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On this Day in History ... 22nd February
22 Feb is in February.
1371 Death of David II of Scotland
1461 Second Battle of St Albans
1511 Birth and Death of Prince Henry
1533 Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1540 Coronation of Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland
1549 Trial and Execution of Thomas Seymour
Events on the 22nd February
On 22 Feb 1071 Battle of Cassel was fought between uncle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders (age 38) and nephew Arnulf III Count Flanders (age 16), supported by his mother Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault and King Philip I of France (age 18), over the succession of Flanders.
Arnulf III Count Flanders was killed. His brother Baldwin Flanders II Count Hainault (age 15) succeeded II Count Hainault. Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders was appointed I Count Flanders.
William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 51) was killed. His son Roger de Breteuil Fitzosbern 2nd Earl Hereford succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford.
Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 56) and his son Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne fought for Robert. During the battle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault were captured, and subsequently exchanged for each other.
Florence of Worcester. 22 Feb 1128. A man of worth and advanced years, who was a canon of the church of Lyons, was elected bishop of London; for Richard, bishop of that city, was dead, and this person, named Gilbert, and surnamed The Universal1, was appointed in his stead by king Henry and archbishop William, with the assent of the clergy and people. He was consecrated by the archbishop himself, in the mother church of Canterbury, on Sunday, the eleventh of the calends of February (22nd January). Sigefrid, bishop of Chichester, and John, bishop of Rochester, assisted and took part in the ceremony, in the presence of the abbots, and other great and noble persons, assembled at Canterbury on the occasion; his profession having been first made in the same way his predecessors had done, by which he promised canonical submission and obedience in all things to the archbishop and his successors. Urban (age 52), bishop of Glamorgan or Llandaff, considering that he had not been justly dealt with in regard to certain questions with Bernard, bishop of St. David's, which he had litigated in the council of the preceding year, crossed the sea, after the feast of the Purification of St. Mary [2nd February], and proceeding to Rome, laid the cause of his journey, supported by clear attestations from his own diocese, before the apostolical pope. The pope lent a favourable ear to his pretensions and statements, and addressed letters to king Henry and archbishop William, and the other bishops of England, enjoining them by his apostolical authority to suffer no opposition from any one to Urban's just demands.
Note 1. Gilbert the Universal, so called from his extensive learning. See his character shortly drawn in Henry of Huntingdon's caustic style. "Letter to Walter," p.310 of his works in the Antiq. Lib.
On 22 Feb 1192 Pope Innocent III (age 32) was consecrated Pope.
On 22 Feb 1371 King David II of Scotland (age 46) died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey. His nephew King Robert II of Scotland (age 54) succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister Marjory Bruce who had married Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.
On 22 Feb 1403 Charles "Victorious" VII King France was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 34) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 33).
On 22 Feb 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale (age 27) was murdered by King James II of Scotland (age 21) at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Tiger Earl 4th Earl Crawford (age 29). His brother James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale (age 26) succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.
Calendar of State Papers of Milan 1461. 22 Feb 1461. 65. Also by a letter of the 22nd February, received on the morning of the 23rd.
I wrote of the victory obtained by the forces of the queen and prince at Saint Albans on the 17th of this month, and how they recovered the king and have him, and how this town sent to them at Saint Albans to offer the place, provided they were guaranteed against pillage. With them went my Lady of Buckingham, the widow, and my Lady the Regent that was. (fn. 9) They returned on the 20th, and reported that the king and queen had no mind to pillage the chief city and chamber of their realm, and so they promised; but at the same time they did not mean that they would not punish the evildoers. On the receipt of this reply by the magistrates a proclamation was issued that every one should keep fast to his house and should live at peace, in order that the king and his forces might enter and behave peacefully. But less than an hour later all the people ran to arms and reports circulated that York with 60,000 Irish and March with 40,000 Welsh had hastened to the neighbourhood and would guard their place for them; and they said that the mayor must give them the keys of the gates. They called for a brewer as their leader, and that day this place was in an uproar, so that I was never more afraid than then that everything would be at hazard. But, by the grace of God and the excellent arrangements of the mayor and aldermen and of the notables who were at the counsel, they decided last Saturday to send to the king and queen four aldermen with some others, including