This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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29 Apr is in April.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 744. This year Daniel resigned the see of Winchester; to which Hunferth was promoted. The stars went swiftly shooting; and Wilferth the younger, who had been thirty winters Bishop of York [Note. Probably a mistake for Worcester], died on the third day before the calends of May.
Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 29th April 1194. On the twenty-ninth day of April, the king returned to Portsmouth to quell the conflict between the Welsh and Brabançons; and so it was accomplished.
Vicesima nona die mensis Aprilis rediit rex ad Portesmue, ad extinguendam malitiam Walensium et Braibancenorum: et factum est ita.
Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 29th April 1194. On the thirtieth day of April, and on the first day of May, the feast of the apostles Philip and James, the king remained there, but he found the delay extremely tedious.
Tricesima die mensis Aprilis, et prima die mensis Maii, festo apostolorum Philippi et Jacobi, fecit rex ibidem moram, et videbatur ei nimis tædiosa.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 29th, being still at Shene, Isabella [Map] is visited by Edward III [aged 45]., the Lady Isabella [aged 25] ( the King's eldest daughter ), and the Earl of March [aged 29], who sup with her.
Vetera Monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum DCXL. Innocent, etc. To our venerable brother, [Walter] Bishop of Dunblane, greeting, etc. The order of the petition presented to us on behalf of a noble young man, John of Drummond [aged 42], and a noble woman, Margaret, Countess of Menteith [aged 26], belonging to your diocese, narrated that they, being for n long time past desirous of allaying and setting at rest the grievous contentions and emmities which for some time have existed between the said John and the kinsmen and friends of the said Margaret at the instigation of the enemy of the human race, from which burnings, homicides, and many other evils have ensued, desiring also to obviate more grievous dangers and ills which they feared were likely to arise therefrom, and to procure a bond of peace between them, the Lord granting it, and knowing that they were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, they have in face of the Church contracted marriage together of which they have begotten offspring. But seeing, as the said petition related, that if a divorce were to take place between them, great scandals, dissensions, wars, enmities, murders, and other possible evils might very probably threaten them and their kinsmen and friends, and be very damaging as it were to the whole kingdom of Scotland, we have on their behalf been humbly besougit that we would of our apostolic benignity vouchsafe to absolve them from the sentence of excommunication imposed by the canon [law] which they have incurred by this procedure, and to provide to them the benefit of a ready dispensation thereanent. We, therefore, who cheerfully procure for the faithful of Christ the benefits of salvation and peace, striving as much as we may in the Lord to prevent such scandals, dissensions, wars, enmities, murders and other evils, and to consult the welfare of their souls, yielding to the petitions of the said Juhn and Margaret, do, by apostolic letters, command and commit to you, brother, in whom we repose special confidence, that if it is so, you may absolve the foresaid Jchm and Margaret from the sentence of excommunication according to the forms of the Church, and they, having been separated for such time as shall seem good to you in your discretion, shall be enjoined upon oath not to commit the like again, nor to afford counsel, aid, or favour to any doing the like; and that if by virtue of these presents you happen to dispense with these things, they, within the space of two years, shall cause to be constructed, or choose from among those already constructed, in your clurch of Dunblane, one altar, and of their own goods endow the same to the value of ten marks of silver of annual and perpetual rent, and with books, furnishings, a house axd other things necessary to the service of the said altar; and this notwithstanding, let them, within the above-mentioned term, give in marriage two poor maidens, and dover each of them with the value of ive marks of silver; and if it seem expedient to you that such a dispensation be granted in other things which shall of right have been enjoined, as to which we burden your conscience, you may, by apostolic authority, grant dispensation, that, notwithstanding the impediment which arose from the said consasguinity, they may be free to contract marriage, and after it shall have been contracted, to abide lawfully therein decerning the offspring conceived and to be conceived of the said marriage to be legitimate. But we will that the foresuid altar and benefice may be conferred only on a priest vho ought to be present in the said church during divine service and in canonical hours, and celebrate divine service on the said altar, of which altar or benefice the right of patronage ought to belong in perpetuity to the said noble persons and their heirs, but the visitation [thereof] to you and your successors, who shall be for the time Bishops of Dunblane. Given at Avignon, the 29th of April, in the eighth year of our pontificate, 1360.
Episcopo Dunblanensi, ut cum Joanna de Drumomlo et Margarita comitissa de Meneteht super matrimonio dispensare possit. Reg. An. VIII. Tom. XXiV. cod. chart, fol. 508,
Innocentius episcopus etc. Venerabili fratri ... Episcopo Dumblanensi, salutem etc. Exhibite nobis pro parte nobilis viri Iohannis de Drumondo domicelli, et nobilis mulieris Margarete Comitisse de Meneteht tue diocesis petitionis series continebat, quod olim ipsi graves guerras et inimicitias, que inter ipsum lohannem et ipsius Margarete consanguineos et amicos aliquamdiu vigerunt, instigante humani generis inimico, ex quibus incendia, homicidia et alia multa mala secuta fuerant, sedare et sopire, ac I gravioribus periculis et malis, quo exinde verisimiliter evenire timebantur, obviare, et pacis inter ipsos vinculum procurare, dante domino, cupientes, ac scientes se esse quarto consanguinitatis gradu con; iunctos, matrimonium in facie ecclesie insimul contraxerunt et prolem exindo procrearunt. Cum autem, sicut eadem petitio subiungebat, ex divortio, si fieret inter eos, magna scandala, dissensiones, gueiro, inimicitie, homicidia et alia mala quam plurima ipsis et eorum consanguineis et amicis, et quasi toti regno Scocie valde dampnosa verisimiliter imminere possent, pro parte ipsorum nobis extitit humiliter supplicatum, ut eos ab excomunicationis sententia lata a canone, quam occasione huiusmodi incurrerant, absolvere, eisque super biis de oportune dispensationis hencficio providere de benignitate apostolica dignaremur. Nos igitur, qui libenter Christi fidelibus salutis et pacis commoda procuramus, huiusmodi scandalis, dissensionibus, guerris, inimicitiis, homicidiis et malis aliis obviaro, et ipsorum animarum saluti consulere, quantum cum deo possumus, intendentes, dictorum Iohannis et Margarete supplicationibus inclinati, fraternitati tue, de qua specialem in domino fiduciam gerimus, per apostolica scripta committimus et mandamus, quatenus, si est ita, lohannem et Margaretam predictos ab eadem excommunicationis sententia iuxta formam ecclesie absolvas, eisque iuxta tue discretionis arbitrium ad tempus, de quo tibi videbitur, separatis, ac iniunctia eis sub virtute iuramenti prostandi per eos, quod similia dc cetero non committant, nec ea committentibus prebeant consilium, auxilium vel favorem, et quod infra biennium, si per te cum eis super hiis vigore presentium dispensari contigerit, construi faciant, vel do constructis in tua ecclesia Dumblanensi eligant unum altare, et ipsum de bonis propriis dotent de valore decem marcharum argenti annui et perpetui redditus, ac libris, paramentis, domo et aliis necessariis ad obsequia altaris predicti, ct nicliilominus duas pauperes muliereB puellas maritent, et earum cuilibet donent pro doto valorcm quinque marcharum argenti infra terminum supradicturo, et aliis, que de iure fuerint iniungenda, si tibi videatur expediens, quod buiusmodi dispensatio concedatur, super quo tuam conscientiam oneramus, eum Iohanne et Margareta prodictis, ut impedimento, quod ex dicta consanguinitate provenit, non obstante, matrimonium invicem libero contrahere, et in eo, postquam contractum fuerit, licite remanere valeant, apostolica auctoritato dispenses, prolem susceptam ct suscipiendam ex huiusmodi matrimonio legitimam decernendo. Volumus autem, quod prefatum altare sive beneficium conferri non possit nisi sacerdoti, qui debeat interesse in dicta ecclesia divinis officiis et lioris canonicis, et in dictg altari divinum officium celebrare: cuius quidem altaris sive beneficii ius patronatus ad ipsos nobiles et eorum heredes, visitatio vero ad te et successores tuos episcopos Dumblancnses, qui erunt pro tempore, perpetuo debeant pertinere. Datum Avinione ixxt. Kal. Maii, Pontificatus nostri anno octavo.
