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On this Day in History ... 29th April

29 Apr is in April.

1554 Wyatt's Rebellion

1587 Singeing the King of Spain's Beard

1661 Coronation of Charles II

1667 Poll Bill

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Events on the 29th 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.

Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 29th, being still at Shene, Isabella [Map] is visited by Edward III (age 45)., the Lady Isabella (age 25) ( the King's eldest daughter ), and the Earl of March (age 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 (age 42), and a noble woman, Margaret, Countess of Menteith (age 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 »f 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.

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On 29th April 1417 King Louis of Naples (age 39) died. His son Louis (age 13) succeeded Louis III Duke Anjou.

On 29th April 1424 Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine (age 52) was created 1st Duke Touraine by Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 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.

Calendar of State Papers of Spain. 29th April 1536. Wien, Rep. P.C., Fasc. 229¼. Eustace Chapuys (age 46) to the Emperor (age 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) (age 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 (age 33), who wanted it for himself, and still more for the concubine (age 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 (age 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 (?)."

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Letters and Papers. 29th April 1536. Vienna Archives. 752. Chapuys (age 46) to Charles V.

The Grand Ecuyer [Esquire], Mr. Caro (age 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 (age 33), who was seeking for it, and all the more because the Concubine (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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.

Wriothesley's Chronicle. 29th April 1554. The 29 of Aprill Sir James Croft (age 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 1587 the English fleet commanded by Francis Drake (age 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 (age 63) died. He was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map].

On 29th April 1625 Mary Beale (age 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.

Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason Volume 3. 137. The Trial of Mervin Lord Audley (age 38), Earl of Castlehaven, for a Rape and Sodomy: 7 Charles I. A,D. 1631. [2 Rushw. Coll. 93. Hutt. Rep. 115.]

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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 21) was created 1st Baronet Godolphin.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1663. But I perceive great differences there are at Court; and Sir H. Bennet (age 45) and my Lord Bristol (age 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 (age 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 1663. Up betimes, and after having at my office settled some accounts for my Lord Sandwich (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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.

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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1663. The Queen (age 24), my Lord tells me, he thinks he hath incurred some displeasure with, for his kindness to his neighbour, my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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.

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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 (age 36) did proceed strictly upon some fooleries of Mr. Povy's (age 50) in my Lord Peterborough's (age 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 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 (age 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 1665. All the morning busy at the office. In the afternoon to my Lord Treasurer's (age 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 (age 64) and Sir J. Minnes (age 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 (age 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.

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 (age 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 (age 57) and I alone in his closet an hour or more talking of my Lord Sandwich's (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 62), in the King's esteem: and as a great secret tells me that he hath made a match for my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 19) to a daughter (age 22) of my Lord Burlington's (age 54), where there is a great alliance, £10,000 portion; a civil family, and relation to my Chancellor (age 58), whose son (age 5) hath married one of the daughters (age 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 (age 69), Sir G. Carteret, and Mr. Montagu (age 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.

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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 (age 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 (age 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 (age 33); he condemned my Lord Bruncker (age 47).

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 29th April 1667. Thence to Sir G. Carteret (age 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 (age 3), the Duke of York's (age 33) son, is very sick; and my Lord Treasurer (age 60) very bad of the stone, and hath been so some days.

John Evelyn's Diary. 29th April 1699. I dined with the Archbishop (age 62); but my business was to get him to persuade the King (age 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 (age 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 1755 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet (age 52) died. He was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map]. His son William (age 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. 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.

After 29th April 1767. Monument at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] to John Morgan 4th Baronet (deceased).

On 29th April 1776 James Unwin (age 59) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ellastone.

James Unwin: Around 1717 he was born.

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 (age 64) has subscribed £10,000 to the election fund.

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 (age 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.

On 29th April 1890 Hermit (age 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 (age 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 (age 48).

P.S.—I shall always take the shoe about with me.

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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 (age 34) was killed in action when his destoyer Tornado was mined.

On 29th April 1943 Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack (age 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.

The Times. 29th April 1946. The Duke Of Rutland (age 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 (age 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 (age 6) (nephew of the bridegroom), who wore long white velvet trousers and a white chiffon blouse. Lord John Manners (age 23) (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. A reception was held at the Ritz Hotel.

On 29th April 2011 William Prince of Wales (age 28) and Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales (age 29) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. He the son of King Charles III (age 62) and Diana Spencer Princess Wales.

Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland (age 54) and Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland (age 52) attended.

Births on the 29th April

On 29th April 1469 William II Landgrave of Hesse was born to Louis II Landgrave of Hesse (age 30).

On 29th April 1593 Grace Grey was born to Anthony Grey 9th Earl Kent (age 36) and Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent (age 21).

On 29th April 1665 John Savage 5th Earl Rivers was born to Richard Savage.

On 29th April 1693 Mary Anne Turner was born to Charles Turner 1st Baronet (age 26) and Mary Walpole (age 19).

On 29th April 1703 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet was born to William Loraine 2nd Baronet (age 45) and Anne Smith.

On 29th April 1707 Christine Anna Luise Oswaldine Salm was born to Louis Otto Salm Count Salm Salm (age 32) and Albertine Johannette Nassau Hadamar Countess Salm (age 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 (age 31) and Mary Clarke.

On 29th April 1752 Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery was born to Francis Vincent 7th Baronet (age 35) and Mary Howard Lady Vincent (age 30).

On 29th April 1759 Hugh Seymour-Conway was born to Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford (age 40) and Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford (age 32). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 29th April 1766 William Mansel 10th Baronet was born to William Mansel 9th Baronet (age 27).

On 29th April 1766 Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley was born to Henry Vansittart Governor of Bengal (age 33).

On 29th April 1791 John Wilmot Prideaux 8th Baronet was born to John Wilmot Prideaux 7th Baronet (age 43).

On 29th April 1810 Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Württemberg was born to Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg (age 38) and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg (age 30).

On 29th April 1829 Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 1st Baron Brabourne was born to Edward Knatchbull 9th Baronet (age 47) and Fanny Catherine Knight Lady Knatchbull (age 36).

On 29th April 1841 Francis Grenfell 1st Baron Grenfell was born to Pascoe St Leger Grenfell (age 43).

On 29th April 1843 Constance Rothschild Baroness Battersea was born to Anthony Rothschild 1st Baronet (age 32) and Louisa Montefiore Lady Rothschild (age 21) Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

On 29th April 1846 Ponsonby William Moore 9th Earl of Drogheda was born to Ponsonby Arthur Moore (age 29) and Augusta Sophia Moore (age 22).

On 29th April 1861 Harriet Grant-Suttie Lady Cooper was born to James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet (age 30) and Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr (age 23).

On 29th April 1868 Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel was born to William Edmonstone 4th Baronet (age 58) and Mary Elizabeth Parsons (age 44).

On 29th April 1880 Roger Warin Beaconsfield Onslow 6th Baronet was born to William Wallace Rhoderic Onslow 5th Baronet (age 34) and Octavia Katherine Knox-Gore (age 27).

On 29th April 1944 Robert Julian Henry Darling 3rd Baron Darling was born to Robert Charles Darling 2nd Baron Darling (age 24) and Bridget Rosemary Whishaw Dickson Baroness Darling (age 26).

Marriages on the 29th April

On 29th April 1548 Francis II Duke Guise (age 29) and Anna d'Este (age 16) were married in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. They had seven children. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara (age 40) and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 37). He the son of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 51) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 55). They were third cousin once removed.

On 29th April 1555 Edward Unton (age 21) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 17) were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 58).

On 29th April 1566 Jacques of Savoy 2nd Duke of Nemours (age 34) and Anna d'Este (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 55). They were third cousin once removed.

On 29th April 1584 Vincenzo Gonzaga III Duke Mantua (age 21) and Eleanor de Medici Duchess Mantua (age 17) were married. He the son of William Gonzaga I Duke Mantua (age 46) and Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua (age 49). They were first cousins.

On 29th April 1656 William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton (age 21) and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton (age 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 (age 67) and Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas (age 56). They were third cousins.

On 29th April 1686 William des Bouverie 1st Baronet (age 29) and Anne Urry Lady Bouverie (age 21) were married.

On 29th April 1763 Archbishop John Moore (age 33) and Jane Wright (age 27) were married at St Swithin's Church, Walcot St Swithin.

On 29th April 1796 Samuel Young 1st Baronet (age 20) and Emily Baring Lady Young (age 20) were married.

