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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.
22 Mar is in March.
Events on the 22nd March
Around 22nd March 871 Halfdan Ragnarsson defeated the Wessex army led by King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 22) at the Battle of Merton. The location of 'Marton' is not known; suggestions include Marden, Wiltshire in Wiltshire and Winterborne St Martin, Dorset. Bishop Heahmund of Wessex was killed.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Around 22nd March 871. About two months after this, King Ethered (age 24) and Alfred (age 22) his brother fought with the army at Marden. They were in two divisions; and they put them both to flight, enjoying the victory for some time during the day; and there was much slaughter on either hand; but the Danes became masters of the field; and there was slain Bishop Heahmund, with many other good men. After this fight came a vast army in the summer to Reading. And after the Easter of this year died King Ethered. He reigned five years, and his body lies at Winburn-minster [Map]. Then Alfred, his brother, the son of Ethelwulf, took to the kingdom of Wessex.
On 22nd March 880 Carloman King Bavaria (age 51) died.
On 22nd March 1322 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) was beheaded at Pontefract Castle [Map] following his capture six days before at the Battle of Boroughbridge. He was buried at Pontefract Priory [Map].
Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury. [22nd March 1322] O what a spectacle! To see the Earl of Lancaster, who was recently the terror of the whole country, receiving judgment in his own castle and home. Then the earl was led out of the castle, and mounting a certain wretched beast of burden, he was conducted to the place of execution. Then the earl, as if in prayer, stretched out his head, and the executioner, striking two or three times, cut off his head. And these things took place in the month of March in the fifteenth year of the reign.
O spectaculum! videre comitem Lancastriæ, qui nuper erat terror totius patriæ, in castro proprio et domo judicium recipere. Deinde educitur comes extra castrum, et ascendens quoddam vile jumentum conductus est ad capitolium. Tunc comes quasi orando caput extendit, et spiculator bis vel ter percutiens caput amputavit. Et hæc acta sunt mense Martii anno regni quintodecimo.
. 22nd March 1322. And on Monday, the 22nd day before Passion Sunday, the Earl of Lancaster was beheaded on his own estate at Pontefract, and six barons were drawn and hanged. Also, at York, Roger de Clifford and John de Mowbray, along with certain others, were drawn and hanged. Likewise, in London, Lord Henry Tyes; and at Canterbury, Bartholomew de Badlesmere; at Gloucester, John Giffard; at Bristol, Henry de Wylynton and certain others.
Et die Lunæ, xxij. die ante Passionem Lancastriæ decollatus in dominio suo apud Pontem fractum, et vj. barones tracti et suspensi. ltem, apud Eboracum tracti et suspensi fuerunt R[ogerus] de Cliffard et J[ohannes] de Moubray et quidam alii. Item, Londoniis dominus H[enricus] Tyes; et apud Cantuariam, B. de Badelesmere; apud Gloucestriam, J[ohannes] Giffard; apud Bristolliam, H[enricus] de Wylyntone et quidam alii.
Life of Edward of Carnarvan by a Monk of Bridlington. 22nd March 1322. Therefore, on the Monday immediately before the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at Pontefract Castle, with the lord king presiding over the tribunal, and in the presence of the earls of Kent, Richmond, Pembroke, Warenne and Surrey, Arundel, Atholl, and Angus, as well as barons, bannerets, and other magnates of the kingdom, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, was summoned to judgment. As he stood before them, it was recorded that Thomas had, against his oath of fealty, homage, and allegiance1, come with hostile intent, displaying banners, at Burton-upon-Trent, along with Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, following the entire course of events previously stated. Since these treasons, homicides, arsons, plunderings, felonies, and acts of open war, committed with horses and arms, and banners unfurled, were well known to the earls, barons, and other magnates, as well as to all the people, it was therefore decided that the said Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, should be drawn for his treasons, hanged for the homicides, plunderings, and felonies, and beheaded for his flight. But in the end, out of respect for the illustrious and noble lineage from which the said Thomas had been born—being the son of the king's uncle, Edmund—the lord king, by special royal grace, remitted two of the penalties adjudged against him, namely, that he should neither be drawn nor hanged, but that only the execution by beheading should be carried out upon him. And after this was done, he was entrusted to burial among the monks of the same town. Alas! That such a great man should be so dishonored, or be suspected of such deeds. And immediately, the lords Warin de Lisle (deceased), William Tuchet, Thomas Mauduit, Henry de Bradbourne, William son of William, and William Cheny were, according to the same record and process, drawn and hanged.