On 29th April 1417 King Louis of Naples [aged 39] died. His son Louis [aged 13] succeeded Louis III Duke Anjou. He was buried at Angers Cathedral [Map].
Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou: On 25th September 1403 he was born to King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. On or after 31st May 1431, the date of the contract, Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou and Margaret of Savoy were married. She the daughter of Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy and Mary Valois Countess Savoy. He the son of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 12th November 1434 Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou died. His brother René succeeded I Duke Anjou. Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine by marriage Duchess Anjou.
On 29th April 1424 Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 52] was created 1st Duke Touraine by Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 21]; he was the first non-Frenchman to be appiinted Duke in France. Charles had also appointed him Lieutenant General in the waging of war in the Kingdom of France. Margaret Stewart Duchess Touraine by marriage Duchess Touraine.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. At that time also, on the penultimate day of April, Sir Jean de Bourbon, lord of L'Écluse and of Carency, died at that place. This Sir Jean de Bourbon left four sons by a lady whom he had had before he married her; she was of low birth and had been married to one of his servants, and he had kept her since the time of her first husband; and it was said that the eldest son of the said Sir Jean de Bourbon, named Louis, had been conceived while the said lady still had her first husband.
En ce temps, le penultiesme d'apvril, mourut messire Jehan de Bourbon, Sr de l'Escluse et de Carency, et mourut audit lieu; lequel messire Jehan de Bourbon laissa quatre fils d'une dame, laquelle il avoit eue ains qu'il l'espousat, et estoit de petit lieu et avoit esté marriée a ung sien serviteur et la tenoit dez le temps de son premier mary; et, disoit on, que le fils aisné dudit monsieur Jehan de Bourbon, nommé Loys, avoit esté engendré durant que ladite dame avoit encoires son premier mary.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Memoires Jacques du Clercq. In the year of grace 1467, on the penultimate 29th day of April, in a village called Dievast, six leagues from Arras, in the county of Saint-Pol or thereabouts, a gentleman named Jehan de Bailloeul, about fifty years of age, who lived in that village with his widowed mother, a lady of the house, and who held lordship there, being filled with the enemy of hell, rose very early and took a naked dagger and went into the kitchen of his house, where he found a young girl of about twenty years of age, a good and beautiful maiden, who had risen early to do the washing, and he struck her several times with the dagger and killed her. But before she died, she cried out. Hearing the cry, the chambermaid of the house, of the same age, also a good and beautiful maiden, went there, and he likewise struck and killed her. The lady, his mother, hearing the cries of the maidens, opened her chamber and came there, and he gave her two dagger blows in the belly, from which wounds she died that same day or the next. However, she confessed and received her sacraments before her death. Then the said Jehan went to try to enter the chamber of one of his daughters, newly married, but found it closed, so he went back down and returned to his chamber and intended to kill his son, aged between sixteen and eighteen years, who had slept with him that night. But his son begged him for mercy and spoke so well that he spared him. After this, he went into his courtyard, and there, by those of the household and others who had gathered when they heard the alarm, he was taken by force and bound. This Jehan de Bailloeul was the son of the said lady and of Martel de Bailloeul, who was deceased, and there were several children. Before this horrible murder, he had been regarded as a gracious, honorable, and sensible man, as any in the town. In his youth, he had married a gentlewoman, sister of the lord of Taulay, against the will of his father, because his father had not arranged the match and would have preferred to marry him advantageously. To settle matters quickly, he married nobly to a good and beautiful girl, though she was not rich. For this reason, his father and mother, in anger and deliberate intent, cursed him many times and gave him their malediction, and it was commonly said that this was so. Because of this, as people said, he had experienced many strange and diverse misfortunes, if it were true. However, soon after the marriage, his father and mother forgave him everything. He had several children by this lady, one of whom he had married just fifteen days before this event. He had been a widower for about a year. After that, he had always been lustful, and still was. It was said that the cause of his madness was that he loved a girl in the village, and his mother had told him it was wrong. Whether this was the cause or another, I do not know, or whether it was due to the curse of his father, but in any case, although no one had ever heard of such a cruel deed, he was not punished by justice, nor were his goods confiscated. Instead, he was taken to Saint-Acaire and Saint-Nazaire as one out of his senses, where he remained for some days. Afterward, no defect of reason was ever seen in him again, and he seemed as rational as any other. He went to Rome and obtained his pardon, and no further justice was done, which seemed very strange to many people. However, some, especially clerics, said that no sentence could be imposed upon him any more than upon a madman.
L'AN de grace mil iiije lxvij, le penultiesme jour d'apvril, en ung villaige nommé Dyevast, a six lieues d'Arras, et en la comtéde St Pol, ou environ, ung gentilhomme, nommé Jehan de Bailloeul, de l'age de cinquante ans, ou environ, lequel demouroit audit Dyevast, avecq sa damoiselle mere, qui estoit vefve, et y avoient seigneurie; rempli de l'ennemy d'enfer, se leva bien matin et print une dague toute nue et s'en alla en la cuisine de sa maison, ou il trouva une josne fille qui le servoit, de l'age de vingt ans, ou environ, bonne et belle pucelle, laquelle s'estoit levée temps pour faire la buée, a laquelle il donna de celle dague plusieurs horions et l'occist; mais ains qu'elle mourut, cria: oyant le cry, la chambriere de l'hostel, de pareil age, et belle et bonne pucelle, alla celle part, laquelle derechief ferit et occist: la damoiselle mere, oyant le cry des pucelles, ouvrit sa chambre et alla celle part, a laquelle il donna deux coulps de dague au ventre, desquels coulps ce propre jour ou lendemain mourut; mais elle se confessa et receupt ses sacrements ains sa mort; puis alla ledit Jehan pour cuider entrer en la chambre d'une sienne fille nouvellement marriée, laquelle il trouva close, sy descendit et ralla en sa chambre et vollut occire son fils qui avoit la nuict couché avecq lui, de l'age de seize a dix huict ans; mais son fils lui pria tant mercy et parla sy beau qu'il le laissa. Ce fait, s'en alla en sa cour, et illecq, par ceulx de l'hostel et aultres qui s'assemblerent quant ils eurent oyes l'effroy, fust prins par forche et lyé. Icelluy Jehan de Bailloeul estoit aussy fils de ladite damoiselle et de Martel de Bailloeul qui estoit mort, et estoient plusieurs enfants. Icelluy Jehan de Bailloeul, paravant ceste horrible murdre, estoit tenu pour ung aussy gracieux et honneste homme et de bon sens que homme de la ville. En ses josnes jours, il se marria a une gentille femme, soeur du St de Taulay, contre le voulloir de son pere, pour ce que son pere n'estoit point au devant, et il l'eust vollontier marrié richement; pour estre despechié, il se marria noblement a une belle et bonne fille; mais elle n'estoit pas riche; pourquoy son pere et sa mere, de couraige animé et propos desliberé, le maudirent plusieurs fois et lui donnerent leur malediction; et ce estoit tout commun qu'il estoit ainsy; et a ceste cause, comme on disoit, avoit eu plusieurs advantures diverses et estranges a racompter, s'il estoit vray; toutesfois, assés tost après le marriage fait, son pere et sa mere lui pardonnerent tout; et eut d'icelle damoiselle plusieurs enfants, desquels il avoit marrié l'une quinze jours paravant. Il estoit vefve environ ung an; ce fait advenu, il avoit toujours esté luxurieulx et encoires estoit; et, disoit on, que la cause de sa fresnesie fust pour ce qu'il aimoit une fille audit villaige, et sa mere lui avoit dit que c'estoit mal fait; de ce fust pour ceste cause ou aultre, je ne sçay, ou pour ce qu'il ne pooit bien faire par la malediction de son pere; mais toutesfois combien que on ne avoit oncques ouy parler de sy eruel fait; sy ne fust il point prins par justice, ne ses biens confisqués; mais seullement fust mené a St Akare et a St Nazare, comme hors de son sens, ou il fust certains jours; après lesquels on ne veit oncques en lui faute de sens et sembloit aussy raisonnable que ung aultre, et s'en alla a Rome et rapporta son pardon; et aultre justice ne fust faite, qui pooit sembler a plusieurs gens merveilles; mais aulcuns gens disoient par especial, les clercs que on n'y pooit asservir sentence sur lui non plus qu'a ung homme furieux.
