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On 24th September 1230 Alfonso IX King Leon (age 59) died. His son Ferdinand (age 31) succeeded III King Leon.
Historia Roffensis [1275-1346]. On the Wednesday [24th September 1326] before the feast of Saint Michael, the Queen and her followers landed in England. When the King and his adherents heard of her arrival, they fled to the parts around Bristol. The Queen, together with her son, her entire company, and all the chief men of the realm, as well as the whole seditious populace, who always are, and always have been, prone to sedition, pursued them. Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, summoned the Bishops of London, Winchester, Exeter, Worcester, and Rochester to Lambeth on the fifteenth day after Saint Michael’s feast, proposing to hold a discussion in Saint Paul’s Church about sending bishops to the King and Queen in order to restore peace. But the Bishop of Rochester dissuaded the Archbishop from going into the city or across the Thames to negotiate; he explained that the hearts of the whole people had turned against the bishops, and that all hated the bishops, since all the evils which had befallen England were imputed to the sloth, folly, and ignorance of the bishops. Moreover, all loved the Queen and hated the King. Then, on the following day, all the bishops who had been summoned gathered at Lambeth to deliberate about sending two of their number to the King and Queen. The Bishop of Winchester agreed to go, if he had a companion. The others refused to go, and at last all the bishops urged the Bishop of Rochester to go with him; but he utterly excused himself.
Regina & sequaces sui die Mercurii ante Festum S. Michaelis in Angliâ applicuerunt. Cujus adventu audito Rex & adhærentes sui fugerunt ad partes Bristolliæ; quas Regina cum filio & totá sequelâ ac omnes Majores regni & totus populus seditiosus, qui semper sunt & fuerunt proni ad seditionem, insecuti sunt. Walterus Archiepiscopus Cant. Episcopis London. Winton. Exon. Wigorn. & Roffensi apud Lamheth in quindenâ S. Michaelis convocatis, tractatum de Episcopis mittendis ad Regem & Reginam pro pace reformandâ in Ecclesiâ S. Pauli habere proponens, Roffensis Episcopus dissuasit Archiepiscopo, ne in civitatem vel ultra Thamisiam transiret ad tractandum; exponens ei quòd corda totius populi ab Episcopis aversa fuerant, & omnes Episcopos oderunt, quia totum malum quod contigit in Anglia, pigritiæ, fatuitati & ignorantiæ Episcoporum fuit imputatum; & omnes Reginam dilexerunt, & Regem oderunt. Tunc in crastino apud Lamheth omnes Episcopi vocati convenerunt ad tractandum de duobus mittendis ad Regem & Reginam. Wintoniensis ire concessit, si socium haberet. Cæteris ire negantibus, tandem omnes Episcopi Roffensem rogaverunt, ut cum eo iret; qui totaliter se excusavit.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. A favourable wind drove the fleet, bound for the shores of England, into the port of Orwell on the Friday just before the feast of Saint Michael.1 There, the Earl Marshal2 and Henry, Earl of Leicester, along with a defiant multitude of barons and knights, came out to meet them. Nor were prelates lacking among those treacherously joined to the leaders against their own country and its prince. But the chief instigators of this most wicked crime, trained disciples of their mistress in arms and treachery, appeared at the appointed day: not as shepherds of sheep or lambs, but as armed wolves, cruel warriors, less like pastors than tyrants, and leaders of the vanguard of this impious host. There stood the two elder men from whom the Babylonian iniquity sprang forth, not against Susanna, but in favour of Jezebel: these, I say, were the priests of Baal, foster sons of Jezebel, namely the Bishops of Lincoln and Hereford. With them were also the Bishops of Dublin and Ely.3 Together with the queen, they had raised a great army.
Classem ad Anglie littora ventus directam votivus depulit in portum Horewille die Veneris proxima ante festum sancti Michaelis; cui se obvios confederaverunt comes Mariscalli et Henricus comes Leicestrie, et cum eiis baronum atque commilitonum proterva multitudo. Nec defue: runt prelati ducibus contra patriam et patrie principem infideliter commixti; set tanti facinoris machinatores sceleratissimi sue discipule, armis docte sceleris, obviaverunt ad diem expectatum; non quidem lanigerorum aut ovium, set luporum armigerorum crudelium, pastores minus quam tiranni horum falangis precipue ducatum prebuere. Ibi duo seniores a quibus egressa est iniquitas Babilonica contra Susannam, set pro Iezabele, hii, inquam, Baal sacerdotes, alumpni Iesabel, scilicet Lincolniensis et Herefordensis, cum iis quoque Dublinensis atque Heliensis, cum eadem regina magnum exercitum congregarunt.
Note 1. Friday before Michaelmas in 1326 fell on the 26th September but the queen landed on the 24th. Edward's order for the array of the eastern counties, in which he refers to the queen's landing, is dated 27th September. Rymer's Fœdera 2.643.
Note 2. Thomas of Brotherton, the king's brother, created earl of Norfolk in 1312, and earl marshal in 1316. Henry here styled earl of Leicester, was restored to his brother's forfeited earldoms of Lancaster and Leicester in 1324. He was the king's first cousin.
Note 3. Alexander Bicknor, archbishop of Dublin, 1317-1349. John Hotham, bishop of Ely (afterwards chancellor and treasurer), 1316-1337.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. [24th September 1326] At the end of that same year, the said Lady Queen went over into Hainault and attached herself to the Count of Hainault and to his counsel. And she, together with her aforesaid son, the Earl of Kent, Roger de Mortimer, and other men of England who were in exile, supported by the company of Lord John, brother of the Count of Hainault, and by many other mercenaries both from Germany and from Hainault, on the Friday next before the feast of Saint Michael in the year of our Lord 1326, entered England at Orwell, in the port of Harwich. And there, in the lands of the Earl Marshal at Walton, they made their landing. Immediately the same Earl Marshal and the Earl of Leicester, and other barons and knights of those parts, joined them; and so too did nearly all the prelates, especially the bishops of Lincoln, Hereford, Durham, and Ely, who with the Queen raised a great army. Others also, particularly Walter of Canterbury and certain others, provided her with money.
