caused her to be brought in a common noise and slander of witchcraft throughout a great part of the realm, insomuch as he caused to be brought to Warwick to divers of the lords present when the king was last there an image of lead made like a man of arms of the length of a man's finger broken in the middle and made fast with a wire, saying that it was made by her to use with witchcraft and sorcery, and for the performing of his malicious intent entreated one John Daunger, parish clerk of Stoke Brewerne, co. Northampton, to say that there were two other images made by her, one for the king and one for the queen, whereunto the said John Daunger neither could nor would be entreated, and the king commanded the said Wake and John Daunger to attend upon the bishop of Carlisle, the earl of Northumberland, the lords Hastyuges and Mountjoye and Master Roger Radcliff to be examined, and their examination is here annexed, and in the great council on 19 January last she was cleared of the said slander, wherefore she prays that the same may be enacted of record. Thomas Wake says that this image was shown and left in Stoke with an honest person who delivered it to the clerk of the church and so showed it to divers neighbours after to the parson in the church openly to men both of Schytlanger and Stoke and after it was shown in Sewrisley, a nunnery, and to many other persons, and of all this he heard or wist nothing till after it was sent him by Thomas Kymbell from the said clerk. John Daunger of Shetyllanger said that Thomas Wake sent to him one Thomas Kymbell, then his bailiff, and bad the said John send him the image of lead that he had and so he sent it, at which time he heard no witchcraft of the lady of Bedford, and that the image was delivered to him by one Harry Kyngeston of Stoke, who found it in his house after the departing of soldiers, and that the said Thomas Wake after he came from London from the king sent for him and said that he had excused himself and laid all the blame on John and bad him say that he durst not keep the image and for that cause sent it to Thomas and also bad him say that there were two other images, one for the king and one for the queen, but he refused to say so. English. [Rolls of Parliament, VI. 232.] By p.s. [3033.]
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Patent Rolls. 21st February 1478. Grant for life to Robert Pemberton (age 34), one of the ushers of the king's Westminster chamber, of the office of steward of the lordship of Neuport Paynell [Map], in the king's hands by the forfeiture of George, late duke of Clarence (deceased), receiving the accustomed fees from the issues of the lordship, with all other profits. By K.
On 21st February 1484 Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 28) and Margaret of Thuringia (age 35).
On 21st February 1499 Edmund Tudor 1st Duke of Somerset was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 33) at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map] being their sixth child. On 24th February 1499 he was christened at the Church of the Observant Friars, Greenwich [Map]. His godparents were Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 55), Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 21) and Bishop Richard Foxe (age 51), then Bishop of Durham. He is believed to have been created 1st Duke Somerset on the same day although there is no documentation.
On 21st February 1507 James Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay was born to King James IV of Scotland (age 33) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 17) at Holyrood Palace, Holyrood. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 21st February 1518 John Oldenburg was born to Christian II King Denmark II King Norway (age 36) and Isabella of Austria Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 16) at Copenhagen.
Wriothesley's Chronicle. [21st February 1547]. The 21st daie was great justes with runninge at the tilt, and the 22th daie was fighting and turninge at the barriors, where was many noble feates donne.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21st February 1559. The xxj day of Feybruary my lade (age 62) was browth in-to Lambethe chyrche the qwer and dobull reylyd, and hangyd with blake and armes; and she had iiij goodly whyt branchys and ij dosen of grett stayffes torchys, and ij haroldes of armes, master Garter and master Clarenshus, in ther cotte armurs; a-for a grett baner of armes, and iiij baners rolles, and iiij baners of santtes; and then cam the corsse, and after morners; the chyff morner was my lade chamberlen Haward (age 44), and dyvers odur of men (and) women; and after durge done to the dukes plasse; and the morow, masse of requiem done, my lade was bered a-for the he awtter.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21st February 1561. The xxj day of Feybruary dyd pryche a-for the quen (age 27) and the consell master Skamler (age 41), the new bishop of Peterborow in ys chymner and ys whyt rochet.
On 21st February 1590 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 60) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. Earl Warwick and Baron Lisle extinct.
Monument at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map] with the inscription: Heare under this Tombe lieth the Corps of the Lord Ambrose Dudley ... deceases of his elder Brethren with out Issue , was Sonne and Heir to John Duke of Northumber- lande ; to whom Quene Elizabeth in the First Yeare of her Reigne gave the Mannour of Kibworth - Beauchamp , in the County of Leicester , to be held by the Service of beinge Pant- ler to the Kings and Quenes of this Reamle , at their Corona- tions , which Office and Mannour his said Father , and other his Ancesters , Erles of Warwick , helde ; In the second Yeare of her Reigne , the said Quene gave him the Office of Mayster of the Ordinaunce ; - 10 the fowrth Yeare of her sayd Reigne , She created Him Baron Lisle and Erle of War- wick ; In the same Yeare she made Him her Lieutenant Generall in Normandy , and during the Tyme of his Service there , He was chosen Knight of the noble Order of the Garter ; In the Twelvth Yeare of her Reigne the said Erle and Edward Lord Cinton , Lord Admerall of England , where made Live - tenantes Generall joinctely , and severally , of her Majesty's Army in the North Parts . In the Thirteenth Yeare of her Reigne the said Quene bestowed on him the Office of Chief Butler of England ; -and in the XVth Yeare of her Reigne he was sworn of her Privy Council ; -who departinge this Lief without Issue , the 21st Day of February , 1589. at Bedford House near the City of London , from whence as himself desired , his Corps was conveyed and interr'd in this Place ; - near his Brother Robert Erle of Leicester and others his noble Ancestors , which was accomplish'd by his last and weli - beloved Wief the Lady Anne Countess of Warwick , who in further testimony of her faithful Love towards Him , bestowed this Monument as a Remembrance of him .
