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On this Day in History ... 30th July

30 Jul is in July.

1108 King Philip of France Dies Accession of Louis VI

1447 Richard York appointed Lieutenant of Ireland

1503 Margaret Tudor's Journey to Scotland

1535 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

1540 Execution of Protestants and Catholics

1587 Burial of Mary Queen of Scots

1603 Coronation of James I

1641 Jul 1641 Creation of Baronets

1665 Great Plague of London

1666 St James' Day Battle

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Events on the 30th July

On 30th July 657 Pope Vitalian was consecrated Pope.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1108. In this year also died the Archbishop Girard of York, before Pentecost, and Thomas was afterwards appointed thereto.

On 30th July 1108 King Philip I of France (age 56) died. His son Louis (age 26) succeeded VI King France: Capet.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1108. In this year was the King Henry (age 40) on the Nativity at Westminster, and at Easter at Winchester, and by Pentecost at Westminster again. After this, before August, he went into Normandy. And Philip, the King of France (age 55), died on the nones of August, and his son Louis (age 26) succeeded to the kingdom. And there were afterwards many struggles between the King of France and the King of England, while the latter remained in Normandy.

. Philip, King of France, passed away, and his son Louis succeeded him. Louis had six sons and one daughter. Philip, who was anointed as king, but suffered a tragic and unheard-of misfortune. One day, while riding through Paris, his horse was startled by a diabolical pig, causing it to fall. Philip was thrown against a stone and crushed, and he died the following night [On the 30th of July 1108]. Immediately afterward, his brother Louis was crowned by Pope Innocent at their father's request. The third son, Henry, became a monk at Clairvaux and later Archbishop of Reims. The fourth son, Robert, became Count of Dreux and father of Robert, Count of Perche, as well as the Bishop of Beauvais and the Bishop of Orléans. The fifth son, Philip, became a cleric. The sixth son, Peter, married the daughter of Reginald of Courtenay and inherited his lands.

Philippus, rex Francorum, obiit, cui successit Ludovicus filius ejus, qui genuit sex filios et unam filiam, Philippum, qui fuit inunctus in regem, de quo inauditum contigit infortunium. Cum enim quadam die per Parisius equitaret, obvio porco diabolico offensus equus cecidit, et sessorem suum ad silicem contrivit, et nocte sequenti spiritum exhalavit; et statim Ludovicus, frater ejus, ab Innocentio papa coronatur petitione patris. Tertius filius regis fuit Henricus, monachus Claravalensis, et postea Remensium archiepiscopus. Quartus Robertus comes Drocensium, pater Roberti, comitis de Perche, et episcopi Belvacensis, et episcopi Aurelianensis. Quintus filius fuit Philippus, clericus. Sextus Petrus, qui duxit filiam Reginaldi de Cortenai, cum terra ipsius. Soror istorum regis filia fuit Constantia, qure primo tradita est Eustachio comiti Boloniensi, filio regis Stephani, ac postmodum Raimundo, comiti Sancti Ægidii, quam postea repudiavit.

Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 30th [Jul 1358], Lord Morley again dined with the Queen (age 63).

On 30th July 1390 Afonso Aviz was born to King John I of Portugal (age 38) and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 30). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

Chronicle of Gregory. 30th July 1417. Al so the same year the King saylyd unto Normandye the second tyme, ande he londyd on Lammas day by-syde Tooke in Normandye. And the same tyme the kyng wanne the towne of Tooke and assaylyd the castelle, the whyche castelle on Syn Lauerens evynne was yolde unto the King, and he gave it unto his brother the Duke of Clarens (age 28) whithe alle the lorschippys dependaunt there too; and thenne the Duke of Clarens roode forthe to Cane [Map] whythe othyr lordys whythe hym. And one our Lady evyn, the Assumpcyon, he mustryd his men by-fore the towne of Cane [Map]; and the xij day of August the kyng layde sege to Cane, and that contynuyd tylle the day of the Natyvyte of our Lady nexte folowynge; uppon the same day the towne whythe grete sawte was yoldyd and wonne. And thenne the kyng layde sege unto the castelle, and that in shorte tyme was yoldyn unto the King; and whylys the kyng boode in Cane [Map], the Duke of Clarens roode to Bayeux and wanne that. And the same year the kyng wanne Argentyne, bothe the towne and the castelle. And the kyng wanne Alansonne and many moo strong castellys and townys and strong abbeyes.

On 30th July 1447 Richard Duke of York (age 35) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. An attempt by the Council to isolate Richard.

Collectanea by John Leland. The XXX and XXXIth Days of the said Monneth [30th and 31st July 1503], the Qwene tarried at Barrwyk, where fhe had grett Chere of the said Cappitayne of Barrwyk. and hyr Company in lykewys. That sam Day was by the said Cappiteyne, to the Pleasur of the said Qwene, gyffen Corses of Chasse within the said Town, with other Sports of Bayrs and of Doggs togeder.

The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn. Letter 6. Henry VIII (age 36) to Anne Boleyn (age 26).