Calendar of State Papers of Spain. 29th April 1536. Wien, Rep. P.C., Fasc. 229¼. Eustace Chapuys [aged 46] to the Emperor [aged 36].
The day after the departure of Guadaluppe, the courier, this king sent for the French ambassador, and there was at Court (Greenwich) a meeting of the Privy Council; at which—if the report of a personage most intimate with that ambassador, and who knows all his secrets, is to be credited—the King begged him to go post to his master, the Most Christian King, on certain business which he explained. The ambassador accepted the proposed mission, and began next day to make preparations for departure. When everything was ready, the ambassador again went to Court on Tuesday to receive his last instructions; it happened, however, that the Privy Councillors, who had been assembled since that morning, till 9 or 10 o'clock at night, could not come to a resolution as to the message the Frenchman was to take to his master, and, therefore, the interview was postponed until the day before yesterday, which was Thursday. However, just when the ambassador was about to depart, a note was handed over to him containing new matter so different from the verbal instructions he had previously received that he actually refused to go on such an errand, and sent yesterday an ordinary courier with the note. I have not yet been able to ascertain what they are about, but I fancy that these English are trying, if possible, to prevent peace being concluded between Your Majesty and, the French; for ever since they heard there was some chance of it, they have been much bewildered and confused.
As I hear from all quarters—and I myself have been able to verify to a certain extent—this king has issued orders for all preachers in his kingdom to abstain for the present from all remarks on the new religious opinions concerning ritual and church ceremonies, and to preach entirely according to the old custom, save, however, on such points as the primacy and Papal authority, which he will in no wise allow; since he pretends by Divine authority and the decisions of his Parliament to be spiritual as well as temporal lord in his kingdom. And although he (the King) admits, as he did before, that there is a Purgatory, or at least a third place besides Paradise and Hell, and owns that prayers and suffrages help the dead, he, nevertheless, goes on destroying and pulling down monasteries, as I have lately informed Your Majesty, and usurping these many pious foundations for the redemption of the souls of the dead.
The Grand Esquire, Master Caro (Carew) [aged 40], was on St. George's Day invested with the Order of the Garter, in the room of Mr. De Bourgain, who died some time ago. This has been a source of great disappointment and sorrow for lord Rochefort [aged 33], who wanted it for himself, and still more for the concubine [aged 35], who has not had sufficient credit to get her own brother knighted. In fact, it will not be Carew's fault if the aforesaid concubine, though a cousin of his, is not overthrown (desarçonee) one of these days, for I hear that he is daily conspiring against her, and trying to persuade Miss Seymour [aged 27] and her friends to accomplish her ruin1. Indeed, only four days ago the said Carew and certain gentlemen of the Kings chamber sent word to the Princess to take courage, for very shortly her rival would be dismissed, the King being so tired of the said concubine that he could not bear her any longer. Besides which, Montagu's brother said to me yesterday, at dinner, that the day before the bishop of London had been questioned [by some courtier] as to whether the King could or could not abandon the said concubine, and that the bishop had refused to give an opinion on the subject unless the King himself asked him for it. Even then he would, before he answered, try and ascertain what the King's intentions were, thereby implying, no doubt, that the King in his opinion could certainly desert his concubine; but that knowing well the King's fickleness, he would not run the risk of offending her by proffering such advice. The bishop was once, it must be observed, the principal cause and instrument of this King's first divorce; he now repents of it, and would willingly be the abettor of a second one, were it for no other reason than the well-known fact of the said concubine and all her race being most abominable and rank Lutherans. — London, 29 Apr. 1536.
Signed: "Eustace Chapuys."
Addressed: "To the Emperor."
French. Original, mostly in cipher. Pp. 5.
Note 1. "Et ne tiendra au dict escuier que la dicte concubine, quelque cousine quelle luy soit, ne soit desarçonnee, et ne cesse de conseiller maistresse Semel, avec autres conspiratcurs, pour luy faire une venue (?)."
Letters and Papers. 29th April 1536. Vienna Archives. 752. Chapuys [aged 46] to Charles V.
The Grand Ecuyer [Esquire], Mr. Caro [aged 40], had on St. George's day the Order of the Garter in the place of the deceased M. de Burgain, to the great disappointment of Rochford [aged 33], who was seeking for it, and all the more because the Concubine [aged 35] has not had sufficient influence to get it for her brother; and it will not be the fault of the said Ecuyer if the Concubine, although his cousin (quelque, qu. quoique? cousine) be not dismounted. He continually counsels Mrs. Semel [Jane Seymour [aged 27]] and other conspirators "pour luy faire une venue," [to make him a visit] and only four days ago he and some persons of the chamber sent to tell the Princess [aged 20] to be of good cheer, for shortly the opposite party would put water in their wine, for the King was already as sick and tired of the concubine as could be; and the brother of lord Montague told me yesterday at dinner that the day before the bishop of London [aged 61] had been asked if the King could abandon the said concubine, and he would not give any opinion to anyone but the King himself, and before doing so he would like to know the King's own inclination, meaning to intimate that the King might leave the said concubine, but that, knowing his fickleness, he would not put himself in danger. The said Bishop was the principal cause and instrument of the first divorce, of which he heartily repents, and would still more gladly promote this, the said concubine and all her race are such abominable Lutherans. London, 29 April 1536. Fr., from a modern copy, pp. 2.
On 29th April 1548 Francis II Duke Guise [aged 29] and Anna d'Este [aged 16] were married in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. They had seven children. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara [aged 40] and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara [aged 37]. He the son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise [aged 51] and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise [aged 55]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 29th April 1550 Margaret Valois Duchess Berry and Savoy [aged 26] was created Duchess Berry.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 29th April 1554. The 29 of Aprill Sir James Croft [aged 36], knight, was arrayned in the Guildhall [Map] of treason, and there by a jurie of the citizens of London condemned and had judgment of death.
On 29th April 1566 Jacques of Savoy 2nd Duke of Nemours [aged 34] and Anna d'Este [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara [aged 55]. They were half third cousin once removed.
On 29th April 1584 Vincenzo Gonzaga III Duke Mantua [aged 21] and Eleanor de Medici Duchess Mantua [aged 17] were married. He the son of William Gonzaga I Duke Mantua [aged 46] and Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua [aged 49]. They were first cousins.
On 29th April 1587 the English fleet commanded by Francis Drake [aged 47] entered the Bay of Cádiz Spain in the evening to discover sixty Spanish and twenty French ships. The Spanish ships, under the command of Pedro de Acuña, sailed out to meet the English fleet but were forced to retire back to Cadiz before the superiority of the English. Gun positions on the shore opened fire, shelling the English fleet from the coast with little effect. During the night of the 29th and all the following day and night the battle raged in the bay. At dawn on 1 May, the English withdrew having destroyed around thirty-two Spanish ships, with a combined capacity of 10,000 tons, and captured four other ships, laden with provisions.
On 24th January 1630 Henry Yelverton [aged 63] died. He was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map].
On 29th April 1625 Mary Beale [aged 43] died. She was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map].
Elaborate canopied Stuart Hooded Monument of alabaster, the effigies one above the other, with the figures of four sons and five daughters below. The canopy is supported by bedesmen in black gowns, and is surmounted by figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Above is an inscribed panel surrounded by books on end and various linked symbols with winged cherubs above. Large caryatids representing hooded bedesmen to left and right. Arch above with 3 standing figures and 2 hour-glasses on sculls.
Mary Beale: Around 1582 she was born to Robert Beale. Before 27th March 1602 Henry Yelverton and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Beale.