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Diary of Anne Clifford. 21st February 1616. Upon the 21st my Lord (age 26) and I began our journey northward—the same day my Lord Willoughby (age 32) came and broke his fast with my Lord. We had 2 coaches in our company with 4 horses a piece and about 26 horsemen, I having no women to attend me but Willoughby and Judith, Thomas Glenham (age 22) going with my Lord.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st February 1660. Tuesday. In the morning going out I saw many soldiers going towards Westminster, and was told that they were going to admit the secluded members again. So I to Westminster Hall [Map], and in Chancery Row I saw about twenty of them who had been at White Hall with General Monk (age 51), who came thither this morning, and made a speech to them, and recommended to them a Commonwealth, and against Charles Stuart. They came to the House and went in one after another, and at last the Speaker (age 68) came. But it is very strange that this could be carried so private, that the other members of the House heard nothing of all this, till they found them in the House, insomuch that the soldiers that stood there to let in the secluded members, they took for such as they had ordered to stand there to hinder their coming in. Mr. Prin (age 60) came with an old basket-hilt sword on, and had a great many great shouts upon his going into the Hall. They sat till noon, and at their coming out Mr. Crew (age 62) saw me, and bid me come to his house, which I did, and he would have me dine with him, which I did; and he very joyful told me that the House had made General Monk, General of all the Forces in England, Scotland, and Ireland; and that upon Monk's desire, for the service that Lawson (age 45) had lately done in pulling down the Committee of Safety, he had the command of the Sea for the time being. He advised me to send for my Lord forthwith, and told me that there is no question that, if he will, he may now be employed again; and that the House do intend to do nothing more than to issue writs, and to settle a foundation for a free Parliament. After dinner I back to Westminster Hall with him in his coach. Here I met with Mr. Lock (age 39) and Pursell, Masters of Music, [Note. Henry Purcell, father of the celebrated composer, was gentleman of the Chapel Royal.] and with them to the Coffee House, into a room next the water, by ourselves, where we spent an hour or two till Captain Taylor (age 35) came to us, who told us, that the House had voted the gates of the City to be made up again, and the members of the City that are in prison to be set at liberty; and that Sir G. Booth's' (age 37) case be brought into the House to-morrow.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1661. Prince Rupert (age 41) first showed me how to grave in mezzo tinto.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st February 1663. By and by comes Sir J. Minnes (age 63), who (like himself and all that he do) tells us that he can do no good, but that my Chancellor (age 54) wonders that we did not cause the seamen to fall about their ears: which we wished we could have done without our being seen in it; and Captain Grove being there, he did give them some affront, and would have got some seamen to have drubbed them, but he had not time, nor did we think it fit to have done it, they having executed their commission; but there was occasion given that he did draw upon one of them and he did complain that Grove had pricked him in the breast, but no hurt done; but I see that Grove would have done our business to them if we had bid him.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st February 1665. So to the office, and after office my Lord Brunckerd (age 45) carried me to Lincolne's Inne Fields, and there I with my Lady Sandwich (age 40) (good lady) talking of innocent discourse of good housewifery and husbands for her daughters, and the luxury and looseness of the times and other such things till past 10 o'clock at night, and so by coach home, where a little at my office, and so to supper and to bed. My Lady tells me how my Lord Castlemayne (age 31) is coming over from France, and is believed will be made friends with his Lady (age 24) again. What mad freaks the Mayds of Honour at Court have: that Mrs. Jenings (age 18), one of the Duchesses mayds, the other day dressed herself like an orange wench, and went up and down and cried oranges; till falling down, or by such accident, though in the evening, her fine shoes were discerned, and she put to a great deale of shame; that such as these tricks being ordinary, and worse among them, thereby few will venture upon them for wives: my Baroness Castlemayne will in merriment say that her daughter (not above a year old or two) will be the first mayde in the Court that will be married. This day my Lord Sandwich (age 39) writ me word from the Downes, that he is like to be in towne this week.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st February 1666. Thence with my Lord Bruncker (age 46) to Gresham College, the first time after the sicknesse that I was there, and the second time any met. And here a good lecture of Mr. Hooke's (age 30) about the trade of felt-making, very pretty. And anon alone with me about the art of drawing pictures by Prince Rupert's (age 46) rule and machine, and another of Dr. Wren's (age 42)1 but he says nothing do like squares, or, which is the best in the world, like a darke roome, [The camera obscura.] which pleased me mightily.
