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30 Apr is in April.
1464 Marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
1465 Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville
1483 Dinner and Arrest of the Woodville Affinity
1513 Execution of Edmund de la Pole
1536 Trial of Anne and George Boleyn
1536 Arrest of Brereton and Smeaton
1685 Execution of the Wigtown Martyrs
1694 Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven
Events on the 30th April
On 30th April 783 Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died.
. 30th April 1139. King Stephen at Worcester, Hereford, and Oxford. Within the octave of Easter, which happened on the second of the calends of May (30th April), Stephen, the magnificent king of England, coming to Worcester, with a royal retinue, was received with great festivity by the clergy and the people of the city and neighbourhood, in solemn procession. The prayers being ended, and the blessing given as usual, the king took his royal ring from his finger, and offered it on the altar; and on the morrow it was returned to him, by common consent of the monks. Therefore the king, remarking with surprise the humility and devotion of the flock of the church of Worcester, yea, rather of the Lord, took back his ring, as he had been adjured to do for the love of St. Mary, mother of God. After his departure from Worcester, the king encamped at Ludlow, where he caused forts to be erected in two positions, and stationed strong bodies of troops in them to assault the castle, which held out against him; and then returning, by way of Worcester, marched towards London. Some of the soldiers, unsparing in their execrable warfare, and driven by their headstrong courage, determined to try their strength on Ludlow. To accomplish this undertaking, large bodies of troops began to flock together. It was truly a pitiable sight to behold one poising his spear against another, and running him through; thus putting him to death, without thinking what would be the judgment the spirit would receive. But king Stephen checked such designs, by the terror of his threats; and going a second time to Ludlow, by way of Worcester, settled all things peaceably, and then made a quiet and joyful journey to Oxford—that is, the ox-ford. While he stayed there, a charge of rebellion urgently requiring it, he arrested Roger, bishop of Salisbury, and his nephew, the bishop of Lincoln, and also Roger, his chancellor, for engaging in a treasonable conspiracy against his crown, and committed them to custody. On hearing this, Nigel (age 39), bishop of Ely, fearing for himself and his adherents, fled with a body of soldiers to Devizes, that he might find protection there. The case of these bishops has been already more fully stated in this work;1 but it appears to have been brought to a point in the present year. In a council afterwards held it was enacted that all fortified towns, castles, and strong places whatever, throughout England, devoted mainly to secular purposes, should submit to the jurisdiction of the king and his barons; but that churchmen, namely, the bishops, whom I will call God's watch-dogs, should not cease to bark in defence of their flock, and take every care lest the invisible wolf, their malignant foe, should tear and scatter the sheep.
Note 1. See before, p. 260.
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On 30th April 1245 King Philip III of France was born to King Louis IX of France (age 31) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. The following visits, during her [Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 63)] stay in London, are recorded. On the 30th of April, the Countess of Warren to supper (age 62). On the 1st of May, the Countess of Pembroke (age 41) to dinner; and the King after dinner. On the 2nd of May, the Countesses of Warren and Pembroke to dinner; and the King (age 45), the Prince of Wales (age 27), the Earl of March (age 29), and others, after dinner. On the 3rd of May, the Countess of Pembroke and the Maréchal D'Audenham to dinner; and the Earl of Arundel (age 52), "et plures magnates Franciæ1," after dinner. On the 4th, the Count of Tancarville to dinner. On the 5th, the Countesses of Warren and Pembroke and the Maréchal D'Audenham again to dinner; and the Chancellor of England and many French noblemen after dinner. On the 6th the Chief Justice and the Barons of the Exchequer to dinner. On the four following days, the Countesses of Warren, Kent, and Pembroke dine with the Queen; and on the last of the four Sir John de Wynewyk comes to supper. On the 11th, Queen Philippa (age 43) appears to have dined with Isabella, but the entry is partially obliterated; the Earl Marshal and other noblemen came after dinner. On the 12th, the Countess of Pembroke dined, and the Cardinals ( of Périgord and St. Vitalis ), the Archbishop of Sens, and some French noblemen came after dinner. On Sunday the 13th, the Countess of Warren and others from London, as it is expressed, dined; and the King of France, the Chancellor of England, and others, visited the Queen after dinner.
Note 1. and several magnates of France.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 30th of April [1358], Isabella (age 63) returned to London, where she remained till the 11th of May; having her residence in the house of the Archbishop of York.
It must be remembered that at this period anxious efforts were being made by Edward III. to settle terms of a peace with his captive, John of France; and it can hardly be believed that Isabella was inactive in these negotiations. Her presence at Windsor at the festival of St. George, her residence in London, and her frequent communications with the French captives, warrant us in concluding that she did in fact take part in them; and the eager interest with which she watched their progress is proved by an entry in these accounts of a donation on the 10th of May of the considerable sum of six pounds thirteen shillings ( equal in value to about ninety pounds of the present currency ) to a messenger bringing a letter from Sir William de Wynewyk, at Windsor, certifying her of reports of the conclusion of an agreement between the two sovereigns, and of the same sum given by her, the same day, to a courier bearing a letter from Queen Philippa, convey ing the same intelligence.
Chronicle of Gregory. 30th April 1439. And the laste day of Aprylle deyde the Erle of Warwyke (age 57) at Roone [Map]. Ande the same year the Cardynalle Archebyschoppe of Yorke (age 59), the Byschoppe of Northewyche (age 51), the Byschoppe of Syn Davys and many othyr docters, and the Duke of Northefolke (age 23), the Erle of Stafford (age 36), the lord Bowcer, and the Lord Hungerforde (age 39), with a grete mayny, wente unto Calys; and they hadde the Duke of Orlyaunce (age 44) with them for to trete of pes by twyne Ingelonde and Fraunce. And there mette with them the grete lordys of Fraunce, that is to wyte, of spyrytualle and temporalle, the Archebyschoppe of Raynys (age 59), whythe many moo byschoppys, the Erle of Wendon (age 63), a the Bastarde of Orlyaunce (age 36), and many othyr lordys of Fraunce; and thedyr come the Byschoppe of Spayne and of Colayne, and many moo othyr dyvers contreys that com fro the Counselle of Basylle.
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In the middle of the Beauchamp Chapel [Map] lieth upon a tomb of marble, in full statue, the effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (deceased), in armour, all made of fine latten brass, doubly guilt.
At his head there is a swan with a Coronet around its neck; at his right foot a bear muzzled; at his left foot a griffin.
Over the said monument is a hearse of brass, gilt, made designedly to support a covering over the curious repository of the remains of this once great Earl.
Round about his tomb, stand fourteen images of brass, all gilt; under the feet of each of them is a coat of arms. These images are resembling fourteen lords and ladies, called weepers.
At the head of the tomb: Henry Beauchamp (age 14), Duke of Warwick, and Lady Cecil (age 15), his wife, daughter to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury (age 39).
On the south side:
Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
Edmund Beaufort (age 33), Duke of Somerset;
Humphrey Stafford (age 36), Duke of Buckingham;
John Talbot (age 56), Earl of Shrewsbury;
Richard Nevil (age 10), Earl of Warwick.
At the foot of the tomb: George Nevil (age 32), Lord Lattimer, and Elizabeth (age 22), his wife, daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
On the north side:
Alice (age 32), daughter and heiress to Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury, wife to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
Eleanor (age 30), daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and wife to Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset;
Anne (age 31), daughter to Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland, wife to Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham;
Margaret (age 35), eldest daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury;
Anne (age 12), daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to Richard, Earl of Salisbury.
Besides these there stand round about, his tomb, eighteen lesser images, made of brass and gilt, resembling angels, with this label: Glory and for Praise to God - Mercy to the Dead.
The Inscription about his tomb, engraved in brass, in the uncouth diction and spelling, is as follows:
Preith devoutly for the Sowel whom God assoile of one of the moost worshipful Knightes, in his Dayles of Monhode and Conning. Richard Beauchamp, late Earl of Warrewyk. Lord Despenser of Bergevenny, of mony other grete Lordships; whose Body resteth here under this Tumbe in a ful seire voute of Stone set on the bare rooch, the which visited with longe sikness in the Castel of Roan therinne deceased full cristenty the last day of April, the yer of our Lord God MCCCCXXXIX. He being at that time lieutenant, genal and goverin of the Roialmes of Fraunce, and of the Duchie of Normandie by sufficient authorite of oure Sovaigne Lord the King Harry the sixth, the which body with grete deliberacon and ful worshipful Conduit by see and by lond was brought to Warrewik the iiii day of October the yer aboveseide and was leide with ful solemne exequies in a feir Chest made of Stone in this Church, afore the west dore of this Chapel according to his last Wille and Testament therein to reste, til this Chapel by him devised in his lief were made. At the whuche Chapel founded on the rooche and alle the Membres thereof, his Executors dede fully make and apparaille, by the autorite of his said wille & Testament, and thereafter by the same autorite then dide translate ful worshipfully the seide body into the vout abouesaide; honired be God therefore.