Igitur die Lunæ proxima ante festum Annuntiationis beatæ Marie Virginis, apud Pontemfractum, in castro, domino regi pro tribunali sedente, comitibus Cantiæ, Richmundiæ, Pennebrok, Warenniæ et Surriæ, Arundelliæ, Ascetle et Anegos, ac etiam baronibus, banerettis et aliis regni magnatibus assedentibus, Thoma comite Lancastriæ in judicium vocato, astante, recordatum est quod idem Thomas contra fidclitatem, homagium et ligiantiam suam, venit hostiliter cum vexillis explicatis apud Birtone super Trentam, simul cum Humfrido de Boun comite Herfordiæ, cum toto processu, sicut superius est expressum. Qua proditiones, homicidia, combustiones, deprædationes, felonias, et debellationes hostiles, cum equis et armis, vexillis explicatis, notoria sunt comitibus, baronibus, et aliis magnatibus, cum omni populo manifesta. Et ideo consideratum fuit, quod idem Thomas comes pro proditionibus trahatur, pro homicidiis, prædationibus et feloniis, suspendatur, pro prædicta fuga decapitotur. Sed tandem dominus rex ob reverentiam parentelæ excellentis et nobilis de qua idem Thomas existit procreatus, scilicet filius avunculi sui Edmundi, remisit prædicto comiti de regia gratia speciali executionem duarum pœnarum sibi adjudicatarum, videlicet quod non trahatur neque suspenidatur; sed quod executio tantummodo fiat super ipsum Thomam quod decapitetur. Et hoc facto, inter monachos ejusdem villæ traditur sepulturæ. Proth dolor! quod tantus vir de talibus dcbeat diffamari, aut hujusmodi operibus consentire. Et statim domini Warinus de Insula, Willelmus Thouchett, Thomas Mauduet, Henricus de Bradeburne, Willeimus filius Willelmi, et Willelmus Cheny, per eosdem recordum et processum ibidem trahuntur et suspenduntur.
Note An abstract of the formal record printed in the Federa, ii. 478.
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Life and Death of King Edward II of England. 22nd March 1322. First and foremost, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, whose nobility, power, and immense wealth had inspired others, was sentenced to death by hanging six days later. However, the king's clemency mitigated the severity and disgrace of the punishment, especially considering that Lancaster was his own cousin. Instead, he was ordered to be beheaded. About eighteen others were hanged and drawn in various parts of England. Five were exiled, while the rest were imprisoned in harsh conditions, but were eventually released after paying a ransom.
Capitur in campo comes Lancastriæ, barones et baronetti, commilitones ejus et milites circa nonaginta quinque, reliquis fuga servatis. Hii in exemplum aliorum graviter puniuntur, sententin Andrew de Harckeley, et justitiariornm regis. Imprimis Thomas Lancastriæ comes, cujus nobilitas, potentia et divitiaram splendor reliquos animaverat, sexto post die surpendio condemnatus est: tametsi regis clementia gravitatem pœnæ et turpitudinem præsertim consanguineo mitigavit. Capite itaque truncari jussit, et circa octodecim reliquorum in diversis Angliæ partibus suspensi et tracti sunt; quinque in exilium acti; reliqni carceris squalori mancipati, tandem pretio redimuntur.
After 22nd March 1354. Monument to Edmund Cornwall (deceased) at St Mary's Church, Burford [Map]. Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period. Feet resting on a Lion. Curious laminated gorget.
Edmund Cornwall: Edmund Cornwall and Elizabeth Brampton were married. Around 1280 he was born to Richard Cornwall and Joan Fitzalan at Asthall Leigh, Oxfordshire. He a great grandson of King John of England. On 22nd March 1354 Edmund Cornwall died at Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Burford [Map].
On 22nd March 1421 the Dauphin's (age 18) French army and a Scottish army heavily defeated the English army at the Battle of Baugé. On the French side Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" fought. On the Scottish side John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan (age 40) and John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux (age 41) fought. William Douglas (age 37) was killed.
On the English side John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (age 18), Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 44), Thomas Beaufort Count Perche (age 16) and John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter (age 26) were captured. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset would be captive for the next seventeen years. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter was released in 1422. Thomas Beaufort Count Perche was released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange.
Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 32) was killed in battle. Duke Clarence extinct.
John Lumley (age 38) was killed in battle.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) was killed in battle. His brother Thomas (age 13) succeeded 8th Baron Ros Helmsley.
William Ros (age 24), and Gilbert V Umfraville were killed.
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 37) was killed in battle. His son Henry (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville.
William Douglas 1st Lord Drumlanrig was present.
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Deeds of King Henry V 1421. [22nd March 1421] In the vigil of the most holy Paschal feast, the assertion of the scouts signified to the Duke that a hostile army, numerous and splendid in the multitude of fighters, was preparing for battle at a nearby distance. On this matter, the excessive ferocity of the brave Duke, kindled to great anger, did not wait for the arrival of his men, nor did he gather his army, but with his forces scattered and the necessary arrangements neglected, at that same hour, in haste and without careful consideration, without calling the archers, and postponing counsel, he rushed forward with a few captains and nobles whom fate had found more eager to assist him, against the enemy's positions. After passing through a sufficiently narrow passage by the stream near the castle of Baugé, he found the cavalry sent by the enemies, all of whom he quickly turned into flight, although they were more numerous. A part of those few English whom he had brought with him pursued the fleeing ones, and the Duke himself remained in the field with very few of the nobility. However, the hostile army, which until now had been overshadowed from the Duke's sight by the summit of a certain mountain, soon, as the time and place suited their desires, with a sudden, horrifying, and merciless assault, rushed upon the noble Duke and his handful of fighters. And although he nobly fought until the very last breath, as the outcome of the matter proved, he was engulfed by the flood of the stream, and in this sudden conflict, the illustrious Duke, the honour and glory of knighthood, perished along with all the others1.