the same ladies, and they were to fetch four cavaliers in whom the king and queen had perfect confidence, and treat here with the magistrates in the presence of the people, and come to an arrangement that they might enter, that is the king, queen, prince and all the nobles with their leaders without the body of the army. They have started once more this morning to fetch these four, and so the people have quieted down, and one sees no arms except with the mayor and sheriffs, who keep guard with a great company throughout the place as well as at the gates, where they keep good guard, and no one takes arms except those who are ordered, and they behave prudently, as I believe, by the grace of God, by whom great affairs in particular are ruled, and who by His mercy, allows everything to proceed peacefully and in order, as we all pray (non vando una hora appresso che tutto il popolo corse a le armi e canorono vocie che Jorco con 60,000 irlandesi e la Marcia 40,000 galliesi erano corsi qui presso e volevano guardare la terra per loro, e dissesi che fu bisogno il mere desse loro le chiavi delle porti e che chiamavano per capitano uno cervosieri e quel di fu questa terra in tumulto, ne ma'ebbi la paura che tutto andasse alla ventura di Dio che allora; ma per la gratia de Dio e le buone provisione del mere e aldrimanni e de notabili che funno al consiglio, preseno partito sabbato di mandate a Re e reina 4 aldrimanni con certi altri, etiam lessere dame, e dennoci condurre 4 cavalieri dalla parte loro di chi lo Re e la reina piglino perfetta fede e parlamentare qui col maestrato in presenza del popolo e piglian conclusione che entrino, cioe il Re e reina e prinze e tutti nobili con loro principi senza la moltitudine dell' exercito; e stamano denuo essere partiti per menarci detti 4 e cosi il popolo rasizo, ne si vede armi salvo at mere e visconti che fanno la guardia con grande compagnia per la terra e cosi alle porti si sta a buona guardia; e non piglia le armi salvo que sono comandati e governansi prudentemente, siche io stimo, per la gratia di Dio da chui le grandi cose per speciale si governano, che per sua misericordia conceda che tutto passi con riposo e buono accordo, e cosi ne lo pregiamo tutti).
The people here were also disturbed by reports they heard that those of Saint Albans had beheaded Sir Thomas Ciriel, my lord of Bonavilla and also, they say, my lord of Barnes, but I do not know this for certain. Those who were taken in the battle said that my lord of Montan, Warwick's brother, who was the king's chamberlain, had escaped, but he is among the prisoners. He also would have suffered the same fate, but they let him off chiefly, it seems, because a brother of my lord of Somerset is a prisoner at Calais, and also because the king has [declared] himself satisfied with him and my lord of Warwick. On the other hand it is to remove misgivings, and it may be to pursue the Earl of March and those who are left of them. They say that the queen has withdrawn a part of her army to Dunstable.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1485-1509. 22 Feb 1499. This yeare was borne the third sonne of King Henry the VII (age 42) named Edmunde Duke of Somersett, at Greenwich [Map], the 22nd of Februarie.
On 01 Jan 1511 Prince Henry Duke of Cornwall was born to Henry VIII (age 19) and Catherine of Aragon (age 25) at Richmond Palace [Map]. He was appointed Duke of Cornwall at birth.
On 22 Feb 1511 Prince Henry Duke of Cornwall died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Letters and Papers 1533. 22 Feb 1533. Add. MS. 28,585, f. 222, B.M. 178. Dr. Ortiz to the Empress.
Letters have come from Flanders of 24 Jan., stating that the brief has been received, and will be notified. The Emperor sends to order it to be notified at once.
Eustace Chapuis writes from England that on Christmas Eve Master Abel and another preacher were let out of the Tower, where they were confined, with orders not to preach or write until five days after Easter (Pascua). The truce between England and Scotland came to an end on St. Andrew's Day (por Santandres), and the English have invaded Scotland in three places and done much damage, taking more than 300 prisoners.
The Scotch ambassador in England had returned. It is feared there will be war. The Emperor has sent the count of Cifuentes here as ambassador.
Since writing the above, letters have arrived from the ambassador in England, dated 9 Feb., stating that the brief has been notified in Flanders, and that the king of England has given the archbishopric of Canterbury to a chaplain (age 43) of "this Ana (age 32)," which has been taken ill by many. Bolonia, 22 Feb. 1533.
Sp., pp. 3. Modern copy.
On 22 Feb 1540 Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 24) was crowned Queen Consort Scotland at Holyrood House, Holyrood.
The Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland Volume 7 1538-1541 records payments associated with a gun salute and fireworks that are likely to be for the Queen Coronation ...
Item, the vi and vij dayis of Februar, gevin to Johnne Gogar, carter, and his collegis for xvij draucht of munitioun fra Leith to the castell agane the Quenis coronatioun, price of the draucht ij S. v. jdd.; summa xlij S. v.jd.
Item, gevin to the sledderis for xvij draucht of gun chalmeris fra Leith to the castell, price of the draucht vj d.; summa . • - - viij S. v.j d.
Item, gevin to twa pynouris for dountaking of xxx chalmeris of the heid of Davidis towris, and carting of the samin, witht uthir chalmeris and munitioun eftir the coronatioun to be had agane to Leith, X S.
Item, gevin to the carteris for dountaking of the samin to Leith, extending to viij draucht, price of the draucht ij S. v.jd.; summa . - - . XX Š.
