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Events on the 26th August
On 26th August 1278 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 45) died. His son Wenceslaus (age 6) succeeded II King Bohemia.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England (age 33) defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" (age 16), Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 33), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 36) and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 30).
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield (age 36), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 38), Bernard Brocas (age 16), Thomas Felton (age 16), James Audley (age 28), Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 59), Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh (age 18), Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 51), John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 66), Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 37), Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 19), William Scrope (age 21), Stephen Scrope (age 21), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 16), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28), Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 42), Nicholas Longford (age 61), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh (age 27), Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 28), Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk (age 48), John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 34), Thomas West (age 34), John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby (age 43), John Wingfield (age 26), Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy (age 25), Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 43) (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux (age 37), John Devereux (age 44), Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos (age 26), Richard Pembridge (age 26) and John Sully (age 63).
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 52) was wounded. William de Coucy (age 60) and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy (age 33) and were killed.
Charles Valois Count Alençon (age 49) was killed. His son Charles (age 9) succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders (age 42) was killed. His son Louis (age 15) succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia (age 50) was killed. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded IV King Bohemia.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 26) was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt (age 39) was killed.
Chronicle of the Monastery of Melsa. 26th August 1346. Where King Edward, having left his horses and wagons behind to prevent his men from fleeing more freely, divided his army into three battalions and chose a field between the town and the forest of Crécy. In these three battalions, there were estimated to be a total of 8,000 men at arms, with archers placed strategically on either side. And when Edward was thus positioned with his men on that Saturday, the 26th day of August, behold, Philip appeared with 30,000 armed men and innumerable commoners, arranged in order. There, they fought continuously from the hour of vespers until night. The French, forming one large battalion from their three divisions, fiercely attacked the first battalion of the English, in which was Edward, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King Edward. And immediately, a great multitude of crows and ravens appeared flying and croaking around the French, and a terrifying thunderstorm followed, with thunder roaring twice and rain falling, which brought down the dust that had been lifted into the air. It had not rained on that land since the day King Edward entered the kingdom of France, for 6 weeks and 8 days.
Ubi rex Edwardus, equis suis et cariagiis post tergum dimissis, ne sui liberius ad fugam convolarent, exercituque suo in tres acies diviso, inter villam et forestam de Cressy campum preelegit. In istis siquidem tribus aciebus 8,000 hominum ad arma fuerunt totaliter eestimati, aliis hinc inde dispositis de sagittariis constitutis. Et ipso Edwardo sic cum suis ibidem constituto, sabbato 26 die Augusti, ecce Philippus cum 30,000 armatorum et communitatibus innumerabilibus, ordine disposito, apparebat. Ibique ab hora vesperarum usque ad noctem continue decertarunt. Franci autem de tribus ocuneis unam aciem maximam componebant, et Anglorum primam aciem, in quo erat Edwardus Princeps Wallis, regis Edwardus primogenitus, acrius invadebant. Et statim videbatur maxima multitudo corvorum et cornicum circumquaque volantium et orocitantium super Francos; et tonitruum terribilem bis tonantem pluvia, que pulverem per aiera levatum dejecit, sequebatur. Nec pluerat super terram illam a die quo rex Edwardus regnum Francie ingressus est, per 6 videlicet septimanas et 8 dies.
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Chronicle of Robert de Avesbury. 26th August 1346. And on the Saturday, in the morning, he moved towards Crécy ; and the scouts of our lord the king spied out the king of France, who was coming against us in four great battles, and they perceived there their enemy. And, by the will of God, a little before the hour of vespers his power gathered against ours in open field ; and the battle was very stubborn, and endured a long while, for the enemy bore themselves right nobly. But, praised be God, there were our enemies discomfited, the king our adversary took to flight ; and there were slain the king of Bohemia, the duke of Lorraine, the count of Alengon, the count of Flanders, the count of Blois, the count of Harcourt and his two sons, the count of Aumarle, the count of Nauvers and his brother the lord of Trouard, the archbishop of Nimes, the archbishop of Sens, the grand prior of the Hospital of France, the count of Savoy, the lord of Moreuil, the lord of Guyes, the lord of Saint Venant, the lord of Rosenberg, six counts of Germany, and great numbers of other counts and barons and other men and lords whose names cannot yet be known. And Philip of Valois and the marquis who is called the elect of the Romans escaped wounded, as they say. The full number of the good men of arms which were slain in the field on that day, without reckoning the commons and foot soldiers, amounteth to fifteen hundred and forty and two, all told. And the same night the king of England with all his host abode in arms on the field where was the discomfiture.
Et ln Samady a matin se remus devers Cressy, et lez descoverers nostre seignur le roi discovererent le roy de Fraunce, qe vint devers nous en iiIJ grosses batailles, et entenderont illesqes lor enemys. Et, a la volente de Dieu, un poy avaunt le heure de vespre sa poair assembla a nostre en plain champ; et le bataille estoit tres fort et endura longement, car lez enemys se porterount mult noblement. Mais, loiez soit Dieux, illesqes farent noz enemys descomfitz, le roy nostre adversarie se mist a fayte; et fusrent mortz le roy de Bealme, le duc de Loreigne, le counte Dalesoun, le counte de Flaundrez, le counte de Bloys, le counte de Harecourt et sez IJ filtz, le counte Damarle, le counte de Nauvers et son frere le seignur de Trouard, lercevesqe de Niemes, lercevesqe de Saunz, le haut priour de lospitel de Fraunce, le counte de Savoie, le seignur de Morles, le seignur de Guyes, le sire de Seint Vinaunt, le seignur de Rosingbergh, vj. countes Dalmaigne, et tut plein dez autres countes et barons et anltres gentz et seignurs dount homme ne peot unquore savoir lez nouns. Et Phelip de Valoise et le markys qest appelle le elitz du Romeyns eschaperent naufrez, a ceo qe homme dist. La summe dez bones gentz darmes qe fusrent mortz en la champ a ceste jour, saunz comunes et pedailles, amounte a mil DXLIJ acountez. Et mesme la nuyt, le roy Dengleterre od tout son host demurra en la champ armez, od la disconfiture fuist.
