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On 26th April 1319 King John "The Good" II of France was born to King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 25) and Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 5.00%.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 26th [Apr 1358], having returned to Shene [Map], doubtless from Windsor, Isabella (age 63) receives her daughter Joan Queen of Scotland (age 36), with her retinue. Joan is stated to have come at this time on a political mission to the court of Edward III.; and from the present document it would appear that she continued a guest with her mother Isabella up to the time of the death of the latter; and that even her own dress and the livery of her retinue were supplied from Isabella's funds.
An English Chronicle. 26th April 1460. And at laste the duk of Excestre (age 29)1, that was Amyralle, was sent to the see with a grete nauy for to dystresse the seyde erle of Warrewyk and his nauey, and sayled from Sandwyche to Dertemouthe, and there for lack of vetayle and of money hys soudyers were [folio 199b] dysparbeled, and wente awey fro hym. And betwene Sandwyche and Dertemouth he mette the erle of Warrewyk, commyng oute of Yrelond, that had be there to speke with the duk of York, and broughte with hym hys moder that was fled theder for drede, and lad her to Caleys; but the duke durst nat sette opponne the erle, ne the erle wolde nat dystresse hym because he was amyral, and of the kynges bloode, but late hym passe by.
Note 1. He was appointed Admiral, March 19th; but he does not seem to have sailed till after April 26th, see Rymer, ibid.
Calendar of State Papers of Milan 1471. 26th April 1471. 9th April 1471. Potenzo Estere. Francia. Milan Archives. 210. Sforza de Bettini of Florence, Milanese Ambassador at the French Court to Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.
King Edward having again collected from five to six thousand men from Holland and Zeeland, territory of the Duke of Burgundy, landed in England in the Northern parts, with the assistance of some petty lords of the district. There he was once more routed by the troops of the Earl of Warwick, the greater part of those who were with him being slain, and the rest put to flight. That king took refuge in a certain church, in a fortress in what they call a franchise there, in which, from what the said earl writes, he is besieged, and the earl hopes to take him prisoner. It is a difficult matter to go out by the door and then want to enter by the windows. They think he will leave his skin there (el Re Adouardo havendo novamente radunato da cinque in sei mille persone de Olanda et Zelanda paese del Duca de Borgogna e disceso in Inghilterra nel paese de Anort con lo adiuto de alcuni signorotti de dicto paese; dove e stato di nuovo spilliciato dalle genti del Conte di Veruich et morti la magior parte di quelli erano con si ct el resto fugiti. Esso Re se e riducto et salvato in una certa chiesia in forteza in Franchisa, come dicono di qua, ne la quale, per quanto scrive prefato conte lo e assediato ei spera haverlo prisoniero. E dificile cosa uscire per l'uscio et volere entrare per le finestre: stimasi che egli li lassera la pelle!)
The Queen of England embarked these last days, but a contrary wind drove her back again. She is only waiting for a wind to start.
There is no other news worth sending. Your Excellency shall be advised of whatever else may happen. I commend myself to you, humbly begging you to furnish me with provision for five months as I asked, so as to provide me with money which is as necessary in peace as in war, it being necessary to keep up an appearance for the honour of your Excellency.
Beauvais, the 9th April, 1471. [Italian.]
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Calendar of State Papers of Milan 1471. 26th April 1471. Potenze Estere. Inghilterra. Milan Archives. 213. Copy of some passages from letters of Zannoto Spinula to Master Battista Spinula, his father.
We hope for peace, because some twenty days ago, by the mediation of the Count of Saint Paul, a truce was made between his Majesty the king and the prince here, for three months. The prince here raised the siege of Amiens, and dismissed many of his esquires. The king is in Amiens with his brother and all the lords. Within the period of the truce I hope a peace will be arranged, for otherwise, if war follows, it will destroy those parts. Such considerations will prove a strong inducement to the King of the French to make peace.
I will give you a brief account of the events which have happened in England. King Edward, when he was at Limort, came to London with his power, always saying that he wished to be Duke of York and to have King Henry as king; but that he wished to slay the traitors. So he entered London on Holy Thursday, and he had about 7,000 men with him. The Earl of Warwick with the other lords was not far away from London with about 10,000 men. As he made no account of King Edward, he came towards London to learn about him in order to have a pitched battle (non faciendo conception de rege Edouardo venit versus Londanem ad eum inquirendum pro habendo prelium situm).
When King Edward heard this he came out to meet him, on Holy Saturday, and after a night had intervened, they joined battle, which lasted until the morning of Easter day. King Edward came off victorious, my lord of Warwick (deceased) and his brother, my lord of Montague (deceased), being slain in the battle.
The king afterwards returned to London with their bodies, which he caused to be placed in St. Paul's Church, so that all the people might see them. We have not heard this by letters, however, but by word of mouth from three who say that they saw them, and so we believe it.
The queen was at Southampton (antona) with many ships. You shall hear afterwards what ensues.
Bruges, the 26th April. [Latin.]
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Calendar of State Papers of Milan 1471. 26th April 1471. 30th March 1471. Potenze Estere. Francia. Milan Archives. 209. Sforza de Bettini of Florence, Milanese Ambassador in France to Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.
There is no news of England except through the Burgundians, whom it is hard to believe because they only report things in their favour. They do not deny however that the Prince of Wales has had a great following, and many say that even if the prince should prove successful it would be more for them than for the king (dicono che quando ben el principe ottenesse chel saria più per loro che per el Rey).
