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21 May is in May.
Events on the 21st May
On 21st May 987 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia (age 20) died without issue ending the Carolingian Dynasty. Hugh I King France (age 46) was elected King West Francia beginning the Capetian Dynasty.
On 21st May 996 Otto III King Italy III King Germany III Holy Roman Emperor (age 15) succeeded III Holy Roman Emperor.
On 21st May 1254 Conrad Hohenstaufen King Germany (age 26) died.
On 21st May 1259 Bishop Fulk Basset (age 70) died of plague. On 25th May 1259 he was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
. And in the same year, around the Feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross [3rd May 1338], Richard de Bynteworth was unanimously elected as his successor. He was confirmed by the Archbishop (of Canterbury) at Otford around the Feast of the Ascension [May 21], and consecrated at Lambeth by the Bishop of Chichester around the Feast of St. John the Baptist [June 24].
et eodem anno, circa festum Inventionis sancte Crucis, electus fuit concorditer Ricardus de Bynteworth, qui circa festum Ascensionis apud Ottefordiam fuit per archiepiscopum confirmatus, et cirea festum sancti Johannis apud Lambhuth per Cicestriensem episcopum consecratus.
On 21st May 1420 the Treaty of Troyes was signed at Troyes. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 43) and Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 17) negotiated the terms which included the marriage of Henry V (age 33) and Catherine of Valois (age 18), daughter of Charles VI (age 51), and the acknowledgement of King Henry V of England as Charles V's heir disinheriting the Dauphin (age 17).
On 21st May 1424 King James I of Scotland (age 29) was crowned I King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map]. Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland (age 20) was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
Alexander Lindsay 2nd Earl Crawford and William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton were knighted.
Paston Letters V1 120 William Lomner to John Paston. 238. A.D. 1455, 21 May. — MEMORIAL TO HENRY VI. [From Fenn, iii. 178.]
This is a copy of the memorial drawn up by the Duke of York and the Earls of Warwick and Salisbury just before the first battle of St. Alban's, which the Duke of Somerset and his friends would not allow to be presented to the King. Although this copy is without date, the original was dated at Ware the 21st May. — See Rolls of Parliament, v., 281, where the whole document is cited.
Vadatur J. P.
MOSTE Cristen Kyng, ryght hygh and myghty Prince, and our mooste redoubted souverayn Lorde, we recomaunde ws as humblye as we suffice unto your hygh excellence, where unto please it to wete that for so moche as we hyre and understand to our grettyst sorowe erthlye that our enne. jiyes of approuved experience, such as abyde and kepe theym sylf under the whyng of your Magestee Royall, have throwen unto the same ryght stedyousely and ryght fraudulentlye manye ambyguytees and doubtes of the fayth, lygeaunce, and dewtee that, God knowyth, we beere unto your Hyghnesse, and have put theym yn as grete devoyr as they coude to enstraunge ws from your mooste noble presence and from the favour of your goode grace; whych goode grace to ws ys and owe to be our singuler and mooste desyred yoie and consolacion: We at thys tyme be comyng wyth grace as your true and humble liege men, toward your seyd Hygh Excellence to declare and shew therto at large owr sayd fayth and ligeaunce, entendyng wyth the the mercye of Jesu yn the seyd comyng, to put ws yn as diligent and hertye devoyr and dewtee as onye your lyege men on lyve to that at may avaunce or preferre the honnour and wellfare off the sayd Mageste Royalle and the seurte of the sayd most notable person; the whych [we] beseche our blessed Creature to prosper [in] as grete honnor, yoie, and felicitie as ever had onye prince erthlye, and to your sayd Hyghnesse so to take, accept, and repute ws, and not to plese to geve trust or confidence unto the sinistrez, maliciouse, and fraudulent laboures and rapportes of our sayd ennemyes unto our comyng to your sayd moste noble presence; where unto we beseche humblye that we may be admitted as your liege men, to th'entent to show ws the same; wheroff yerstenday we wrote our lettres of our entent to the ryght reverent fadre yn God, the Archebysshop of Caunterburye1, your Chauncellr of England, to be shewed to your sayd Hyghnesse, whereoff, forsomoch as we be not acerteyned whethyr our sayd entent be by hys fadrehode shewed unto your seyd goode grace or not, we sende thereof!' unto thys closed a copy of our said lettres of our disposicion toward your sayd Hygh Excellence and the honnour and weele of the land, whereynne we wolle persevere wyth the grace of our Lorde.
Note 1. Fenn states that on the margin of the MS., in a hand nearly coeval with the letter itself, is written, "Memorandum quod diet' literæ (?) Dominorum, direct' Archiepiscopo Cant, est apud ...." What followed is lost, the paper being torn. The letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, however, will be found quoted at full length in the Rolls of Parliament, v. 280-1.
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On 21st May 1471 Henry VI (age 49) died (possibly murdered) in the Wakefield Tower in the Tower of London [Map]. He was buried at Altar, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
Warkworth's Chronicle. 21st May 1471. And the same nyghte that Kynge Edwarde came to Londone, Kynge Herry, beynge inwarde in presone in the Toure of Londone, was putt to dethe1, the xxj. day of Maij, on a tywesday nyght, betwyx xj. and xij. of the cloke, beynge thenne at the Toure the Duke of Gloucetre, brothere to Kynge Edwarde, and many other; and one the morwe he was chestyde and brought to Paulys, and his face was opyne that every manne mighte see him; and in hys lyinge he bledde one the pament ther; and afterward at the Blake Fryres was broughte, and ther he blede new and fresche; and from thens he was caryed to Chyrchesey abbey in a bote2, and buryed there in oure Lady chapelle. On the morwe that the Kynge was come to Londone, for the goode servyse that Londone hade done to hym, he made knyghtes of the Aldermenne3, Sere Jhon Stokstone, Sire Rauf Verney, Sere Richard Lee, Sere Jhon Yonge, Sere William Tayliour, Sere George Irlande, Sere Jhon Stokere, Sere Mathew Philyppe, Sere William Hamptone, Sere Thomas Stalbroke, Sere Jhon Crosby, Sere Thomas Urswike, Recordere of Londone.