In fine vero ejusdem anni dicta domina regina versus Hanoniam se transtulit, et comiti Hanoniæ et consilio ipsius adhæsit. Ipsaque, cum filio suo prædicto et comite Canciæ, Rogero de Mortuo mari, et aliis hominibus de Anglia profugatis, fultique comitiva domini Johannis, fratris comitis Hanoniæ, et aliis multis stipendiariis, tam de Alemannia quam de Hanonia, die Veneris proxima ante festum sancti Michaelis, anno Domini MCCCXXVIº., apud Orewelle in portu de Herewych Angliam intraregina Isabellæ verunt, et ibi in terra coinitis Mariscalli apud Waltoniam applicuerunt. Et statim idem comes Mariscallus et comes Leycestriæ et alii barones et milites illarum partium adhæserunt eisdem; et ita fecerunt prælati fere omnes, et præcipue Lincolniensis, Herefordiensis, Dunelmensis, Elyensis, qui cum eadem regina magnum exercitum congregarunt. Alii vero, et præcipue W[alterus] de Cantuaria et alii, sibi pecuniam ministrarunt.
The Brut. [24th September 1326] The Quene Isabell and Sir Edward hir sone, Duc of Gyene, Sir Edmunde of Wodestok, Erl of Kent, and Sir Iohn þe Erles broþer of Henaud, and her company, drade nouȝt þe manace of þe Kyng ne of his traitoures, for þai truste al in Godes grace, & come vnto Herwiche in Southfolc, þe x day in þe mounthe of Ottobr, And in þe ȝere of grace Ml CCC xxvj [1326]. And at þe same tyme, at London, þere was Kyng Edward in the Toure at his metee; and a messenger come into þe hall, and saide þat Que[en] Isabell was comen to lande at Herewiche, and hade brouȝt in her company Sire Iohn of Henaude, and wiþ him men of armes wiþoute nombre. And wiþ þat worde, Sir Hugh þe Spenser; þe fader, spake & þus to þe Kyng saide: "my most worshipful Lorde, Kyng of Engeland, now mow ȝe make gode chere, for certeinly þai ben al oures." The Kyng saw þis worde comfortable; ȝitte he was ful sorweful & pensif in hert. And þe Kyng hade nouȝt ȝitte fulliche eten, þat þere ne come into þe halle anoþer messager, and saide þat þe Quene Isabel was arryuede at Herewich, bisides Skipwich in Southfolc. Sir Hugh þe Spenser, þe fader, spake to þe messager, and saide: "telle þe soþ in goode fay," quod he to þe messager, "my faire frende, is she comen wiþ a grete strengþ?" "Certis, sir, soþ forto say, she haþ in her company but vij C men of Armes." And wiþ þat worde, Sire Hughe þe Spenser, þe fader, criede wiþ an hye voice, and saide: "Allas, Allas! we beþ alle bitraiede; for certes wiþ so litil power she nad neuer comen to londe, but folc of þis lande were to her consentede." And þerfore, after mete þai toke her conseile, and went toward Walys, forto arere þe Walshemen aȝeins Quene Isabell and Edwarde her sone, al forto fight; and so þai were in purpos, euerycheon.
Annales Paulini. In the same year [1326], on the 24th day of September, namely on the Wednesday just before the feast of Saint Michael, Lady Isabella, Queen of England, who had been sent into France to her brother, the King of France, for the re-establishment of peace, and who remained there for a year and a half, came together with Lord Edward, her firstborn son, and landed at the port of Orwell. She took land at a place called Harwich, about four leagues distant from Colvasse,1 around the hour of noon; and in the town of Walton2 she lodged the first night with her household. Ten ships had been assigned to her, and they so quickly made ready to unload their vessels that all their provisions, arms, horses, and all necessities were brought ashore from the said ships. And so it was that, from the said port, with their sails raised and with a favourable and pleasant wind, they returned before sunset of the same day, except for the ship in which the said queen had come, which the king’s bailiffs brought to London, and presented it to the king, who was then staying in the Tower, recounting to him the whole order of the queen’s arrival. When he heard this, the king withdrew toward Wales, and, passing through the whole country, sought to subjugate it, so that in every county men might be ready to give him aid against the Lady Queen. But few yielded to him or adhered to him. These are the magnates who came with the Lady Queen: Lord Edward, her son, Duke of Aquitaine; John, brother of the Count of Hainault; the Earl of Beaumont; Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, with his wife; Roger de Mortimer; John de Cromwell; Thomas Russelyn; William Trussel; and other knights and squires of Hainault, well equipped with arms, at least fifteen hundred, it was said. The queen, moreover, found favour with all, so that the whole community of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk obeyed her and gave her aid with armed force. She proceeded with her adherents toward [Bury] Saint Edmund’s as though on pilgrimage; and in the said abbey she found 800 marks sterling, which Lord Hervé de Stanton, the king’s justiciar, had deposited there for safekeeping. This money the Lady Queen borrowed to pay the wages of her household, since Hervé himself was absent. From that place she came to Cambridge, and stayed for several days at the priory of Barnwell; and from there she set out for Baldock. There Thomas Catel, brother of Master Robert de Baldock, then Chancellor of the Lord King, was captured, all his goods destroyed, and he was led to a certain castle. From that place she went on to Dunstable, and so she moved her camp from place to place, following the Lord King toward Hertford, harming or injuring no one, but devastating only the manors and goods of Lord Hugh Despenser, father and son, and of Master Robert de Baldock.