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Roxburghe Club 1842. Saturday, the 26th of August [1346], when we reached Crécy, our enemy appeared very near us around the third hour, with a great number of men—more than 12,000 men-at-arms, including 8,000 knights and squires of noble birth. We formed our battle lines and waited on foot until just before vespers, when the armies engaged on open ground. The battle was fierce and long, lasting from just before vespers until nightfall. The enemy fought nobly and reformed many times. But—thanks be to God—they were defeated, and our adversary fled. Among the dead were: the King of Bohemia, the King of Majorca, the Duke of Lorraine, the Archbishop of Rouen, the Bishop of Noyon, the High Prior of the Hospital in France, the Abbot of Corbeil, the Count of Alençon, the Count of Flanders, the Count of Blois, the Count of Harcourt and his son, the Count of Sancerre, the Count of Montbéliard, the Count of Grandpré, the Viscount of Melun, the Viscount of Coucy, the Lord of Risenberg, the Lord of Morel, the Lord of Cayeux, the Lord of Savenay, and many other counts, barons, and great lords, too numerous to name. More than 1,500 knights and squires were killed in the initial clash alone, not to mention others killed throughout the field. After the battle, we remained there all night rejoicing, without food or drink. The next morning, the pursuit continued, during which around 4,000 more enemy troops were killed—including knights, nobles, and other men-at-arms. Our said adversary, after his defeat, withdrew to Amiens, where he had many of his own generals killed, saying they had betrayed him. It is said he is now gathering a new army to engage us again, but we firmly trust in God's grace, which has helped us thus far. We have now moved toward the sea to be refreshed with reinforcements from England, including men-at-arms, artillery, and other necessary things. For this campaign we have waged has been long and constant, yet we do not intend to depart from the kingdom of France until we have, with God's help, brought this war to a conclusion. Given under our privy seal before Calais, the 3rd day of September [1346], in the 20th year of our reign in England.
Edward par la grace de Dieu roy Dangleterre et de France et Sieur Dirland a son chier et feal chevalier Thomas Lucy, salus. Pour ceo qe nous savoms bien qe vous orret; volunters bones novelles de nous, nous fesóns savoir qe nous arrivams a la Hoge pres Harflus le dosisme jour de Juyll' darreyn passe avec touts nos gents seyns et saufs, loue en soit Dieux: et illeoqes demurasmes sur le deskippere de nos gents et chivaulx, et le vitailler de nos gents tantqe le Marsdi procheyn ensuant en quel iour nous movasmes avec notre host devers Valonges, et preims le chastel et la ville; et puys sur notre chymyn fesoms faire le pount de Ove qestoit debrise per nos enemys; et le passams, et preyms le Chastell et la ville de Carentyne. Et de illeokes nous tenismes le droit chemyn devers la vile de Saint Leo et trovasmes le pount Herbert prez cele ville rumpu pour avoir desturbe notre passage; et nous le feismes maintenaunt refaire: et lendemayn preismes la ville; et nous adresceasmes droitment a Caen, sans nulle iour soiourner del houre qe nous departismes del Hoge tantqe a notre venu illeoqes et mayntenaunt sur nostre herbergere a Caen nos gents comencerent de doner assault a la ville qestoit mout afforce et estuffe des gents darmes environ Mill ' et sis cents, et comunes armes et defensables et aisme trent Mill, qe se defenderent moult bien et apertement si qe le melle fust trefort et longe durant, mes loue soit Dieux la ville estoit prigns par force au derreine, sauns perdre de nous gent; et y furent pris le count de Ewe conestable de Fraunce; le chamberleyne Tankervill ', qestoit a la iourne escries Mareschal ' de Fraunce, et des aultres banerettes et chivalers environ cent et qaraunt et des esquiers et riches Burgesses grant foison: et sont morts tou pleyn de nobles chivalers et gentils hommes, et dez communes grant noumbre. Et notre navie qest demurre devers nous a ars et destruit tout la cost de la mere de Harflue iousquez a la fosse de Coluille prez Caen; et si ount y ars la ville de Shirburgh et lez niefs en la haven et sount ars dez grant neefs et aultres veasseals des enemys, qe par nous qe par nous gens C. ou plus. Et puis demorasmes quatre jours a Caen pour vitailler et frecssher notre hoste, et de illocques, pur ce que nous esteims certifies que notre adversaire fust venu a Roen, nous prims notre chemin droitement devers lui, et maintenant quaunt il savoit il fist rumper le pount de Roen que nous ney poyms passer, et en le mesme temps nous encounterent deux cardinalx a la cite de Lyseux et safforcerount de nous tenir per coleur de traitie pour nous desturber de notre voiage; mes nous les rendismes briefment qe nous ne levroms nulle journe pour tiel cause, mez quel hour qe raison nos serroit offert nous ferroms response covenable, et, quant nos estoms enformes qe le dit pount de Roen fust rumpu, nous nous logams sur la river, devers Pariz de Sayn bien prez le dicte ville, et ainsi tenismes notre chemyn auant sur la dicte riuer et trovams tous les pounts rumpuz ou afforces et defendus, sy qe en nulle maner ne povams passer devers notre dit adversaire; ne ile que nous costea de jour en aultre de lautre parte de leau ne vouloit au nous approchier, dount ile nous peisa moulte; et quaunt nos venismes a Poscy pre; de Parys nous trovams le pount rumpue, et a doncqe notre dicte adversaire estoiet plante; ou tout son host et pouaire en la cite de Paris et sy fist baser le pount de saint Olo, qe nous ne pouems passer a Paris de celui part de leawe ou nous estoims: pour quoy nous demouraims a Posey trei; jours, taunt pour attendre notre dit adversaire en caas quil vouloit a nous doner bataille, come pour refraire le dicte pount: et endeintres que le dit pount fust en reparilant, veint ung graunt povair des ennemies de lautre part leawe pour disturber le reparailler dudicte pount, mes devant qe le dicte pount fuist refait achuns dez nos gents y passerent au paser ung plaunke et les disconfirent et occirent graunt nombre. Et, quaunt nous veismes qe notre ennemiz ne