Item, gevin to the pynouris of Leith the xvij and xviij dayis of Februar for the cariage of the munitioun quhilk Johne Bog brocht hame fra the sandis begond the bulwerk to the Kingis werk, and housing thairof in the samin, ilk man havand in the day Xviij d.; Sulin IIla, .
Item, gevin to Andro Michelsoun, Archibald Roule, and Walter Byning, payntouris, for paynting and ourlaying of the samin artalgery, to the noumer of xlix pece, witht reid leid, price of the pece ourlaying, witht thair chalmeris, slottis, and bandis v S.; summa xij li. v Š.
Item, gevin for tarring of the towis that bindis on the samin artalgery upoun the stokkis, xxxiij S. viijd.
Item, gevin for ourlaying 1 bass withf reid leid, price of the pece ourlaying iſ S. v.j d.; summa vili v Š.
Item, the xx day of Februar, gevin to four pynouris for uphaving of certane bullettis to the loft in Leith, quhar the small munitionis lyis, and for changeing of the samin munitionis and bullettis within the hous, wirkand thairon fra morn to evin, ilk man havand xviij d.; summa . - - vj Š.
Item, gevin to Hannis Cochrane for expens debursit be him for the making of ij pece of artalgery in complete payment of his comptis, vj ti. ij Ś. x d
Item, gevin to him to pay vij werkmennis waigis wirk and witht him be the said space, takand oulklie xlij Ś.; summa . - - - . viij li. viij Š.
The Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland Volume 7 1538-1541 also record payments for clothing ...
The expensis debursit upoun the King and Quenis cariage the said moneth.
Item, gevin to the sacristane of the Kingis chapell for cariage of the chapell gair fra Striveling to Linlythqw at 3ule, and fra Linlithgw to Edinburgh at the Quenis coronatioun, as his byll of compt beris, v fi vj S. viij d. [And other items relating to the carriage of the wardrope, etc., amounting to £6 1S.].
The expensis debursit be speciall preceptis, and at the Kingis command, the said moneth.
Gifts of clothing were made to the following persons:-Lord Robert's minstrel, Bad man, David Kirkcaldy, groom in the kitchen; Gilzem in the King's chamber, Bessie Lundy; Wedell, footman; Christian Baxter, Lady Jane's nurse; Alexander Whitelaw; Robert Stewart, brother to the Earl of Lennox.
Item, gevin to Hanis Andersoun in Leith in part of payment of his comptis for mending of the Mare Willibe, . - - - - ... xl li.
Item, gevin to Williame Purves for dog chengeis, rache cuppelis, and mending of the knok, as his compt bers, vijfi. xiiij S.
Item, gevin to Lady Jane's servand to by him clathis, v ii.
Item, gevin to ane servand of the secretaris that he haid debursit, at the Kingis command, - ... x fi.
Item, gevin to Johnne Dowglas of Authornden for certane treis tane fra him to the Kingis schippis furtht of his wod, . - - - . xx li.
Item, gevin to the maister cuke, . - - x fi,
Item, gevin to Thomas Schort, armorar, for iiij chafferonis tane fra him to the grete hors, at the Kingis com mand, . - - - - - viij fi.
Item, gevin to Ormond, pursewant, and Alexander Hutoun, messinger, for passing with clos writtingis to the lordis and ladyis to come to the Quenis coronatioun the xxv day of Januar, .. iiij li. viij Š.
Item, gevin to Williame Hardy, messinger, for passing witht siclyke lettres to the Erle of Huntlie and his lady, the Erle Marschell and his lady, in the North land, . - - - - - . xxijS.
Item, gevin to Maister David Balfour and Archibald Heriot, messinger, for thair expensis passing to Dun bertane to resave sourteis and mak compositioun witht the men that wer put in the castell the tyme of the air, - - - - iij li.
Item, gevin to twa officiaris of armes that passit in Angus, the Westland, Northland, and uther partis to warne the dammes to cum to the coronatioun, iijli vj S.
Item, the vi day of Februar, gevin to Johnne Mosman to gilt the Quenis septur, iiij rois nobillis; summa x fi, xijs.
Item, deliverit to him to be the samin septur, xxx; unces half unce of silver, price of the unce xv Š. x d.; Sunnina . - - - xxiiijti. xviij Š. ix d.
Item, for the fassoun of the samyn septur, ilk unce v Š.; summa - - - vijli. xv Š.
Item, the xiiij day of Februar, gevin to him for ane tabulat of gold to the Kingis grace, weyand thre crounis of the Sone, . - - - iij li. x Š.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 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.
On 22 Feb 1547 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 33) was knighted. Anthony Cooke (age 43) was created Knight of the Bath.