Patent Rolls. 30th April 1456. Commission of oyer and terminer to Henry, duke of Exeter, Humphrey, duke of Buckingham, Jasper, earl of Pembroke (age 24), Humphrey Stafford, knight, son and heir of the duke of Buckingham, Richard, earl of Salisbury, Henry, earl of Northumberland, John, earl of Worcester, Henry, viscount of Bourghchier, Ralph Butteler of Sudeley, knight, John Bourghchier of Barners, knight, Thomas Stanley of Stanley, knight, William Marowe, mayor of London, John Fortescu, knight, John Prysot, Peter Ardern, William Yelverton, John Markham, Richard Byngham, Ralph Poole, Nicholas Assheton, Robert Danvers, Robert Danby, Walter Mule and Thomas Ursewyk, in London and the suburbs thereof, touching all treasons, insurrections, rebellions, felonies, trespasses, lollardries, convocations, combinations, associations, conspiracies, misprisions, confederacies, false allegiances, riots, routs, robberies, plunderings, homicides, murders, rapes of women, congregations, unlawful gatherings, negligences, falsities, deceptions, contempts, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, extortions, champerties, ambidextrics and other offences committed since Easter last. By K. & C.
Chronicle of Jean de Waurin. Then the King replied that indeed he wished to marry, but perhaps it would not be to everyone's liking, yet it would be to his own pleasure. And then, to ascertain his intention, all while smiling, they asked him among whom he would ally himself. To this, he replied with great joy that he wished to marry the daughter [Elizabeth Woodville] of the Lord Rivers. However, he was told that she was not suitable for him, even if she were good and beautiful, because she was not a woman who belonged in any way to the same class as him . He knew this well because she was not the daughter of a duke or an earl, and her mother had been married to a knight from whom she had two children before her marriage. Even if she had been the daughter of the Duchess of Bedford and the niece of the Count of Saint Pol, considering all this, she was not a suitable match for him, not one befitting a prince like him.
Alors respondy le roy que voirement se voulloit il marier, mais par adventure ne serroit ce pas au gre de chascun, neantmoins bien seroit a son plaisir; et adont pour scavoir son entente, tout en sousriant, luy demanderent parmy qui il se volroit alyer, a quoy il respondy, a chiere tres joieuse, quil voulloit avoer a femme la fille du seigneur de La Riviere; mais il luy fut dit quelle nestoit pas contre luy, ja feust elle bonne et belle, mais non pas femme quy en riens apartenist a si hault prince comme il estoit, aussi il le scavoit bien, car elle nestoit fille de duc ne de comte, et que sa mere avoit este mariee a ung chevallier duquel elle avoit eu deux enfans avant son mariage, ja eust elle este fille a la ducesse de Bethfort et niepce au comte de Saint Pol, non obstant ce, tout considere, si nestoit elle pas femme pour luy, ne tele comme a tel prince devoit apartenir.
Chronicle of England by William of Worcester. On the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord [30th April 1465] in the Tower of London, the King (age 23), in preparation for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth (age 28), knighted several individuals, whose names follow: [Names not listed]
Die Ascensionis Domini in Turri Londoniæ dominus rex erga coronationem reginæ Elizabethæ creavit milites, quorum nomina sequuntur:
On 30th April 1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (age 30) met Richard Grey (age 26) and Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 43) at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [Map] who were accompanying King Edward V of England (age 12) from Ludlow to London. All three had dinner together.
Croyland Chronicle 1483. 30th April 1483. On reaching Northampton, where the duke of Buckingham (age 28) joined him, there came thither for the purpose of paying their respects to him, Antony, earl of Rivers (age 43), the king's uncle, and Richard Grey (age 26), a most noble knight, and uterine brother to the king, together with several others who had been sent by the king, his nephew, to submit the conduct of everything to the will and discretion of his uncle, the duke of Gloucester (age 30). On their first arrival, they were received with an especially cheerful and joyous countenance, and, sitting at supper at the duke's table, passed the whole time in very pleasant conversation. At last, Henry, duke of Buckingham, also arrived there, and, as it was now late, they all retired to their respective lodgings.
On 30th April 1513 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 42) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] on the instruction of King Henry VIII after having been imprisoned for seven years. Duke Suffolk, and Earl Suffolk, Baron Pole forfeit.
He, Edmund, was the son of Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk, sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, and George, Duke of Clarence. He, arguably, had a better claim to the throne of England than King Henry VII if King Edward IV's children were illegitimate, and George's children barred from the succession as a consequence of George'a attainder although Anne St Leger's (age 37) claim better since she descended from an older sister Anne.
He, Edmund, had been given to King Henry VII of England and Ireland as part of the treaty of Malus Intercursus aka Evil Treaty with the condition that he not be executed. King Henry VII in his will instructed his son King Henry VIII to have him executed; an act which attracted the criticism of Montaigne in Chapter 7 of his Essays.
Wriothesley's Chronicle. yeare, on the Assension Even [30th April 1513],e Edmonde de la Pole (age 42)f was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map].
Note e. We should here read May Even as in Arnold and Stow; Ascension Even in 1513 fell on May 4th, whereas the Duke was executed on the 30th April, 1518.
Note f. Edmund de la Pole, son of John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, was nephew of Edward IV and brother of the Earl of Lincoln who was slain at the battle of Stoke; his other brother, Richard de la Pole (age 33), called the White Rose, was afterwards slain before the city of Pavia, in 1525.
On 30th April 1514 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Ross was born to King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 24) at Stirling Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 30th April 1516 the Evil May Day Riots were a protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents. Some of the rioters were later hanged.
On 30th April 1520 a skirmish took place on the High Street Edinburgh in which around five hundred supporters of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 45) fought with a similar number of supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 31), chiefs of Clan Hamilton and Douglas respectively, over who had control over King James V of Scotland (age 8).
Around eighty of the Hamilton's were killed with the Douglases victorious as a consequence of around eight hundred more supporters arriving under the leadership of Angus' brother William Douglas Prior of Coldingham (age 27).
John Montgomerie Master of Eglinton (age 37) was killed.
Life of Anne Boleyn by Lancelot du Carle. Here is the beginning of the end of Anne Boleyn. The Letter describes a Lord berating his sister for being flirtatious; we don't know when that conversation occurred. She, in response, and to deflect criticism from herself, points out that Queen Anne has been behaving much worse, with Anne's musician Mark Smeaton, and that Queen Anne has been having ‘carnal intimacy' with her brother George Boleyn.
| Une des Seigneurs du Conseil plus esfroit | A most feared Lord of the Council (age 36) |
| Voyant sa soeur, qui mainctz signes faisoit | seeing his sister, who was making many signs |
| D'aymer aulcuns par amour deshonneste | of loving someone dishonestly |
| Par bon Conseil fraternel l'admoneste | by good fraternal advice admonished her |
| Qu'elle acqueiot une hontesuse fame | that she was gaining a shameful reputation |
| De mal vivante, et impudicque femme | of bad living, and being a shameless woman, |
| Et grandement son honneur blesseroit | and her honour would be greatly harmed |
| Si de peché tost ne se retiroit | if the sin was not reined in. |
| Adonc voyant cogneue son offense | Having recognised her offense, she said |
| Je cognois bien dist elle que l'on pense | I know well, she said, that you think |
| Que j'ay faulse de loyaulté less droictz | I have violated the rights of loyalty. |
| Le vous nier mon frere le vouldroi | I would deny it to you, my brother, |
| Mais on veiot bien une petite faulte | but I will admit a small fault |
| En moy laissant une beaucoup plus haulte | leaving one much greater one |
| Qui porte effect de plus grand prejudice | who carries a much greater harm |
| Et s'il failloit que du tout je vous diste | if I had to tell you everything |
| Vous cognoistriez que moins de seureté | you would recognise that less security |
| Ya une plus on pente loyaulté, | inclines towards greater loyalty, |
| Mais vous messieurs jugez les columbeaulx | But you sirs judge the doves |
| Et pardonnez aux infames Corbeaulx | And pardon the infamous Crows1. |
| Ainsi vouloit ses faultes admortir | She wanted her faults reduced |
| Par ses pechez en aultre convertir | by turning her sins on another which |
| Une plus petit quand declaré seroit | would be smaller when those were revealed |
| Et commença asseurer son excuse | and began to assure her excuse |
| En luy disant que la plus malheureuse | by saying that the most unfortunate |
| Qui oncques femme dessoubz les cieulx | woman who ever was under the skies |
| Estoit le Royne, et pour le sçavoir mieulx | was the Queen, to know it better. |
| Si n'en voulez mon asseurance croyre | If you don't want to believe me |
| De Marc sçaurez; dist elle dest histoire | Smeaton knows; she said of the story |
| Mais ne veulx oublier a vous dire | but I don't want to forget to tell you |
| Une poinct de tous me semble le pire | one point that seems to me to be worse |
| C'est que souvent son frere est avec elle | it's because her brother is often with her |
| Dedans son lict accointance charnelle | in her bed, in carnal intimacy. |
The name of the sister is uncertain. John Hussee's letter to Honour Grenville, Lady Lisle, wife of Henry's illegitimate uncle Arthur, Viscount Lisle, on the 24th of May 1536 [See Letter] has ‘As to the confession of the Queen and others, they said little or nothing; but what was said was wondrous discreetly spoken. The first accuser, the lady Worcester (age 34), and Nan Cobham with one maid mo; but the Lady Worcester was the first ground.' Hussee repeats the claim on the 25th of May 1536: ‘As to the Queen's accusers my lady Worcester is said to be the principal.'
