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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.
26 Mar is in March.
1152 King Louis and Queen Eleanor's Annulment
1371 Coronation of King Robert II of Scotland
Events on the 26th March
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. This year Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester, consecrated Deus-dedit to Canterbury, on the twenty-sixth day of March.
Bede. 668. There was at that time in Rome, a monk, called Theodore (age 66), well known to Hadrian (age 31), born at Tarsus in Cilicia, a man well instructed in worldly and Divine literature, as also in Greek and Latin; of known probity of life, and venerable for age, being sixty-six years old. Hadrian offered him to the pope to be ordained bishop, and prevailed; but upon these conditions, that he should conduct him into Britain, because he had already travelled through France twice upon several occasions, and was, therefore, better acquainted with the way, and was, moreover, sufficiently provided with men of his own; as also that being his fellow-labourer in doctrine, he might take special care that Theodore should not, according to the custom of the Greeks, introduce any thing contrary to the true faith into the church where he presided. Hadrian, being ordained subdeacon, waited four months for his hair to grow, that it might be shorn into the shape of a crown; for he had before the tonsure of St. Paul, the apostle, after the manner of the eastern people. He was ordained by Pope Vitalian, in the year of our Lord 668, on Sunday, the 26th of March, and on the 27th of May was sent with Hadrian into Britain.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 26th March 1124. All this year was the King Henry (age 56) in Normandy. That was for the great hostility that he had with the King Louis of France (age 42), and with the Earl of Anjou (age 35), and most of all with his own men. Then it happened, on the day of the Annunciation of St. Mary, that the Earl Waleram of Mellent (age 20) went from one of his castles called Belmont to another called Watteville. With him went the steward of the King of France, Amalric, and Hugh (age 26) the son of Gervase (age 54), and Hugh of Montfort (age 49), and many other good knights. Then came against them the king's knights from all the castles that were thereabout, and fought with them, and put them to flight, and took the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, and Hugh of Montfort, and five and twenty other knights, and brought them to the king. And the king committed the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, to close custody in the castle at Rouen; but Hugh of Montfort he sent to England, and ordered him to be secured with strong bonds in the castle at Glocester [Map]. And of the others as many as he chose he sent north and south to his castles in captivity.
Around 26th March 1152 Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Nantes (age 17) attempted to abduct Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) from Port de Piles, Vienne where she intended to cross the River Creuse. Once again Eleanor escaped.
On 26th March 1199 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 41) was besieging Châlus Chabrol Castle. During the course of the evening King Richard "Lionheart" I of England was shot by a crossbow. The wound quickly became gangrenous; Richard died in the arms of his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 77) on 6th April 1199. His brother John (age 32) succeeded I King of England.
There was a brother between Richard and John named Geoffrey Duke of Brittany who had a son Arthur (age 12), who was around twelve, and a daughter Eleanor (age 15), who was around fifteen, whose mother was Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany (age 38).
King Philip II of France (age 33) had planned for Eleanor to marry his son, probably to bring Brittany into the French Royal family, possibly to pursue a claim on England.
King Philip II of France supported Arthur's claim to the English throne. In the resulting war Arthur was captured, imprisoned and never seen again. Eleanor was captured, probably around the same time as Arthur, and imprisoned, more or less, for the remainder of her life, even after King John's death through the reign of King Henry III since she represented a threat to Henry's succession.
On 26th March 1211 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 56) died. On 26th March 1211 His son Alfonso (age 25) succeeded II King Portugal. Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 23) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.
On 26th March 1324 Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20) died at Issoudun [Map].
On 26th March 1350 Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile (age 38) died of plague. His son Peter (age 15) succeeded I King Castile.
On 26th March 1351 the Combat of the Thirty was an arranged joust, or melee, between selected combatants from both sides of the conflict, fought at at Guillac, a site midway between the Breton castles of Josselin and Ploërmel among 30 champions, knights, and squires on each side.
Robert Knollys (age 26) took part.
Hugh Calverley (age 27) fought, was captured and ransomed.
The date of the battle sometimes given as the 27th of March 1351. De la Borderie, History of Brittany, vol. III, p. 514, note 4: Up to now, all historians who have written about the Battle of the Thirty have dated it to March 27, 1351. That is also the date inscribed on the commemorative pyramid at Mi-Voie. However, this date is one day off. According to a contemporary poem, the battle was fought on a Saturday, the eve of Laetare Sunday (Jerusalem), that is, the fourth Sunday of Lent. In 1351, Easter fell on April 17, so Laetare Sunday was March 27. Therefore, the eve of that Sunday—the day of the Battle of the Thirty—was not March 27, but March 26. See the title and conclusion of the poem, ed. Crapelet, pp. 13 and 35, and stanza 34, Crapelet p. 30.
Bentleys Miscellany Volume 45. The Combat of the Thirty from an old breton lay of the Fourteenth Century by William Harrison Ainsworth.
Chronicle of Jean le Bel Chapter 86. How thirty Frenchmen fought against thirty Englishmen and Germans under certain agreed conditions in Brittany, and how the English and Germans1 were defeated.
Comment XXX Françoys se combatirent contre XXX que Angloys que Alamans par certaines convenances en Bretaigne, et furent vaincus les Angloys et Alamans.
Note 1. See Froissart, ed. Luce, vol. IV, p. 110, § 335, to p. 115, § 338. In the final paragraph, Froissart speaks of two knights who had taken part in the Combat of the Thirty. Variants, pp. 338 to 341.
Cf. Froissart, éd. Luce, t. IV, p. 110, § 335, à p. 115, § 338. Dans le dernier alinéa, Froissart parle de deux chevaliers qui avaient été au combat des Trente. Variantes, p. 338 à 341.
On 26th March 1371 King Robert II of Scotland (age 55) was crowned King Scotland.
His son David Stewart 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Caithness (age 15) was created 1st Earl Strathearn on the same day.
On 26th March 1402 David Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay (age 23) starved to death.
On 26th March 1437 Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness (age 77) and his grandson Robert Stewart (age 37) were hanged, drawn and quartered at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for having conspired to assassinate King James I of Scotland (deceased).
