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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 this Day in History ... 28th August

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Events on the 28th August

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1061. This year went Bishop Aldred to Rome after his pall; which he received at the hands of Pope Nicholas. Earl Tosty (age 35) and his wife (age 28) also went to Rome; and the bishop and the earl met with great difficulty as they returned home. In the same year died Bishop Godwin at St. Martin's85, on the seventh before the ides of March; and in the self-same year died Wulfric, Abbot of St. Augustine's, in the Easterweek, on the fourteenth before the calends of May. Pope Nicholas also died; and Alexander was chosen pope, who was Bishop of Lucca. When word came to the king that the Abbot Wulfric was dead, then chose he Ethelsy, a monk of the old minster, to succeed; who followed Archbishop Stigand, and was consecrated abbot at Windsor on St. Augustine's mass-day.

Note 85. Lye interprets it erroneously the "festival" of St. Martin.-"ad S. Martini festum:" whereas the expression relates to the place, not to the time of his death, which is mentioned immediately afterwards.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. August 1070. This year Lanfranc (age 65), who was Abbot of Caen, came to England; and after a few days he became Archbishop of Canterbury. He was invested on the fourth before the calends of September in his own see by eight bishops, his suffragans. The others, who were not there, by messengers and by letter declared why they could not be there.

On 28th August 1481 Alfonso "The African" V King Portugal (age 49) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded II King Portugal. Eleanor Viseu Queen Consort Portugal (age 23) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 28th August 1557. The xxviij day of August begane to sett up the herse at sant Clementes with-owt Tempull-bare for my yonge duches of Northfoke (deceased), the wyffe to the yonge duke of Northfoke.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 28th August 1616. Upon the 28th we made an end of dressing the house in the forenoon and in the afternoon I wrought stitch work and my Lord (age 27) sat and read by me.

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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. 28th August 1617. The 28th Marsh came hither, he told me a rumour of my Brother Sackville's fighting and many other businesses of my Lord Essex (age 26) and my Lord Paget.

On 28th August 1640 the Battle of Newburn was fought at the Newburn, Northumberland [Map] ford over the River Tyne between the Scottish army of 20,000 men commanded by Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven (age 60) and the English army of 5000 commanded by Edward Conway 2nd Viscount Conway (age 46). The Scottish army was successful.

On 28th August 1648 Colchester, Essex [Map] surrendered to Parliament forces after a three month siege.

Charles Lucas (age 35) and George Lisle surrendered, subjected to a trial and were shot and killed in Colchester Castle, Essex.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th August 1664. So he and I to walk to the 'Change [Map] a while, talking from one pleasant discourse to another, and so home, and thither came my uncle Wight (age 62) and aunt, and supped with us mighty merry. And Creed lay with us all night, and so to bed, very merry to think how Mr. Holliard (age 55) (who came in this evening to see me) makes nothing, but proving as a most clear thing that Rome is Antichrist.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th August 1665. In the afternoon I sent down my boy to Woolwich, Kent [Map] with some things before me, in order to my lying there for good and all, and so I followed him. Just now comes newes that the fleete is gone, or going this day, out again, for which God be praised! and my Lord Sandwich (age 40) hath done himself great right in it, in getting so soon out again. I pray God, he may meet the enemy. Towards the evening, just as I was fitting myself, comes W. Hewer (age 23) and shows me a letter which Mercer had wrote to her mother about a great difference between my wife and her yesterday, and that my wife will have her go away presently. This, together with my natural jealousy that some bad thing or other may be in the way, did trouble me exceedingly, so as I was in a doubt whether to go thither or no, but having fitted myself and my things I did go, and by night got thither, where I met my wife walking to the waterside with her paynter, Mr. Browne, and her mayds. There I met Commissioner Pett (age 55), and my Lord Bruncker (age 45), and the lady at his house had been thereto-day, to see her. Commissioner Pett staid a very little while, and so I to supper with my wife and Mr. Shelden, and so to bed with great pleasure.

