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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.
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31 Jan is in January.
1069 Murder of Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria
1547 Death of Henry VIII Accession of Edward VI
1839 Invention of Photograpahy
1865 Slavery Abolished in the USA
1874 Wedding of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
On 31st January 1030 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son William (age 26) succeeded VI Duke Aquitaine.
History of the Church of Durham by Simeon of Durham. When the bishop met the earl he told him of this plot, and advised him to return. But the other was not permitted to hearken to these words of counsel, for he was one of those persons who paid the wages of their followers by licensing their ravagings and murders; and he had already killed many of the rustics of the church. So the earl entered Durham with seven hundred men, and they treated the householders as if they had been enemies. Very early in the morning, the Northumbrians having collected themselves together, broke in through all the gates, and running through the city, hither and thither, they slew the earl's associates. So great, at the last, was the multitude of the slain, that every street was covered with blood, and filled with dead bodies. But there still survived a considerable number, who defended the door of the house in which the earl was, and securely held it against the inroads of the assailants. They, on their part, endeavoured to throw fire into the house, so as to burn it and its inmates; and the flaming sparks flying upwards caught the western tower, which was in immediate proximity, and it appeared to be on the very verge of destruction. The people knelt down on their knees and besought St. Cuthbert to preserve his church from burning; and immediately a wind arose from the east which drove the flames backwards from the church, and entirely freed it from all danger. The house, however, which had caught fire, continued to blaze; and of those persons who were within it some were burnt, some were slaughtered as soon as they crossed its doors; and thus the earl was put to death along with all of his followers, save one, who escaped wounded. This occurred on the second of the kalends of February [31st January 1069.].
On 31st January 1308 King Edward II of England (age 23) and a group of England's leading nobles signed the Boulogne Agreement that attempted to curtail King Edward's rule. The signatories included Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham and Patriarch of Jerusalem (age 63), John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 21), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 33), Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 57) and Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 36).
On 31st January 1410 Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 33) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer which position he held until 1411.
Chronicle of Gregory [1400-1467]. 31st January 1447. Ande in that same year there was an armyrer and his owne man fought whythe yn the lystys in Smethefylde [Map] the laste day of Januer, ande there the mayster was slayne and dyspoylyde out of his harnys, and lay stylle in the fylde alle that day and that nyght next folowynge. And thenne afty[r]ward, by the kyngys (age 25) commaundement, he was d[r]awyn, hanggyde, and be-heddyde, and his hedde sette on London Brygge [Map], and the body hynggyng a-bove erthe be-syde the towre.
On 31st January 1510 Stillborn Daughter was born to Henry VIII (age 18) and Catherine of Aragon (age 24). See Letter from Diego Fernandez, Chancellor.
On 31st January 1512 Henrique Aviz Cardinal King Portugal was born to Manuel "Fortunate" I King Portugal (age 42) and Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 8.38%.
Annales of England by John Stow. 28th January 1547. Edward (age 9) the first borne at Hampton court [Map] (by the decease of k. Henry (age 55) his father) began his raigne the 28 of January, and was proclaimed k. of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and of the churches of England and also of Ireland the supreme head immedlatly in earth under God, & on the last day of January, in the yere of Christ after the Church of England 1546 but after the accompt of them that begin the yere at Christmas 1547 being then of the age of nine yéeres. And the same day in the afternoone the saide young king came to the tower of London [Map] from Hertford, and rode into the City at Aldgate, and so along the wall by the crossed Friars [Map] to the Tower hill, & entred at the red bulwarke [Map], where be was received by sir John Gage (age 67) constable of the tower, and the lieutenant on horseback, the Earle of Hertford (age 47) riding before the king, and sir Anthony Browne (age 47) riding after him: and on the bridge next the warde gate, the archbishop of Canterbury (age 57), the lorde Chancellor (age 41), with other great lords of the Councell received him, and so brought him to his chamber of pretence, there they were sworne to his majesty.
Diary of Edward VI. 31st January 1547. The next day, being the [31st] of [January], he was brought to the towre of London, whear he taried th'espace of three wekes; and in the mean season the counsel sat every day for the performaunce of the will1, and at length thought best that the erle of Hartford shuld be made Due of Somerset, sir Thomas Seimour Lord Sudley, the erle of Essex Marquis of Northampton (age 35), and divers knights should be mad Barons, as the lord Sheffield (age 25), with divers other.2 Also thei thought best to chose the duke of Somerset to be Protectour of the realm and Governour of the Kinges person during his minorite, to which al the gentlemen and lordes did agre becaus he was the Kinges oncle on his mother's side.3 Also in this time the late King was buried at Windsor with much solemnite, and th' officers broke their staves, hurling them into the grave.4 But thei were restored to them again when thei come to the towre.
Note 1. The Will of Henry the Eighth was printed at length in 4to. 1793. The proceedings of the privy council with regard to its execution will be found in the Appendix.
Note 2. The creations were:
1. The protector to be Duke of Somerset;
2. The earl of Essex (brother to the queen dowager) to be Marquess of Northampton;
3. The lord Lisle (age 43) to be Earl of Warwick;
4. the lord chancellor Wriothesley (age 41) to be Earl of Southampton;
5. sir Thomas Seymour (age 39) to be Lord Seymour of Sudeley;
6. sir Richard Rich (age 50) to be Lord Rich of Leez;
7. sir William Willoughby (age 32) to be Lord Willoughby of Parham; and
8. sir Edmund Sheffield to be Lord Sheffield of Butterwick. The ceremonial of their creations will be found in the Appendix.