Note 1. A proverb by Roman poet Juvenal ‘Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas' ie ‘The judge forgives the crows and harasses the doves' meaning justice may not be as blind as is desirable, or a warning to be cautious of how we judge others, as we may be too fast to condemn those who are innocent.
Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series Elizabeth I 1558-1559 Volume 1. 14. Thereupon it was decided and concluded that the Queen was an adulteress, and deserved to be burnt alive. The Councillors were summoned to meet at the King's palace at Greenwich, opposite London, on the other side of the river Thames, on April 30 [1536].
Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series Elizabeth I 1558-1559 Volume 1. [30th April 1536] 16. Never shall I forget the sorrow which I felt when I saw the most serene Queen, your most religious mother, carrying you, still a little baby, in her arms and entreating the most serene King, your father, in Greenwich Palace, from the open window of which he was looking into the courtyard, when she brought you to him.
17. I did not perfectly understand what had been going on, but the faces and gestures of the speakers plainly showed that the King was angry, although he could conceal his anger wonderfully well. Yet from the protracted conference of the Council, (for whom the crowd was waiting until it was quite dark, expecting that they would return to London,) it was most obvious to everyone that some deep and difficult question was being discussed.
Letters and Papers. 3rd May 1536. Otho, C. x. 225. B. M. Ellis, i Ser. II. 53. Singer's Cavendish, ii. 217. 793. Sir William Kingston (age 60) to [Cromwell].
On my Lord of Norfolk (age 63) and the King's Council departing from the Tower, I went before the Queen (age 35) into her lodging. She said unto me, "Mr. Kingston, shall I go into a dungeon?" I said, "No, Madam. You shall go into the lodging you lay in at your coronation." "It is too g[ood] for me, she said; Jesu have mercy on me;" and kneeled down, weeping a [good] pace, and in the same sorrow fell into a great laughing, as she has done many times since. "She desyred me to move the Kynges hynes that she [might] have the sacarment in the closet by hyr chamber, that she my[ght pray] for mercy, for I am as clere from the company of man as for s[in as I] am clear from you, and am the Kynges trew wedded wyf. And then s[he said], Mr. Kynston, do you know wher for I am here? and I sayd, Nay. And th[en she asked me], When saw you the Kynge? and I sayd I saw hym not syns I saw [him in] the Tylte Yerde. And then, Mr. K., I pray you to telle me wher my [Lord, my fa]der [Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 59)], ys? And I told hyr I saw hym afore dyner in the Cort. O[where is m]y sweet broder (age 33)? I sayd I left hym at York Place; and so I dyd. I [hear say, sai]d she, that I shuld be accused with iij. men; and I can say [no more but] nay, withyowt I shuld oppen my body. And ther with opynd her gown. O, No[res] (age 54), hast thow accused me? Thow ar in the Towre with me, [and thow and I shall] dy together; and, Marke (age 24), thow art here to. O, my mother (age 56), [thou wilt die with] sorow; and myche lamented my lady of Worceter (age 34), for by c[ause that her child di]d not store in hyre body. And my wyf sayd, what shuld [be the cause? And she sai]d, for the sorow she toke for me. And then she sayd, Mr. [Kyngston, shall I die with]yowt justes? And I sayd, the porest sugett the Ky[ng hath, hath justice. And t]her with she lawed. Alle thys sayinges was yesterny[ght] .... and thys mornyng dyd talke with Mestrys Co[fyn. And she said, Mr. Norr]es Henry Norreys dyd say on Sunday last [30th April 1536] unto the Quenes am[ner that he would s]vere for the Quene that she was a gud woman. [And then said Mrs.] Cofyn (age 36), Madam, Why shuld ther be hony seche maters [spoken of? Marry,] sayd she, I bad hym do so: for I asked hym why he [did not go through with] hys maryage [to Margaret "Madge" Shelton], and he made ansure he wold tary [a time. Then I said, Y]ou loke for ded men's showys, for yf owth ca[m to the King but good], you would loke to have me. And he sayd yf he [should have any such thought] he wold hys hed war of. And then she sayd [she could undo him if she wou]ld; and ther with thay felle yowt, bot .... and sayd on Wysson Twysday last .... that Nores cam more .. age and further ....
"Wher I was commaunded to charge the gentelwomen that gyfes thayr atendans apon the Quene, that ys to say thay shuld have now (i.e., no) commynycasion with hyr in lese my wyf (age 60) ware present; and so I dyd hit, notwithstandynge it canot be so, for my Lady Bolen and Mestrys Cofyn lyes on the Quenes palet, and I and my wyf at the dore with yowt, so at thay must nedes talke at be within; bot I have every thynge told me by Mestrys Cofyn that she thinkes met for you to know, and tother ij. gentelweymen lyes withyowt me, and as I may knowe t[he] Kynges plesure in the premysses I shalle folow. From the Towre, thys morny[ng].
"Sir, syns the makynge of thys letter the Quene spake of Wes[ton [Francis Weston (age 25)], saying that she] had spoke to hym bycause he did love hyr kynswoman [Mrs. Skelton, and] sayd he loved not hys wyf (age 22), and he made ansere to hyr [again that h]e loved wone in hyr howse better then them bothe. And [the Queen said, Who is] that? It ys yourself. And then she defyed hym, as [she said to me]. William Kyngston."
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Memorial of George Constantyne. 30th April 1536. George. The first that was taken was Markys (age 24), And he was at Stepneth in examinacyon on Maye even. I can not tell how he was examined, but apon Maye daye in the mornynge he was in the towre, the trewth ys he confessed it, but yet the sayeing was that he was fyrst grevously racked, which I cowlde never know of a trewth.
Memorial of George Constantyne. Deane. But what can ye tell of Brerton?
George. By my troeth, yf any of them was innocent, it was he. For other he was innocente or els he dyed worst of them all.
Deane. How so?
George. Apon thursdaye [30th April 1536] afore Maye daye in the mornynge I spake with hym abowt nyne of the clocke, And he tolde me that there was no waye but one with any matter. For I did aske hym & was bold apon hym because we were borne within foure myles together, And also we wente to grammar scole together. And the same daye afore ij of the clock was he in the towre as ferre as the best. What was layed against hym I know not nor never hearde.
Spanish Chronicle Chapter 27. The night before [30th April 1536] they held the jousts the King came to Greenwich, and all the gentlemen were very gay, particularly Master Norris (age 54) and Master Brereton. On the day of the jousts, which was the 1st of May1, Cromwell was going to London and sent for Mark, and said, "Mark, come and dine with me, and after dinner we will return together." Mark, suspecting nothing, accepted the invitation; and when they arrived at Cromwell's house in London, before dinner, he took Mark by the hand and led him into his chamber, where there were six gentlemen of his, and as soon as he hod got him in the chamber he said, "Mark, I have wanted to speak to you for some days, and I have had no opportunity till now. Not only I, but many other gentlemen, have noticed that you are ruffing it very bravely of late. We know that four months ago you had nothing, for your father has hardly bread to eat, and now you are buying horses and arms, and have made showy devices and liveries such as no lord of rank can excel. suspicion has arisen either that you have stolen the money or that someone had given it to you, although it is a great deal for anyone to give unless it were the King or Queen, and the King has been away for a fortnight. I give you notice now that you will have to tell me the truth before you leave here, either by force or good-will."
Mark, understanding as soon as Cromwell began to speak that the affair was no joke, did not know what to say, and became confused. "You had better tell the truth willingly," said Cromwell; and then Mark said that the money had been lent to him; to which Cromwell answered, "How can that be, that the merchants lend so much money, unless on plate, gold, or revenue, and at heavy interest, whilst you have nothing to pledge except that chain you wear. I am sorry you will not tell what you know with a good grace."