The Death of King James. [26th March 1437] Soone after this was takyn the Erle of Athetelles (age 77), by the Erle of Angwis; and laid ynto the castell of Edenburghe to prisone. This same Erle of Athetelles was endited, arreyned, and dampned. Bot bycause of that this was nighe the fest of Pascue, the crosse was takyn adowne; and he lad to the polour yn the towne, and ther was he fast boundon, and a corone of papir put upon his hed, the which was all abowte depaynetid with jubettes, and for the more dispite and shame to hym was writyne with thes wordes, TRAITOUR, TRAITOUR, TRAITOUR. The Busshope of Urbinate, legate of owre Holy Fadir the Pope, then beyng in Scotteland, upon his ambassite, hard thare confessions. And then evyn forthwith the said Erle of Athetelles was heded; bot he went alwas to have grace and pardon, unto the tyme that the hangman had hym upon the skaffald, to be there and then hedid. For he confessid, and said that he was not yn no wyse consentyng ne assentyng to the Kynges deth; but that he knew therof long, and kepte hit counesell, bycause that Sir Robert Stuward (age 37), that was oone of the grettest traitours, was his sonnes sonne, and therfore he told hit not to the Kyng. Bot yit nevyre the lesse when this Sir Robert wist therof and told hit to the Erle of Athetelles of the Kynges deth, he blamyd hyme sore, and defendid hym that in no wyse shuld he be consentyng to none such murdure of his Soveran Lord: weynyng veraly that nether he, ne none of all the other, the which bene rehersid afore, wold never have done that murdure yn effecte. And so the said Erle told, and confessid, at his lyvys end; and his hed, coroned with a corone of yryne, stondyng upon a spere shaft yn the myddis of Edenburghe.
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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.
The Death of King James. [After 26th March 1437] After this Sir Robert Grame, with many other traitours of his coveene, beyng in captyvyte, were ladde to the towne of Strivellen, and there were thay tourmented and put to the deth. The said Sir Robert Grame stondyng there, at the wher he was tofore enditid of treison afore the Justice and the lawe there, upon his araynment, said playnely that thay had no lawe to do hym to deth, for he said he had nat offendit, bot slayne the Kyng his dedely enmye; for by his letturs, sealed with his seale of armes, long tyme afore he had defyed the Kyng, and renouncid his legeaunce, for causes reasonables as he said. And yf thay wold do hym lawe after the statuytes of armes, thay shuld delyver hym, and let hym go qwite, bicause the Kyng wold have destruyd hym yf he had myght. And thus yn that he said he did no wrong nor synne, bot oonly that he sloughe Godes criature, his enemye. All thes reasons nether couth ne myght suffice for his excuse, the which he perceyvyd wele yn all wise of thare wirchynges. This same Sir Robert Grame, with manly hart and wele avisid, as a mane wele ynstructe yn lawe and letture, said thes wordes standyng at the bare afor the Juges, all the peple there assembled for that cause the selfe tyme. "O ye all so synfull, wreched, and mercilese Scottisshe folke, withoute prudens, and full replet of unavisid folie, I know wele that I shall nowe dye, and ma note escape youre venomous judiciall handes; for by will, and not be right ne lawe, ye have dampned my bodye to the dethe, the which God suffrethe me at this tyme to resave of you, for no desairt of this accusacion that ye condempne me ynne nowe, bot for other offences and trespas, that I yn the vayne tymes of my youth have displeasid hyme ynne. Yit doubt y nat that ye shall se the daye and the tyme, that ye shall pray my soule, for the grete good that I have done to you, and to all this reaume of Scottland, that I have thus slayne and delyveryd you of so cruell a tirant, the grettest enemye the Scottes or Scottland myghth have, consideryng his unstaunchable covetise, yn his youth, ayenst all nature, his tirannye ynmesurable, without pite or mercy to sibbe or to freme, to hie or to lawe, to poure or to riche."
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On 26th March 1519 Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk was christened at Parham Old Hall, Suffolk [Map].
Ellis' Letters. Sir Thomas Boleyn (age 42) to Cardinal Wolsey (age 46) reporting an Audience from, the Duchess of Angoulesme, March 26th 1519.
[MS. COTTON. CALIG. D. VII. fol. 105.]
[Pleasyth it youre] Grace to understand that the xxj th day of this moneth I wrote my last Lettres to your Grace, and as yesterday, which was our Lady's day, I was at Seynt Germayns, where the Quene and my Lady lyeth; but the King roode on our Ladye's even viij. leges hens, and as my Lady tellyth me it is in a dowte whether he cormyth ageyn before the Quene here be brought in bedde or nay; for she lookyth her tyme every howre. Also my Lady hath commaunded me, now while the great Master is away, that I shuld resorte to her for any thing that I shuld have to doo for the King my Master. And she hath, promysed me that she woll make me pryve of such newes as she shall here of from any place: and toold me that the King her sonne whan he departed willed her to shew me a Lettre that came now streyt out of Spayn from his Ambassadour there, and therewithall she called to her the tresourer Robertet and bad hym shewe me that Lettre, wherein was wrytten by the said Ambassador whose name is de la Roche Beauconot, that the King's Highnesse had late sent a Lettre to the King Catholique advertysyng hym how the King here had desired the King's Highnesse by his lettres to wryte to th'Ellectowrs of th'Empire in his favour, the rather to atteyn the dygnyte of th'Empire; the which the King's Highness hath refused bicause of the Amytie betwixt the Kings Grace and the King Catholique, and how the Kings Highnesse had rather that the King Catholique wer Emperowr than the King here; which Lettre he wryteth is in th'andes of the Bishop of Bourgesa oon of the great Counsell of Spayn. Whan I had redde this clawse in the Lettre sent out of Spayn, I prayed my Lady that she wold gyve noo credence to yt, and shewed her how I thought that the said Ambassador wrote this by Informacion of some maliciouse personne that wold sett discord bitwixt Princes; and that I assured her it was not trew. She toold me that she had soo perfecte trust in the Kyng my Master's honnor that she beleved, nor wold beleve, noo such thing; and no more she sayeth woll the King her sonne: sayeng that whan the King here redde the same clause in the Lettre wrytten to hym by his Ambassadour in Spayn he did but lawgh at it, and gave no credence thereto. And she saied it cowlde nat be trew, for the ... the Kyng's Highnesse desyring him to wryte to th ... th'Empire for hym. So that as farre as I can perceyve neyther my Lady nor the King her sonne gyve noo credence to yt. And as moch as I cowld instaunce her I have desired her not to beleve this nor noo such thing that shuld be contrary to any thing that the Kings Highnesse hath promysed or wrytten to the King her sonne. My Lady also desireth that likewise as I woll make me pryve of every thing that shall touch or arr ... to the Kings Grace to th'intent I shuld advertise the Kings Highnesse and your Grace. She likewise desireth to bee advertised of any thing apperteynyng to the King her sonne. She talked with me also of the Meeting of the Kings Highnesse and the King her sonne (which she moch desireth) wherein I shewed her according to myn Instructions that if it pleased her to m ... the King her sonne that he wold be content after they had mett a horsbak to repaire streyt to Calais where they myght be honourably receyved, well and easely lodged, it shuld be convenient for their estates. Whereto she aunswered that when they had oones mett, she putt noo dowtes but they shuld . . well enough, sayeng that after they had ones seen togyther his Highnesse shuld desire hym to nothing but he wold gyve thereto assent. She sayeng allwaies that it shalbe more .... and triumphant to be lodged in sommer in the fields in tents and pavilions than it shuld be in any Towne. She often ... b me of my Lady Princesse and of hir helth, if she hath been syck lately or not. Also Madame la Duchesse the Kings syster, the Duke of Alaunson's wief, lately hath been and yet is very sycke. When I shall have knowledge of any other Newes I shall ... to your Grace of them: beseching the holy Trinite long to preserve your Grace. From Poyssy a leege from Saint Germains this xxvjth day of March.