Four days ago an English fellow arrived here, having recently come from England. He relates many miracles, but they are not credited. Among other things he says that King Edward was killed in a recent battle, and the Earl of Warwick is alive. His Majesty the King and every one else considers this an idle story. If this be true, and God grant it, it cannot remain long concealed. But all he says is discredited, because the Duke of Burgundy becomes more aggressive every moment.
Ham (Ahani), the 30th March, 1471. [Italian.]
On 26th April 1483 Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 27) put to sea with around twenty ships taking a part of the Royal treasure with him eventually arriving in Brittany [Map].
On 26th April 1575 Marie de Medici Queen Consort France was born to Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 34) and Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany (age 28).
Sherborne Abbey [Map]. On 26th April 1584 John Leweston (age 78) died. In 1579 Joanna Culpepper died. Bongrace.
Joanna Culpepper: Around 1520 she was born to Alexander Culpepper and Constance Chamberlayne. Before 1579 John Leweston and she were married.
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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.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 26th April 1617. The 26th I spent the evening in working and going down to my Lord's (age 28) Closet where I sat and read much in the Turkish History and Chaucer.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 26th April 1619. Monday the 26th my Lord's (age 30) cocks fought at Whitehall when my Lord won five or six battles. I went in the afternoon to see my Lady Windsor (age 44)1, my Lady Rawleigh (age 54) in her house which is hard by Austin Friars. Then went to Clerkenwell to the house that Sir Thomas Challum built.
Note 1. Catherine, daughter of Edward Somerset (age 69) Earl of Worcester, Lord Privy Seal, and wife of Thomas 6th Lord Windsor (age 27).
On 26th April 1649 Peter II King Portugal was born to John IV King Portugal (age 45) and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 35).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1660. This day came Mr. Donne back from London, who brought letters with him that signify the meeting of the Parliament yesterday. And in the afternoon by other letters I hear, that about twelve of the Lords met and had chosen my Lord of Manchester' (age 58) Speaker of the House of Lords (the young Lords that never sat yet, do forbear to sit for the present); and Sir Harbottle Grimstone (age 57), Speaker for the House of Commons. The House of Lords sent to have a conference with the House of Commons, which, after a little debate, was granted. Dr. Reynolds (age 60) preached before the Commons before they sat. My Lord told me how Sir H. Yelverton (age 26) (formerly my school-fellow) was chosen in the first place for Northamptonshire and Mr. Crew (age 62) in the second. And told me how he did believe that the Cavaliers have now the upper hand clear of the Presbyterians. All the afternoon I was writing of letters, among the rest one to W. Simons, Peter Luellin and Tom Doling, which because it is somewhat merry I keep a copy of. After that done Mr. Sheply, W. Howe and I down with J. Goods into my Lord's storeroom of wine and other drink, where it was very pleasant to observe the massy timbers that the ship is made of. We in the room were wholly under water and yet a deck below that. After that to supper, where Tom Guy supped with us, and we had very good laughing, and after that some musique, where Mr. Pickering beginning to play a bass part upon the viall did it so like a fool that I was ashamed of him. After that to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1662. Sir George (age 52) and I, and his clerk Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Holt our guide, over to Gosport; and so rode to Southampton. In our way, besides my Lord Southampton's' (age 55) parks and lands, which in one view we could see £6,000 per annum, we observed a little church-yard, where the graves are accustomed to be all sowed with sage1.
Note 1. Gough says, "It is the custom at this day all over Wales to strew the graves, both within and without the church, with green herbs, branches of box, flowers, rushes, and flags, for one year, after which such as can afford it lay down a stone".-Brand's Popular Antiquities, edited W. C. Hazlitt, vol. ii., p. 218.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1663. So home and all to dinner, and then would have gone by coach to have seen my Lord Sandwich (age 37) at Chelsey if the man would have taken us, but he denying it we staid at home, and I all the afternoon upon my accounts, and find myself worth full £700, for which I bless God, it being the most I was ever yet worth in money.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1664. Up, and to my Lord Sandwich's (age 38), and coming a little too early, I went and saw W. Joyce, and by and by comes in Anthony, they both owning a great deal of kindness received from me in their late business, and indeed I did what I could, and yet less I could not do. It has cost the poor man above £40; besides, he is likely to lose his debt.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1665. So to dinner to my Lady Sandwich's (age 40), and there after dinner above in the diningroom did spend an houre or two with her talking again about Creed's folly; but strange it is that he should dare to propose this business himself of Mrs. Pickering (age 23) to my Lady, and to tell my Lady that he did it for her virtue sake, not minding her money, for he could have a wife with more, but, for that, he did intend to depend upon her Ladyshipp to get as much of her father and mother for her as she could; and that, what he did, was by encouragement from discourse of her Ladyshipp's: he also had wrote to Mrs. Pickering, but she did give him a slighting answer back again. But I do very much fear that Mrs. Pickering's honour, if the world comes to take notice of it, may be wronged by it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. By the way, he tells me, that of all the great men of England there is none that endeavours more to raise those that he takes into favour than my Lord Arlington (age 49); and that, on that score, he is much more to be made one's patron than my Chancellor (age 58), who never did, nor never will do, any thing, but for money! After having this long discourse we parted, about one of the clock, and so away by water home, calling upon Michell, whose wife and girle are pretty well, and I home to dinner, and after dinner with Sir W. Batten (age 66) to White Hall, there to attend the Duke of York (age 33) before council, where we all met at his closet and did the little business we had, and here he did tell us how the King of France (age 28) is intent upon his design against Flanders, and hath drawn up a remonstrance of the cause of the war, and appointed the 20th of the next month for his rendezvous, and himself to prepare for the campaign the 30th, so that this, we are in hopes, will keep him in employment. Turenne is to be his general. Here was Carcasses business unexpectedly moved by him, but what was done therein appears in my account of his case in writing by itself. Certain newes of the Dutch being abroad on our coast with twenty-four great ships.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. This done Sir W. Batten (age 66) and I back again to London, and in the way met my Lady Newcastle (age 44) going with her coaches and footmen all in velvet: herself, whom I never saw before, as I have heard her often described, for all the town-talk is now-a-days of her extravagancies, with her velvetcap, her hair about her ears; many black patches, because of pimples about her mouth; naked-necked, without any thing about it, and a black just-au-corps. She seemed to me a very comely woman: but I hope to see more of her on Mayday. My mind is mightily of late upon a coach.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th April 1667. My Lord Chancellor (age 58) showed me all his newly finished and furnished palace and library; then, we went to take the air in Hyde-Park [Map].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. By and by we discoursed of Sir Thomas Clifford (age 36), whom I took for a very rich and learned man, and of the great family of that name. He tells me he is only a man of about seven-score pounds a-year, of little learning more than the law of a justice of peace, which he knows well: a parson's son, got to be burgess in a little borough in the West, and here fell into the acquaintance of my Lord Arlington (age 49), whose creature he is, and never from him; a man of virtue, and comely, and good parts enough; and hath come into his place with a great grace, though with a great skip over the heads of a great many, as Chichly and Duncum, and some Lords that did expect it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. Up, and by coach with Sir W. Batten (age 66) and Sir W. Pen (age 46) to White Hall, and there saw the Duke of Albemarle (age 58), who is not well, and do grow crazy.
