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Events on the 5th January
On 5th January 1053 the head of Rhys ap Rhydderch was brought before King Edward "The Confessor" of England (age 50).
On 5th January 1066 King Edward "The Confessor" of England (age 63) died. He was buried the same day at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He [King Edward (age 63)] died on the eve of twelfth-day; and he was buried on twelfth-day in the same minster; as it is hereafter said. Here Edward king86, of Angles lord, sent his stedfast soul to Christ. In the kingdom of God a holy spirit! He in the world here abode awhile, in the kingly throng of council sage. Four and twenty winters wielding the sceptre freely, wealth he dispensed. In the tide of health, the youthful monarch, offspring of Ethelred! ruled well his subjects; the Welsh and the Scots, and the Britons also, Angles and Saxons relations of old. So apprehend the first in rank, that to Edward all the noble king were firmly held high-seated men. Blithe-minded aye was the harmless king; though he long ere, of land bereft, abode in exile wide on the earth; when Knute o'ercame the kin of Ethelred, and the Danes wielded the dear kingdom of Engle-land. Eight and twenty winters' rounds they wealth dispensed. Then came forth free in his chambers, in royal array, good, pure, and mild, Edward the noble; by his country defended- by land and people. Until suddenly came the bitter Death and this king so dear snatched from the earth. Angels carried his soul sincere into the light of heaven. But the prudent king had settled the realm on high-born men on Harold (age 44) himself, the noble earl; who in every season faithfully heard and obeyed his lord, in word and deed; nor gave to any what might be wanted by the nation's king.
Note 86. This threnodia on the death of Edward the Confessor will be found to correspond, both in metre and expression, with the poetical paraphrase of Genesis ascribed to Caedmon.
After 5th January 1066 King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) convened the Council of Lillebonne at Lillebonne to raise support for his claim to the English throne. The attendees are not known but likely to have included his companions at the subsequent 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings including Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Bishop Odo of Bayeux.
On 5th January 1209 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall was born to King John of England (age 42) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 21).
Chronica Majora. 5th January 1237. In the year of our Lord 1237 which was the twentieth of the reign of King Henry the Third, he held his court at Christmas, at Winchester, whence he forthwith sent royal warrants throughout all the English territories, ordering all nobles belonging to the kingdom of England, namely, archbishops, bishops, abbats, installed priors, earls, and barons, all to assemble without fail in the octaves of the Epiphany at London, to arrange the royal business and matters concerning the whole kingdom. The nobles on hearing this immediately obeyed the king's summons, and accordingly on the day of St. Hilary, a countless multitude of nobles, namely, the whole community of the kingdom, came to London, and proceeded to the royal palace at Westminster to hear the king's pleasure. When they had all taken their seats, there stood up in the midst of them, one William de Kaele, a clerk and familiar of the king's, a discreet man and well skilled in the laws of the land, who, acting as a sort of mediator between the king and the nobles, disclosed to them the king's pleasure and intentions. "My lord the king," he said, "informs you that, whatever he may have done heretofore, he now and henceforth will, without hesitation, submit himself to the advice of all of you, as his faithful and natural subjects. But those men who have till now, in the management of his affairs, been in charge of his treasury, have rendered him an incorrect account of the moneys received by them, and owing to this the king is now destitute of money, without which any king is indeed destitute; he therefore humbly demands assistance from you in money, on the understanding that the money which may be raised by your good will shall be kept to be expended for the necessary uses of the kingdom, at the discretion of any of you elected for the purpose. "When the assembled nobles heard this speech, they each and all, not expecting anything of this sort, murmured greatly, and "Alter in alterius jactantes lumina vultus". [Each hearer lost in dire amaze, Turned on his neighbour's face his gaze.]
And they said to one another, Fuderunt partum montes: en ridiculus mus. [The labouring mountains shook the earth, And to a paltry mouse gave birth. This is a quote from Aesop's Fable "The Mountain in Labour". It refers to speech acts which promise much but deliver little].