To my Mistress, Because the time seems very long since I heard concerning your health and you, the great affection I have for you has induced me to send you this bearer, to be better informed of your health and pleasure, and because, since my parting from you, I have been told that the opinion in which I left you is totally changed, and that you would not come to court either with your mother, if you could, or in any other manner; which report, if true, I cannot sufficiently marvel at, because I am sure that I have since never done any thing to offend you, and it seems a very poor return for the great love which I bear you to keep me at a distance both from the speech and the person of the woman that I esteem most in the world: and if you love me with as much affection as I hope you do, I am sure that the distance of our two persons would be a little irksome to you, though this does not belong so much to the mistress as to the servant.

Consider well, my mistress, that absence from you grieves me sorely, hoping that it is not your will that it should be so; but if I knew for certain that you voluntarily desired it, I could do no other than mourn my ill-fortune, and by degrees abate my great folly. And so, for lack of time, I make an end of this rude letter, beseeching you to give credence to this bearer in all that he will tell you from me.

Written by the hand of your entire Servant,

H.R.

Note. The date of this letter is presumed to be in Jul 1527.

Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1535. 30th July 1535. R. O. 1142. Thomas Thacker to Cromwell.

Your household at the Rolls, the Friars Austins, and at Stepneth, are all in good health. Your works at Hackney and at the Friars Austings go well forward. Mr. Williamson, Ric. Lee, Sir John, and I, paid on Saturday 24 July £36 19s. 6½d. at Hackney. Four "parelles" for chimneys at Hackney, containing in all 17 feet, are not yet paid. At Friars Austins we paid £22 15s. 9½d. For Ewhurst, Sir Thomas Grene has fashioned everything till Friday 6 Aug. next. Henry Polsted has delivered me £280 8s. As Gostwick is not in London, Jynken Lloyde, your servant, has left with me £75 16s. 4½d., due by Hugh Vaghan for parcel of the King's rents of the lands late of Rice Griffith. Master Norton, of Kent, has sent you this day 12 "heron shoes," which Mr. Steward has received at the Rolls, as the city of London is sorely infected with the plague. Thomas Pykeryng says he has "inned" you 100 load of good hay, and you shall yet have 60 load or more at Nasyngbury. The Rolls, 30 July.

Hol., p. 1. Add.: Secretary.

Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 30th July 1540. This yeare, the thirtith daie of Julie, 1540,g were drawen from the Tower of London into Smythfield theise persons follwinge, that is to saie: Doctor Barnes,h Richard Fetherston, William Jerome, Vicar of Stepney, Doctor Edward Powell, Thomas Jerrard, Parson of Honi Lane, and Thomas Abell,a priestes, of which three of them, that is to say, Barnes, Jherome, and Garrarde, were brent for heresie,b condemned by the whole bodie of the Perliament,c and Fetherston, Powell, and Abell were hanged, their bowells brenned, headed and quartered, in the said place of Smythfield, for treason against the Kinges Majestie,d and condemned of the same by the whole Perliament.

Note g. The King's councils being at this time directed by Norfolk and Gardiner, the law of the Six Articles was enforced with rigour against the Protestants.

Note h. Robert Barnes, D.D. who had been the cause of Lambert's execution. He had drawn upon himself the resentment of Bishop Gardiner by his sermon at Paul's Cross, in which he had bitterlj inreighed against that prelate as a bigoted Roman Catholic.

Note a. Thomas Abley in Fuller's Church History.

Note b. A stranger, standing by, did wonder, as well he might, of what religion the King was, his sword cutting on both sides, Protestants being burnt for heretics, and Papists hanged for traitors.— Fuller's Church History, p. 285.

Note c. They were condemned by a bill of attainder in parliament, without trial.

Note d. For denying the King's supremacy, and affirming his marriage with Queen Katharine to be good, of the which argument Dr. Powell wrote a book, printed in quarto, and I'have seen it. — Stow.

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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.

Chronicle of Greyfriars. 30th July 1540. And the 30th day of the same monyth was Doctor Barnes, Jerome and Garrard drawn from the Tower into Smithfield, and there burned for their herisies. And that same day also was drawn from the Tower with them Doctor Powell with two other priests1, and there was a gallows set up at St Bartholemews Gate, and there were hanged, headed, and quartered that same day, and their quarters set about the city.

Note 1. Abell, Powell, and Featherstone. Their religious tenets were directly opposed to those of the victims of the preceding day; but they were equally offensive to king Henry in denying his supremacy.

Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. 30th July 1540. The thirtieth day of July, were drawn on hurdles out of the Tower to Smithfield, Robert Barnes Doctor in Divinity, Thomas Garard, and William Jerome Bachelors in Divinity, Powell, Fetherston, and Abell. The first three were drawn to the stake, there before set up, and were burned: and the latter three drawn to the gallows, likewise there set up, and were hanged, beheaded, and quartered. Here you must note, that the first three, were men that professed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and were preachers thereof. But wherefore they were now thus cruelly executed, I know not, although I have searched to know the truth. But this I find in their attainder, for you must understand, that after they had Preached at Saint Mary Spittle, as before I have declared, Barnes for learning his lesson no better was committed to the schoolhouse before prepared, which was the Tower, where he was kept, and never called to examination, till his rod that he should be beaten withall, was made, which was a sharp and great fire in Smithfield and for company sake, was sent to the schoolhouse with him, the afore named Caret, and Jerome, which drunk all of one cup. And as I said before, thus much I find in their attainder, that they were detestable and abominable heretics, and that they had taught many heresies, the number whereof was to great in the attainder to be recited, so that there is not one alleged, which I have often wondered at, that their heresies were so many, and not one there alleged, as special cause of their death. And indeed at their death, they asked the Sheriffs, wherefore they were condemned, who answered, they could not tell. But if I may say the truth, most men said it was for preaching against the Doctrine of Stephen Gardiner (age 57) Bishop of Winchester, who chiefly procured this their death, God and he knows, but great pity it was, that such learned men should so be cast away, without examination, neither knowing what was laid to their charge, nor never called to answer.

The last three which were Powell, Fetherston, and Abell, were put to death for treason, and in their attainder, is special mention made of their offences, which was for the denying of the King's Supremacy, and affirming that his marriage with the Lady Katherine was good. These with other were the treasons, that they were attainted of, and suffered death for.

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Tudor Tracts Chapter 20. The following is a truer account of the actual interment:

On Sunday, being the 30th of July, 1587, in the 20th year of the reign of Elizabeth the Queen's Majesty of England, there went from Peterborough Master William Dethick (age 45), alias Garter Principal King of Arms, and five Heralds, accompanied by 40 horse and men, to conduct the body of Mary, late Queen of Scots, from Fotheringhay Castle [Map] in Northamptonshire (which Queen had remained prisoner in England nineteen years): having for that purpose, brought a royal coach drawn by four horses, and covered with black velvet; richly set forth with escutcheons of the Arms of Scotland, and little pennons round about it.

The body (being enclosed in lead; and the same coffined in wood) was brought down, and reverently put into the coach.

At which time, the Heralds put on their Coats of Arms, and bareheaded, with torches' light, brought the same forth of the Castle, about ten of the clock at night: and so conveyed it to Peterborough [eleven] miles distant from Fotheringhay Castle.

Tudor Tracts Chapter 20. The Scottish Queen's Burial at Peterborough [Map], upon Tuesday, being Lammas Day [1st August], 1587.

Her body was brought in a coach, about 100 attending thereon, from Fotheringhay Castle, upon Sunday [30th July 1587], at night [Richard Howland (age 46)] the Bishop of Peterborough, [Richard Fletcher (age 42)] the Dean [of Peterborough], the Prebends, and the rest [of the Chapter] met the same at the Bridge; being not far from the town: and so conveyed it to the Bishop's Palace, and from thence upon Tuesday being Lammas Day, [it] was carried to the Church, where she was buried1 on the south side of the Hearse by torchlight.

The Hearse [or Catafalque] was made field-bed wise; the valance of black velvet, with a gold fringe; [and] the top of the imperial covered with baize. About it, were set ten Posies [of the Motto of the Arms of Scotland], In my defence, God me defend! with ten Scutcheons great and little; and, at the top, a double one with a crown imperial thereupon. The Supporters [were] Unicorns, with 100 pennons or little flags. It was impaled with baize; and in it [were] fourteen stools, with black velvet cushions.

Upon the pillars supporting the imperial of the Hearse, the which were all covered with velvet, were fixed Scutcheons: bearing either [the] Red Lion alone; or else parted with the Arms of France, or with the arms of the Lord Lenox.

The Church and Chancel were hanged with baize and Scutcheons, as at other funerals.

Note 1. There is a Memorial entered on the wall of the Cathedral of Peterborough, for one [named Robert Scarlet] who, being Sexton thereof, interred two Queens therein (Katharine Dowager and Mary of Scotland); more than fifty years interceding betwixt their several sepultures. This vivacious Sexton also buried two generations; or the people in that place twice over. Thus having built many houses (so I find graves frequently called domus aternales) for others: some, as it was fitting, performed this last office unto him. [He died on 2nd July 1594, set 98.] Thomas Fuller, Worthies, &c., ii. 293., Ed. 1662.

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On 25th July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) was crowned I King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 67) was appointed Lord High Steward.

On 26th July 1603 Thomas Bennett (age 60) and Thomas Cambell (age 67) were knighted.

On 27th July 1603 William Wrey 1st Baronet was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].

On 30th July 1603 Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].

Bishop Thomas Bilson (age 56) gave the sermon. While the wording conceded something to the divine right of kings, it also included a caveat about lawful resistance to a monarch.

Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Volume 3 Pages 114-124. Sir, — I am very sorrye my occacion will not permit mee to returne ( i.e. to reply) to you as I would. I have not yett fully spoken with the gentlemen I sent to waite upon you? When I shall doe it, I shall be enabled to bee more particular, beinge unwillinge to detaine your servante any longer. With my service to your lady and family, I take leave, and rest

Your affectionate servante.