Eodem anno, XXIIII die Septembris, videlicet feria quarta proxima ante festum Sancti Michaelis, domina Isabella regina Angliæ, que missa fuit in Franciam fratri suo regi Franciæ pro pace reformanda, et stetit ibi per annum et dimidium, venit una cum domino Edwardo filio suo primogenito, et applicuit in portu de Arewelle, et cepit terram qua vocatur Colvasse, distantem de Herewich per iiiior leucas, circa horam meridiem; et in villa de Waleton prima nocte hospitabatur cum suis familiaribus; et x naves fuerunt sibi deditæ, et tam celeriter expedierunt ad evacuandum eorum naves, quod omnia eorum victualia, arma et equi, et omnia necessaria a dictis navibus fuerunt deducts ad terram, ita quod a dicto portu, velis eorum levatis, cum prospero vento et amœno, ante occasum solis dictæ diei redierunt, excepta nave in qua dicta regina venit; quam quidem navem paute regis Londonias adduxerunt, et domino regi, ad Turrim tunc commoranti, illam præsentarunt, narrantes regi totum ordinem adventus reginæ. Quo audito, rex se transtulit versus Walliam, et transeundo totam patriam sibi subjugavit, ut in quolibet comitatu parati essent sibi in adjutorium contra dominam reginam; sed pauci sibi adquiescebant vel adhærebant. Isti sunt magnates venientes cum domina regina; dominus Edwardus filius suus, dux Aquitannim; Johannes frater comitis Hennaudiæ; comes de Beaumond; Edmundus de Wodestouke comes Kantiæ cum uxore sua; Rogerus de Mortuomari, Johannes de Crombwelle, Thomas Russelyn, Willelmus Trussel, et alii milites et armigeri Hennagii, in armis bene dispositi, ad minus XVc ut dicebatur. Regina autem invenit gratiam erga omnes, ita quod tota communitas comitatnum Northfolck et Suthfoch sibi obediebat, et auxilium eidemn cum vi armata præstabat. Movebat se regina cum suis adhærentibus versus Sanctum Edmundum quasi peregrinando; invenit in dicta abathia VIIIc marcarum sterlingorum, quas dominus Herveus de Stantone, justitiarius domini regis, ibidem apposuerat ad custodiendum. Quod quidem argentum domina regina mutuavit ad solvendum pro stipendiis familiæ suæ, ipso Herveo absente. De illo loco venit ad Grantebrigge, et ad prioratum de Bernewelle per aliquot dies perhendinavit; et ab illo loco apud Baldock iter arripuit; et Thomas Catel, frater magistri Roberti de Baldock tunc cancellarii domini regis, ibidem fuit captus, et omnia ejus bona destructa, et ductus ad quoddam castellum; et ab illo loco perrexit apud Dunstaple, et sic mutavit dietas suas de loco ad locum, dominum regem sequendo versus Herfordiam, neminem tamen lædendo vel malum faciendo, sed tantummodo maneria et bona dominorum Hugonum Despenser patris et filii et magistri Roberti de Baldock devastavit.
Note 1. The location, or significance, of Colvasse is unknown. Three leagues being around twelve miles.
Note 2. Walton is now part of Felixstowe, lying between the rivers Orwell and Deben.
Thomas Walsingham [-1422]. [24th September 1326] Therefore, taking with her her son, the Duke of Aquitaine, about fourteen years of age, Lord Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, the King of England’s brother, Lord Roger de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore, and many other distinguished men of the kingdom of England who had been exiled, and with Lord John, a valiant man, brother of the Count of Hainault, at their head, whom many mercenary soldiers from Germany and Hainault followed, so that their number was two thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven men-at-arms, she embarked with the fleet prepared by the Count of Hainault. Boldly committing herself to the sea, she sailed safely and happily, and arrived with her whole household at Orwell, and at the port of Harwich entered England, into the land of the Earl Marshal. The Earl Marshal immediately joined her, as did the Earl of Mar and the Earl of Leicester, and other barons and knights of those parts, together with nearly all the prelates, and especially the bishops of Lincoln, Hereford, Dublin, and Ely, who, uniting with the Queen, raised a great army. Others too, and particularly Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, provided her with money.
Assumptis igitur filio suo, Duce Aquitanniæ, fere quatuordecim annos ætatis habente, Domino Edmundo de Wodestoke Comite Cantiæ, germano Regis Angliæ, Domino Rogero de Mortuo Mari, Domino de Wygomor, et aliis multis viris illustribus de regno Angliæ profligatis, Duce Domino Johanne, viro strenuo fratreque Comitis Hanoniæ, quem sequebantur milites stipendiarii de Alemannia et Hanonia plures valde, ita quod numerus eorundem fuit duo millia septingenti quinquaginta septem hominum armatorum, parata classe per Comitem Hanoniæ, pervenit ad mare, et satis audaciter committens se pelago, feliciter navigavit, pervenitque ad Orwelle cum familia integra, et in portu de Herewych Angliam est ingressa, in terra Comitis Marescalli; cui mox Comes Marescallus et Comes Murimuth, land at Harwich with a great force. Leycestriæ, aliique barones et milites illarum partium, adhæserunt, cum Prælatis fere omnibus, et præcipue Lincolniensi, Herefordensi, Dublinensi, et Eliensi, Episcopis, qui juncti Reginæ magnum exercitum conflaverunt. Alii vero, et præcipue Walterus, Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus, sibi pecuniam ministravit.
Note 1. The narrative here resembles that of Murimuth, but has been derived from a fuller source.
On 24th September 1332 King Edward I of Scotland (age 49) was crowned I King Scotland at Scone.
On 24th September 1348 John de Ufford was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by papal bull. He died eight months later of the plague before he was consecrated.
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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 24th September 1435 Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 65) died.
On 24th September 1459 King Eric of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (age 78) died.