They then replied with indignation that they were oppressed on all sides, so often promising and paying now the twentieth, now the thirtieth, and now the fiftieth part of their property, and they declared that it would be unworthy of them, and injurious to them, to allow a king so easily led awav, who had never repelled or even frightened one of the enemies of the kingdom, even the least of them, and who had never increased his territories but rather lessened them, and placed them under foreign yoke, to extort so much money, so often, and by so many arguments, from his natural subjects, as if they were slaves of the lowest condition, to their injury and for the benefit of foreigners. "When the king heard this, he wished to calm the general discontent, and promised on oath that he would never again provoke or annoy the nobles of the kingdom by injuring them in that way, provided that the thirtieth part of all moveable property in England was granted and paid to him for his present use; because the large sum of money which he had a little while before sent to the emperor (age 42) (as he stated) for the marriage of his sister (age 23), and also what he had spent at his own marriage, had in a great degree exhausted his money. To this they openly replied that he, the king, had done all this without the advice of his liege subjects, and they ought not to share the punishment as they were innocent of the crime. They however withdrew to a private place to consult about obeying the king's demand, and supplying his necessities, and to discuss the kind and quantity of assistance which was demanded. As they were withdrawing for this purpose, Gilbert Bassett (age 49) said to the king in the hearing of all. and with less circimispection of speech than he ought, - "My lord king, send some one of your friends to be present at the conference of your barons." He was, when he said this, sitting on one side of the king, with only a few persons between them, and in reply to his speech, Richard Percy (age 67), who had been at the conference of the nobles, and was, not without cause, angry at it, said, "What is it, friend Gilbert, that you said? are we too foreigners, and are we not amongst the number of the king's friends? "And Gilbert felt himself rebuked by this unpleasant and sudden speech. And thus by a multipHcity of arguments the conference was protracted for four days.
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Chronicle of Gregory. 5th January 1414. Ande that same year, on the Twelfe the nyght, were a-restyd certayne personys, called Lollers, atte the sygne of the Ax, whithe out Byschoppe is gate, the whyche Lollers hadde caste to have made a mommynge at Eltham, and undyr coloure of the mommynge to have dystryte the kyng (age 27) and Hooly Chyrche.
On 5th January 1425 Henry IV King Castile was born to John II King Castile (age 19) and Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Castile (age 29). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.97%.
On 5th January 1430 Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark (age 35) died at Cloister Church, Vadstena, Linköping.
On 5th January 1453 brothers John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 22) and Thomas Neville (age 23), William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 30), brothers Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond (age 22) and Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 21) and Roger Lewknor were knighted by King Henry VI (age 31) at Greenwich, Kent [Map].
On 5th January 1477 Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 43) was killed at the Battle of Nancy. His daughter Mary (age 19) succeeded Duchess Burgundy.
On 5th January 1589 Catherine Medici Queen Consort France (age 69) died.
On 5th January 1605 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 4) was created 1st Duke York and Knight of the Bath by his father King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 38)
Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 27) and Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset (age 26) was @@appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 5th January 1617 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 24) was created 1st Earl Buckingham by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 50); his favourite.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 5th January 1617. Upon the 25th [sic1] I went into the Court. We went up into the King's Chamber where my Lord Villiers was created Earl of Buckingham. My Lord (age 27), my Lord of Buckingham, and divers other Lords bringing them up to the King. Supped with my Lord and Lady Arundel and after supper I saw the play of the Mad Lover in the Hall.