Note 3. On the subject of the Protectorate the reader is referred to the Appendix. The duke was also constituted Lord Treasurer on the 10th of February, and the next day sworn in to that office before the lord chancellor in Westminster hall. He further became Earl Marshal (see the next page), both these high offices being vacated by the attainder of the duke of Norfolk.
Note 4. The ceremonial of the Funeral of Henry the Eighth is printed at length in Strype's Eccles. Memorials, vol. ii. Appx. A. The interment was accomplished on the 14th Feb.
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On 31st January 1580 Henrique Aviz Cardinal King Portugal (age 68) died bringing to an end the House of Aviz. He was succeeded by Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain (age 52) who was elected successor in 1581 following a military invasion of Portugal in Nov 1580.
On 31st January 1599 Henry Lorraine II Duke Lorraine (age 36) and Catherine Bourbon (age 39) were married. She the daughter of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine (age 55) and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine. They were second cousin once removed.
On 31st January 1606 Ambrose Rookwood (age 28), Thomas Wintour (age 35) and Robert Keyes (age 41) were hanged, drawn and quartered at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster Palace for their involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.
Guy Fawkes (age 35) avoided the full punishment when he jumped, or fell, climbing the ladder to the scaffold, fatally breaking his neck. His body was subsequently quartered.,
Ambrose Rookwood: Around 1578 he was born. On 27th January 1606 Everard Digby, Robert Wintour, John Grant, Thomas Bates, Ambrose Rookwood, Thomas Wintour, Robert Keyes and Guy Fawkes were tried at Westminster Hall [Map]. Only Everard Digby pleaded guilty. All were found guilty
On 31st January 1615 Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent (age 74) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] to him and his wife Mary Cotton Countess Grey; she is buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden. His brother Charles succeeded 7th Earl Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. Susan Cotton Countess Kent (age 63) by marriage Countess Kent.
Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent: he was born to Henry Grey and Margery St John. He was educated Trinity College. Around 1580 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.
Susan Cotton Countess Kent: Around 1552 she was born to Richard Cotton. In 1617 Susan Cotton Countess Kent died.
On 7th August 1616 William Savage (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map].
On 31st January 1631 Giles Savage (age 46) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map].
On 11th June 1674 Katherine Dalston (age 84) died (she the wife of Giles Savage) at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map].
Alabaster table tomb with father, son and daughter-in-law. She holding a Chrisom Child probably representing stillborn, or died soon after birth. At their feet two lions and what is described as a stag with an arrow through its neck.
William Savage: Around 1554 he was born to Francis Savage.
Giles Savage: Around 1585 he was born to William Savage. In or before 1623 Giles Savage and Katherine Dalston were married.
Katherine Dalston: In 1590 she was born to Richard Dalston.
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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Diary of Anne Clifford. 31st January 1619. The 31st my Coz. Russell's (age 26) wife (age 39) was brought to bed of a son (it being the 7th child) at Chiswick, which was christened in the Church privately and was named Francis.
On 29th January 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) shot himself with a crossbow at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]; probably deliberately in view of his having a year before been imprisoned for attaching Emmanuel Scrope (age 37) at the House of Lords in front of the future King Charles. He died two days later.. He was buried at Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote. Earl Berkshire and Viscount Thame extinct. Francis Rose (age 13) inherited the manors of Weston-on-the-Green and Yattendon. Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote inherited the Rycote and Wytham estates.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1660. Here I met and afterwards bought the answer to General Monk's (age 51) letter, which is a very good one, and I keep it by me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1660. In the morning I fell to my lute till 9 o'clock. Then to my Lord's (age 34) lodgings and set out a barrel of soap to be carried to Mrs. Ann. Here I met with Nick Bartlet, one that had been a servant of my Lord's at sea and at Harper's gave him his morning draft. So to my office where I paid; 1200l. to Mr. Frost and at noon went to Will's to give one of the Excise office a pot of ale that came to-day to tell over a bag of his that wanted; 7l. in it, which he found over in another bag. Then home and dined with my wife (age 19) when in came Mr. Hawly newly come from shipboard from his master, and brought me a letter of direction what to do in his lawsuit with Squib about his house and office. After dinner to Westminster Hall [Map], where all we clerks had orders to wait upon the Committee, at the Star Chamber that is to try Colonel Jones, and were to give an account what money we had paid him; but the Committee did not sit to-day. Hence to Will's, where I sat an hour or two with Mr. Godfrey Austin, a scrivener in King Street.
On 31st January 1663 John Spelman (age 56) died. On 12th June 1649 Anne Heveningham died. They were buried in All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].