Note 1. Was putt to dethe. "He dyid put to silence in the Tour of London, the xxj. day of May, aº. 1471, buryid first at Chertesey and after at Wyndesore." - Rot. Lansd. Mus. Brit. 6. In the old ballad of the "Wandering Jew's Chronicle" this event is thus versified:
"I saw the white and red rose fight,
"And Warwick gret in armour bright,
"In the Sixth Henries reign;
"And present was that very hour,
"When Henry was in London Tower,
"By Crookt-backt Richard slain."
But this subject has been so much before the reader that I refrain from adding more. I give, however, a few references, from my miscellaneous notes, which may assist any future inquirer who desires to investigate more at length into various matters connected with the popular opinion of Henry VI. after his death, his burial places, & c.: Widmore's History of Westminster Abbey, pp. 118-120; Ashmole's History of the Order of the Garter, p. 136; MS. Cotton. Cleop. E. III; Monast. I. 277; British Topographer, II. 112, n; Gent. Mag. LVI.; MS. Cole Collect. XLII. 378; ib. XIII; Hormanni Vulgaria, Lond. 1519, fol. 3, rº; Barrington on the Statutes, p. 253; Parker Antig. Brit. Eccl. 229, edit. Drake, p. 447; Fuller's Church History, IV. 153; Wilkins's Concil. IV. 635; Spelman, II. 720; Walpole's Fugitive Pieces; MS. Sloan. 1441.
Note 2. Caryed to Chyrchesey Abbey in a bote. Henry's body was protected by soldiers from Calais, and, rather singularly, for the possession of that city had been a hard point of contention between the rival parties. The extreme anxiety of Queen Margaret to possess it, may be seen from a very curious document now preserved in the Royal Archives of France, and the title of which is given in MS. Addit. Mus. Brit. 9346, fol. 116, rº.
In the Issue Rolls of the Exchequer, we find money paid to Hugh Brice on the 24th of June for the expenses of Henry's funeral, for conveying his body from the Tower to St. Paul's, and from thence to Chertsey. From these and several other statements of expences in the same rolls, it fully appears that every respect was paid to the corpse; but Mr. Devon has attempted to draw from this an argument for the natural death of the King, not taking into consideration that the very fact of much attention having been paid to his funeral obsequies would render it more than probable that it was done to conceal the appearance of any hostile feeling: had Henry died a natural death, it appears to me that the haste of Edward's departure into Kent, and the length of time necessarily elapsing before he could have become acquainted with the news, would have almost rendered any definite orders for his funeral next to impossible. Many writers have committed the error of affirming that Henry was buried without honours. - Camden's Britannia, edit. Gough, I. 167.
Note 3. The names of these aldermen are given by Stowe, Edit. 1755, Survey of London, II. 222.
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History of the Arrival of Edward IV Part 5. [21st May 1471] Here is it to be remembred, that, from the tyme of Tewkesbery fielde, where Edward, called Prince, was slayne, thanne, and sonne aftar wer taken, and slayne at the Kyngs will, all the noblemen that came from beyond the see with the sayde Edward, called Prince, and othar also theyr parte-takers, as many as were eny might or puisaunce. Qwene Margaret, hirselfe, taken, and browght to the Kynge; and, in every party of England, where any commotion was begonne for Kynge Henry's party, anone they were rebuked, so that it appered to every mann at eye the sayde partie was extincte and repressed for evar, without any mannar hope of agayne quikkening; utterly despaired of any maner of hoope or releve. The certaintie of all whiche came to the knowledge of the sayd Henry, late called Kyng, being in the Tower of London; not havynge, afore that, knowledge of the saide matars, he toke it so great dispite, ire, indingnation, that, of pure displeasure, and melencoly, he [King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 49)] dyed the xxiij. day of the monithe of May48. Whom the Kynge dyd to be browght to the friers prechars at London, and there, his funerall service donne, to be caried, by watar, to an Abbey upon Thamys syd, xvj myles from London, called Chartsey, and there honorably enteryd.
Note 48. he dyed the xxiij. day of the monithe of Mary. -- Some one has added here in the margin of the MS. with a reference after the word "dyed," "or was mordered." The death of Henry VI. is one of those dark events, the truth respecting which cannot fail to become matter of dispute. The present author states, it will be perceived, that he died "of pure displeasure and melencholy" on the 23rd May, which was the day of the Ascension, or Holy Thursday. The other authorities are as follow:
The Croyland Continuator tells all that was certainly known -- perhaps all that ever will be known -- in the following significant words: "Taceo, hoc temporum interstitio [i.e. during Edward's absence in Kent] inventum esse corpus Regis Henrici in Turri Londinensi exanime: Parcat Deus, et spatium poenitenti; ei donet, quicunque tam sacrilegas manus in Christum Domini ausus est immittere." (Gale, I. 556.)
Fabyan after stating that on "Ascension Euyn," that is on the 22nd May, the late King's corpse was brought "unreverently" from the Tower to St. Paul's, and thence conveyed, on the morrow, to Chertsey, adds: "Of the death of this Prynce dyuerse tales were tolde; but the most common fame wente, that he was strykked with a dagger by the handes of the Duke of Gloucester," (P. 662.)
The Chronicler in Lenland writes as if he had known "the very heart of the mystery." -- "The same night, beying the 21. day of May, and Tuesday, at night, betwixt a xi. and xii. of the Clok, was King Henry, being Prisonoer yn the Toure, put to Deth: the Duke of Glocestre and dyverse other beyng there that night." (Coll. II. 507.) The same author agrees with Fabyan that the corpse was removed to St. Paul's on the 22nd May.
Polydore Vergil relates the common rumor: "Henricus Sextus, paulo ante regno dejectus, in Turri morte affectus est; hunc, ut fama constans est, Ricardus Glocestriæ dux gladio percussit, quo ita Eduardus rex ejus frater omni hostili metu liberaretur." (P. 532.)
De Comines places the death after the battle of Barnet instead of Tewkesbury, and says, "Si je n'en ai oüi mentir, incontinent apres cette battaille le Duc de Glocestre...tua de sa main, ou fit tuer en sa presence, en quelque lieu à part, ce bon homme Roy Henry." -- (Id. 209.)
The contradiction between the date of the exhibition of the corpse as stated by the Leland Chronicler, who is a very good authoirty -- and by Fabyan, who is generally pretty accurate respecting matters which took place in London -- and the date of death as given by the author now published, if considered with reference to the position of the various persons interested in Henry's death on those days, and the circumstances of his hurried interment, will be found to be destructive of the credit of our author's version of what was in all probability and infamous murder.