Note 1. A mistake for 5th.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th January 1656. Came to visit me my Lord Lisle (age 36), son to the Earl of Leicester (age 60), with Sir Charles Ouseley, two of the Usurper's council; Mr. John Hervey, and John Denham (age 41), the poet.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th January 1660. Then my wife (age 19) and I, it being a great frost, went to Mrs. Jem's, in expectation to eat a sack-posset, but Mr. Edward (age 12) not coming it was put off; and so I left my wife playing at cards with her, and went myself with my lanthorn to Mr. Fage, to consult concerning my nose, who told me it was nothing but cold, and after that we did discourse concerning public business; and he told me it is true the City had not time enough to do much, but they are resolved to shake off the soldiers; and that unless there be a free Parliament chosen, he did believe there are half the Common Council will not levy any money by order of this Parliament. From thence I went to my father's (age 58), where I found Mrs. Ramsey and her grandchild, a pretty girl, and staid a while and talked with them and my mother, and then took my leave, only heard of an invitation to go to dinner to-morrow to my cosen Thomas Pepys. I went back to Mrs. Jem, and took my wife and Mrs. Sheply, and went home.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th January 1660. Then I went home, and after writing a letter to my Lord and told him the news that the Parliament hath this night voted that the members that were discharged from sitting in the years 1648 and 49, were duly discharged; and that there should be writs issued presently for the calling of others in their places, and that Monk (age 51) and Fairfax (age 47) were commanded up to town, and that the Prince's (age 40) lodgings were to be provided for Monk at Whitehall [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.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th January 1661. I visited my Lord Chancellor Clarendon (age 51), with whom I had been well acquainted abroad.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th January 1663. Thence to my Lord's lodging, where Mr. Hunt and Mr. Creed dined with us, and were very merry. And after dinner he and I to White Hall, where the Duke (age 29) and the Commissioners for Tangier met, but did not do much: my Lord Sandwich (age 37) not being in town, nobody making it their business. So up, and Creed and I to my wife again, and after a game or two at cards, to the Cockpitt [Map], where we saw "Claracilla", a poor play, done by the King's house (but neither the King (age 32) nor Queen (age 24) were there, but only the Duke and Duchess (age 25), who did show some impertinent and, methought, unnatural dalliances there, before the whole world, such as kissing, and leaning upon one another); but to my very little content, they not acting in any degree like the Duke's people.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th January 1668. Taking coach as I said before at the Temple [Map], I to Charing Cross [Map], and there went into Unthanke's to have my shoes wiped, dirty with walking, and so to White Hall, where I visited the Vice-Chamberlain (age 58), who tells me, and so I find by others, that the business of putting out of some of the Privy-council is over, the King (age 37) being at last advised to forbear it; for whereas he did design it to make room for some of the House of Commons that are against him, thereby to gratify them, it is believed that it will but so much the more fret the rest that are not provided for, and raise a new stock of enemies by them that are displeased, and so all they think is over: and it goes for a pretty saying of my Lord Anglesey's (age 53) up and down the Court, that he should lately say to one of them that are the great promoters of this putting him and others out of the Council, "Well", says he, "and what are we to look for when we are outed? Will all things be set right in the nation?" The other said that he did believe that many things would be mended: "But", says my Lord, "will you and the rest of you be contented to be hanged, if you do not redeem all our misfortunes and set all right, if the power be put into your hands?" The other answered, "No, I would not undertake that:"-"Why, then", says my Lord, "I and the rest of us that you are labouring to put out, will be contented to be hanged, if we do not recover all that is past, if the King will put the power into our hands, and adhere wholly to our advice"; which saying as it was severe, so generally people have so little opinion of those that are likely to be uppermost that they do mightily commend my Lord Anglesey for this saying.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th January 1668. From the Vice-Chamberlain (age 58) up and down the house till Chapel done, and then did speak with several that I had a mind to, and so intending to go home, my Baroness Carteret (age 66) saw and called me out of her window, and so would have me home with her to Lincoln's Inn Fields to dinner, and there we met with my Lord Brereton (age 36), and several other strangers, to dine there; and I find him a very sober and serious, able man, and was in discourse too hard for the Bishop of Chester, who dined there; and who, above all books lately wrote, commending the matter and style of a late book, called "The Causes of the Decay of Piety", I do resolve at his great commendation to buy it. Here dined also Sir Philip Howard (age 37), a Barkeshire Howard, whom I did once hear swear publickly and loud in the Matted Gallery that he had not been at a wench in so long a time. He did take occasion to tell me at the table that I have got great ground in the Parliament, by my ready answers to all that was asked me there about the business of Chatham, Kent [Map], and they would never let me be out of employment, of which I made little; but was glad to hear him, as well as others, say it. And he did say also, relating to Commissioner Pett (age 57), that he did not think that he was guilty of anything like a fault, that he was either able or concerned to amend, but only the not carrying up of the ships higher, he meant; but he said, three or four miles lower down, to Rochester, Kent [Map] Bridge, which is a strange piece of ignorance in a Member of Parliament at such a time as this, and after so many examinations in the house of this business; and did boldly declare that he did think the fault to lie in my Lord Middleton (age 60), who had the power of the place, to secure the boats that were made ready by Pett, and to do anything that he thought fit, and was much, though not altogether in the right, for Spragg, that commanded the river, ought rather to be charged with the want of the boats and the placing of them.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 5th January 1668. Thence after dinner away with Sir G. Carteret (age 58) to White Hall, setting down my Lord Brereton (age 36) at my Lord Brouncker's (age 48), and there up and down the house, and on the Queen's (age 29) side, to see the ladies, and there saw the Duchesse of York (age 30), whom few pay the respect they used, I think, to her; but she bears all out, with a very great deal of greatness; that is the truth of it. And so, it growing night, I away home by coach, and there set my wife to read, and then comes Pelling, and he and I to sing a little, and then sup and so to bed.