vouloit venir pour doner bataille, sy fismes arder et gaster le paiz environ. Et chan jour nous gent; affair avec les ennemis et tout fois aiant le victoire, louez ensoit Dieu, et passams le pount avec notre hoste, et pour plus attraire notre ennemie a la bataille nous nous traiams devers Picardie, ou nos gent; aiant plusers belles journes sour nous ennemis, et quaunt nous venismes a la River de Some nous ytrovasmes les pount; rumpu; per quoi nous nous traiams devers Sayn Walleri pour passer a ung gene, ou la mere foule et refoule; et a notre venu illoqes graunt nombre de; gent; desarmes et des communes nous vindrent a lencontre pour nous defendre le passage, mes nous preignons maintenant le passage sur eux a force et parmi la grace de Dieu si passerent bien mille persons a frount ou avant cez houres a payn souloient passer trois au quatre, sy que nous et tout nre host passavems savement et en ung hour de jour et nous ennemis yfurent discomfi; et plusiers pris, et sy avoit il graunt nombre des ennemiz occis a la journe saun; perdre de nous gents; et mesme le jour bien tost aprez ce que nous estoms passer le eawe se monstra del autre part leau notre dicte adversaire ou graunt povair des gents si soudainement, qe nous nescoms de rien garnes pour quoy nous ydemouraims et preins notre place et attendans tout le jour et lendemain tantqe al hour de vespre, et au darain quant nous voiams qil ne vouloit illoques passer mes se tourna devers Abbevill, nous nous traams devers Crescy pour lui en contrer de lautre parte de la fforest, et le Samady le xxvj. jour Daugust a notre venu a Cresci notre ennemi se monstra bien pres de nous a hour de tirce ou grant nombre de gents, car il avoit plus de xij mille des hommes darmes, desquelx viij mille furent de gentil gent; chevaliers et eschuiers; et maintenaunt nous arraimez nos batailles et ensi attendimes au pee tantque un pou devant hour de vespere, a quel hour lez batailles se assemblerent en plain champ: et estoient le bataillez trop fort et longement duraunt quar il deurra de deuant hour de vespre tantqe a soire, et les ennemis se porterount moult noblement, et moult sovent se relierent, ayez loiez en soit dieux ils furent discomfis et notre adversaire se mist au fuite et yfurent morts le roy de Beame, Le roy de Maylocre, Le duc de Lorraigne, Larchevesqe de Jaunx, l'Evesqe de Noron, Le hault Priour del Hospital de ffraunce, l'Abbe de Corbell, le counte de Alounzone, le counte de Flaundres, le counte de Bloys, le counte de Harcourt et son ffits, le counte de Saumes, le counte Danser, le count de Mutbiliart, le count de Grauntpree, le viscount de Meloigne, le viscount de Coarci, le sieur de Risenbergh, le sieur de Morel, le sieur de Kayen, le sieur de Savenant, et tut playn des aultres Comites et Barons et aultrez graunt sieurs, dont homme ne puest savoir les nomes encore; et morerent en ung petit place ou la primer assemble estoiet plus de mille et v. chivalers et esquiers estre tout plaine des aultres si que mourrerent apres de tout pars du champ. Et apres la discomfiture nous y demourrames tout le nut joien saunz boire et mangier, et le demain matin fust le chace fait, en quel furent occiz bien iiij. mille qe de gent; darmes qe de genereiz et aultres gents darmes. Et notre dit adversaire apres la discomfiture se trait devers Amyas ou il fait tuer grant nombre de ses genenors, et dit quilz lui traierent a sa besoigne. Et homme dit quil a fait assembler son povair de nouel pour nous doner autrefois bataille, et si fioms bien en dieu q'il continuera deuers nos sa grace en maner comme il a fait tantqe enca. Et si soums ore trait devers la mere pour estre refresshe hors Dangleterre, si bien des gent; darmes comme d'artillery et aultres choses besoignables, car le journee qe nos avons faite a este bien loigne et continuel; mez toutefois nous ne pensoms a departier du royaume de ffraunce tantqe eyoms fait fyne de notre gerr en laide de Dieu. Dom sobs nre prive seel devant Calais, le iij Jour, de Sept. lan de nre reigned Dangletiere vintisme & c.
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Chronicle of Henry Knighton. [26th August 1346] And then, because Philip of Valois was moving from that place with his army, King Edward with his people withdrew into the forest of Cressy. Around the ninth hour, new rumours came to King Edward that King Philip was ready and arrayed in three distinct battle lines. King Edward, made joyful by this, prepared his people. And he came to the bridge of Cressy, and around the hour of vespers, and a little before, Edward watched the enemies approach. The English had remained fasting due to the long delay in waiting for the French, so that they could always be ready at their arrival. Immediately the trumpets and horns sounded, and there was an accompanying downpour of rain, with great thundering horror, and soon that remarkable storm ceased.
Bellum de Cressy. Et tunc quia Philippus Valoys se mouebat de illo loco cum exercitu, rex Edwardus cum populo suo recepit se in forestam de Cressy. Et circa horam nonam uenerunt noui rumores ad regem Edwardum, quod rex Philippus paratus erat et arraiatus in .iij. distentibus aciebus. Rex Edwardus, ex hoc letus effectus, parauit populum suum. Et uenit ad pontem de Cressy, et circa horam uesperarum et parum ante, prospexit Edwardus inimicos appropinquare. Anglici ieiuni adhuc erant pre longa mora Francos expectando, ut semper possent esse parati in eorum aduentu. Statimque clanxerunt clarriones et tube, inundacioque pluuiarum comitabatur, tonutruique magni horribilitas, et in breui cessauit illa mirabilis tempestas.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. 26th August 1346. And the said battle was committed near Crecy on the Saturday after the feast of Saint Bartholomew, which was the twenty-sixth day of August, as is evident from other letters sent previously and some other, albeit not contradictory, contents.
Et fuit commissum dictum bellum prope Cressy die Sabbati post festum sancti Bartholomæi, que fuit vicesima, sexta mensis Augusti, sicut patet per alias literas præmissa et quædam alia, non tamen contraria, continentes.
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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.