Then he called two stout young fellows of his, and asked for rope and a cudgel, and ordered them to put the rope, which was full of knots, round Mark's head, and twisted it with the cudgel until Mark cried out, "Sir Secretary, no more, I will tell the truth," and then he said, "The Queen gave me the money." "Ah, Mark," said Cromwell, "I know the Queen gave you a hundred nobles, but what you have bought has cost over a thousand, and that is a great gift even for a Queen to servant of low degree such as you. If you do not tell me all the truth I swear by the life of the King I will torture you till you do." Mark replied, "Sir, I tell you truly that she gave it to me." Then Cromwell ordered him a few more twists of the cord, and poor Mark, overcome by the torment, cried out, "No more, Sir, I will tell you everything that has happened." And then he confessed all, and told everything as we have related it, and how it came to pass.
When the Secretary heard it he was terror-stricken, and asked Mark if he knew of anyone else besides himself who had relations with the Queen. Mark, to escape further torture, told all he had seen of Master Norris and Brereton, and swore that he knew no more. Then Cromwell wrote a letter to the King, and sent Mark to the Tower2.
Note 1. May-day ie 01 May 1536.
Note 2. Lingard says that Brereton was arrested first, three days before, but the present Chronicle is probably correct.
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On 30th April 1539 Barbara Habsburg Spain Duchess Ferrara was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Anne Jagiellon (age 35).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 30th April 1552. The sam day the Kynges (age 14) grase removyd from Westmynster unto Grenwyche [Map] at viij a-cloke in the mornyng.
On 30th April 1553 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France was born to Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 28) and Marguerite Egmont (age 36) in Nomeny.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1533. 30th April 1553. R. T. 137. 407. Henry VIII.
Commission to Thomas earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, keeper of the Privy Seal, and Master Edw. Foxe, the King's almoner, to conclude a stricter league and amity with Francis I. Westminster, 30 April 25 Hen. VIII.
Modern copy from the French Archives, pp. 2.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1533. Apr 1553. R. O. 423. The Staple Of Calais.
"Demands to be made of the King's behalf of the merchants of the Staple."
1. That they shall pay the King the sums due this day upon all obligations according to the days of payment. 2. That they shall pay ½d. more on each woolfell that they shall load hereafter to Calais, and 13s. 4d. more on every sack. 3. That they shall bring in bullion for every sack according to law, and not henceforth make any exchanges without licence.
On these conditions the King is willing to take their house and lands in Calais and the Marches, and to accept the other offers made in their supplication, and to grant them liberty to ship and to continue their company, and to pay for no more wools and fells than they shall ship.
In Cromwell's hand, p. 1.
ii. Memoranda on the back of the preceding:—
"For to remember the judgment to be prepared for in the King's great matter.
Item, for the despatch of my lord of Norfolk (age 80).
Item, the bill for the succession, and to rest upon the same.
Item, for to devise for the coronation, and to see presendementtes for the same.
Item, to devise for lands for the Queen.
Item, for the establishment of the Dowager."
In Cromwell's hand.
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Henry Machyn's Diary. 30th April 1557. The xxx day of Aprell was master Perse (age 29) was mad knyght and baroun.
Note. P. 133. Creations of Thomas Percy to the barony of Percy and earldom of Northumberland. Our chronicler has given correctly the dates of these restorations. The patents are printed in Rymer's collection, xv. 461, 462. In the following August the Earl was made Warden of the Middle and East Marches towards Scotland. Ibid. pp. 468, 472, 475.
On 30th April 1565 Robert "The Elder" Peake (age 14) commenced his training under Laurence Woodham at the Sign of "The Key" Goldsmith's Row Cheapside.
On 30th April 1614 Thomas Villiers died. Memorial at St Werburgh's Church, Hanbury [Map].
Diary of Anne Clifford. 30th April 1619. The 30th my Lord Southampton (age 45) was sworn a Privy Councillor at Tibbalds.
Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. The beloved Marquis of Buckingham (age 28), not yet satisfied with the censure of Sir Henry Yelverton (age 54), Knt., late the Attorney-General, passed against him in the Star-Chamber, upon the 10th day of November last foregoing, in 1620, which I have there more fully touched upon, was the means, this Easter Term, to have him called in question for new matters in the Upper House of Parliament. Here he laid open, upon Monday, the 30th day of April, so many of the Marquis's inordinate actions, comparing him to the Spencers, that misled King Edward the Second, of England; as his Lordship had been much better to have let him alone in the Tower, where he still remained prisoner since his former censure, than to have brought him upon the stage again, where his revenge might have cost him dear, had not the King himself, in person, and Prince Charles also appeared in the Upper House against Sir Henry Yelverton; so as the Lords, out of their great wisdoms, fearing at this time to irritate the King by their further questioning the Marquis, his favourite, remitted all further prosecution of those accusations; but sent back Sir Henry Telverton to the Tower1, where he remwned awhile close prisoner.
Note 1. "On Wednesday was Sir Henry Yelverton censured by Parligment, fined ten thousand marks to the King, and five thousand marks to the Marquis of Buckingham, to make hia submission at the bar, and be imprisoned during pleasure. The Lord Marquis remitted the fine unto him, and offered to join with the Lords to his Majesty For mitigation of the rest." - Letter dated May 18th, Harl. MS
On 30th April 1636 Thomas Leventhorpe 2nd Baronet (age 43) was killed in a duel with Arthur Capell of Little Hadham (age 50). His son John (age 6) succeeded 3rd Baronet Leventhorpe of Shingey Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 30th April 1651 Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Charles Gonzaga Duke Nevers Duke Rethel and Maria Gonzaga Duchess of Montferrat (age 41). He the son of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. They were second cousin twice removed.
On 30th April 1662 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland was born to James, Duke of York (age 28) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 25) at St James's Palace [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th April 1663. Came his Majesty (age 32) to honor my poor villa with his presence, viewing the gardens, and even every room of the house, and was pleased to take a small refreshment. There were with him the Duke of Richmond (age 24), Earl of St. Alban's (age 58), Lord Lauderdale (age 46), and several persons of quality.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1664. My Lord Digby's (age 51) business is hushed up, and nothing made of it; he is gone, and the discourse quite ended.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1664. My poor Lady Sandwich (age 39) is fallen sick three days since of the meazles.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1667. Up, and Mr. Madden come to speak with me, whom my people not knowing have made to wait long without doors, which vexed me. Then comes Sir John Winter (age 67) to discourse with me about the forest of Deane, and then about my Lord Treasurer (age 60), and asking me whether, as he had heard, I had not been cut for the stone, I took him to my closet, and there shewed it to him, of which he took the dimensions and had some discourse of it, and I believe will shew my Lord Treasurer it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1667. Thence to the office, where we sat all the morning, but little to do, and then to the 'Change [Map], where for certain I hear, and the News book declares, a peace between France and Portugal. Met here with Mr. Pierce, and he tells me the Duke of Cambridge (age 3) is very ill and full of spots about his body, that Dr. Frazier (age 57) knows not what to think of it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1668. So home, and there took up Mrs. Turner (age 45) and carried her to Mile End [Map] and drank, and so back talking, and so home and to bed, I being mighty cold, this being a mighty cold day, and I had left off my waistcoat three or four days. This evening, coming home in the dusk, I saw and spoke to our Nell, Pain's daughter, and had I not been very cold I should have taken her to Tower Hill [Map] para together et toker her. Thus ends this month; my wife in the country, myself full of pleasure and expence; and some trouble for my friends, my Lord Sandwich (age 42), by the Parliament, and more for my eyes, which are daily worse and worse, that I dare not write or read almost any thing. The Parliament going in a few days to rise; myself so long without accounting now, for seven or eight months, I think, or more, that I know not what condition almost I am in, as to getting or spending for all that time, which troubles me, but I will soon do it. The Kingdom in an ill state through poverty; a fleete going out, and no money to maintain it, or set it out; seamen yet unpaid, and mutinous when pressed to go out again; our Office able to do little, nobody trusting us, nor we desiring any to trust us, and yet have not money for any thing, but only what particularly belongs to this fleete going out, and that but lamely too. The Parliament several months upon an Act for £300,000, but cannot or will not agree upon it, but do keep it back, in spite of the King's desires to hasten it, till they can obtain what they have a mind, in revenge upon some men for the late ill managements; and he is forced to submit to what they please, knowing that, without it, he shall have no money, and they as well, that, if they give the money, the King (age 37) will suffer them to do little more; and then the business of religion do disquiet every body, the Parliament being vehement against the Nonconformists, while the King seems to be willing to countenance them. So we are all poor, and in pieces-God help us! while the peace is like to go on between Spain and France; and then the French may be apprehended able to attack us. So God help us!