On 5th January 1684 Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 13) was created 1st Duke St Albans by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th January 1698. Whitehall [Map] burned, nothing but walls and ruins left. See 1698 Burning of Whitehall Palace.
After 5th January 1769. Monument to Edmund Turnor of Stoke Rochford (deceased) at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham [Map] sculpted by E Bingham of Peterborough.
Edmund Turnor of Stoke Rochford: On 11th October 1688 he was born to John Turnor and Diana Cecil. On 5th January 1769 Edmund Turnor of Stoke Rochford died.
After 5th January 1816. Memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir George Prévost 1st Baronet (deceased) in Winchester Cathedral [Map] sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey (age 34).
Lieutenant-General Sir George Prévost 1st Baronet: On 19th May 1767 he was born. In 1805 Lieutenant-General Sir George Prévost 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Prevost of Belmont in Hampshire. On 5th January 1816 Lieutenant-General Sir George Prévost 1st Baronet died. His son George succeeded 2nd Baronet Prevost of Belmont in Hampshire.
On 5th January 1818 Elizabeth Patoun died. Monument at St Michal's Church, Inveresk [Map].
Elizabeth Patoun: In 1779 Archibald Hope 9th Baronet and she were married.
St Bartholomew's Church, Whittingham [Map]. Memorials to William Pawson, died 5th January 1854, and is wife Mary Anne, died 1st May 1858, and their daughter Mary Ann,
After 5th January 1918. St Michael's Church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire [Map]. Grave of William Whincup. Died due to condition of discharge from military service (gassed).
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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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The Times. 5th January 1938. MR. J. NEVILL (age 23) AND MISS HARRISON (age 22).
The Duke (age 37) and Duchess of Gloucester (age 36) have sent a silver condiments set to Mr. John Nevill, Life Guards, elder son of Major (age 54) and Mrs. Guy Larnach-Nevill (age 47), of Uckfield House, and Miss Patricia Harrison, daughter of Major and the Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison, of Kings Walden Bury, Hitchin, whose marriage took place yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. G. S. Shackleford officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Dunford. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of ivory-tinted panne velvet, embossed with sprays of silver flowers. The bodice was fashioned with a square neckline and long sleeves, slightly full at the shoulder, and the square train was lined with silver tissue. A headdress of silver-tipped doves' wings surmounted her long tulle veil, and she carried a spray of mixed white flowers. A retinue of six little girls and four pages folowed the bride. They were Penelope Harrison (sister of the bride), the Hon. Clare Beckett, Marye Pepys (niece of the bridegroom), Margaret Rosselli, Caroline Bury, Joanna Spencer, Hugh Lawson (cousin of the bride), David Myddelton (cousin of the bridegroom), Thomas Pilkington (nephew of the bride), and Charles Smith-Bingham. The pages wore replicas of the uniform of the Life Guards of the early nineteenth century, and the little girls wore long frocks of silver lame, the high-waisted bodices cut with short, puff sleeves, and square necks. They wore caps of silver lame, trimmed with white fur, and carried white fur muffs. Lord Roderic Pratt (age 22), Life Guards, was best man, and there was a guard of honour from the same regiment. The Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison afterwards held a reception at 28, Grosvenor Square, W1. The honeymoon wil be spent in Switzerland.