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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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. Thence I to St. James's, to meet Sir G. Carteret (age 57), and did, and Lord Berkely (age 65), to get them (as we would have done the Duke of Albemarle (age 58)) to the meeting of the Lords of Appeale in the business of one of our prizes. With them to the meeting of the Guinny company, and there staid, and went with Lord Berkely. While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King (age 36) and Queen (age 28) sitting, [Charles I and Henrietta Maria.] by Van Dyke; and did it very finely.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. Thence to Westminster Hall [Map] to hear our cause, but [it] did not come before them to-day, so went down and walked below in the Hall, and there met with Ned Pickering (age 49), who tells me the ill newes of his nephew Gilbert (age 15), who is turned a very rogue, and then I took a turn with Mr. Evelyn (age 46), with whom I walked two hours, till almost one of the clock: talking of the badness of the Government, where nothing but wickedness, and wicked men and women command the King (age 36): that it is not in his nature to gainsay any thing that relates to his pleasures; that much of it arises from the sickliness of our Ministers of State, who cannot be about him as the idle companions are, and therefore he gives way to the young rogues; and then, from the negligence of the Clergy, that a Bishop shall never be seen about him, as the King of France (age 28) hath always: that the King would fain have some of the same gang to be Lord Treasurer (age 60), which would be yet worse, for now some delays are put to the getting gifts of the King, as that whore my Baroness Byron1, who had been, as he called it, the King's seventeenth whore abroad, did not leave him till she had got him to give her an order for £4000 worth of plate to be made for her; but by delays, thanks be to God! she died before she had it. He tells me mighty stories of the King of France, how great a Prince he is. He hath made a code to shorten the law; he hath put out all the ancient commanders of castles that were become hereditary; he hath made all the Fryers subject to the bishops, which before were only subject to Rome, and so were hardly the King's subjects, and that none shall become 'religieux' but at such an age, which he thinks will in a few, years ruin the Pope, and bring France into a patriarchate. He confirmed to me the business of the want of paper at the Council-table the other day, which I have observed; Wooly being to have found it, and did, being called, tell the King to his face the reason of it; and Mr. Evelyn tells me several of the menial servants of the Court lacking bread, that have not received a farthing wages since the King's coming in. He tells me the King of France hath his mistresses, but laughs at the foolery of our King, that makes his bastards Princes2, and loses his revenue upon them, and makes his mistresses his masters and the King of France did never grant Lavalliere (age 22)3 any thing to bestow on others, and gives a little subsistence, but no more, to his bastards.
Note 1. Eleanor, daughter of Robert Needham, Viscount Kilmurrey, and widow of Peter Warburton, became in 1644 the second wife of John Byron, first Lord Byron. Died 1663. B.
Note 2. Louis made his own bastards dukes and Princes, and legitimatized them as much as he could, connecting them also by marriage with the real blood-royal. B.