Life of the Black Prince by Chandos Herald. 26th August 1346
| A quoy faire vous conteroye | Why should I recount and prolong |
| Le matere et alongeroye? | The matter? |
| Celuy jour y ot il bataille | That day there was a battle |
| Si orible, que, tout sanz faille, | So horrible, that, without fail, |
| Onques ne fu corps si hardis | There was never a body so brave |
| Que n'en pooit estre esbahis. | That could not be astonished. |
| Qui veist venir le puissance | Whoever saw the power |
| Et le pooir du Roi de ffrance, | And the might of the King of France, |
| Grant mervaille seroit a dire! | It would be a great marvel to tell! |
| Espris de mautalent et d'ire | Driven by malice and wrath |
| Se vont ensamble entr'encontrer, | They went together to meet, |
| En faisant d'armes le mester, | In making their craft of arms, |
| Si tres chevalerousement | So very chivalrously |
| Que onques puis 'avenement | That ever since the advent |
| Ne vit on bataille plus fiere. | No fiercer battle was ever seen. |
| La veoit on maynte baniere, | There one could see many banners, |
| Pointe de fin or et de soye, | Pointed with fine gold and silk, |
| Et la, se li vrais Dieux m'avoye, | And there, if the true God aids me, |
| Englois estoient tout a pie, | The English were all on foot, |
| Com cil qui feurent afaitie | As those who were accustomed |
| De combatre et entalente. | To fight and eager. |
| La fu li Princes de bonte, | There was the Prince of goodness, |
| Qui I'avantgarde conduisoit, | Who led the vanguard, |
| Si vaillantment se governoit | So valiantly he conducted himself |
| Que merveille fu a veir; | That it was a marvel to see; |
| A paines lessoit envair | He scarcely let |
| Nuli, tant fust hardyz ne forz. | Anyone, however brave or strong, invade. |
| Que vous feroie lons recorz? | What long record should I make? |
| Tant combatirent celui jour | They fought so much that day |
| Qu'Englois en avoyent le meillour. | That the English had the better of it. |
| Et la fu morz li nobles Roys | And there died the noble King |
| De Behaigne qui fu courtoys, | Of Bohemia who was courteous, |
| Et li bons ducs de Loerayne | And the good Duke of Lorraine |
| Qui moult fu noble capitayne, | Who was a very noble captain, |
| Et de fflandres li nobles conte | And the noble Count of Flanders |
| Dont on fesoit un grant aconte, | Of whom a great account was made, |
| Et li bons conte d'Alencion | And the good Count of Alençon |
| Qui fu frere au Roy Philippon, | Who was brother to King Philip, |
| Cils de Joii + de Harcourt. | Those of Joinville + of Harcourt. |
| Que vous diroye a brief mot court? | What can I tell you in brief words? |
| Uns roys, uns ducs et sept contes | A king, a duke, and seven counts |
| Et, ensi com dit li acontes, | And, as the account says, |
| Plus que LX baneres | More than sixty banners |
| ffurent illoecques mort, tout fres, | Were there killed, all fresh, |
| Et trois roi qui s'en departirent; | And three kings who departed from there; |
| Et plusours autre s'en fuirent, | And many others fled, |
| Dont je ne say mie le nombre, | Of whom I do not know the number, |
| Ne n'est pas droiz que je le nombre; | Nor is it right that I count them; |
| Mais je sai bien que celi jour | But I know well that that day |
| Li nobles Princes de valour | The noble Prince of valor |
| Del bataille avoit 'avantgarde | Had the vanguard of the battle |
| Si com on doit bien prendre garde, | As one must take note, |
| Car par lui et par ses vertus | For by him and by his virtues |
| ffu li champs gaigniez et vaincus. | Was the field won and conquered. |
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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. [26th August 1349] Likewise, Master Thomas Bradwardine (age 49), Archbishop of Canterbury, died before being enthroned, and Master Simon of Islip was elected as his successor.
Item, magister Thomas Bradewardyn, archiepiscopus Cantuariensis nondum intronizatus, obiit, et magister Symon de Islep in eius succes sorem fuerat electus.
On 26th August 1349 Archbishop Thomas Bradwardine (age 49) died of plague.
On 26th August 1377 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 37) renounced his title Earl Bedford following the accession of King Richard II of England (age 10).
On 26th August 1469 Ferdinand II King Naples was born to Alfonso II King Naples (age 20) and Ippolita Maria Sforza (age 23).
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 26th August 1537. This yeare, on Soundaie the 26th daie of August, the Lord Crumwell (age 52) was made Knight of the Garter and stlled at Wyndsore.
On 26th August 1540 Magnus Oldenburg was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 37) and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 29)..
Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th August 1552. The xxvjth day of August ded ser Clementt Smyth (age 45) knyght, and unkull unto owre soverayn lord and kyng Edward the vjth, the wyche ser Clement mared qwyne Jane('s) syster (age 36); and he ded in Essex, at a plasse callyd Badow.
Note. Death of sir Clement Smith. Sir Clement married Dorothy Seymour, sister of queen Jane, and of Edward duke of Somerset. King Edward, in his Diary, under the 24th March 1550–1, records his being "chidden" for having a year before heard mass.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th August 1555. The xxvj day of August cam from Westmynster, rydyng thrugh London unto Towrs-warff, the Kyng (age 28) and the Quen (age 39), and ther thay toke ther barge unto Grenwyche [Map], and landyd at the long bryge, and reseyvyd by my lord chanseler (age 72), and my lord of Ely (age 49), and my lord vycont Montyguw (age 26), master comtroller, master Sowthwell (age 52), and dyvers mo, and the gard, and dyvers holdyn torchys bornynge, and up to the Frers, and ther thare graces mad ther praers, and at her grace('s) landyng received ix or x suplycasyon(s), and so bake agayn to the court with a c. torchys bornyng.
26th August 1555. George Tankerfield was burned at the stake. See Foxe's Book of Martyrs Volume 11 306 George Tankerfield.
On 1st August 1584 Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland was born to Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 17) and Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton. He was baptised at St Dunstan's Church, Hunsdon on the 26th August 1584 with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 50) as his Godmother.
On 26th August 1596 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20).
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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.
Letters of the Court of James I 1613. 26th August 1613. London. Reverend Thomas Lorkin to Thomas Puckering 1st Baronet (age 21).
Queen Margaret (age 60)1, I hear, is very sick, they say, out of conceit; for that it hath been told her, that the almanac doth foretel that this month one of the greatest women of Christendom shall die. The world would laugh, if so great a woman as she is (saith mine author) should have so little wit, as to be put to death by an almanac. The Prince of Conde (age 24), having overheated his body lately in hunting of the stag, fell into a burning ague, and was in some danger for four or five days; but now the violence of the disease being spent, there is a good hope conceived of his recovery.
The Duke d'Espernon (age 59), pretending to live in great fear of his life by reason of the mortal hatred, which divers of his enemies bear him, hath obtained of the queen, for better security, a guard of twenty men taken out of the regiment des gardes who accompany him up and down, wherever he goes; which is offensive to many, who think it strange that the public guard should be employed in the maintaining of his particular factions.