In sacrosanctæ verò Paschalis festivitatis vigiliâ significavit Duci exploratorum assertio, quod hostilis exercitus innumerosus ac pomposus pugnatorum multitudine in vicinâ distantiâ se præpararent ad proelium . Quâ de re animosi Ducis nimium accensa ferocitas non expectato suorum adventu, nec congregato suo exercitu, sed disperso, ordinationis requisitæ industriâ neglectui traditâ, eâdem horâ, festino et nudo circumspectionis impetu arcitenentibus non vocatis, postposito consilio, cum paucis capitaneis et nobilioribus quos prætextu propinquioris assistentiæ, personæ suæ promptiores sors adversatrix reperit, usque adversariorum stationes accelerat, pertransiensque arcto satis passagio rivulum juxta castrum de Bawge, invenit equestres præmissos per hostes, quos omnes quamquàm plures mox in fugam convertit . Parsque ipsorum Anglicorum paucorum quos secum adduxerat fugientes insecuta est, et ipse dux cum paucissimis nobilioribus tum in campo remansit . Hostilis vero exercitus, quem hucusque à ducis conspectu montis cujusdam obumbravit summitas, mox jam ut tempus et locum suis desideriis opportuna perpendit, repentino, horrendo ac immisericordi impetu in prænobilem ducem the Duke of et ipsum pugnatorum manipulum irruit . Et quamvis ipse cum suis ut exitus rei probarat usque ad extremum anhelitum nobiliter dimicavit, obsorbuit tum rivulum pelagus, interiitque in hoc subitaneo conflictu ille decus et decor militiæ, dux illustris, et alii omnes.
Note 1. This calamity was occasioned by the over-confidence of the English earls, "who would not take with them archers, but thought to have done with the Frenchmen themselves without them, And yet when he was slain the archers came and rescued the body of the duke, which they would have carried with them. God have mercy on his soul! He was a valiant man." (MS. Claud. A, viii.) Richard Rede remarks that on this occasion [translated from Latin] "The bastard of Clarence and several others escaped." (Rawlinson MS. c. 398. Bodl.) Sir John Swinton, a Scottish knight, first struck the duke, whose coronet sparkling with jewels, pointed him out as an object of attack. (Buchanan Hist, Scot,) John Stuart, Seigneur de Darnellé (Darnley) et Concressault, was created Seigneur d'Aubigné sur Nievre, in consequence of his having taken the Earl of Somerset prisoner. See Letters of Charles VI. to the Court of Scotland, informing them of this circumstance, not in very good faith with his lately-signed treaty at Troyes.
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After 22nd March 1421 John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (deceased) was buried at Belvoir Priory [Map]. His remains and monument were subsequently relocated to the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. Early Plate Bascinet Period.
Detail of Lancastrian Esses Collar and the trefoil fixing holding the Lancastrian Esses Collar to the bottom of the Camail.
Detail of IHC NASARE Lettering and Decorated Orle and decorated Vervelle Cover. Bascinet with Gorget. Lancastrian Esses Collar.
Detail of the Ros Peacock Crest which surmounted his Great Helm; only the feet remain.
Detail of the Hourglass Gauntlets and graffiti.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley: Around 1397 he was born to William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley and Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley. On 1st September 1414 William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley died. His son John succeeded 7th Baron Ros Helmsley. Before 22nd March 1421 John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley and Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
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After 22nd March 1426. All Saints Church Harewood [Map]. Monument to Richard Redman (deceased) and Elizabeth Aldeburgh. Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period. Lancastrian Esses and Inter-twined Knots Collar. Horses Head Crest. Elaborate Crespine Headress. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields.
Elizabeth Aldeburgh: Richard Redman and she were married. Brian Stapleton and she were married. Around 1362 she was born to William Aldeburgh 1st Baron Aldeburgh Harewood and Elizabeth Lisle Baroness Ferrers Harewood. On 21st December 1417 Elizabeth Aldeburgh died.
On 22nd March 1459 Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Wriothesley's Chronicle. The second Soundaie of Lent preached at Paules Crosse [Map] the Bishop of Worcestre (age 49).b
Note b. Hugh Latimer.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22nd March 1556. The Sonday xxij day of Marche was at the Gray-ffrers at Grenwyche was my lord cardenall Polle (age 56) was consecratyd, with x byshopes mytyred-the iij yer of the quen Mare.
Note. P. 102. Consecration of Cardinal Pole. An account of this ceremony, at which the queen (age 40) was present, will be found in Strype, Memorials, iii. 287.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22nd March 1558. The xxij day of Marche my lord mayre and the althermen whent unto Yeld-Halle [Map], and ther the quen('s) consell cam theder, furst my lord chanseler (age 57), my lord treysorer (age 75), my lord of preve-selle (age 52), the bysshope of Ele (age 52), and ser John Baker, secretore Peter, and mony more, and after whent to my lord mare to dener.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22nd March 1560. [The xxij day of March preached at court the same master Bentham (age 46),] byshope of Lychfeld and Coventre.