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Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1520. 26 March. [1520] R. O. Rym. XIII. 705. 702. Francis I.
Confirmation of the arrangements made for his meeting with Henry VIII. under the Great Seal. Chatelleraut, 26 March 1519; 6 Francis I. Signed.
Latin.
R. T. 137. 2. Letters indented specifying, in accordance with the treaty of 12 March 1519, the number and rank of the lords, ladies and gentlemen to attend the King and Queen at the interview with Francis I., viz.:—
i. For the King: The cardinal of York, with 300 servants, of whom 12 shall be chaplains and 50 gentlemen, with 50 horses; one archbishop with 70 servants, of whom 5 shall be chaplains and 10 gentlemen, with 30 horses; 2 dukes, each with 70 servants, 5 to be chaplains and 10 gentlemen, with 30 horses. 1 marquis with 56 servants, 4 to be chaplains and 8 gentlemen; 26 horses. 10 earls, each with 42 servants, 3 to be chaplains and 6 gentlemen; 20 horses. 5 bishops, of whom the Bishop of Winchester shall have 56 servants, 4 to be chaplains and 8 gentlemen; 26 horses;—each of the others, 44 servants, 4 to be chaplains and 6 gentlemen; 20 horses. 20 barons, each to have 22 servants, 2 to be chaplains and 2 gentlemen; 12 horses. 4 knights of the order of St. George, each to have 22 servants, 2 to be chaplains and 2 gentlemen; 48 horses. 70 knights, each to have 12 servants, one to be a chaplain; 8 horses. Councillors of the long robe; viz., the King's secretary, the vice-Chancellor, the dean of the Chapel, and the almoner, each to have 12 servants, one a chaplain, and 8 horses. 12 King's chaplains, each with 6 servants and 3 horses. 12 serjeants-at-arms, each with 1 servant and two horses. 200 of the King's guard with 100 horses. 70 grooms of the chamber, with 150 servants and 100 horses among them; 266 officers of the house, with 216 servants and 70 horses; 205 grooms of the stable and of the armories, with 211 horses. The Earl of Essex, being Earl marshal, shall have, beside the number above stated, 130 servants and 100 light horses. Sum total of the King's company, 3,997 persons and 2,087 horses.
ii. For the Queen: 1 duchess, with 4 women, 6 servants and 12 horses; 10 Countesses, with 3 women and 4 servants, and 8 horses each; 12 baronesses, with 2 women, 3 servants and 6 horses each. 20 knights' ladies, with 1 woman, 2 servants and 4 horses each; 14 ladies, with 1 woman, 2 servants and 3 horses each; 6 ladies of the chamber, with 1 servant and 2 horses each; 1 earl, with 42 servants, 3 to be chaplains and 9 gentlemen; horses 20. 3 bishops, to have 44 servants, 4 to be chaplains and 6 gentlemen; horses 60. 4 barons, with 22 servants, 2 to be chaplains and 2 gentlemen; horses 48. 30 knights, with 12 servants, 1 to be a chaplain; horses 240; 6 chaplains with 3 servants and 2 horses each. Grooms 50, officers of the King's chamber, with 20 servants and 30 horses; officers of the King's stable 60, with 70 horses. Sum total of the Queen's company, 1,175 persons and 778 horses.
R. O. Rym. XIII. 710. 3. Names of those appointed to attend the king of England at the Congress.
Commissioners appointed to oversee those who shall accompany the king of France:—The Earl of Essex, Lord Abergavenny, Sir Edward Ponynges, Sir Rob. Wingfield. To give orders to the gentlemen:—Sir Edward Belknapp, Sir Nich. Vaux, Sir John Peche, Sir Maurice Berkeley. To give orders to the foot soldiers:—Sir Weston Browne, Sir Edward Ferrers, Sir Rob. Constable, Sir Ralph Egerton, Sir Thomas Lucy, Sir John Marney. To ride with the king of England at the embracing of the two Kings:—The Legate, archbishop of Canterbury, dukes of Buckingham and Suffolk, marquis of Dorset. Bishops:—Durham, Armagh, Ely, Chester, Rochester, Exeter, Hereford. Earls:—Stafford, Northumberland, Westmoreland (age 22), Shrewsbury (age 52), Worcester, Devonshire, Kent, Wiltshire, Derby, Kildare. Barons:—Maltravers, Montagu, Herbert, the grand prior of St. John of England, Roos, Fitzwalter, Hastings, Delavare, Dacres, Ferrers, Cobham, Daubeney, Lumley, Sir Henry Marney, Sir William Sandys, Th. Boleyn (age 43), Lord Howard.
The servants of the king of England shall march next their King, preceded by the nobles and gentlemen of the Legate, who shall follow the gentlemen of the other lords. The King's guard to follow him in their accustomed places.Fr., pp. 2. Endd.