Note 1. Afterwards the famous Sir Christopher Wren. He was one of the mainstays of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1666. Went to my Lord Treasurer (age 58) for an assignment of £40,000 upon the last two quarters for support of the next year's charge. Next day, to Duke of Albemarle (age 57) and Secretary of State, to desire them to propose it to the Council.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st February 1668. Thence with Brouncker and T. Harvey to Westminster Hall [Map], and there met with Colonel Birch (age 52) and Sir John Lowther, and did there in the lobby read over what I have drawn up for our defence, wherein they own themselves mightily satisfied; and Birch, like a particular friend, do take it upon him to defend us, and do mightily do me right in all his discourse. Here walked in the Hall with him a great while, and discoursed with several members, to prepare them in our business against to-morrow, and meeting my cozen Roger Pepys (age 50), he showed me Granger's written confession1, of his being forced by imprisonment, &c., by my Lord Gerard (age 50), most barbarously to confess his forging of a deed in behalf of Fitton (age 38), in the great case between him [Fitton] and my Lord Gerard; which business is under examination, and is the foulest against my Lord Gerard that ever any thing in the world was, and will, all do believe, ruine him; and I shall be glad of it.
Note 1. Pepys here refers to the extraordinary proceedings which occurred between Charles, Lord Gerard, and Alexander Fitton, of which a narrative was published at the Hague in 1665. Granger was a witness in the cause, and was afterwards said to be conscience-stricken from his perjury. Some notice of this case will be found in North's "Examen", p. 558; but the copious and interesting note in Ormerod's "History of Cheshire", Vol. iii., p. 291, will best satisfy the reader, who will not fail to be struck by the paragraph with which it is closed-viz., "It is not improbable that Alexander Fitton, who, in the first instance, gained rightful possession of Gawsworth [Map] under an acknowledged settlement, was driven headlong into unpremeditated guilt by the production of a revocation by will which Lord Gerard had so long concealed. Having lost his own fortune in the prosecution of his claims, he remained in gaol till taken out by James II to be made Chancellor of Ireland (under which character Hume first notices him), was knighted, and subsequently created Lord Gawsworth after the abdication of James, sat in his parliament in Dublin in 1689, and then is supposed to have accompanied his fallen master to France. Whether the conduct of Fitton was met, as he alleges, by similar guilt on the part of Lord Gerard, God only can judge; but his hand fell heavily on the representatives of that noble house. In less than half a century the husbands of its two co-heiresses, James, Duke of Hamilton (age 9), and Charles, Lord Mohun, were slain by each other's hands in a murderous duel arising out of a dispute relative to the partition of the Fitton estates, and Gawsworth itself passed to an unlineal hand, by a series of alienations complicated beyond example in the annals of this country". B.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st February 1668. At noon by coach towards Westminster, and met my Lord Brouncker (age 48), and W. Pen, and Sir T. Harvey, in King's Street, coming away from the Parliament House; and so I to them, and to the French ordinary, at the Blue Bells, in Lincolne's Inn Fields, and there dined and talked. And, among other things, they tell me how the House this day is still as backward for giving any money as ever, and do declare they will first have an account of the disposals of the last Poll-bill, and eleven months' tax: and it is pretty odde that the very first sum mentioned in the account brought in by Sir Robert Long (age 68), of the disposal of the Poll-bill money, is £5000 to my Lord Arlington (age 50) for intelligence; which was mighty unseasonable, so soon after they had so much cried out against his want of intelligence. The King (age 37) do also own but £250,000, or thereabouts, yet paid on the Poll-bill, and that he hath charged £350,000 upon it. This makes them mad; for that the former Poll-bill, that was so much less in its extent than the last, which took in all sexes and qualities, did come to £350,000. Upon the whole, I perceive they are like to do nothing in this matter to please the King, or relieve the State, be the case never so pressing; and, therefore, it is thought by a great many that the King cannot be worse if he should dissolve them: but there is nobody dares advise it, nor do he consider any thing himself.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1680. Shrove-Tuesday. My son (age 25) was married to Mrs. Martha Spencer (age 21), daughter to my Lady Stonehouse by a former gentleman, at St. Andrew's [Map], Holborn, by our Vicar, borrowing the church of Dr. Stillingfleet (age 44), Dean of St. Paul's, the present incumbent. We afterward dined at a house in Holborn; and, after the solemnity and dancing was done, they were bedded at Sir John Stonehouse's (age 41) lodgings in Bow Street, Convent Garden.
On 21st February 1687 Vilhelm Oldenburg was born to Christian V King Denmark and Norway (age 40) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 36).