One Recion, a printer of the Religion, having long since reprinted the book of "Novus Homo," (which was published here in England before against the present Pope) was condemned by the Judge of the Chatelet to make an amende honorable before the court, and another before the Nuncio; the further sentence was, that the book should be burned at the Nuncio's gates; and the printer himself banished for ever out of Paris. From which sentence he appealing to the Court of Parliament, they have remitted all his other punishments, save banishment, and that they have restrained only to two years.
Those of the Religion having begun to build a college at Charenton, for the instruction of their youth, the lieutenant-civil adjourned the deputies-general to appear before him, to answer the matter; but they sent him word they were responsible to none but the chancellor, and do not let to go forward with the building; being confident they are sufficiently warranted thereunto by the grants and license of the last king. Richeome, the Jesuit, hath newly set forth at Bordeaux an answer of "Anti-Coton" and La Martaliere's Plea against the Jesuits, and I understand that Suarez2, the Jesuit, hath newly set forth a great book in quarto at Coimbra, in answer to his majesty's apology. The quarrel between the King of Denmark and the States' is now at length happily compounded. My Lord Harrington (deceased) and his lady (age 59) are, by this, I suppose, arrived in England, having left the Palatine's court above a fortnight since. Sir John is gone to meet them at Calais; otherwise, I suppose, your letter should ere now have received answer. Some time next week, if not the latter end of this, his majesty is expected here in London.
Note 1. The first wife of Henry IV of France, from whom she was divorced. She died 27th March, 1615.
Note 2. Francis Saurez, a Spanish theologian, who attacked James in a work written in defence of Catholicism, to which the king thought proper to reply by the hands of the hangman; a functionary who seems to have been much troabled at this period with the writings of zealoas controversialists. Saarez pablished twenty-three folio volumes, and died at Lisbon in 1613.
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Diary of Anne Clifford. 26th August 1616. Upon the 26th came my Coz. Clifford to Appleby but with a far less train than my Lord (age 27).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th August 1661. At night at home I found a letter from my Lord Sandwich (age 36), who is now very well again of his feaver, but not yet gone from Alicante, where he lay sick, and was twice let blood. This letter dated the 22nd July last, which puts me out of doubt of his being ill. In my coming home I called in at the Crane tavern at the Stocks by appointment, and there met and took leave of Mr. Fanshaw, who goes to-morrow and Captain Isham (age 33) toward their voyage to Portugal. Here we drank a great deal of wine, I too much and Mr. Fanshaw till he could hardly go. So we took leave one of another.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th August 1664. Thence to the Dockyarde, and there saw the new ship in very great forwardness, and so by water to Deptford, Kent [Map] a little, and so home and shifting myself, to the 'Change [Map], and there did business, and thence down by water to White Hall, by the way, at the Three Cranes, putting into an alehouse and eat a bit of bread and cheese. There I could not get into the Parke, and so was fain to stay in the gallery over the gate to look to the passage into the Parke, into which the King (age 34) hath forbid of late anybody's coming, to watch his coming that had appointed me to come, which he did by and by with his lady and went to Guardener's Lane, and there instead of meeting with one that was handsome and could play well, as they told me, she is the ugliest beast and plays so basely as I never heard anybody, so that I should loathe her being in my house. However, she took us by and by and showed us indeed some pictures at one Hiseman's (age 31), a picture drawer, a Dutchman, which is said to exceed Lilly (age 45), and indeed there is both of the Queenes (age 54) and Mayds of Honour (particularly Mrs. Stewart's (age 17) in a buff doublet like a soldier) as good pictures, I think, as ever I saw. The Queene is drawn in one like a shepherdess, in the other like St. Katharin, most like and most admirably. I was mightily pleased with this sight indeed, and so back again to their lodgings, where I left them, but before I went this mare that carried me, whose name I know not but that they call him Sir John, a pitiful fellow, whose face I have long known but upon what score I know not, but he could have the confidence to ask me to lay down money for him to renew the lease of his house, which I did give eare to there because I was there receiving a civility from him, but shall not part with my money.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th August 1666. Thence to discourse of the times; and he tells me he believes both my Lord Arlington (age 48) and Sir W. Coventry (age 38), as well as my Lord Sandwich (age 41) and Sir G. Carteret (age 56), have reason to fear, and are afeard of this Parliament now coming on. He tells me that Bristoll's (age 53) faction is getting ground apace against my Chancellor (age 57). He told me that my old Lord Coventry was a cunning, crafty man, and did make as many bad decrees in Chancery as any man; and that in one case, that occasioned many years' dispute, at last when the King (age 36) come in, it was hoped by the party grieved, to get my Chancellor to reverse a decree of his. Sir W. Coventry took the opportunity of the business between the Duke of Yorke (age 32) and the Duchesse (age 29), and said to my Chancellor, that he had rather be drawn up Holborne to be hanged, than live to see his father pissed upon (in these very terms) and any decree of his reversed. And so the Chancellor did not think fit to do it, but it still stands, to the undoing of one Norton, a printer, about his right to the printing of the Bible, and Grammar, &c.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th August 1666. The contagion still continuing, we had the Church service at home.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th August 1666. But, however, I was in pain, after we come out, to know how I had done; and hear well enough. But, however, it shall be a caution to me to prepare myself against a day of inquisition. Being come out, I met with Mr. Moore, and he and I an houre together in the Gallery, telling me how far they are gone in getting my Lord [Sandwich's] pardon, so as the Chancellor (age 57) is prepared in it; and Sir H. Bennet (age 48) do promote it, and the warrant for the King's signing is drawn. The business between my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 18) and Mrs. Mallett (age 15) is quite broke off; he attending her at Tunbridge [Map], and she declaring her affections to be settled; and he not being fully pleased with the vanity and liberty of her carriage. He told me how my Lord has drawn a bill of exchange from Spayne of £1200, and would have me supply him with £500 of it, but I avoyded it, being not willing to embarke myself in money there, where I see things going to ruine.