John Evelyn's Diary. 28th August 1665. The contagion still increasing, and growing now all about us, I sent my wife (age 30) and whole family (two or three necessary servants excepted) to my brother's at Wotton, Surrey [Map], being resolved to stay at my house myself, and to look after my charge, trusting in the providence and goodness of God.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th August 1666. After dinner the young women went to dance; among others Mr. Christopher Pett (age 46) his daughter, who is a very pretty, modest girle, I am mightily taken with her; and that being done about five o'clock, home, very well pleased with the afternoon's work. And so we broke up mightily civilly, the bride and bridegroom going to Greenwich, Kent [Map] (they keeping their dinner here only for my sake) to lie, and we home, where I to the office, and anon am on a sudden called to meet Sir W. Pen (age 45) and Sir W. Coventry (age 38) at the Victualling Office, which did put me out of order to be so surprised. But I went, and there Sir William Coventry did read me a letter from the Generalls to the King (age 36)1, a most scurvy letter, reflecting most upon Sir W. Coventry, and then upon me for my accounts (not that they are not true, but that we do not consider the expence of the fleete), and then of the whole office, in neglecting them and the King's service, and this in very plain and sharp and menacing terms. I did give a good account of matters according to our computation of the expence of the fleete. I find Sir W. Coventry willing enough to accept of any thing to confront the Generalls. But a great supply must be made, and shall be in grace of God! But, however, our accounts here will be found the true ones. Having done here, and much work set me, I with greater content home than I thought I should have done, and so to the office a while, and then home, and a while in my new closet, which delights me every day more and more, and so late to bed.

Note 1. The letter from Prince Rupert (age 46) and the Duke of Albemarle (age 57) to the King (dated August 27th, from the "Royal Charles", Sole Bay [Map]) is among the State Papers. The generals complain of the want of supplies, in spite of repeated importunities. The demands are answered by accounts from Mr. Pepys of what has been sent to the fleet, which will not satisfy the ships, unless the provisions could be found "... Have not a month's provision of beer, yet Sir Wm. Coventry assures the ministers that they are supplied till Oct. 3; unless this is quickened they will have to return home too soon.... Want provisions according to their own computation, not Sir Wm. Coventry's, to last to the end of October" ("Calendar", 1666-67, p. 71).

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John Evelyn's Diary. 28th August 1667. I dined with my late Lord Chancellor, where also dined Mr. Ashburnham (age 64), and Mr. W. Legge, of the bedchamber; his Lordship pretty well in heart, though now many of his friends and sycophants abandoned him.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1668. Thence to talk of other things, and the want of money and he told me of the general want of money in the country; that land sold for nothing, and the many pennyworths he knows of lands and houses upon them, with good titles in his country, at 16 years' purchase: "and", says he, "though I am in debt, yet I have a mind to one thing, and that is a Bishop's lease"; but said, "I will yet choose such a lease before any other, yes", says he, plainly, "because I know they cannot stand, and then it will fall into the King's hands, and I in possession shall have an advantage by it". "And", says he, "I know they must fall, and they are now near it, taking all the ways they can to undo themselves, and showing us the way"; and thereupon told the a story of the present quarrel between the Bishop (age 75) and Deane of Coventry and Lichfield (age 61); the former of which did excommunicate the latter, and caused his excommunication to be read in the Church while he was there; and, after it was read, the Deane made the service be gone through with, though himself, an excommunicate, was present, which is contrary to the Canon, and said he would justify the quire therein against the Bishop; and so they are at law in the Arches about it; which is a very pretty story. He tells me that the King (age 37) is for Toleration, though the Bishops be against it: and that he do not doubt but it will be carried in Parliament; but that he fears some will stand for the tolerating of Papists with the rest; and that he knows not what to say, but rather thinks that the sober party will be without it, rather than have it upon those terms; and I do believe so. Here we broke off, and I home to dinner, and after dinner set down my wife and Deb. at the 'Change [Map], and I to make a visit to Mr. Godolphin (age 32)1 at his lodgings, who is lately come from Spain from my Lord Sandwich (age 42), and did, the other day, meeting me in White Hall, compliment me mightily, and so I did offer him this visit, but missed him, and so back and took up my wife and set her at Mrs. Turner's (age 45), and I to my bookbinder's, and there, till late at night, binding up my second part of my Tangier accounts, and I all the while observing his working, and his manner of gilding of books with great pleasure, and so home, and there busy late, and then to bed. This day Griffin did, in discourse in the coach, put me in the head of the little house by our garden, where old goodman Taylor puts his brooms and dirt, to make me a stable of, which I shall improve, so as, I think, to be able to get me a stable without much charge, which do please me mightily. He did also in discourse tell me that it is observed, and is true, in the late fire of London, that the fire burned just as many Parish-Churches as there were hours from the beginning to the end of the fire; and, next, that there were just as many Churches left standing as there were taverns left standing in the rest of the City that was not burned, being, I think he told me, thirteen in all of each: which is pretty to observe.