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. Innumerable were the crowds, who solicited for, and expected offices; most of the old ones were turned out. Two or three white staves were disposed of some days before, as Lord Steward, to the Earl of Devonshire (age 49); Treasurer of the household, to Lord Newport; Lord Chamberlain to the King, to my Lord of Dorset (age 46); but there were as yet none in offices of the civil government save the Marquis of Halifax (age 55) as Privy Seal. A council of thirty was chosen, Lord Derby (age 34) president, but neither Chancellor nor Judges were yet declared, the new Great Seal not yet finished.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. The Archbishop of Canterbury (age 72) and some of the rest, on scruple of conscience and to salve the oaths they had taken, entered their protests and hung off, especially the Archbishop, who had not all this while so much as appeared out of Lambeth [Map]. This occasioned the wonder of many who observed with what zeal they contributed to the Prince's (age 38) expedition, and all the while also rejecting any proposals of sending again to the absent King (age 55); that they should now raise scruples, and such as created much division among the people, greatly rejoicing the old courtiers, and especially the Papists.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. Divers Bishops and Noblemen are not at all satisfied with this so sudden assumption of the Crown, without any previous sending, and offering some conditions to the absent King; or on his not returning, or not assenting to those conditions, to have proclaimed him Regent; but the major part of both Houses prevailed to make them King and Queen immediately, and a crown was tempting. This was opposed and spoken against with such vehemence by Lord Clarendon (her own uncle), that it put him by all preferment, which must doubtless have been as great as could have been given him. My Lord of Rochester (age 46), his brother, overshot himself, by the same carriage and stiffness, which their friends thought they might have well spared when they saw how it was like to be overruled, and that it had been sufficient to have declared their dissent with less passion, acquiescing in due time.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. Another objection was, the invalidity of what was done by a convention only, and the as yet unabrogated laws; this drew them to make themselves on the 22d a Parliament, the new King (age 38) passing the act with the crown on his head. The lawyers disputed, but necessity prevailed, the government requiring a speedy settlement.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. Dr. Burnet (age 45) preached at St. James's on the obligation to walk worthy of God's particular and signal deliverance of the nation and church.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. I saw the new Queen (age 26) and King (age 38), with great acclamation and general good reception. Bonfires, bells, guns, etc. It was believed that both, especially the Princess, would have shown some (seeming) reluctance at least, of assuming her father's (age 55) crown, and made some apology, testifying by her regret that he should by his mismanagement necessitate the nation to so extraordinary a proceeding, which would have shown very handsomely to the world, and according to the character given of her piety; consonant also to her husband's first declaration, that there was no intention of deposing the King, but of succoring the nation; but nothing of all this appeared; she came into Whitehall laughing and jolly, as to a wedding, so as to seem quite transported. She rose early the next morning, and in her undress, as it was reported, before her women were up, went about from room to room to see the convenience of Whitehall; lay in the same bed and apartment where the late Queen (age 30) lay, and within a night or two sat down to play at basset, as the Queen, her predecessor used to do. She smiled upon and talked to everybody, so that no change seemed to have taken place at Court since her last going away, save that infinite crowds of people thronged to see her, and that she went to our prayers. This carriage was censured by many. She seems to be of a good nature, and that she takes nothing to heart: while the Prince, her husband, has a thoughtful countenance, is wonderfully serious and silent, and seems to treat all persons alike gravely, and to be very intent on affairs: Holland, Ireland, and France calling for his care.
On 21st February 1698 Gabriel More (age 63) died. Monument at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham [Map].
Gabriel More: Around 1635 he was born.
On 21st February 1732 Maria Wilson aka Burrill (age 63) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough [Map].
Maria Wilson aka Burrill: In 1669 she was born. Before 5th November 1709 Lionel Copley and she were married.
After 21st February 1736. St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. Monument, left side, to Walter Chetwynd.
Monument, left middle, to Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (deceased) and his wife Mary Berkeley Viscountess Chetwynd (age 65).
After 21st February 1814. Monument to Amelia Sophia Hume (deceased) in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by Antonio Canova (age 56).
Cansisk's Monumental Inscriptions Volume 1 St James' Burial Ground, Hampstead Road. St James' Burial Ground, Hampstead Road. Beneath are deposited the Remains of Mrs. Mary Rossi, Wife of Charles Rossi (deceased), R.A, Died July 30th, 1804. Aged 38 years. Also to the Memory of Charles Rossi, R.A., Who Departed this life Feb. 21st, 1839, in the 77thyear of his age. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
On 21st February 1862 Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye (age 93) died. Baron Braye abeyant. Monument at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map] sculpted by Mary Francis (age 53) and commissioned by her daughter Catherine Otway (age 53), widow of John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp.
Catherine Otway: Before 1809 she was born to Henry Otway of Castle Otway in Tipperary and Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye. On 19th October 1826 Henry Murray and she were married. He the son of Bishop George Murray. On 11th February 1850 John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp and she were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. On 4th November 1875 she died without issue.
On 21st February 1865 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 91) died. His son Wellington (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Combermere, 2nd Baron Combermere, 7th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere sculpted by William "The Younger" Theed (age 61).
Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere: On 24th November 1818 he was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere at Duncombe House, St Thomas. In 1844 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere and Susan Alice Sitwell were married. On 1st December 1891 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere died. His son Robert succeeded 3rd Viscount Combermere, 3rd Baron Combermere, 8th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
On 21st February 1919 Sidney Spencer (age 28) died at a Military Hospital in Hounslow. He was buried at St Andrews Church, Barnwell [Map]. Service No. 3/8575. 3rd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment transf. to (464013), 660th Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps.
Sidney Spencer: Around 1891 he was born.
The Times. 21st February 1930. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER AND MISS PONSONBY. The marriage of the Duke of Westminster (age 50) and Miss Loelia Mary Ponsonby (age 28), daughter of Sir Frederick (age 62) and Lady Ponsonby, of Great Tangley Manor Guildford, and St. James's Palace [Map], took place at Prince's-row Register Office yesterday. Among those present were Mr. Winston Churchill (age 55), Lady Serena James (age 28), Mrs Walter Rubens, Colonel (age 65) and Mrs. Guy Wyndham, Captain and Mrs. Cowes, Mrs. Basil Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. George Drummond, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Guinness. The Duke and Duchess left for their honeymoon in the Duke's steam yacht the Cutty Sark, wlhich was moored at Deptford [Map].