O. Cromwell (age 53).

July 30, 1652.

For my honoured friend, Mr. Hungerford, the elder, at his house, These.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th July 1662. Up early, and to my office, where Cooper came to me and begun his lecture upon the body of a ship, which my having of a modell in the office is of great use to me, and very pleasant and useful it is. Then by water to White Hall, and there waited upon my Lord Sandwich (age 37); and joyed him, at his lodgings, of his safe coming home after all his danger, which he confesses to be very great. And his people do tell me how bravely my Lord did carry himself, while my Lord Crofts (age 51) did cry; and I perceive it is all the town talk how poorly he carried himself. But the best was of one Mr. Rawlins, a courtier, that was with my Lord; and in the greatest danger cried, "God damn me, my Lord, I won't give you three-pence for your place now". But all ends in the honour of the pleasure-boats; which, had they not been very good boats, they could never have endured the sea as they did.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th July 1663. By and by Mr. Coventry (age 35) only came (Sir John Minnes (age 64) and Sir William Batten (age 62) being gone this morning to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] to pay some ships and the yard there), and after doing a little business he and I down to Woolwich, Kent [Map], and there up and down the yard, and by and by came Sir G. Carteret (age 53) and we all looked into matters, and then by water back to Deptford, where we dined with him at his house, a very good dinner and mightily tempted with wines of all sorts and brave French Syder, but I drunk none. But that which is a great wonder I find his little daughter Betty, that was in hanging sleeves but a month or two ago, and is a very little young child; married, and to whom, but to young Scott, son to Madam Catharine Scott, that was so long in law, and at whose triall I was with her husband; he pleading that it was unlawfully got and would not own it, she, it seems, being brought to bed of it, if not got by somebody else at Oxford, but it seems a little before his death he did own the child, and hath left him his estate, not long since. So Sir G. Carteret hath struck up of a sudden a match with him for his little daughter. He hath about £2000 per annum; and it seems Sir G. Carteret hath by this means over-reached Sir H. Bennet (age 45), who did endeavour to get this gentleman for a sister of his, but Sir G. Carteret I say has over-reached him. By this means Sir G. Carteret hath married two daughters this year both very well.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th July 1665. Will was with me to-day, and is very well again. It was a sad noise to hear our bell to toll and ring so often to-day, either for deaths or burials; I think five or six times. At night weary with my day's work, but full of joy at my having done it, I to bed, being to rise betimes tomorrow to go to the wedding at Dagenhams.