R. O. Rym. XIII. 713. 4. The names of those who will be with the French king when he meets the king of England.
The king of Navarre; dukes of Alençon, Bourbon, Vendosme and Lorraine; count of Saint Pol; prince de la Roche Suryon; count of Dreux and Rhetel, Sieur Dorval and governor of Champaigne; count of Benon, sieur de la Tremoille, first Chamberlain, admiral of Guyenne and governor of Burgundy; count of Estampes and Caravats, sieur de Boysy, grand master and governor of the Dauphin; Bonnyvet, admiral of France, Lautrec, La Palisse and Chastillon, marshals; count of Guyse, brother of the duke of Lorraine; the bastard of Savoy, count of Villars and Beaufort, governor of Provence; count de Laval; mons. de Chasteaubriant; count of Harcourt; princes of Orange and Tallemont; mons. de Nevers; mons d'Esparrox, lieutenant of Guyenne, and count of Montfort; Mess. de Lescun and Montmorency; le Grand Escuyer; counts de la Chambre, Tonnerre, Brienne, Joigny, Bremie and Mont Reuel; mons. d'Albret. The other knights of the Order.
The king's household, 200 gentlemen; St. Vallier and the grand seneschal of Normandy, captains.
400 archers of the guard, and 4 captains; 100 Swiss, De Florenges, captain; maîtres d'hôtel, pannetiers, valets, &c.; gentlemen of the council and of the finances. The other pensioners will remain in their houses.Francis will bring with him the above company, if the king of England thinks it suitable; but if not, he will diminish it.
These noblemen will only have with them about 200 horses.Fr., pp. 3. Endd.: Noblemen's names that shall accompany the French king at the meeting at Calais.
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Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th March 1561. The sam day of Marche at after-none at Westmynster [was brought] from the quen('s) armere [almondry] my lade Jane Semer, with [all the quire] of the abbay, with ijC. of (the) quen('s) cowrt, the wyche she was [one] of the quen('s) mayd(s) and in grett faver, and a iiijxx morners of [men and] women, of lordes and lades, and gentylmen and gentyllwomen, all in blake, be-syd odur [other] of the quen('s) preve chambur, and she [had] a grett baner of armes bornne, and master Clarenshux (age 51) was the harold, and master Skameler (age 41) the nuw byshope of Peterborow dyd pryche. [She was] bered in the sam chapell [Map] wher my lade of Suffoke was.
Note. P. 254. Funeral of lady Jane Seymour. Daughter of Edward duke of Somerset, and supposed to have been destined by him to become the consort of his nephew king Edward. A Latin letter written by her (of course under the dictation of her tutor) to the Reformers Bucer and Fagius, dated at Syon, June 12, 1549, is published in the Third Series of Zurich Letters, printed for the Parker Society. She was one of queen Elizabeth's maids of honour, and shortly before her death she had taken an active part in promoting the clandestine marriage of her brother the earl of Hertford with her companion the lady Katharine Grey, a line of conduct which would certainly have brought upon her the anger of her royal mistress, had she lived until it was discovered. (See Ellis's Orig. Letters, Second Series, vol. ii. p. 272.) Her age was only nineteen. See an engraving of her monumental tablet, with the inscription, erected by "her deare brother" the earl, in Dart's Westminster Abbey, vol. i. pl. 12. In the accounts of St. Margaret's parish, Westminster, is an entry of 10s. received at her funeral.
On 19th February 1564 Marie Habsburg Spain was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 35). On 26th March 1564 she died. Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 26th March 1617. The 28th1 my Lord (age 28) came here with Thomas Glenham (age 23) from Buckhurst, he was troubled with a cough and was fain to lie in Leicester Chamber.
Note 1. A mistake for the 26th.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 26th March 1619. The 26th Good Friday after supper I fell in a great passion of weeping in my chamber, and when my Lord (age 30) came in I told him I found my mind so troubled as I held not myself fit to receive the Communion this Easter, which all this Lent I intended to have done.
On 26th March 1662 Marie Louise Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 21) and Princess Henrietta Stewart Duchess Orléans (age 17). She a granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.50%.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th March 1663. This morning came a new cook-maid at £4 per annum, the first time I ever did give so much, but we hope it will be nothing lost by keeping a good cook. She did live last at my Lord Monk's (age 54) house, and indeed at dinner did get what there was very prettily ready and neat for me, which did please me much.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th March 1664. Up very betimes and to my office, and there read over some papers against a meeting by and by at this office of Mr. Povy (age 50), Sir W. Rider, Creed, and Vernaty, and Mr. Gauden about my Lord Peterborough's (age 42) accounts for Tangier [Map], wherein we proceeded a good way; but, Lord! to see how ridiculous Mr. Povy is in all he says or do; like a man not more fit for to be in such employments as he is, and particularly that of Treasurer (paying many and very great sums without the least written order) as he is to be King of England, and seems but this day, after much discourse of mine, to be sensible of that part of his folly, besides a great deal more in other things.
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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.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th March 1664. After dinner Sir W. Batten (age 63) sent to speak with me, and told me that he had proffered our bill today in the House, and that it was read without any dissenters, and he fears not but will pass very well, which I shall be glad of. He told me also how Sir [Richard] Temple (age 29) hath spoke very discontentfull words in the House about the Tryennial Bill; but it hath been read the second time to-day, and committed; and, he believes, will go on without more ado, though there are many in the House are displeased at it, though they dare not say much. But above all expectation, Mr. Prin (age 64) is the man against it, comparing it to the idoll whose head was of gold, and his body and legs and feet of different metal. So this Bill had several degrees of calling of Parliaments, in case the King (age 33), and then the Council, and then the Chancellor (age 55), and then the Sheriffes, should fail to do it. He tells me also, how, upon occasion of some 'prentices being put in the pillory to-day for beating of their masters, or some such like thing, in Cheapside, a company of 'prentices came and rescued them, and pulled down the pillory; and they being set up again, did the like again. So that the Lord Mayor (age 48) and Major Generall Browne (age 62) was fain to come and stay there, to keep the peace; and drums, all up and down the city, was beat to raise the trained bands, for to quiett the towne, and by and by, going out with my uncle (age 62) and aunt Wight (age 45) by coach with my wife through Cheapside (the rest of the company after much content and mirth being broke up), we saw a trained band stand in Cheapside upon their guard. We went, much against my uncle's will, as far almost as Hyde Park, he and my aunt falling out all the way about it, which vexed me, but by this I understand my uncle more than ever I did, for he was mighty soon angry, and wished a pox take her, which I was sorry to hear. The weather I confess turning on a sudden to rain did make it very unpleasant, but yet there was no occasion in the world for his being so angry, but she bore herself very discreetly, and I must confess she proves to me much another woman than I thought her, but all was peace again presently, and so it raining very fast, we met many brave coaches coming from the Parke and so we turned and set them down at home, and so we home ourselves, and ended the day with great content to think how it hath pleased the Lord in six years time to raise me from a condition of constant and dangerous and most painfull sicknesse and low condition and poverty to a state of constant health almost, great honour and plenty, for which the Lord God of heaven make me truly thankfull.