On 21st February 1944 John Pelham 8th Earl of Chichester (age 31) died in a car accident. His son John Pelham 9th Earl Chichester was not norn until the 14th of April 1944 at which time he succeeded to his father's titles.
On 21st February 1947 Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey (age 61) died. He was buried at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen [Map]. His son George (age 24) succeeded 7th Marquess Anglesey, 8th Earl Uxbridge, 16th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 10th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.
Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey: On 14th April 1885 he was born to Alexander Victor Paget. On 3rd August 1912 Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey and Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey were married. She by marriage Marchioness Anglesey. She the daughter of Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland and Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland. They were fifth cousins.
George Charles Henry Victor Paget 7th Marquess Anglesey: On 8th October 1922 he was born to Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey and Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey. On 13th July 2013 George Charles Henry Victor Paget 7th Marquess Anglesey died. His son Charles succeeded 8th Marquess Anglesey, 9th Earl Uxbridge, 17th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 11th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.
Births on the 21st February
On 21 or 24th February 1244 Louis Capet was born to King Louis IX of France (age 29) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1276 Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon was born.
On 21st February 1397 Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy was born to King John I of Portugal (age 45) and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 36). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st February 1462 Joanna "La Beltraneja" Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal was born to Henry IV King Castile (age 37) and Joan Aviz Queen Consort Castile (age 22). Her nickname "La Beltraneja" a reference to her supposed illegitimacy; she was suspected of being the child of Beltrán de la Cueva 1st Duke of Alburquerque (age 19). She was Henry and Joan's only child. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.39%.
On 21st February 1484 Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg was born to John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 28) and Margaret of Thuringia (age 35).
On 21st February 1498 Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland was born to Ralph Neville and Edith Sandys Baroness.
On 21st February 1499 Edmund Tudor 1st Duke of Somerset was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 33) at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map] being their sixth child. On 24th February 1499 he was christened at the Church of the Observant Friars, Greenwich [Map]. His godparents were Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 55), Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 21) and Bishop Richard Foxe (age 51), then Bishop of Durham. He is believed to have been created 1st Duke Somerset on the same day although there is no documentation.
On 21st February 1507 James Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay was born to King James IV of Scotland (age 33) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 17) at Holyrood Palace, Holyrood. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 21st February 1518 John Oldenburg was born to Christian II King Denmark II King Norway (age 36) and Isabella of Austria Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 16) at Copenhagen.
On 21st February 1572 Bridget Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland (age 21) and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland (age 19).
On 21st February 1594 John Ernest Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar (age 23) and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Altenburg.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1623 Godfrey Copley 1st Baronet was born to William Copley (age 18).
On 21st February 1643 Sophie Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 41) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 23) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%.
On 21st February 1687 Vilhelm Oldenburg was born to Christian V King Denmark and Norway (age 40) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 36).
On 21st February 1695 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 24) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 19).
On 21st February 1707 Margaret Cadogan was born to William Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan (age 35) and Margaret Cecilia Munter Countess Cadogan.
On 21st February 1722 Robert Manners-Sutton was born to John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 25) and Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 22).
On 21st February 1748 Richard Howard 4th Earl of Effingham was born to Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Effingham (age 34) and Elizabeth Beckford Countess Effingham (age 23).
On 21st February 1764 John Townshend 2nd Viscount Sydney was born to Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney (age 30) and Elizabeth Powys Viscountess Sydney (age 27).
On 21st February 1778 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet was born to John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 32) and Dorothea Buckler.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1783 John Eardley-Wilmot 1st Baronet was born to John Eardley-Wilmot (age 35).
On 21st February 1787 Henry Fox-Strangways 3rd Earl of Ilchester was born to Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester (age 39) and Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester (age 32).
On 21st February 1801 William Hay 18th Earl Erroll was born to William Hay 17th Earl Erroll (age 28) and Alicia Eliot Countess Erroll (age 26).
On 21st February 1805 William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace was born to Peter King 7th Baron King (age 28) and Hester Fortescue Baroness King.
On 21st February 1806 William David Murray 4th and 3rd Earl Mansfield was born to David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield (age 28) and Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield (age 32).
On 21st February 1817 Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr was born to George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr (age 25) and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 21).
On 21st February 1826 William Rickford Astley Cooper was born to Astley Paston Cooper 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Elizabeth Harriet Rickford Lady Cooper (age 23).
On 21st February 1828 Arthur Purey Cust was born to William Cust (age 41) and Sophia Newnham.
On 21st February 1830 William Richard Annesley 4th Earl Annesley was born to William Richard Annesley 3rd Earl Annesley (age 57) and Priscilla Cecilia Moore (age 21).
On 21st February 1830 Henry Wallis was born.
On 21st February 1832 Reverend John Harbord was born to Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield (age 50) and Emily Harriey Shirley Baroness Suffield.
On 21st February 1854 Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard Marchioness Bute was born to Edward George Fitzalan Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 35) and Augusta Talbot (age 22).
On 21st February 1858 Gaetano Trentanove was born.
On 21st February 1860 William Goscombe John was born to Thomas John and Elizabeth Smith in Canton, Cardiff.
On 21st February 1871 Osbert Molyneux 6th Earl Sefton was born to William Molyneux 4th Earl Sefton (age 35) and Cecil Emily Jolliffe (age 33).
