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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.
26 Sep is in September.
On 26th September 1087 King William II of England (age 31) was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Lanfranc (age 82). See Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
On 26th September 1290 Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland (age 7) died at St Margaret's Hope.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year, Archbishop Thomas of York died in the month of September, namely, on the ninth day before the Kalends of October [23rd September 1304], and was buried at Southwell [Map] on the sixth day before the Kalends of October [26th September 1304]. He was succeeded by Master William de Greenfield, elected on the Friday before the feast of Saint Nicholas [4th December 1304], and confirmed at Lyon by Pope Clement XII in the following year. King Edward troubled Archbishop Thomas in a new way. Although custom had it that, because of the baronies which archbishops and bishops held from him, the king had custody of them during vacancies, and could grant the prebends and churches belonging to those baronies if they fell vacant in that time, still, the pope was accustomed to grant the prebends and dignities that fell vacant because of the confirmation and consecration of bishops-elect in the Roman Curia. So it happened that the pope granted the prebend of Stillingfleet of Archbishop Thomas. The archbishop had also obtained from the Curia the right, upon his return, to give the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre in York Minster to whomever he wished; and he gave it to one James Segrave. But the king, moved by counsel from I know not whom, began to claim such vacancies for himself, and granted it instead to one of his clerks, John Busse. He sent letters to the archbishop ordering him to admit Busse and give him corporal possession. The archbishop replied that the matter had been dealt with by the pope, and that he neither could nor should do anything. The king immediately had him summoned before his justices, to answer for contempt by a writ Quare non admisit ["Why he did not admit [him]"]. There was no one in the king's council, nor any of the lawyers, who could or dared to defend him; and so the archbishop himself, in his own person, like one of the common people, bareheaded before all the people, made his answer, for the courtiers did not love him. When he would not change his answer, but repeated that it was an act of the pope, they declared him undefended, and seized his barony into the king's hand. He went away sorrowful, and sorrow was followed by illness, and illness by death. When he was dead, the king carried out the same procedure against the dean and chapter. But they, fearing the king's harshness, because he intended to seize all their temporalities, placated him in part, and admitted the said clerk to the same chapel, putting the prebend, as a favour to the king, into suspension.
Eodem anno obiit Thomas archiepiscopus Eborum, mense Septembri scilicet nono kalendas Octobris, et sepultus est apud Sutwell, sexto kalendas Octobris. Cui successit magister Willelmus de Grenefelde, die Veneris ante William festum Sancti Nicholai electus, et Lugduno a papa Clemente XII confirmatus in sequenti anno. Dominus rex inquietavit archiepiscopum Thomam novo modo; licet consuetudo se habeat sic, quod dominus rex, ratione baroniarum quas tenent de eo archiepiscopi et episcopi, habeat custodias earundem tempore vacationis, et præbendas et ecclesias ad advocationes earundem spectantes vacantes medio tempore conferat; tamen præbendas et dignitates per confirmationem et consecrationem electorum in curia Romana vacantes, dominus papa conferre consuevit; tical affairs. et sic contulit præbendam istius Thomæ de Styvelington. Ipse etiam archiepiscopus impetravit in curia, quod capellam Sancti Sepulchri in ecclesia Eborum conferre posset in reditu suo cui vellet, et dedit eam cuidam Jacobo Segrave. Modo dominus rex, nescio quo ductus consilio, cœpit vendicare taliter vacantes, et eam" contulit cuidam clerico suo Johanni Busse, misitque literas suas domino archiepiscopo ut eum admitteret, et in possessionem duceret corporalem. Qui respondit, hoc esse factum domini papæ, nec se posse quicquam facere seu debere; statimque rex eum vocari fecit coram justitiariis suis de contemptu responsurus per breve, Quare non admisit. Nec fuit aliquis de consilio suo seu aliquis narratorum omnium qui posset vel auderet respondere pro eo; immo ipsemet in propria persona, quasi unus de populo et coram omni populo, discooperto capite respondebat, non enim eum amabant curiales. Cumque nollet suum mutare responsum, sed factum domini papæ iterabat, pronunciaverunt eum indefensum, et baroniam suam in manum domini regis seisierunt. Recessitque tristis, et tristitia successit infirmitas, et infirmitati mors extrema sociatur. Quo mortuo, fecit dominus rex eundem processum contra decanum et capitulum. At illi timentes sævitiam regis, eo quod dominus rex omnia temporalia sua seisisse voluerat, placaverunt eum in parte, et prædictum clericum admiserunt ad capellam eandem, ponentes præbendam ex gratia regis in suspenso.