State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason. 137. The Trial of Mervin Lord Audley [aged 38], Earl of Castlehaven, for a Rape and Sodomy: 7 Charles I. A,D. 1631. [2 Rushw. Coll. 93. Hutt. Rep. 115.]
On 29th April 1656 William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 21] and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Selkirk. He by marriage Duke Hamilton. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Margaret aka Mary Feilding. He the son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas [aged 67] and Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas [aged 56]. They were third cousins.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1660. (Sunday). This day I put on first my fine cloth suit made of a cloak that had like to have been [dirted] a year ago, the very day that I put it on. After sermon in the morning Mr. Cook came from London with a packet, bringing news how all the young lords that were not in arms against the Parliament do now sit. That a letter is come from the King to the House, which is locked up by the Council 'till next Tuesday that it may be read in the open House when they meet again, they having adjourned till then to keep a fast tomorrow. And so the contents is not yet known. £13,000 of the £20,000 given to General Monk [aged 51] is paid out of the Exchequer, he giving £12 among the teller clerks of Exchequer. My Lord called me into the great cabin below, where I opened my letters and he told me that the Presbyterians are quite mastered by the Cavaliers, and that he fears Mr. Crew [aged 62] did go a little too far the other day in keeping out the young lords from sitting. That he do expect that the King should be brought over suddenly, without staying to make any terms at all, saying that the Presbyterians did intend to have brought him in with such conditions as if he had been in chains. But he shook his shoulders when he told me how Monk had betrayed him, for it was he that did put them upon standing to put out the lords and other members that came not within the qualifications, which he [Montagu] did not like, but however he [Monk] had done his business, though it be with some kind of baseness. After dinner I walked a great while upon the deck with the chyrurgeon and purser, and other officers of the ship, and they all pray for the King's coming, which I pray God send.
On 29th April 1661 William Godolphin 1st Baronet [aged 21] was created 1st Baronet Godolphin.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1663. Up betimes, and after having at my office settled some accounts for my Lord Sandwich [aged 37], I went forth, and taking up my father at my brother's, took coach and towards Chelsey, 'lighting at an alehouse near the Gatehouse at Westminster to drink our morning draught, and so up again and to Chelsey, where we found my Lord all alone at a little table with one joynt of meat at dinner; we sat down and very merry talking, and mightily extolling the manner of his retirement, and the goodness of his diet, which indeed is so finely dressed: the mistress of the house, Mrs. Becke, having been a woman of good condition heretofore, a merchant's wife, and hath all things most excellently dressed; among others, her cakes admirable, and so good that my Lord's words were, they were fit to present to my Baroness Castlemaine's [aged 22]. From ordinary discourse my Lord fell to talk of other matters to me, of which chiefly the second part of the fray, which he told me a little while since of, between Mr. Edward Montagu [aged 28] and himself, which is that after that he had since been with him three times and no notice taken at all of any difference between them, and yet since that he hath forborn coming to him almost two months, and do speak not only slightly of my Lord every where, but hath complained to my Chancellor [aged 54] of him, and arrogated all that ever my Lord hath done to be only by his direction and persuasion. Whether he hath done the like to the King [aged 32] or no, my Lord knows not; but my Lord hath been with the King since, and finds all things fair; and my Chancellor hath told him of it, but with so much contempt of Mr. Montagu, as my Lord knows himself very secure against any thing the fool can do; and notwithstanding all this, so noble is his nature, that he professes himself ready to show kindness and pity to Mr. Montagu on any occasion. My Lord told me of his presenting Sir H. Bennet [aged 45] with a gold cupp of £100, which he refuses, with a compliment; but my Lord would have been glad he had taken it, that he might have had some obligations upon him which he thinks possible the other may refuse to prevent it; not that he hath any reason to doubt his kindness.
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.'
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1663. The Queen [aged 24], my Lord tells me, he thinks he hath incurred some displeasure with, for his kindness to his neighbour, my Baroness Castlemaine's [aged 22]. My Lord tells me he hath no reason to fall for her sake, whose wit, management, nor interest, is not likely to hold up any man, and therefore he thinks it not his obligation to stand for her against his own interest. The Duke and Mr. Coventry [aged 35] my Lord says he is very well with, and fears not but they will show themselves his very good friends, specially at this time, he being able to serve them, and they needing him, which he did not tell me wherein. Talking of the business of Tangier [Map], he tells me that my Lord Tiviott is gone away without the least respect paid to him, nor indeed to any man, but without his commission; and (if it be true what he says) having laid out seven or eight thousand pounds in commodities for the place; and besides having not only disobliged all the Commissioners for Tangier [Map], but also Sir Charles Barkeley [aged 33] the other day, who, speaking in behalf of Colonel Fitz-Gerald, that having been deputy-governor there already, he ought to have expected and had the governorship upon the death or removal of the former governor. And whereas it is said that he and his men are Irish, which is indeed the main thing that hath moved the King [aged 32] and Council to put in Tiviott to prevent the Irish having too great and the whole command there under Fitz-Gerald; he further said that there was never an Englishman fit to command Tangier [Map]; my Lord Tiviott answered yes, that there were many more fit than himself or Fitz-Gerald either. So that Fitz-Gerald being so great with the Duke of York [aged 29], and being already made deputy-governor, independent of my Lord Tiviott, and he being also left here behind him for a while, my Lord Sandwich [aged 37] do think that, putting all these things together, the few friends he hath left, and the ill posture of his affairs, my Lord Tiviott is not a man of the conduct and management that either people take him to be, or is fit for the command of the place. And here, speaking of the Duke of York and Sir Charles Barkeley, my Lord tells me that he do very much admire the good management, and discretion, and nobleness of the Duke, that whatever he may be led by him or Mr. Coventry singly in private, yet he did not observe that in publique matters, but he did give as ready hearing and as good acceptance to any reasons offered by any other man against the opinions of them, as he did to them, and would concur in the prosecution of it. Then we came to discourse upon his own sea accompts, and came to a resolution what and how to proceed in them; wherein he resolved, though I offered him a way of evading the greatest part of his debt honestly, by making himself debtor to the Parliament, before the King's time, which he might justly do, yet he resolved to go openly and nakedly in it, and put himself to the kindness of the King and Duke, which humour, I must confess, and so did tell him (with which he was not a little pleased) had thriven very well with him, being known to be a man of candid and open dealing, without any private tricks or hidden designs as other men commonly have in what they do.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1663. But I perceive great differences there are at Court; and Sir H. Bennet [aged 45] and my Lord Bristol [aged 50], and their faction, are likely to carry all things before them (which my Lord's judgment is, will not be for the best), and particularly against the Chancellor [aged 54], who, he tells me, is irrecoverably lost: but, however, that he will not actually joyne in anything against the Chancellor, whom he do own to be his most sure friend, and to have been his greatest; and therefore will not openly act in either, but passively carry himself even.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1664. Thence to the 'Change [Map], and there, after some business, home to dinner, where Luellin and Mount came to me and dined, and after dinner my wife and I by coach to see my Lady Sandwich [aged 39], where we find all the children and my Lord removed, and the house so melancholy that I thought my Lady had been dead, knowing that she was not well; but it seems she hath the meazles, and I fear the small pox, poor lady. It grieves me mightily; for it will be a sad houre to the family should she miscarry.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1664. Up betimes, and with Sir W. Rider and Cutler to White Hall. Rider and I to St. James's, and there with Mr. Coventry [aged 36] did proceed strictly upon some fooleries of Mr. Povy's [aged 50] in my Lord Peterborough's [aged 42] accounts, which will touch him home, and I am glad of it, for he is the most troublesome impertinent man that ever I met with.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1665. All the morning busy at the office. In the afternoon to my Lord Treasurer's [aged 58], and there got my Lord Treasurer to sign the warrant for my striking of tallys, and so doing many jobbs in my way home, and there late writeing letters, being troubled in my mind to hear that Sir W. Batten [aged 64] and Sir J. Minnes [aged 66] do take notice that I am now-a-days much from the office upon no office business, which vexes me, and will make me mind my business the better, I hope in God; but what troubles me more is, that I do omit to write, as I should do, to Mr. Coventry [aged 37], which I must not do, though this night I minded it so little as to sleep in the middle of my letter to him, and committed forty blotts and blurrs in my letter to him, but of this I hope never more to be guilty, if I have not already given him sufficient offence. So, late home, and to bed.