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History of the Arrival of Edward IV Part I Introduction. [21st May 1471] One death more brought the tragedy to a close. Edward IV. entered London on the 21st of May, and on the 23rd, according to the following narrative, Henry VI. died in the Tower "of pure displeasure and melancholy."
A Brief Latin Chronicle. 21st May 1471. Immediately after this battle, more than forty knights were created; and Henry (age 49), the former king, was returned to the Tower of London, and dying there happily on the Eve of the Ascension of the Lord, was transported by boat along the Thames to the abbey of Chertsey [Map], where he was buried."
Creati sunt statim post istud bellum plures quam xl milities; et Henricus nuper Rex reponitur in Turim London., et in Vigilia Ascensionis Dominice, ibidem feliciter moriens, per Tamisiam navicula usque ad abbahiam de Cheltesye deductus, ibi sepultus est.
Memoirs of Philip de Commines Book 3 Chapter VII. 21st May 1471. I had almost forgotten to acquaint you that King Edward, finding King Henry in London, took him along with him to the fight. This King Henry was a very ignorant prince and almost an idiot; and (if what was told me be true) after the battle was over, the Duke of Gloucester (who was King Edward's brother, and afterwards called King Richard) slew this poor King Henry with his own hand, or caused him to be carried into some private place, and stood by while he was killed.1
Note 1. King Henry VI., says Hume, "expired in the Tower a few days after the battle of Tewkesbury, but whether he died a natural or violent death is uncertain. It is pretended, and was generally believed, that the Duke of Gloucester killed him with his own hands; but the universal odium which that prince has incurred, inclined perhaps the nation to aggravate his crimes, without any sufficient authority. It is certain, however, that Henry's death was sudden; and, though he laboured under an ill state of health, this circumstance, joined to the general manners of the age, gave a natural ground of suspicion, which was rather increased than diminished by the exposing of his body to public view."
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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.
English Historical Literature in the Fifteenth Century Appendix 13. On the 21st day of the same month of May [1471], King Edward (age 29) returned to the City of London in noble triumph, having Margaret (age 41), formerly queen, led before his army in a chariot. He rode through the middle of the city, with banners and standards unfurled, as though on a campaign or expedition undertaken against the aforementioned Kentish rebels. In his company at that time were: His brothers, the Dukes of Clarence (age 21) and Gloucester (age 18); the Dukes of Norfolk (age 46), Suffolk (age 28), and Buckingham (age 16); the Earls of Northumberland (age 22), Shrewsbury (age 22), Rivers (age 31), Essex (age 67), Wiltshire (age 43), and Pembroke (age 20). Among the barons and lords: Audley (age 45), Stanley (age 36), Grey of Ruthin (age 17), the son and heir of the Earl of Kent (age 54), Grey of Codnor (age 36), Berners (age 55), Cromwell1, Dacre2, Hastings (age 59), Howard (age 28)3, Dynham (age 38), Cobham (age 23), Mautravers (age 21), the son and heir of Arundel (age 53), Bourchier, Dudley (age 70), Scrope (age 33), and Ferrers (age 16), along with many other nobles, knights, and esquires, and a greater number of mounted men than had ever been seen before.
Eodem mensis Maii die xxj rediit Rex Edwardus ad ciuitatem London, cum nobili triumpho, faciens secum adduci dictam Margaretam, olim reginam, in curru precedente exercitui. Et equitauit per medium ciuitatis, vexillis et standardis displicatis, tanquam in itinere et expedicione capta aduersus prefatos Kentenses, In cuius comitiva tune fuerunt duces de Clarence et Gloucester ipsius fratres; item duces de Northfolke et Southfolk, et de Bukyngham; item comites de Northumberland, de Shrovesbury, de Ryuers, de Essex, de Wyltshyre, de Pembroke; Barones, domini de Audeley, de Stanley, de Grey Ruthyn, films et heres de Comitis Cancie, de Grey Cotenor, de Barreners, de Cromwell, de Dacres, de Hastynges, de Howard, de Dynham, de Cobham, de Mautravers, filius et heres de Arundell, de Bourgcher, de Dudley, de Scrope, de Ferrers, cum aliis nobilibus, militibus et armigeris, ac multitudine equitum maiore quam ante sit visa.
Note 1. Unclear as to who this refers to since Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell died in 1456.
Note 2. Unclear as to who this refers to since Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland died in 1458, Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland died in 1461 and Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 47) was created Baron Dacre in either 1473 or 1482.
Note 3. We take this to refer to Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk, son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk, referring to his subsiduary title.
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On 21st May 1481 Christian I King Denmark (age 55) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded King Denmark. Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
On 21st May 1527 Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain was born to Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 27) and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.98%.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 21st May 1535. 746. Has urged the Pope not to hinder the despatch of the executorials, which were decreed so long ago in Consistory by pope Clement. They have hitherto been refused in consequence of the expected interview between the kings of England and France, and, now that the interview has been given up, they are refused until the result of the Duke of Norfolk's (age 62) embassy is known, which is expected this month. It was reported lately that the Pope stated in the Consistory that the French king was treating of a marriage between his third son, the duke of Angoulême, and the daughter of "la Ana." If it is so, it is showing favour to all the schisms and heresies of the king of England.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 21st May 1535. Add. MS. 28,587, f. 304. B. M. 746. Dr. Ortiz to the Empress.
Lately there came hither a servant of the Earl of Kildare (age 22), who has lately taken from the king of England all the land he had in Ireland, except a city called Dubilia (Dublin), on the plea that as the King does not obey the Holy See, he ought not to be obeyed. Previously, the King put to death (avie muerto) the Earl's father in a tower, because he favoured the Queen.
After giving the Earl's letter to the Pope, the messenger said the Earl had sent him to say, on behalf of himself, the lords of his party in Ireland, and their confederates in England, that they were astonished at his Holiness's negligence in permitting so many souls to perish, and not concluding the process against so wicked a King by declaring him deprived of his kingdom, and his subjects absolved from their obedience and oath of fidelity, since he persecutes the Catholics, favours heretics, exacts an oath from every one not to obey the Holy See, and allows no one to pray to God for the Pope. The people were indignant with the King, and much inclined to punish him. The messenger gave the Pope a printed copy of the heresies which are being sown in England against the Pope, and a writing about the acknowledgment of the Pope's supremacy by king John, and his payment of £1,000 sterling annually. The Earl asked also for absolution for killing the archbp. of Dublin, who favored the king of England, had caused his father's death, and was compassing his own. The Pope expressed pleasure at what had been said, excused his delay in the past from his anxiety to see whether the King would acknowledge his error, and as to the future he would do his duty. He absolved the Earl.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1539. 21st May 1539. R. O. St. P. III., 9. 1006. ABishop Brown to Cromwell.