On 22 Feb 1549 Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour (age 41) was charged with thirty-three charges of treason; found guilty.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22 Feb 1554. .... of the qwen('s) garde att .... the man that was kyld was sir John Pr....
Wriothesley's Chronicle 22 Feb 1554. 22 Feb 1554. The 22 of February certeyne of the rebells which lay in Newgate [Map], both the Counters, the Kings Benche [Map], the Marshallsie [Map], and Westminster, to the number of iiii C. and more, were ledd to Westminster to the Cowrte, coupled together with collers and halters abowte their neckes, and there in the Tylt-yeard kneeled afore the Queen (age 38) lookinge owt at the gallerie by the gate, and cried for meroye, who most gratiouslye gave to them their pardon.
After 22 Feb 1554 Henry Isley (deceased) was hanged, drawn and quartered. His head was sent to Maidstone, Kent [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22 Feb 1554. The sam day alle the Kent men whent to the cowrt with halters a-bowt ther nekes, and bone with cordes, ij and ij to-gether, through London to Westmynster, and be-twyn the ij tyltes the powr presonars knelyd downe in the myre, and ther the Quen('s) (age 38) grace lokyd owt over the gatt and gayff them all pardon, and thay cryd owt 'God save quen Mare!' and so to Westmynster hall, and ther thay cast ther alters a-bowt the hall, and capes, and in the stretes, and cryd owt 'God save quen Mare!' as thay whent.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 22 Feb 1617. Upon the 22nd Basket went up with the great horses to my Lord (age 27) because my Lord intended to ride a day’s journey with the Prince. Legge came down and brought me word that the King would make a composition and take a course to put me from my right to the lands, so as if I did not consider of it speedily it would be too late and how bitter the King stood against me.
My Sister Compton sent to borrow £77 so I sent her 10 twenty shilling pieces.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1662. At the office busy all the morning, and thence to dinner to my Lady Sandwich's (age 37), and thence with Mr. Moore to our Attorney, Wellpoole's, and there found that Godfry has basely taken out a judgment against us for the £40, for which I am vexed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. That my Lord Lauderdale (age 47), being Middleton's (age 56) enemy, and one that scorns the Chancellor (age 55) even to open affronts before the King (age 33), hath got the whole power of Scotland into his hand; whereas the other day he was in a fair way to have had his whole estate, and honour, and life, voted away from him.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. This evening came Mr. Alsopp the King's brewer, with whom I spent an houre talking and bewailing the posture of things at present; the King (age 33) led away by half-a-dozen men, that none of his serious servants and friends can come at him. These are Lauderdale (age 47), Buckingham (age 36), Hamilton, Fitz-Harding (age 34) (to whom he hath, it seems, given £2,000 per annum in the best part of the King's estate); and that that the old Duke of Buckingham could never get of the King. Progers is another, and Sir H. Bennett (age 46). He loves not the Queen (age 25) at all, but is rather sullen to her; and she, by all reports, incapable of children. He is so fond of the Duke of Monmouth (age 14), that every body admires it; and he says the Duke hath said, that he would be the death of any man that says the King was not married to his mother: though Alsopp says, it is well known that she was a common whore before the King lay with her. But it seems, he says, that the King is mighty kind to these his bastard children; and at this day will go at midnight to my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 23) nurses, and take the child and dance it in his arms: that he is not likely to have his tables up again in his house1, for the crew that are about him will not have him come to common view again, but keep him obscurely among themselves. He hath this night, it seems, ordered that the Hall (which there is a ball to be in to-night before the King) be guarded, as the Queen-Mother's (age 54) is, by his Horse Guards; whereas heretofore they were by the Lord Chamberlain or Steward, and their people. But it is feared they will reduce all to the soldiery, and all other places taken away; and what is worst of all, that he will alter the present militia, and bring all to a flying army.
Note 1. The tables at which the King dined in public.-B.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. It seems a daughter of the Duke of Lenox's (age 24) was, by force, going to be married the other day at Somerset House [Map], to Harry Germin (age 28); but she got away and run to the King (age 33), and he says he will protect her. She is, it seems, very near akin to the King: Such mad doings there are every day among them!