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On 26th September 1345 William Hainault II Count Hainault (age 38) died. His sister Margaret (age 33) succeeded II Countess Hainault. Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 63) by marriage Count Hainault.
On 26th September 1413 Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 76) died. His son Louis (age 45) succeeded VII Duke Bavaria.
On 26th September 1415 William Boteler of Bewsey (age 39) died at the Siege of Harfleur.
On 26th September 1462 Engelbert La Marck Count Nevers was born to John La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 43) and Elizabeth Valois Duchess Cleves (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.05%.
Patent Rolls. 26th September 1484. Grant, for the peace and tranquillity of the city, to the mayor and commonalty of London and their successors, that if the king should hereafter deal in mercy with the lives of John Norhampton, draper, late mayor of London, John More, mercer, and Richard Norbury, who with others lately made insurrection against the king's peace and Nicholas Brembre, the mayor, and the governors of the city and its government, for which they were indicted and, after acknowledging their misdeeds before the king and council in his presence and being separately arraigned before John de Monte Acuto, steward of the household and the other justices assigned to deliver the prison of the Tower of London [Map] of them, were condemned to be drawn and quartered, but execution, so far as their lives were concerned, was respited by the king's grace,-that they shall be sent to prisons in different counties 100 leagues distant from the city for ten years, and not then be released until they have found security that no evil or prejudice shall befall the city or any of the king's lieges thereby. If they should be released they are inhibited, under pain of losing their lives, from coming within 100 leagues of the city, and any one guilty of making suit or maintenance on their behalf is to be imprisoned and forfeit his goods. For the strengthening of good government in the city and for the punishinent of rioters and those who are guilty of such assemblies, congregations, covins or insurrections, this grant is to remain in force without revocation. By signet letter.
Chronicles of London Vitellius A XVI. 26th September 1497. And the Tuesday folowyng came vnto Westmynster a chape leyn of the said Perkyn (age 23), and one of his Chief Counseill wt other also to Seynt Martyns; and thus his disciples fled from theyir fayned Maister; the forsaid preest was named Sir William Lounde, sumtyme chapeleyn and Stieward of houshold wt Sir Rauf Hastynges, knyght,from whome full falsly and traytrously the said preest wt certeyn money and Juelles to a good Substaunce stale away from the said Sir Rauf, and so departed ouer the see vnto the said Perkyn; and there abode still wt hym by the Space of iij or iiij yeres to the grete trowble and daunger of the forsaid Sir Rauf Hastynges.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1517. 26th September 1517. Giust. Desp. II. 130. 3697. SEB. GIUSTINIAN to the COUNCIL OF TEN.
Has left London to avoid the plague. Has heard of another conspiracy of the mob to murder the strangers and sack their houses. Thinks it was suggested by the absence of the King, Cardinal and other lords, who have gone in the country. The city is prepared: 3,000 householders are under arms. Three of the ringleaders have been arrested. Desires to return home. The present session will last all October, after which there will be no reason for him to stay. Westminster, 26 Sept. 1517.
On 26th September 1565 Charles Habsburg Spain was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 37). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 26th September 1586 Friedrich Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar (age 24) and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (age 22) at Weimar.
The Letter Books of Amias Paulet Keeper of Mary Queen of Scots Published 1874 Marys Execution. [8th February 1587] Poulet (age 54), as has already been said, was made Chancellor of the Garter in April, 1587, but he did not retain this preferment for a whole year. He continued in the Captaincy of Jersey up to his death, but he appears to have resided in and near London. In the British Museum are two letters from him of small importance. One, addressed to the Lord High Admiral, is dated, "From my poor lodging in Fleet Street [Map], the 14th of January, 1587," about "right of tenths in Jersey, belonging to the Government." The other, "From my little lodge at Twickenham, the 24th of April, 1588," "on behalf of Berry," whose divorce was referred by the Justices of the Common Pleas to four Doctors of the Civil Law, of whom Mr. Doctor Caesar, Judge of the Admiralty, to whom the letter was written, was one.