On 22nd March 1592 Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 34) committed suicide.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 22nd March 1616. Upon the 22nd my Lady and I went in a coach to Whingfield and rode about the Park and saw all the woods.1
Note 1. Upon the 24th my Lady Somerset (age 25) was sent by water from Blackfriars as Prisoner to the Tower.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 22nd March 1617. The 22nd my Cook Hortitius came down from London by Dr Layfield and the Steward came from Buckhurst and told me my Lord (age 28) had not been well, so as his going to London had him put off till the next week and that he had lent out his house to my Lord Keeper for 2 terms till the Lady Derby was gone out of York House, and my Brother Sackville had written to my Lord to lend him the letter to bring up my Sister Sackville to town, who was 13 weeks. gone with child. This day I began a new Irish stitch cushion, not one of those for Lady Rich, but finer canvas. The 24th we made rosemary cakes.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22nd March 1663. So home to dinner, and after dinner my wife and I and her woman by coach to Westminster, where being come too soon for the Christening we took up Mr. Creed and went out to take some ayre, as far as Chelsey and further, I lighting there and letting them go on with the coach while I went to the church expecting to see the young ladies of the school, Ashwell desiring me, but I could not get in far enough, and so came out and at the coach's coming back went in again and so back to Westminster, and led my wife and her to Captain Ferrers, and I to my Lord Sandwich (age 37), and with him talking a good while; I find the Court would have this Indulgence go on, but the Parliament are against it. Matters in Ireland are full of discontent.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22nd March 1665. Thence to Mr. Povy's (age 51), and with Creed to the 'Change [Map] and to my house, but, it being washing day, dined not at home, but took him (I being invited) to Mr. Hubland's, the merchant, where Sir William Petty (age 41), and abundance of most ingenious men, owners and freighters of "The Experiment", now going with her two bodies to sea. Most excellent discourse. Among others, Sir William Petty did tell me that in good earnest he hath in his will left such parts of his estate to him that could invent such and such things. As among others, that could discover truly the way of milk coming into the breasts of a woman; and he that could invent proper characters to express to another the mixture of relishes and tastes. And says, that to him that invents gold, he gives nothing for the philosopher's stone; for (says he) they that find out that, will be able to pay themselves. But, says he, by this means it is better than to give to a lecture; for here my executors, that must part with this, will be sure to be well convinced of the invention before they do part with their money.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22nd March 1666. After dinner to my office close, and did very much business, and so late home to supper and to bed. The plague increased four this week, which troubles me, though but one in the whole.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22nd March 1667. So home and to the office, where did business, and so home to my chamber, and then to supper and to bed. Landing at the Tower [Map] to-night I met on Tower Hill [Map] with Captain Cocke (age 50) and spent half an hour walking in the dusk of the evening with him, talking of the sorrowful condition we are in, that we must be ruined if the Parliament do not come and chastize us, that we are resolved to make a peace whatever it cost, that the King (age 36) is disobliging the Parliament in this interval all that may be, yet his money is gone and he must have more, and they likely not to give it, without a great deal of do. God knows what the issue of it will be. But the considering that the Duke of York (age 33), instead of being at sea as Admirall, is now going from port to port, as he is at this day at Harwich, Essex [Map], and was the other day with the King at Sheernesse [Map], and hath ordered at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] how fortifications shall be made to oppose the enemy, in case of invasion, [which] is to us a sad consideration, and as shameful to the nation, especially after so many proud vaunts as we have made against the Dutch, and all from the folly of the Duke of Albemarle (age 58), who made nothing of beating them, and Sir John Lawson he always declared that we never did fail to beat them with lesser numbers than theirs, which did so prevail with the King as to throw us into this war.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22nd March 1667. Up and by coach to Sir Ph. Warwicke (age 57) about business for Tangier about money, and then to Sir Stephen Fox (age 39) to give him account of a little service I have done him about money coming to him from our office, and then to Lovett's and saw a few baubling things of their doing which are very pretty, but the quality of the people, living only by shifts, do not please me, that it makes me I do no more care for them, nor shall have more acquaintance with them after I have got my Baroness Castlemayne's (age 26) picture home.
Around 22nd March 1668, Easter Day, the 1668 Bawdy House Riots were riots over several days caused by Dissenters who resented the King's proclamation against conventicles aka private lay worship while turning a blind eye to the equally illegal brothels. Thousands of young men besieged and demolished brothels throughout the East End, assaulting the prostitutes and looting the properties.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 22nd March 1669. Thence with W. Hewer (age 27) at noon to Unthanke's, where my wife stays for me and so to the Cocke (age 52), where there was no room, and thence to King Street, to several cook's shops, where nothing to be had; and at last to the corner shop, going down Ivy Lane, by my Lord of Salisbury's, and there got a good dinner, my wife, and W. Newer, and I: and after dinner she, with her coach, home; and he and I to look over my papers for the East India Company, against the afternoon: which done, I with them to White Hall, and there to the Treasury-Chamber, where the East India Company and three Councillors pleaded against me alone, for three or four hours, till seven at night, before the Lords; and the Lords did give me the conquest on behalf of the King (age 38), but could not come to any conclusion, the Company being stiff: and so I think we shall go to law with them. This done, and my eyes mighty bad with this day's work, I to Mr. Wren's, and then up to the Duke of York (age 35), and there with Mr. Wren (age 40) did propound to him my going to Chatham, Kent [Map] to-morrow with Commissioner Middleton, and so this week to make the pay there, and examine the business of "The Defyance" being lost, and other businesses, which I did the rather, that I might be out of the way at the wedding, and be at a little liberty myself for a day, or two, to find a little pleasure, and give my eyes a little ease. The Duke of York mightily satisfied with it; and so away home, where my wife troubled at my being so late abroad, poor woman! though never more busy, but I satisfied her; and so begun to put things in order for my journey to-morrow, and so, after supper, to bed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd March 1670. I went to Westminster, where in the House of Lords I saw his Majesty (age 39) sit on his throne, but without his robes, all the peers sitting with their hats on; the business of the day being the divorce of my Lord Ross. Such an occasion and sight had not been seen in England since the time of Henry VIII.