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. There was a French book in verse, the other day, translated and presented to the Duke of Monmouth (age 14) in such a high stile, that the Duke of York (age 30), he tells me, was mightily offended at it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. The Duke of Monmouth's (age 14) mother's brother hath a place at Court; and being a Welchman (I think he told me) will talk very broad of the King's being married to his sister.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. The King (age 33) did the other day, at the Council, commit my Lord Digby's' (age 51) chaplin, and steward, and another servant, who went upon the process begun there against their lord, to swear that they saw him at church, end receive the Sacrament as a Protestant, (which, the judges said, was sufficient to prove him such in the eye of the law); the King, I say, did commit them all to the Gate-house, notwithstanding their pleading their dependance upon him, and the faith they owed him as their lord, whose bread they eat. And that the King should say, that he would soon see whether he was King, or Digby.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. That my Lord Digby (age 51) did send to Lisbon a couple of priests, to search out what they could against the Chancellor (age 55) concerning the match, as to the point of his knowing before-hand that the Queene (age 54) was not capable of bearing children; and that something was given her to make her so. But as private as they were, when they came thither they were clapped up prisoners.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. That my Lord Digby (age 51) endeavours what he can to bring the business into the House of Commons, hoping there to master the Chancellor (age 55), there being many enemies of his there; but I hope the contrary. That whereas the late King did mortgage 'Clarendon' to somebody for £20,000, and this to have given it to the Duke of Albemarle (age 55), and he sold it to my Chancellor, whose title of Earldome is fetched from thence; the King (age 33) hath this day sent his order to the Privy Seale for the payment of this £20,000 to my Chancellor, to clear the mortgage!
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1664. That the King (age 33) hath done himself all imaginable wrong in the business of my Lord Antrim (age 54), in Ireland; who, though he was the head of rebels, yet he by his letter owns to have acted by his father's and mother's, and his commissions; but it seems the truth is, he hath obliged himself, upon the clearing of his estate, to settle it upon a daughter of the Queene-Mother's (age 25) (by my Lord Germin (age 58), I suppose,) in marriage, be it to whom the Queene (age 54) pleases; which is a sad story.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1666. Thence to my Lord Sandwich's (age 40), but he not within, but goes to-morrow. My wife to Mrs. Hunt's, who is lately come to towne and grown mighty fat. I called her there, and so home and late at the office, and so home to supper and to bed. We are much troubled that the sicknesse in general (the town being so full of people) should be but three, and yet of the particular disease of the plague there should be ten encrease.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1666. At noon home to dinner and thence by coach with my wife for ayre principally for her. I alone stopped at Hales's (age 66) and there mightily am pleased with my wife's picture that is begun there, and with Mr. Hill's (age 36), though I must [owne] I am not more pleased with it now the face is finished than I was when I saw it the second time of sitting.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22 Feb 1668. Thence to Westminster Hall [Map] and the lobby, and up and down there all the morning, and to the Lords' House, and heard the Solicitor-General plead very finely, as he always do; and this was in defence of the East India Company against a man that complains of wrong from them, and thus up and down till noon in expectation of our business coming on in the House of Commons about tickets, but they being busy about my Lord Gerard's (age 50) business I did give over the thoughts of ours coming on, and so with my wife, and Mercer, and Deb., who come to the Hall to me, I away to the Beare, in Drury Lane, and there bespoke a dish of meat; and, in the mean time, sat and sung with Mercer; and, by and by, dined with mighty pleasure, and excellent meat, one little dish enough for us all, and good wine, and all for 8s., and thence to the Duke's playhouse, and there saw "Albumazar", an old play, this the second time of acting. It is said to have been the ground of B. Jonson's "Alchymist"; but, saving the ridicuiousnesse of Angell's part, which is called Trinkilo, I do not see any thing extraordinary in it, but was indeed weary of it before it was done. The King (age 37) here, and, indeed, all of us, pretty merry at the mimique tricks of Trinkilo.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21 Feb 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.
On 22 Feb 1712 John Reade 3rd Baronet (age 21) died of smallpox unmarried at Rome in exile having become a Jacobite. He was buried on 11 Jun 1712 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield. Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire extinct.
Archaeologia Volume 2 Section XXIX. Conjectures on an ancient Tomb [Bishop Roger of Salisbury] in Salisbury Cathedral. By Mr . Gough. Read at the Society of Antiquaries, Feb. 22, 1770.
Births on the 22nd February
On 22 Feb 1403 Charles "Victorious" VII King France was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 34) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 33).
On 22 Feb 1405 Gilbert Kennedy 1st Lord Kennedy was born to James Kennedy of Dunure The Younger (age 29) and Mary Stewart Countess Angus.
On 22 Feb 1440 Ladislas "Posthumus" Habsburg V Duke Austria was born to Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria and Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria (age 30). His father had died three months before.
On 01 Jan 1511 Prince Henry Duke of Cornwall was born to Henry VIII (age 19) and Catherine of Aragon (age 25) at Richmond Palace [Map]. He was appointed Duke of Cornwall at birth.
On 22 Feb 1511 Prince Henry Duke of Cornwall died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On or before 22 Feb 1624 Thomas Knyvet of Mutford in Suffolk was born to Thomas Knyvet 5th Baron Berners (age 27) and Frances Vaughan. He was baptised on 22 Feb 1624.