On 29th April 1665 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde was born to Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory [aged 30] and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 30]. He married (1) 1682 his sixth cousin Anne Hyde, daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester (2) 1685 Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde, daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort, and had issue.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1666. So home to dinner, and after dinner I and my boy down by water to Redriffe [Map] and thence walked to Mr. Evelyn's [aged 45], where I walked in his garden till he come from Church, with great pleasure reading Ridly's discourse, all my way going and coming, upon the Civill and Ecclesiastical Law. He being come home, he and I walked together in the garden with mighty pleasure, he being a very ingenious man; and the more I know him, the more I love him. His chief business with me was to propose having my cozen Thomas Pepys in Commission of the Peace, which I do not know what to say to till I speake with him, but should be glad of it and will put him upon it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1667. After dinner Sir G. Carteret [aged 57] and I alone in his closet an hour or more talking of my Lord Sandwich's [aged 41] coming home, which, the peace being likely to be made here, he expects, both for my Lord's sake and his own (whose interest he wants) it will be best for him to be at home, where he will be well received by the King [aged 36]; he is sure of his service well accepted, though the business of Spain do fall by this peace. He tells me my Lord Arlington [aged 49] hath done like a gentleman by him in all things. He says, if my Lord [Sandwich] were here, he were the fittest man to be Lord Treasurer [aged 60] of any man in England; and he thinks it might be compassed; for he confesses that the King's matters do suffer through the inability of this man, who is likely to die, and he will propound him to the King. It will remove him from his place at sea, and the King will have a good place to bestow. He says to me, that he could wish, when my Lord comes, that he would think fit to forbear playing, as a thing below him, and which will lessen him, as it do my Lord St. Albans [aged 62], in the King's esteem: and as a great secret tells me that he hath made a match for my Lord Hinchingbrooke [aged 19] to a daughter [aged 22] of my Lord Burlington's [aged 54], where there is a great alliance, £10,000 portion; a civil family, and relation to my Chancellor [aged 58], whose son [aged 5] hath married one of the daughters [aged 4]; and that my Chancellor do take it with very great kindness, so that he do hold himself obliged by it. My Lord Sandwich hath referred it to my Lord Crew [aged 69], Sir G. Carteret, and Mr. Montagu [aged 49], to end it. My Lord Hinchingbrooke and the lady know nothing yet of it. It will, I think, be very happy. Very glad of this discourse, I away mightily pleased with the confidence I have in this family, and so away, took up my wife, who was at her mother's, and so home, where I settled to my chamber about my accounts, both Tangier and private, and up at it till twelve at night, with good success, when news is brought me that there is a great fire in Southwarke [Map]: so we up to the leads, and then I and the boy down to the end of our, lane, and there saw it, it seeming pretty great, but nothing to the fire of London, that it made me think little of it. We could at that distance see an engine play-that is, the water go out, it being moonlight.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1667. Up, being visited very early by Creed newly come from Hinchingbrooke, who went thither without my knowledge, and I believe only to save his being taxed by the Poll Bill. I did give him no very good countenance nor welcome, but took occasion to go forth and walked (he with me) to St. Dunstan's, and thence I to Sir W. Coventry's [aged 39], where a good while with him, and I think he pretty kind, but that the nature of our present condition affords not matter for either of us to be pleased with any thing. We discoursed of Carcasse, whose Lord, he tells me, do make complaints that his clerk should be singled out, and my Lord Berkeley [aged 65] do take his part. So he advises we would sum up all we have against him and lay it before the Duke of York [aged 33]; he condemned my Lord Bruncker [aged 47].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1667. Thence to Sir G. Carteret [aged 57], and there talked a little while about office business, and thence by coach home, in several places paying my debts in order to my evening my accounts this month, and thence by and by to White Hall again to Sir G. Carteret to dinner, where very good company and discourse, and I think it my part to keep in there now more than ordinary because of the probability of my Lord's coming soon home. Our Commissioners for the treaty set out this morning betimes down the river. Here I hear that the Duke of Cambridge [aged 3], the Duke of York's [aged 33] son, is very sick; and my Lord Treasurer [aged 60] very bad of the stone, and hath been so some days.
On 29th April 1675 John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset [aged 30] died. He was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. Marquess Hertford extinct. His first cousin once removed Francis [aged 17] succeeded 5th Duke Somerset, 5th Earl Hertford, 5th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.
On 29th April 1686 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 25] and Mary Wynn [aged 25]. He married June 1711 Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow, and had issue.
On 29th April 1688 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 68] died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 29th April 1699. I dined with the Archbishop [aged 62]; but my business was to get him to persuade the King [aged 48] to purchase the late Bishop of Worcester's [deceased] library, and build a place for his own library at St. James's, in the Park, the present one being too small.
After 29th April 1714. St Michael's Church, Stowe Nine Churches [Map]. Monument to Thomas Turner [deceased]. Sculpted by Thomas Stayner [aged 49]. Baldachin. Drapery. Baroque. The figure on the left is Faith who holds a model of a circular church. The figure on the right is Thomas Turner. Segmental Pediment. Moulded Cornice.
On 29th April 1727 John Egerton 2nd Duke Bridgewater was born to Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater [aged 45] and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater [aged 20].
On 29th April 1755 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet [aged 52] died. He was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map]. His son William [aged 5] succeeded 4th Baronet Loraine of Kirkharle in Northumberland.
Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet: On 29th April 1703 he was born to William Loraine 2nd Baronet and Anne Smith Lady Loraine. In February 1733 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet and Margaret Lambton were married. On 22nd August 1748 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Myloyt were married.
William Loraine 4th Baronet: On 17th June 1749 he was born to Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Myloyt. In 1799 William Loraine 4th Baronet and Frances Campart were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 29th April 1763 Archbishop John Moore [aged 33] and Jane Wright [aged 27] were married at St Swithin's Church, Walcot St Swithin.
After 29th April 1767. Monument at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] to John Morgan 4th Baronet [deceased].
On 29th April 1776 James Unwin [aged 59] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ellastone.
James Unwin: Around 1717 he was born.
On 29th April 1810 Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Württemberg was born to Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg [aged 38] and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg [aged 30]. He died aged four in 1815.
On 29th April 1817 Hugh Percy 3rd Duke Northumberland [aged 32] and Charlotte Herbert Duchess Northumberland [aged 29] were married at Northumberland aka Suffolk House Strand. She the daughter of Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis [aged 63] and Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis [aged 58]. He the son of Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland [aged 74] and Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland [aged 64].
On 29th April 1818 María Teresa Fernández Silva Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 46] died.
Greville Memoirs. 29th April 1831. The night before last there was an illumination, got up by the foolish Lord Mayor, which of course produced an uproar and a general breaking of obnoxious windows. Lord Mansfield and the Duke of Buccleuch went to Melbourne in the morning and remonstrated, asking what protection he meant to afford to their properties. A gun (with powder only) was fired over the heads of the mob from Apsley House, and they did not go there again. The Government might have discouraged this manifestation of triumph, but they wished for it for the purpose of increasing the popular excitement. They don't care what they do, or what others do, so long as they can keep the people in a ferment. It is disgusting to the last degree to hear their joy and exultation at the success of their measures and the good prospects held out to them by the elections; all of which may turn out very well, but if it does not 'who shall set hoddy-doddy up again?' Lord Cleveland [aged 64] has subscribed £10,000 to the election fund.
Archaeologia Volume V32 1847 Appendix. Further Notice of the Monument at Gaur' Innis [Map] in Britanny.