Calendar of State Papers Charles II 26 Mar 1668. 26th March 1668. Woolwich. Ann Pett to Sam. Pepys (age 35). My husband (age 47) died last Sunday, and has left me in a mean condition, having spent by losses and sickness my own estate and his, and I have 4 children and am £300. in debt. His sickness has cost, since he came to Woolwich, £700., besides what is now to pay. I intreat you to assist me in obtaining £500. due to my husband, as also money owing in the yard, and to stand my friend to the Navy Commissioners, that I may continue in my house some time longer; my husband always attended to his Majesty's service, and never looked after his own concerns. [Ibid. No. 71.]
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th March 1668. Thence, by agreement, we all of us to the Blue Balls, hard by, whither Mr. Pierce also goes with us, who met us at the play, and anon comes Manuel, and his wife, and Knepp, and Harris (age 34), who brings with him Mr. Banister (age 38), the great master of musique; and after much difficulty in getting of musique, we to dancing, and then to a supper of some French dishes, which yet did not please me, and then to dance and sing; and mighty merry we were till about eleven or twelve at night, with mighty great content in all my company, and I did, as I love to do, enjoy myself in my pleasure as being the height of what we take pains for and can hope for in this world, and therefore to be enjoyed while we are young and capable of these joys. My wife extraordinary fine to-day, in her flower tabby suit, bought a year and more ago, before my mother's death put her into mourning, and so not worn till this day: and every body in love with it; and indeed she is very fine and handsome in it. I having paid the reckoning, which come to almost £4., we parted: my company and William Batelier, who was also with us, home in a coach, round by the Wall, where we met so many stops by the Watches, that it cost us much time and some trouble, and more money, to every Watch, to them to drink; this being encreased by the trouble the 'prentices did lately give the City, so that the Militia and Watches are very strict at this time; and we had like to have met with a stop for all night at the Constable's watch, at Mooregate, by a pragmatical Constable; but we come well home at about two in the morning, and so to bed. This noon, from Mrs. Williams's, my Lord Brouncker (age 48) sent to Somersett House [Map] to hear how the Duchess of Richmond (age 20) do; and word was brought him that she is pretty well, but mighty full of the smallpox, by which all do conclude she will be wholly spoiled, which is the greatest instance of the uncertainty of beauty that could be in this age; but then she hath had the benefit of it to be first married, and to have kept it so long, under the greatest temptations in the world from a King, and yet without the least imputation. This afternoon, at the play, Sir Fr. Hollis (age 25) spoke to me as a secret, and matter of confidence in me, and friendship to Sir W. Pen (age 46), who is now out of town, that it were well he were made acquainted that he finds in the House of Commons, which met this day, several motions made for the calling strictly again upon the Miscarriages, and particularly in the business of the Prises, and the not prosecuting of the first victory, only to give an affront to Sir W. Pen, whose going to sea this year do give them matter of great dislike. So though I do not much trouble myself for him, yet I am sorry that he should have this fall so unhappily without any fault, but rather merit of his own that made him fitter for this command than any body else, and the more for that this business of his may haply occasion their more eager pursuit against the whole body of the office.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 26th March 1673. I was sworn a younger brother of the Trinity House, with my most worthy and long-acquainted noble friend, Lord Ossory (age 38) (eldest son to the Duke of Ormond (age 62)), Sir Richard Browne (age 68), my father-in-law, being now Master of that Society; after which there was a great collation.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th March 1675. Dr. Brideoak (age 62) was elected Bishop of Chichester, on the translation of Dr. Gunning (age 61) to Ely.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th March 1685. I was invited to the funerall of Capt. Gunman (deceased), that excellent pilot and seaman, who had behav'd himselfe so valiantly in the Dutch warr. He died of a gangrene, occasion'd by his fall from the pier of Calais. This was the Captain of the yacht carrying the Duke (age 51) (now King) to Scotland, and was accus'd for not giving timely warning when she split on the sands, where so many perish'd; but I am most confident he was no ways guilty, either of negligence or designe, as he made appeare not onely at the examination of the matter of fact, but in the Vindication he shew'd me, and which must needes give any man of reason satisfaction. He was a sober, frugal, cheerfull, and temperate man; we have few such seamen left.
On 26th March 1687 Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia was born to King George I (age 26) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 26th March 1797 William Brabazon 9th Earl Meath (age 27) and Captain Robert Gore of Seaview, County Wicklow, duelled on the Hill of Cookstown near Enniskerry County Wicklow on the land of a Mr Buckley, tenant of lord Powerscourt (age 34). The two gentlemen stood twelve yards apart and at a little before 10am the first fire was shot and the Earl of Meath received a ball in his thigh, which ended the duel. The Earl was unable to stand and the ball could not be extracted from his thigh. The Earl died two months later.
The dispute which led up to the duel that resulted in the death of William Brabazon all stemmed from the forming of two adjoining Cavalry Corpses in North County Wicklow. One was the Bray Yeomanry Corps and the other was the Mount-kennedy Corps. The dispute revolved around the recruitment of local men of each corps and that some of men were recruited by both Corps. Gore was the commander of the Mount Kennedy Corps and the young Earl of Meath was the commander of the Bray Corps. Several messages were exchanged between the two gentlemen regarding one or two of the mentioned recruits which it seems lead to the Earl of Meath apparently charging Gore of a mis-falsehood, which the Earl apparently would not withdraw. This resulted in Gore feeling he had to defend his honour.