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd March 1675. The Map of Ireland made by Sir William Petty (age 51) is believed to be the most exact that ever yet was made of any country. He did promise to publish it; and I am told it has cost him near £1,000 to have it engraved at Amsterdam. There is not a better Latin poet living, when he gives himself that diversion; nor is his excellence less in Council and prudent matters of state; but he is so exceedingly nice in sifting and examining all possible contingencies, that he adventures at nothing which is not demonstration. There was not in the whole world his equal for a superintendent of manufacture and improvement of trade, or to govern a plantation. If I were a Prince, I should make him my second Counsellor, at least. There is nothing difficult to him. He is, besides, courageous; on which account, I cannot but note a true story of him, that when Sir Aleyn Brodrick sent him a challenge upon a difference between them in Ireland, Sir William, though exceedingly purblind, accepted the challenge, and it being his part to propound the weapon, desired his antagonist to meet him with a hatchet, or axe, in a dark cellar; which the other, of course, refused.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd March 1675. Sir William (age 51) was, with all this, facetious and of easy conversation, friendly and courteous, and had such a faculty of imitating others, that he would take a text and preach, now like a grave orthodox divine, then falling into the Presbyterian way, then to the fanatical, the Quaker, the monk and friar, the Popish priest, with such admirable action, and alteration of voice and tone, as it was not possible to abstain from wonder, and one would swear to hear several persons, or forbear to think he was not in good earnest an enthusiast and almost beside himself; then, he would fall out of it into a serious discourse; but it was very rarely he would be prevailed on to oblige the company with this faculty, and that only among most intimate friends. My Lord Duke of Ormond (age 64) once obtained it of him, and was almost ravished with admiration; but by and by, he fell upon a serious reprimand of the faults and miscarriages of some Princes and Governors, which, though he named none, did so sensibly touch the Duke, who was then Lieutenant of Ireland, that he began to be very uneasy, and wished the spirit laid which he had raised, for he was neither able to endure such truths, nor could he but be delighted. At last, he melted his discourse to a ridiculous subject, and came down from the joint stool on which he had stood; but my lord would not have him preach any more. He never could get favour at Court, because he outwitted all the projectors that came near him. Having never known such another genius, I cannot but mention these particulars, among a multitude of others which I could produce. When I, who knew him in mean circumstances, have been in his splendid palace, he would himself be in admiration how he arrived at it; nor was it his value or inclination for splendid furniture and the curiosities of the age, but his elegant lady could endure nothing mean, or that was not magnificent. He was very negligent himself, and rather so of his person, and of a philosophic temper. "What a to-do is here!" would he say, "I can lie in straw with as much satisfaction"..
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John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd March 1675. Sir William (age 51), among other inventions, was author of the double-bottomed ship, which perished, and he was censured for rashness, being lost in the Bay of Biscay in a storm, when, I think, fifteen other vessels miscarried. This vessel was flat-bottomed, of exceeding use to put into shallow ports, and ride over small depths of water. It consisted of two distinct keels cramped together with huge timbers, etc., so as that a violent stream ran between; it bore a monstrous broad sail, and he still persists that it is practicable, and of exceeding use; and he has often told me he would adventure himself in such another, could he procure sailors, and his Majesty's (age 44) permission to make a second Experiment; which name the King gave the vessel at the launching.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd March 1675. Supped at Sir William Petty's (age 51), with the Bishop of Salisbury, and divers honorable persons. We had a noble entertainment in a house gloriously furnished; the master and mistress (age 39) of it were extraordinary persons. Sir William was the son of a mean man somewhere in Sussex, and sent from school to Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, but was most eminent in Mathematics and Mechanics; proceeded Doctor of Physic, and was grown famous, as for his learning so for his recovering a poor wench that had been hanged for felony; and her body having been begged (as the custom is) for the anatomy lecture, he bled her, put her to bed to a warm woman, and, with spirits and other means, restored her to life. The young scholars joined and made a little portion, and married her to a man who had several children by her, she living fifteen years after, as I have been assured. Sir William came from Oxford to be tutor to a neighbor of mine; thence, when the rebels were dividing their conquests in Ireland, he was employed by them to measure and set out the land, which he did on an easy contract, so much per acre. This he effected so exactly, that it not only furnished him with a great sum of money; but enabled him to purchase an estate worth £4,000 a year. He afterward married the daughter of Sir Hardress Waller; she was an extraordinary wit as well as beauty, and a prudent woman.
On 22nd March 1676 Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 86) died at Brougham Castle [Map]. She was buried in St Lawrence's Church, Appleby-in-Westmoreland [Map]. Free-standing with Reredos displaying family tree.
Before 21st March 1683 the Rye House Plot was an attempt to assassinate King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52) and his brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49) as they passed Rye House, Hoddesdon when were returning from the races at Newmarket, Suffolk on 1st April 1683. In the event a fire at Newmarket, Suffolk on the 22nd March 1683 the races were cancelled.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd March 1694. Came the dismal news of the disaster befallen our Turkey fleet by tempest, to the almost utter ruin of that trade, the convoy of three or four men-of-war, and divers merchant ships, with all their men and lading, having perished.