29th April, 1847 - William Bromet, Esq. M.D. F.S.A. in another Letter to the Director, communicated a further explanation of the Monument at Gaur' Innis in Britanny — together with some rubbings from those of its sculptured stones which he considered the most interesting. A remarkable peculiarity in this Monument consists in the interior faces of several of its component stones being engraved with concentric curves resembling eels or serpents: and others with those instruments called celts, or small ovals pointed at one end, but so placed as to give an appearance of their being hieroglyphic characters. There are only two other instances of the kind on record, viz. one formerly near Gavr' Innis called the "Pierres Plates" now destroyed, and the one at New Grange, in Ireland. Another distinctive feature is a sort of staple made in the stone at about three feet from the ground, by three holes communicating with each other at the back, and indicating much friction by the internal smoothness, as if by the action of ropes passed through.
On 29th April 1870 Bishop Robert Eden 3rd Baron Auckland [deceased] was buried in the Palm Churchyard, Wells Cathedral.
On 29th April 1877 Emma Arkwright [aged 23] died at the Old Place, Sleaford. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Sutton Scarsdale [Map].
Emma Arkwright: On 15th April 1854 she was born to Major William Arkwright and Fanny Susan Thornewill. On 13th July 1876 George Henry Hervey and she were married. He the son of Bishop Arthur Hervey.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 29th April 1890 Hermit [aged 26] died at Blankney Hall. His skeleton was given to the Royal College of Vetinary Surgeons. A hoof was presented to the Prince of Wales who had it fashioned into an ink-stand, writing:
Marlborough House,
July 27/90.
My Dear Harry [aged 49] — How kind of you to have sent me the hoof of dear old! so prettily mounted, which I shall always greatly value and constantly use as an inkstand.
I am also very much touched by the kind expressions in your letter wishing me good luck with my racehorses. Though I can never expect to have the good fortune which attended the Dukes of Portland and Westminster, still I hope with patience to win one or more of the classic races with a horse bred by myself. I sincerely hope you may yet be able to come to Goodwood for a part of the time, at any rate.
Thanking you again for your kind remembrance of me and giving me so interesting a souvenir of your "best friend"
From yours very sincerely,
Albert Edward [aged 48].
P.S.—I shall always take the shoe about with me.
On 29th April 1907 Charles Eamer Kempe [aged 69] died.
Memorials to the Mack family at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
On 18th May 1933 Hugh Paston Mack died.
On 23rd December 1917 Lieutenant Commander Ralph Michael Mack [aged 34] was killed in action when his destoyer Tornado was mined.
On 29th April 1943 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack [aged 50] died in a plane crash.
Hugh Paston Mack: On 22nd March 1828 he was born to John Mack of Paston Hall.
Lieutenant Commander Ralph Michael Mack: On 11th October 1883 he was born to Hugh Paston Mack.
Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack: On 6th October 1892 he was born to Major Philip Paston Mack. On 15th September 1905 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack joined the Royal Navy as a naval cadet at the Osborne and Britannia Royal Naval Colleges. On 9th August 1910 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack was posted to the battlecruiser Indomitable as a midshipman, transferring to the cruiser Amethyst on 15th July 1913 having been promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15th June 1913.
On 29th April 1938 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray [aged 82] died.
On 29th April 1939 John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland [aged 23] and Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland [aged 52]. He the son of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton 4th Earl Ellesmere [aged 66] and Violet Lambton Countess Ellesmere [aged 58]. They were fourth cousins.
The Times. 29th April 1946. The Duke Of Rutland [aged 26] And Miss Cumming Bell
The marriage of the Duke of Rutland and Miss Anne Bairstow Cumming Bell, eldest daughter of Major and Mrs. W. Cumming Bell, of Binham Lodge, Edgerton, Huddersfield, took place on Saturday at St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map]. The Rev. R. L. Gerrard Wright and Canon A. C. Don, officiated.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of silver and white brocade with a short, full train. Her family lace veil was worn with a head-dress of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of gardenias, lilies-of-the-valley, stephanotis, and pale blue delphiniums. There were three small bridesmaids - Fiona Cumming Bell (sister of the bride), Janet Douglas (her cousin), and Lindy Guinness [aged 5] (niece of the bridegroom) - who wore long white net frocks with wide scarlet sashes. Their head-dresses were of red rosebuds and they carried posies of red, gold, and white flowers. The page was Billy Guinness [aged 6] (nephew of the bridegroom), who wore long white velvet trousers and a white chiffon blouse. Lord John Manners [aged 23] (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. A reception was held at the Ritz Hotel.
On 29th April 2011 William Prince of Wales [aged 28] and Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. He the son of King Charles III [aged 62] and Diana Spencer Princess Wales.
Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland [aged 54] and Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland [aged 52] attended.
On 29th April 1469 William II Landgrave of Hesse was born to Louis II Landgrave of Hesse [aged 30].
On 29th April 1593 Grace Grey was born to Anthony Grey 9th Earl Kent [aged 36] and Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent [aged 21].
On 29th April 1643 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam was born to William Fitzwilliam 2nd Baron Fitzwilliam [aged 34]. He married 10th May 1669 Anne Cremor and had issue.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 29th April 1665 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde was born to Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory [aged 30] and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 30]. He married (1) 1682 his sixth cousin Anne Hyde, daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester (2) 1685 Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde, daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort, and had issue.
On 29th April 1665 John Savage 5th Earl Rivers was born to Richard Savage.
On 29th April 1686 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 25] and Mary Wynn [aged 25]. He married June 1711 Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow, and had issue.
On 29th April 1693 Mary Anne Turner was born to Charles Turner 1st Baronet [aged 26] and Mary Walpole [aged 19]. She married 1723 Reverend Maurice Sucking.
On 29th April 1703 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet was born to William Loraine 2nd Baronet [aged 45] and Anne Smith Lady Loraine. He married (1) February 1733 Margaret Lambton (2) 22nd August 1748 Dorothy Myloyt and had issue.
On 29th April 1707 Christine Anna Luise Oswaldine Salm was born to Louis Otto Salm Count Salm Salm [aged 32] and Albertine Johannette Nassau Hadamar Countess Salm [aged 32]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 29th April 1726 Mary Bouverie was born to Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone [aged 31] and Mary Clarke. She died aged two in 1729.
On 29th April 1727 John Egerton 2nd Duke Bridgewater was born to Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater [aged 45] and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater [aged 20].
On 29th April 1752 Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery was born to Francis Vincent 7th Baronet [aged 35] and Mary Howard Lady Vincent [aged 30]. She married in or before 1776 Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery, son of James Primrose 2nd Earl Rosebery and Mary Campbell Countess Rosebery, and had issue.
On 29th April 1759 Hugh Seymour-Conway was born to Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford [aged 40] and Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford [aged 32]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 1785 his second cousin once removed Anne Horatia Waldegrave, daughter of James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave and Maria Walpole Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh, and had issue.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 29th April 1766 William Mansel 10th Baronet was born to William Mansel 9th Baronet [aged 27]. He married December 1790 Elizabeth Bell Lady Mansel and had issue.
On 29th April 1766 Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley was born to Henry Vansittart [aged 33]. He married July 1806 Catharine Isabella Eden, daughter of William Eden 1st Baron Auckland and Eleanor Elliot.
On 29th April 1772 Samuel Scott 2nd Baronet was born to Claude Scott 1st Baronet [aged 29]. He married 4th February 1796 Anne Ommanney and had issue.
On 29th April 1778 Elizabeth Henrietta Smith-Stanley was born to Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby [aged 25] and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Derby [aged 25]. She married 15th January 1795 Stephen Thomas Cole and had issue.
On 29th April 1781 Charles Christopher Pepys 1st Earl of Cottenham was born to William Weller Pepys 1st Baronet [aged 41]. He married 30th June 1821 Charlotte Maria Wingfield and had issue.
On 29th April 1791 John Wilmot Prideaux 8th Baronet was born to John Wilmot Prideaux 7th Baronet [aged 43].
On 29th April 1810 Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Württemberg was born to Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg [aged 38] and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg [aged 30]. He died aged four in 1815.