Note 3. Louise Francoise de la Baume le Blanc de la Valliere had four children by Louis XIV., of whom only two survived - Marie Anne Bourbon, called Mademoiselle de Blois, born in 1666, afterwards married to the Prince de Conti (age 6), and the Comte de Vermandois, born in 1667. In that year (the very year in which Evelyn was giving this account to Pepys), the Duchy of Vaujour and two baronies were created in favour of La Valliere, and her daughter, who, in the deed of creation, was legitimatized, and styled Princess. B.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. He told me the whole story of Mrs. Stewart's (age 19) going away from Court, he knowing her well; and believes her, up to her leaving the Court, to be as virtuous as any woman in the world: and told me, from a Lord that she told it to but yesterday, with her own mouth, and a sober man, that when the Duke of Richmond (age 28) did make love to her, she did ask the King (age 36), and he did the like also; and that the King did not deny it, and [she] told this Lord that she was come to that pass as to resolve to have married any gentleman of £1500 a-year that would have had her in honour; for it was come to that pass, that she could not longer continue at Court without prostituting herself to the King1, whom she had so long kept off, though he had liberty more than any other had, or he ought to have, as to dalliance2. She told this Lord that she had reflected upon the occasion she had given the world to think her a bad woman, and that she had no way but to marry and leave the Court, rather in this way of discontent than otherwise, that the world might see that she sought not any thing but her honour; and that she will never come to live at Court more than when she comes to town to come to kiss the Queene (age 57) her Mistress's hand: and hopes, though she hath little reason to hope, she can please her Lord so as to reclaim him, that they may yet live comfortably in the country on his estate. She told this Lord that all the jewells she ever had given her at Court, or any other presents, more than the King's allowance of £700 per annum out of the Privypurse for her clothes, were, at her first coming the King did give her a necklace of pearl of about £1100 and afterwards, about seven months since, when the King had hopes to have obtained some courtesy of her, the King did give her some jewells, I have forgot what, and I think a pair of pendants. The Duke of York (age 33), being once her Valentine, did give her a jewell of about £800; and my Lord Mandeville (age 33), her Valentine this year, a ring of about £300; and the King of France (age 28) would have had her mother, who, he says, is one of the most cunning women in the world, to have let her stay in France, saying that he loved her not as a mistress, but as one that he could marry as well as any lady in France; and that, if she might stay, for the honour of his Court he would take care she should not repent. But her mother, by command of the Queen-Mother, thought rather to bring her into England; and the King of France did give her a jewell: so that Mr. Evelyn (age 46) believes she may be worth in jewells about £6000, and that that is all that she hath in the world: and a worthy woman; and in this hath done as great an act of honour as ever was done by woman.
Note 1. Even at a much later time Mrs. Godolphin well resolved "not to talk foolishly to men, more especially the King",-"be sure never to talk to the King" ("Life", by Evelyn). These expressions speak volumes as to Charles's character. B.
Note 2. Evelyn evidently believed the Duchess of Richmond to be innocent; and his testimony, coupled with her own declaration, ought to weigh down all the scandal which Pepys reports from other sources. B.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. That now the Countesse Castlemayne (age 26) do carry all before her: and among other arguments to prove Mrs. Stewart (age 19) to have been honest to the last, he says that the King's keeping in still with my Baroness Castlemayne do show it; for he never was known to keep two mistresses in his life, and would never have kept to her had he prevailed any thing with Mrs. Stewart.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1667. She is gone yesterday with her Lord to Cobham, Kent. He did tell me of the ridiculous humour of our King and Knights of the Garter the other day, who, whereas heretofore their robes were only to be worn during their ceremonies and service, these, as proud of their coats, did wear them all day till night, and then rode into the Parke with them on. Nay, and he tells me he did see my Lord Oxford (age 40) and the Duke of Monmouth (age 18) in a Hackney-coach with two footmen in the Parke, with their robes on; which is a most scandalous thing, so as all gravity may be said to be lost among us.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1668. Lord's Day. Lay long, and then up and to Church, and so home, where there come and dined with me Harris (age 34), Rolt (age 39), and Bannister, and one Bland, that sings well also, and very merry at dinner, and, after dinner, to sing all the afternoon. But when all was done, I did begin to think that the pleasure of these people was not worth so often charge and cost to me, as it hath occasioned me. They being gone I and Balty (age 28) walked as far as Charing Cross [Map], and there got a coach and to Hales's (age 68) the painter, thinking to have found Harris sitting there for his picture, which is drawing for me. But he, and all this day's company, and Hales, were got to the Crown tavern, at next door, and thither I to them and stayed a minute, leaving Captain Grant (age 48) telling pretty stories of people that have killed themselves, or been accessory to it, in revenge to other people, and to mischief other people, and thence with Hales to his house, and there did see his beginning of Harris's picture, which I think will be pretty like, and he promises a very good picture.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1669. Up, having lain long, and then by coach with W. Hewer (age 27) to the Excise Office, and so to Lilly's (age 50), the Varnishes; who is lately dead, and his wife and brother keep up the trade, and there I left my French prints to be put on boards:, and, while I was there, a fire burst out in a chimney of a house over against his house, but it was with a gun quickly put out.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th April 1669. After dinner comes one Colonel Macnachan, one that I see often at Court, a Scotchman, but know him not; only he brings me a letter from my Lord Middleton (age 61), who, he says, is in great distress for £500 to relieve my Lord Morton with, but upon, what account I know not; and he would have me advance it without order upon his pay for Tangier, which I was astonished at, but had the grace to deny him with an excuse. And so he went away, leaving me a little troubled that I was thus driven, on a sudden, to do any thing herein; but Creed, coming just now to see me, he approves of what I have done. And then to talk of general matters, and, by and by, Sheres being gone, my wife, and he, and I out, and I set him down at Temple Bar, and myself and wife went down the Temple [Map] upon seeming business, only to put him off, and just at the Temple [Map] gate I spied Deb. with another gentlewoman, and Deb. winked on me and smiled, but undiscovered, and I was glad to see her. So my wife and I to the 'Change [Map], about things for her; and here, at Mrs. Burnett's shop, I am told by Betty, who was all undressed, of a great fire happened in Durham-Yard last night, burning the house of one Lady Hungerford, who was to come to town to it this night; and so the house is burned, new furnished, by carelessness of the girl sent to take off a candle from a bunch of candles, which she did by burning it off, and left the rest, as is supposed, on fire. The King (age 38) and Court were here, it seems, and stopped the fire by blowing up of the next house. The King and Court went out of town to Newmarket, Suffolk this morning betimes, for a week.