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th August 1666. After dinner we parted, and I to my office, whither I sent for Mr. Lewes and instructed myself fully in the business of the Victualling, to enable me to answer in the matter; and then Sir W. Pen (age 45) and I by coach to White Hall, and there staid till the King (age 36) and Cabinet were met in the Green Chamber, and then we were called in; and there the King begun with me, to hear how the victualls of the fleete stood. I did in a long discourse tell him and the rest (the Duke of Yorke (age 32), Chancellor (age 57), Lord Treasurer (age 59), both the Secretarys, Sir G. Carteret (age 56), and Sir W. Coventry (age 38),) how it stood, wherein they seemed satisfied, but press mightily for more supplies; and the letter of the Generalls, which was read, did lay their not going or too soon returning from the Dutch coast, this next bout, to the want of victuals. They then proceeded to the enquiry after the fireships; and did all very superficially, and without any severity at all.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th August 1667. Then to the office, where we sat upon a particular business all the morning: and my Lord Anglesey (age 53) with us: who, and my Lord Bruncker (age 47), do bring us news how my Chancellor's (age 58) seal is to be taken away from him to-day. The thing is so great and sudden to me, that it put me into a very great admiration what should be the meaning of it; and they do not own that they know what it should be: but this is certain, that the King (age 37) did resolve it on Saturday, and did yesterday send the Duke of Albemarle (age 58), the only man fit for those works, to him for his purse: to which the Chancellor answered, that he received it from the King, and would deliver it to the King's own hand, and so civilly returned the Duke of Albemarle without it; and this morning my Chancellor is to be with the King, to come to an end in the business. After sitting, we rose, and my wife being gone abroad with Mrs. Turner (age 44) to her washing at the whitster's, I dined at Sir W. Batten's (age 66), where Mr. Boreman was, who come from White Hall; who tells us that he saw my Chancellor come in his coach with some of his men, without his Seal, to White Hall to his chamber; and thither the King and Duke of York (age 33) come and staid together alone, an hour or more: and it is said that the King do say that he will have the Parliament meet, and that it will prevent much trouble by having of him out of their enmity, by his place being taken away; for that all their enmity will be at him. It is said also that my Chancellor answers, that he desires he may be brought to his trial, if he have done any thing to lose his office; and that he will be willing, and is most desirous, to lose that, and his head both together. Upon what terms they parted nobody knows but the Chancellor looked sad, he says. Then in comes Sir Richard Ford (age 53), and says he hears that there is nobody more presses to reconcile the King and Chancellor than the Duke of Albemarle and Duke of Buckingham (age 39): the latter of which is very strange, not only that he who was so lately his enemy should do it, but that this man, that but the other day was in danger of losing his own head, should so soon come to be a mediator for others: it shows a wise Government. They all say that he [Clarendon] is but a poor man, not worth above £3000 a-year in land; but this I cannot believe: and all do blame him for having built so great a house, till he had got a better estate. Having dined, Sir J. Minnes (age 68) and I to White Hall, where we could be informed in no more than we were told before, nobody knowing the result of the meeting, but that the matter is suspended. So I walked to the King's playhouse, there to meet Sir W. Pen (age 46), and saw "The Surprizall", a very mean play, I thought: or else it was because I was out of humour, and but very little company in the house. But there Sir W. Pen and I had a great deal of discourse with Moll; who tells us that Nell (age 17) is already left by my Lord Buckhurst (age 24), and that he makes sport of her, and swears she hath had all she could get of him; and Hart1, her great admirer, now hates her; and that she is very poor, and hath lost my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26), who was her great friend also but she is come to the House, but is neglected by them all2. Thence with Sir W. Pen home, and I to the office, where late about business, and then home to supper, and so to bed.
Note 1. Charles Hart, great-nephew of Shakespeare, a favourite actor. He is credited with being Nell Gwyn's first lover (or Charles I, as the wits put it), and with having brought her on the stage. He died of stone, and was buried at Stanmore Magna, Middlesex, where he had a country house.
Note 2. Lord Buckhurst's liaison with Nell Gwyn probably came to an end about this time. We learn from Pepys that in January, 1667-68, the King sent several times for Nelly (see January 11th, 1667-68). Nell's eldest son by Charles II, Charles Beauclerc, was not born till May 8th, 1670. He was created Earl of Burford in 1676 and Duke of St. Albans in 1684.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 26th August 1676. I dined at the Admiralty with Secretary Pepys (age 43), and supped at the Lord Chamberlain's (age 58). Here was Captain Baker, who had been lately on the attempt of the Northwest passage. He reported prodigious depth of ice, blue as a sapphire, and as transparent. The thick mists were their chief impediment, and cause of their return.
On 26th August 1728 Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia (age 58) died.
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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 26th August 1749 John Crewe of Crewe (age 68) died. Monument at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map] commissioned by his wife Sarah Price (age 67).
John Crewe of Crewe: Around 1681 he was born to John Offley of Madely in Staffordshire and Anne Crewe. In or before 1709 John Crewe of Crewe and Sarah Price were married.
Sarah Price: Around 1682 she was born. On 8th May 1751 she died.
Memorial at St Werburgh's Church, Hanbury [Map] to John Henry Bott who, with two of his schoolfellows, was accidentally draowen while bathing at Seaforth near Liverpool on 26th August 1840, and to 2md Lieutenant Charles Edward Bott, died after an illness at Toronto, Canada, 30th January 1849. Both children of John and Susanna Maria Bott who resided at Coton Hall, Hanley. Also to their two children Frederick and Frances who died young.
On 26th August 1850 King Louis Philippe I of France (age 76) died.
Historic Avebury. 26th August 1939. Denis Grant King's Diary Pages 97 and 98.
Saturday, August 26th 1939
Beautiful sunny weather that must remind the older folk of August 1914. It is difficult to believe in the reality of the international crisis, or indeed that the human race lacks the intelligence and good will to compose its differences without recourse to war. Still, the forces which lead nations to war gather momentum in fair weather and in foul; and every intelligent person who has lived and observed events during the past twenty years would be unduly sanguine if he had not expected another holocaust sometime. The question is, when?
No doubt statesmen will try to put it off as long as possible, that is, as far as delay is consistent with imperial interests. Churchill suggested that the zero hour would occur in August.
Anyway, Alexander Keiller (age 49) believes that war is imminent and has asked us all to continue work on Saturday afternoon to reveal the "Z arrangement" as much as possible, and complete the records, before the Government calls up all the men.
Another reminder of 1914 came in the person of Commander Gould, R.N., who fought at the Battle of Jutland. He was then on his to way to Bath to take up duties under the Admiralty and called in at the caravan, where Alexander Keiller introduced him to me. He is a six foot man, 18 stone, so he says, clean shaven and grey hair; also very friendly and talkative, giving an account of various talks he had broadcast from the B.B.C., mostly, I understood, of an informative character on a variety of topics.