Patent Rolls. 24th September 1466. Licence for the king's sister Anne, duchess of Exeter (age 27), to grant the manors of Rachfonl, Lye, Pakeleshnm and Folncsse, co. Essex, Ardyngton, co. Berks, Barford St. Martin, co. Wilts, and Thorpwatcrvyle, Aldwynkle, Achirch, Chelveston and Cnldeote, co. Northampton, with all other lands, rents, reversions and services of her tenants in the towns and manors aforesaid, held in chief, to the king's kinsman Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury (age 48), Robert, Bishop of Bath and Wells (age 46), John, duke of Norfolk (age 41), John, duke of Suffolk (age 23), William, Earl of Arundel (age 48), Henry, Earl of Essex (age 62), Richard, earl Ryvers (age 61), Antony Widevill, lord of Scales and Newselles (age 26), John Say, knight, Thomas Colt, Thomas Decoue and Robert Isham, esquires, and their heirs and assigns. By K.
Grant to the said archbishop and others and their heirs and assigns of all the king's-estate and title in the manors of Wodham Ferreres and other lands in the same town, co. Essex, and the manors of Newebotell and Brynton and the advowson of the church there and other lands in the same town, co. Northampton, which the king holds in the title and possession of his consort Elizabeth, Queen of England, with advowsons, knights' fees, rents and services. By K.
On 24th September 1486 Prince Arthur Tudor was christened at Winchester Cathedral [Map] by Bishop John Alcock (age 56).
Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 71) held the child. His godparents included Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 51), William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel (age 68), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 44), Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 36), Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 49) and Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 17). Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 33) was present.
His grandmother Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 43) has written the Ordinances as to what Preparation is to be made for the Christening of the Child of which she shall be delivered that describe the form of the Christening.
On 24th September 1524 Bishop Robert Ferrar was ordained as deacon.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 24th September 1535. 431. Randall Tytley to Cromwell.
Petition stating that he has been a prisoner five years in Bread Street Counter [Map]; "and now of late one Mr. Broke was at the said Counter with charity from your good mastership, demanding of the prisoners how they were ordered, and commanded them, if they were not well ordered, to write to your good mastership for remedy."
Wrote accordingly the constitutions of the same Counter, and sent it to Mr. Brooke, to present to Cromwell; for doing which the keeper sent him to Newgate, where he is likely to die of the sickness of the house. At Bread Street every man pays for his bed, "some 4d., some 2d., if they be feather beds, and a mattress 1d.; " and if the prisoner wear any irons, he pays double; so that his beds, one week with another, amount to 30s. a year; although all the beds in the prison are scarcely worth one week's lodging; whereas the custom of the city is but a penny for the best feather bed within the prison, and ½d. for a mattrass, and if they complain they are sent to Newgate. If the friends of the prisoners bring them any charity, as bread, drink, cheese, &c., the keeper will suffer none to come to them, lest it hinder his own custom. If a prisoner come in for debt for £5 or above, he is forced to agree with his keeper at an exorbitant rate beyond his power; and if any one be in arrear for one night's lodging, and though he be able to pay when his friends come to him, he is thrust into the hole, and kept till he has sold all his clothes, and then there is no remedy but to Newgate with him, which has been the murder of many a tall man and true, able to do the King service. Moreover, if a man, after remaining long in prison, be released by the pity of his creditors, he is still detained for 8d., the keeper's fee of the door. The tapster also pays 6s. 8d. on every barrel, and is compelled to find the prisoners candles, which, on an average, cost 12d. a week; but the keeper pays only 3s. a barrel.
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On 24th September 1580 Elisabeth Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 35) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (age 30).
On 24th September 1599 Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 33) sailed from Ireland reaching London four days later.
On 24th September 1607 Clement Spelman of Narborough died. In 1647 Ursula Willoughby (age 14) died. They were buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map]. Elbow Reclining Figure. Stuart Hooded Monument. Possibly Cornelius Cure.
Clement Spelman of Narborough: he was born to John Spelman of and Margaret Blennerhasset. The mother assumed based on his father having married Margaret but not certain she is his only wife. In 1602 Clement Spelman of Narborough and Anne Carvill were married. Before 12th September 1606 Clement Spelman of Narborough and Ursula Willoughby were married.
Ursula Willoughby: Around 1593 she was born to John Willoughby of Risley.
On 24th September 1611 a further tranche of Baronets was created by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 45) ...
Robert Napier 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Napier of Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire.
Thomas Penyston 1st Baronet (age 20) was created 1st Baronet Penyston of Leigh in Iden in Sussex. Martha Temple Lady Penyston (age 16) by marriage Lady Penyston of Leigh in Iden in Sussex.
On 24th September 1645 the Battle of Rowton Heath aka Moor was a significant defeat for the Royalists, commanded in person by King Charles (age 44) with heavy losses and prevented Charles from relieving the siege of Chester.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1820 Page 464. Sept. 24. "Being Wednesday, the King's forces were routed by the Parlm army in a place called Rowton Moor.
"From Chester the King retreated to Denbigh Castle, and, having layed there two or three nights, retourned to Chirk Castle [Map]. The next morning, viz. 29th, he advanced from thence with his army through Llan-Silin, and quartered that night in Halchdyn1 and so passed through Mountgomeryshyre towards Ludlow.
Note 1. Halchdyn is in Deuddwr, between the rivers Havren and Vyrnwy, aad near Llandrinio. The name of the place has been anglicised into Haughton.
On 24th September 1650 Charles Valois Duke Angoulême (age 77) died.
On 24th September 1653 Elizabeth Barker (age 79) died.