On 22 Feb 1654 Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu was born to Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 23) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 23).
On 22 Feb 1670 Spencer Cowper was born to William Cowper 2nd Baronet (age 31).
On 22 Feb 1695 Richard Baron 8th and 7th Baronet was born to Edmund Bacon 4th Baronet (age 22) and Philippa Bacon Lady Bacon.
On 22 Feb 1725 John Ward 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward was born to John Ward 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (age 20).
On 22 Feb 1732 John Parker Mosley 1st Baronet was born to Nicholas Mosley (age 39).
On 22 Feb 1735 Charles Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 33) and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond (age 29). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 22 Feb 1738 Chambers Beauclerk was born to Vere Beauclerk 1st Baron de Vere (age 38) and Mary Chambers Baroness Spencer (age 24). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 22 Feb 1748 John Floyd 1st Baronet was born.
On 22 Feb 1755 Henry Neville 2nd Earl Abergavenny was born to George Neville 1st Earl Abergavenny (age 27) and Henrietta Pelham Baroness Bergavenny (age 24).
On 22 Feb 1762 Elizabeth Barbara St John Lady Halford was born to John St John 12th Baron St John (age 36) and Susanne Louise Simond.
On 22 Feb 1800 Richard Seymour-Conway 4th Marquess Hertford was born to Francis Charles Seymour-Conway 3rd Marquess Hertford (age 22).
On 22 Feb 1809 James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam was born to James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 33) and Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam.
On 22 Feb 1823 Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 27) and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 23).
On 22 Feb 1826 Elizabeth Joanna Burgh was born to Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 23) and Harriet Canning Marchioness Clanricarde (age 21).
On 22 Feb 1830 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford was born to George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford (age 23) and Agnes Paget (age 26).
On 22 Feb 1832 Blanche Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Sandwich was born to Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 32) and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere (age 29).
On 22 Feb 1844 Edmund Reginald Talbot de la Pole 10th Baronet was born to William Edmund de la Pole 9th Baronet (age 27).
On 22 Feb 1847 Edgar Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 3rd Baronet (age 43) and Harriet Hotham.
On 22 Feb 1853 Archibald Ernest Orr-Ewing 3rd Baronet was born to Archibald Orr-Ewing 1st Baronet (age 35) and Elizabeth Lindsay Reid.
On 22 Feb 1858 Frances Campbell was born to George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll (age 34) and Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll.
On 22 Feb 1864 George Colborne Nugent was born to Edmund Charles Nugent 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Evelyn Henrietta Gascoigne Lady Nugent.
On 22 Feb 1872 Fanny Ward aka Buchanan was born at St Louis, MIssouri.
On 22 Feb 1890 Alfred Duff Cooper 1st Viscount Norwich was born to Alfred Cooper (age 52).
On 22 Feb 1892 Hugh Gough 4th Viscount Gough was born to Hugh Gough 3rd Viscount Gough (age 42) and Georgiana Pakenham Viscountess Gough (age 28).
On 22 Feb 1897 George Percy Maryon Maryon-Wilson 12th Baronet was born to George Maryon Maryon-Wilson (age 36).
On 22 Feb 1900 Alexandra Mary Cadogan Duchess of Marlborough was born to Henry Arthur Cadogan (age 31) and Mildred Cecilia Sturt Lady Montagu (age 31).
On 22 Feb 1912 Dorothy Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 40) and Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 35).
On 22 Feb 1933 Katharine Worsley Duchess of Kent was born to William Arthington Worsley 4th Baronet (age 42) and Joyce Morgan Brunner Lady Worsley (age 38).
On 22 Feb 1942 Sorrel Deidre Bentinck was born to Henry Charles Bentinck 11th Earl of Portland (age 22).
On 22 Feb 1978 Robert Etienne Eric Abdy 7th Baronet was born to Valentine Abdy 6th Baronet (age 40).
Marriages on the 22nd February
Before 22 Feb 1252 Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford (age 12) and Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford (age 44) and Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford.
Before 22 Feb 1405 James Kennedy of Dunure The Younger (age 29) and Mary Stewart Countess Angus were married. She the daughter of King Robert III of Scotland (age 68) and Anabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
Before 22 Feb 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale (age 27) and Margaret "Fair Lady of Galloway" Douglas Countess (age 17) were married. She would later marry his younger brother James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale (age 26); an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine and Euphemia Graham Lady Hamilton (age 44). He the son of James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale (age 54). They were first cousin once removed.
On 22 Feb 1568 William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 19) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 23) were married at Munich. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine and Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine (age 46). He the son of Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 39) and Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 39). They were second cousins.
On 22 Feb 1672 John Coryton 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Chiverton were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell.