My lord Chancellor, Mr. Treasurer (age 49), and I and others, have received your letters purporting the suppression of religious houses. The fame of it is so general that, in default of the commission not yet come, the King shall lose 5,000 mks., as the religious are wasting their goods. Is maligned for setting forth the Gospel: asks for assistance. Thanks for letters "in discharge" of his homage. The Deputy withholds his "halkes" and other dues. Made suit for New Abbey, "a house of the Obstinates' religion, which lay very commodious for me by Balymore, to repair unto in times of need," but was counted unworthy and the profits given to an Irishman. Asks for Grace Dew Abbey, if it be suppressed. Dublin, 21 May.
Owed the late lord Rochford £400, whereof he paid £250 to Rochford, and £50 to Mr. Hollice, alderman of London, to redeem a gold cup of the said Lord Rochford's. The remaining £100 should have been paid for the redemption of the house Rochford had of the writer, and which Cromwell's nephew, Sir Richard Cromwell, was to have enjoyed, but it was never recovered. Begs a letter to Mr. Treasurer, to discharge him of the full £400, or he will have to pay for what he never had. Signed.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21st May 1559. The xxj day of May dyd pryche at Powlles crosse [Map] master Horne (age 49), and ther was my lord mayre (age 50) and the althermen and mony juges and sergantes of the law, and a grett nombur of pepull to the nombur (blank)
On 21st May 1613 John Maxwell 9th Lord Maxwell (age 30) was beheaded at Edinburgh for the murder of the Laird of Johnstone. Lord Maxwell forfeit.
On 21st May 1650 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 37) was hanged at Edinburgh following his capture at the Battle of Carbisdale. His body was dismembered following his death. His son James (age 19) succeeded 2nd Marquess Montrose.
On 21st May 1653 Eleonora Maria Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 44) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.47%.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1662. But we went to the Theatre [Map] to "French Dancing Master", and there with much pleasure gazed upon her (Baroness Castlemaine (age 21)); but it troubles us to see her look dejectedly and slighted by people already. The play pleased us very well; but Lacy's part, the Dancing Master, the best in the world.
On 21st May 1662 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) and Catherine of Braganza Queen Consort England (age 23) were married at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 48). He the son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 52).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1662. My wife and I by water to Westminster, and after she had seen her father (of whom lately I have heard nothing at all what he does or her mother), she comes to me to my Lord's lodgings, where she and I staid walking in White Hall garden. And in the Privy-garden saw the finest smocks and linnen petticoats of my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21), laced with rich lace at the bottom, that ever I saw; and did me good to look upon them.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1662. So to Wilkinson's, she and I and Sarah to dinner, where I had a good quarter of lamb and a salat. Here Sarah told me how the King (age 31) dined at my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21), and supped, every day and night the last week; and that the night that the bonfires were made for joy of the Queen's (age 23) arrivall, the King was there; but there was no fire at her door, though at all the rest of the doors almost in the street; which was much observed: and that the King and she did send for a pair of scales and weighed one another; and she, being with child, was said to be heaviest. But she is now a most disconsolate creature, and comes not out of doors, since the King's going.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1664. At noon to the 'Change [Map], and there did some business, and thence home to dinner, and so abroad with my wife by coach to the New Exchange, and there laid out almost 40s. upon her, and so called to see my Lady Sandwich (age 39), whom we found in her dining-room, which joyed us mightily; but she looks very thin, poor woman, being mightily broke. She told us that Mr. Montagu (age 29) is to return to Court, as she hears, which I wonder at, and do hardly believe.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1665. So up, and this day is brought home one of my new silk suits, the plain one, but very rich camelott and noble. I tried it and it pleases me, but did not wear it, being I would not go out today to church. So laid it by, and my mind changed, thinking to go see my Lady Sandwich (age 40), and I did go a little way, but stopped and returned home to dinner, after dinner up to my chamber to settle my Tangier accounts, and then to my office, there to do the like with other papers.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1666. At noon dined at home, and after dinner comes in my wife's brother Balty (age 26) and his wife, he being stepped ashore from the fleete for a day or two. I away in some haste to my Lord Ashly (age 44), where it is stupendous to see how favourably, and yet closely, my Lord Ashly carries himself to Mr. Yeabsly, in his business, so as I think we shall do his business for him in very good manner. But it is a most extraordinary thing to observe, and that which I would not but have had the observation of for a great deal of money. Being done there, and much forwarded Yeabsly's business, I with Sir H. Cholmly (age 33) to my Lord Bellassis (age 51), who is lately come from Tangier [Map] to visit him, but is not within.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1667. Mrs. Turner (age 44) says she do believe their coming here is only out of a belief of getting purchase by it, and that their servants (which was wittily said of her touching his clerks) do act only as privateers, no purchase, no pay. And in my conscience she is in the right. Then we fell to talk of Sir W. Pen (age 46), and his family and rise. She [Mrs. Turner] says that he was a pityfull [fellow] when she first knew them; that his lady (age 43) was one of the sourest, dirty women, that ever she saw; that they took two chambers, one over another, for themselves and child, in Tower Hill [Map]; that for many years together they eat more meals at her house than at their own; did call brothers and sisters the husbands and wives; that her husband was godfather to one, and she godmother to another (this Margaret) of their children, by the same token that she was fain to write with her own hand a letter to Captain Twiddy, to stand for a godfather for her; that she brought my Lady, who then was a dirty slattern, with her stockings hanging about her heels, so that afterwards the people of the whole Hill did say that Mrs. Turner had made Mrs. Pen a gentlewoman, first to the knowledge of my Lady Vane (age 50), Sir Henry's lady, and him to the knowledge of most of the great people that then he sought to, and that in short his rise hath been his giving of large bribes, wherein, and she agrees with my opinion and knowledge before therein, he is very profuse. This made him General; this got him out of the Tower when he was in; and hath brought him into what he is now, since the King's coming in: that long ago, indeed, he would drink the King's health privately with Mr. Turner; but that when he saw it fit to turn Roundhead, and was offered by Mr. Turner to drink the King's health, he answered "No"; he was changed, and now, he that would make him drink the King's health, or any health but the Protector's and the State's, or to that purpose, he would be the first man should sheath his