Calendar of State Papers Charles II 30 Jul 1666. 30th July 1666. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map]. 80. Rich. Bower to Williamson. The Zealanders were engaged with the Blue squadron Wednesday and most of Thursday, but at length the Zealanders ran; the Dutch fleet escaped to the Weelings and Goree; only hears of six ships lost by them; 32 wounded men from the Victory and Vanguard have come to Southwold, Suffolk [Map]. The Victory being threatened by a fire-ship, the captain sent his lieutenant in a ketch to put the fire-ship by; the ketch followed the fire-ship too near the Dutch fleet, and being herself taken for a fire-ship, every one near let fly at ber, so the ketch was sadly shattered and the lieuten- ant killed. Capt. Talbot of the Elizabeth came into Aldborough [Map], with his vessel in good condition, walking the deck in his silk morning gown and powdered hair. The East India London also came into Aldborough [Map]; the captain was killed, and the surgeon's arm broken; the men declared they would not fight without a surgeon; other arrivals at Yarmouth [Map]. Sir Thomas Allin (age 54) has taken and fired Banckart's flag ship, Banckart escaping in a boat. The Royal Charles is sent in; the generals remain on board the Royal James. The Hull fleet has sailed from Yarmouth [Map] for London without convoy. Begs the Gazettes regularly; 22 wounded men are brought ashore.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th July 1666. Thence abroad to pay several debts at the end of the month, and so to Sir W. Coventry (age 38), at St. James's, where I find him in his new closett, which is very fine, and well supplied with handsome books. I find him speak very slightly of the late victory: dislikes their staying with the fleete up their coast, believing that the Dutch will come out in fourteen days, and then we with our unready fleete, by reason of some of the ships being maymed, shall be in bad condition to fight them upon their owne coast: is much dissatisfied with the great number of men, and their fresh demands of twenty-four victualling ships, they going out but the other day as full as they could stow. I asked him whether he did never desire an account of the number of supernumeraries, as I have done several ways, without which we shall be in great errour about the victuals; he says he has done it again and again, and if any mistake should happen they must thanke themselves. He spoke slightly of the Duke of Albemarle (age 57), saying, when De Ruyter (age 59) come to give him a broadside-"Now", says he, chewing of tobacco the while, "will this fellow come and give, me two broadsides, and then he will run"; but it seems he held him to it two hours, till the Duke himself was forced to retreat to refit, and was towed off, and De Ruyter staid for him till he come back again to fight. One in the ship saying to the Duke, "Sir, methinks De Ruyter hath given us more: than two broadsides";-"Well", says the Duke, "but you shall find him run by and by", and so he did, says Sir W. Coventry; but after the Duke himself had been first made to fall off. The Resolution had all brass guns, being the same that Sir J. Lawson had in her in the Straights. It is observed that the two fleetes were even in number to one ship.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th July 1667. But it is a pretty thing he told us how the King (age 37), once speaking of the Duke of York's (age 33) being mastered by his wife (age 30), said to some of the company by, that he would go no more abroad with this Tom Otter (meaning the Duke of York) and his wife. Tom Killigrew (age 55), being by, answered, "Sir", says he, "pray which is the best for a man, to be a Tom Otter to his wife or to his mistress?" meaning the King's being so to my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26). Thus he went on; and speaking then of my Lord Sandwich (age 42), whom he professed to love exceedingly, says Creed, "I know not what, but he is a man, methinks, that I could love for himself, without other regards".... [Missing text 'and by your favour," says he, "by God, there is nothing to be beloved propter se but a cunt"].s He talked very lewdly; and then took notice of my kindness to him on shipboard seven years ago, when the King was coming over, and how much he was obliged to me; but says, pray look upon this acknowledgement of a kindness in me to be a miracle; for, says he, "it is against the law at Court for a man that borrows money of me, even to buy his place with, to own it the next Sunday"; and then told us his horse was a bribe, and his boots a bribe; and told us he was made up of bribes, as an Oxford scholar is set out with other men's goods when he goes out of town, and that he makes every sort of tradesman to bribe him; and invited me home to his house, to taste of his bribe wine. I never heard so much vanity from a man in my life; so, being now weary of him, we parted, and I took coach, and carried Creed to the Temple. There set him down, and to my office, where busy late till my eyes begun to ake, and then home to supper: a pullet, with good sauce, to my liking, and then to play on the flageolet with my wife, which she now does very prettily, and so to bed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th July 1667. After dinner by coach to White Hall, calling on two or three tradesmen and paying their bills, and so to White Hall, to the Treasury-chamber, where I did speak with the Lords, and did my business about getting them to assent to 10 per cent. interest on the 11 months tax, but find them mightily put to it for money. Here I do hear that there are three Lords more to be added to them; my Lord Bridgewater (age 44), my Lord Anglesey (age 53), and my Lord Camberlaine. Having done my business, I to Creed's chamber, and thence out with Creed to White Hall with him; in our way, meeting with Mr. Cooling, my Lord Camberlain's secretary, on horseback, who stopped to speak with us, and he proved very drunk, and did talk, and would have talked all night with us, I not being able to break loose from him, he holding me so by the hand. But, Lord! to see his present humour, how he swears at every word, and talks of the King (age 37) and my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26) in the plainest words in the world. And from him I gather that the story I learned yesterday is true-that the King hath declared that he did not get the child of which she is conceived at this time, he having not as he says lain with her this half year. But she told him, "God damn me, but you shall own it!" It seems, he is jealous of Jermin, and she loves him so, that the thoughts of his marrying of my Lady Falmouth puts her into fits of the mother; and he, it seems, hath lain with her from time to time, continually, for a good while; and once, as this Cooling says, the King had like to have taken him a-bed with her, but that he was fain to creep under the bed into her closet.... [Missing text ' He says that for a good while the King's greatest pleasure hath been with his fingers, being able to do no more.']

On 30th July 1671 Louis Guise Duke Guise (age 20) died of smallpox.

John Evelyn's Diary. 26th July 1680. My Lord (age 46), being an exceedingly brave and valiant person, and who had so approved himself in divers signal battles, both at sea and land; so beloved and so esteemed by the people, as one they depended on, upon all occasions worthy of such a captain;-he looked on this as too great an indifference in his Majesty (age 50), after all his services, and the merits of his father, the Duke of Ormond (age 69), and a design of some who envied his virtue. It certainly took so deep root in his mind, that he who was the most void of fear in the world (and assured me he would go to Tangier [Map] with ten men if his Majesty commanded him) could not bear up against this unkindness. Having disburdened himself of this to me after dinner, he went with his Majesty to the sheriffs at a great supper in Fishmongers' Hall; but finding himself ill, took his leave immediately of his Majesty, and came back to his lodging. Not resting well this night, he was persuaded to remove to Arlington House, for better accommodation. His disorder turned to a malignant fever, which increasing, after all that six of the most able physicians could do, he became delirious, with intervals of sense, during which Dr. Lloyd (age 52) (after Bishop of St. Asaph) administered the Holy Sacrament, of which I also participated. He died the Friday following, the 30th of July, to the universal grief of all that knew or heard of his great worth, nor had any a greater loss than myself. Oft would he say I was the oldest acquaintance he had in England (when his father was in Ireland), it being now of about thirty years, contracted abroad, when he rode in the Academy in Paris, and when we were seldom asunder.

On 30th July 1682. Michael Dahl (age 23) was issued with a passport that allowed him to travel through Europe to study.