On 5th January 1938 Juan Carlos I King Spain was born to Juan Carlos Bourbon and María Mercedes Bourbon Two Sicilies. He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Births on the 5th January
On 5th January 1209 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall was born to King John of England (age 42) and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 21).
On 5th January 1352 Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle was born to Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley (age 32) and Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley (age 27) at Berkeley Castle [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 5th January 1425 Henry IV King Castile was born to John II King Castile (age 19) and Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Castile (age 29). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.97%.
On 5th January 1653 Christian Saxe Gotha Duke Saxe Eisenburg was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha (age 51) and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha (age 33) at Gotha. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%.
On 5th January 1659 William Ward was born to Edward Ward 7th Baron Dudley 2nd Baron Ward (age 28) and Frances Brereton (age 24).
On 5th January 1701 Henry Aston was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 35) and (age 24).
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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.
On 5th January 1701 Joshua Vanneck 1st Baronet was born at The Hague.
On 5th January 1759 Charlotte Margaret Gunning was born to Robert Gunning 1st Baronet (age 27) and Anne Sutton.
On 5th January 1768 George Byng 6th Viscount Torrington was born to John Byng 5th Viscount Torrington (age 24) and Bridget Forrest Viscountess Byng (age 19).
On 5th January 1784 Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp was born to William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp (age 36) and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp.
On 5th January 1818 Lawrence Palk 1st Baron Haldon was born to Lawrence Palk 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Anna Eleanora Wrey Lady Palk (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 5th January 1838 Colonel Walter Rodolph Trefusis was born to Charles Rudolph Trefusis 19th Baron Clinton (age 46) and Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr Baroness Clinton (age 31) at Rome, Italy [Map].
On 5th January 1855 Charles Rawdon-Hastings 11th Earl Loudon was born to Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 32) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 21).
On 5th January 1858 Grenville Louis John Temple 12th Baronet was born to Grenville Leofric Temple 11th Baronet (age 27).
On 5th January 1875 Arthur Henry Dillon 18th Viscount Dillon was born to Conrad Adderly Dillon (age 29) and Ellen Louisa Dashwood (age 29).
On 5th January 1893 Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde was born.
On 5th January 1918 Isabel Violet Kathleen Manners was born to John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland (age 31) and Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland (age 23).
On 5th January 1920 James Bellew 7th Baron Bellew was born to Bryan Bellew 6th Baron Bellew (age 29).
On 5th January 1920 William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley was born to William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley (age 25) and Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (age 26).
On 5th January 1926 Diana Hay 23rd Countess of Erroll was born to Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll (age 24) and Myra Idina Sackville Countess of Erroll (age 32).
On 5th January 1938 Juan Carlos I King Spain was born to Juan Carlos Bourbon and María Mercedes Bourbon Two Sicilies. He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 5th January 1955 William Pleydell-Bouverie 9th Earl of Radnor was born to Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 8th Earl of Radnor (age 27).
On 5th January 1955 David William Hart Dyke 10th Baronet was born to Derek Hart Dyke 9th Baronet (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 5th January 1962 Casper Ingrams 19th Baron Darcy of Knayth was born to Rupert Ingrams Baron Darcy (age 22) and Davina Darcy 18th Baroness Darcy of Knayth (age 23).
Marriages on the 5th January
On 5th January 1709 David Wemyss 4th Earl of Wemyss (age 31) and Mary Robinson were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. He the son of James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss.
On 5th January 1747 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 34) and Elizabeth Dawes (age 21) were married.
On 5th January 1783 Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 43) and Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 5th January 1791 John Villiers 3rd Earl Clarendon (age 33) and Maria Forbes Countess Clarendon (age 29) were married. He the son of Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon and Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon. They were first cousins.
On 5th January 1864 Alexander Hugh Baring 4th Baron Ashburton (age 28) and Leonara Caroline Digby Baroness Ashburton (age 19) 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 5th January 1889 Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby (age 23) and Alice Maude Olivia Montagu Countess Derby (age 26) were married. She the daughter of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 65) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 56). He the son of Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby (age 47) and Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 49).
On 5th January 1893 Henry St John 5th Viscount Bolingbroke 6th Viscount St John (age 72) and Mary Emily Elizabeth Howard Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John were married at the Registry Office in Bath, Somerset [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke. She had been his servant, subsequently housekeeper. The marriage was not revealed until after his death becoming something of a national scandal.
On 5th January 1895 Frederic Glyn 4th Baron Wolverton (age 30) and Edith Amelia Ward Baroness Wolverton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Wolverton. She the daughter of William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 48).
On 5th January 1901 Robert Alfred Cunliffe 5th Baronet (age 61) and Cecile Victoria Sackville-West Lady Cunliffe were married. She by marriage Lady Cunliffe of Liverpool in Lancaster.
On 5th January 1904 Alexander Murray 8th Earl of Dunmore (age 32) and Lucinda Dorothea Kemble Countess Dunmore were married. He the son of Charles Adolphus Murray 7th Earl Dunmore (age 62) and Gertrude Coke (age 57).
On 5th January 1907 Arthur Henry Dillon 18th Viscount Dillon (age 32) and Hilda Brunner Viscountess Dillon (age 32) were married.
On 5th January 1911 George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 32) and Nancy Lycett Green Baroness Vivian were married. She by marriage Baroness Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall.
On 5th January 1931 Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert 6th Baronet (age 58) and Muriel Dorey Lady Fitzherbert were married. She by marriage Lady Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire.
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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 5th January 1954 George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe (age 40) and Margaret Elizabeth Mcconnel Duchess Roxburghe (age 35) were married. She by marriage Duchess Roxburghe. He the son of Henry John Innes-Kerr 8th Duke Roxburghe.
Deaths on the 5th January
On 5th January 1066 King Edward "The Confessor" of England (age 63) died. He was buried the same day at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 5th January 1382 Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster (age 26) died at Cork [Map]. She was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. Her son Roger (age 7) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 6th Earl of Ulster
On 5th January 1430 Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark (age 35) died at Cloister Church, Vadstena, Linköping.
On 5th January 1441 John Luxemburg II Count Ligny (age 49) died at Guise, Aisne.
On 5th January 1458 Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 70) died. On 5th January 1458 His granddaughter Joan (age 25) succeeded 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 7th Baroness Multon of Gilsland.
On 5th January 1465 Charles Valois Duke Orléans (age 70) died.
On 5th January 1477 Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 43) was killed at the Battle of Nancy. His daughter Mary (age 19) succeeded Duchess Burgundy.
On 5th January 1589 Catherine Medici Queen Consort France (age 69) died.
On 5th January 1592 William La Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg (age 75) died. His son Johann (age 29) succeeded Duke Cleves.
On 5th January 1653 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 65) died. His son Edward (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Rockingham of Northampton, 2nd Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire. Anne Wentworth Baroness Rockingham (age 23) by marriage Lady Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire.
On 5th January 1662 Herbert Springet 1st Baronet (age 49) died. Baronet Springet of Broyle Place in Sussex extinct.
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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 5th January 1684 William Petre 4th Baron Petre (age 58) died at the Tower of London [Map] having been confined after having been impeached by the Commons of high treason. His brother John (age 54) succeeded 5th Baron Petre.
On 5th January 1712 Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 70) died. His daughter Catherine Jones (age 40) inherited Ranelagh House.
On 5th January 1718 William Myddelton 4th Baronet (age 24) died unmarried. Baronet Myddelton of Chirk Castle extinct.
On 5th January 1719 Thomas Hay 7th Earl Kinnoull (age 59) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 8th Earl Kinnoull. Abigail Harley Countess Kinnoul (age 29) by marriage Countess Kinnoull.
On 5th January 1737 John Philipps 4th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Erasmus (age 37) succeeded 5th Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.
On 5th January 1747 Anne Trevor (age 75) died.
On 5th January 1748 James Barry 4th Earl Barrymore (age 81) died. His son James (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Barrymore.
On 5th January 1760 Jacob Astley 3rd Baronet (age 68) died. His son Edward (age 30) succeeded 4th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton.
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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.
On 5th January 1766 John Tyrrell 5th Baronet (age 38) died. Baronet Tyrrell of Springfield extinct.
On 5th January 1769 Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset (age 57) died. His nephew John (age 23) succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 5th January 1771 John Russell 4th Duke Bedford (age 60) died at Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His grandson Francis (age 5) succeeded 5th Duke Bedford, 5th Marquess Tavistock, 9th Earl Bedford, 9th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 5th Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 5th January 1771 Sophia Carteret Countess Shelburne (age 25) died.
On 5th January 1795 Jacobo Fitz James Stuart 11th Duke Veragua 6th Duke Berwick (age 3) died. His brother Carlos succeeded 12th Duke Veragua, 7th Duke of Jérica, 7th Duke of Liria, 7th Duke Berwick.
On 5th January 1799 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal (age 59) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 2nd Marquess Donegal, 6th Earl Donegal.
On 5th January 1806 Charles Alexander Hohenzollern Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 69) died.
On 5th January 1816 Lieutenant-General Sir George Prévost 1st Baronet (age 48) died. His son George (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baronet Prevost of Belmont in Hampshire.
On 5th January 1818 John Hadley D'Oyly 6th Baronet (age 64) died at Calcutta, India where he was buried at South Park Street Cemetery, Plot 760. His son Charles (age 36) succeeded 7th Baronet D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk. Elizabeth Jane Ross Lady D'Oyly by marriage Lady D'Oyly of Shottisham in Suffolk.
On 5th January 1841 John Cocks 1st Earl Somers (age 80) died. His son John (age 52) succeeded 2nd Earl Somers, 2nd Viscount Eastnor of Eastor Castle in Herefordshire, 3rd Baron Somers. Caroline Yorke Countess Somers (age 46) by marriage Countess Somers.
On 5th January 1842 Isabella Pottinger Lady Smith (age 62) died three days after her husband's death.
On 5th January 1848 Margaret Erskine Marchioness Ailsa (age 76) died.
On 5th January 1854 William Conyngham Plunket 1st Baron Plunket (age 89) died. His son Thomas (age 62) succeeded 2nd Baron Plunket of Newtown in County Cork.
On 5th January 1872 Francis Crossley 1st Baronet (age 54) died. His son Savile (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baronet Crossley.
On 5th January 1896 Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr (age 78) died. His son Gilbert (age 26) succeeded 8th Earl De La Warr, 8th Viscount Cantalupe, 14th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex. Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr by marriage Countess De La Warr.
On 5th January 1901 William Hicks Farrington 5th Baronet (age 62) died. His son Henry (age 29) succeeded 6th Baronet Farrington of Blackheath in Kent.
On 5th January 1925 Edward Partington 1st Baron Doverdale (age 88) died. His son Oswald (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baron Doverdale of Westwood Park in Worcestershire. Clara Isabel Murray Baroness Doverdale (age 44) by marriage Baroness Doverdale of Westwood Park in Worcestershire.
On 5th January 1937 Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher 5th Baronet (age 90) died. His son Henry (age 49) succeeded 6th Baronet Fletcher of Clea Hall in Cumberland. Mary Augusta Chilton Lady Fletcher by marriage Lady Fletcher of Clea Hall in Cumberland.
On 5th January 1942 Hugh Molesworth-St Aubyn 13th Baronet (age 76) died. His son John (age 42) succeeded 14th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
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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.
On 5th January 1952 Victor Alexander John Hope 2nd Marquess Linlithgow (age 64) died.
On 5th January 1972 Gerald Kelly (age 92) died.
On 5th January 1991 Charles Chisholm Hobhouse 6th Baronet (age 84) died. His son Charles (age 27) succeeded 7th Baronet Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire.
On 5th January 1993 Major Evelyn Delves Broughton 12th Baronet (age 77) died. His third cousin once removed David (age 50) succeeded 13th Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire. It isn't clear whether he ever claimed the title.
On 5th January 2006 Bianca Wallin (age 96) died.
On 5th January 2022 Nancy Mary Walton Baroness Henley and Northington (age 94) died.