On 22nd March 1713 Robert Petre 7th Baron Petre (age 24) died of smallpox. His son Robert succeeded 8th Baron Petre.
On 22nd March 1729 Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His grandson Hugh (age 13) succeeded 4th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Monument in Church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorkshire [Map].
Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet: In 1657 he was born to Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet. In 1684 Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet died. His son Hugh succeeded 3rd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 22nd March 1741 Aubrey Beauclerk was killed in action during the Battle of Cartgenas.
After 22nd March 1742. St Martin's Church, Ancaster [Map]. Memorial to John Black.
On 22nd March 1767 Francis Russell (age 27) died from a fall from a horse while out hunting.
On 22nd March 1797 William I King Prussia was born to Frederick William III King Prussia (age 26) and Queen Louise of Prussia (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 22nd March 1871 Anne Otway (age 62) died without issue. Memorial at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map].
Anne Otway: Before 1809 she was born to Henry Otway of Castle Otway in Tipperary and Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye.
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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 22nd March 1916 Constance Rhiannon Guest (age 71) died. Memorial at St Germans Priory [Map].
Constance Rhiannon Guest: On 17th October 1844 she was born to John Josiah Guest 1st Baronet and Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie. On 26th October 1865 Charles George Cornwallis Eliot and she were married. He the son of Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans.
After 22nd March 1920. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Elizabeth Sophia Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond (deceased).
Elizabeth Sophia Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond: On 20th April 1838 she was born to Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland and Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland. On 22nd March 1920 Elizabeth Sophia Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond died.
After 22nd March 1922. Cottage [Map] erected by his family, his tenants, etc as a Memorial of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot 6th Earl St Germans (deceased).
All Saints Church, Hough-on-the-Hill [Map]. Commonwealth War Grave. Lieutenant Philip Daniel Green killed 22nd March 2003 in a helicopter collision.
Government Report:
Six Royal Navy personnel killed in Iraq.
At around 0130 GMT on Saturday 22 March 2003, two Royal Navy Sea King Mk 7 Airborne Early Warning helicopters collided over the northern Arabian Gulf.
The helicopters were from 849 Squadron A Flight, which is based at the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, in Cornwall. The crash was not the result of enemy action and tragically there were no survivors from the six British and one US crew members aboard.
The six British personnel were:
Lieutenant Philip D Green RN, aged 30 from Caythorpe, Lincolnshire,
Lieutenant Antony King RN, aged 35 from Helston, Cornwall,
Lieutenant Marc Lawrence RN, aged 26 from Westgate-on-Sea, Kent,
Lieutenant Philip West RN, aged 32 from Budock Water, Cornwall,
Lieutenant James Williams RN, aged 28 from Falmouth, Cornwall, and
Lieutenant Andrew Wilson RN, aged 36 from Exeter all from 849 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose
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St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map]. Grave of Penelope Margaret Cecil Cave-Browne-Cave (age 84), died 22nd March 2016.
Penelope Margaret Cecil Cave-Browne-Cave: On 5th December 1931 she was born to Cecil Beckwith Cave-Browne-Cave. On 22nd March 2016 Penelope Margaret Cecil Cave-Browne-Cave died.
Births on the 22nd March
On 22nd March 841 Bernard Plantapilosa Poitiers Margrave Aquitaine was born to Bernard Poitiers Duke Septimania (age 46).
On 22nd March 875 William "Pious" Poitiers I Duke Aquitaine was born to Bernard Plantapilosa Poitiers Margrave Aquitaine (age 34) and Ermengard Auvergne.
On 22nd March 1327 Hugh Courtenay was born to Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 23) and Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 15). He a great grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 22nd March 1368 Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk was born to John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave and Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 22nd March 1459 Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 22nd March 1519 Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk was born to William Willoughby 11th Baron Willoughby (age 37) and Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby (age 29) at Parham Old Hall, Suffolk [Map].
On 22nd March 1538 Unamed Radclyffe was born to Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 55) and Mary Arundell Countess Arundel.
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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 22nd March 1582 John Williams Archbishop of York was born to Edmund Williams in Conwy [Map].
On 22nd March 1599 Anthony Van Dyck was born in Antwerp [Map].
On 22nd March 1601 John Scudamore 1st Viscount Scudamore was born to James Scudamore (age 33) and Mary Throckmorton (age 61).
On 22nd March 1615 Katherine Boyle Viscountess Ranelagh was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 48) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork (age 30) in Youghal.
On 22nd March 1644 James Rushout 1st Baronet was born to John Rushout of St Dionis Backchurch in London.
On 22nd March 1649 Charles Holte 3rd Baronet was born to Robert Holte 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Jane Brereton.
On 22nd March 1672 George Tempest 2nd Baronet was born to John Tempest 1st Baronet (age 27) and Henrietta Cholmley.
On 22nd March 1684 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath was born to William Pulteney.
On 22nd March 1686 James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn was born to James Hamilton 6th Earl Abercorn (age 25) and Elizabeth Reading.
On 22nd March 1717 Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich was born to Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane (age 41) and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane (age 31).
On 22nd March 1728 Anton Raphael Mengs was born.
On 22nd March 1751 William Tollemache was born to Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart (age 42) and Grace Carteret Countess Dysart (age 37).
On 22nd March 1752 Thomas Lister 1st Baron Ribblesdale was born to Thomas Lister of Gisburne Park.