His object in calling was to leave certain manuscripts of value to be deposited in the Museum, which he considered to be a place of comparative safety. L.V. Grinsell also sent us some of his MMS [manuscripts] for safe keeping.
After Commander Gould said good-bye, Alexander Keiller told me a little about him. It appears that after the War was over, his wife left him, and his distress affected him mentally, so much so that he lost his job and sank into very low water. He then spent ten years perfecting the Harrison chronometer and making it work (which apparently it never did before), for which service the government rewarded him with the paltry sum of £100. One should see his work in the Greenwich Naval Museum. A queer story. One would not have thought that such an immense robust fellow could have been so upset by a little bit of fluff; but that is life!"
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On 26th August 1941 Richard Hanbury-Tracy 6th Baron Sudeley (age 30) died at sea at Norway, on active service. His first cousin once removed Merlin (age 2) succeeded 7th Baron Sudeley of Toddington in Gloucestershire.
Births on the 26th August
On 26th August 1438 Ernest Wittelsbach was born to Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 37) and Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria (age 24).
On 26th August 1469 Ferdinand II King Naples was born to Alfonso II King Naples (age 20) and Ippolita Maria Sforza (age 23).
On 26th August 1540 Magnus Oldenburg was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 37) and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 29)..
On 1st August 1584 Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland was born to Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 17) and Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton. He was baptised at St Dunstan's Church, Hunsdon on the 26th August 1584 with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 50) as his Godmother.
On 26th August 1596 Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20).
On 26th August 1676 Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford was born to Colonel Robert Walpole (age 25) at Houghton, Norfolk.
On 26th August 1683 Henrietta Greville Lady Long was born to Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke (age 40) and Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke (age 37).
On 26th August 1699 Léopold Lorraine was born to Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 19) and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 26th August 1723 George Carpenter 1st Earl Tyrconnel was born to George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter (age 28) and Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter.
On 26th August 1738 George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper was born to William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper (age 29) and Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper (age 25).
On 26th August 1745 Sophia Carteret Countess Shelburne was born to John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville (age 55) and Sophia Fermor Countess Granville.
On 26th August 1774 John Lubbock 2nd Baronet was born to William Lubbock (age 28) and Anne Woodrow.
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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 26th August 1797 Robert Sherard 6th Earl Harborough was born to Philip Sherard 5th Earl Harborough (age 30).
On 26th August 1819 Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 35) and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 18).
On 26th August 1827 Elizabeth Frances Milles was born to George John Milles 4th Baron Sondes of Lees Court (age 33) and Eleanor Knatchbull.
On 26th August 1828 Archbishop William Plunket 4th Baron Plunket was born to John Span Plunket 3rd Baron Plunket (age 35) and Charlotte Bushe.
On 26th August 1836 Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury was born to James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 25) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 24).
On 26th August 1844 William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet was born to John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny 9th Baronet (age 28) and Harriet Jane Tremayne Lady Salusbury-Trelawny (age 23).
On 26th August 1850 Mary Anne Arkwright Lady Fitzherbert was born to Edward Arkwright and Charlotte Wilmot-Sitwell (age 28).
On 26th August 1864 Evelyn Clementina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Lady Ewart was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 33) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 18).
On 26th August 1898 Sylvia Mary Straker Baroness Barnard was born to Hubert Straker.
On 26th August 1898 Hector Wroth Lethbridge 6th Baronet was born to Wroth Periam Christopher Lethbridge 5th Baronet (age 34).
On 26th August 1915 Pamela Louisa Dillon Baroness Onslow was born to Brigadier Eric FitzGerald Dillon 19th Viscount Dillon (age 34) and Nora Juanita Muriel Beckett Viscountess Dillon.
On 26th August 1941 Shane Hugh Maryon Gough 5th Viscount Gough was born to Hugh Gough 4th Viscount Gough (age 49).
On 26th August 1944 Richard Alexander Walter Windsor 2nd Duke Gloucester was born to Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester (age 44) and Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester (age 42). He a grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom.
Marriages on the 26th August
On 26th August 1171 Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 41) and Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham (age 26) were married in Reginald's Tower, Waterford, County Waterford. He the son of Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke.
On 26th August 1630 Nicholas L'Estrange 1st Baronet (age 26) and Anne Lewknor Lady Strange (age 18) were married. She by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.
On 26th August 1649 William Armine 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Anne Crane (age 18) were married.
On 26th August 1661 Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton (age 48) and Ann Kerr Baroness Wharton (age 38) were married. She by marriage Baroness Wharton.
On 26th August 1722 George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter (age 27) and Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter were married at Leyton, Essex.
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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 26th August 1746 William Irby 1st Baron Boston (age 39) and Albania Selwyn Baroness Boston (age 27) were married.
On 26th August 1799 John Barrow 1st Baronet (age 35) and Anna Maria Truter Lady Barrow (age 22) were married. They had four sons and two daughters.
On 26th August 1856 Percy Burrell 4th Baronet (age 44) and Henrietta Katherine Brooke-Pechell were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. There was no issue from the marriage.
On 26th August 1875 Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 52) and Georgina Caroline Cavendish Countess Leicester (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the son of Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester.
On 26th August 1884 Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn 7th Baronet (age 24) and Louisa Alexandra Williams-Wynn Lady Williams-Wynn (age 19) were married. They divorced in 1898 having had three children. They were first cousins.
Deaths on the 26th August
On 26th August 1273 Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley (age 83) died at Dudley Castle [Map]. His son Roger (age 18) succeeded 3rd Baron Dudley of Somery. Agnes Unknown Baroness Dudley by marriage Baroness Dudley of Somery.
On 26th August 1278 Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia (age 45) died. His son Wenceslaus (age 6) succeeded II King Bohemia.
On 26th or 27th August 1285 Archbishop William de Wickwane died at Pontigny Abbey in Burgundy while on his way to the papal curia to plead his case against the monks of Durham. He was buried at the Cistercian abbey there in Pontigny.
On 26th August 1308 Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 36) died. His son Ralph (age 6) succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England (age 33) defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince" (age 16), Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 33), William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton (age 36) and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 30).