Greville Memoirs. 26th March 1832. Ten days since I have written anything here, but en revanche I have written a pamphlet. An article appeared in the 'Quarterly,' attacking Harrowby and his friends. Wharncliffe (age 55) was so desirous it should be answered that I undertook the job, and it comes out to-day in a 'Letter to Lockhart, in reply,' &c. I don't believe anybody read the last I wrote, but as I have published this at Ridgway's, perhaps it may have a more extensive sale. The events have been the final passing of the Bill, after three nights' debate, by a majority of 116, ended by a very fine speech from Peel, who has eminently distinguished himself through this fight. Stanley closed the debate at five o'clock in the morning, with what they say was a good and dexterous speech, but which contained a very unnecessary dissertation about the Peers. This, together with some words from Richmond and the cheerfulness of Holland, makes my mind misgive me that we shall still have them created for the Committee. The conduct of the ultra-Tories has been so bad and so silly that I cannot wish to bring them in, though I have a great desire to turn the others out. As to a moderate party, it is a mere dream, for where is the moderation? This day Lord John Russell (age 39) brings the Bill up to the House of Lords, and much indeed depends upon what passes there. Harrowby and Wharncliffe will make their speeches, and we shall, I conclude, have the Duke and Lord Grey. I expect, and I beg his pardon if I am wrong, that the Duke will make as mischievous a speech as he can, and try to provoke declarations and pledges against the Bill. The Ministers are exceedingly anxious that Harrowby should confine himself to generalities, which I hope too, for I am certain no good can, and much harm may, be done by going into details. Grey, Holland, and Richmond all three spoke to me about it last night, and I am going to see what can be done with them. I should not fear Harrowby but that he is petulant and sour; Wharncliffe is vain, and has been excited in all this business, though with very good and very disinterested motives, but he cannot bear patiently the abuse and the ridicule with which both the extreme ends endeavour to cover him, and he is uneasy under it, and what I dread is that in making attempts to set himself right, and to clear his character with a party who will never forgive him for what he has done, and to whom whatever he says will be words cast to the winds, he will flounder, and say something which will elicit from Lord Grey some declaration that may make matters worse than ever. What I hope and trust is that the Government and our people will confine themselves to civil generalities, and pledge themselves de part et d'autre to nothing, and that they will not be provoked by taunts from any quarter to depart from that prudent course.
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After 26th March 1857. St Andrew's Church, Brympton d'Evercy [Map]. Memorial to Jane Huck Saunders Countess of Westmoreland (deceased).
Jane Huck Saunders Countess of Westmoreland: In 1783 she was born to Richard Huck Saunders. In 1800 John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland and Augusta Bertie. On 26th March 1857 she died at Brympton d'Evercy, Somerset.
On 26th March 1859 Reverend Thomas Cavendish died. Memorial window at St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge [Map] and monument by G Maile.
Reverend Thomas Cavendish: he was born to Richard Cavendish 2nd Baron Waterpark and Juliana Cooper Baroness Waterpark. On 4th May 1835 Reverend Thomas Cavendish and Sophia Robinson 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.
After 26th March 1888. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland [Map]. Grave of Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan (deceased).
Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan: In 1827 he was born to William Hodgson Cadogan. On 21st December 1847 he and Isabella Mary Smith were married. On 26th March 1888 he died.
On 26th March 1889 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 65) died from diabetes at 2 Queen Anne Street aka Chandos House Marylebone. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Earl Temple, Earl Nugent extinct.
William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 41) succeeded 4th Earl Temple of Stowe according to the special remainder in its patent. Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe by marriage Countess Temple of Stowe.
Charles Lyttelton 8th Viscount Cobham (age 46) succeeded 8th Viscount Cobham. Mary Susan Cavendish Viscountess Cobham (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Cobham.
Glossop War Memorial [Map] was unveiled on 26th March 1922, the same day as the identical Hadfield War Memorial. The sculptor Vernon March.
A procession of the Mayor (S. Bamforth), Lord Howard (age 62), Lord Doverdale (Edward Partington (age 85)), the War Memorial Committee and other officials made their way from the Town Hall to Norfolk Square at 2.30pm. Lord Howard had been asked to unveil the War Memorial. He gave a short speech stating: ""that he felt much honoured in having been asked to unveil that monument, which all of them had subscribed to, to enable it to be raised in that square." "
The Rev. W. M. Martin-Ellis, Vicar of Whitfield, then performed the dedication of the Memorial. Four buglers then played "The Last Post". This was followed by the male voice choir singing Sullivan's "Homeland" and the buglers then played "The Reveille". The ceremony ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
Wreaths were then laid by the Mayor, Mr C. Haughton (who had lost three sons in the War) deposited on behalf of ex-servicemen. There were also wreaths from Mrs Partington (the ex-Mayor), the police, Mr Dickinson (headmaster of Glossop Grammar School) and many other organisations.
The Mayor, Lord Howard, Lord Doverdale and Council Officials along with the Glossop Old Band and Glossop Choral Society left immediately after the ceremony. They were due to perform the dedication of Hadfield War Memorial at 3.30pm.
Edward Partington 1st Baron Doverdale: On 28th September 1836 he was born. The London Gazette 29924. Whitehall, January 30, 1917. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Sir Edward Partington, Knight, and the heirs male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Doverdale, of Westwood Park, in the county of Worcester. On 5th January 1925 Edward Partington 1st Baron Doverdale died. His son Oswald succeeded 2nd Baron Doverdale of Westwood Park in Worcestershire. Clara Isabel Murray Baroness Doverdale by marriage Baroness Doverdale of Westwood Park in Worcestershire.
On 26th March 1942 HMS Jaguar and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga were escorting the tanker RFA Slavol when Slavol was torpedoed by the German submarine U-652 and set on fire. Jaguar came alongside Salvol to rescue the oiler's crew, but was then struck by two more torpedoes from U-652. Jaguar broke into three parts and quickly sank off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, with the loss of 3 officers and 190 of her crew. 8 officers and 45 crewmen were rescued by the South African naval whaler Klo.
Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Rupert Knyvet Tyrwhitt (age 38), commander of HMS Jaguar, was killed in action.
On 26th March 2015 King Richard III of England was reburied at Leicester Cathedral [Map].
Births on the 26th March
On 26th March 1412 Amadeus Savoy was born to Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy (age 28) and Mary Valois Countess Savoy (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.44%.
On 19th February 1564 Marie Habsburg Spain was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 35). On 26th March 1564 she died. Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
On 26th March 1662 Mariana Barnewall was born to Henry Barnewall 2nd Viscount Barnewall and Mary Netterville.