On 22 Feb 1906 Richard William Alan Onslow 5th Earl Onslow (age 29) and Violet Marcia Bampfylde Countess Onslow (age 21) were married. He the son of William Onslow 4th Earl Onslow (age 52) and Florence Coulston Gardner Countess Onslow (age 53).
Deaths on the 22nd February
On 22 Feb 1071 Battle of Cassel was fought between uncle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders (age 38) and nephew Arnulf III Count Flanders (age 16), supported by his mother Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault and King Philip I of France (age 18), over the succession of Flanders.
Arnulf III Count Flanders was killed. His brother Baldwin Flanders II Count Hainault (age 15) succeeded II Count Hainault. Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders was appointed I Count Flanders.
William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 51) was killed. His son Roger de Breteuil Fitzosbern 2nd Earl Hereford succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford.
Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 56) and his son Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne fought for Robert. During the battle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault were captured, and subsequently exchanged for each other.
On 22 Feb 1371 King David II of Scotland (age 46) died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey. His nephew King Robert II of Scotland (age 54) succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister Marjory Bruce who had married Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.
On 22 Feb 1393 John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux (age 56) died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map]. His son John Devereux 2nd Baron Devereux (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Devereux.
On 22 Feb 1452 William Douglas 8th Earl Douglas 2nd Earl Avondale (age 27) was murdered by King James II of Scotland (age 21) at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for refusing to desist from conspiring with Tiger Earl 4th Earl Crawford (age 29). His brother James Douglas 9th Earl Douglas 3rd Earl Avondale (age 26) succeeded 9th Earl Douglas, 3rd Earl Avondale.
After 22 Feb 1484 Anne Saye Baroness Despencer (deceased) died.
On 22 Feb 1538 Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley (age 47) died.
On 22 Feb 1589 Anne Howard Countess of Oxford (age 92) died.
On 22 Feb 1650 Thomas Lyttelton 1st Baronet (age 57) died. He was buried in Worcester Cathedral [Map]. His son Henry Lyttelton 2nd Baronet (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lyttelton of Frankley.
On 22 Feb 1672 Thomas Leigh 1st Baron Leigh (age 77) died. His grandson Thomas Leigh 2nd Baron Leigh (age 19) succeeded 2nd Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, 3rd Baronet Leigh of Stoneleigh in Warwickshire.
On 22 Feb 1690 Elizabeth Freschville Countess Holderness (age 56) died.
On 22 Feb 1702 Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl (age 69) died.
On 22 Feb 1712 John Reade 3rd Baronet (age 21) died of smallpox unmarried at Rome in exile having become a Jacobite. He was buried on 11 Jun 1712 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield. Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire extinct.
On 22 Feb 1721 John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland (age 44) died. His son John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 24) succeeded 3rd Duke Rutland, 3rd Marquess Grandby, 11th Earl of Rutland, 3rd Baron Manners of Haddon in Derbyshire. Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland (age 21) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 22 Feb 1735 Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood (age 72) died at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire.
On 22 Feb 1739 Charles Graham 3rd Viscount Preston (age 32) died. Viscount Preston extinct. His second cousin William Graham 6th Baronet (age 9) succeeded 6th Baronet Graham of Esk in Cumberland
On 22 Feb 1763 George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley (age 66) died. Baron Bingley extinct.
On or 24 Feb 1772 Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot (age 70) died.
On 22 Feb 1776 Edward Stanley 11th Earl of Derby (age 86) died. His grandson Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (age 23) succeeded 12th Earl Derby, 6th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby (age 23) by marriage Countess Derby.
On 22 Feb 1781 John Major 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son-in-law John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker (age 56) succeeded 2nd Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk in accordance with the special remainder added at the creation.
On 22 Feb 1794 Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 73) died. His son Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 41) succeeded 3rd Duke Newcastle under Lyme, 10th Earl Lincoln. Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln by marriage Countess Lincoln.
On 22 Feb 1798 William Molesworth 6th Baronet (age 39) died. His son Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet (age 9) succeeded 7th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
On 22 Feb 1805 Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood (age 62) died.
On 22 Feb 1808 Elizabeth Ridge Viscountess Ashbrook (age 61) died.
On 22 Feb 1823 Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Baron Yarborough (age 74) died. His son Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Yarborough.
On 22 Feb 1827 Thomas Onslow 2nd Earl Onslow (age 72) died. His son Arthur George Onslow 3rd Earl Onslow (age 49) succeeded 3rd Earl Onslow, 3rd Viscount Cranley, 6th Baron Onslow, 7th Baronet Onslow of West Clandon in Surrey, 8th Baronet Foote of London. Charlotte Hanmer Countess Onslow by marriage Countess Onslow.
On 22 Feb 1827 Lucy Smythe Baroness Arundel Wardour died.