On 29th April 1822 Colonel Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn was born to Watkin Williams-Wynn 5th Baronet [aged 49] and Henrietta Antonia Clive Lady Williams-Wynn. He married 26th July 1855 Anna Lloyd and had issue.
On 29th April 1829 Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 1st Baron Brabourne was born to Edward Knatchbull 9th Baronet [aged 47] and Fanny Catherine Knight Lady Knatchbull [aged 36].
On 29th April 1841 Francis Grenfell 1st Baron Grenfell was born to Pascoe St Leger Grenfell [aged 43].
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 29th April 1841 George Stanley Byng 8th Viscount Torrington was born to Robert Barlow Palmer Byng [aged 24]. He married 3rd February 1885 Emily Gertrude Seymour Viscountess Tottington and had issue.
On 29th April 1843 Constance Rothschild Baroness Battersea was born to Anthony Rothschild 1st Baronet [aged 32] and Louisa Montefiore Lady Rothschild [aged 21] Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%. She married 1877 Cyril Flower 1st Baron Battersea.
On 29th April 1846 Ponsonby William Moore 9th Earl of Drogheda was born to Ponsonby Arthur Moore [aged 29] and Augusta Sophia Moore [aged 22].
On 29th April 1861 Harriet Grant-Suttie Lady Cooper was born to James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet [aged 30] and Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr [aged 23]. She married 12th July 1886 Daniel Cooper 2nd Baronet, son of Daniel Cooper 1st Baronet.
On 29th April 1864 Philip Grey Egerton 12th Baronet was born to Philip le Belward Grey-Egerton 11th Baronet [aged 31] and Henrietta Denison Lady Egerton [aged 28]. He married 4th May 1893 Mary Carolyn Campbell Cuyler Lady Egerton and had issue.
On 29th April 1868 Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel was born to William Edmonstone 4th Baronet [aged 58] and Mary Elizabeth Parsons [aged 44]. She married 1st June 1891 George Keppel, son of William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle and Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle, and had issue.
On 29th April 1880 Roger Warin Beaconsfield Onslow 6th Baronet was born to William Wallace Rhoderic Onslow 5th Baronet [aged 34] and Octavia Katherine Knox-Gore [aged 27]. He married 19th January 1905 Mildred Wilmot, daughter of Robert Rodney Wilmot 6th Baronet and Flora North, and had issue.
On 29th April 1898 Edward O'Bryen Hoare 7th Baronet was born to Sydney James O'Bryen Hoare 6th Baronet [aged 37]. He married 1st October 1932 Nina Mary Hope-Wallace Lady Hoare and had issue.
On 29th April 1906 George William Blackett 10th Baronet was born to Hugh Douglas Blackett 8th Baronet [aged 33] and Helen Katharine Lowther Lady Blackett [aged 29].
On 29th April 1907 Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper Viscountess Head was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 37] and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 31]. She married 23rd July 1935 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head and had issue.
On 29th April 1925 Pamela Wyndham-Quin Baroness Leconfield and Egremont was born to Captain Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin [aged 34] at 66 Oxford Terrace, Paddington. She married 1947 John Edward Reginald Wyndham 6th Baron Leconfield 1st Baron Egremont, son of Edward Scawen Wyndham 5th Baron Leconfield, and had issue.
On 29th April 1935 Jean Margaret Wallop Countess of Carnarvon was born to Oliver Malcolm Wallop [aged 29] at Big Horn, Sheridan. She married 7th January 1956 her third cousin Henry Herbert 7th Earl of Carnarvon, son of Henry Herbert 6th Earl Carnarvon and Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell Countess Carnarvon, and had issue.
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.'
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On 29th April 1936 Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild 4th Baron Rothschild was born to Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild 3rd Baron Rothschild [aged 25].
On 29th April 1939 David Howard 7th Earl of Effingham was born to John Algernon Howard.
On 29th April 1944 Robert Julian Henry Darling 3rd Baron Darling was born to Robert Charles Darling 2nd Baron Darling [aged 24] and Bridget Rosemary Whishaw Dickson Baroness Darling [aged 26].
On 29th April 1951 Sarah Rose Winnington Countess Gainsborough was born to Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington [aged 40] and Betty Marjorie Anson [aged 34]. She married 23rd May 1972 her half sixth cousin Anthony Noel 6th Earl of Gainsborough, son of Anthony Gerard Edward Noel 5th Earl of Gainsborough and Mary Stourton Countess Gainsborough.
On 29th April 1548 Francis II Duke Guise [aged 29] and Anna d'Este [aged 16] were married in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. They had seven children. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara [aged 40] and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara [aged 37]. He the son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise [aged 51] and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise [aged 55]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 29th April 1555 Edward Unton [aged 21] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 17] were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 58].
On 29th April 1566 Jacques of Savoy 2nd Duke of Nemours [aged 34] and Anna d'Este [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara [aged 55]. They were half third cousin once removed.
On 29th April 1584 Vincenzo Gonzaga III Duke Mantua [aged 21] and Eleanor de Medici Duchess Mantua [aged 17] were married. He the son of William Gonzaga I Duke Mantua [aged 46] and Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua [aged 49]. They were first cousins.
On 29th April 1656 William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 21] and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Selkirk. He by marriage Duke Hamilton. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Margaret aka Mary Feilding. He the son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas [aged 67] and Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas [aged 56]. They were third cousins.
On 29th April 1686 William des Bouverie 1st Baronet [aged 29] and Anne Urry Lady Bouverie [aged 21] were married.
On 29th April 1697 John Hamilton-Leslie 9th Earl of Rothes [aged 18] and Jean Hay were married. She the daughter of John Hay 2nd Marquess Tweeddale [aged 52] and Mary Maitland Marchioness Tweddale. He the son of Charles Hamilton 5th Earl Haddington and Margaret Leslie 8th Countess Rothes and Haddington. They were half third cousin once removed.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 29th April 1763 Archbishop John Moore [aged 33] and Jane Wright [aged 27] were married at St Swithin's Church, Walcot St Swithin.
On 29th April 1796 Samuel Young 1st Baronet [aged 20] and Emily Baring Lady Young [aged 20] were married.
On 29th April 1817 Hugh Percy 3rd Duke Northumberland [aged 32] and Charlotte Herbert Duchess Northumberland [aged 29] were married at Northumberland aka Suffolk House Strand. She the daughter of Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis [aged 63] and Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis [aged 58]. He the son of Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland [aged 74] and Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland [aged 64].
On 29th April 1846 George Leveson-Gower aka Egerton 2nd Earl Ellesmere [aged 22] and Mary Louisa Campbell Countess Ellesmere [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of John Campbell 1st Earl Cawdor [aged 55] and Elizabeth Thynne Countess Cawdor [aged 51]. He the son of Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere [aged 46] and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere [aged 43]. They were second cousin once removed.
On 29th April 1847 James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 56] and Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr [aged 55] and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr [aged 51]. He the son of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 29th April 1869 Windham Wyndham-Quin 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl [aged 28] and Florence Kerr Countess of Dunraven and Mount Earl [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Lennox Kerr [aged 55] and Charlotte Hanmer Countess Onslow. He the son of Edwin Wyndham-Quin 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl [aged 56].
On 29th April 1875 Rowland Hill aka Clegg-Hill 3rd Viscount Hill [aged 41] and Isabella Elizabeth Wynn Viscountess Hill [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire.
On 29th April 1899 Thomas Brand 3rd Viscount Hampden [aged 30] and Katharine Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott [aged 24] were married. They had eight children. She the daughter of William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry [aged 67] and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury [aged 62]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 29th April 1909 Leopold Guy Greville 6th Earl Warwick 6th Earl Brooke [aged 26] and Elfrida Marjorie Eden Countess Warwick and Brooke [aged 22] were married. He the son of Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke [aged 56] and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 47].
On 29th April 1935 Thomas Aubrey Watson 4th Baronet [aged 23] and Ella Marguerite Farrar Lady Watson were married. She by marriage Lady Watson of Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex.