Note 1. William Godolphin, descended from a younger branch of that family, which was afterwards ennobled in the person of Sidney, Earl Godolphin, Lord Treasurer (age 23). William Godolphin was of Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated M.A., January 14th, 1660-61. He was afterwards secretary to Sir H. Bennet (age 50) (Lord Arlington), and M.P. for Camelford. He was a great favourite at Court, and was knighted on August 28th, 1668. In the spring of 1669 he returned to Spain as Envoy Extraordinary, and in 1671 he became Ambassador. On July 11th, 1696, he died at Madrid, having been for some years a Roman Catholic.

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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th August 1668. At noon I home with W. Coventry (age 40) to his house; and there dined with him, and talked freely with him; and did acquaint him with what I have done, which he is well pleased with, and glad of: and do tell me that there are endeavours on foot to bring the Navy into new, but, he fears, worse hands. After much talk with great content with him, I walked to the Temple [Map], and staid at Starky's, my bookseller's (looking over Dr. Heylin's new book of the Life of Bishop Laud, a strange book of the Church History of his time), till Mr. Wren (age 39) comes, and by appointment we to the Atturney General's chamber, and there read and heard the witnesses in the business of Ackeworth, most troublesome and perplexed by the counter swearing of the witnesses one against the other, and so with Mr. Wren away thence to St. [James's] for his papers, and so to White Hall, and after the Committee was done at the Council chamber about the business of Supernumeraries, wherein W. Pen (age 47) was to do all and did, but like an ignorant illiterate coxcomb, the Duke of York (age 34) fell to work with us, the Committee being gone, in the Council-chamber; and there, with his own hand, did give us his long letter, telling us that he had received several from us, and now did give us one from him, taking notice of our several duties and failures, and desired answer to it, as he therein desired; this pleased me well; and so fell to other business, and then parted. And the Duke of York, and Wren, and I, it being now candle-light, into the Duke of York's closet in White Hall; and there read over this paper of my Lord Keeper's, wherein are laid down the faults of the Navy, so silly, and the remedies so ridiculous, or else the same that are now already provided, that we thought it not to need any answer, the Duke of York being able himself to do it: that so it makes us admire the confidence of these men to offer things so silly, in a business of such moment. But it is a most perfect instance of the complexion of the times! and so the Duke of York said himself, who, I perceive, is mightily concerned in it, and do, again and again, recommend it to Mr. Wren and me together, to consider upon remedies fit to provide for him to propound to the King (age 38), before the rest of the world, and particularly the Commissioners of Accounts, who are men of understanding and order, to find our faults, and offer remedies of their own, which I am glad of, and will endeavour to do something in it. So parted, and with much difficulty, by candle-light, walked over the Matted Gallery, as it is now with the mats and boards all taken up, so that we walked over the rafters. But strange to see what hard matter the plaister of Paris is, that is there taken up, as hard as stone! And pity to see Holben's work in the ceiling blotted on, and only whited over! Thence; with much ado, by several coaches home, to supper and to bed. My wife having been this day with Hales (age 68), to sit for her hand to be mended, in her picture.

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John Evelyn's Diary. 28th August 1670. One of the Canons preached; then followed the offering of the Knights of the Order, according to custom; first the poor Knights, in procession, then, the Canons in their formalities, the Dean and Chancellor, then his Majesty (age 40) (the Sovereign), the Duke of York (age 36), Prince Rupert (age 50); and, lastly, the Earl of Oxford (age 43), being all the Knights that were then at Court.