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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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John Evelyn's Diary. 30th July 1682. Went to visit our good neighbor, Mr. Bohun, whose whole house is a cabinet of all elegancies, especially Indian; in the hall are contrivances of Japan screens, instead of wainscot; and there is an excellent pendule clock inclosed in the curious flowerwork of Mr. Gibbons (age 34), in the middle of the vestibule. The landscapes of the screens represent the manner of living, and country of the Chinese. But, above all, his lady's cabinet is adorned on the fret, ceiling, and chimney-piece, with Mr. Gibbons's best carving. There are also some of Streeter's best paintings, and many rich curiosities of gold and silver as growing in the mines. The gardens are exactly kept, and the whole place very agreeable and well watered. The owners are good neighbors, and Mr. Bohun has also built and endowed a hospital for eight poor people, with a pretty chapel, and every necessary accommodation.

On 30th July 1683 Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 44) died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 30th July 1690. I dined with Mr. Pepys (age 57), now suffered to return to his house, on account of indisposition.

On 30th July 1700 Prince William Duke Gloucester (age 11) died of smallpox.

On 30th July 1722 Theodosia Hyde (age 26) died in childbirth. Her son Edward (age 7) succeeded 11th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

After 30th July 1792. Memorial to Mary Blackman (deceased) at St Nicholas Church, Whiston [Map] sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 54).

Mary Blackman: Around 1744 she was born to Rowland Blackman of Antigua. Before 30th July 1792 William Henry Irby and she were married. On 30th July 1792 she died.

Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. On the 30th of July, 1844, was re-examined a barrow [Map] upon the Oldham Farm, Middleton, which was unsuccessfully opened by Mr. William Bateman, on the 18th of May, 1825, nor was this second investigation much more interesting, as the barrow proved in most respects the same as the one on Ringham Lowe [Map], which is within half a mile of the one in question. There were the remains of a large fire visible in the centre of this mound, upon the level of the undisturbed soil, where were also some pieces of sandstone and some quartz pebbles, neither of which are to be found in the neighbourhood. The only articles of human origin were several pieces of kneaded clay, partially hardened by the fire, and a broken piece of coarse pottery of very hard texture.

Ten Years' Digging. On the 30th of July we opened a fine bowl-shaped tumulus [Blackstone's Low [Map]], 15 yards across, situated on Ballidon Moor. The upper part, to the depth of two feet was almost entirely of earth, near the centre presenting the appearance of having been tempered. In this stratum were a few calcined bones, and fragments of a rude urn. Immediately beneath was an accumulation of stones, large and small, forming the base of the mound, which was raised on a rocky and uneven surface, which caused the thickness of the substructure of stone to fluctuate between two feet and a yard. The limestone employed being of a friable nature had become so far decomposed as to yield sufficient sand to choke up the interstices.

After noticing the trifling remains exhumed from the upper bed of earth, we observed nothing until arriving at the sandy stone, amongst which were four skeletons that might have been slightly disturbed before, but from their contracted posture and decayed condition it was difficult to decide, with respect to three of them, whether they had or not; the fourth had certainly been either disturbed at the interment of the others, or had been buried as a skeleton whilst the bones were fresh, as all parts of the skeleton had been collected and the long bones laid side by side. The latter were still unbroken, and it is obvious that they must have been thus arranged while retaining much of their natural strength, had it been otherwise they would have been broken by the stones with which they were in contact. This skeleton was nearer the centre than the others, and a very few inches beyond it we first observed a well-defined stratum of burnt earth, with a layer of pure charcoal above it, interposed between the upper bed of earth and the sandy stone. Pursuing this favourable indication we discovered, almost simultaneously, two very interesting interments which were found by extending the cutting a little beyond the middle of the barrow. The most ancient was about five feet below the summit in a depression in the rock, which was converted into a neat lozenge-shaped cist by four flat stones placed on edge; it was the skeleton of a middle aged man in unusually fine preservation, who lay with the knees drawn up, contrary to the usual custom on his right: side his femur measures 18.6 inches; he was accompanied by one poor flint only, suited to point an arrow. The skull, in perfect preservation, has been engraved in the Crania Britannica, it is chiefly distinguished by the rugged or strongly marked character of the facial bones, and has an internal capacity of 74½ ounces; the nasal bones have been fractured, and re-joined during life, and the teeth were much worn down. The cranium is considered by the learned authors of the Crania Britannica, as a typical example of the brachy-cephalic variety of the Ancient British head, and is engraved as such in Dr. Meigs' Cranial Characteristics of the Races of Men, Philadelphia, 1857.