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th April 1673. Dr. Lamplugh (age 58) preached at St. Martin's [Map] the Holy Sacrament following, which I partook of, upon obligation of the late Act of Parliament, enjoining everybody in office, civil or military, under penalty of £500, to receive it within one month before two authentic witnesses; being engrossed on parchment, to be afterward produced in the Court of Chancery, or some other Court of Record; which I did at the Chancery bar, as being one of the Council of Plantations and Trade; taking then also the oath of allegiance and supremacy, signing the clause in the said Act against Transubstantiation.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th April 1689. There now came certain news that King James (age 55) had not only landed in Ireland, but that he had surprised Derry aka Londonderry, and was become master of that kingdom, to the great shame of our government, who had been so often solicited to provide against it by timely succor, and which they might so easily have done. This is a terrible beginning of more troubles, especially should an army come thence into Scotland, people being generally disaffected here and everywhere else, so that the seamen and landmen would scarce serve without compulsion.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th April 1689. I heard the lawyers plead before the Lords the writ of error in the judgment of Oates (age 39), as to the charge against him of perjury, which after debate they referred to the answer of Holloway, etc., who were his judges. I then went with the Bishop of St. Asaph (age 61) to the Archbishop (age 72) at Lambeth [Map], where they entered into discourse concerning the final destruction of Antichrist, both concluding that the third trumpet and vial were now pouring out. My Lord St. Asaph considered the killing of the two witnesses, to be the utter destruction of the Cevennes Protestants by the French and Duke of Savoy, and the other the Waldenses and Pyrenean Christians, who by all appearance from good history had kept the primitive faith from the very Apostles' time till now. The doubt his Grace suggested was, whether it could be made evident that the present persecution had made so great a havoc of those faithful people as of the other, and whether there were not yet some among them in being who met together, it being stated from the text, Apoc. xi., that they should both be slain together. They both much approved of Mr. Mede's way of interpretation, and that he only failed in resolving too hastily on the King of Sweden's (Gustavus Adolphus) success in Germany. They agreed that it would be good to employ some intelligent French minister to travel as far as the Pyrenees to understand the present state of the Church there, it being a country where hardly anyone travels.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th April 1689. A fight by Admiral Herbert (age 41) with the French, he imprudently setting on them in a creek as they were landing men in Ireland, by which we came off with great slaughter and little honor-so strangely negligent and remiss were we in preparing a timely and sufficient fleet. The Scots Commissioners offer the crown to the new King and Queen on conditions. Act of Poll money came forth, sparing none. Now appeared the Act of Indulgence for the Dissenters, but not exempting them from paying dues to the Church of England clergy, or serving in office according to law, with several other clauses. A most splendid embassy from Holland to congratulate the King (age 38) and Queen (age 26) on their accession to the crown.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th April 1696. Dr. Sharp (age 51) preached at the Temple. His prayer before the sermon was one of the most excellent compositions I ever heard.
On 26th April 1721 William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 37) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 38).
St Albans Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to Ptolemy James, died 26th April 1729.
On 26th April 1765 Amy Lyon aka Emma Hart Lady Hamilton was born to Henry Lyon (age 28) in Swan Cottage, Ness Necton. He died two months later.
On 26th April 1831 George Grey 3rd Baron Walsingham (age 54) died in a house fire with his wife at Upper Harley Street Harley Street Marylebone. His brother Thomas (age 53) succeeded 4th Baron Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk. Elizabeth North Baroness Walsingham (age 54) by marriage Baroness Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
1840. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 34). Portrait of Princess Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 17) around the time of her marriage to Prince Louis Duke Nemours (age 25) on 26th April 1840.
Princess Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha: On 14th February 1822 she was born to Ferdinand Georg August Saxe Coburg Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry Csábrág. In 26th April 1840 Prince Louis Duke Nemours and she were married. He the son of King Louis Philippe I of France. On 10th November 1857 Princess Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha died.
After 26th April 1865. Monument to Emily Eglantine Balfour (deceased) who probably died in childbirth, or as a consequence of childbirth, having given birth to three children since her marriage on 21st August 1861. Sculpted by James Forsyth (age 37). Holy Cross Church, Burley-on-the-Hill [Map].
Emily Eglantine Balfour: On 21st August 1841 she was born to Colonel John Balfour 7th of Balbirnie and Georgiana Campbell. On 21st August 1861 George Henry Finch and she were married at St Peter's Church, Pimlico. They were half second cousin twice removed. On 26th April 1865 Emily Eglantine Balfour died at Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutlandshire.
On 26th April 1898 Christian X King Denmark (age 27) and Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. He the son of Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 54) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 46). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain 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 26th April 1901 Dean William Clavell Ingram (age 66) died. Monument at Peterborough Cathedral [Map] sculpted by his brother Walter Rowlands Ingram (age 63) shortly before he died on 21st July 1903.
Dean William Clavell Ingram: On 11th August 1834 he was born to Reverend George Ingram. In 1900 he was appointed Dean of Peterborough.
On 26th April 1915 Brigadier-General James Foster Riddell (age 53) was killed in action whilst in command of the 149th (Northumberland) Brigade leading his men into battle only six days after landing at St Julien, nort of Ypres. He was hit in the head as he conferred with his officers at the Front line. He is buried at Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery.
On 26th April 1915 Captain Philip Noel Sanderson (age 27) was killed in action. He died aboard the Hospital Ship "Guildford Castle" and was buried at sea. The Berwickshire news reported ...
With a battalion of Marines the battalion was chosen to land on a beach which Sir Ian Hamilton described as merely a narrow strip of sand at the foot of a crumbling cliff, not unlike some spots on the coast of North Devon.The men got on shore, climbed up some small gullies to the top of the cliff, and brought up food, water, and ammunition. Then, in great force, the Turks attacked, and they kept this up through the day (April 25th), and all through the night.