John Evelyn's Diary. 28th August 1670. Windsor was now going to be repaired, being exceedingly ragged and ruinous. Prince Rupert (age 50), the Constable, had begun to trim up the keep or high round Tower, and handsomely adorned his hall with furniture of arms, which was very singular, by so disposing the pikes, muskets, pistols, bandoleers, holsters, drums, back, breast, and headpieces, as was very extraordinary. Thus, those huge steep stairs ascending to it had the walls invested with this martial furniture, all new and bright, so disposing the bandoleers, holsters, and drums, as to represent festoons, and that without any confusion, trophy-like. From the hall we went into his bedchamber, and ample rooms hung with tapestry, curious and effeminate pictures, so extremely different from the other, which presented nothing but war and horror.

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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 28th August 1676 Isabel Stewart was born to James Duke of York (age 42) and Mary of Modena Duchess of York (age 17).

John Evelyn's Diary. 28th August 1677. To visit my Lord Chamberlain (age 59), in Suffolk; he sent his coach and six to meet and bring me from St. Edmund's Bury [Map] to Euston.

On 28th August 1680 Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 62) died. His son Charles (age 29) succeeded II Elector Palatine Rhine.

John Evelyn's Diary. 19th August 1683. I went to Bromley to visit our Bishop (age 58), and excellent neighbor, and to congratulate his now being made Archbishop of York. On the 28th, he came to take his leave of us, now preparing for his journey and residence in his province.

On 28th August 1736 William Stukeley (age 48) visited the Cotterstock Roman Mosaic at Cotterstock with George Lynn who lived nearby at Southwick Hall, Northamptonshire.

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. After a while Percy (age 19) was reconciled to his father, revisited his family in Sussex, and then stayed with a cousin in Wales. Hence he was recalled to London by Miss Harriet Westbrook, who wrote complaining of her father's resolve to send her back to her school, in which she was now regarded with repulsion as having become too apt a pupil of the atheist Shelley. He replied counselling resistance. "She wrote to say" (these are the words of Shelley in a letter to Hogg, dating towards the end of July 1811) "that resistance was useless, but that she would fly with me, and threw herself upon my protection." Shelley, therefore, returned to London, where he found Harriet agitated and wavering; finally they agreed to elope, travelled in haste to Edinburgh, and there, on the 28th of August, were married with the rites of the Scottish Church. Shelley, it should be understood, had by this time openly broken, not only with the dogmas and conventions of Christian religion, but with many of the institutions of Christian polity, and in especial with such as enforce and regulate marriage; he held - with William Godwin (age 55) and some other theorists - that marriage ought to be simply a voluntary relation between a man and a woman, to be assumed at joint option and terminated at the after-option of either party. If, therefore, he had acted upon his personal conviction of the right, he would never have wedded Harriet, whether by, Scotch, English or any other law; but he waived his own theory in favour of thee consideration that in such an experiment the woman's stake, land the disadvantages accruing to her, are out of all comparison with the man's. His conduct, therefore, was so far entirely honourable; and, if it derogated from a principle of his own (a principle which, however contrary to the morality of other people, was and always remained matter of genuine conviction on his individual part), this was only in deference to a higher and more imperious standard of right.

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On 28th August 1861 Thomas Bateman (age 39) died. He was buried in unconsecrated ground at his request at Middleton-by-Youlgreave [Map].

St Mary's Church, Uttoxeter [Map]. Memorial to Surgeon Henry John Hawthorn. Died 28th August 1903.

28th August 1907. The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden.

On 28th August 1912 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 67) died. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. His son Philip (age 36) succeeded 6th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham (age 35) by marriage Lady Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.

Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet: On 17th September 1875 he was born to George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham. On 8th August 1901 Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham were married.

Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham: On 21st December 1876 she was born to John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet and Frances Arbuthnot Lady Kennaway. On 25th August 1958 she died.

On 27th August 1979 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 79) was killed by an IRA bomb aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo. His daughter Patricia (age 55) succeeded 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne (age 54) by marriage Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Nicholas Timothy Knatchbull (age 14) was killed.