sword in his guts. That at the King's coming in, he did send for her husband, and told him what a great man Sir W. Coventry (age 39) was like to be, and that he having all the records in his hands of the Navy, if he would transcribe what was of most present use of the practice of the Navy, and give them him to give Sir W. Coventry from him, it would undoubtedly do his business of getting him a principal officer's place; that her husband was at £5 charge to get these presently writ; that Sir W. Pen did give them Sir W. Coventry as from himself, which did set him up with W. Coventry, and made him what he is, and never owned any thing of Mr. Turner in them; by which he left him in the lurch, though he did promise the Duke of Albemarle (age 58) to do all that was possible, and made no question of Mr. Turner's being what he desired; and when afterwards, too, did propose to him the getting of the Purveyor's place for him, he did tell Mr. Turner it was necessary to present Sir W. Coventry 100 pieces, which he did, and W. Coventry took 80 of them: so that he was W. Coventry's mere broker, as Sir W. Batten (age 66) and my Lady did once tell my Lady Duchess of Albemarle (age 48), in the case of Mr. Falconer, whom W. Pen made to give W. Coventry £200 for his place of Clerk of the Rope Yard of Woolwich, Kent [Map], and to settle £80 a year upon his daughter Pegg (age 16), after the death of his wife, and a gold watch presently to his wife.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st May 1667. Thence I home; but, Lord! how it went against my heart to go away from the very door of the Duke's play-house, and my Baroness Castlemayne's (age 26) coach, and many great coaches there, to see "The Siege of Rhodes". I was very near making a forfeit, but I did command myself, and so home to my office, and there did much business to my good content, much better than going to a play, and then home to my wife, who is not well with her cold, and sat and read a piece of Grand Cyrus in English by her, and then to my chamber and to supper, and so to bed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st May 1685. I din'd at my Lord Privy Seale's with Sr Wm Dugdale (age 79), Garter King at Armes, author of the Monasticon and other learned workes: he told me he was 82 yeares of age, and had his sight and memory perfect. There was shewn a draught of ye exact shape and dimensions of the Crowne the Queene (age 26) had been crown'd withall, together with the Jewells and pearles; their weight and value, wch amounted to £100,658 sterling, attested at the foote of the paper by the jeweller and goldsmith who sett them.
On 21st May 1712 Reverend Thomas Fuller (age 60) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].
Reverend Thomas Fuller: Around 1652 he was born. Before August 1654 he and Lucy Stamp were married. In January 1685 he was appointed Rector of St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] which office he held for twenty seven years and four months.
Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries. 21st May 1718. Mr Alexander gave an account of an Ancient Gold Ring found at Bridewell [Map] in digging under a foundation tis a quarter of an inch broad enamelled.
Mr President (age 57) produced an old Parliament deed dated about MCCXX [1220] sealed with the seal of the Abby of Tame, whose Abbot is an Arbitrator in a Cause between the Abbot of St Nicholas of Biddlesden [Map] and the Abbot of Oseney where he observes tis the only instance of Cistercian Order (Great Admirers of the Virgin Mary) of which the Abbot of Biddlesden was being dedicate to any other Saints.
21st May 1724. Drawing by William Stukeley (age 36) of the Longstones Cove aka Devil's Quoits [Map] before their destruction. The drawing shows that "Adam", the larger stone, was part of the cove, whereas Eve was part of the Avenue. The attached drawing sourced from Avebury Web.
On 21st May 1799 Mary Anning was born to Richard Anning (age 33) and Mary Moore (age 35) in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Mary Anning: In 1811 Joseph Anning found a 1.2 m skull of an Ichthyosaur. He told his sister Mary Anning of the discovery and she located the remainder of the skeleton. The family hired workmen to dig it out in November that year. 26th December 1823. Letter and drawing from Mary Anning announcing the discovery of a fossil animal now known as Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus. On 9th March 1847 he died. She was buried at St Michael the Archangel's Church, Lyme Regis [Map].
Richard Anning: Around 1766 he was born. On 8th August 1793 he and Mary Moore were married at Blandford Forum, Dorset [Map]. They had ten children. In 1810 he died.
Mary Moore: Around 1764 she was born. In 1842 she died.
On 21st May 1801 Princess Sophie of Sweden was born to King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 22). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 21st May 1825 Rachel Howard (age 9) died. She was buried at St Lawrence's Church, Denton.
Rachel Howard: On 11th October 1815 she was born to John Howard and Elizabeth m Howard.
On 21st May 1838 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet (age 69) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough [Map]. His son Joseph (age 33) succeeded 4th Baronet Copley Sprotborough. Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley (age 27) by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough.
Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet: On 10th May 1769 he was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet and Mary Buller Lady Copley. On 4th March 1792 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn and Cecil Hamilton were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. They were divorced in April 1799. She married the Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet the following month; he being the brother of the Marquess' first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn. They were first cousins. On 23rd May 1799 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn were married. She by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough. He was the younger brother of her first husband's [John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn] first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet: On 26th July 1804 he was born to Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 19th November 1831 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet and Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley were married. She the daughter of Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough. He the son of Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 4th January 1883 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet died without issue. Baronet Copley Sprotborough extinct. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Kensington.
Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley: On 21st October 1810 she was born to Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough. On 10th August 1875 Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley died. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Brocklesby [Map].
Thomas Bateman 1845. On the 21st of May, 1845, was opened a barrow called Carder Lowe [Map], near Hartington, which is about fourteen yards in diameter, and, owing to the former removal of its summit, is not more than two feet in average elevation. In the process of excavation about eighty quartz pebbles and several instruments of flint were found, amongst the latter a very neatly-formed barbed arrow-head. These articles were possibly cast into the mound during its construction by mourners and friends of the deceased, as tokens of respect. In addition to these were a few pieces of a coarse urn, curiously ornamented.