On 21st February 1879 Gertie Millar was born at Manningham, Bradford. Her father, John, was a mill worker and her mother, Elizabeth, a worsted-stuff worker. She began her professional career in a pantomime in Manchester,
On 21st February 1884 Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex was born to George Capell 7th Earl of Essex (age 26) and Ellenor Harriet Maria Harford (age 23).
On 21st February 1888 George Brodrick was born to William St John Brodrick 1st Earl of Midleton (age 31) and Hilda Charteris (age 34).
On 21st February 1895 Frederick Eden 6th Baron Auckland was born to William Morton Eden 5th Baron Auckland (age 35).
On 21st February 1896 Richard Hugh Jessel was born to Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 35) and Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel.
On 21st February 1903 Ivor Grosvenor Guest 2nd Viscount Wimborne was born to Ivor Churchill Guest 1st Viscount Wimborne (age 30) and Alice Katherine Sibell Grosvenor (age 22).
On 21st February 1921 Ashley Ponsonby 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Edward Ponsonby 1st Baronet (age 41) and Winifred Gibbs (age 33).
On 21st February 1923 Charles James Ruthven Howard 12th Earl Carlisle was born to George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard 11th Earl Carlisle (age 28) and Bridget Helen "Biddy" Ruthven Countess Carlisle (age 26).
On 21st February 1925 John de Grey 9th Baron Walsingham was born to George de Grey 8th Baron Walsingham (age 40).
On 21st February 1941 Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice 9th Marquess of Lansdowne was born to George Petty-Fitzmaurice 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (age 28).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1947 Charles Manners Gamaliel Nightingale 17th Baronet was born to Charles Athelstan Nightingale 16th Baronet (age 44).
On 21st February 1953 Lucy Corinna Agneta Sidney Baroness Middleton was born to William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle (age 43) and Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle (age 38). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 21st February 1954 Francis Thomas Baring 6th Baron Northbrook was born to Francis John Baring 5th Baron Northbrook (age 39).
Marriages on the 21st February
On 21st February 1402 Anthony Valois Duke Brabant (age 17) and Jeanne Luxemburg Duchess Brabant were married at Arras. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 60) and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 54). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 21st February 1491 Patrick Hepburn 1st Earl Bothwell (age 39) and Margaret Gordon Countess Bothwell were married. She by marriage Countess Bothwell. She the daughter of George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley (age 35).
On 21st February 1497 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 13) and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray were married. She by marriage Baroness Braye.
On 21st February 1635 Arthur Haselrigge 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Dorothy Greville were married. They had three sons and five daughters.
On 21st February 1660 Robert Sutton 1st Baron Lexinton (age 65) and Mary St Leger Baroness Lexington (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Lexinton of Aram in Nottinghamshire. The difference in their ages was 45 years.
On 21st February 1722 George Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny (age 19) and Elizabeth Thorneycroft Baroness Bergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.
On 21st February 1722 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle (age 19) and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle (age 18) were married at Caversham, Reading. She by marriage Countess Albermarle. She the daughter of Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 49) and Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 51). He the son of Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle and Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle.
On 21st February 1733 William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 22) and Mary Cardonnel Countess Talbot (age 14) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 21st February 1759 John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore (age 29) and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway (age 65) and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway (age 50). He the son of William Murray 3rd Earl Dunmore.
On 21st February 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 24) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 65) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 68) and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21 or 23rd February 1789 Joseph Strutt (age 30) and Charlotte Fitzgerald 1st Baroness Rayleigh (age 30) were married. She the daughter of James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster and Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster (age 57).
On 21st February 1865 Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 26) and Edith Jocelyn (age 20) were married. He the son of Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran (age 63) and Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran (age 45).
On 21st February 1877 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool (age 30) and Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool were married. She was a first cousin of his first wife Louise Blanche Howard.
On 21st February 1933 Charles Francis Sweeny (age 23) and Margaret Whigham (age 20) were married at the Brompton Oratory, Kensington.
Barbara "Baba" Beaton (age 21) and Bridget Poulet (age 21) were bridesmaids.
Hartford Courant:
Miss Margaret Whigham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hay Whifham of Ascot, England, was married in London Tuesday to Mr. Charles Sweeney, young American golfer, in Brompton Oratory. This famous Catholic church was thronged with fashionable guests. Outside another crowd, composed largely of women eager to see the brlde, was so large that forty policemen had great difficulty in maintaining traffic lines.
The bride arrived few minutes late. She wore a pearl white satin gown embroidered with pearls. The eighteen-foot train was edged with cloud-like layers or pearl-embroidered silk net. Her veil or tulle, fitted closely like a cap, was held with a narrow filet of pearl leaves interwoven with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet or white lilies.
There were nine bridesmaids. All dressed in whitc with wreaths or red flowers. They were Lady Bridget Poulett and Miss Shelia Berry, Miss Jeanne Stourton, Miss Margaret Livingstone-Learmouth, Miss Baba Beaton, Miss Angela Brett, Miss Dawn Gold, Miss Molly Vaughan and Miss Pamela Nicholl. The ushers included the Earl of Birkenhead (age 25) and Mr. Randolph Churchill (age 21).