They threw bombs into the allied forces trenches, and so black was the darkness that they were able, quite unseen, to bring a pony with a machine-gun on its back into allied defences, where the party was discovered and bayoneted. Growing fewer and fewer every hour, the Borderers and the Marines fought through that terrible night, rushing forward with their bayonets to meet the Turks, who seemed to have an endless supply of men.
Then Sir Ian Hamilton, seeing that good progress had been made elsewhere, ordered the Borderers and the Marines to retire. Quickly the whole of the force was embarked on the transports with their wounded, their stores, and their ammunition, this being successfully accomplished owing to the fire from British warships and the devotion of a small rearguard of the Borderers, who prevented the enemy from lining the cliff.
In this operation the losses were heavy, and roughly speaking only half the battalion remained. In addition to:Lieut.-Col. Archibald Stephen Koe, who dies from his wounds, Captain Charles Alexander Antrobus, Captain A.S. Cooper, Captain E.A. Marrow, Captain Philip Noel Sanderson, and Captain Archibald James Sanderson, and two subalterns were killed, and six officers were wounded.
In this desperate fighting many deeds of gallantry were done, and many, alas! unnoticed in the darkness, will never be revealed, for the men who did them and the men who saw them done were no longer alive.
One of these deeds, however, may be mentioned, not as anything special, but a mere example of many others. Private S. G. Bidgood was in a trench which had been partially destroyed, and after a time he was there alone. He blocked up the broken end and kept his position until daybreak, although only twenty yards away a Turkish machine-gun was firing. He was severely wounded, and received the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.).
On the retirement, the survivors of the battalion were taken round to another landing, where they joined their comrades of the 87th Brigade in forming the extreme of the British right. Once there they shared in the attack on the Turkish positions, including those made early in June. At this time the Borderers were commanded by Captain George Butler Stoney, who "showed great coolness and good leading, holding together in a most praiseworthy manner the battalion, which had suffered greatly."
By morning, half of the little detachment had been killed or wounded, its leader, Lieut.-Colonel A.S. Koe, seriously injured, and no reinforcements were available.
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After 26th April 1915. Church of St Lawrence, Warkworth [Map]. Memorial to Captain Philip Noel Sanderson 1887-1915.
On 26th April 1923 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 27) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 22) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 68) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 60). He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom (age 57) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 55).
Mary Elphinstone (age 12) and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (age 11) were bridesmaids.
On 26th April 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles (age 56), King George VI's (age 47) private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
On 26th April 1944 Edward Dixon MacDonald (age 21) died in a plane crash. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Ennerdale Bridge. when Wellington III DF640 crashed following a failed landing. Took off Hixon for night circuit training, Landed 0134 hrs but bounced rather badly. The crew attempted to go round again, but their aircraft failed to gain height and flew into a hill, 250 feet above sea level and known locally as Weston Bank, near the airfield, bursting into flames on impact amongst some trees. Norman Albert Roberts Mousdell and Harold Desmond Purbrick were also killed.
Births on the 26th April
On 26th April 1284 Alice Tosny Countess Warwick was born to Ralph Tosny (age 28) at Flamstead, Hertfordshire.
On 26th April 1319 King John "The Good" II of France was born to King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 25) and Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 5.00%.
On 26th April 1575 Marie de Medici Queen Consort France was born to Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 34) and Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany (age 28).
On 26th April 1587 Ferdinando Gonzaga Duke of Mantua was born to Vincenzo Gonzaga III Duke Mantua (age 24) and Eleanor de Medici Duchess Mantua (age 20).
On 26th April 1607 Johann Christian Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to Alexander Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 34) and Dorothea Schwarzburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 28).
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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 26th April 1649 Peter II King Portugal was born to John IV King Portugal (age 45) and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 35).
On 26th April 1720 Lister Holte 5th Baronet was born to Clobery Holte 4th Baronet (age 38).
On 26th April 1721 William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 37) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 38).
On 26th April 1722 George Coventry 6th Earl Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry (age 46).
On 26th April 1729 Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool was born to Colonel Charles Jenkinson (age 36).
On 26th April 1730 Archbishop John Moore was born.
On 26th April 1739 Harry Goring 6th Baronet was born to Charles Mathew Goring 5th Baronet (age 32).
On 26th April 1748 was born to Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort (age 38) and Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort (age 35).
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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 26th April 1756 Edward Finch was born to Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford (age 40) and Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford (age 25).
On 26th April 1765 Amy Lyon aka Emma Hart Lady Hamilton was born to Henry Lyon (age 28) in Swan Cottage, Ness Necton. He died two months later.
On 26th April 1770 Robert Waller Otway 1st Baronet was born to Cooke Otway at Castle Otway.
On 26th April 1790 Elizabeth Molyneux was born to General Thomas Molyneau 5th Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Perrin Lady Molyneux (age 21).
On 26th April 1800 Reverend Richard Harington was born to John Edward Harington 8th Baronet (age 40) and Marianne Philpot Lady Harington.
On 26th April 1802 John Wilson aka Wilson-Patten 1st Baron Winmarleigh was born.
On 26th April 1811 Sophia Elizabeth Caroline Hervey was born to Frederick William Hervey 1st Marquess of Bristol (age 41) and Elizabeth Albana Upton (age 36).
On 26th April 1811 Henry de la Poer Beresford 3rd Marquess Waterford was born to Henry de la Poer Beresford 2nd Marquess Waterford (age 38) and Susan Hussey Carpenter Marchioness Waterford (age 27).