About the centre was found the skeleton of the chiefs over whom the barrow had been at first raised. He lay upon the right side, with the head towards the east, and the legs contracted very slightly; at his elbow lay a splendid brass or bronze dagger, in a good state of preservation. It has three large rivets remaining, which had securely attached the handle, which was still easily traceable by the wood of which it had been composed having decayed into a black mould, which contrasted strongly with the light-coloured, clayey soil in which the body was imbedded. A few inches lower down was placed a beautiful axe- or hammer-head of light-coloured basalt of much smaller size than usual, and which was originally nicely polished. Close to the head was found a small piece of calcined flint, of no apparent design or form. The skeleton was surrounded with rats' bones, the undoubted remains of those four-footed cannibals who had preyed upon the body, and had endeavoured to devour the bones of this ancient British chief, many of the latter were half-eaten away. Rather nearer to the south side of the barrow, and on a higher level, another interment was discovered, which consisted of a skeleton of mighty size, the femur or thigh-bone measuring twenty-three inches in length, which would give a height to the owner, when alive, of six feet, eight or ten inches. Along with this lengthy individual, an iron knife and three hones of sandstone were deposited; also a few pieces of calcined bone. This was evidently a secondary interment, of later date than the one previously described, which was undoubtedly the original one.
Note. The bronze dagger on display at Weston Park Museum, Sheffield [Map].
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On 21st May 1845 Ellen Margaret Hepburn (age 28) died at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map], family home of her husband Richard Henry Fitzherbert (age 35).
Ellen Margaret Hepburn: Around 1817 she was born to James Hepburn of Tovil in Kent. On 8th October 1841 Richard Henry Fitzherbert and she were married.
Richard Henry Fitzherbert: On 29th October 1809 he was born to Henry FitzHerbert 3rd Baronet and Agnes Beresford Lady Fitzherbert. On 12th October 1896 Richard Henry Fitzherbert 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.
21st May 1906. Godfrey Bingley (age 63). Photographs of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire [Map].
On 21st May 1915 Lieutenant Arthur George Coke (age 33) was killed in action at Sedel Bahr, Gallipoli, whilst serving with the Royal Naval Air Service. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli. Memorial at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map].
Lieutenant Arthur George Coke: On 6th April 1882 he was born to Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester.
On 21st May 1916 Simon Richard Richmond Mewburn (age 31) was killed in action when he led his men to attack a bridge over the Shatt-el-hai, Wasit, Iraq. His body was never found. A fellow Officer wrote: "I can't bear to think that we shall have his cheery company no more in this world" .He has a memorial at St John Lee Church, Hexham [Map] sculpted by Thomas John Clapperton (age 36).
Simon Richard Richmond Mewburn: On 9th September 1884 he was born. After 21st May 1916. St John Lee Church, Hexham.
On 21st May 1940 Henry George Alan Percy 9th Duke Northumberland (age 27) was killed in action at Pecq in Belgium, serving with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, in a brave charge against overwhelming odds that was described as suicidal. His body is interred in the Esquelmes War Cemetery. His brother Hugh (age 26) succeeded 10th Duke Northumberland, 7th Earl Beverley, 13th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
Births on the 21st May
On 21st May 1352 Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth was born to John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 35) and Elizabeth Meinhill Baroness Darcy Knayth and Haversham (age 20).
On 21st May 1382 Edward Hastings 8th Baron Hastings was born to Hugh Hastings 7th Baron Hastings (age 32) and Anne Despencer Baroness Hastings, Marshal and Morley (age 24) at Fenwick.
On 21st May 1527 Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain was born to Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 27) and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.98%.
On 21st May 1589 Henry Skipwith 1st Baronet was born to William Skipwith (age 25) and Margaret Cave (age 22).
On 21st May 1607 Philip Musgrave 2nd Baronet was born to Richard Musgrave 1st Baronet (age 22) and Frances Wharton.
On 21st May 1653 Christopher Vane 1st Baron Barnard was born to Henry Vane "The Younger" (age 40) and Frances Wray (age 36).
On 21st May 1653 Eleonora Maria Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 44) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.47%.
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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 May 1679 William Ashburnham 2nd Baron Ashburnham was born to John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham (age 23) and Bridget Vaughan Baroness Ashburnham.
On 21st May 1685 Anne Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 25) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 23).
On 21st May 1710 Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth was born to Thomas Thynne and Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne.
On 21st May 1718 George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield was born to George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 28) and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 21) at Windsor Castle [Map]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21st May 1721 Charles Trevor Roper was born to Henry Roper 8th Baron Teynham (age 45) and Anne Lennard 16th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland Baroness Teynham (age 36). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21st May 1729 Juliana Fermor was born to Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret (age 31) and Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret (age 30).
On 21st May 1736 Francis Egerton 3rd Duke Bridgewater was born to Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 54) and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 29).
On 21st May 1744 Richard Aubrey was born to Thomas Aubrey 5th Baronet (age 36) and Martha Carter Lady Aubrey.
On 21st May 1749 Martin ffolkes 1st Baronet was born to William ffolkes1700-1773 (age 48) and Mary Browne (age 31).
On 21st May 1755 Peregrine Thomas Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 41) and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 21st May 1758 Edward Smythe 5th Baronet was born to Edward Smythe 4th Baronet (age 39) and Mary Clifford Lady Smythe (age 27).
On 21st May 1762 James Lloyd 1st Baronet was born.
On 21st May 1769 Mary Scott Countess of Courtown was born to Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 22) and Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Buccleuch (age 25).
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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 May 1772 John Singleton Copley 1st Baron Lyndhurst was born to John Singleton Copley (age 33).
On 21st May 1776 Reverend George de la Poer Beresford was born to Archbishop William Beresford 1st Baron Decies (age 33) and Elizabeth Fitzgibbon (age 40).
On 21st May 1784 Richard Godin Simeon 2nd Baronet was born to John Simeon 1st Baronet (age 28) and Rebecca Cornwall.
On 21st May 1785 Mary Elizabeth Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville (age 41) and Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville (age 33).
On 21st May 1790 William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire was born to William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 42) and Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 32) at Paris [Map].
On 21st May 1798 Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds was born to George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 22) and Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22).
On 21st May 1801 Princess Sophie of Sweden was born to King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 22). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 21st May 1806 Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland was born to George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 32) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 22).
On 21st May 1820 Robert Dennett Rodney 6th Baron Rodney was born to Captain Robert Rodney (age 34).
On 21st May 1825 Eleanor Paget was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 57) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 43).
On 21st May 1844 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford was born to John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford (age 30).