The bride was given by her father, who is connected with an American business firm. The best man was Mr. Robert Sweeney, brother of the bridegroom. Mrs. Whigham, who has a home at 55 Princeiss Gate, gave the wedding reception. The couple then departed for Paris. Later they will cruise in the West Indies.
Among the many wedding presents were a pair of gold cuff links for the bridegroom from the Prlnce of Wales, who last year selected Mr. Sweeney, then captain of the Oxford University golf team, as his partner in the Navy and Royal Marines golf tournament. Mr. Sweeney first played golf here as an American schoolboy in the boys amateur golf championship, which he was runner-up. His brother also attended Oxford and frequently was his golf partner.
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Deaths on the 21st February
On 21st February 1034 Hawise Normandy Countess Rennes died.
On 21st February 1437 King James I of Scotland (age 42) was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James (age 6) succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 33), managed to escape.
On 26th January 1568 Catherine Grey Countess Hertford (age 27) died at Cockfield Hall, Suffolk; see Ellis' Letters. She was under house arrest at the time, in the custody of Owen Hopton (age 49), who was at her deathbed. On 21st February 1567 she was buried at the Cockfield Chapel in St Peter's Church, Yoxford [Map] - see Gentleman's Magazine 1823. Her remains was later moved to Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
On 21st February 1581 Robert Keilway (age 84) died. His only child Anne Keilway Baroness Harington (age 27) and her husband John Harington 1st Baron Harington (age 41) inherited the Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map] and Coombe Abbey [Map] estates.
On 21st February 1589 William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 63) died at Hackney. He was buried at Church of St Cadoc Raglan, Monmouthshire. His son Edward (age 39) succeeded 4th Earl Worcester, 6th Baron Herbert of Raglan.
On 21st February 1590 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 60) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. Earl Warwick and Baron Lisle extinct.
Monument at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map] with the inscription: Heare under this Tombe lieth the Corps of the Lord Ambrose Dudley ... deceases of his elder Brethren with out Issue , was Sonne and Heir to John Duke of Northumber- lande ; to whom Quene Elizabeth in the First Yeare of her Reigne gave the Mannour of Kibworth - Beauchamp , in the County of Leicester , to be held by the Service of beinge Pant- ler to the Kings and Quenes of this Reamle , at their Corona- tions , which Office and Mannour his said Father , and other his Ancesters , Erles of Warwick , helde ; In the second Yeare of her Reigne , the said Quene gave him the Office of Mayster of the Ordinaunce ; - 10 the fowrth Yeare of her sayd Reigne , She created Him Baron Lisle and Erle of War- wick ; In the same Yeare she made Him her Lieutenant Generall in Normandy , and during the Tyme of his Service there , He was chosen Knight of the noble Order of the Garter ; In the Twelvth Yeare of her Reigne the said Erle and Edward Lord Cinton , Lord Admerall of England , where made Live - tenantes Generall joinctely , and severally , of her Majesty's Army in the North Parts . In the Thirteenth Yeare of her Reigne the said Quene bestowed on him the Office of Chief Butler of England ; -and in the XVth Yeare of her Reigne he was sworn of her Privy Council ; -who departinge this Lief without Issue , the 21st Day of February , 1589. at Bedford House near the City of London , from whence as himself desired , his Corps was conveyed and interr'd in this Place ; - near his Brother Robert Erle of Leicester and others his noble Ancestors , which was accomplish'd by his last and weli - beloved Wief the Lady Anne Countess of Warwick , who in further testimony of her faithful Love towards Him , bestowed this Monument as a Remembrance of him .
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On 21st February 1594 Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos (age 46) died. His brother William (age 42) succeeded 4th Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Mary Hopton Baroness Chandos by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.
On 21st February 1621 Henry Portman 2nd Baronet (age 24) died. His brother John (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baronet Portman of Orchard Portman in Somerset.
On 21st February 1651 John Brydges 2nd Baronet (age 27) died. His son James (age 8) succeeded 3rd Baronet Brydges of Wilton in Herefordshire.
On 21st February 1654 Susannah Barker of London Lady Meredith (age 64) died. She was buried at St Nicholas Church, Leeds where there is an inscription: "Here lyeth also the Body of the Hon'ble Sir W. Meredith (age 51), late of this Parish, Baronet, son of the above mentioned Sir Wm Meredith and Jane his wife. He married first Susanna, ye daughter of Francis Barker of London, Esq., by whom he had 6 sons and 6 daughters. She dyed Feb. 21, 1654, and lyes interrd in this place. After whose death he married Mary, daughter of Henry Goring of Hydown in the County of Sussex, Esq., and relict of Thomas Aynscombe of Mayfeild [sic] in the same County, Esq. He died the 10th of April 1675, in the 72nd year of his age, full of days and honour."
On 21st February 1658 William Fitzwilliam 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam (age 49) died. His son William (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
On 21st February 1715 Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore (age 77) died. His son Benedict (age 35) succeeded 4th Baron Baltimore of Longford in Leinster.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1719 Thomas Clifford Earl Newburgh (age 32) died.
On 21st February 1728 Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 56) died.
On 21st February 1736 Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (age 57) died. His brother John (age 54) succeeded 2nd Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry, and inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.Esther Kent Viscountess Chetwynd (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry.
On 21st February 1746 Elizabeth Parker Lady Heathcote (age 46) died.