Anne Heveningham: she was born to John Heveningham of Ketteringham and Alice Shelton. Before 1st August 1640 John Spelman and she were married.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1663. In the evening examining my wife's letter intended to my Lady (age 38), and another to Mademoiselle; they were so false spelt that I was ashamed of them, and took occasion to fall out about them with my wife, and so she wrote none, at which, however, I was, sorry, because it was in answer to a letter of Madam about business. Late home to supper and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1666. Thence to the Duke of Albemarle (age 57), who tells me Mr. Coventry (age 38) is come to town and directs me to go to him about some business in hand, whether out of displeasure or desire of ease I know not; but I asked him not the reason of it but went to White Hall, but could not find him there, though to my great joy people begin to bustle up and down there, the King (age 35) holding his resolution to be in towne to-morrow, and hath good encouragement, blessed be God! to do so, the plague being decreased this week to 56, and the total to 227. So after going to the Swan [Map] in the Palace, and sent for Spicer to discourse about my last Tangier tallys that have some of the words washed out with the rain, to have them new writ, I home, and there did some business and at the office, and so home to supper, and to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1666. By and by to the 'Change [Map], and there did several businesses, among others brought home my cozen Pepys, whom I appointed to be here to-day, and Mr. Moore met us upon the business of my Lord's bond. Seeing my neighbour Mr. Knightly walk alone from the 'Change [Map], his family being not yet come to town, I did invite him home with me, and he dined with me, a very sober, pretty man he is. He is mighty solicitous, as I find many about the City that live near the churchyards, to have the churchyards covered with lime, and I think it is needfull, and ours I hope will be done. Good pleasant discourse at dinner of the practices of merchants to cheate the "Customers", occasioned by Mr. Moore's being with much trouble freed of his prize goods, which he bought, which fell into the Customers' hands, and with much ado hath cleared them. Mr. Knightly being gone, my cozen Pepys and Moore and I to our business, being the clearing of my Lord Sandwich's (age 40) bond wherein I am bound with him to my cozen for £1000 I have at last by my dexterity got my Lord's consent to have it paid out of the money raised by his prizes. So the bond is cancelled, and he paid by having a note upon Sir Robert Viner (age 35), in whose hands I had lodged my Lord's money, by which I am to my extraordinary comfort eased of a liablenesse to pay the sum in case of my Lord's death, or troubles in estate, or my Lord's greater fall, which God defend! Having settled this matter at Sir R. Viner's, I took up Mr. Moore (my cozen going home) and to my Chancellor's (age 56) new house which he is building, only to view it, hearing so much from Mr. Evelyn (age 45) of it; and, indeed, it is the finest pile I ever did see in my life, and will be a glorious house.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1667. Thus the month ends: myself in very good health and content of mind in my family. All our heads full in the office at this dividing of the Comptroller's duty, so that I am in some doubt how it may prove to intrench upon my benefits, but it cannot be much. The Parliament, upon breaking up, having given the King (age 36) money with much ado, and great heats, and neither side pleased, neither King nor them. The imperfection of the Poll Bill, which must be mended before they rise, there being several horrible oversights to the prejudice of the King, is a certain sign of the care anybody hath of the King's business. Prince Rupert (age 47) very ill, and to be trepanned on Saturday next. Nobody knows who commands the fleete next year, or, indeed, whether we shall have a fleete or no. Great preparations in Holland and France, and the French have lately taken Antego1 from us, which vexes us. I am in a little care through my at last putting a great deal of money out of my hands again into the King's upon tallies for Tangier, but the interest which I wholly lost while in my trunk is a temptation while things look safe, as they do in some measure for six months, I think, and I would venture but little longer.
Note 1. Antigua, one of the West India Islands (Leeward Islands), discovered by Columbus in 1493, who is said to have named it after a church at Seville called Santa Maria la Antigua. It was first settled by a few English families in 1632, and in 1663 another settlement was made under Lord Willoughby, to whom the entire island was granted by Charles II In 1666 it was invaded by a French force, which laid waste all the settlement. It was reconquered by the English, and formally restored to them by the treaty of Breda.
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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.'
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 31st January 1668. Thence to talk of other things, and the want of money and he told me of the general want of money in the country; that land sold for nothing, and the many pennyworths he knows of lands and houses upon them, with good titles in his country, at 16 years' purchase: "and", says he, "though I am in debt, yet I have a mind to one thing, and that is a Bishop's lease"; but said, "I will yet choose such a lease before any other, yes", says he, plainly, "because I know they cannot stand, and then it will fall into the King's hands, and I in possession shall have an advantage by it". "And", says he, "I know they must fall, and they are now near it, taking all the ways they can to undo themselves, and showing us the way"; and thereupon told the a story of the present quarrel between the Bishop (age 75) and Deane of Coventry and Lichfield (age 61); the former of which did excommunicate the latter, and caused his excommunication to be read in the Church while he was there; and, after it was read, the Deane made the service be gone through with, though himself, an excommunicate, was present, which is contrary to the Canon, and said he would justify the quire therein against the Bishop; and so they are at law in the Arches about it; which is a very pretty story. He tells me that the King (age 37) is for Toleration, though the Bishops be against it: and that he do not doubt but it will be carried in Parliament; but that he fears some will stand for the tolerating of Papists with the rest; and that he knows not what to say, but rather thinks that the sober party will be without it, rather than have it upon those terms; and I do believe so. Here we broke off, and I home to dinner, and after dinner set down my wife and Deb. at the 'Change [Map], and I to make a visit to Mr. Godolphin (age 32)1 at his lodgings, who is lately come from Spain from my Lord Sandwich (age 42), and did, the other day, meeting me in White Hall, compliment me mightily, and so I did offer him this visit, but missed him, and so back and took up my wife and set her at Mrs. Turner's (age 45), and I to my bookbinder's, and there, till late at night, binding up my second part of my Tangier accounts, and I all the while observing his working, and his manner of gilding of books with great pleasure, and so home, and there busy late, and then to bed. This day Griffin did, in discourse in the coach, put me in the head of the little house by our garden, where old goodman Taylor puts his brooms and dirt, to make me a stable of, which I shall improve, so as, I think, to be able to get me a stable without much charge, which do please me mightily. He did also in discourse tell me that it is observed, and is true, in the late fire of London, that the fire burned just as many Parish-Churches as there were hours from the beginning to the end of the fire; and, next, that there were just as many Churches left standing as there were taverns left standing in the rest of the City that was not burned, being, I think he told me, thirteen in all of each: which is pretty to observe.