Pauk Maxwell, a local boy, was killed.

On 28th August 1979 Doreen Browne Baroness Brabourne (age 83) died from wounds in hospital the day after the bombing.

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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 28th August 932 Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy was born illegitimately to William "Longsword" Normandy I Duke Normandy (age 39) and Sprota Unknown.

On 28th August 1603 George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet was born to William Stonhouse 1st Baronet (age 47).

On 28th August 1630 Thomas Delves 3rd Baronet was born to Henry Delves 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Mary Wilbraham.

On 28 AUg 1658 Charlotte Lane was born to George Lane 1st Viscount Lanesborough (age 38) and Dorcas Brabazon.

On 28th August 1676 Isabel Stewart was born to James Duke of York (age 42) and Mary of Modena Duchess of York (age 17).

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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 28th August 1697 Martha Stonhouse was born to John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Mary Mellish.

On 28th August 1725 Charles Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend (age 25) and Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison (age 17).

On 28th August 1764 Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland was born to Robert Child (age 25).

On 28th August 1779 Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 29) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 22).

On 28th August 1786 William Clayton 5th Baronet was born to William Clayton 4th Baronet (age 24) and Mary East Lady Clayton (age 20).

On 28th August 1817 Henry Willoughby 8th Baron Middleton was born to Henry Willoughby (age 36) and Charlotte Eyre (age 26) at Aspley Hall, Nottingham.

On 28th August 1820 Adelaide Georgiana Fitzclarence was born to George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster (age 26) and Mary Wyndham Countess Munster (age 27). She a granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 28th August 1821 Thomas Seddon was born to Tom Seddon.

On 28th August 1823 Gerard Noel was born to Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 41) and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams.

On 28th August 1823 Louise Auguste Oldenburg was born to Christian August Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 25) and Louise Sophie Danneskiold Samsøe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. She a great x 3 granddaughter 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 28th August 1833 Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet was born to Edward Richard Jones and Elizabeth Coley at 11 Bennets Hill. His mother died six days later.

On 28th August 1835 William Osborne was born to George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 33) and Harriet Emma Arundel Stewart (age 35).

On 28th August 1854 Ralph Wormeley Curtis was born to Daniel Sargent Curtis (age 28). He was a fourth cousin of painter John Singer Sargent.

On 28th August 1875 Robert Strutt 4th Baron Rayleigh was born to John William Strutt 3rd Baron Rayleigh (age 32) and Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour Baroness Rayleigh.

On 28th August 1937 Ian Campbell 12th Duke of Argyll was born to Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll (age 34) and Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll (age 32).

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On 28th August 1628 William Armine 1st Baronet (age 34) and Mary Talbot (age 34) were married. They were sixth cousins.

On 28th August 1665 Charles Gordon 1st Earl Aboyne (age 27) and Elizabeth Lyon Countess Aboyne (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Aboyne. She the daughter of John Lyon 2nd Earl Kinghorne and Elizabeth Maule Countess Kinghorne and Linlithgow. He the son of George Gordon 2nd Marquess Huntly and Anna Campbell Marchioness Huntly. They were fourth cousins.

On 28th August 1672, a month after his father died, Thomas Cookes 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Mary Windsor Lady Cookes (age 14) were married. She by marriage Lady Cookes of Norgrove in Worcestershire. She the daughter of Thomas Hickman Windsor 1st Earl Plymouth (age 45) and Anne Savile (age 38).

On 28th August 1694 Nathaniel Napier 3rd Baronet (age 26) and Catherine Alington Lady Napier (age 9) were married.

On 28th August 1719 Henry Arundell Bedingfeld 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Boyle (age 29) were married. She the daughter of Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington and Juliana Noel Countess Burlington (age 47). They were fifth cousin once removed.

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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 28th August 1733 Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke (age 40) and Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. He the son of Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery and Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery. They were half sixth cousins.

On 28th August 1784 George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 23) and Sophia Thynne (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath (age 49) and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath (age 49). He the son of John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham (age 59) and Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

On 28th August 1811 Percy Bysshe Shelley (age 19) and Harriet Westbrook were married at Edinburgh having eloped on the 25th August 1811.