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1669. Thence to the frame-maker's one Morris, in Long Acre, who shewed me several forms of frames to choose by, which was pretty, in little bits of mouldings, to choose by. This done, I to my coach-maker's, and there vexed to see nothing yet done to my coach, at three in the afternoon; but I set it in doing, and stood by it till eight at night, and saw the painter varnish which is pretty to see how every doing it over do make it more and more yellow; and it dries as fast in the sun as it can be laid on almost; and most coaches are, now-a-days done so, and it is very pretty when laid on well, and not pale, as some are, even to shew the silver. Here I did make the workmen drink, and saw my coach cleaned and oyled; and, staying among poor people there in the alley, did hear them call their fat child Punch, which pleased me mightily that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. At night home, and there find my wife hath been making herself clean against to-morrow; and, late as it was, I did send my coachman and horses to fetch home the coach to-night, and so we to supper, myself most weary with walking and standing so much, to see all things fine against to-morrow, and so to bed. God give a blessing to it! Meeting with Mr. Sheres, he went with me up and down to several places, and, among others, to buy a perriwig, but I bought none; and also to Dancre's (age 44), where he was about my picture of Windsor, which is mighty pretty, and so will the prospect of Rome be.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1669. Up, and by coach to the coachmaker's: and there I do find a great many ladies sitting in the body of a coach that must be ended by to-morrow: they were my Lady Marquess of Winchester, Bellassis, and other great ladies; eating of bread and butter, and drinking ale. I to my coach, which is silvered over, but no varnish yet laid on, so I put it in a way of doing; and myself about other business, and particularly to see Sir W. Coventry (age 41), with whom I talked a good while to my great content; and so to other places-among others, to my tailor's: and then to the belt-maker's, where my belt cost me 55s., of the colour of my new suit; and here, understanding that the mistress of the house, an oldish woman in a hat hath some water good for the eyes, she did dress me, making my eyes smart most horribly, and did give me a little glass of it, which I will use, and hope it will do me good.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1669. So to the Mr. Cutler's, and there did give Tom, who was with me all day a sword cost me 12s. and a belt of my owne; and set my own silver-hilt sword a-gilding against to-morrow. This morning I did visit Mr. Oldenburgh, and did see the instrument for perspective made by Dr. Wren (age 45), of which I have one making by Browne; and the sight of this do please me mightily.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1669. At noon my wife come to me at my tailor's, and I sent her home and myself and Tom dined at Hercules' Pillars; and so about our business again, and particularly to Lilly's (age 50), the varnisher about my prints, whereof some of them are pasted upon the boards, and to my full content.
On 13th April 1685 Margaret Wilson (age 18), Agnes Wilson and Margaret McLachlan were indicted as being guilty of conventicles. They were found guilty on all charges, and sentenced to be "tied to palisades fixed in the sand, within the floodmark of the sea, and there to stand till the flood o'erflowed them". Agnes Wilson was subsequently granted freedom on a bond of 100 Pounds Scots. Reprieves were written out for the two Margarets with a date of 30th April 1685.
On 30th April 1694 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury (age 33) was created 1st Duke Shrewsbury, 1st Marquess Alton by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 43) in recognition of Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury 1660-1718's support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 30th April 1789 President George Washington (age 57) was elected 1st President of the United States of America.
After 30th April 1789. Monument to Isabella Pilkington (age 8) at Wakefield Cathedral [Map].
Isabella Pilkington: On 29th August 1780 she was born to Michael Pilkington 6th Baronet. On 30th April 1809 Isabella Pilkington died.
On 30th April 1792 William Weddell of Newby (age 55) died. He was buried in Ripon Cathedral [Map]. Monument with bust by Joseph Nollekens (age 54).
William Weddell of Newby: On 13th May 1736 he was born.
On 30th April 1810 Charles James Yorke (age 12) died of scarlet fever.
After 30th April 1827. Memorial to John Giffard died 05 May 1819 and Ambrose Harding Giffard, eldest son of John, died 30 Apr 1827, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard.
On 30th April 1841 Christiana Bacon (age 34) died of consumption. She was buried at St Thomas' Church, Exeter.
Ten Years' Digging. On the 30th of April a barrow [Map] [Burton Moor Barrow [Map]] near Over Haddon, in land called Grindlow, was examined as completely as the meeting of three walls on its summit would allow. It had been much mutilated; but fortunately the primitive interments lay too deep to receive injury from the labours of those in search of stone, by whom an important interment of secondary date had been destroyed. The original deposit had been made on the rock a little below the natural surface, and about 5 feet from the top of the mound; it comprised three skeletons, laid in the usual contracted position, two of which were females; with them were one or two rude instruments of flint, and a fine collection of jet ornaments, 73 In number, which form a very handsome necklace. Of these 26 are cylindrical beads, 39 are conical studs, pierced at the back by two holes meeting at an angle in the centre; and the remaining 8 are flat dividing plates, ornamented in the front with a punctured chevron pattern, superficially drilled in the jet; 7 of them are laterally perforated with three holes, to admit of their being connected by a triple row of the cylindrical beads, whilst the 8th, which is of bone, ornamented in the same style, has nine holes at one side, which diminish to three on the other by being bored obliquely. Above these bodies, which were covered with stone, the mound was of unmixed earth, very compact and clayey, and between the stone and earth were many pieces of calcined bone, and numerous splinters of the leg bones of large animals, some of which are likely to have been used as points for weapons. In the earth near the summit of the barrow were some relics of a later interment, probably of a distinguished Saxon, with whom had been deposited a circular enamel, of which only the silver plated frame remained, the latter is engrailed on the front, and engraved with a lozengy pattern round the edge; and a bowl of thin bronze, very neatly made, with a simple hollow moulding round the edge, which when complete was 7 inches diameter, and appears to have had two handles soldered or cemented to the sides. The bowl was broken when found, and no handles were discovered; but it is probable that both they and some other ornaments, as well as another of the bone plates with 9 perforations, which is wanting to complete the necklace, would have been found if the triple wall could have been removed, as the point of junction was directly over the place where the interments lay, which were exhumed by a dangerous undercutting.
Note. Photo of the necklace on display at Weston Park Museum, Sheffield [Map].
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The Diary of George Price Boyce 1859. 30th April 1859. April 30. Found Simeon Solomon (age 18) and Poynter in Burges' room and appropriated (by leave) a caricature by Simeon of Morris and his wife.
30th April 1875. The colliery was the property of Messrs. William Rigby and Company with Mr. George Sumner as the manager. An explosion took place at the colliery which claimed the lives of forty men and boys. The colliery was close to the Talk o' th' Hill and Bignall Hall Collieries at which there had been previous disasters. Every precaution was taken for the safety of the men and on the morning of the disaster one hundred went to work in the pit including thirty five into the Eight Feet Banbury seam to work about 800 yards from the shaft.
Those who died: J. Ashmore, C. Baddeley, T. Beech, D. Boston, W. Boughey, J. Boyd, E. Breeze, J. Buckley, G. Burton, J. Carter, J. Chadwick, D. Charlesworth, I. Cooper, R. Dale H .Dean, T. Dean, D. Fox, E. Hancock, J. Hancock, W. Hancock, J. Higgins, G. Holland, J. Holland, T. Holland, R. Jackson, T. Lawton, J. Lucas, J. Marshall, T. Mason, W. Maxwell, H. Moore, W. Moore, S. Morris, J. Nield, T. Peats, W. Proudlove, J. Rogers, J. Stevenson, J. Stubbs, N. Sumner, T. Thompson, J. Yearsley One unnamed.
The inquest into the disaster was opened at the Swan Inn, Talk o' th' Hill, by Mr. J. Booth, Coroner. Mr. Wynne, the Inspector made a thorough inspection of the workings and Mr. S.B. Gilroy, Assistant Inspector, thought the mine was well managed but Mr. Wynne commented
For more than twenty years I have been pointing out what a "farce" it is to prohibit the use of naked lights in mines and yet allow powder to be used and have indulged in the hope that self-preservation would prevail over the more idle method of getting coal by blasting but I am now satisfied that the only safe course to take, is to prohibit all explosives in coal mines, and in a few years the coal owners would wonder how they could have allowed their coals to be blow to atoms and the roofs shaken as they have been for many years and the colliers would find that, having got rid of the impure fumes of the powder and dangers of explosions, together with the comparative safety from falls of roof, they were amply repaid for an extra hour of labour the wedging process would entail. Nothing could more clearly show the advantage of wedging over those of powder than to state of the two downbrows of 600 yards each, which effectually withstood the enormous strain which must have been put on them by the force of the air that must have been driven from the seat of the explosion, to the top of the upcast shaft, not so much as a hundredweight of coal was blown down in them or in the dips the slightest degree injured, or indeed was that proportion of the levels which was driven without blasting.