Note 1. William Godolphin, descended from a younger branch of that family, which was afterwards ennobled in the person of Sidney, Earl Godolphin, Lord Treasurer (age 23). William Godolphin was of Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated M.A., January 14th, 1660-61. He was afterwards secretary to Sir H. Bennet (age 50) (Lord Arlington), and M.P. for Camelford. He was a great favourite at Court, and was knighted on August 28th, 1668. In the spring of 1669 he returned to Spain as Envoy Extraordinary, and in 1671 he became Ambassador. On July 11th, 1696, he died at Madrid, having been for some years a Roman Catholic.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 31st January 1689. At our church (the next day being appointed a thanksgiving for deliverance by the Prince of Orange (age 38), with prayers purposely composed), our lecturer preached in the afternoon a very honest sermon, showing our duty to God for the many signal deliverances of our Church, without touching on politics.
On 31st January 1707 or 1st February 1707 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 23). He married 8th May 1736 his half fourth cousin once removed Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg, daughter of Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg, and had issue.
On 31st January 1729 George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 16) graduated Master of Arts: Oxford University at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 31st January 1735 Tilly Kettle was born.
On 31st January 1756 Maria Teresa of Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus III King Sardinia (age 30) and Infanta Maria Antonia Spain (age 26). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She married 1771 her second cousin once removed King Charles X of France and had issue.
On 31st January 1760 Mary Radclyffe (age 46) died of smallpox in Brussels [Map].
On 31st January 1769 Henry Howard was born.
On 31st January 1785 Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne was born to Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 32) and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln in Walton, Northamptonshire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 18th July 1807 Georgiana Elizabeth Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne and had issue.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 31st January 1796 Nathaniel Jocelyn was born.
On 31st January 1799 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 48) died. His son George (age 23) succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 31st January 1805 Arthur Paget was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 36) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 30).
On 31st January 1830 Bishop John Luxmoore (age 64) died. Memorial at St Asaph Cathedral [Map].
Bishop John Luxmoore: In 1766 he was born. In 1799 he was appointed Dean of Gloucester. In 1808 Bishop John Luxmoore was translated to Bishop of Hereford. In 1815 Bishop John Luxmoore was translated to Bishop of St Asaph.
On 31st January 1839 Henry Fox Talbot (age 38) read his paper "Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, or, the proof by which Natural Objects may be made to delineate themselves, without the Aid of the Artist's Pencil."
Henry Fox Talbot: On 11th February 1800 he was born to William Davenport Talbot of Lacock Abbey and Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways at Melbury House, Sampford. On 17th September 1877 he died.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. It is said that few people achieve greatness, but that some have it thrust upon them. I can class myself with the latter, for I could have married a Prince of the Royal Family of Spain, the Count de Montemolin (age 26)1, who was at one time regarded as the rightful King of Spain.
Note 1. Carlos Luis Fernando de Bourbon, Count de Montemolin, born 1818, was the eldest son of the first Don Carlos (age 29), the legitimist claimant to the Spanish throne on the death of his brother, Fernando VII (age 33), in 1833. After the ending of the first Carlist war in the defeat of the legitimists and the establishment of Isabella on the throne, the old Don Carlos retired into private life and abdicated his claims in 1845 to his eldest son Montemolin, who thus became the second Don Carlos. He was a young man of some ability but weak and unstable. There was a strong party in Spain desirous to bring about a reconciliation of the two branches of the Royal Family by a marriage between the young Queen Isabella and her first cousin, Montemolin, but political passion and personal animosity stood in the way, and all Europe took part in the intrigue known as the Spanish Marriages. This ended of course in the disastrous marriage of Isabella with her cousin Francisco, and that of her sister Fernanda with the Due de Montpensier, the son of Louis Philippe (age 44), a defeat for English diplomacy which nearly caused a war with France. The Carlists had never been favourable to the idea of a marriage of Montemolin and Isabella, whom they regarded as a usurper, and they looked out a legitimist Royal Princess for him. His younger brother, Don Juan, married Princess Beatrix of Modena, and their son was the late Don Carlos. Queen Isabella married in 1846, and dissensions very soon broke out between her and her wretched husband, who really, like most of the Royal Family, was a Carlist at heart. Montemolin had issued a manifesto at Bourges in France in 1845, when he saw that he could not marry Isabella on his own terms, and his father had abdicated in the same year, and he soon after came to London, mustered his party, and began to organise a fresh Carlist rising in Spain. English diplomacy had suffered a great defeat and he found plenty of people here to help him; he was made much of in Society and became a lion for a time, being treated with full royal honours.