While taking up this skeleton we met with a large flat stone lying aslant, with its lowest edge within the cist; this was most likely the cover which had given way; the upper end was embedded in stones and burnt sand, interspersed with partially calcined human bones, and others in their natural state; among the latter were some remains of an infant; close above stood a large cinerary urn in an upright position, containing calcined human bones, and protected from superincumbent pressure by a large stone resting at each end upon an upright slab. The urn, 11½ inches high and 9 diameter at the mouth, is ornamented by patterns impressed from a twisted thong, and is in fine preservation, having been found perfect. The bones within it were beautifully coloured by burning, and perfectly clean; amongst them we found a piece of an animal's jaw, rats' bones, a fine bone pin 4 inches long, a fragment of thin pottery, and a flint arrow head, all (including the rats' bones) much burnt. The presence of partially burnt human bones in the sand, the discoloration of the latter, and the occurrence of calcined rats' bones in the urn, demonstrate the fact of the corpse having been consumed upon the spot. The section will render the arrangement of the interments in this curious barrow easily understood.

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On 30th July 1854 the Session Kinnoull Parish Church [Map] agreed that the "proper steps be taken to notice in the Sessions Records of Kinnoul that the following entry of marriage on Page 64 of the Records of Proclamations viz "John Ruskin (age 35) of Denmark Hill London and Euphemia Chalmers Gray (age 26) in this Parish were proclaimed and married on the 10 day of April 1848 by the Revd John Edward Touch Minister of Kinnoul" had been declared null and void by the Commissary Court of Surrey" in a suit promoted by the said Euphemia Chalmers Gray".

On 30th July 1954 Anthony Vivian 5th Baron Vivian (age 48) was shot in the abdomen by Mavis Wheeler (age 46), the former wife of both Sir Mortimer Wheeler (age 63) and Horace de Vere Cole, and the mistress of the painter Augustus John (age 76). She was subsequently jailed for six months.

St Werburgh's Church, Hanbury [Map]. In memory of Annie Isobel Brace of Coton Hall, Staffordshire [Map], died 30th July 1957.

Births on the 30th July

On 30th July 1390 Afonso Aviz was born to King John I of Portugal (age 38) and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 30). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 30th July 1682 Edward Perceval 4th Baronet was born to John Perceval 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Dering

On 30th July 1752 Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl was born to Windham Quin (age 35) and Frances Dawson (age 22).

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 30th July 1761 Henry Fitzgerald was born to James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster (age 39) and Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster (age 29). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 3rd July 1767 Charlotte Fitzroy Viscountess Dungannon was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 30) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 29). She was baptisd at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 30th July 1767. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 30th July 1768 William "Kitty" Courtenay 9th Earl Devon was born to William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon (age 25) and Frances Clack Countess Devon. She was baptised on the 30th August 1768.

On 30th July 1772 Reverend George Rushout-Bowles was born to John Rushout 1st Baron Northwick (age 34) and Rebecca Bowles.

On 12th December 1773 Lieutenant-General William Fitzroy was born to Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton (age 36) and Anne Warren Baroness Southampton (age 35). She was baptisd at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 30th July 1767. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 30th July 1776 Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet was born to Matthias Kerrison (age 34) and Mary Barnes at his parents home Hoxne Hall.

On 30th July 1784 John Lambton Loraine 10th Baronet was born to William Loraine 4th Baronet (age 35) and Hannah Allgood Lady Loraine (age 31).

On 30th July 1790 Peregrine Bertie was born to Willoughby Bertie 4th Earl of Abingdon (age 50) and Charlotte Warren.

On 30th July 1797 Harriet Windsor was born to Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth (age 46) and Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

On 30th July 1802 John Crichton 3rd Earl Erne was born to John Crichton (age 30).

On 30th July 1807 Caroline Flower was born to Henry Flower 4th Viscount Ashbrook (age 30).

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 30th July 1854 Henry Francis Knightley 6th Baronet was born to Henry Charles Knightley (age 40).

On 2nd July 1864 Algernon Henry Grosvenor was born to Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury (age 63) and Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury (age 56). He was baptised on 30th July 1846.

On 30th July 1872 John Harvey Blunt 9th Baronet was born to John Harvey Blunt 8th Baronet (age 33).

On 30th July 1889 Dorothy Violet Ashton Duchess Wellington was born to Robert Ashton and Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 30th July 1916 Rosemary Potter Countess Darnley was born to Edmund Basil Potter.

On 30th July 1935 Rose Amanda Bligh was born to Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 48) and Nancy Ellinor Kidston Countess Darnely (age 34).

On 30th July 1958 Christopher Portman 10th Viscount Portman was born to Edward Portman 9th Viscount Portman (age 24) and Rosemary Joy Farris.

Marriages on the 30th July

On 30th July 1553 Sigismund II King Poland (age 32) and Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Poland (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Poland. He had, ten years before, married her older sister Elisabeth Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Poland; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 50) and Anne Jagiellon.

On 30th July 1646 Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham (age 24) and Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch (age 19) were married.

On 30th July 1650 George Livingston 3rd Earl Linlithgow (age 34) and Elizabeth Maule Countess Kinghorne and Linlithgow (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Livingston. She the daughter of Patrick Maule 1st Earl Panmure (age 65) and Frances Stanhope. He the son of Alexander Livingston 2nd Earl Linlithgow and Elizabeth Gordon.

On 30th July 1664 William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 24) and Juliana Noel Baroness Alington (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington of Killard.