The only reason assigned for the change from wedging to blasting was, that Mr. Rigby could not compete with his neighbours if he wedged the coal and they blasted theirs so that to meet competition he was obliged to increase production and lessen cost.
In the report made by Mr. Dowdswell there was no doubt that the explosion was caused by a shot fired in a thirling on the East side of the engine brow and he was satisfied that there had been no breach of the rules and the fireman had taken all precautions before he fired the shot. It was thought that the method for firing the shots by a touch paper was most dangerous. It was thought that the fireman went to light the fuse and retired to a place which he thought was safe and opened his lamp to light the touch paper and it was thought that the gas came from the floor of the mine.
The jury returned and open verdict and recommended that blasting should be discontinued in all mines in which safety lamps were used. They also recommended that in opening out new workings, the ventilation should be set by bratticing and not by air pipes.
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After 30th April 1875. All Saints Church, Old Rode. In Memory of Daniel Fox who was killed in the Bunker's Hill Colliery Explosion.
After 30th April 1875. All Saints Church, Old Rode. In Memory of Thomas Beech who was killed in the Bunker's Hill Colliery Explosion.
Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30th April 1881]. And so the tale unfolds. Our [Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 19)] marriage took place in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, and the newspapers of the day made much of the "most brilliant wedding of a dozen seasons." I remember my surprise as I drove from our house in Carlton Gardens to the Abbey to find the way lined with interested crowds.
Among the guests were the Prince (age 39) and Princess of Wales (age 36), Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke (age 30) and Duchess of Connaught (age 20), Princess Louise (age 33) (Marchioness of Lorne), Princess Mary Adelaide (age 47) (Duchess of Teck) and the Duke of Teck (parents of Queen Mary), with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (age 28), as my husband's best man. The crush filled the Abbey from the choir to the door.
My twelve bridesmaids were all girl friends and relatives. They were: Blanche Maynard (age 17), my sister (now Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox (age 33)), Lady Eva Greville (age 21), my husband's only sister, my stepsisters, Millicent (age 13), Sybil (age 9), and Angela St. Clair Erskine (age 4) (later Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Westmorland, and Lady A. Forbes), Countess Feodore Gleichen (age 19) (later a renowned sculptor), Lady Florence Bridgman (age 22) (the present Countess of Harewood and mother of Viscount Lascelles (age 34)), Miss Wombwell (age 19) (Countess of Dartrey), Miss Mills, the first Lord Hillingdon's daughter, Miss Violet Lindsay (age 25) (now Violet, Duchess of Rutland), and Miss Ethel Milner (age 30) (later Countess of Durham).
Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30th April 1881]. Our dear friend, the Bishop of St. Albans (age 72) (Claughton), helped by our neighbour the rector of Little Easton [Map], the Rev. G. Tufnell, along with two London clergy, officiated at our wedding. It pleased me very much to have the benediction pronounced by Dean Stanley (age 65), who had kept in the background during the ceremony. The register was signed by the Prince of Wales (age 39), Prince Leopold (age 28), and Lords Warwick and Rosslyn. Our honeymoon was spent at beautiful Ditton Park, which was lent us by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, and there, in lovely May weather, we had a fortnight on the river, boating and canoeing. But, alas for romance, there was one worldly honour given us that demanded all our self-control. We were commanded to dine at Windsor Castle on the day after our wedding, and I was asked to wear my bridal dress, orange blossoms and all! I must confess that Her Majesty's (age 61) kindness on that occasion went far to soothe the shyness of a bride in her teens. The Queen took from my corsage a spray of orange blossom to keep as a souvenir and said many charming things about the beauty of my frock. Her Majesty so much admired what she was pleased to call the "lovely" dress, that I had a note next day from Lady Churchill (age 59), then in waiting, to say that the Queen wished so very much to possess a photograph of me if I would have myself taken in the gown, and hoping I was not too tired from the long standing.
On 30th April 1884 father and daughter, Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, or near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
Chester Chronicle, and Cheshire and North Wales General Advertiser. 30th April 1892. The Duchess Of Westminster (age 35) At Wybunbury.
Laying The Foundation Stone Of A New Church.
A new epoch in the church history at Wybunbury [St Chad's Church, Wybunbury [Map]] was celebrated on Monday afternoon, when the Duchess of Westminster, in the presence of a large gathering of churchpeople, formally laid the foundation stone of a new church.
The ceremony was one which the Duke of Westminster had promised to perform, but owing to unavoidable circumstances, His Grace was unable to attend.
A procession of church choirs, consisting of Nantwich, Wisaston, Audlem, and Wybunbury (surpliced for the first time) was formed at the Wybunbury Girls' School, and, headed by the bishop (age 47), the Rev. C.A. Stolterforth (Vicar), the Rev. F.G. Blackburne (Nantwich), the Rev. W.C. Reid, and the ministers of neighbouring parishes, marched, singing an appropriate processional hymn, to the site whereon the new church is to be erected.
The service here was in keeping with hearty church worship. The words of the hymns and psalms had special significance to the occasion, and the voices all sang with one accord the praises of the hour.
Upon the raised platforms were gathered some of the best county families. The Duchess of Westminster was supported by Lord Arthur Grosvenor (age 31), and there were also on the platform showing the same interest in the founding of the new church which his ancestors, who lie in the tombs of old Wybunbury churches, are reputed to have evinced in church work in the parish, Mr Louis Delves Broughton (age 34) and Mrs Broughton (age 27). Mr Twemlow, of Betley Court, was also an interested spectator, as was Judge Hughes who came over from Chester and mingled amongst the crowd.
The Duchess very gracefully performed the foundation stone laying, after which Lord Arthur Grosvenor apologised for the absence of His Grace, who said that he had been laid up with a cold for two or three days. In conclusion he wished every success to the building of the new church.
The Bishop, in the course of some remarks, said that they were refounding the old Church of St Chad's upon St Mark's Day, and St Mark's Day was peculiarly appropriate for such a work because the very keynote of St Mark's Day, as the character and life of the apostle was set before them in Holy Scripture, and in the service of their prayer book, was stability and recovered stability. He was sure that everyone here hoped that the work started today would be carried on with all that thoroughness or workmanship could bestow upon it, and that future generations would look back to the work begun today as worthy of both man and God. In conclusion the bishop gave hearty expression to the thanks of the congregation to the Duchess of Westmnister, to Sir Henry Bristowe and Miss Bristowe to whose energy and zeal he alluded, as also to the active work of the late Mr Acton, who was one of the churchwardens, and to whose memory he paid a tribute of respect, and to those who by their presence and support had assisted in the progress of the movement.
After the ceremony, tea was provided in a tent, and an organ recital was given in the evening.
The site of the new church is the site upon which the old church was built, and upon which, in fact, at least four Wybunbury churches have stood. The church at Wybunbury has a grand history. The records of the parish, although incomplete, prove that so far back as 1290 Wybunbury had its church and also its vicar. The identification of the latter is somewhat scanty, but the church records clearly set forth that Roberts was the name of the vicar at this early period. But there are forthcoming fragments of early church architecture which the workmen in digging up the foundations have come upon, that prove there was a church esxisting here even before 1290. They unearthed in a well-preserved state a stone so distinctly shaped and chiselled that the architect, Mr Spooner (Charles Sydney Spooner, 1862-1938 - Stu), who has had 20 years of experience of architecture, was persuaded that it belonged to the Norman style of architecture, or First Pointed or Transitional period. The stone was discovered in the rubble of the church, and had probably lain there for hundreds of years. The date is from 1130 to 1150, and it suggested that at some time it formed part of a circular doorway. Other stones have been discovered, several of which are of the 15th Century style of architecture, and it is supopsed that these once formed part of an arch. The fabric of the church of 1838, which in architectural phraseology was of the Churchwarden Gothic Style, has been demolished, with the exception of a good part of the south wall. The foundations of the demolished were very building were unsound, and the beams which supported this structure has shifted several inches. The builder of 50 years ago succeeded in restoring to the tower the perpendicular, a gigantic work, as in that day the tower had got out of position to the extent of 5 feet 6 inches.
The new church will be built central with the tower, and will be as near as possible a facsimile of the fifteenth-century church. There will be no galleries which formed part of the old church. The organ and vestry will be built in the south chancel aisle, and in the north chancel aisle there will be a Morning Chapel.
The foundation will consist of monolithic slabs of Portland Cement. The concrete for the foundation will be a thickness of 3 feet six inches, and the whole will be bound together by a network of inter-ties. The stones which have been unearthed will again be utilised for building up the new church, and a number of brass plates, which bear the names of long since dead parishioners who lie within the tombs of the church, will be carefully put back again. One of these plates is of great antiquity and is one of half a dozen similar plates in the county.