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield (age 36), Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 38), Bernard Brocas (age 16), Thomas Felton (age 16), James Audley (age 28), Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 59), Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh (age 18), Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 51), John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 66), Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 37), Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 19), William Scrope (age 21), Stephen Scrope (age 21), William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 16), John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28), Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 42), Nicholas Longford (age 61), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh (age 27), Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings (age 28), Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk (age 48), John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford (age 34), Thomas West (age 34), John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby (age 43), John Wingfield (age 26), Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy (age 25), Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (age 43) (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux (age 37), John Devereux (age 44), Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos (age 26), Richard Pembridge (age 26) and John Sully (age 63).
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 52) was wounded. William de Coucy (age 60) and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy (age 33) and were killed.
Charles Valois Count Alençon (age 49) was killed. His son Charles (age 9) succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. His son Louis succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders (age 42) was killed. His son Louis (age 15) succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia (age 50) was killed. His son Charles (age 30) succeeded IV King Bohemia.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 26) was killed. His son John succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt (age 39) was killed.
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On 26th August 1349 Archbishop Thomas Bradwardine (age 49) died of plague.
On 26th August 1382 Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin (age 56) died. His son John (age 31) succeeded 6th Baron Strange Knockin.
On 26th August 1421 Eudo Welles (age 34) died at Welles, Grimsby. His son Lionel (age 15) succeeded 6th Baron Welles.
On 26th August 1421 John Welles 5th Baron Welles (age 69) died at Welles, Grimsby.
On 26th August 1466 Maud Clifford Countess Cambridge (age 77) died.
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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 26th August 1539 Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory (age 72) died. His son James (age 38) succeeded 9th Earl Ormonde, 2nd Earl Ossory. Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory (age 30) by marriage Countess Ormonde, Countess Ossory.
On 26th August 1601 James Douglas 5th Earl Buchan (age 21) died. His daughter Mary succeeded 6th Countess Buchan.
On 26th August 1632 Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn (age 49) died.
On 26th August 1663 John Yonge 1st Baronet (age 59) died. His son Walter (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Yonge of Colyton in Devon.
On 26th August 1678 John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley (age 76) died. On 26th August 1678 His son Charles succeeded 2nd Baron Berkeley of Stratton in Cornwall.
On 26th August 1691 Henry Belasyse 2nd Baron Belasyse (age 24) died. Baron Belasyse of Worlaby in Lincolnshire extinct.
On 26th August 1712 Bishop Edward Fowler (age 80) died.
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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 26th August 1728 Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia (age 58) died.
On 26th August 1740 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury (age 78) died at Dunkirk. His son Charles (age 37) de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.
On 26th August 1754 Charles Powlett 3rd Duke Bolton (age 68) died. His brother Harry (age 63) succeeded 4th Duke Bolton, 9th Marquess Winchester, 9th Earl Wiltshire, 9th Baron St John.
On 26th August 1762 John Fane 7th Earl of Westmoreland (age 77) died without issue. Baron Despencer, Baron Abergavenny, Baron Abergavenny, Baron Burghesh in Suffolk abeyant. His second cousin once removed Thomas (age 61) succeeded 8th Earl of Westmoreland. Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
On 26th August 1785 George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 69) died. His son Charles (age 17) succeeded 2nd Viscount Sackville of Drayton in Sussex and 2nd Baron Bolebrooke in Sussex.
On 26th August 1788 Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess Kingston upon Hull (age 67) died. Her estates, and those of her former husband Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull, passed to his sister Frances' (age 75) son Charles Medows aka Pierrepont 1st Earl Manvers (age 50).
On 26th August 1791 Robert Clifton Gerard 10th Baronet (age 19) died. His brother William (age 18) succeeded 11th Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
On 26th August 1808 Bishop James Yorke (age 78) died.
On 26th August 1809 Andrew Thomas Stewart 1st Earl Castle Stewart (age 83) died. His son Robert (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Castle Stewart in Tyrone, 2nd Viscount Castle Stewart in Tyrone, 10th Baron Castle Stuart of County Tyrone.
On 26th August 1819 George Amyand aka Cornewall 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. His son George (age 45) succeeded 3rd Baronet Amyand aka Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire. Jane Naper Lady Cornewall by marriage Lady Amyand aka Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire.
On 26th August 1828 Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester died.
On 26th August 1833 Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen (age 41) died.
On 26th August 1844 Charles Watson 1st Baronet (age 93) died. His son Charles (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baronet Watson of Fulmer in Buckinghamshire. Jemima Colleton Lady Watson (age 36) by marriage Lady Watson of Fulmer in Buckinghamshire.
On 26th August 1850 King Louis Philippe I of France (age 76) died.
On 26th August 1870 Almeric Drummond Willoughby 23rd Baron Willoughby 3rd Baron Gwydyr (age 49) died. He was buried at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. His sister Clementina (age 60) succeeded 24th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby. His first cousin Peter (age 60) succeeded 4th Baron Gwydyr of Cwydyr in Carnarfonshire.
On 26th August 1887 Francis Somerville Head 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. His son Robert (age 42) succeeded 3rd Baronet Head of Rochester in Kent.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 26th August 1903 Frances Paget Marchioness Ormonde (age 86) died.
On 26th August 1906 Margaret Jean Trevelyan Lady Holland (age 70) died.
On 26th August 1911 Harry Yelverton Goring 11th Baronet (age 71) died. His son Forster (age 35) succeeded 12th Baronet Bowyer aka Goring of Highden in Sussex.
On 26th August 1912 Edmund Reginald Talbot de la Pole 10th Baronet (age 68) died. His brother Frederick (age 51) succeeded 11th Baronet Pole of Shute House in Devon.
On 26th August 1933 Maurice Levy 1st Baronet died. His son Ewart (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Levy of Humberstone Hall in Leicestershire.
On 26th August 1941 Richard Hanbury-Tracy 6th Baron Sudeley (age 30) died at sea at Norway, on active service. His first cousin once removed Merlin (age 2) succeeded 7th Baron Sudeley of Toddington in Gloucestershire.
On 26th August 1953 Edward Manners Nightingale 14th Baronet (age 64) died. His third cousin Geoffrey (age 48) succeeded 15th Baronet Nightingale of Newport Pond in Essex.
On 26th August 1965 Rachel Beatrice Lyttelton Lady Riddell (age 73) died.
On 26th August 1975 George Fitzclarence 5th Earl Munster (age 69) died. His second cousin Edward (age 75) succeeded 6th Earl Munster, 6th Viscount Fitzclarence, 6th Baron Tewkesbury.