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Archaeological Journal Volume 29 1872 Pages 345-350. I much regret that I did not take exact measures and a plan before the fall; as the restoration is not quite a counterpart of tlic original Cromlech, the present dimensions will not supply the deficiency. On Monday, 27th January 1862, I endeavoured to take a photograph of the Cromlech, but in consequence of the deficiency of light was not able to succeed. I was there about three-quarters of an hour, and there was no sign of the adjoining land being disturbed, and on the following Friday, 31st January, the Cromlech [Drewsteighton Cromlech aka Spinsters' Rock, Devon [Map]] fell. On Wednesday, 5th February, I took a photograph of the Cromlech in its fallen condition, and there was no sign of the land being disturbed save where it had been broken by the accident. The following is the minute entered in my journal: "The southerly and easterly stones had given way, and tho quoit had fallen leaning against the northern stone, and the two others were under it; judging by the small depth of stone in the ground it is a wonder that it did not fall before." The accident probably arose from the following causes: the upright stones had only a hold of from 18 to 24 in. in the groimd; as above stated, the quoit rested on the tops of two stone.s, and against the bevilled top of the third; the southerly and easterly stones, as shown in diagrams in The Essays, page 110, and in Lyson's "Devonshire," page ccccviii., leaned sliglitly to the east, and the position of the quoit resting against the bevilled side of the top of the third caused it to act as a wedge; the soil under the Cromlech is of light granite gravel, and this had been saturated by the winter rains, and the field was in the course of being broken up for a wheat crop, so that the adjoining ground furnished very little lateral support; the wedge-like action of the quoit therefore pressed back the northerly stone, and the quoit, assisted by the sloping position of the two other stones, threw them out of position; the southern was partly broken, and the eastern lifted out of the ground; by natural causes, therefore, and not by wilful mischief, I think the fall was caused.
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On 31st January 1864 Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon (age 69) died.
On 31st January 1865 the 13th Amendment by which Slavery was abolished was passed by the House of Representatives; he vote in the House was 121 to 24.
AMENDMENT XIII
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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The Times. 2nd February 1874. THE MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURIG. Jan 31 Yesterday the Duke (age 29) and Duchess of Edinburgh (age 20), the Prince (age 32) and Princess of Wales (age 29), and Prince Arthur (age 23) were present with all the Imperial family at the ball given by the Cesarewvitch. The Prince of Wales wore the uniform of the Norfolk Militia and Prince Arthur that of the Rifle Brigade. This evening a grand dinner, to which 400 guests are invited, will be given by the British Ambassador to the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany and Prince Arthur. Later on in the evening all the English Princes will go to the ball given at the Hall of the Nobles at 9:30.
On 31st January 1880 HMS Atlanta, serving as a training ship, set sail from the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda for Falmouth, England. It was presumed that she sank in a powerful storm which crossed her route a couple of weeks after she sailed. The search for evidence of her fate attracted worldwide attention, and the Admiralty received more than 150 telegrams and 200 personal calls from anxious friends and relatives after it was announced that the ship was missing, and possibly lost.
Philip Ernest Fisher (age 22) was presumed drowned.
On 12th January 1884 Robert Nicholas Hamond (age 74) died. On 1st March 1893 his wife Sophia Caroline Musters (age 71) died.
On 13th December 1869 Anthony Hamond (age 65) died. On 31st January 1900 his wife Mary Anne Musters (age 63) died.
On 30th March 1895 Anthony Hamond (age 61) died.
Memorials in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map].
On 31st January 1888 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 29) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 22) were married at Barrackpore. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 68) and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 69).
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 31st January 1907 Anne Dorothy Byng (age 26) was accidentally shot and killed by her husband Captain James Harold Cuthbert (age 30) when he slipped whilst out on a pheasaant shoot at their home Beaufront Castle, Hexham [Map].
On 31st January 1963 Murray Beauclerk 14th Duke St Albans (age 24) and Rosemary Frances Scoones Viscoutess Exmouth were married. He the son of Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 47) and Nathalie Chatham Walker.
On 31st January 1971 Apollo 14 launched from the Kennedy Space Center. The astronauts were Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell.
Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the Fra Mauro formation.
From left to right they are: Command Module pilot, Stuart A. Roosa, Commander, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell. The Apollo 14 mission emblem is in the background.
Antares lifted off from the Moon on February 6, 1971.
The command module Kitty Hawk splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean on February 9, 1971 approximately 1,400 km south of American Samoa.
On 31st January 1975 Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk (age 66) died. His second cousin Miles (age 59) succeeded 17th Duke Norfolk, 28th or 35th Earl Arundel, 18th Earl Surrey, 15th Earl Norfolk, 25th Baron Maltravers, 25th Baron Arundel. Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk (age 47) by marriage Duchess Norfolk. His daughter Anne (age 36) succeeded 14th Lord Herries of Terregles.
On 31st January 1232 John Cornwall was born to Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 23) and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 31) at Marlow, Buckinghamshire. He a grandson of King John of England. He died aged less than one years old.
On 31st January 1505 Marmaduke Neville was born to Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 37) and Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer (age 34). He married before 28th May 1545 Elizabeth Teye.
On 31st January 1510 Stillborn Daughter was born to Henry VIII (age 18) and Catherine of Aragon (age 24). See Letter from Diego Fernandez, Chancellor.