On 26th April 1814 George John Frederick Sackville was born to George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr (age 22) and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 18).
On 26th April 1818 Edward Pleydell-Bouverie was born to William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 38) and Judith St John-Mildmay Countess Radnor (age 28).
On 26th April 1821 George Henry Vane-Tempest 5th Marquess Londonderry was born to Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry (age 43) and Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry (age 21).
On 26th April 1828 Henry Pellew 6th Viscount Exmouth was born to George Pellew (age 35) and Frances Addington (age 35).
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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 26th April 1830 Charles Mills 1st Baron Hillingdon was born to Charles Mills 1st Baronet (age 38).
On 26th April 1831 Alfred Wilson Trevelyan 7th Baronet was born to Alfred Wilson Trevelyan.
On 26th April 1833 Edward Knatchbull 11th Baronet was born to Norton Joseph Knatchbull 10th Baronet (age 24) and Mary Watts-Russell.
On 26th April 1835 John Warren 3rd Baron Tabley was born to George Leicester aka Warren 2nd Baron Tabley (age 23).
On 26th April 1838 Nicholas Throckmorton 9th Baronet was born to Robert Throckmorton 8th Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Acton Lady Throckmorton (age 32).
On 26th April 1839 Richard Acton Throckmorton 10th Baronet was born to Robert Throckmorton 8th Baronet (age 39) and Elizabeth Acton Lady Throckmorton (age 33).
On 26th April 1850 Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil Countess Galloway was born to James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury (age 59) and Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury (age 25).
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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 26th April 1852 John Robert Gladstone 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Gladstone 2nd Baronet (age 47).
On 19th April 1855 Charles Bertram Bellew 3rd Baron Bellew was born to Edward Joseph Bellew 2nd Baron Bellew (age 24) and Augusta Mary Bryan (age 21). He was baptised on 26th April 1855 at the Roman Catholic Church, Balbriggan.
On 26th April 1856 Selina Frances Watson-Copley was born to Charles Watson-Copley 3rd Baronet (age 28) and Georgiana Tredcroft Lady Watson-Copley (age 29).
On 26th April 1891 Richard Vincent Sutton 6th Baronet was born to Richard Francis Sutton 5th Baronet and Constance Edith Corbet Lady Sutton.
On 26th April 1899 Arthur Norman Hunter Blakiston 8th Baronet was born to Reginald Norman Blakiston (age 32).
On 26th April 1909 Michael Culme-Seymour 5th Baronet was born to Michael Culme-Seymour 4th Baronet (age 41).
On 26th April 1924 Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth was born to Humphry Legge 8th Earl Dartmouth (age 36).
On 26th April 1928 Katharine Odeyne de Grey Countess Powis was born to George de Grey 8th Baron Walsingham (age 43).
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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 26th April 1932 Owen Glendower Croft 14th Baronet was born to Bernard Hugh Denman Croft 13th Baronet (age 28).
On 26th April 1958 John Crichton-Stuart 7th Marquess of Bute was born to John Crichton-Stuart 6th Marquess of Bute (age 25).
Marriages on the 26th April
On 26th April 1609 George Seton 3rd Earl Winton (age 24) and Anne Hay Countess Winton (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll (age 44) and Elizabeth Douglas Countess Erroll. He the son of Robert Seton 1st Earl Winton and Margaret Montgomerie Countess Winton. They were fifth cousins.
On 26th April 1620 Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 57) and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Mandeville. The difference in their ages was 42 years.
On 26th April 1683 Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 42) and Mary Herbert Countess Gainsborough were married. She by marriage Countess Gainsborough. They were fourth cousins.
On 26th April 1763 Robert Eden 1st Baronet (age 21) and Caroline Calvert (age 18) were married.
On 26th April 1796 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 23) and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon (age 23) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 54) and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon (age 43).
On 26th April 1810 Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke Hamilton 7th Duke Brandon (age 42) and Susanna Euphemia Beckford Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon (age 23) were married. He the son of Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon (age 69) and Harriet Stewart.
On 26th April 1859 William Morris (age 25) and Jane Morris nee Burden (age 19) were married at St Michael at the Northgate Church, Oxford.
On 26th April 1864 Mervyn Wingfield 7th Viscount Powerscourt (age 27) and Julia Coke Viscountess Powerscourt (age 20) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Powerscourt. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 41) and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester (age 38). They were half fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th April 1881 Delves Louis Broughton 10th Baronet (age 23) and Rosamond Broughton (age 19) were married at Yazor, Herefordshire.
On 26th April 1887 Valentine Charles Browne 5th Earl of Kenmare (age 26) and Elizabeth Baring Countess Kenmare (age 20) were married. He the son of Valentine Browne 4th Earl of Kenmare (age 61) and Gertrude Thynne Countess Kenmare.
On 26th April 1892 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 31) and Maude Dora Gertrude Baird (age 26) were married. He would, eighteen years later, marry her older sister Emily Harriett Jemima Baird (age 30); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
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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 26th April 1898 Christian X King Denmark (age 27) and Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. He the son of Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 54) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 46). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 26th April 1911 Algernon Strutt 3rd Baron Belper (age 27) and Eva Isabel Countess Rosebery (age 18) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
On 26th April 1916 William Acland 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Emily Barclay Baroness Acland were married.
On 26th April 1923 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 27) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 22) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 68) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 60). He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom (age 57) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 55).
Mary Elphinstone (age 12) and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (age 11) were bridesmaids.