Elizabeth Barker: Around 1574 she was born to Robert Barker of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1613 Henry Maddison and she were married. They had ten sons.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th September 1662. Up betimes and among my workmen, and among them all the morning till noon, and then to my Lord Crew's, and there dined alone with him, and among other things he do advise me by all means to keep my Lord Sandwich (age 37) from proceeding too far in the business of Tangier [Map]. First, for that he is confident the King (age 32) will not be able to find money for the building the Mole; and next, for that it is to be done as we propose it by the reducing of the garrison; and then either my Lord must oppose the Duke of York (age 28), who will have the Irish regiment under the command of Fitzgerald continued, or else my Lord Peterborough (age 40), who is concerned to have the English continued, and he, it seems, is gone back again merely upon my Lord Sandwich's encouragement.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 2nd September 1663. He being gone, I to my office, where late, putting things in order, and so home to supper and to bed. Going through the City, my Lord Mayor (age 48) told me how the piller set up by Exeter House [Map] is only to show where the pipes of water run to the City; and observed that this City is as well watered as any city in the world, and that the bringing the water to the City hath cost it first and last above £300,000; but by the new building, and the building of St. James's by my Lord St. Albans (age 58)1, which is now about (and which the City stomach I perceive highly, but dare not oppose it), were it now to be done, it would not be done for a million of money.
Note 1. It was at this time that the Earl of St. Albans planned St. James's Square, which was first styled "The Piazza". The "Warrant for a grant to Baptist May and Abraham Cowley (age 46) on nomination of the Earl of St. Albans of several parcels of ground in Pall Mall [Map] described, on rental of £80, for building thereon a square of 13 or 14 great and good houses", was dated September 24th, 1664.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th September 1664. So home and to my office, and business being done home to supper and so to bed, my head and throat being still out of order mightily. This night Prior of Brampton came and paid me £40, and I find this poor painful man is the only thriving and purchasing man in the town almost. We were told to-day of a Dutch ship of 3 or 400 tons, where all the men were dead of the plague, and the ship cast ashore at Gottenburgh.
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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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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th September 1665. But it would never have been allowed by my conscience to have wronged the poor wretches, who told us how dangerously they had got some, and dearly paid for the rest of these goods. This being done we with great content herein on board again and there Captain Cocke (age 48) and I to discourse of our business, but he will not yet be open to me, nor am I to him till I hear what he will say and do with Sir Roger Cuttance. However, this discourse did do me good, and got me a copy of the agreement made the other day on board for the parcel of Mr. Pierce and Sir Roger Cuttance, but this great parcel is of my Lord Sandwich's (age 40).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th September 1666. Up, and with Sir W. Batten (age 65) and Sir W. Pen (age 45) to St. James's, and there with Sir W. Coventry (age 38) read and all approved of my letter, and then home, and after dinner, Mr. Hater and Gibson dining with me, to the office, and there very late new moulding my accounts and writing fair my letter, which I did against the evening, and then by coach left my wife at her brother's, and I to St. James's, and up and down to look [for] Sir W. Coventry; and at last found him and Sir G. Carteret (age 56) with the Lord Treasurer (age 59) at White Hall, consulting how to make up my Lord Treasurer's general account, as well as that of the Navy particularly. Here brought the letter, but found that Sir G. Carteret had altered his account since he did give me the abstract of it: so all my letter must be writ over again, to put in his last abstract.
On 24th September 1691 Charles Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 31) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 29).
On 24th September 1714, in the evening, Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland was buried at south side of the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map] next to her husband in the same vault as Charles II, Mary II, William III, and Prince George of Denmark.
On the 23rd her coffin, draped in purple velvet, was brought from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey in a funeral chariot drawn by eight horses in purple hoods. A vigil was held in the Prince's Chamber at the Palace of Westminster, where the Duchess of Somerset was designated Chief Mourner (Her husband was one of her supporters). Also present were the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, and fourteen countesses in black crepe veils. 100 Yeoman of the Guard were on duty. The service was conducted by Francis Atterbury (age 51), Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster. Thirty Children of the Chapel Royal sang the anthems for the service, and several menial servants were in attendance (including Samuel Stubbs, the Queen's Rat-Catcher). Her coffin was carried to the service by fourteen carpenters and six honorific pallbearers. The funeral began in the Painted Chamber at the Palace of Westminster. They processed through the Prince's Chamber and into the Palace Yard. A gun was fired from the tower every minute until the Queen was interred.
Those in the procession as detailed in the image below are as follows:
Bishops, Marquises younger Sons, Earls eldest Sons, Viscounts of Ireland, Viscounts of Great Britain, Dukes younger Sons, Marquises eldest Sons, Earls of Ireland, Earls of Great Britain, Earl Poulet Lord Steward of the Household, Earl of Suffolk as exercising the office of Earl Marshal of England, Dukes oldest Sons, Marquises, Lord Great Chamberlain Marquis of Lindsey, Dukes, Two Heralds of Arms, Lord Privy Seal, Lord President of the Council, Lord Archbishop of York, (No Train born), Lord Chancellor bearing royal Purse (no Train born nor Mace carried), Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, (no Train born), A Gentleman Usher, Norroy King of Arms carrying the Crown on a purple velvet cushion, A Gentleman Usher, Lord Chamberlain of Queens Household with his White Staff.
The canopy born by Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, Supporters of the Pall. The Royal body carried by ten or twelve Yeomen of the Guard covered with a large Pall of purple velvet and lined with purple silk, with a fine Holland [linen fabric] sheet adorned with ten large Escutcheons [shields] of the Imperial Arms painted on satin under a canopy of purple velvet A Gentleman Usher, Garter Principal King of Arms or in his absence Clarenceux King of Arms, Gentleman Usher, the Black Rod Supporter to royal Chief Mourner, a Duke, … The Chief Mourner Supported by two Dukes, her Train born by the Queen’s Vice-Chamberlain.
Document setting out the order of the royal funeral procession for Queen Anne, 16 August, 1714, (Catalogue ref: PC 1/2/256/f8)
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On 24th September 1731 Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 33) and Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (age 31) at Coburg. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.37%.