On 21st May 1844 John "Yvo" Vesey 4th Viscount Vesci was born to Thomas Vesey 3rd Viscount Vesci (age 40) and Emma Herbert Viscountess Vesci (age 25).
On 21st May 1855 Charlotte Frances Shelley was born to Frederick Shelley 8th Baronet (age 46).
On 21st May 1857 Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon was born to James Charles Agar 3rd Earl Normanton (age 38) and Caroline Susan Augusta Barrington Countess Normanton (age 22).
On 21st May 1860 Susan Elizabeth Lascelles was born to Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 35) and Diana Smyth Countess Harewood (age 22).
On 21st May 1863 Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford was born to Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet (age 49).
On 21st May 1864 Charles Edmund de Trafford of Hothorpe was born to Humphrey de Trafford 2nd Baronet (age 56) and Annette Mary Talbot.
On 21st May 1871 Jocelyn Pelham 6th Earl Chichester was born to Francis Godolphin Pelham 5th Earl Chichester (age 26) and Alice Carr Glyn Countess Chichester. He was educated at Eton College [Map].
On 21st May 1873 George Brudenell-Bruce 6th Marquess of Ailesbury was born to Henry Brudenell-Bruce 5th Marquess of Ailesbury (age 31).
On 21st May 1876 Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham 5th Baron Skelmersdale was born to Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham (age 33).
On 21st May 1896 John Verney 28th Baron Latimer 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke was born to Richard Verney 27th Baron Latimer 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (age 27).
On 21st May 1898 Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman 4th Baronet was born to Theodore Francis Brinckman 3rd Baronet (age 35).
On 21st May 1907 James Joicey was born to James Arthur Joicey 2nd Baron Joicey (age 27).
On 21st May 1917 Ronald John Bilsland Colville 2nd Baron Clydesmuir was born to David John Colville 1st Baron Clydesmuir (age 23) and Agnes Anne Bilsland (age 20).
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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 May 1947 John Francis Baring 3rd Baronet was born to Raymond Alexander Baring (age 34).
On 21st May 1949 George Philip Wombwell 7th Baronet was born to Frederick Philip Wombwell 6th Baronet (age 38).
On 21st May 1955 Charles St John Colthurst 10th Baronet was born to Richard La Touche Colthurst 9th Baronet (age 26).
Marriages on the 21st May
On 21st May 1545 Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 19) and Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 16) were married.
On 21st May 1645 Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 17) and Diana Willoughby Countess Winchelsea were married. She by marriage Countess Winchilsea. He the son of Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea and Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
On 21st May 1662 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) and Catherine of Braganza Queen Consort England (age 23) were married at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 48). He the son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 52).
On 21st May 1688 Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 35) and Grace Holles were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 55) and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 55).
On 21st May 1706 John Annesley 4th Earl Anglesey (age 30) and Henrietta Stanley Countess Anglesey (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Anglesey. She the daughter of William Stanley 9th Earl of Derby and Elizabeth Butler Countess Derby (age 46). He the son of James Annesley 2nd Earl Anglesey and Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey.
On 21st May 1717 John Shelley 4th Baronet (age 25) and Catherine Scawen Lady Shelley were married. She by marriage Lady Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
On 21st May 1730 Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet (age 35) and Jane Warre Lady Grosvenor were married.
On 21st May 1741 Fletcher Norton 1st Baron Grantley (age 24) and Grace Chapple Baroness Grantley were married.
On 21st May 1744 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Clanbrassil (age 13) and Grace Foley Countess Clanbrassil (age 1) were married at St Peter aka Oxford Chapel Vere Street Marylebone [Map]. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Clanbrassil (age 49) and Harriet Bentinck Countess Clanbrassil (age 38).
On 21st May 1768 William Heathcote 3rd Baronet (age 21) and Frances Thorpe Lady Heathcote (age 26) were married.
On 21st May 1771 George Howard (age 53) and Elizabeth Beckford Countess Effingham (age 46) were married.
On 21st May 1781 George Thicknesse 19th Baron Audley 16th Baron Tuchet (age 24) and Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
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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 May 1788 Henry Francis Roper-Curzon 14th Baronet (age 21) and Bridget Hawkins Baroness Teynham were married. She by marriage Baroness Teynham of Teynham in Kent.
On 21st May 1835 Walter Calverley Trevelyan 6th Baronet (age 38) and Paulina Jermyn Lady Trevelyan (age 19) were married.
On 21st May 1871 John Campbell 9th Duke Argyll (age 25) and Princess Louise Caroline Alberta Windsor Duchess Argyll (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 51). He the son of George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll (age 48) and Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll.
Deaths on the 21st May
On 21st May 987 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia (age 20) died without issue ending the Carolingian Dynasty. Hugh I King France (age 46) was elected King West Francia beginning the Capetian Dynasty.
On 21st May 1108 Archbishop Gerard died.
On 21st May 1254 Conrad Hohenstaufen King Germany (age 26) died.
On 21st May 1259 Bishop Fulk Basset (age 70) died of plague. On 25th May 1259 he was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 21st May 1393 Robert Grey 1st Baron Fitzpayn (age 72) died. Baron Fitzpayn extinct.
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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 May 1400 John Bourchier 2nd Baron Bourchier (age 71) died. His son Bartholomew succeeded 3rd Baron Bourchier.
On 21st May 1406 Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington (age 50) died at Aldingham Furness, Lancashire. His son John (age 22) succeeded 4th Baron Harington.
On 21st May 1469 Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders (age 29) died.
On 21st May 1471 Henry VI (age 49) died (possibly murdered) in the Wakefield Tower in the Tower of London [Map]. He was buried at Altar, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
On 21st May 1481 Christian I King Denmark (age 55) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded King Denmark. Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
On 21st May 1508 Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 56) died. His son Henry (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baron Daubeney. Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater (age 9) by marriage Baroness Daubeney.
On 21st May 1524 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and subsequently reburied at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His son Thomas (age 51) succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 27) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
On 21st May 1558 Bishop William Glynne (age 54) died.
On 21st May 1615 Thomas Cornwall 11th Baron Burford (age 76) died at Burford, Shropshire [Map]. His son Thomas (age 42) succeeded 12th Baron Burford of Burford in Shropshire.
On 21st May 1650 James Graham 1st Marquess Montrose (age 37) was hanged at Edinburgh following his capture at the Battle of Carbisdale. His body was dismembered following his death. His son James (age 19) succeeded 2nd Marquess Montrose.