On 28th August 1862 William Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick (age 22) and Caroline Maria Gray Countess of Limerick were married. He the son of William Henry Tennison Pery 2nd Earl of Limerick (age 50). They were first cousin once removed.

On 28th August 1895 Arthur George Egerton 5th Earl Wilton (age 32) and Mariota Thellusson Countess Wilton (age 22) were married. He the son of Seymour Egerton 4th Earl Wilton (age 56) and Laura Caroline Russell Countess Wilton (age 53).

On 28th August 1937 Philip Coutts Antrobus 7th Baronet (age 29) and Dorothy May Davis Lady Antrobus were married.

On 28th August 1939 Anthony Henry Thorold 15th Baronet (age 35) and Jocelyn Elaine Laura Heathcote-Smith were married.

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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 28th August 1947 Julian Asquith 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (age 31) and Anne Palairet Countess of Oxford and Asquith (age 30) were married at Brompton Oratory, Kensington. She by marriage Countess of Oxford and Asquith.

Deaths on the 28th August

On 28th August 995 Henry "Quarrelsome" Saxon Ottonian II Duke Bavaria (age 44) died.

On 28th August 1026 Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy (age 63) died. His son Richard (age 24) succeeded III Duke Normandy.

On 28th August 1350 Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 41) died. His son John (age 19) succeeded 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.

On 28th August 1404 Bishop Robert Braybrooke died.

On 28th August 1406 John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton (age 26) died. Baron Sutton of Dudley extinct. He and the previous three barons were never summoned to Parliament.

On 28th August 1462 Elizabeth Norbury Baroness Sudeley (age 69) died.

On 28th August 1477 John Willoughby 8th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 56) died. His son Robert (age 25) de jure 9th Baron Latimer of Corby.

On 28th August 1481 Alfonso "The African" V King Portugal (age 49) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded II King Portugal. Eleanor Viseu Queen Consort Portugal (age 23) by marriage Queen Consort Portugal.

On 28th August 1540 Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua (age 40) died. His son Francesco (age 7) succeeded III Duke Mantua.

On 28th August 1558 George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 61) died at Stepney [Map]. His son John (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Darcy of Aston.

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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 28th August 1572 Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso (age 46) died.

On 28th August 1617 William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham (age 33) died. His son Henry succeeded 4th Baron Willoughby Parham.

On 28th August 1618 Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia (age 65) died.

On 28th August 1636 Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield died.

On 28th August 1654 Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet (age 56) died. His son John (age 31) succeeded 3rd Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 27) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.

On 28th August 1668 Abraham Cullen 1st Baronet (age 44) died. His son John (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cullen of East Sheen in Surrey.

On 28th August 1680 Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 62) died. His son Charles (age 29) succeeded II Elector Palatine Rhine.

On 28th August 1683 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 31) died. He was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His brother Thomas (age 27) succeeded 8th Earl Pembroke, 5th Earl Montgomery.

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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 28th August 1693 Jane Bickerton Duchess Norfolk (age 50) died.

On 28th August 1705 George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 81) died.

On 28th August 1728 John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 43) died. His son William (age 8) succeeded 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam5th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.

On 28th August 1731 Charles Boyle 4th Earl Cork 4th Earl Orrery (age 57) died at Westminster [Map]. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son John (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Cork. Henrietta Hamilton Countess Cork by marriage Countess Cork.

On 28th August 1731 James Robinson 3rd Baronet (age 62) died. His son John (age 26) succeeded 4th Baronet Robinson of London.

On 28th August 1749 George Evans 1st Baron Carbery (age 69) died. His son George (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baron Carbery. Frances Fitzwilliam Baroness Carbery (age 39) by marriage Baroness Carbery.

On 28th August 1769 William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey (age 62) died. His son George (age 34) succeeded 4th Earl Jersey, 7th Viscount Grandison, 4th Viscount Villiers, 4th Baron Villiers.

On 28th August 1797 Robert Trefusis 17th Baron Clinton (age 32) died. His son Robert (age 10) succeeded 18th Baron Clinton.