The cost of the new church will be about £6,000. Towards this amount a considerable sum has already been raised. The Duke of Westminster sent a donation of £100, and a collection on the ground realised a considerable sum. The work will be completed in about 12 months.
The architect is Mr James Brookes, the well-known church architect, of Wellington Street, Strand, London, and the clerk of the works is Mr Spooner. Messrs Treasure & Son, of Shrewsbury, are the contractors; and Mr John Bebbington is foreman of the works.
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On 30th April 1900 Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham (age 89) died at Rode Hall, Cheshire. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. He was the last of the male line of Wilbraham's. His estate, including Rode Hall, Cheshire was inherited by his daughter Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham (age 50) and her husband George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 55).
Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham: On or before 23rd May 1849 she was born to Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham and Elizabeth Frances Egerton. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.04%. On 4th April 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and she were married. On 4th October 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet died unmarried. His brother George succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
After 30th April 1936. Memorial to Alfred Edward Housman (deceased) whose ashes were scattered in the Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map].
Alfred Edward Housman: On 26th March 1859 Alfred Edward Housman was baptised at Christ Church, Catshill. On 26th March 1859 he was born to Edward Housman and Sarah Jane Williams at Valley House, Fockbury. The eldest of seven children. In 1877 Alfred Edward Housman won an open scholarship to St John's College, Oxford University, and went there to study classics. On 30th April 1936 he died.
30th April 1941. Tatler. The Hon. Lady Mosley (age 30).
On 30th April 1946 Carl XVI King Sweden was born to Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 40) and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
Births on the 30th April
On 30th April 1245 King Philip III of France was born to King Louis IX of France (age 31) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 30th April 1331 Gaston Phoebus Foix III Count Foix was born to Gaston Foix II Count Foix (age 23) and Eleanore Comminges Countess Foix.
On 30th April 1514 Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Ross was born to King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 24) at Stirling Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 30th April 1539 Barbara Habsburg Spain Duchess Ferrara was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and Anne Jagiellon (age 35).
On 30th April 1553 Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France was born to Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 28) and Marguerite Egmont (age 36) in Nomeny.
On 30th April 1553 Thomas Bisshopp 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bisshopp of Henfield in Surrey (age 47) and Elizabeth Belknap.
On 30th April 1564 Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll was born to Andrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll (age 33) and Jean Hay (age 24).
On 30th April 1619 Johannes Spilberg was born.
On 30th April 1630 William Spencer was born to William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer (age 39) and Penelope Wriothesley Baroness Spencer Wormleighton (age 31).
On 30th April 1654 Robert Digby 3rd Baron Digby was born to Kildare Digby 2nd Baron Digby (age 23).
On 30th April 1662 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland was born to James, Duke of York (age 28) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 25) at St James's Palace [Map].
On 30th April 1680 John Ker 1st Duke Roxburghe was born to Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 22) and Margaret Hay Countess Roxburghe.
On 30th April 1691 Henry Ingram 7th Viscount Irvine was born to Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine (age 25).
On 30th April 1700 Percy Freke 2nd Baronet was born to Ralph Freke 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Meade.
On 30th April 1718 Catherine Brockholes Duchess Norfolk was born to John Brockholes and Mary Johnson (age 29).
On 30th April 1723 Louisa Egerton Countess Gower was born to Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 41) and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 16).
On 30th April 1725 Charles Dormer 8th Baron Dormer was born to John Dormer 7th Baron Dormer (age 33).
On 30th April 1726 Richard Leveson-Gower was born to John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 31) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower (age 35).
On 30th April 1729 Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury was born to George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan (age 43) and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan (age 40).
On 30th April 1743 John Beckett 1st Baronet was born to John Beckett (age 38) and Elizabeth Wilkson (age 27). He was bvaptised in Barnsley on 2nd June 1743.
On 30th April 1753 Edward Ward was born to Bernard Ward 1st Viscount Bangor (age 33) and Ann Bligh Viscountess Bangor.
On 30th April 1762 George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore was born to John Murray 4th Earl Dunmore (age 32) and Charlotte Stewart Countess Dunmore (age 32).
On 30th April 1781 Frances Basset 2nd Baroness Basset was born to Francis Basset 1st Baron Dunstanville and Basset Stratton (age 23).
On 30th April 1784 Montagu Bertie 5th Earl of Abingdon was born to Willoughby Bertie 4th Earl of Abingdon (age 44) and Charlotte Warren.
On 30th April 1785 Spencer Rodney 5th Baron Rodney was born to George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney (age 31) and Anne Harley Baroness Rodney (age 25).
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On 30th April 1788 John Charles Ramsden was born to John Ramsden 4th Baronet (age 32) and Louise Ingram Lady Ramsden (age 22).
On 30th April 1809 Charles Nightingale 12th Baronet was born to Charles Ethelston Nightingale 11th Baronet (age 24) and Maria Dickonson Lady Nightingale (age 20) at Shoreditch [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.88%.
On 30th April 1813 Bertram Wodehouse was born to John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse (age 42) and Charlotte Norris Baroness Woodhouse.
On 30th April 1823 George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll was born to John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll (age 45) and Joan Glassel (age 48) at Ardencaple Castle.
On 30th April 1824 Charles Edward Pepys 2nd Earl of Cottenham was born to Charles Christopher Pepys 1st Earl of Cottenham (age 43) and Charlotte Maria Wingfield.
On 30th April 1825 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter was born to Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter (age 29) and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter (age 22).
On 30th April 1834 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury was born to John Lubbock 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Harriet Hotham.
On 30th April 1840 Mary Isabella Hollond Lady Every was born.
On 30th April 1869 Philip de László was born in Budapest.
On 30th April 1877 Susan de la Poer Beresford was born to John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford (age 32) and Blanche Somerset Marchioness of Waterford (age 21).
On 30th April 1881 Dorothea Maria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg was born to Ferdinand Philipp Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 36) and Louise Wettin (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.
On 30th April 1887 Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd 7th Baronet was born to Arthur Chetwynd (age 29).
On 30th April 1907 John Somers Cocks 8th Baron Somers was born to Arthur Somers Cocks 7th Baron Somers (age 42).
On 30th April 1922 Friedrich Ernst Peter Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg was born to Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 30) and Marie Melita Hohenlohe Langenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg (age 23). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 30th April 1946 Carl XVI King Sweden was born to Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 40) and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 38). He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
On 30th April 1951 Robert Grimston 3rd Baron Grimston was born to Robert Walter Sigismund Grimston 2nd Baron Grimston (age 25) and June Mary Ponsonby Baroness Grimston (age 27).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 30th April 1964 Robert Eden 8th and 10th Baronet was born to John Eden 1st Baron Eden of Winton (age 38).
Marriages on the 30th April
On 30th April 1290 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 18) were married at Clerkenwell [Map]. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of King Edward I of England (age 50) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 30th April 1623 Robert Napier 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Frances Thornhurst (age 18) were married.
On 30th April 1629 Robert Carr 2nd Baronet (age 14) and Mary Gargrave Lady Carr were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell. She by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 30th April 1651 Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 42) and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Bohemia. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Charles Gonzaga Duke Nevers Duke Rethel and Maria Gonzaga Duchess of Montferrat (age 41). He the son of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. They were second cousin twice removed.
On 30th April 1669 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 71) and Isabella Stafford-Howard Marchioness Winchester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford (age 54) and Mary Stafford Countess Stafford (age 49). He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester. They were third cousin twice removed.
On 30th April 1674 Nicholas Crispe 2nd Baronet (age 31) and Judith Adrian Lady Crispe were married. She by marriage Lady Crispe of Hammersmith in Middlesex.
On 30th April 1702 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 39) and Mary Woods (age 18) were married at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.
On 30th April 1713 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton (age 29) and Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Duchess Grafton. He the son of Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton and Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 45). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 30th April 1747 William Milner 2nd Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Mordaunt were married.
On 30th April 1771 James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis (age 28) and Catherine Mann were married. He the son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
On 30th April 1779 Charles Hamilton 8th Earl Haddington (age 25) and Sophia Hope (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Hope 2nd Earl Hopetoun (age 74) and Anne Ogilvy Countess Hopetoun. He the son of Thomas Hamilton 7th Earl Haddington (age 58) and Mary Lloyd Countess Rothes. They were second cousin once removed.
On 30th April 1850 Thomas Lyon Bowes 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27) and Charlotte Maria Barrington Countess of Strathmore (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 30th April 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 30) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 42).
On 30th April 1863 Edmund Charles Nugent 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Evelyn Henrietta Gascoigne Lady Nugent were married.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 30th April 1868 Richard George Glyn 3rd Baronet (age 36) and Frances Geraldine Fitzgerald Lady Glyn (age 24) were married. She by marriage Lady Glyn of Gaunts in Dorset.