On 22nd March 1767 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster was born to Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 35) at Hanover Square.
On 22nd March 1774 William Domville 2nd Baronet was born to William Domville 1st Baronet (age 31).
On 22nd March 1778 Thomas Joseph Trafford 1st Baronet was born.
On 22nd March 1782 James Parke 1st Baron Wensleydale was born.
On 22nd March 1785 Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis was born to Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis (age 31) and Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis (age 26).
On 22nd March 1786 Charles Gough-Calthorpe 2nd Baron Calthorpe was born to Henry Gough-Calthorpe 1st Baron Calthorpe (age 37) and Frances Carpenter Baroness Calthorpe (age 24).
On 22nd March 1797 William I King Prussia was born to Frederick William III King Prussia (age 26) and Queen Louise of Prussia (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
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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 22nd March 1809 Beatrice Trevelyan was born to John Trevelyan 5th Baronet (age 48) and Maria Wilson (age 37).
On 22nd March 1831 Edward William Blackett 7th Baronet was born to Edward Blackett 6th Baronet (age 26) and Julia Monck Lady Blackett.
On 22nd March 1846 Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster was born to Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 54) and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 25).
On 22nd March 1857 Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon 3rd Baronet was born to Lionel Eldred Smith-Gordon 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Fanny Pottinger Lady Smith (age 24). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 22nd March 1869 Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr was born to Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr (age 52) and Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane Countess De La Warr (age 23).
On 22nd March 1869 Frances Charlotte Guest was born to Ivor Bertie Guest (age 33) and Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill Baroness Wimborne (age 21).
On 22nd March 1882 Schomberg Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis was born to Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis 20th Baron Clinton (age 48) and Margaret Walrond Baroness Clinton (age 32).
On 22nd March 1904 Arthur Baldwin 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was born to Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin (age 36) and Lucy Ridsdale Countess Baldwin (age 34).
On 22nd March 1909 Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor Countess Astor was born to Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor (age 29) and Nancy Witcher Langhorne Viscountess Astor (age 29).
On 22nd March 1915 Romayne Elizabeth Algitha Brownlow-Cecil was born to William Cecil 5th Marquess Exeter (age 38) and Myra Rowena Sibell Orde-Powlett Marchioness of Exeter (age 35).
On 22nd March 1925 Hugh Smith-Marriott 11th Baronet was born to Ralph Smith-Marriott 10th Baronet (age 24).
On 22nd March 1927 Kenneth Oliver Musgrave St John 7th Viscount Bolingbroke 8th Viscount St John was born to Captain Geoffrey Robert St John (age 38).
On 22nd March 1932 Peter Richard David Hoare 8th Baronet was born to Peter William Hoare 7th Baronet (age 33) and Laura Ray Esplen Lady Hoare.
Marriages on the 22nd March
On 22nd March 1710 Thomas Samwell 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Millicent Fuller were married. They had two sons and four daughters.
On 22nd March 1753 James Brydges 3rd Duke Chandos (age 21) and Margaret Nicol were married. He the son of Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 45) and Mary Bruce.
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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 22nd March 1770 Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle (age 21) and Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle were married. She by marriage Countess Carlisle. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 48) and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower. He the son of Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle and Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle (age 48). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 22nd March 1834 John Bathurst Deane (age 36) and Louisa Elizabeth Fourdrinier were married. They had thirteen children.
On 22nd March 1891 Henry Abdy 4th Baronet (age 37) and Anna Adele Coronn were married.
On 22nd March 1951 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll (age 47) and Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll (age 38) were married. His third marriage, her second. She by marriage Duchess Argyll.
Deaths on the 22nd March
On 22nd March 880 Carloman King Bavaria (age 51) died.
On 22nd March 1322 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) was beheaded at Pontefract Castle [Map] following his capture six days before at the Battle of Boroughbridge. He was buried at Pontefract Priory [Map].
On 22nd March 1329 Robert Capet V Count Dreux (age 36) died. His brother John (age 34) succeeded III Count Dreux.
On 22nd March 1421 the Dauphin's (age 18) French army and a Scottish army heavily defeated the English army at the Battle of Baugé. On the French side Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" fought. On the Scottish side John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan (age 40) and John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux (age 41) fought. William Douglas (age 37) was killed.
On the English side John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (age 18), Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 44), Thomas Beaufort Count Perche (age 16) and John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter (age 26) were captured. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset would be captive for the next seventeen years. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter was released in 1422. Thomas Beaufort Count Perche was released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange.
Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 32) was killed in battle. Duke Clarence extinct.
John Lumley (age 38) was killed in battle.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) was killed in battle. His brother Thomas (age 13) succeeded 8th Baron Ros Helmsley.
William Ros (age 24), and Gilbert V Umfraville were killed.
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 37) was killed in battle. His son Henry (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville.
William Douglas 1st Lord Drumlanrig was present.
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On 22nd March 1458 Antoine Count of Vaudémont (age 58) died.
On 22nd March 1639 Mary Ford Viscountess Fairfax Lady Bamburgh died.
On 22nd March 1648 Edward Hussey 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His grandson Thomas (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hussey of Honington in Lincolnshire.
On 22nd March 1676 Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 86) died at Brougham Castle [Map]. She was buried in St Lawrence's Church, Appleby-in-Westmoreland [Map]. Free-standing with Reredos displaying family tree.