On 31st January 1512 Henrique Aviz Cardinal King Portugal was born to Manuel "Fortunate" I King Portugal (age 42) and Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 8.38%.
On 31st January 1607 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby was born to William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby (age 46) and Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 31) at Knowsley, Lancashire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. He married 26th June 1626 Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby, daughter of Claude de La Tremoille 2nd Duke Thouars and Charlotte Flandrina Orange Nassau, and had issue.
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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.'
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On 31st January 1619 Francis Russell was born to Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford (age 26) and Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford (age 39). See Anne Clifford's Diary
On 31st January 1633 Bishop Nathaniel Crew 3rd Baron Crew was born to John Crew 1st Baron Crew (age 35) and Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew (age 31). He married (1) 21st December 1691 Penelope Frowde Baroness Crewe (2) 23rd July 1700 Dorothy Forster Baroness Crewe.
On 31st January 1633 Frances Napier Lady Barkham was born to Robert Napier 2nd Baronet (age 30) and Penelope Egerton Lady Napier (age 24). She married (1) after Henry Richardson 3rd Baron Cramond (2) 28th June 1660 Edward Barkham 2nd Baronet, son of Edward Barkham 1st Baronet and Francis Berney, and had issue.
On 31st January 1702 Alan Brodrick was born to Alan Brodrick 1st Viscount Midleton (age 46) and Lucy Courthorpe. He married 7th May 1729 Mary Capell Viscountess Midleton, daughter of Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex, and had issue.
On 31st January 1707 or 1st February 1707 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 23). He married 8th May 1736 his half fourth cousin once removed Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg, daughter of Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg, and had issue.
On 31st January 1722 Charles Louis Buck 4th Baronet was born to Charles Buck 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Anne Sebright Lady Buck. He married 10th April 1758 Mary Digby Lady Buck.
On 31st January 1735 Tilly Kettle was born.
On 31st January 1736 James Langham 7th Baronet was born to William Langham (age 37). He married 2nd June 1767 Juliana Musgrave Lady Langham and had issue.
On 31st January 1749 Francis Wemyss Douglas was born to Francis Charteris de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss (age 25) and Catherine Gordon Countess Wemyss (age 36).
On 31st January 1756 Maria Teresa of Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus III King Sardinia (age 30) and Infanta Maria Antonia Spain (age 26). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. She married 1771 her second cousin once removed King Charles X of France and had issue.
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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.
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On 31st January 1758 George Lindsay-Crawford 22nd Earl of Crawford 6th Earl of Lindsay was born to George Lindsay Crawford 21st Earl Crawford 5th Earl Lindsay (age 35).
On 31st January 1769 Henry Howard was born.
On 31st January 1769 Hugh Evelyn 5th Baronet was born to Charles Evelyn.
On 31st January 1781 Charles Stewart 8th Earl Traquair was born to Charles Stewart 7th Earl Traquair (age 36).
On 31st January 1785 Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne was born to Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 32) and Anna Maria Stanhope Countess Lincoln in Walton, Northamptonshire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 18th July 1807 Georgiana Elizabeth Mundy Duchess Newcastle under Lyne and had issue.
On 31st January 1796 Nathaniel Jocelyn was born.
On 31st January 1803 William Eden 6th and 4th Baronet was born to Frederick Morton Eden 2nd Baronet (age 36).
On 31st January 1805 Arthur Paget was born to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 36) and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll (age 30).
On 31st January 1806 Frederick Baring was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton (age 31) and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton (age 24).
On 31st January 1811 Frederick Rogers 1st Baron Blachford was born to Frederick Rogers 7th Baronet (age 28).
On 31st January 1819 William Pakenham 4th Earl of Longford was born to Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl Longford (age 44) and Georgiana Lygon Countess Longford (age 21). He married 1862 Selina Rice Trevor Countess Longford, daughter of George Rice Trevor 4th Baron Dynevor and Frances Fitzroy Baroness Dynevor, and had issue.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 31st January 1820 George John Browne 3rd Marquess of Sligo was born to Howe Browne 2nd Marquess of Sligo (age 31) and Hester Catherine Burgh (age 20).
On 31st January 1845 William Thomas Orde-Powlett 4th Baron Bolton was born to William Henry Orde-Powlett 3rd Baron Bolton (age 26). He married 13th August 1868 Algitha Frederica Lumley Baroness Bolton, daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough, and had issue.
On 31st January 1850 Captain Edwin Payne-Gallwey was born to William Payne-Gallwey 2nd Baronet (age 42) and Emily Anne Frankland-Russell Lady Frankland (age 28).
On 31st January 1850 Katherine Louisa Phipps Countess Ellesmere was born to George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby (age 30) and Laura Russell Marchioness Normanby (age 34). She married 9th December 1868 Francis Egerton 3rd Earl Ellesmere, son of George Leveson-Gower aka Egerton 2nd Earl Ellesmere and Mary Louisa Campbell Countess Ellesmere, and had issue.
On 31st January 1863 Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt was born to William George Granville Harcourt (age 35) and Maria Thérese Lister at Nuneham House, Oxfordshire. His mother died a day after his birth. He married 1st July 1889 Mary Burns Viscountess Harcourt and had issue.
On 31st January 1864 Montagu Frederick Montagu-Pollock 3rd Baronet was born to Frederick Pollock (age 48) and Laura Caroline Montagu.
On 31st January 1864 Ethelreda Caroline Gordon was born to Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 43).
On 31st January 1872 Reginald Beatty Wolseley 10th Baronet was born to Cadwaller Brooke Wolseley (age 26). He married 1930 Marion Elizabeth Baker.
On 31st January 1876 Captain Cyril Augustus Ward was born to William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 58) and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 29).
On 31st January 1885 Guy Colin Campbell 4th Baronet was born to Guy Theophilus Campbell 3rd Baronet (age 30). He married before 18th January 1910 Mary Arabella Swinnerton Kemeys-Tynte and had issue.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 31st January 1885 Gerald Valerian Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 51) and Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 32).
On 31st January 1902 Edward Reynell Anson 6th Baronet was born to Rear-Admiral Algernon Horatio Anson (age 47) and Adela Venables-Vernon (age 31).
On 31st January 1907 Maureen Constance Guinness Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava was born to Arthur Ernest Guinness (age 30) and Marie Clothilde Russell. She married 3rd July 1930 Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, son of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, and had issue.
On 31st January 1907 Edward Russell 26th Baron de Clifford was born to Jack Russell 25th Baron de Clifford (age 22) and Evelyn Chandler aka Eva Carrington Lady de Clifford (age 20). He married (1) 10th March 1926 Dorothy Evelyn Meyrick.
On 31st January 1909 Cynthia Ella Foley was born to Colonel Frank Wigram Foley and Eva Mary FitzHardinge Milman 16th Baroness Berkeley (age 33). She married 4th August 1937 Brigadier Ernest Adolphus Leopold Gueterbock of The Plough in Terrick in Buckinghamshire and had issue.
On 31st January 1916 Danvers Lionel Rouse Osborn 8th Baronet was born to Algernon Kerr Butler Osborn 7th Baronet (age 45).
On 31st January 1599 Henry Lorraine II Duke Lorraine (age 36) and Catherine Bourbon (age 39) were married. She the daughter of Antoine King Navarre and Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine (age 55) and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine. They were second cousin once removed.
On 31st January 1631 John Peyton 3rd Baronet (age 23) and Mary Bellingham (age 21) were married.
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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.
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On 31st January 1688 David Murray 5th Viscount of Stormont (age 23) and Marjory Scott Viscountess Stormont were married.
On 31st January 1715 John Eden 2nd Baronet (age 37) and Catherine Shafto (age 25) were married. They were given Windlestone Hall, County Durham as a wedding gift.
On 31st January 1724 Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone (age 29) and Mary Clarke were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 31st January 1739 Henry Erskine 10th Earl of Buchan (age 28) and Agnes Steuart were married. He the son of David Erskine 9th Earl Buchan (age 67) and Frances Fairfax Countess Buchan.
On 31st January 1804 Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet (age 18) and Sophia Anne Every Lady Mosley were married. She by marriage Lady Mosley of Ancoats.
On 31st January 1862 Allen Bathurst 6th Earl Bathurst (age 29) and Meriel Warren (age 23) were married at the St Peter's Chapel, Tabley House [Map].
On 31st January 1888 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 29) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 22) were married at Barrackpore. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 68) and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 69).
On 31st January 1963 Murray Beauclerk 14th Duke St Albans (age 24) and Rosemary Frances Scoones Viscoutess Exmouth were married. He the son of Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 47) and Nathalie Chatham Walker.
On 31st January 1030 William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son William (age 26) succeeded VI Duke Aquitaine.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 31st January 1351 Richard Lovel 1st Baron Lovel (age 75) died. Baron Lovel of Castle Cary extinct.
On 31st January 1408 or 1st February 1408 John de Lisle 5th Baron Lisle (age 41) died. His son John (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Lisle.
On 31st January 1532 Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley (age 73) died. His son John (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Dudley. Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley by marriage Baroness Dudley.
On 31st January 1580 Henrique Aviz Cardinal King Portugal (age 68) died bringing to an end the House of Aviz. He was succeeded by Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain (age 52) who was elected successor in 1581 following a military invasion of Portugal in Nov 1580.
On 31st January 1615 Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent (age 74) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] to him and his wife Mary Cotton Countess Grey; she is buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden. His brother Charles succeeded 7th Earl Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. Susan Cotton Countess Kent (age 63) by marriage Countess Kent.
Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent: he was born to Henry Grey and Margery St John. He was educated Trinity College. Around 1580 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.
Susan Cotton Countess Kent: Around 1552 she was born to Richard Cotton. In 1617 Susan Cotton Countess Kent died.
On 29th January 1622 Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 42) shot himself with a crossbow at Rycote, Oxfordshire [Map]; probably deliberately in view of his having a year before been imprisoned for attaching Emmanuel Scrope (age 37) at the House of Lords in front of the future King Charles. He died two days later.. He was buried at Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote. Earl Berkshire and Viscount Thame extinct. Francis Rose (age 13) inherited the manors of Weston-on-the-Green and Yattendon. Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote inherited the Rycote and Wytham estates.
On 31st January 1665 George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond (age 51) died. His son William (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Desmond, 2nd Viscount Callan of Callan in Kilkenny, 2nd Baron Feilding of Lecagh in Tipperary.
On 31st January 1665 Richard Grosvenor 2nd Baronet (age 61) died. His grandson Thomas (age 8) succeeded 3rd Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire.
On 31st January 1704 Robert Bacon 5th Baronet (age 52) died. His son Edmund (age 23) succeeded 6th Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk.
On 31st January 1705 Robert Lucas 3rd Baron Shenfield (age 55) died. Baron Lucas of Shenfield extinct.
On 31st January 1707 Edward Gage 1st Baronet (age 90) died. His son William (age 56) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk. Merelina Jermyn Lady Gage Lady Spring (age 34) by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk.
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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.
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On 31st January 1720 Thomas Grey 2nd Earl Stamford (age 66) died. His first cousin Henry (age 34) succeeded 3rd Earl Stamford, 4th Baron Grey of Groby. Dorothy Wright Countess Stamford (age 35) by marriage Countess Stamford.
On 31st January 1723 William Wolstenholme 5th Baronet (age 33) died. His uncle Thomas (age 63) succeeded 6th Baronet Wolstenholme of London.
On 26th February 1746 Thomas Watson 3rd Earl Rockingham (age 30) died without issue. Earl Rockingham extinct. His first cousin once removed Thomas (age 52) succeeded 6th Baron Rockingham of Northampton, 6th Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire. He left his estates to his first cousin Lewis Watson 1st Baron Sondes (age 17) who changed his surname from Monson to Watson on 31st January 1751.
On 31st January 1768 Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington (age 78) died. His son Garrett (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Mornington.
On 31st January 1785 Catherine Walmesley Baroness Petre and Stourton died.
On 31st January 1794 Mary Davison Lady Eden (age 73) died.
On 31st January 1795 Charles Molyneux 1st Earl Sefton (age 46) died. His son William (age 22) succeeded 2nd Earl Sefton, 9th Viscount Molyneux, 10th Baronet Molyneux of Sefton. Maria Margaret Craven Countess Sefton by marriage Countess Sefton.
On 31st January 1799 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 48) died. His son George (age 23) succeeded 6th Duke Leeds, 6th Earl of Danby, 6th Viscount Osborne, 6th Viscount Latimer, 6th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 7th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton. Charlotte Townshend Duchess Leeds (age 22) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 31st January 1830 Bishop John Luxmoore (age 64) died. Memorial at St Asaph Cathedral [Map].
Bishop John Luxmoore: In 1766 he was born. In 1799 he was appointed Dean of Gloucester. In 1808 Bishop John Luxmoore was translated to Bishop of Hereford. In 1815 Bishop John Luxmoore was translated to Bishop of St Asaph.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 31st January 1837 Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton 7th Baronet (age 35) died. His son John (age 3) succeeded 8th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.
On 31st January 1863 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne (age 82) died. His son Henry (age 47) succeeded 4th Marquess Lansdowne, 5th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 5th Earl Kerry. Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.
On 31st January 1864 Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon (age 69) died.
On 31st January 1887 Margaret Paston Lady Paston-Bedingfield (age 80) died.
On 31st January 1904 William Henry Marsham Style 9th Baronet (age 77) died. His son Frederick (age 47) succeeded 10th Baronet Style of Wateringbury in Kent.
On 31st January 1913 James Ludovic Lindsay 26th Earl of Crawford 9th Earl of Balcarrie (age 65) died. His son David (age 41) succeeded 27th Earl Crawford, 10th Earl Balcarres.
On 31st January 1918 Alfred de Rothschild (age 75) died. Almina Wombwell Countess Carnarvon (age 41) inherited £50,000 and his Mayfair house with its art collection.
On 31st January 1928 Leopold Guy Greville 6th Earl Warwick 6th Earl Brooke (age 45) died. His son Charles (age 16) succeeded 7th Earl Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke Warwick Castle, 14th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.
On 31st January 1929 Frederick Lambton 4th Earl Durham (age 73) died having held the Earldom for only four months. His son John (age 44) succeeded 5th Earl Durham.
On 31st January 1944 John Beresford 5th Baron Decies (age 77) died. His son Arthur (age 28) succeeded 6th Baron Decies of Decies in Waterford.
On 31st January 1948 Theophilus George Biddulph 8th Baronet (age 73) died. His fourth cousin once removed Francis (age 65) succeeded 9th Baronet Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent.
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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.
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On 31st January 1974 Arthur Frederick Blakiston 7th Baronet (age 81) died. His second cousin Arthur (age 74) succeeded 8th Baronet Blakiston of the City of London.
On 31st January 1975 Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk (age 66) died. His second cousin Miles (age 59) succeeded 17th Duke Norfolk, 28th or 35th Earl Arundel, 18th Earl Surrey, 15th Earl Norfolk, 25th Baron Maltravers, 25th Baron Arundel. Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk (age 47) by marriage Duchess Norfolk. His daughter Anne (age 36) succeeded 14th Lord Herries of Terregles.
On 31st January 2008 Ivar Iain Colquhoun 8th Baronet (age 92) died. His son Malcolm (age 60) succeeded 9th Baronet Colquhoun of Luss in Dumbartsonshire.
On 31st January 2018 Peter King 5th Earl of Lovelace (age 66) died. Earl Lovelace, Viscount Ockham of Ockham in Surrey, Baron King of Ockham in Surrey extinct.