On 26th March 1662 Marie Louise Bourbon Queen Consort Spain was born to Philip Bourbon I Duke Orléans (age 21) and Princess Henrietta Stewart Duchess Orléans (age 17). She a granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.50%.
On 26th March 1687 Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia was born to King George I (age 26) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
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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 March 1703 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 40) and Mary Woods (age 19). He was baptised on 14th April 1703 at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
On 26th March 1721 John Chichester 5th Baronet was born to John Chichester 4th Baronet (age 33) and Anne Leigh.
On 26th March 1735 John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet was born to Edward Stanley 5th Baronet at Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map].
On 26th March 1752 Anna-Maria Amyand Countess Minto was born to George Amyand 1st Baronet (age 31) and Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand.
On 26th March 1757 Henrietta Maria Phipps was born to Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave (age 34) and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave (age 33). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th March 1775 Caroline Eustatia Courtenay was born to William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon (age 32) and Frances Clack Countess Devon.
On 26th March 1777 Louisa Paget was born to Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 32) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 35).
On 26th March 1789 Augustus Fitzhardinge Berkeley was born illegitimately to Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 44) and Mary Cole. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th March 1803 John Lubbock 3rd Baronet was born to John Lubbock 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Mary Entwistle.
On 26th March 1818 William Grey was born to Bishop Edward Grey (age 35) and Eliza Innes (age 13).
On 26th March 1819 Prince George Hanover 2nd Duke Cambridge was born to Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge (age 45) and Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge (age 21) at Cambridge House, Hanover, Lower Saxony. He a grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.64%.
On 26th March 1820 Richard Godolphin Henry Hastings was born to Hans Francis Hastings 12th Earl Huntingdon (age 40) and Frances Cobbe Countess Huntingdon.
On 26th March 1830 Francis George Manningham Boileau 2nd Baronet was born to John Peter Boileau 1st Baronet (age 35) and Catherine Sarah Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Lady Boileau (age 32).
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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 March 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was born to William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 30) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 21) at Mayfair.
On 26th March 1845 Henry Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney (age 36) and Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney (age 33).
On 26th March 1845 Robert Collier 2nd Baron Monkswell was born to Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell (age 27) and Isabella Rose Baroness Monkswell (age 30).
On 26th March 1849 Hubert Von Herkomer was born.
On 26th March 1856 Harold Denison was born to Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough (age 50) and Ursula Lucy Grace Bridgeman (age 32).
On 26th March 1856 Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 32) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort (age 31).
On 26th March 1861 Frederick Byron 10th Baron Byron was born to Frederick Byron (age 39).
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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 March 1870 Charles De Vere Beauclerk 11th Duke St Albans was born to William Amelius Aubrey Beauclerk 10th Duke St Albans (age 29) and Sybil Mary Grey Duchess St Albans (age 21).
On 26th March 1879 Constance Mary Butler was born to James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde (age 34) and Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor Marchioness Ormonde (age 22).
On 26th March 1889 Hugh Grenville Williams 6th Baronet was born to William Grenville Williams 4th Baronet (age 44) and Ellinor Harriet Hurt Sitwell Lady Williams.
On 26th March 1895 Dorothy Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 4th Baron Southampton (age 27) and Hilda Mary Dundas Baroness Southampton (age 22).
On 26th March 1900 Nigel Amyas Orde-Powlett 6th Baron Bolton was born to Lieutenant-Colonel William Orde-Powlett 5th Baron Bolton (age 30).
On 26th March 1903 Alexander Burnett Ramsay 6th Baronet was born to Herbert Ramsay 5th Baronet (age 35).
On 26th March 1905 Anthony Pleydell-Bouverie was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 6th Earl Radnor (age 36) and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour.
On 26th March 1930 Egerton "Toby" Coghill 8th Baronet was born to Ambrose Coghill 7th Baronet (age 27).
On 26th March 1943 Emma Cavendish was born to Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 23) and Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 22)
Marriages on the 26th March
On 26th March 1635 James Douglas 2nd Earl Queensberry (age 13) and Margaret Stewart Countess Queensberry were married. She the daughter of John Stewart 1st Earl Traquair (age 35) and Catherine Carnegie Countess Traquair (age 35). He the son of William Douglas 1st Earl Queensberry (age 53) and Isabel Kerr Countess Queensberry. They were third cousin once removed.
On 26th March 1676 Roger Cave 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Martha Browne Lady Cave (age 21) were married. She by marriage Lady Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire.
On 26th March 1695 James Fitzjames 1st Duke Berwick (age 24) and Honora Burke Duchess Berwick (age 21) were married at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines. She by marriage Duchess Berwick. She the daughter of William Burke 7th Earl Clanricarde. He the illegitmate son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 61) and Arabella Churchill (age 46).
On 26th March 1724 Robert Walpole 2nd Earl Orford (age 23) and Margaret Rolle Countess Orford (age 15) were married. He the son of Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 47) and Catherine Shorter (age 42).
On 26th March 1730 John Chaplin 2nd Baronet (age 19) and Elizabeth Morris were married.
On 26th March 1751 George Beaumont 6th Baronet (age 25) and Rachel Howland (age 33) were married at St John's Church, Clerkenwell [Map].
On 26th March 1758 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland (age 29) and Augusta Bertie (age 26) were married. He the son of Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland (age 57) and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.
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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 March 1796 Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 21) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 23) were married.
On 26th March 1826 Montague Cholmeley 1st Baronet (age 54) and Catherine Way Lady Cholmeley were married. She by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.
On 26th March 1955 Thomas Cholmondeley 4th Baron Delamere (age 54) and Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere (age 42) were married. She by marriage Baroness Delamere of Vale Royal in Cheshire.
Deaths on the 26th March
On 26th March 1199 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 41) was besieging Châlus Chabrol Castle. During the course of the evening King Richard "Lionheart" I of England was shot by a crossbow. The wound quickly became gangrenous; Richard died in the arms of his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 77) on 6th April 1199. His brother John (age 32) succeeded I King of England.
There was a brother between Richard and John named Geoffrey Duke of Brittany who had a son Arthur (age 12), who was around twelve, and a daughter Eleanor (age 15), who was around fifteen, whose mother was Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany (age 38).
King Philip II of France (age 33) had planned for Eleanor to marry his son, probably to bring Brittany into the French Royal family, possibly to pursue a claim on England.