On 29th April 1899 Thomas Brand 3rd Viscount Hampden (age 30) and Katharine Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott (age 24) were married. She the daughter of William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 67) and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 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 1935 Thomas Aubrey Watson 4th Baronet (age 23) and Ella Marguerite Farrar Lady Watson were married. She by marriage Lady Watson of Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex.

On 29th April 2011 William Prince of Wales (age 28) and Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales (age 29) were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. He the son of King Charles III (age 62) and Diana Spencer Princess Wales.

Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland (age 54) and Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland (age 52) attended.

Deaths on the 29th April

On 29th April 1310 Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth (age 70) died at Clavering, Essex. Baron Warkworth extinct.

On 29th April 1360 Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar died. Her daughter Margaret (age 26) succeeded 3rd Countess Menteith.

On 29th April 1417 King Louis of Naples (age 39) died. His son Louis (age 13) succeeded Louis III Duke Anjou.

On 29th April 1579 Bishop Richard Cheyney (age 66) died.

On 29th April 1686 John Perceval 3rd Baronet (age 26) died. His son Edward (age 3) succeeded 4th Baronet Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork.

On 29th April 1698 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis (age 42) died. His son Charles (age 23) succeeded 4th Baron Cornwallis.

On 29th April 1705 Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater (age 50) died. His son James (age 15) succeeded 3rd Earl Derwentwater, 5th Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland.

On 29th April 1716 Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet (age 61) died and was buried at St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. His funeral cost £365. His son William (age 22) succeeded 4th Baronet Myddelton of Chirk Castle.

On 29th April 1746 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 61) died. He was buried at Finglas, County Dublin.

On 29th April 1755 Philip Aston 6th Baronet (age 44) died. His brother Walter (age 43) succeeded 7th Baronet Aston of Tixall.

On 29th April 1755 Charles Loraine 3rd Baronet (age 52) died. He was buried at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map]. His son William (age 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. 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 1767 John Morgan 4th Baronet (age 56) died without issue. Baronet Morgan of Langattock in Monmouthshire extinct.

On 29th April 1798 Robert Palk 1st Baronet (age 80) died at Haldon House, Devon. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Dunchideock. His son Lawrence (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon.

On 29th April 1816 Charles Philip Stourton 17th Baron Stourton (age 63) died. His son William (age 39) succeeded 18th Baron Stourton.

On 29th April 1818 María Teresa Fernández Silva Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick (age 46) died.

On 29th April 1831 Charles Clifford Clifford 6th Baron Clifford Chudleigh (age 72) died. His son Charles (age 40) succeeded 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh in Devon.

On 29th April 1835 Mary Paget Baroness Graves (age 52) died.

On 29th April 1854 Caroline Scott Marchioness Queensbury (age 79) died.

On 29th April 1860 Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield (age 86) died.

On 29th April 1890 Hermit (age 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 (age 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 (age 48).

P.S.—I shall always take the shoe about with me.

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On 29th April 1892 Alexander Hood 3rd Baronet (age 73) died at his home St Audries House, West Quantoxhead. His son Alexander (age 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 1901 Percy Barrington 8th Viscount Barrington (age 76) died. His son William (age 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 (age 53) by marriage Viscountess Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.

On 29th April 1905 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe (age 88) died after a fall. He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map]. His nephew Ernest (age 48) succeeded 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, 6th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.

On 29th April 1906 William Murray 5th and 4th Earl Mansfield (age 45) died. His brother Alan (age 42) succeeded 6th Earl Mansfield in Middlesex, 5th Earl Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, 11th Viscount Stormont.

On 29th April 1907 Charles Eamer Kempe (age 69) died.

On 29th April 1907 Dudley Fitzgerald De Ros 23rd Baron Ros Helmsley (age 80) died at Old Court, County Down. His daughter Mary (age 52) succeeded 24th Baroness Ros Helmsley.

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 (age 55) attended the inquest at Easton Grey.

On 29th April 1922 Denis Le Marchant 3rd Baronet (age 51) died. His brother Edward (age 50) succeeded 4th Baronet Le Marchant of Chobham Place in Surrey.

On 29th April 1937 Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss (age 74) died.

On 29th April 1938 James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (age 82) died.

On 29th April 1970 Virginia Gilliat Lady Sykes died.

On 29th April 1974 Brian Robertson 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (age 77) died. His son William (age 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 (age 86) died. His brother Nigel (age 71) succeeded 14th Baronet D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk.