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Around 1612 John Glynne (age 10) educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 23rd December 1621 Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham was born to Heneage Finch (age 41) and Frances Bell. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.
Around 1625 Henry Vane "The Younger" (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1628 Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 10) educated at Westminster School [Map].
On or before 2nd February 1635 William Godolphin was born to William Godolphin (age 30). He was baptised on 2nd February 1635. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 10th March 1638 Archbishop John Vesey was born to Rector Thomas Vesey. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] and Trinity College, Dublin.
Around 1661 Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford (age 12) educated at Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.
After 1661 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 13th May 1661. I heard and saw such exercises at the election of scholars at Westminster School [Map] to be sent to the University in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic, in themes and extemporary verses, as wonderfully astonished me in such youths, with such readiness and wit, some of them not above twelve or thirteen years of age. Pity it is, that what they attain here so ripely, they either do not retain, or do not improve more considerably when they come to be men, though many of them do; and no less is to be blamed their odd pronouncing of Latin, so that out of England none were able to understand, or endure it. The examinants, or posers, were, Dr. Duport, Greek Professor at Cambridge; Dr. Fell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; Dr. Pierson; Dr. Allestree (age 39), Dean of Westminster Abbey, and any that would.
On 12th July 1669 Henry Boyle 1st Baron Carleton was born to Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford (age 29) and Jane Seymour (age 32). He was educated at Westminster School [Map].
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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.
Around 1671 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1677 James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 3) educated at Westminster School [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1677. His lady (age 43) (being one of the Brederode's daughters, grandchild to a natural son of Henry Frederick, Prince of Orange) [Note. Evelyn confused here. Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington was the daughter of Louis Nassau Beverweert who was the illegitimate son of Prince Maurice I of Orange. Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange was the younger brother of Prince Maurice I of Orange.] is a good-natured and obliging woman. They love fine things, and to live easily, pompously, and hospitably; but, with so vast expense, as plunges my Lord (age 59) into debts exceedingly. My Lord himself is given into no expensive vice but building, and to have all things rich, polite, and princely. He never plays, but reads much, having the Latin, French, and Spanish tongues in perfection. He has traveled much, and is the best bred and courtly person his Majesty (age 47) has about him, so as the public Ministers more frequent him than any of the rest of the nobility. While he was Secretary of State and Prime Minister, he had gotten vastly, but spent it as hastily, even before he had established a fund to maintain his greatness; and now beginning to decline in favour (the Duke being no great friend of his), he knows not how to retrench. He was son of a Doctor of Laws, whom I have seen, and, being sent from Westminster School [Map] to Oxford, with intention to be a divine, and parson of Arlington, a village near Brentford, when Master of Arts the Rebellion falling out, he followed the King's Army, and receiving an HONORABLE WOUND IN THE FACE, grew into favor, and was advanced from a mean fortune, at his Majesty's Restoration, to be an Earl and Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and first favorite for a long time, during which the King married his natural son, the Duke of Grafton (age 13), to his only daughter (age 9) and heiress, as before mentioned, worthy for her beauty and virtue of the greatest prince in Christendom. My Lord is, besides this, a prudent and understanding person in business, and speaks well; unfortunate yet in those he has advanced, most of them proving ungrateful. The many obligations and civilities I have received from this noble gentleman, extracts from me this character, and I am sorry he is in no better circumstances.
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Around 1682 William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth (age 9) educated at Westminster School [Map].
On or before 8th March 1688 John Conduit was born. He was baptised on 8th March 1688 at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. In June 1701 he was admitted to Westminster School [Map]. In 1705 he was elected a Queen's scholar to Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
Around 1695 Henry Newport 3rd Earl Bradford (age 12) educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 20th October 1713 James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury was born to James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury (age 22) and Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury. He was educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1721 John Mordaunt (age 12) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1721 William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1723 Thomas Thoroton was born to Robert Thoroton of Screveton and Mary Levett. He was educated at Westminster School [Map]. He was admitted to Trinity Hall, Cambridge University on 30th December 1741.
Around 1723 James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave (age 7) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1724 Matthew Ridley (age 12) commenced his education at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1725 Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
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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.
Around 1726 John Tylney 2nd Earl Tylney (age 13) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1726 Henry Reginald Courtenay (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 25th April 1726 Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet was born. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University reciving BA in 1747 and MA in 1750.
Around 1735 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1737 William Keppel (age 9) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1743 Bishop Frederick Keppel (age 14) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1747 Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 11) was educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 17th September 1749 Thomas Brand Baron Dacre was born to Thomas Brand (age 32) and Caroline Pierrepont (age 33). He was educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1755 Bishop Reginald Courtenay (age 13) admitted at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1763 Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1764 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 14) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1765 Percy Charles Wyndham (age 7) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1767 Charles William Wyndham (age 6) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1767 William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale (age 9) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1768 Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
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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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Around 1774 Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 7) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1775 George Talbot Rice 3rd Baron Dynevor (age 9) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1775 Charles Henry Hall (age 12) was admitted to Westminster School [Map].
Around 1777 Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1777 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster (age 9) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1789 William Courtenay 10th Earl Devon (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
On 10th April 1792 Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar was born to Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Mary Margaret or Magdalen Stoney. He was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 30th September 1796 John "Mad Jack" Mytton was born to John Mytton (age 28). He was educated at Westminster School [Map] but expelled after one year for fighting with a Master. He was then sent to Harrow School from where he was expelled after three months.
Around 1797 Spencer Rodney 5th Baron Rodney (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
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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.
Around 1800 Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
Around 1828 Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale (age 9) educated at Westminster School [Map].
In 1832 William John Butler (age 13) became a queen's scholar at Westminster School [Map].
Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford educated at Westminster School [Map].