King Philip II of France supported Arthur's claim to the English throne. In the resulting war Arthur was captured, imprisoned and never seen again. Eleanor was captured, probably around the same time as Arthur, and imprisoned, more or less, for the remainder of her life, even after King John's death through the reign of King Henry III since she represented a threat to Henry's succession.
On 26th March 1211 Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal (age 56) died. On 26th March 1211 His son Alfonso (age 25) succeeded II King Portugal. Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal (age 23) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.
On 26th March 1242 William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle died. His son William succeeded 4th Earl Albemarle 1C 1127.
On 26th March 1324 Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20) died at Issoudun [Map].
On 26th March 1350 Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile (age 38) died of plague. His son Peter (age 15) succeeded I King Castile.
On 26th March 1402 David Stewart 1st Duke Rothesay (age 23) starved to death.
On 26th March 1626 Nicholas Tempest 1st Baronet (age 73) died. His son Thomas (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Tempest of Stella Hall in County Durham.
On 26th March 1631 or 26th March 1632 Margaret Greville 14th Baroness Latimer 6th Baroness Willoughby of Broke (age 70) died. She was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map]. Her son Greville (age 45) succeeded 15th Baron Latimer of Corby, 7th Baron Willoughby Broke. Catherine Southwell Baroness Latimer and Willoughby Broke (age 38) by marriage Baroness Latimer of Corby, Baroness Willoughby Broke.
On 26th March 1647 Robert Fisher 1st Baronet (age 68) died. His son Clement (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Fisher of Packington Magna.
On 26th March 1662 Bishop Brian Duppa (age 73) 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 26th March 1675 Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 73) died at Friedenstein Palace, Gotha.
On 26th March 1679 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary's Merton, Southwark. His son Bryan (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baronet Stapylton Stapleton of Myton in Yorkshire and inherited Myton Hall, North Yorkshire.
On 26th March 1684 Bishop Edward Rainbowe (age 75) died.
On 26th March 1695 George Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny (age 29) died. Baron Abergavenny, Baron Abergavenny abeyant.
On 26th March 1732 Hugh Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford Chudleigh (age 31) died at Ugbrooke House Chudleigh, Devon. His son Hugh (age 5) succeeded 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh in Devon.
On 26th March 1759 Alan Mason Viscount Grandison died.
On 26th March 1773 Richard Baron 8th and 7th Baronet (age 78) died. His nephew Edmund (age 23) succeeded 9th Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in Suffolk and 8th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk.
On 26th March 1786 Catherine Cotton Countess Ferrers (age 67) died.
On 26th March 1800 Philip Wenman 7th Viscount Wenman (age 57) died. Viscount Wenman of Tuam and Baronet Wenman of Caswell extinct.
On 26th March 1808 Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (age 55) died. His son Roger (age 8) succeeded 8th Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.
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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 March 1823 Thomas Webb 6th Baronet (age 44) died. His son Henry (age 16) succeeded 7th Baronet Webb of Odstock in Wiltshire.
On 26th March 1827 Henrietta Cholmley Lady Strickland (age 66) died.
On 26th March 1828 Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet (age 33) died unmarried. His uncle Henry (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baronet Farrington of Blackheath in Kent.
On 26th March 1831 George Coventry 7th Earl Coventry (age 72) died. His son George (age 46) succeeded 8th Earl Coventry. Mary Beauclerk Countess Coventry (age 39) by marriage Countess Coventry.
On 26th March 1831 Manasseh Masseh Lopes 1st Baronet (age 76) died. His nephew Ralph (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lopes of Maristow-House in Devon.
On 26th March 1844 Charles Forster Goring 7th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Harry (age 42) succeeded 8th Baronet Bowyer aka Goring of Highden in Sussex.
On 26th March 1851 Gilbert Heathcote 4th Baronet (age 77) died. His son Gilbert (age 56) succeeded 5th Baronet Heathcote of London.
On 26th March 1863 Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton (age 73) died at Wakefield Lodge, Pottersbury. His son William (age 43) succeeded 6th Duke Grafton, 6th Earl Euston, 6th Viscount Ipswich, 6th Baron Sudbury, 7th Earl Arlington, 7th Viscount Thetford, 7th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 7th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Marie Anne Louise Baring Duchess Grafton (age 30) by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On 26th March 1886 William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 80) died at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His son William (age 50) succeeded 3rd Earl Amherst, 4th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. Julia Mann Countess Amherst by marriage Countess Amherst.
On 26th March 1889 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 65) died from diabetes at 2 Queen Anne Street aka Chandos House Marylebone. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Earl Temple, Earl Nugent extinct.
William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 41) succeeded 4th Earl Temple of Stowe according to the special remainder in its patent. Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe by marriage Countess Temple of Stowe.
Charles Lyttelton 8th Viscount Cobham (age 46) succeeded 8th Viscount Cobham. Mary Susan Cavendish Viscountess Cobham (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Cobham.
On 26th March 1900 Dudley Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby (age 69) died. His brother Henry (age 63) succeeded 4th Earl of Harrowby, 5th Baron Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire.
On 26th March 1909 Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter (age 81) died.
On 26th March 1929 John Lubbock 2nd Baron Avebury (age 70) died unmarried. His nephew John (age 13) succeeded 3rd Baron Avebury of Avebury in Wiltshire, 6th Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.
On 26th March 1938 Isolda Blanche Prideaux-Brune Baroness Ravensworth (age 73) died.
On 26th March 1960 Norman Archibald Orr-Ewing 4th Baronet (age 79) died. His son Ronald (age 47) succeeded 5th Baronet Orr-Ewing of Ballikinrain in Stirlingshire and Lennoxbank in Dumbartonshire. Marion Hester Cameron Lady Orr-Ewing (age 45) by marriage Lady Orr-Ewing of Ballikinrain in Stirlingshire and Lennoxbank in Dumbartonshire.
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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 March 1962 Patricia Burke Countess Cottenham died.
On 26th March 1999 Edward Francis North 9th Earl Guildford (age 65) died. His son Piers (age 28) succeeded 10th Earl Guildford, 12th Baron Guildford.
On 26th March 2016 John Graham Esplen 3rd Baronet (age 83) died. His son William (age 49) succeeded 4th Baronet Esplen of Hardres Court in Canterbury in Kent.