On 22 Feb 1827 Elizabeth Mundy Countess Ferrers died. She was buried at Church of St Mary and St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill [Map].
On 22 Feb 1845 William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington (age 81) died. His son William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley 4th Earl Mornington (age 56) succeeded 4th Earl Mornington, 4th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. Helena Paterson Bligh Countess Mornington by marriage Countess Mornington.
On 22 Feb 1848 Karoline Amalie Hesse-Kassel Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 76) died.
On 22 Feb 1855 John Ponsonby 1st Viscount Ponsonby (age 85) died at Brighton. Viscount Ponsonby of Imokilly in Cork extinct. His nephew William Ponsonby 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork.
On 22 Feb 1857 Henry Lascelles 3rd Earl Harewood (age 59) died. His son Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 32) succeeded 4th Earl Harewood in Yorkshire, 4th Viscount Lascelles, 4th Baron Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire.
On 22 Feb 1865 Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby (age 82) died. His son Almeric Drummond Willoughby 23rd Baron Willoughby 3rd Baron Gwydyr (age 44) succeeded 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Gwydyr of Cwydyr in Carnarfonshire.
On 22 Feb 1866 Richard Hely-Hutchinson 4th Earl of Donoughmore (age 42) died. His son John Hely-Hutchinson 5th Earl of Donoughmore (age 17) succeeded 5th Earl of Donoughmore, 5th Viscount Hutchinson of Knocklofty in Tipperary, 5th Viscount Donoughmore of Knocklofty in Tipperary, 6th Baron Donoughmore of Knocklofty in Tipperary.
On 22 Feb 1866 Sydney Stanhope 6th Earl Harrington (age 20) died. His first cousin Charles Stanhope 7th Earl of Harrington (age 56) succeeded 7th Earl Harrington, 7th Viscount Petersham, 7th Baron Harrington.
On 22 Feb 1879 Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton 6th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 45) died. His son Henry Pelham-Clinton 7th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 14) succeeded 7th Duke Newcastle under Lyme, 14th Earl Lincoln.
On 22 Feb 1889 Edward Plunkett 16th Baron Dunsany (age 80) died. His son John William Plunkett 17th Baron Dunsany (age 35) succeeded 17th Baron Dunsany.
On 22 Feb 1897 Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford (age 40) died. The Graphic (London, England), Saturday, February 27, 1897: Much regret will be felt at the death of Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford. She was the only daughter of the eighth and present Duke of Beaufort, and was born in 1856. In 1874 she married the fifth Marquis of Waterford, who died in sad circumstances in October, 1895. Lady Waterford had been suffering for some years from a severe illness from which there was no hope of recovery, and her husband’s death gave her a severe shock. Last year, at the coming of age of the present Marquis, she had regained some of her strength, but the improvement was not maintained, and she gradually grew worse until she died on Monday morning at Curraghmore, County Waterford. Lady Waterford leaves one son (the present Marquis) and two daughters, the Ladies Susan (age 19) and Clodagh (age 18) de la Poer Beresford.
On 22 Feb 1914 Ivor Bertie Guest (age 78) died. His son Ivor Churchill Guest 1st Viscount Wimborne (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Wimborne of Canford Magna in Dorset, 3rd Baronet Guest of Dowlais in Glamorganshire.
On 22 Feb 1922 Countess Feodora Gleichen (age 60) died.
On 22 Feb 1935 Norah Jacintha Phipps Lady Fuller (age 56) died.
On 22 Feb 1939 Gerald Anthony Shaw-Lefevre-St John-Mildmay 7th Baronet (age 78) died. His son Anthony St John-Mildmay 8th Baronet (age 44) succeeded 8th Baronet St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.
On 22 Feb 1963 William Grosvenor 3rd Duke Westminster (age 68) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Eccleston [Map]. His half first cousin Gerald Hugh Grosvenor 4th Duke Westminster (age 56) succeeded 4th Duke Westminster, 6th Marquess Westminster, 7th Earl Grosvenor, 13th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire.
On 22 Feb 1965 Ronald Lechmere 5th Baronet (age 78) died. His son Berwick Hungerford Lechmere 6th Baronet (age 47) succeeded 6th Baronet Lechmere of Rhyd in Worcestershire.
On 22 Feb 1966 Minnie Mabel "Mimi" Forde Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Bershire (age 68) died.
On 22 Feb 1976 Violet Lambton Countess Ellesmere (age 95) died.
On 22 Feb 1996 Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard 6th Earl of Effingham (age 90) died. His nephew David Howard 7th Earl of Effingham (age 56) succeeded 7th Earl of Effingham, 17th Baron Howard of Effingham.
On 22 Feb 2005 Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny (age 89) died.
On 22 Feb 2024 Iona Colquhoun Duchess of Argyll (age 78) died.