On 21st February 1769 Mary Catherine Bellings-Arundell Baroness Arundel Wardour died.
On 21st February 1784 Admiral Robert Harland 1st Baronet (age 69) died. His son Robert (age 19) succeeded 2nd Baronet Harland of Sproughton in Suffolk.
On 4th February 1794 Charles Trevor Roper 18th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 49) died. His sister Gertrude (age 43) succeeded 19th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 18th Baroness Multon of Gilsland. Thomas Brand Baron Dacre (age 44) by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland albeit for seventeen days only since he died on 21st February 1794.
On 21st February 1794 Thomas Brand Baron Dacre (age 44) died.
On 21st February 1814 Amelia Sophia Hume (age 25) died.
On 21st February 1825 Thomas Heathcote 4th Baronet (age 55) died. His nephew William (age 23) succeeded 5th Baronet Heathcote of Hursley in Hampshire.
On 21st February 1835 John Lumley-Savile 7th Earl Scarborough (age 74) died. His son John (age 46) succeeded 8th Earl of Scarborough, 9th Viscount Lumley, 8th Baron Lumley.
On 21st February 1836 Bishop William van Mildert (age 70) died.
On 21st February 1839 John Charles Felix Rossi (age 76) died.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 21st February 1854 John Gerard 12th Baronet (age 49) died. His brother Robert (age 45) succeeded 13th Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
On 21st February 1862 Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye (age 93) died. Baron Braye abeyant. Monument at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map] sculpted by Mary Francis (age 53) and commissioned by her daughter Catherine Otway (age 53), widow of John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp.
Catherine Otway: Before 1809 she was born to Henry Otway of Castle Otway in Tipperary and Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye. On 19th October 1826 Henry Murray and she were married. He the son of Bishop George Murray. On 11th February 1850 John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp and she were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. On 4th November 1875 she died without issue.
On 21st February 1865 Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere (age 91) died. His son Wellington (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Combermere, 2nd Baron Combermere, 7th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire.
St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury [Map]. Monument to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere sculpted by William "The Younger" Theed (age 61).
Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere: On 24th November 1818 he was born to Stapleton Cotton 1st Viscount Combermere and Caroline Greville Viscountess Comberemere at Duncombe House, St Thomas. In 1844 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere and Susan Alice Sitwell were married. On 1st December 1891 Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 2nd Viscount Combermere died. His son Robert succeeded 3rd Viscount Combermere, 3rd Baron Combermere, 8th Baronet Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire. Isabel Marion Chetwynd Viscountess Combermere by marriage Viscountess Combermere.
On 21st February 1871 Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby (age 80) died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map].
On 21st February 1883 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Baron Egerton Tatton (age 76) died. His son Wilbraham (age 51) succeeded 2nd Baron Egerton Tatton. Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton (age 45) by marriage Baroness Egerton Tatton.
On 21st February 1887 James Graham Domville 3rd Baronet (age 74) died. His son William (age 37) succeeded 4th Baronet Domville of St Albans.
On 21st February 1891 George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle (age 91) died. His son William (age 58) succeeded 7th Earl Albermarle, 7th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 7th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 21st February 1893 John Pettie (age 53) died.
On 21st February 1905 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk (age 77) died. His son Charles (age 50) succeeded 10th Earl Southesk, 6th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine.
On 21st February 1912 James Eramus Philipps 12th Baronet (age 87) died. His son John (age 51) succeeded 13th Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.
On 21st February 1921 Ernst Gunther Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 57) died.
On 21st February 1925 Jean-André Rixens (age 78) died.
On 21st February 1938 George Charles Beresford (age 73) died.
On 21st February 1944 John Pelham 8th Earl of Chichester (age 31) died in a car accident. His son John Pelham 9th Earl Chichester was not norn until the 14th of April 1944 at which time he succeeded to his father's titles.
On 21st February 1947 Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey (age 61) died. He was buried at St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen [Map]. His son George (age 24) succeeded 7th Marquess Anglesey, 8th Earl Uxbridge, 16th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 10th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.
Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey: On 14th April 1885 he was born to Alexander Victor Paget. On 3rd August 1912 Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey and Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey were married. She by marriage Marchioness Anglesey. She the daughter of Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland and Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland. They were fifth cousins.
George Charles Henry Victor Paget 7th Marquess Anglesey: On 8th October 1922 he was born to Charles Henry Alexander Paget 6th Marquess Anglesey and Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey. On 13th July 2013 George Charles Henry Victor Paget 7th Marquess Anglesey died. His son Charles succeeded 8th Marquess Anglesey, 9th Earl Uxbridge, 17th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 11th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.
On 21st February 1951 Robert Disney Leith Alexander 16th Baron Cobham (age 65) died. Baron Cobham abeyant.
On 21st February 1952 George Henry James Duckworth-King 6th Baronet (age 60) died. His brother John (age 52) succeeded 7th Baronet King of Bellevue in Kent.
On 21st February 1957 Mary Louise Douglas Hamilton Duchess Montrose (age 72) died.
On 21st February 1960 Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 58) died.
On 21st February 1997 Joshua Francis Rowley 7th Baronet (age 76) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Stoke-by-Nayland. His fourth cousin Charles (age 70) succeeded 8th Baronet Rowley of Tendring Hall in Suffolk.