On 22nd March 1686 Hugh Williams 5th Baronet (age 58) died. His son Griffith succeeded 6th Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire.
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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 22nd March 1713 Robert Petre 7th Baron Petre (age 24) died of smallpox. His son Robert succeeded 8th Baron Petre.
On 22nd March 1714 Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater (age 27) died. She was buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden on 29th March 1714.
On 22nd March 1715 Francis Wyndham 3rd Baronet (age 61) died. His grandson Francis (age 8) succeeded 4th Baronet Wyndham of Trent.
On 22nd March 1715 Richard Bellew 3rd Baron Bellew died. His son John (age 13) succeeded 3rd Baron Bellew of Duleek.
On 22nd March 1729 Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His grandson Hugh (age 13) succeeded 4th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Monument in Church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorkshire [Map].
Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet: In 1657 he was born to Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet. In 1684 Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet died. His son Hugh succeeded 3rd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 22nd March 1730 Elizabeth Manners Viscountess Galway (age 21) died.
On 22nd March 1740 Elizabeth Grantham Lady Palmer (age 76) died.
On 22nd March 1753 Thomas Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor Bromham (age 61) died. His brother John (age 57) succeeded 3rd Baron Trevor Bromham.
On 22nd March 1754 Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth died. She was buried in St Michael Pentivel, Penkevile.
On 22nd March 1757 Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury died.
On 22nd March 1802 James Alexander 1st Earl Caledon (age 72) died at his house in Parnell aka Rutland Square. His son Du (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Caledon in County Tyrone. Catherine Yorke Countess Caledon (age 15) by marriage Countess Caledon in County Tyrone.
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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 22nd March 1806 Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely (age 68) died. His son John (age 36) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ely in County Wexford, 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely. Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely (age 16) by marriage Marchioness Ely in County Wexford.
On 22nd March 1815 Willoughby Aston 6th Baronet (age 67) died. Baronet Aston of Aston extinct.
On 22nd March 1831 John Warwick Smith (age 81) died.
On 22nd March 1834 George Bisshopp 9th Baronet (age 42) died. His son Cecil (age 12) succeeded 10th Baronet Bisshopp of Parham in Sussex.
On 22nd March 1840 John Dalrymple 7th Earl of Stair (age 55) died without issue. His third cousin once removed John (age 68) succeeded 8th Earl of Stair.
On 22nd March 1863 Admiral Anthony Maitland 10th Earl of Lauderdale (age 77) died. His first cousin Thomas (age 60) succeeded 11th Earl Lauderdale, 11th Viscount Maitland, 11th Viscount Lauderdale, 7th Baronet Maitland of Ravelrig in Nova Scotia. Baron Lauderdale of Thirlestane in Berwickshire extinct.
On 22nd March 1864 George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen (age 47) died. His son George (age 22) succeeded 6th Earl Aberdeen.
On 22nd March 1865 George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 75) died. His son Orlando (age 45) succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 4th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 8th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 22nd March 1874 Albert Way (age 68) died.
On 22nd March 1883 Alfred Clint (age 76) died. He was buried in the same grave as his father, in Kensal Green Cemetery [Map].
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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 22nd March 1883 Jane Elizabeth Liddell Viscountess Barrington (age 78) died.
On 22nd March 1886 Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk (age 64) died at Norfolk House, St James' Square. She was buried at the Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle [Map].
On 22nd March 1890 William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 66) died. His son George (age 36) succeeded 8th Duke Manchester, 11th Earl Manchester, 11th Viscount Mandeville, 11th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. Consuelo Yznaga Duchess Manchester (age 37) by marriage Duchess Manchester.
On 22nd March 1922 John Granville Cornwallis Eliot 6th Earl St Germans (age 31) died of an injury sustained during a point to point at Wrangton Totnes, Devon. His first cousin Granville (age 54) succeeded 7th Earl St Germans, 8th Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.
On 22nd March 1940 Winifred Coke Countess of Leitrim (age 89) died.
On 22nd March 1983 John Pratt 5th Marquess Camden (age 83) died. His son David (age 52) succeeded 6th Marquess Camden, 6th Earl Brecknock, 7th Earl Camden, 7th Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey in Kent, 7th Baron Camden of Camden Place in Kent.
On 22nd March 1993 Sylvia Mary Straker Baroness Barnard (age 94) died.
On 22nd March 2003 Richard La Touche Colthurst 9th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Charles (age 47) succeeded 10thth Baronet Colthurst of Ardum in County Cork.
On 22nd March 2011 Llewellyn Roger Lloyd-Mostyn 6th Baron Mostyn (age 62) died. His son Gregory (age 26) succeeded 7th Baron Mostyn of Mostyn in Flintshire, 8th Baronet Lloyd of Pengwerra in Flintshire.
On 22nd March 2012 Matthew White Ridley 4th Viscount Ridley (age 86) died. His son Matthew (age 54) succeeded 5th Viscount Ridley of Blagdon and Blyth in Northumberland, 5th Baron Wensleydale of Blagdon and Blyth in Northumberland, 9th Baronet Ridley of Blagdon in Northumberland.
On 22nd March 2021 John Crichton-Stuart 7th Marquess of Bute (age 62) died. His son John (age 31) succeeded 8th Marquis of the Isle of Bute, 11th Earl Bute, 8th Earl of Windsor, 8th Viscount Mountjoy of the Isle of Wight.