On 26th April 1932 John Crichton-Stuart (age 24) and Eileen Forbes (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Bernard Forbes 8th Earl of Granard (age 57) and Beatrice Mills Countess of Granard (age 48). He the son of John Crichton-Stuart 4th Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
On 26th April 1955 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 47) and Phillipa Victoria Hunloke Viscountess Astor (age 24) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Astor. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Henry Philip Hunloke (age 48) and Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 45).
On 26th April 1962 Thomas Percy Tuchet-Jesson (age 48) and Sarah Churchill Baroness Audley (age 47) were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
Deaths on the 26th April
On 26th April 1214 Henry Welf VI Count Palatine of the Rhine (age 17) died without issue. Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 40) succeeded Count Palatine of the Rhine.
On 26th April 1366 Archbishop Simon Islip died at Mayfield. During his last three years he was unable to speak as a consequence of a stroke.
On 26th April 1462 Bishop William Percy (age 34) died.
On 26th April 1471 Thomas Cobham 5th Baron Cobham (age 59) died. His daughter Anne (age 4) succeeded 6th Baroness Cobham.
On 14th December 1595 Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon (age 60) died at York [Map]. On 26th April 1596 Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon was buried at Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. His brother George (age 55) succeeded 4th Earl Huntingdon, 9th Baron Botreaux, 8th Baron Hungerford, 6th Baron Moleyns and 6th Baron Hastings. Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
On 26th April 1604 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Hamilton (age 69) died. His son James (age 15) succeeded 2nd Marquess Hamilton. Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton (age 19) by marriage Marchioness Hamilton.
On 26th April 1681 Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham (age 70) died. Earl Nottingham extinct. His first cousin twice removed Francis (age 37) succeeded 5th Baron Howard of Effingham. Philadelphia Pelham Baroness Howard (age 26) by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham.
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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 26th April 1703 Mary Cornwall Lady Reade (age 73) died. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Shipton-under-Wychwood.
On 26th April 1707 Margaret Hay Countess Mar (age 20) died.
On 26th April 1711 Catherine Smythe Baroness Teynham died.
On 26th April 1715 Anne Digby Countess Sunderland (age 69) died.
On 26th April 1716 John Somers 1st Baron Somers (age 65) died unmarried and without issue. Baron Somers extinct. His great nephew Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers became 1st Baron Somers of the second creation in 1784.
On 26th April 1720 Nicholas Browne 4th Baronet (age 60) died. His son Valentine (age 25) succeeded 5th Baronet Browne of Molahiffe in County Kerry.
On 26th April 1755 John Chardin 1st Baronet (age 67) died unmarried. Baronet Chardin of inner Temple in London extinct. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map] on 10th May 1755.
On 26th April 1816 Herbert Croft 5th Baronet (age 65) died. His brother Richard (age 54) succeeded 6th Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire
On 26th April 1831 George Grey 3rd Baron Walsingham (age 54) died in a house fire with his wife at Upper Harley Street Harley Street Marylebone. His brother Thomas (age 53) succeeded 4th Baron Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk. Elizabeth North Baroness Walsingham (age 54) by marriage Baroness Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
On 26th April 1845 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington (age 79) died. His grandson George (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Stamford, 3rd Earl Warrington, 9th Baron Grey of Groby, 3rd Baron Delamer.
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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 26th April 1852 Alexander Ramsay 2nd Baronet (age 67) died. His son Alexander (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baronet Ramsay of Balmain in Kincardineshire.
On 26th April 1857 George Denys 1st Baronet (age 68) died. His son George (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Denys of Stratford Place.
On 26th April 1866 John Charles Thorold 11th Baronet (age 49) died. His son John (age 24) succeeded 12th Baronet Thorold of Marston in Lincolnshire.
On 26th April 1872 William Trench 3rd Earl of Clancarty (age 68) died. His son Richard (age 38) succeeded 4th Earl Clancarty. Adeliza Georgiana Hervey Countess Clancarty (age 28) by marriage Countess Clancarty.
On 26th April 1876 Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby (age 71) died.
On 26th April 1901 Dean William Clavell Ingram (age 66) died. Monument at Peterborough Cathedral [Map] sculpted by his brother Walter Rowlands Ingram (age 63) shortly before he died on 21st July 1903.
Dean William Clavell Ingram: On 11th August 1834 he was born to Reverend George Ingram. In 1900 he was appointed Dean of Peterborough.
On 26th April 1909 John Stephen Barrington Simeon 4th Baronet (age 58) died without issue. His brother Edmund (age 53) succeeded 5th Baronet Simeon of Grazeley in Berkshire.
On 26th April 1915 Arthur George Egerton 5th Earl Wilton (age 51) died. His son Seymour (age 18) succeeded 6th Earl Wilton, 6th Viscount Grey de Wilton.
On 26th April 1933 Grosvenor Hood 5th Viscount Hood (age 64) died. His nephew Samuel (age 22) succeeded 6th Viscount Hood of Whitley in Warwickshire, 6th Baronet Hood of Catherington.
On 26th April 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles (age 56), King George VI's (age 47) private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
On 26th April 1943 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. His son William (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 26th April 1952 John Compton Cavendish 4th Baron Chesham (age 57) died. His son John (age 35) succeeded 5th Baron Chesham.
On 26th April 1954 Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset (age 71) died. His son Percy (age 43) succeeded 18th Duke Somerset, 16th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas Duchess Somerset by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 26th April 2009 Colwyn Philipps 3rd Viscount St Davids (age 70) died. His son Rhodri (age 42) succeeded 4th Viscount St Davids of Lydstep Haven Pembrokeshire, 17th Baron Strange Knockin, 25th Baron Hungerford, 23rd Baron Moleyns, 16th Baronet Philips of Picton Castle, 13th Baron Mohun of Dunster.