On 29th April 1939 John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland [aged 23] and Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland [aged 52]. He the son of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton 4th Earl Ellesmere [aged 66] and Violet Lambton Countess Ellesmere [aged 58]. They were fourth cousins.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 29th April 2011 William Prince of Wales [aged 28] and Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. He the son of King Charles III [aged 62] and Diana Spencer Princess Wales.
Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland [aged 54] and Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland [aged 52] attended.
On 29th April 1310 Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth [aged 70] died at Clavering, Essex. Baron Warkworth extinct.
On 29th April 1360 Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar died. Her daughter Margaret [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Countess Menteith.
On 29th April 1417 King Louis of Naples [aged 39] died. His son Louis [aged 13] succeeded Louis III Duke Anjou. He was buried at Angers Cathedral [Map].
Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou: On 25th September 1403 he was born to King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.78%. On or after 31st May 1431, the date of the contract, Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou and Margaret of Savoy were married. She the daughter of Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy and Mary Valois Countess Savoy. He the son of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 12th November 1434 Louis Valois Anjou III Duke Anjou died. His brother René succeeded I Duke Anjou. Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine by marriage Duchess Anjou.
On 29th April 1579 Bishop Richard Cheyney [aged 66] died.
On 29th April 1642 Thomas Newcomen 3rd Baronet [aged 50] died. His brother Robert [aged 42] succeeded 4th Baronet Newcomen of Kenagh in County Longford.
On 29th April 1675 John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset [aged 30] died. He was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. Marquess Hertford extinct. His first cousin once removed Francis [aged 17] succeeded 5th Duke Somerset, 5th Earl Hertford, 5th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.
On 29th April 1686 John Perceval 3rd Baronet [aged 26] died. His son Edward [aged 3] succeeded 4th Baronet Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork.
On 29th April 1688 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 68] died.
On 29th April 1698 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 42] died. His son Charles [aged 23] succeeded 4th Baron Cornwallis.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 29th April 1705 Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater [aged 50] died. His son James [aged 15] succeeded 3rd Earl Derwentwater, 5th Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland.
On 29th April 1716 Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet [aged 61] died and was buried at St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. His funeral cost £365. His son William [aged 22] succeeded 4th Baronet Myddelton of Chirk Castle.
On 29th April 1746 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow [aged 61] died. He was buried at Finglas, County Dublin.
On 29th April 1755 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet [aged 52] died. He was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map]. His son William [aged 5] succeeded 4th Baronet Loraine of Kirkharle in Northumberland.
Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet: On 29th April 1703 he was born to William Loraine 2nd Baronet and Anne Smith Lady Loraine. In February 1733 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet and Margaret Lambton were married. On 22nd August 1748 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Myloyt were married.
William Loraine 4th Baronet: On 17th June 1749 he was born to Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet and Dorothy Myloyt. In 1799 William Loraine 4th Baronet and Frances Campart were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 29th April 1755 Philip Aston 6th Baronet [aged 44] died. His brother Walter [aged 43] succeeded 7th Baronet Aston of Tixall.
On 29th April 1767 John Morgan 4th Baronet [aged 56] died without issue. Baronet Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire extinct.
On 29th April 1798 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 80] died at Haldon House, Devon. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Dunchideock. His son Lawrence [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon.
On 29th April 1816 Charles Philip Stourton 17th Baron Stourton [aged 63] died. His son William [aged 39] succeeded 18th Baron Stourton.
On 29th April 1818 María Teresa Fernández Silva Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 46] died.
On 29th April 1831 Charles Clifford Clifford 6th Baron Clifford Chudleigh [aged 72] died. His son Charles [aged 40] succeeded 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh in Devon.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 29th April 1835 Mary Paget Baroness Graves [aged 52] died.
On 29th April 1851 Charles Christopher Pepys 1st Earl of Cottenham [aged 70] died. His son Charles [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Earl of Cottenham, 2nd Viscount Crowhurst of Crowhurst in Surrey, 2nd Baron Cottenham of Cottenham in Cambridgshire, 4th Baronet Pepys of Wimpole Street, 5th Baronet Pepys of Brook Street.
On 29th April 1854 Caroline Scott Marchioness Queensbury [aged 79] died.
On 29th April 1854 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 85] died. His son Henry [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Marquess Anglesey, 3rd Earl Uxbridge, 11th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 5th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey. Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.
On 29th April 1860 Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield [aged 86] died.
On 29th April 1890 Hermit [aged 26] died at Blankney Hall. His skeleton was given to the Royal College of Vetinary Surgeons. A hoof was presented to the Prince of Wales who had it fashioned into an ink-stand, writing:
Marlborough House,
July 27/90.
My Dear Harry [aged 49] — How kind of you to have sent me the hoof of dear old! so prettily mounted, which I shall always greatly value and constantly use as an inkstand.
I am also very much touched by the kind expressions in your letter wishing me good luck with my racehorses. Though I can never expect to have the good fortune which attended the Dukes of Portland and Westminster, still I hope with patience to win one or more of the classic races with a horse bred by myself. I sincerely hope you may yet be able to come to Goodwood for a part of the time, at any rate.
Thanking you again for your kind remembrance of me and giving me so interesting a souvenir of your "best friend"
From yours very sincerely,
Albert Edward [aged 48].
P.S.—I shall always take the shoe about with me.
On 29th April 1892 Alexander Hood 3rd Baronet [aged 73] died at his home St Audries House, West Quantoxhead. His son Alexander [aged 38] succeeded 4th Baronet Hood of Tidlake in Surrey. Mildred Rose Evelyn Eveleigh-de-Moleyns Baroness St Audries by marriage Lady Hood of Tidlake in Surrey.
On 29th April 1893 George de Yarburgh-Bateson 2nd Baron Deramore [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 27] succeeded 3rd Baron Deramore of Belvoir in County Down, 4th Baronet Bateson of Belvoir Park in County Down.
On 29th April 1901 Percy Barrington 8th Viscount Barrington [aged 76] died. His son William [aged 53] succeeded 9th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 8th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 3rd Baron Shute of Beckett in Berkshire. Mary Isabella Bogue Viscountess Barrington [aged 53] by marriage Viscountess Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
On 29th April 1905 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 88] died after a fall. He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map]. His nephew Ernest [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, 6th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 29th April 1906 William Murray 5th and 4th Earl Mansfield [aged 45] died. His brother Alan [aged 42] succeeded 6th Earl Mansfield in Middlesex, 5th Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, 11th Viscount Stormont.
On 29th April 1907 Dudley Fitzgerald De Ros 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 80] died at Old Court, County Down. His daughter Mary [aged 52] succeeded 24th Baroness Ros Helmsley.
On 29th April 1907 Charles Eamer Kempe [aged 69] died.
On 29th April 1908 Thomas Graham Smith died of his burn injuries when he fell while carrying a lighted candle and set his clothes on fire. Asquith [aged 55] attended the inquest at Easton Grey.
On 29th April 1922 Denis Le Marchant 3rd Baronet [aged 51] died. His brother Edward [aged 50] succeeded 4th Baronet Le Marchant of Chobham Place in Surrey.
On 29th April 1937 Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss [aged 74] died.
On 29th April 1938 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray [aged 82] died.
On 29th April 1970 Virginia Gilliat Lady Sykes died.
On 29th April 1974 Brian Robertson 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge [aged 77] died. His son William [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge in Gloucestershire, 3rd Baronet Robertson of Welbourn in Lincolnshire.
On 29th April 1986 John Rochfort D'Oyly 13th Baronet [aged 86] died. His brother Nigel [aged 71] succeeded 14th Baronet D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk.
On 29th April 1987 Thomas Trenchard 2nd Viscount Trenchard [aged 63] died. His son Hugh [aged 36] succeeded 3rd Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset, 3rd Baron Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset and 3rd Baronet Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset. Fiona Morrison Viscountess Trenchard [aged 32] by marriage Viscountess Trenchard of Wolfeton in Dorset.
On 29th April 2004 John Patrick Edward Chandos Henniker-Major 8th Baron Henniker [aged 88] died. His son Mark [aged 56] succeeded 9th Baron Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow, 10th Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk.