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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.
24 Feb is in February.
616 Death of Æthelberht King of Kent
1421 Coronation of Catherine of Valois
Events on the 24th February
Wriothesley's Chronicle. 24th February 538. This yeare, the 24th daie of Februarie, beinge the Soundaie of Sexagesima and Sainct Mathias daie, the image of the roode that pouie was at the Abbey of Bexley [Map], in Kent, called the Roode of Grace, and their was brought to Poules Crosse, and their, at the sermon made by the Bishopp of Rochester,b the abuses of the gracesc and engines,d used in old tyme in the said image, was declared, which image was made of paper and cloutes from the legges upward; ech legges and armes were of timber; and so the people had bene eluded and caused to doe great adolatrie by the said image, of long contynuance, to the derogation of Godes honor and great blasphamie of the name of God, as he substancially declared in his said sermon by scripture, and also how other images in the Church, used for great pilgrimages, hath caused great idolatrie to be used in this realme, and shewed how he thincketh that the idolatrie will neaver be left till the said images be taken awaie; and that the boxes that they have to gather the devotions of the people were taken awaye first, so that they should have nothing used to putt the charitie of the people in; but if their were any persons that would ofFree to such images, that the said offring might be geaven incontynent to poore people, and that the people, should be shewed howe they should ofFree no more to the said images, he doubted not butt then in short tyme they would grant that the said images might be taken awaie; also, he said, how he confessed a woman twentie yeares agoe in Oxford, which woman was the miller s wief, by the Abbey of Hailes, and how she shewed him how the abbott of the same place had given her manye Jewells that had bene offred ther at the holie bloode,a and how he would have geaven her one Jewell which she knewe verie well hanged about the said holie bloode, and said to the said abbott that she would not have that "bloude,"b2 because she was afraid because it hanged by the holie bloud, and the abbott said tush! thou art a foole, it is but a duckes bloode; and this the said bishopp shewed that it was true, as he besought God he might be damned if it were not so as he said; and also how he had shewed the King and the Counsell of the same, and that it should be knowen more openlie afterward; also, after the sermon was done, the bishopp tooke the said image of the roode into the pulpitt and brooke the vice of the same, and after gave it to the people againe, and then the rude people and boyes brake the said image in peeces, so that they left not one peece whole.
Note b. Bishop John Hilsey.
Note c. Probably a clerical error for vices, as in another place we read "the bishop broke the vice."
Note d. This rood or automaton, besides rolling its eyes and moving its lips, was so constructed that, by means of springs or vices, it could be made to bow, and shake its head, hands, and feet. See Herbert, p. 213, and Stow, ed. 1G31, p. 575.
Note a. Another great imposture was at Hales in Gloucestershire, where the blood of Christ brought from Jerusalem was showed in a chrystal vial, and was said to have this property: That if a man was in a mortal sin, and not absolved, he could not see it. Therefore, every man that came to behold this miracle was forced to continue to make presents till he bribed Heaven to give him the sight of so blessed a relic. This was now discovered to be the blood of a duck renewed every week, and one side of the vial was so thick that there was no seeing through it, but the other was trans parent. It was so placed near the altar that anyone in a secret place behind could turn which side he pleased outward. Lord Herbert in Kennett, vol. ii. p. 213.
b2. A clerical mistake for "jewel.";
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On 24th February 616 King Æthelberht of Kent (age 66) died. His son Eadbald succeeded King of Kent. Emma Austrasia Queen Consort Kent by marriage Queen Consort Kent.
On 21 or 24th February 1244 Louis Capet was born to King Louis IX of France (age 29) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24th February 1303 at Roslyn a Scottish force commanded by Simon Fraser and John Comyn 3rd Lord Baddenoch (age 34) ambushed the English army led by John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 47) who was captured and subsequently released.
John of Fordun's Chronicle. 24th February 1303. 108. When the aforesaid king (age 63) had got news of this, he sent off a certain nobleman, Ralph Confrere, his treasurer (Ralph de Manton, the Cofferer), a man stout in battle, and of tried judgment and wisdom, with a certain body of chosen knights, thoroughly well-armed, to seek out, in every hole and corner, those who troubled and disturbed the king's peace, and not to forbear punishing them with the penalty of death. So they entered Scotland, and went about ranging through the land, until they, at Roslyn, pitched their tents, split up into three lines apart, for want of free camping room. But the aforesaid John Comyn (age 34) and Simon, with their abettors, hearing of their arrival, and wishing to steal a march rather than have one stolen upon them, came briskly through from Biggar to Roslyn, in one night, with some chosen men, who chose rather death before unworthy subjection to the English nation; and, all of a sudden, they fearlessly fell upon the enemy. But having been, a little before, roused by the sentries, all those of the first line seized their weapons, and manfully withstood the attacking foe.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 24th of February [1358] the Countess of Warren (age 62) repeats her visit, and sleeps in the castle.
On 24th February 1421 Catherine of Valois (age 19) was crowned Queen Consort England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Henry Chichele (age 58). Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 36) was appointed Chief Butler of England. James I (age 26) attended, and was honoured by sitting immediately on the queen's left at the coronation banquet.
Chronicle of Robert Fabyan. [24th February 1421] ... and forthe I wyll precede to shewe unto you some parte of the great honour that was vsed & excercysed upon the daye of the sayd quenes coronacion, whiche was after solempnyzed in seynt Peters churche of Westmynster, upon the daye of seynt Mathy the Apostle, or the xxiiii [24th] day of February. After which solempnyzacon in yt churche endyd, she was conveyed into the great halle of Westmynster, & there sette to dyner; upon whose right hande satte, at the ende of the same table, the archebysshop of Caunterbury (age 58), and Henry (age 46), surnamed the rych cardynall of Winchester; and upon the lefte hande of ye quene sat the kynge of Scottes (age 26) in his astate, ye whiche was servyd with coveryd messe lyke unto the forenamed bysshops, but after theym. And upon the same hande & syde, nere to the borde ende, sat the duchesse of Yorke (age 54)1, and the coutesse of Huntyngdon (age 58). The erle of the Marche (age 29) holdynga ceptre in his hande, knelyd upon the right syde. The erle marshal in lyke maner knelyd upon the left hande of ye quene. The conntesse of Kent (age 41)2 sat under the table at the ryght foot, and the coutesse marshall at the left foot. The duke of Glouceter, sir Humfrey (age 30), was that daye overloker, and stode before the quene bare hedyd. Sir Richarde Neuyll was that daye carver to the quene. The erlys brother of Suffolk cupberer, sir lohn Stewarde sewar. The lord Clyfford paterer, instede of ye erle of Warwik. The lord Wyllughby boteler, in stede of ye erle of Arudell. The lorde Gray Ruthyn (age 59), or Ryffyn, naperer. The lord of Awdeley amner, in stede of the erle of Cambrydge. The erle of Worceter (age 25) was that day erle marshal, in absence of the erle marshall, the whiche rode aboute the halle upon a great courser, wt a multytude of typped stauys aboute hym, to kepe the rome in the halle.
Note 1. her husband Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle had been killed six years before at the Battle of Agincourt so correctly Dowager Duchess of York.
Note 2. her husband Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent had been killed thirteen years before at the Battle of Île de Bréhat so correctly Dowager Countess of Kent.
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Holinshed's Chronicle. After that done, he made great pu[...]ueyance for the coronation of his Q. & spouse, the faire Lady Katherine, whiche was done the daye of S. Mathie, beeing the 24. of February [1421], with all such Ceremonies and princelyke solemnitie as apperteined, and as in ye Chronicles of Robert Fabian is at large expressed. After the solemne feast of the Coronation once ended, the King as well to visit certayne places for devotion, by way of pilgrimage, as also to see in what state and ord[...]r diners parts of his Realm stoode, departed from the Q. appointing day and place where she should meete hym, and so journeyed forthe from place to place, thorough sundry Countreys, as well of Wales as Englande, and in every quarter where he came, hee heard with diligent eare the complaintes of sutors, & tooke order for the administration of justice both to high and lowe, causing manie mysdemeanors to be reformed. At length he came to the town of Leycester, where he foud the Quene according to the appointment before taken.
Chronicle of John Harding. 24th February 1447. The duke [Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (deceased)] the night after he was thus committed to prison, being the foure and twentith of Februarie, was found dead in his bed, and his bodie shewed to the lords and commons, as though he had died of a palsie, or of an imposteme.
But all indifferent persons (as saith Hall) might well vnderstand that he died of some violent death. Some iudged him to be strangled, some affirme that an hot spit was put in at his fundament, other write that he was smouldered betweene two featherbeds, and some haue affirmed that he died of verie gréefe, for that he might not come openlie to his answer. His dead corpse was conueied to saint Albons, and there buried. After his death, none of his seruants suffered: although fiue of them, to wit, sir Roger Chamberline knight, Middleton, Herbert, Arteise esquiers, and Richard Nedham gentleman, were areigned, condemned, and drawen to Tiborne, where they were hanged, let downe quicke, and stripped to haue béene bowelled and quartered but the marques of Suffolke comming at that instant brought their pardons, shewed the same openlie, and so their liues were saued.
On 21st February 1499 Edmund Tudor 1st Duke of Somerset was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 33) at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map] being their sixth child. On 24th February 1499 he was christened at the Church of the Observant Friars, Greenwich [Map]. His godparents were Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 55), Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 21) and Bishop Richard Foxe (age 51), then Bishop of Durham. He is believed to have been created 1st Duke Somerset on the same day although there is no documentation.
On 24th February 1500 Charles V Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 21) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 21) at Ghent [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII Volume 1. 24th February 1516. Sebastian Giustinian. To the Most Excellent Council of Ten.
On the 21st instant, this most serene King had his daughter christened, and the sponsors were the right reverend cardinal and the duchess of Norfolk (age 39)1, the consort of the Lord High Treasurer; and thus was it done, I think, by reason of the Imperial, and French, and Spanish ambassadors, and of myself; the King not choosing to make any distinction, and I am of opinion that the consideration was prudent. To-day, I went to his Majesty and congratulated him in the name of your Highness on the birth of his daughter, and on the well-being of her most serene mother, adding that your Serenity would have experienced greater satisfaction had it been a son, for the contentment moreover of his Majesty, who should resign himself to the will of the Lord God, who distributes his favours as he pleases; with other words suited to the subject. His Majesty then made me draw nearer, having, however, in the first place returned many thanks to your Highness for this compliment, saying, "We are both young: if it was a daughter this time, by the grace of God the sons will follow," and he then continued, "Domine Orator, I will tell you a very great secret, the which I charge you under the closest confidence not to write to any one, except to your Doge, lest it become known; nor even to your Doge do I choose you to write that I in person told it you, but say that you have heard it from a good source: know that the King of France is negotiating with all earnestness to obtain peace with the Emperor, and to leave you, single-handed, at the mercy of your enemies; I always loved the Venetians, and it grieves me to the heart, the seeing you deceived from too great credulity: I have chosen to tell you his; make such provision as you may think fit." I thanked his Majesty exceedingly for so affectionate a demonstration, and said I should forthwith communicate it to your Highness, who would keep what I might write you most secret. I did not think it advisable to probe the matter farther, for to evince belief in these words, would have been perilous; whilst on the other hand, to let fall an expression implying that I doubted them, must have proved odious, so I let them pass without farther comment.
His Majesty having departed, I remained with Cardinal Wolsey, who (after I had spoken to him, and appointed a conference with his right reverend lordship about the affair of the wines of Candia, according to the injunctions contained in the letters of your Highness dated the 27th of December) said to me, " Domine Orator, I have always loved you, and desired the weal and exaltation of your state; beware in whom you trust, and take care, lest in a moment, through too great confidence, you lose that which you have preserved with so great labour and expense." I showed that I understood his meaning, to avoid the appearance of imagining that what the King had told me was unknown to his lordship, but said to him, that if the faith of your Highness doomed you to destruction, you.could only have recourse to the Almighty, who would avenge it; but, that let this perfidy proceed from whence it may, it is undeserved by your Excellency, as by your confederates you have played the part of a most Christian Republic, and as such, I trusted, would in no case be abandoned. I avoided in every word the possibility of being thought to lean to one side rather than the other, as seems to me expedient in this matter, which I have not chosen to communicate to the French ambassador, deeming it really of so great moment, proceeding as it does ex ore regis that it was my duty, first of all, to announce it to your Highness, who, being acquainted with facts concerning the most Christian King unknown to me, will form such resolves about your affairs as may be thought fit. I see this business getting very embroiled, and perceive that what I prognosticated to your Sublimity in my former letters is coming to pass, namely, that this side is solely intent on detaching your Highness from the most Christian King, and from these negotiations.
Note 1. Agnes Tilney, daughter of Hugh Tilney, the second wife of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk. This Duchess Agnes became subsequently involved in the disgrace of her granddaughter, Queen Catharine Howard. The birth of the Princess Mary at the moment of her grandfather's death, and the choice of her godmother, appear evil omens.
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On 24th February 1525 Richard Pole "White Rose" (age 45) was killed during the Battle of Pavia. Robert Stewart 4th Lord Aubigny (age 55) fought.
Louis II de la Tremoille (age 64) was killed.
Unknown Painter. Battle of Pavia with the fallen Richard Pole "White Rose" bottom left corner indicated by "Le Duc de Susfoc dit Blance Rose". The 'Duc de Susfoc' i.e Duke of Suffolk, being a reference to the title Duke Suffolk held by his brother Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk who was executed in 1513.
Robert Stewart 4th Lord Aubigny: Robert Stewart 4th Lord Aubigny succeeded 4th Lord Aubigny. Robert Stewart 4th Lord Aubigny and Anne Stewart Lady Aubigny were married. She by marriage Lord Aubigny. He the son of John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox. They were second cousins. Around 1470 he was born to John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox. Around April 1544 Robert Stewart 4th Lord Aubigny died.
Louis II de la Tremoille: On 29th September 1460 he was born to Louis I de la Tremoille.
On 24th February 1526 Afonso Aviz was born to John III King Portugal (age 23) and Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Portugal (age 19). Their first child, he died on 12th April 1526. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.30%.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1533. 24th February 1533. Granvelle, Papiers d'Etat, II. 1. 182. Clement VII. and Charles V.
Treaty for defence against the Turk, with a clause that if the Pope treat for the marriage of Katharine de Medici with a son of Francis I. he shall take security that France shall assist in a council for religion and defence against the Turks. Also a clause touching duke Alexander; and another that the English divorce be not tried anywhere but at Rome, but that the Pope shall give no countenance to the king of England's relations with Anne Boleyn (age 32), but shall act upon the brief he lately issued. Bologna, 24 Feb. 1533. Lat.
Calendar of State Papers of Spain. 24th February 1536. Some courtiers tell me that for the three last months this King has not spoken ten times to his concubine, and that when the news of her miscarriage was brought to him, he only observed, "I see that God will not give me male children;" and that, having gone to visit her, on leaving her room he added by way of farewell, with much ill grace, "When you are up I will come and speak to you." It seems that the concubine (age 35) has assigned two causes for her miscarriage; one is the King's fall from his horse some time before; the other the love she bears him, which she says is greater and more vehement than that of the late Queen, so much so that whenever she hears of his loving another woman but her, she is broken-hearted. The King, however, has been much disappointed as well as hurt at Anne's excuses at least he has all the appearance of being much discontented with her, for during these last days of festival and rejoicing he has remained in London, leaving Anne at Greenwich, whereas in former times he could hardly be one hour without her.
I had forgotten to say that among the news which Master Cromwell said he had received from France, was a rumour, originated, as it was said, from Spaniards, to the effect that the late Queen had been poisoned. This Cromwell could not tell me without some visible change of colour and countenance. My reply was that I did not think there could be a Spaniard at the French court capable of spreading such news. That was, no doubt, a saying of the French themselves, who might think so, and have their suspicions. Perhaps the more discreet among them did purposely attribute the rumour to Spaniards in order to give greater authority to the report. Cromwell agreed with me, and said he would write to the English ambassador in France.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 24th February 1554. The sam day the qwyn('s) (age 38) grace gaff pardon unto serten of mo men of Kentt, in Sowthwarke [Map]; ther they cryd "God save quen Mare!" and cast ther alters on hed in the stretes and a-bowt, that sum had iiij or v halters.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 24th February 1554. The xxiiij day of Marche [read xxiij of February] was heddyd the duke of Suffoke-Dassett (deceased) [Dassett ie Dorset] on the Towre hylle [Map], be-twyn ix and x of the cloke a-for none.
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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 24th February 1557 Matthias I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
On 24th February 1558 Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor (age 54) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.
On 24th February 1567 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 33) wrote to her cousin Mary Queen of Scots (age 24) regarding the murder of Mary's husband Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart (deceased) as follows:
My ears have been so astounded and my heart so frightened to hear of the horrible and abominable murder of your husband and my own cousin that I have scarcely spirit to write: yet I cannot conceal that I grieve more for you than him. I should not do the office of a faithful cousin and friend, if I did not urge you to preserve your honour, rather than look through your fingers at revenge on those who have done you that pleasure as most people say. I counsel you so to take this matter to heart, that you may show the world what a noble Princess and loyal woman you are. I write thus vehemently not that I doubt, but for affection. [Translated from the French; extract - lines 1-12]
Memoirs of Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Cardinal de Retz Book 1. The 24th of February, 1649, the Parliament's deputies waited on the Queen (age 10) with an account of the audience granted to the envoy of the Archduke. The Queen told them that they should not have given audience to the envoy, but that, seeing they had done it, it was absolutely necessary to think of a good peace, that she was entirely well disposed; and the Duc d'Orléans and the Prince de Conde promised the deputies to throw open all the passages as soon as the Parliament should name commissioners for the treaty.
Flamarin being sent at the same time into the city from the Duc d'Orléans to condole with the Queen of England (age 39) on the death of her husband (deceased) (King Charles I.), went, at La Riviere's solicitation, to M. de La Rochefoucault, whom he found in his bed on account of his wounds and quite wearied with the civil war, and persuaded him to come over to the Court interest. He told Flamarin that he had been drawn into this war much against his inclinations, and that, had he returned from Poitou two months before the siege of Paris, he would have prevented Madame de Longueville engaging in so vile a cause, but that I had taken the opportunity of his absence to engage both her and the Prince de Conti, that he found the engagements too far advanced to be possibly dissolved, that the diabolical Coadjutor would not bear of any terms of peace, and also stopped the ears of the Prince de Conti and Madame de Longueville, and that he himself could not act as he would because of his bad state of health. I was informed of Flamarin's negotiations for the Court interest, and, as the term of his passport had expired, ordered the 'prevot des marchands' to command him to depart from the city.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th February 1664. My Lord George Berkeley (age 36), of Durdans, and Sir Samuel Tuke (age 49) came to visit me. We went on board Sir William Petty's (age 40) double-bottomed vessel, and so to London.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th February 1665. Dr. Fell (age 39), Canon of Christ Church, preached before the King (age 34), on 15 ch. Romans, v. 2, a very formal discourse, and in blank verse, according to his manner; however, he is a good man. Mr. Philips, preceptor to my son, went to be with the Earl of Pembroke's (age 44) son, my Lord Herbert (age 24).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th February 1666. All the morning at the office till past three o'clock. At that houre home and eat a bit alone, my wife being gone out. So abroad by coach with Mr. Hill (age 36), who staid for me to speake about business, and he and I to Hales's (age 66), where I find my wife and her woman, and Pierce and Knipp, and there sung and was mighty merry, and I joyed myself in it; but vexed at first to find my wife's picture not so like as I expected; but it was only his having finished one part, and not another, of the face; but, before I went, I was satisfied it will be an excellent picture. Here we had ale and cakes and mighty merry, and sung my song, which she [Knipp] now sings bravely, and makes me proud of myself.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th February 1667. At my Lord Treasurer's (age 59) 'light and parted with them, they going into Council, and I walked with Captain Cocke (age 50), who takes mighty notice of the differences growing in our office between Lord Bruncker (age 47) and Sir W. Batten (age 66), and among others also, and I fear it may do us hurt, but I will keep out of them.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th February 1667. In the afternoon away to White Hall by water, and took a turn or two in the Park, and then back to White Hall, and there meeting my Lord Arlington (age 49), he, by I know not what kindness, offered to carry me along with him to my Lord Treasurer's (age 59), whither, I told him, I was going. I believe he had a mind to discourse of some Navy businesses, but Sir Thomas Clifford (age 36) coming into the coach to us, we were prevented; which I was sorry for, for I had a mind to begin an acquaintance with him. He speaks well, and hath pretty slight superficial parts, I believe.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th February 1667. By and by comes Sir Robert Viner (age 36) and my Lord Mayor to ask the King's directions about measuring out the streets according to the new Act for building of the City, wherein the King (age 36) is to be pleased1. But he says that the way proposed in Parliament, by Colonel Birch (age 51), would have been the best, to have chosen some persons in trust, and sold the whole ground, and let it be sold again by them, with preference to the old owner, which would have certainly caused the City to be built where these Trustees pleased; whereas now, great differences will be, and the streets built by fits, and not entire till all differences be decided. This, as he tells it, I think would have been the best way. I enquired about the Frenchman2 that was said to fire the City, and was hanged for it, by his own confession, that he was hired for it by a Frenchman of Roane, and that he did with a stick reach in a fire-ball in at a window of the house: whereas the master of the house, who is the King's baker, and his son, and daughter, do all swear there was no such window, and that the fire did not begin thereabouts. Yet the fellow, who, though a mopish besotted fellow, did not speak like a madman, did swear that he did fire it: and did not this like a madman; for, being tried on purpose, and landed with his keeper at the Tower Wharfe [Map], he could carry the keeper to the very house. Asking Sir R. Viner what he thought was the cause of the fire, he tells me, that the baker, son, and his daughter, did all swear again and again, that their oven was drawn by ten o'clock at night; that, having occasion to light a candle about twelve, there was not so much fire in the bakehouse as to light a match for a candle, so that they were fain to go into another place to light it; that about two in the morning they felt themselves almost choked with smoke, and rising, did find the fire coming upstairs; so they rose to save themselves; but that, at that time, the bavins3 were not on fire in the yard. So that they are, as they swear, in absolute ignorance how this fire should come; which is a strange thing, that so horrid an effect should have so mean and uncertain a beginning.
Note 1. See Sir Christopher Wren's (age 43) "Proposals for rebuilding the City of London after the great fire, with an engraved Plan of the principal Streets and Public Buildings", in Elmes's "Memoirs of Sir Christopher Wren", Appendix, p.61. The originals are in All Souls' College Library, Oxford. B.
Note 2. "One Hubert, a French papist, was seized in Essex, as he was getting out of the way in great confusion. He confessed he had begun the fire, and persisted in his confession to his death, for he was hanged upon no other evidence but that of his own confession. It is true he gave so broken an account of the whole matter that he was thought mad. Yet he was blindfolded, and carried to several places of the city, and then his eyes being opened, he was asked if that was the place, and he being carried to wrong places, after he looked round about for some time, he said that was not the place, but when he was brought to the place where it first broke out, he affirmed that was the true place. "Burnet's Own Time", book ii. Archbishop Tillotson (age 36), according to Burnet, believed that London was burnt by design.
Note 3. brushwood, or faggots used for lighting fires.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th February 1668. Thence to the Exchange [Map] and left her; while meeting Dr. Gibbons (age 52) there, he and I to see an organ at the Dean of Westminster's lodgings at the Abby, the Bishop of Rochester (age 43); where he lives like a great prelate, his lodgings being very good; though at present under great disgrace at Court, being put by his Clerk of the Closet's place. I saw his lady, of whom the 'Terræ filius' of Oxford was once so merry1 and two children, whereof one a very pretty little boy, like him, so fat and black. Here I saw the organ; but it is too big for my house, and the fashion do not please me enough; and therefore will not have it.
Note 1. A scholar appointed to make a satirical and jesting speech at an Act in the University of Oxford. Mr. Christopher Wordsworth gives, in his "Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century", 1874, a list of terra-filii from 1591 to 1713 (pp. 296- 298, 680). The 'Terræ filius' was sometimes expelled the university on account of the licence of his speech. The practice was discontinued early in the eighteenth century.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th February 1695. I saw the Queen lie in state.
On 24th February 1699 Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor (age 20) and Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick (age 25) were married. He the son of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 44). They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
The 1715 Battle of Preston was the final action of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. It commenced on 9th November 1715 when Jacobite cavalry entered Preston, Lancashire [Map]. Royalist troops arrived in number over the next few days surrounding Preston forcing the Jacocobite surrender. 1463 were taken prisoner of which 463 were English. The Scottish prisoners included:
George Seton 5th Earl of Winton (age 38). The only prisoner to plead not guilty, sentenced to death, escaped from the Tower of London [Map] on 4th August 1716 around nine in the evening. Travelled to France then to Rome.
On 24th February 1716 William Gordon 6th Viscount Kenmure (age 44) was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map].
On 9th February 1716 William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale was sentenced to be executed on 24th February 1716. The night before his wife (age 36) effected his escape from the Tower of London [Map] by exchanging his clothes with those of her maid. They travelled to Paris then to Rome where the court of James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 27) was.
James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 26) was imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map]. He was examined by the Privy Council on 10th January 1716 and impeached on 19th January 1716. He pleaded guilty in the expectation of clemency. He was attainted and condemned to death. Attempts were made to procure his pardon. His wife Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 24), her sister Mary Webb (age 21) [Note. Assumed to be her sister Mary], their aunt Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 45), Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland appealed to King George I (age 55) in person without success.
On 24th February 1716 James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map]. Earl Derwentwater, Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland forfeit.
William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne was tried on 9th February 1716 for treason, found guilty, attainted, and condemned to death. He survived long enough to benefit from the Indemnity Act of 1717.
General Thomas Forster of Adderstone (age 31) was attainted. He was imprisoned at Newgate Prison, London [Map] but escaped to France.
On 14th May 1716 Henry Oxburgh was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Gile's in the Fields. His head was spiked on Temple Bar.
The trials and sentences were overseen by the Lord High Steward William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 50) for which he subsequently received his Earldom.
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On 24th February 1732 Francis Charteris de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss (age 8) changed his name from Wemyss to Weymss-Charteris on the inheritance of the estates of his maternal grandfather Colonel Francis Charteris (age 56).
On 24th February 1752 Captain Thomas Grey (age 23) was killed in a duel with George Fermor (age 30) at Marylebone Fields. George Fermor was found guilty of manslaughter; he appears to have been sentenced to be burnt in the hand. He succeeded to his father's title the following year. See Letters of Horace Walpole.
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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.
After 24th February 1762. Memorial to Reverend Thomas Colley at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard.
On 24th February 1774 Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge was born to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 35) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 29).
On 24th February 1777 Joseph I King Portugal (age 62) died.
24th February 1821 John Keats (deceased) was buried at the Cimitero Acattolico, Rome. His last request was to be placed under a tombstone bearing no name or date, only the words, "Here lies One whose Name was writ in Water." His gravestone is inscribed with "This Grave contains all that was Mortal, of a YOUNG ENGLISH POET, Who, on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his Heart, at the Malicious Power of his Enemies, Desired these Words to be engraven on his Tomb Stone Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water Feb 24th 1821.
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On 4th July 1829 Thomas Capron (age 81) died. On 24th February 1832 Elizabeth Lucas (age 77) died. Memorial in Church of St Rumbold, Stoke Doyle [Map] sculpted by Henry Hopper (age 62).
Thomas Capron: he and Elizabeth Lucas were married. Around 1748 he was born.
Elizabeth Lucas: Around 1752 she was born to John Lucas of Nortoft Manor.
Greville Memoirs. 24th February 1832. In the evening went to Lord Holland's, when he and she asked me about the letter. Somebody had given abstracts of it, with the object of proving to Lord Grey that Harrowby had been uncandid, or something like it, and had held out to the Tories that if they would adopt his line they would turn out the Government. Holland and the rest fancied the letter had been written since the interview, but I told them it was three weeks before, and I endeavoured to explain that the abstracts must be taken in connection not only with the rest of the text, but with the argument. Holland said Lord Grey meant to ask Harrowby for the letter. From thence I went to Harrowby, and told him this. He said he would not show it, that Grey had no right to ask for a private letter written by him weeks before to one of his friends, and it was beneath him to answer for and explain anything he had thought fit to say. But he has done what will probably answer as well, for he has given Ebrington (age 78) a copy of it for the express purpose of going to Lord Grey and explaining anything that appears ambiguous to him. As the business develops itself, and the time approaches, communication becomes more open and frequent; the Tories talk with great confidence of their majority, and the ultra-Whigs are quite ready to believe them; the two extreme ends are furious. Our list up to this day presents a result of forty-three votes to thirty-seven doubtful, out of which it is hard if a majority cannot be got. I have no doubt now that they will take a very early opportunity of making a declaration. Peel, in the other House, is doing what he can to inflame and divide, and repress any spirit of conciliation. Nothing is sure in his policy but that it revolves round himself as the centre, and is influenced by some view which he takes of his own future advantage, probably the rallying of the Conservative party (as they call themselves, though they are throwing away everything into confusion and sinking everything by their obstinacy) and his being at the head of it. He made a most furious and mischievous speech.
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The London Gazette 21971. [24th February 1857]. Scots Fusilier Guards. Brevet Major Robert James Lindsay (age 24). When the formation of the line of the Regiment was disordered at Alma, Captain Lindsay stood firm with the Colours, and by his example and energy, greatly tended to restore order. At Inkerman, at a most trying moment, he, with a few men, charged a party of Russians, driving them back, and running one through the body himself.
On 24th February 1884 William Owen Stanley (age 81) died. Monument in the Stanley Chapel, St Cybi's Church, Holyhead [Map] sculpted by William Hamo Thornycroft (age 33).
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Grave of 72296 Bombardier Ernest Johnson [son of George and Elizabeth Johnson, of Church Broughton], Royal Garrison Artillery, died 24th February 1919, aged 29.
On 24th February 1938 Terence Plunket 6th Baron Plunket (age 38) and Dorothé Mabel Lewis (age 38) died in a plane crash. They were bound for the Hearst ranch at San Simeon, now known as Hearst Castle. In the coastal fog surrounding the airstrip on the ranch, the pilot overshot the field by nearly a mile and a half. One wing struck the ground, causing the plane to burst into flames and crash. James Lawrence was the only survivor, having been thrown clear of the plane. He suffered burns and a broken ankle. Her son Patrick (age 14) succeeded 7th Baron Plunket of Newtown in County Cork.
On 24th February 1975 Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn (age 88) died. She was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn: On 24th February 1887 she was born. On 8th October 1908 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn and she 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 24th February 1980 Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet (age 73) died. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. His son Richard (age 46) succeeded 8th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet: On 31st March 1906 he was born to Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham. On 26th February 1930 Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet and Betty Ann Torrens Lady Wilbraham were married.
Richard Baker Wilbraham 8th Baronet: On 5th February 1934 he was born to Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet. On 26th May 2022 Richard Baker Wilbraham 8th Baronet died. His son Randle succeeded 9th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Births on the 24th February
On 21 or 24th February 1244 Louis Capet was born to King Louis IX of France (age 29) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 23). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24th February 1404 Alice Deincourt 6th Baroness Deincourt, Baroness Lovel and Sudeley was born to John Deincourt 4th Baron Deincourt (age 21) and Joan Grey at Blankney, Lincolnshire.
On 24th February 1413 Louis Savoy I Count Savoy was born to Amadeus Savoy VIII Count Savoy (age 29) and Mary Valois Countess Savoy (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.44%.
On 21st February 1499 Edmund Tudor 1st Duke of Somerset was born to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 33) at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map] being their sixth child. On 24th February 1499 he was christened at the Church of the Observant Friars, Greenwich [Map]. His godparents were Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 55), Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 21) and Bishop Richard Foxe (age 51), then Bishop of Durham. He is believed to have been created 1st Duke Somerset on the same day although there is no documentation.
On 24th February 1500 Charles V Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 21) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 21) at Ghent [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 24th February 1526 Afonso Aviz was born to John III King Portugal (age 23) and Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Portugal (age 19). Their first child, he died on 12th April 1526. Coefficient of inbreeding 11.30%.
On 24th February 1528 Katharina Hohenzollern was born to Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia (age 37) and Dorothea Oldenburg (age 23). She died the same day. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.98%.
On 24th February 1557 Matthias I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
On 24th February 1583 Margarete Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 37) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (age 32).
On 22nd October 1588 Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland (age 35). She was born postumously; her father had died nine months previously on 24th February 1588.
On 24th February 1593 Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford was born to Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and Elizabeth Trentham Maid of Honour Countess of Oxford.
On 24th February 1603 Eleonore Sophie Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 57) and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (age 29).
On 24th February 1660 John Murray 1st Duke Atholl was born to John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl (age 28) and Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl (age 27) at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
On 24th February 1666 Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Hales of Howletts.
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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 24th February 1675 Charles Hesse-Kassel was born to Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 20) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 21). On 7th December 1677 Charles Hesse-Kassel died. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%.
On 24th February 1678 Marie Anne Bourbon Condé Duchess Vendôme was born to Henri Jules Bourbon Condé Prince Condé (age 34) and Anne Henriette Palatinate Simmern (age 29). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 24th February 1683 John Finch 6th Earl Winchilsea was born to Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 55) and Elizabeth Ayres Countess Winchelsea. He was christened on 6th March 1683 at Eastwell, Kent.
On 24th February 1712 Walter Aston 7th Baronet was born to Walter Aston (age 31).
On 24th February 1733 Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney was born to Thomas Townshend (age 31) and Albinia Selwyn at Raynham, Norfolk [Map].
On 24th February 1736 Charles Alexander Hohenzollern Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach was born to Charles William Frederick "The Wild Margrave" Hohenzollern (age 23) and Frederica Louise Hohenzollern (age 21). He a great grandson of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 24th February 1739 Rowland Winn 5th Baronet was born to Rowland Winn 4th Baronet (age 33) and Susanna Henshaw Lady Winn (age 29).
On 24th February 1743 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet was born to William Banks aka Hodgkinson (age 23).
On 24th February 1748 John Hampden-Trevor 3rd Viscount Hampden was born to Robert Hampden-Trevor 1st Viscount Hampden (age 42).
On 24th February 1749 Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore was born to George Bowes (age 47) and Mary Gilbert (age 40) at Upper Brook Street.
On 24th February 1752 Wilhelm Bottner was born.
On 24th February 1755 George Parker 4th Earl Macclesfield was born to Thomas Parker 3rd Earl Macclesfield (age 31) and Mary Heathcote Countess Macclesfield. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 24th February 1756 Thomas Manners-Sutton 1st Baron Manners was born to George Manners-Sutton (age 32) and Diana Chaplin (age 25).
On 24th February 1774 Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge was born to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 35) and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 29).
On 24th February 1775 Edward Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset was born to Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset (age 56) and Anne Maria Bonnell Duchess Somerset.
On 24th February 1788 Frederick Collings Lukis was born to Captain John Lukis (age 35) and Sarah Collings (age 39) at La Grange, St Peter Port.
On 24th February 1790 Henry George Bathurst 4th Earl Bathurst was born to Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst (age 27) and Georgiana Lennox Countess Bathurst (age 24) at Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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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 24th February 1818 William Henry Orde-Powlett 3rd Baron Bolton was born to Thomas Powlett Orde-Powlett (age 31) and Letitia O'Brien.
On 24th February 1821 Robert Needham Cust was born to Henry Cockayne-Cust (age 40) and Anna Maria Needham (age 31).
On 24th February 1825 William Hozier 1st Baron Newlands was born.
On 24th February 1829 Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll was born to Charles Stephen Gore (age 35) and Sarah Rachel Fraser (age 26) in Montreal.
On 24th February 1837 Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale was born to Henry Reveley Mitford (age 33) and Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham (age 31).
On 24th February 1864 Charles Joseph Thaddeus Dormer 14th Baron Dormer was born to James Charlemagne Dormer (age 30).
On 24th February 1866 Cyril Arthur Pearson 1st Baronet was born.
On 24th February 1871 Florence Cecilia Keppel Countess Cork was born to William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle (age 38) and Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle (age 38).
On 24th February 1880 Samuel Hoare 1st Viscount Templewood was born to Samuel Hoare 1st Baronet (age 38) and Katherine Louisa Hart Davis (age 34).
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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 24th February 1885 Arthur Allan Stonhouse 17th and 14th Baronet was born to George Arthur Stonhouse-Vigor (age 37).
On 24th February 1901 Ralph Assheton 1st Baron Clitheroe was born to Ralph Cockayne Assheton 1st Baronet (age 40).
On 24th February 1910 Arthur Grey Hazlerigg 2nd Baron Hazlerigg was born to Arthur Grey Hazlerigg 1st Baron Hazlerigg (age 31) and Dorothy Rachel Buxton Baroness Hazlerigg.
On 24th February 1920 Ann Fortune Smith Duchess Grafton was born to Evan Cadogan Eric Smith (age 26).
On 24th February 1954 Constantine Phipps 5th Marquess of Normanby was born to Oswald Phipps 4th Marquess Normanby (age 41).
On 24th February 1967 William John Harry Esplen was born to John Graham Esplen 3rd Baronet (age 34).
Marriages on the 24th February
On 24 or 25th February 1382 Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart 3rd Earl Buchan (age 39) and Euphemia 6th Countess of Ross were married. He by marriage Earl Ross. She the daughter of William 5th Earl Ross. He the son of King Robert II of Scotland (age 65) and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
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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 24th February 1415 James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (age 17) and Margaret Ros Baroness Audley Heighley were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, Baroness Tuchet. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 24th February 1612 Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 49) and Frances Cotton (age 34) were married at Weekley, Northamptonshire.
On 24th February 1699 Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor (age 20) and Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick (age 25) were married. He the son of Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 44). They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 24th February 1713 James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope (age 40) and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope (age 21) were married.
On 24th February 1728 Edward Dering 5th Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Henshaw Lady Dering were married. She by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.
On 24th February 1767 John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 29) and Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. He the son of Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Jean Nicholson.
On 24th February 1823 Henry Wilson 11th Baron Berners (age 26) and Mary Letitia Crump Baroness Berners (age 22) were married. They were first cousins.
On 24th February 1837 Benjamin Lee Guiness 1st Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Guiness (age 23) were married. They were first cousins.
On 24th February 1842 James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth 1st Baronet (age 37) and Janet Shuttleworth (age 24) were married.
On 24th February 1848 Bishop Edward Bickersteth (age 23) and Rosa Bignold (age 22) were married.
On 24th February 1849 Thomas Bateson 1st Baron Deramore (age 29) and Caroline Rice-Trevor (age 20) were married.
On 24th February 1931 Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle (age 48) and Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle (age 72) and Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle (age 70).
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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 24th February 1970 Timothy Tollemache 5th Baron Tollemache (age 30) and Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell were married.
Deaths on the 24th February
On 24th February 616 King Æthelberht of Kent (age 66) died. His son Eadbald succeeded King of Kent. Emma Austrasia Queen Consort Kent by marriage Queen Consort Kent.
On 24th February 1191 John Montgomery I Count Alençon died at his Château d'Alençon. His son John succeeded II Count Alençon albeit he survived only three months.
On 24th February 1437 John Willoughby 7th Latimer of Corby (age 37) died. His son John (age 16) de jure 8th Baron Latimer of Corby.
On 24th February 1563 Francis II Duke Guise (age 44) died having been wounded six days earlier by the Huguenot assassin Jean de Poltrot de Méré. His son Henry (age 12) succeeded 1st Duke Guise.
On 24th February 1580 Henry Fitzalan 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel (age 67) died. His grandson Philip (age 22) succeeded 13th or 20th Earl Arundel, 10th Baron Maltravers, 10th Baron Arundel. Anne Dacre Countess Arundel (age 22) by marriage Countess Arundel.
On 24th February 1588 John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland (age 37) died. His son Roger (age 11) succeeded 5th Earl of Rutland.
On 24th February 1633 Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory (age 74) died. His grandson James (age 22) succeeded 12th Earl Ormonde, 5th Earl Ossory. Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 17) by marriage Countess Ormonde.
On 24th February 1644 Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland (age 66) died.
On 24th February 1668 Thomas Adams 1st Baronet (age 82) died following a fall when getting out of his coach. His son William (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Adams of London.
On 24th February 1680 Thomas Haselrigge 3rd Baronet (age 55) died. His son Thomas (age 16) succeeded 4th Baronet Haselrigge of Noseley Hall in Leicestershire.
On 24th February 1685 Henry Bedingfield 1st Baronet (age 70) died. His son Henry (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bedingfield of Oxburgh in Norfolk.
On 24th February 1685 Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle (age 56) died. He was buried at York Minster [Map]. His son Edward (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Carlisle. Elizabeth Uvedale Countess Carlisle by marriage Countess Carlisle.
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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 24th February 1688 Richard Astley 1st Baronet (age 63) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Patshull. His son John (age 1) succeeded 2nd Baronet Astley of Patshull.
On 24th February 1711 Fulke Greville 6th Baron Brooke (age 18) died at University College, Oxford University. His brother William (age 16) succeeded 7th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire.
On 24th February 1718 Rachel Hungerford Viscountess Falkland (age 83) died at Bedgebury Manor, Goudhurst.
On 24th February 1721 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 72) died. His son Edmund (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 4th Earl Mulgrave, 6th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
On 24th February 1728 Nathaniel Napier 3rd Baronet (age 60) died at Moor Crichel, Dorset. His son William (age 28) succeeded 4th Baronet Napier of Middle Marsh in Dorset.
On 24th February 1752 Captain Thomas Grey (age 23) was killed in a duel with George Fermor (age 30) at Marylebone Fields. George Fermor was found guilty of manslaughter; he appears to have been sentenced to be burnt in the hand. He succeeded to his father's title the following year. See Letters of Horace Walpole.
On or 24th February 1772 Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot (age 70) died.
On 24th February 1776 Elizabeth Hesketh Countess Derby (age 81) died.
On 24th February 1777 Joseph I King Portugal (age 62) died.
On 24th February 1785 John Dyke Acland 7th Baronet (age 62) died. His grandson John (age 7) succeeded 8th Baronet Acland of Columb John in Devon.
On 24th February 1800 Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick (age 80) died.
On 24th February 1809 Horatio Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 85) died. His son Horatio (age 56) succeeded 2nd Earl Orford, 3rd Baron Walpole of Wollerton.
On 24th February 1811 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan (age 85) died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. His nephew Robert (age 41) succeeded 6th Earl Cardigan, 6th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 2nd Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire. Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 41) by marriage Countess Cardigan.
On 24th February 1812 Admiral Charles Cotton 5th Baronet (age 54) died. His son St Vincent (age 10) succeeded 6th Baronet Cotton of Landwade in Cambridgeshire.
On 24th February 1815 John Thorold 9th Baronet (age 80) died. His son John (age 41) succeeded 10th Baronet Thorold of Marston in Lincolnshire. Mary Kent Lady Thorold by marriage Lady Thorold of Marston in Lincolnshire.
On 24th February 1816 John Lubbock 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His nephew John (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.
On 24th February 1822 Thomas Coutts (age 86) died and left his fortune, including his interest in Coutts Bank, to his wife Harriet Mellon Duchess St Albans (age 44).
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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 4th July 1829 Thomas Capron (age 81) died. On 24th February 1832 Elizabeth Lucas (age 77) died. Memorial in Church of St Rumbold, Stoke Doyle [Map] sculpted by Henry Hopper (age 62).
Thomas Capron: he and Elizabeth Lucas were married. Around 1748 he was born.
Elizabeth Lucas: Around 1752 she was born to John Lucas of Nortoft Manor.
On 24th February 1853 Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford (age 71) died at Nice, France.
On 24th February 1854 Henry Peyton 2nd Baronet (age 74) died. His son Henry (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baronet Peyton of Doddington. Georgina Elizabeth Bethell-Codrington Lady Peyton (age 55) by marriage Lady Peyton of Doddington.
On 24th February 1855 John Morris 2nd Baronet (age 79) died. His son John (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baronet Morris of Clasemont in Glamorganshire.
On 24th February 1873 Frances Wickley Lady Shelley (age 76) died.
On 24th February 1878 William Lennox Bathurst 5th Earl Bathurst (age 87) died unmarried. His nephew Allen (age 45) succeeded 6th Earl Bathurst of Bathurst in Sussex, 6th Baron Bathurst.
On 24th February 1884 William Owen Stanley (age 81) died. Monument in the Stanley Chapel, St Cybi's Church, Holyhead [Map] sculpted by William Hamo Thornycroft (age 33).
On 24th February 1906 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 84) died. His son Edward (age 54) succeeded 8th Earl Bessborough, 9th Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 9th Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny. Blanche Vere Guest Countess Bessborough (age 59) by marriage Countess Bessborough.
On 24th February 1909 Florence Sarah Wilhelmine Sheridan Baroness Poltimore died.
On 24th February 1911 Jules Joseph Lefebvre (age 74) died.
On 24th February 1922 Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 59) died. His son William (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
On 24th February 1936 Anthony Francis Vincent 14th Baronet (age 41) died. His great uncle Frederick (age 84) succeeded 15th Baronet Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon which title he held for one week before he died.
On 24th February 1938 Terence Plunket 6th Baron Plunket (age 38) and Dorothé Mabel Lewis (age 38) died in a plane crash. They were bound for the Hearst ranch at San Simeon, now known as Hearst Castle. In the coastal fog surrounding the airstrip on the ranch, the pilot overshot the field by nearly a mile and a half. One wing struck the ground, causing the plane to burst into flames and crash. James Lawrence was the only survivor, having been thrown clear of the plane. He suffered burns and a broken ankle. Her son Patrick (age 14) succeeded 7th Baron Plunket of Newtown in County Cork.
On 24th February 1952 Alianore Chandos-Pole Lady Lethbridge (age 83) died.
On 24th February 1961 Lorna Catherine Curzon Countess Howe died.
On 24th February 1964 Arthur Russell 6th Baronet (age 85) died. His son George (age 55) succeeded 7th Baronet Russell of Swallowfield in Berkshire.
On 24th February 1980 Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet (age 73) died. Memorial at All Saints Church, Old Rode. His son Richard (age 46) succeeded 8th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet: On 31st March 1906 he was born to Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham. On 26th February 1930 Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet and Betty Ann Torrens Lady Wilbraham were married.
Richard Baker Wilbraham 8th Baronet: On 5th February 1934 he was born to Randle John Baker Wilbraham 7th Baronet. On 26th May 2022 Richard Baker Wilbraham 8th Baronet died. His son Randle succeeded 9th Baronet Wilbraham of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
On 24th February 1996 Diana Mary Fynola Egerton Lady Fletcher (age 85) died.
On 24th February 2008 Davina Darcy 18th Baroness Darcy of Knayth (age 69) died. Her son Casper (age 46) succeeded 19th Baron Darcy of Knayth.