On 24th September 1756 Anne Smith Lady Loraine died. She was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map].
Anne Smith Lady Loraine: Around she was born to Richard Smith of Preston in Buckinghamshire. Around 1693 William Loraine 2nd Baronet and she were married.
On 24th September 1764 George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke (age 18) began his education at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 24th September 1785 John Edward Fitzroy was born to Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 49) and Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton (age 39). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
After 24th September 1790. Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Overton to Kenrick Price.
On 24th September 1830 the funeral of William Huskisson (deceased) was held in Liverpool. Almost every business was closed. It was estimated that 69,000 people, roughly half the city's population, attended. The procession left the town hall and slowly went the 1,800m via Hope Street to an iron-lined grave in St James Cemetery, accompanied by muffled church bells. His wife Emily did not attend. Despite her objection to gun salutes a 32-pounder cannon was fired to mark the departure of the coffin from the town hall and a 6-pounder was fired to mark the body's arrival at the cemetery, and smaller guns were fired as the procession passed.
The Times: "There was a moral sublimity in the spectacle, which all who were present felt; but which I am afraid is not communicable to those who were absent. I have seen more than one public funeral, and I know something of the gorgeous pageantry so lavishly displayed in the burials of our Monarchs; but though I saw the ashes of Grattan and Canning deposited in one of the most august of Christian temples amid the vain regrets of men the most distinguished for rank, talent, and genius, and though the interment of Royalty takes hold upon the imagination from its necessary connexion with the most sumptuous display of human pomp and greatness, I never witnessed any spectacle so impressive as the appearance of this vast multitude, standing erect under the open canopy of heaven, and joining in one spontaneous tribute of respect to the memory of their late representative."
Greville Memoirs. 24th September 1831. Paris, on the point of exploding, is again tranquil, but nobody can tell for how long. They bet two to one here that the Reform Bill is thrown out on the second reading; and what then? The meeting at Ebrington's (age 78) was flat, nothing agreed on. Hume wanted to pass some violent resolution, but was overruled. Milton made a foolish speech, with prospective menaces and present nothingness in it, and they separated without having done good or harm.
On 24th September 1852 Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford was born to Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers (age 33).
On 24th September 1873 John Thurnam (age 62) died.
24th September 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Hugh Charles Clifford (age 44).
Hugh Charles Clifford: On 5th March 1866 he was born to Henry Hugh Clifford. On 18th December 1941 Hugh Charles Clifford died.
24th September 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Edith Victoria Blanche Winn (age 15).
Edith Victoria Blanche Winn: On 12th January 1895 she was born to Rowland Winn 2nd Baron St Oswald and Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn. On 10th July 1916 Guy Randolph Westmacott and she were married. On 5th June 1966 Edith Victoria Blanche Winn died.
24th September 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Edith Victoria Blanche Winn (age 15).
On 24th September 1918 John Bridger Shiffner 6th Baronet (age 19) was killed in action. He was buried at the Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Departement de l'Aisne. His brother Henry (age 16) succeeded 7th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex; Henry would be killed in WW2 in 1941.
The battalion war diary gives a description of the action in which he was killed: "Captain Roberts ordered his company to open fire on the advancing enemy and when they were within 30 yards, the leading waves began to waver, on seeing this, Captain Roberts ordered his men to fix bayonets and then to charge the enemy. The men all rose from their positions in shell holes and charged with the bayonet and utterly routed the enemy, taking over 40 prisoners. The artillery in response to the S.O.S. signal, put down an intense fire on to the enemy, causing numerous casualties as they were running away. This action was specifically mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's communique. It was a fine example of the use of Infantry weapons and the value of the dash and fighting spirit shown by all ranks who took part, as their total number was less than 80, thus being out-numbered by 5 to 1." Shiffner was killed in the bayonet charge.
His mother Elsie Burrows chose his inscription, modifying a line from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1881 poem "Underwoods", changing "Doomed to know not winter, only spring" to "Born to know not winter, only spring."
On 24th September 1919 Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand Glücksburg was born to Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 28) and Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 20). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 24th September 1930 Ellis William Roberts (age 69) died at the Queens Hotel Brighton. His will was proved 31st December 1930 the summary of which reads:
Ellis William of 6 William Street Lowndes Square Westminster Middlesex and of 12 Wexford Road Wandsworth Common Surrey died 24 Sep 1930 at Queens Hotel Brighton. Probate London 31 December to Eliza Roberts widow Robert Ellis Roberts (age 40) schoolmaster Walter Kearsey Smith cashier and Millicent Elsie Fraser (wife of Ronald Fraser). Effects £12732 2s 8d. Resworn £12832 15s 3d.
On 24th September 1953 Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart 17th Duke of Alba 10th Duke of Berwick (age 74) died. His daughter María (age 27) succeeded 18th Duchess Alba, 16th Duchess Veragua, 11th Duchess of Jérica, 11th Duchess of Liria, 11th Duchess Berwick.
On 24th September 2014 Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 94) died.
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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 24th September 1277 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal was born to John Marshal (age 20) and Hawise Unknown at Denham Hartismere, Suffolk.
On 24th September 1301 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford was born to Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 29) and Margaret Basset (age 21).
On 24th September 1366 Elizabeth Saye 5th Baroness Say was born to William Saye 3rd Baron Say (age 26) and Beatrice Brewes Baroness Say (age 14) at Stirling, Kent.
On 24th September 1418 Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy was born to Janus of Cyprus (age 43) and Anglesia Visconti (age 50).
On 24th September 1558 Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure was born to William Eure 2nd Baron Eure (age 29) and Margaret Dymoke.
On 24th September 1580 Elisabeth Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 35) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (age 30).
On 24th September 1612 William Gawdy 1st Baronet was born to Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling (age 23) and Lettice Knollys.
On 24th September 1621 Henry Stafford 5th Baron Stafford was born to Edward Stafford and Ann Wilford.