On 21st May 1667 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln (age 67) died. His grandson Edward succeeded 5th Earl Lincoln, 13th Baron Clinton.
On 21st May 1710 Walter Long 2nd Baronet (age 83) died unmarried at James Street Covent Garden. Baronet Long of Whaddon in Wiltshire extinct. His great-nephew Philip Parker 3rd Baronet (age 28) inherited his estates and changed his name to Morley-Long.
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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 May 1722 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 48) died. His son Charles (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville, 3rd Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Camilla Colville Countess Tankerville (age 25) by marriage Countess Tankerville.
On 21st May 1724 Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 62) died at Albermarle Street. His son Edward (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 30) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 21st May 1725 Anne Holman Countess Stafford died.
On 21st May 1777 Armine Wodehouse 5th Baronet (age 63) died. His son John (age 36) succeeded 6th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall. Sophia Berkeley Baroness Wodehouse (age 30) by marriage Lady Woodhouse of Wilberhall.
On 21st May 1813 John Anderson 1st Baronet (age 77) died without issue. Baronet Anderson of Mill Hill in Middlesex extinct.
On 21st May 1818 George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich (age 45) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map]. His son John (age 6) succeeded 7th Earl Sandwich.
On 21st May 1821 Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Chatham died.
On 21st May 1824 John Hill 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. His grandson Rowland (age 24) succeeded 4th Baronet Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire. Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 9) by marriage Lady Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire.
On 21st May 1838 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet (age 69) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Sprotbrough [Map]. His son Joseph (age 33) succeeded 4th Baronet Copley Sprotborough. Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley (age 27) by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough.
Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet: On 10th May 1769 he was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet and Mary Buller Lady Copley. On 4th March 1792 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn and Cecil Hamilton were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. They were divorced in April 1799. She married the Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet the following month; he being the brother of the Marquess' first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn. They were first cousins. On 23rd May 1799 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn were married. She by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough. He was the younger brother of her first husband's [John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn] first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet: On 26th July 1804 he was born to Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 19th November 1831 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet and Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley were married. She the daughter of Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough. He the son of Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn. On 4th January 1883 Joseph William Copley 4th Baronet died without issue. Baronet Copley Sprotborough extinct. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Kensington.
Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley: On 21st October 1810 she was born to Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough. On 10th August 1875 Charlotte Anderson-Pelham Lady Copley died. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Brocklesby [Map].
On 21st May 1852 James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis (age 73) died. Earl Cornwallis, Baron Cornwallis extinct. His daughter Jemima Isabella Mann inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
On 21st May 1860 William Domville 2nd Baronet (age 86) died. His son James (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baronet Domville of St Albans.
On 21st May 1870 John Simeon 3rd Baronet (age 55) died. His son John (age 19) succeeded 4th Baronet Simeon of Grazeley in Berkshire.
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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 May 1882 William Henry Fitzroy 6th Duke Grafton (age 62) died. His brother Augustus (age 60) succeeded 7th Duke Grafton, 7th Earl Euston, 7th Viscount Ipswich, 7th Baron Sudbury, 8th Earl Arlington, 8th Viscount Thetford, 8th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 8th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.
On 21st May 1883 Michael Fleming 7th Baronet (age 55) died at Rangiora, Christchurch. His son Andrew (age 28) succeeded 8th Baronet Fleming of Rydal in Cumbria.
On 21st May 1901 Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 85) died.
On 21st May 1905 Georgiana Liddell Baroness Bloomfield (age 83) died.
On 21st May 1912 Julius Charles Wernher 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His son Derrick (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baronet Wernher of Lutton Hoo Park in Bedfordshire.
On 21st May 1916 Simon Richard Richmond Mewburn (age 31) was killed in action when he led his men to attack a bridge over the Shatt-el-hai, Wasit, Iraq. His body was never found. A fellow Officer wrote: "I can't bear to think that we shall have his cheery company no more in this world" .He has a memorial at St John Lee Church, Hexham [Map] sculpted by Thomas John Clapperton (age 36).
Simon Richard Richmond Mewburn: On 9th September 1884 he was born. After 21st May 1916. St John Lee Church, Hexham.
On 21st May 1926 Richard George Musgrave 12th Baronet (age 53) died. His son Nigel (age 30) succeeded 13th Baronet Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmoreland.
On 21st May 1928 George Frampton (age 67) died.
On 21st May 1928 Emma Mary Bailey Baroness Tenterden (age 85) died at Monte Carlo.
On 21st May 1929 Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian (age 82) died. His son Albert (age 47) succeeded 6th Earl Rosebery, 2nd Earl Midlothian, 2nd Viscount Mentmore of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, 2nd Baron Epsom of Hyde in Surrey.
On 21st May 1934 Cecil Talbot Clifton 24th Baron Grey of Ruthin (age 72) died. Baron Grey of Ruthyn abeyant between his sister Lelgarde Harry Florence Clifton (age 64) and his nephew John Lancelot Butler-Bowdon 25th Baron Grey of Ruthin (age 50).
On 21st May 1936 Augusta Louisa Caroline Ellis Baroness Monson (age 94) died.
On 21st May 1937 Edmund Arthur Lechmere 4th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Ronald (age 51) succeeded 5th Baronet Lechmere of Rhyd in Worcestershire.
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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 May 1940 Henry George Alan Percy 9th Duke Northumberland (age 27) was killed in action at Pecq in Belgium, serving with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, in a brave charge against overwhelming odds that was described as suicidal. His body is interred in the Esquelmes War Cemetery. His brother Hugh (age 26) succeeded 10th Duke Northumberland, 7th Earl Beverley, 13th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 21st May 2000 Arthur John Gielgud (age 96) died.
On 21st May 2009 Anne Pamela Bridgeman Viscountess Cowdray (age 95) died.
On 21st May 2011 Henry FitzRoy St John 9th Viscount St John 8th Viscount Bolingbroke (age 54) died. His brother Nicholas (age 36) succeeded 10th Viscount St John, 9th Viscount Bolingbroke, 13th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 21st May 2018 John Fremantle 5th Baron Cottesloe (age 91) died. His son Thomas (age 52) succeeded 6th Baron Cottesloe of Swanbourne and Hardwick in Buckinghamshire, 6th Baronet Fremantle of Swanborne in Buckinghamshire.