On 30th July 1678 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 17) and Mary Wynn (age 17) were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 47) and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.

On 13th July 1795 or 30th July 1795 Charles Abbott 1st Baron Tenterden (age 32) and Mary Lamotte were married.

On 30th July 1851 Robert Moncton Milnes 1st Baron Houghton (age 42) and Annabella Hungerford Crewe (age 37) 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 July 1863 Charles Marsham 4th Earl Romney (age 22) and Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings. He the son of Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney (age 55) and Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney. They were sixth cousins.

On 30th July 1904 Arthur John Ross and Una Mary Dawson 25th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley (age 24) were married.

On 30th July 1925 Edward Fitz-Clarence 6th Earl of Munster (age 25) and Monica Sheila Grayson were married. He the son of Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence and Violet Spencer-Churchill (age 61).

Deaths on the 30th July

On 30th July 734 Archbishop Tatwine (age 64) died.

On 30th July 1108 King Philip I of France (age 56) died. His son Louis (age 26) succeeded VI King France: Capet.

On 30th July 1424 Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury (age 60) died.

On 30th July 1431 William Clinton 4th Baron Clinton (age 53) died. His son John (age 21) succeeded 5th Baron Clinton.

On 30th July 1550 Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton (age 44) died. He was buried on 4th August 1550 at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. His son Henry (age 5) succeeded 2nd Earl of Southampton.

On 30th July 1570 William Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham (age 55) died at Minting Park, East Lindsey. His son Charles (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baron Willoughby Parham.

On 30th July 1624 Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son James (age 12) succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.

On 30th July 1627 William Murray 2nd Earl Tullibardine (age 53) died.

On 30th July 1638 Anthony Wingfield 1st Baronet (age 53) died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baronet Wingfield of Godwyns in Suffolk.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 30th July 1652 Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours (age 28) died.

On 30th July 1680 Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 46) died. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey the next day.

On 30th July 1680 Ursula Darcy Lady Wyvill (age 60) died.

On 30th July 1683 Maria Theresa of Spain Queen Consort France (age 44) died.

On 30th July 1708 Brian Broughton 1st Baronet (age 90) died. His son Thomas (age 58) succeeded 2nd Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire. Rhoda Amcotts Lady Broughton (age 54) by marriage Brian Broughton 1st Baronet.

On 30th July 1719 Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley (age 65) died.

On 30th July 1722 Thomas Modyford 5th Baronet (age 43) died. Baronet Modyford of Lincoln's Inn extinct.

On 30th July 1722 Theodosia Hyde (age 26) died in childbirth. Her son Edward (age 7) succeeded 11th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

On 30th July 1729 Margaret Tufton Baroness Coventry (age 93) died.

On 30th July 1733 Clobery Noel 5th Baronet (age 38) died. His son Edward (age 17) succeeded 6th Baronet Noel.

On 30th July 1746 Francesco Trevisani (age 90) died.

On 30th July 1789 Frances Fitzwilliam Baroness Carbery (age 79) died.

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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 July 1791 William Fitzherbert 1st Baronet (age 43) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map]. His son Anthony (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baronet Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.

On 30th July 1806 Francis Mathew 1st Earl of Llandaff (age 67) died. His son Francis (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Llandaff of Thomastown in Tipperary.

On 30th July 1807 Thomas Orde-Powlett 1st Baron Bolton (age 66) died. His son William (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolton of Bolton in Yorkshire.

On 30th July 1825 William Craven 1st Earl Craven (age 54) died. His son William (age 15) succeeded 2nd Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 2nd Viscount Uffington, 8th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.

On 30th July 1841 Theophilus Biddulph 5th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Theophilus (age 56) succeeded 6th Baronet Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent. Jane Rebecca Vyner Lady Biddulph (age 38) by marriage Lady Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent.

On 30th July 1856 Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 80) died.

On 30th July 1858 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire extinct. His estates of Blackfordby and Packington were inherited by Henry 4th Marquess Hastings (age 16). Willesley Hall and its estate were left to Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 24) and her husband Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 36) who changed his surname to Abney-Hastings.

On 30th July 1900 Prince Alfred Windsor (age 55) died. Duke Edinburgh extinct.

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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 July 1910 William Horsley-Beresford 4th Baron Decies (age 45) died without issue. His brother John (age 43) succeeded 5th Baron Decies of Decies in Waterford.

On 30th July 1917 Wyndham Knatchbull 12th Baronet (age 72) died. His first cousin Cecil (age 53) succeeded 13th Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch in Kent.

On 30th July 1919 Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington (age 59) died. His son Napier (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Alington.

On 30th July 1943 Georgiana Pakenham Viscountess Gough (age 79) died.

On 30th July 1954 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 90) died. She was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck.

On 30th July 1968 Mabel Frances Silvertop Lady Heathcote died.

On 30th July 1990 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 9th Duke of Portland (age 93) died without surviving male issue. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. Duke Portland extinct. His half sixth cousin Henry (age 70) succeeded 11th Earl of Portland.