On 24th September 1649 Richard Graham 1st Viscount Preston was born to George Graham 2nd Baronet (age 25).
On 24th September 1677 Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet was born to William Hamner (age 29) and Peregrina North at Bettisfield Hall, Flintshire sometime between 10 and 11PM.
On 24th September 1691 Charles Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 31) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 29).
On 24th September 1691 Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork was born to John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 43) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 42).
On 24th September 1717 Horace Walpole 4th Earl Orford was born to Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 41) and Catherine Shorter (age 35). After his death in 1797 Louisa Stuart wrote to her grandmother Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 28) of rumours that his biological father was Carr Hervey (age 26) with whom his mother was known to be on romantic terms. This fifth child, Horace, was born some eleven years after this elder siblings who were born 1701-1706.
On 24th September 1731 Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 33) and Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (age 31) at Coburg. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.37%.
On 24th September 1765 Mary East Lady Clayton was born to William East 1st Baronet (age 27).
On 24th September 1785 John Edward Fitzroy was born to Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 49) and Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton (age 39). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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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 24th September 1786 Vice-Admiral Granville Waldegrave 2nd Baron Radstock was born to William Waldegrave 1st Baron Radstock (age 33). He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24th September 1808 Robert Liddell was born to Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 33) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 35).
On 24th September 1818 Reverend Andrew Godfrey Stewart was born to Robert Stewart 2nd Earl Castle Stewart (age 34).
On 24th September 1840 Edward Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope (age 35) and Emily Harriet Countess Stanhope.
On 24th September 1849 Francis Salwey Winnington 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Winnington 4th Baronet (age 37) and Helen Domvile.
On 24th September 1852 Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford was born to Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers (age 33).
On 24th September 1857 Arthur Edwin Sutton 7th Baronet was born to Richard Sutton 4th Baronet (age 35).
On 24th September 1864 Frederic Glyn 4th Baron Wolverton was born to Vice-Admiral Henry Carr Glyn (age 35).
On 24th September 1868 Winefride Mary Elizabeth Feilding was born to Rudolph Feilding 8th Earl of Denbigh 7th Earl Desmond (age 45) and Mary Berkeley Countess Denbigh.
On 24th September 1869 Anne Lambton was born to George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham (age 41) and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 34).
On 24th September 1884 Helen Constance Egerton was born to Francis Egerton 3rd Earl Ellesmere (age 37) and Katherine Louisa Phipps Countess Ellesmere (age 34).
On 24th September 1885 John Randolph Leslie 3rd Baronet was born to John Leslie 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Leonie Blanche Jerome Lady Leslie (age 26).
On 24th September 1887 Victor Alexander John Hope 2nd Marquess Linlithgow was born to John Hope 1st Marquess Linlithgow (age 26) at Hopetoun House, South Queensferry.
On 24th September 1896 Anthony Lowther was born to Lancelot Edward Lowther 6th Earl Lonsdale (age 29) and Gwendoline Sheffield (age 27).
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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 24th September 1905 Richard Duke Coleridge 4th Baron Coleridge was born to Geoffrey Duke Coleridge 3rd Baron Coleridge (age 28) and Mary aka Jessie Alethea Mackarness Baroness Coleridge (age 25).
On 24th September 1919 Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand Glücksburg was born to Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 28) and Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 20). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 24th September 1924 George Howland Francis Beaumont 12th Baronet was born to George Arthur Hamilton Beaumont 11th Baronet (age 43).
On 24th September 1924 Mary Cambridge was born to George Cambridge 2nd Marquess Cambridge (age 28) and Dorothy Hastings Marchioness Cambridge (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 24th September 1925 Mary Stourton Countess Gainsborough was born to Major John Joseph Stourton of Miniature Hall in Sussex (age 26).
On 24th September 1776 Charles Maynard 2nd Viscount Maynard (age 24) and Anne aka Nancy Parsons Viscountess Maynard (age 41) were married.
On 24th September 1844 Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell Baron Braye (age 43) and Henrietta Otway 4th Baroness Braye (age 35) were married.
On 24th September 1884 Rudolph Feilding 9th Earl of Denbigh (age 25) and Cecilia Mary Clifford Countess Denbigh (age 24) were married. He the son of Rudolph Feilding 8th Earl of Denbigh 7th Earl Desmond (age 61) and Mary Berkeley Countess Denbigh.
On 24th September 1960 William Burton Nigel Goring 13th Baronet (age 27) and Caroline Elizabeth Thellusson Lady Goring (age 19) were married. She by marriage Lady Bowyer aka Goring of Highden in Sussex.
On 24th September 1230 Alfonso IX King Leon (age 59) died. His son Ferdinand (age 31) succeeded III King Leon.
On 24th September 1275 Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 71) died at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. He was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. His grandson Humphrey (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Hereford, 2nd Earl Essex.
On 24th September 1308 Guy I of Lusignan I Count of La Marche I Count Angoulême (age 46) died.
On 24th September 1416 Thomas Morley 5th Baron Marshal 4th Baron Morley (age 62) died. His grandson Thomas (age 23) succeeded 6th Baron Marshal, 5th Baron Morley. Isabel Pole Baroness Marshal and Morley by marriage Baroness Marshal, Baroness Morley.
On 24th September 1435 Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 65) died.
On 24th September 1459 King Eric of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (age 78) died.
On 24th September 1464 John Clinton 5th Baron Clinton (age 54) died. His son John (age 35) succeeded 6th Baron Clinton. Elizabeth Fiennes Baroness Clinton (age 9) by marriage Baroness Clinton.
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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 24th September 1562 Henry Grey 4th Earl Kent (age 67) died. His grandson Reginald (age 22) succeeded 5th Earl Kent, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
On 24th September 1607 Clement Spelman of Narborough died. In 1647 Ursula Willoughby (age 14) died. They were buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map]. Elbow Reclining Figure. Stuart Hooded Monument. Possibly Cornelius Cure.