On 30th April 1881 Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 19) were married at the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map]. See her autobiography Life's Ebb and Flow Page 38. He the son of George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke (age 63) and Anne Charteris Countess Warwick (age 52). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 30th April 1884 father and daughter, Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, or near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
On 30th April 1914 Gerald Wellesley 7th Duke Wellington (age 28) and Dorothy Violet Ashton Duchess Wellington (age 24) were married. The marriage necessary to produce an heir. He bi-sexual, she also. The marriage resulted in two children followed by separation although not divorce. She the daughter of Robert Ashton and Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough. He the son of Arthur Charles Wellesley 4th Duke Wellington (age 65) and Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams Duchess Wellington (age 65).
On 30th April 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Lister Cooper Baron Lucas and Nan Ino Cooper 10th Baroness Lucas (age 36) were married. He by marriage Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 30th April 1924 William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley (age 56) and Gertrude "Gertie" Millar Countess of Dudley (age 45) were married. She by marriage Countess of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire. He the son of William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 77).
On 30th April 1934 Roger Makins 1st Baron Sherfield (age 30) and Alice Brooks Davis were married.
On 30th April 1957 Alexander Lambert Hood 7th Viscount Hood (age 43) and Diana Maud Lyttelton Viscountess Hood (age 37) were married.
On 30th April 2018 Henry John Fitzroy 12th Duke of Beaufort (age 65) and Georgia Powell Duchess of Beaufort (age 49) were married. He the son of David Fitzroy 11th Duke Beaufort (age 90) and Caroline Jane Thynne 11th Duchess Beaufort.
Deaths on the 30th April
On 30th April 783 Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died.
On 30th April 1341 John Capet III Duke Brittany (age 55) died. Earl Richmond extinct. The succession of the Duchy of Brittany was disputed between Joan "Lame" Capet Countess Penthièvre (age 22) and John Montfort IV Duke Brittany (age 46) leading to the War of the Breton Succession. Joanna Dampierre Duchess Brittany (age 46) by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. His niece Joan succeeded Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. Charles "Saint" Chatillon Duke Brittany (age 22) by marriage Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux. His half brother John succeeded IV Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux.
On 30th April 1439 Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 57) died at Rouen, France [Map]. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. His son Henry (age 14) succeeded 14th Earl Warwick. Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick (age 15) by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 30th April 1513 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 42) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] on the instruction of King Henry VIII after having been imprisoned for seven years. Duke Suffolk, and Earl Suffolk, Baron Pole forfeit.
He, Edmund, was the son of Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk, sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, and George, Duke of Clarence. He, arguably, had a better claim to the throne of England than King Henry VII if King Edward IV's children were illegitimate, and George's children barred from the succession as a consequence of George'a attainder although Anne St Leger's (age 37) claim better since she descended from an older sister Anne.
He, Edmund, had been given to King Henry VII of England and Ireland as part of the treaty of Malus Intercursus aka Evil Treaty with the condition that he not be executed. King Henry VII in his will instructed his son King Henry VIII to have him executed; an act which attracted the criticism of Montaigne in Chapter 7 of his Essays.
On 30th April 1520 a skirmish took place on the High Street Edinburgh in which around five hundred supporters of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 45) fought with a similar number of supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 31), chiefs of Clan Hamilton and Douglas respectively, over who had control over King James V of Scotland (age 8).
Around eighty of the Hamilton's were killed with the Douglases victorious as a consequence of around eight hundred more supporters arriving under the leadership of Angus' brother William Douglas Prior of Coldingham (age 27).
John Montgomerie Master of Eglinton (age 37) was killed.
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On 30th April 1529 Christian Lyon Countess Erroll (age 47) died.
On 30th April 1530 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys (age 32) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary and All Saints, South Kyme. His son George (age 7) succeeded 2nd Baron Tailboys of Kyme.
On 30th April 1539 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 68) died. He was buried at St Brannock's Church, Braunton. His son John (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Bath, 4th Count Eu, 12th Baron Fitzwarin. Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 36) by marriage Countess Bath.
On 30th April 1544 Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden (age 56) died. He was buried at Saffron Walden, Essex [Map]. Baron Audley Walden in Essex extinct.
On 30th April 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 61) died at Caus Castle [Map]. His son Henry succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford. On 6th May 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford was buried at Church of All Saints Worthen, Shropshire.
On 30th April 1636 Thomas Leventhorpe 2nd Baronet (age 43) was killed in a duel with Arthur Capell of Little Hadham (age 50). His son John (age 6) succeeded 3rd Baronet Leventhorpe of Shingey Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 30th April 1689 Faith Acklom Lady Milbanke (age 39) died.
On 30th April 1712 Jane Garrard Lady Spencer (age 74) died.
On 30th April 1718 Archbishop William Dawes 3rd Baronet (age 46) died. His son Darcy (age 25) succeeded 4th Baronet Dawes of Putney.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 30th April 1740 Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart (age 78) died.
On 30th April 1755 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 74) died. His second cousin once removed Richard (age 60) succeeded 7th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The two Baronetcies of Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk and Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in Suffolk were combined.
On 30th April 1760 Frances Pelham Lady Poole died.
On 30th April 1765 James Carnegie 3rd Baronet (age 49) died. His son David (age 11) de jure 7th Earl Southesk, 3rd Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine.
On 30th April 1766 Thomas Pakenham 1st Baron Longford (age 52) died. His son Edward (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baron Longford.
On 30th April 1778 Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley died.
On 30th April 1792 John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich (age 73) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map]. On 30th April 1792 His son John (age 48) succeeded 5th Earl Sandwich.
On 30th April 1792 William Weddell of Newby (age 55) died. He was buried in Ripon Cathedral [Map]. Monument with bust by Joseph Nollekens (age 54).
William Weddell of Newby: On 13th May 1736 he was born.
On 30th April 1794 Thomas Allin 4th Baronet died unmarried. Baronet Allin of Somerleyton in Suffolk extinct.
On 30th April 1814 Edward Hoare 2nd Baronet (age 69) died. His son Joseph (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hoare of Annabella in County Cork.
On 30th April 1831 Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 94) died.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 30th April 1837 William Henry Lyttelton 3rd Baron Lyttelton (age 55) died at Spencer House. His son George (age 20) succeeded 4th Baron Lyttelton of Frankley in Worcestershire, 4th Baron Westcote, 10th Baronet Lyttelton of Frankley.
On 30th April 1857 Mary Hanover Duchess Gloucester and Edinburgh (age 81) died.
On 30th April 1866 Harriet Mullen Lady Chamberlain died.
On 30th April 1890 Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox Countess Bessborough (age 70) died.
On 30th April 1894 Ellinor Harriet Hurt Sitwell Lady Williams died.
On 30th April 1900 Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham (age 89) died at Rode Hall, Cheshire. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. He was the last of the male line of Wilbraham's. His estate, including Rode Hall, Cheshire was inherited by his daughter Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham (age 50) and her husband George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet (age 55).
Katharine Frances Wilbraham Lady Wilbraham: On or before 23rd May 1849 she was born to Lieutenant-General Richard Wilbraham and Elizabeth Frances Egerton. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.04%. On 4th April 1872 George Barrington Baker Wilbraham 5th Baronet and she were married. On 4th October 1911 Frederick Edward Baker aka Rhodes 4th Baronet died unmarried. His brother George succeeded 5th Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon. She by marriage Lady Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 30th April 1901 William Fitz-Clarence 2nd Earl Munster (age 76) died. His son Geoffrey (age 41) succeeded 3rd Earl Munster, 3rd Viscount Fitzclarence, 3rd Baron Tewkesbury.
On 30th April 1904 Joseph Wallis O'Bryen Hoare 5th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Sydney (age 43) succeeded 6th Baronet Hoare of Annabella in County Cork.
On 30th April 1916 Michael Edward Hicks-Beach 1st Earl St Aldwyn (age 78) died. His eldest son Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach (deceased) had predeceased by one week having been killed in action. His grandson Michael (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl St Aldwyn of Coln St Aldwyn in Gloucestershire, 10th Baronet Hicks-Beach of Beverston in Gloucestershire.
On 30th April 1918 Charles Douglas-Home 12th Earl of Home (age 84) died. His son Charles (age 44) succeeded 13th Earl of Home. Lilian Lambton Countess of Home (age 36) by marriage Countess of Home.
On 30th April 1924 Henry Charles Hardinge 3rd Viscount Hardinge (age 66) died. His son Caryl (age 18) succeeded 4th Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton in Derbyshire.
On 30th April 1970 George Milles 4th Earl Sondes (age 56) died. His son Henry (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Sondes, 5th Viscount Throwley, 9th Baron Sondes.