On 28th August 1808 Richard Hill 2nd Baronet (age 76) died. His brother John (age 68) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hill of Hawkestone in Shropshire.

On 28th August 1819 Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 54) died. His son Charles (age 28) succeeded 5th Duke Richmond, 5th Earl March, 5th Baron Settrington. Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond (age 23) by marriage Duchess Richmond.

On 28th August 1836 Antoine 8th Duke Gramont (age 81) died. His son Antoine (age 47) succeeded 9th Duke Gramont.

On 28th August 1838 Emily Gage Countess of Abingdon died.

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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 28th August 1841 Henry Hope Edwardes 9th Baronet (age 54) died. His son Henry (age 13) succeeded 10th Baronet Edwardes of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

On 28th August 1848 John Osborn 5th Baronet (age 75) died. His son George (age 34) succeeded 6th Baronet Osborn of Chicksands in Bedfordshire.

On 28th August 1848 Hugh Evelyn 5th Baronet (age 79) died without issue. He was buried on 9th September 1848 at St John's Church, Wotton. Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey extinct.

On 28th August 1861 Thomas Bateman (age 39) died. He was buried in unconsecrated ground at his request at Middleton-by-Youlgreave [Map].

On 28th August 1864 Edmund Parker 2nd Earl Morley (age 54) died. His son Albert (age 21) succeeded 3rd Earl Morley, 3rd Viscount Boringdon of North Malton in Devon, 4th Baron Boringdon.

On 28th August 1870 Johnathan Frederick Pollock 1st Baronet (age 86) died. His son William (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Pollock of Hatton in Middlesex.

On 28th August 1875 Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley (age 77) died without issue. His nephew Thomas (age 43) succeeded 4th Baron Grantley of Markenfield in Yorkshire.

On 28th August 1875 Richard Williams-Bulkeley 10th Baronet (age 73) died. His son Richard (age 42) succeeded 11th Baronet Williams of Penrhyn in Caernarfonshire. Margaret Elizabeth Williams (age 36) by marriage Lady Williams.

On 28th August 1897 Henry Conyngham 4th Marquess Conyngham (age 39) died. His son Victor (age 14) succeeded 5th Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 7th Baron Conyngham, 5th Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent.

On 28th August 1904 William Grenville Williams 4th Baronet (age 60) died. His son William (age 16) succeeded 5th Baronet Williams of Bodelwyddan in Flintshire.

On 28th August 1906 Ralph King-Milbanke 2nd Earl of Lovelace (age 67) died. His brother Lionel (age 41) succeeded 3rd Earl Lovelace, 3rd Viscount Ockham of Ockham in Surrey, 10th Baron King of Ockham in Surrey. His son Ada (age 35) succeeded 14th Baron Wentworth, 18th Baron Despencer.

On 28th August 1912 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 67) died. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. His son Philip (age 36) succeeded 6th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham (age 35) by marriage Lady Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.

Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet: On 17th September 1875 he was born to George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham. On 8th August 1901 Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham were married.

Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham: On 21st December 1876 she was born to John Henry Kennaway 3rd Baronet and Frances Arbuthnot Lady Kennaway. On 25th August 1958 she died.

On 28th August 1915 Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 82) 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 28th August 1935 Francis Vincent 13th Baronet (age 66) died. His son Anthony (age 41) succeeded 14th Baronet Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon.

On 28th August 1937 Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet (age 74) died without issue. His nephew Hilton (age 42) succeeded 4th Baronet Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.

On 28th August 1945 Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk (age 68) died.

On 27th August 1979 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 79) was killed by an IRA bomb aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo. His daughter Patricia (age 55) succeeded 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne (age 54) by marriage Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Nicholas Timothy Knatchbull (age 14) was killed.

Pauk Maxwell, a local boy, was killed.

On 28th August 1979 Doreen Browne Baroness Brabourne (age 83) died from wounds in hospital the day after the bombing.

On 28th August 1985 John Bunbury 12th Baronet (age 70) died. His son Michael (age 5) succeeded 13th Baronet Bunbury of Bunbury in Oxfordshire and Stanney Hall in Cheshire.