Clement Spelman of Narborough: he was born to John Spelman of and Margaret Blennerhasset. The mother assumed based on his father having married Margaret but not certain she is his only wife. In 1602 Clement Spelman of Narborough and Anne Carvill were married. Before 12th September 1606 Clement Spelman of Narborough and Ursula Willoughby were married.
Ursula Willoughby: Around 1593 she was born to John Willoughby of Risley.
On 24th September 1641 Thomas Fairfax 2nd Viscount Fairfax (age 42) died. His son William (age 21) succeeded 3rd Viscount Fairfax of Emley in Tipperary.
On 24th September 1645 Henry Fletcher 1st Baronet (age 45) died. His son George (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baronet Fletcher of Hutton le Forest in Cumberland.
On 24th September 1650 Charles Valois Duke Angoulême (age 77) died.
On 24th September 1669 Richard Browne 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His son Richard (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baronet Browne of London.
On 24th September 1696 Ralph Verney 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son John (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Verney of Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire.
On 24th September 1703 Richard Carew 4th Baronet (age 20) died. His brother William (age 13) succeeded 5th Baronet Carew of Antony in Cornwall.
On 24th September 1710 Charles Berkeley 2nd Earl Berkeley (age 61) died. His son James (age 31) succeeded 3rd Earl Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Dursley, 11th Baron Berkeley.
On 24th September 1714 Elizabeth Grey Baroness Maynard died.
On 24th September 1748 Herbert Perrott Pakington 5th Baronet died. His son John succeeded 6th Baronet Pakington.
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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 24th September 1756 Anne Smith Lady Loraine died. She was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map].
Anne Smith Lady Loraine: Around she was born to Richard Smith of Preston in Buckinghamshire. Around 1693 William Loraine 2nd Baronet and she were married.
On 24th September 1773 Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway (age 79) died. His son John (age 37) succeeded 7th Earl Galloway, 6th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 5th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway (age 30) by marriage Countess Galloway.
On 24th September 1776 Charles Cadogan 2nd Baron Cadogan (age 91) died. His son Charles (age 47) succeeded 3rd Baron Cadogan.
On 24th September 1778 Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale (age 86) died.
On 24th September 1792 Fitzwilliam Barrington 8th Baronet (age 84) died. His son John (age 39) succeeded 9th Baronet Barrington of Barrington Hall.
On 24th September 1819 Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet (age 37) died. His brother Frederick (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hervey-Bathurst of Lainston in Hampshire.
On 24th September 1835 John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham (age 78) died. Earl Chatham, Baron Chatham of Chatham in Kent extinct.
On 24th September 1837 Susan Coutts Countess Guildford (age 67) died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Wroxton on 3rd October 1837.
On 24th September 1839 Thomas Winnington 3rd Baronet (age 59) died. His son Thomas (age 27) succeeded 4th Baronet Winnington of Stanford Court in Worcestershire.
On 24th September 1856 Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge (age 71) died. His son Charles (age 34) succeeded 2nd Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton in Derbyshire. Lavinia Bingham Viscountess Hardinge (age 20) by marriage Viscountess Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton in Derbyshire.
On 24th September 1863 John Dashwood 6th Baronet (age 71) died unmarried. His nephew Edwin (age 38) succeeded 7th Baronet Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
On 24th September 1873 John Thurnam (age 62) died.
On 24th September 1878 George Colthurst 5th Baronet (age 54) died at Buxton, Derbyshire [Map] where he had gone to recover from gout. His son George (age 28) succeeded 6th Baronet Colthurst of Ardum in County Cork.
On 24th September 1911 Henry Cornwallis Eliot 5th Earl St Germans (age 76) died at Port Eliot, Cornwall. He was buried at St Germans Priory [Map]. His son John (age 21) succeeded 6th Earl St Germans, 7th Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.
On 24th September 1918 John Bridger Shiffner 6th Baronet (age 19) was killed in action. He was buried at the Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Departement de l'Aisne. His brother Henry (age 16) succeeded 7th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex; Henry would be killed in WW2 in 1941.
The battalion war diary gives a description of the action in which he was killed: "Captain Roberts ordered his company to open fire on the advancing enemy and when they were within 30 yards, the leading waves began to waver, on seeing this, Captain Roberts ordered his men to fix bayonets and then to charge the enemy. The men all rose from their positions in shell holes and charged with the bayonet and utterly routed the enemy, taking over 40 prisoners. The artillery in response to the S.O.S. signal, put down an intense fire on to the enemy, causing numerous casualties as they were running away. This action was specifically mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's communique. It was a fine example of the use of Infantry weapons and the value of the dash and fighting spirit shown by all ranks who took part, as their total number was less than 80, thus being out-numbered by 5 to 1." Shiffner was killed in the bayonet charge.
His mother Elsie Burrows chose his inscription, modifying a line from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1881 poem "Underwoods", changing "Doomed to know not winter, only spring" to "Born to know not winter, only spring."
On 24th September 1930 Ellis William Roberts (age 69) died at the Queens Hotel Brighton. His will was proved 31st December 1930 the summary of which reads:
Ellis William of 6 William Street Lowndes Square Westminster Middlesex and of 12 Wexford Road Wandsworth Common Surrey died 24 Sep 1930 at Queens Hotel Brighton. Probate London 31 December to Eliza Roberts widow Robert Ellis Roberts (age 40) schoolmaster Walter Kearsey Smith cashier and Millicent Elsie Fraser (wife of Ronald Fraser). Effects £12732 2s 8d. Resworn £12832 15s 3d.
On 24th September 1950 Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 87) died.
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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 24th September 1953 Percy Bysshe Shelley 7th Baronet (age 81) died. His brother Sidney (age 73) succeeded 8th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring in Sussex.
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