His name also occurs in a letter, from Walsingham to Burghley, dated May 23, 1587, while Elizabeth still kept up the farce of Burghley's disgrace for despatching Mary Stuart's death-warrant. "Touching the Chancellorship of the Duchy, she told Sir Amias Poulet that in respect of her promise made unto me, she would not dispose of it otherwise. But yet hath he no power to deliver the seals unto me, though for that purpose the Attorney is commanded to attend him, who I suppose will be dismissed hence this day without any resolution." And on the 4th of January following, together with the other lords of the Council, he signed a letter addressed by the Privy Council to the Lord Admiral and to Lord Buckhurst, the Lieutenants of Sussex, against such Catholics as "most obstinately have refused to come to the church to prayers and divine service," requiring them to "cause the most obstinate and noted persons to be committed to such prisons as are fittest for their safe keeping: the rest that are of value, and not so obstinate, are to be referred to the custody of some -ecclesiastical persons and other gentlemen well affected, to remain at the charges of the recusant, to be restrained in such sort as they may be forthcoming, and kept from intelligence with one another." On the 26th of September, in the year in which this letter was written, 1588, Sir Amias Poulet died.
Poulet was buried in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. [Map]. When that church was pulled down to be rebuilt, his remains, with the handsome monument erected over them, were removed to the parish church of Hinton St. George. After various panegyrics in Latin, French, and English inscribed on his monument, a quatrain, expressive apparently of royal favour, pays the following tribute to the service rendered by him to the State as Keeper of the Queen of Scots: Never shall cease to spread wise Poulet's fame; These will speak, and men shall blush for shame: Without offence to speak what I do know, Great is the debt England to him doth owe.
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On 26th September 1623 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent died. He was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His son Henry (age 40) succeeded 8th Earl Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent: he was born to Henry Grey and Margery St John. He was educated Trinity College. Around 1580 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.
Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent: Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason Volume 3. After he had received the said Commission he commanded an O Yes to be made, by one of the Serjeants at Arms, for a general silence: and then delivered the said Commission to sir Thomas Fenshaw, Clerk of the Crown, to be openly read. Which being done, Mr. Maxwell kneeled down and presented his lordship with a white staff verge of state, which he gave to one of the Serjeants at Arms, who held the same up by the cloth of state on the right hand thereof. And after the Commission was read, and the staff received as aforesaid, his grace commanded a solemn O Yes to be made; and then gave leave to all the lords, tbe peers, and the judges, and to all privy counsellors there present, to be covered; and command was given, that none under that degree should keep on their hats upon pain of imprisonment. And then the peers were severally called by thieir names, and each of them answered particularly, viz. 1. Lord Weston, Lord High Treasurer of England; 2. Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal; 3, Eari of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshal; 4. Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Lord Chamberlain; 5. Earl of Kent; 6. Earl of Worcester; 7. Earl of Bedford; 8. Earl of Essex; 9. Earl of Dorset; 10. Earl of Salisbury; 11. Earl of Leicester; 12. Earl of Warwick; 18. Earl of Cariisle; 14. Earl of Holland; 15. Earl of Berks; 16. Earl of Denbigh;. 17. Viscount Wimbledon; 18. Visc. Conway; 19. Visc. Dorchester; 20. Visc. Wentworth; 21. Lord Percy; 22. Lord Strange; 23. Lord Clifford; 24. Lord Petre; 25. Lord North; 26. Lord Goring; 27. Lord Howard. Around 1583 he was born to Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent and Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent were married at St Martin in the Fields Church by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. They were fourth cousin once removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th September 1658. Mr. King preached at Ashted, on Proverbs xv. 24; a Quaker would have disputed with him. In the afternoon, we heard Dr. Hacket (age 66) (since Bishop of Litchfield) at Cheam, Surrey, where the family of the Lumleys lie buried.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th September 1666. Thence away by coach, and called away my wife at Unthanke's, where she tells me she hath bought a gowne of 15s. per yard; the same, before her face, my Baroness Castlemayne (age 25) this day bought also, which I seemed vexed for, though I do not grudge it her, but to incline her to have Mercer again, which I believe I shall do, but the girle, I hear, has no mind to come to us again, which vexes me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th September 1666. Here I met with good Mr. Evelyn (age 45), who cries out against it, and calls it bitchering1, for the Duke of Yorke (age 32) talks a little to her, and then she goes away, and then he follows her again like a dog. He observes that none of the nobility come out of the country at all to help the King (age 36), or comfort him, or prevent commotions at this fire; but do as if the King were nobody; nor ne'er a priest comes to give the King and Court good council, or to comfort the poor people that suffer; but all is dead, nothing of good in any of their minds: he bemoans it, and says he fears more ruin hangs over our heads.
Note 1. This word was apparently of Evelyn's own making.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th September 1666. So home, not agreeing for silk for a petticoat for her which she desired, but home to dinner and then back to White Hall, leaving my wife by the way to buy her petticoat of Bennet, and I to White Hall waiting all day on the Duke of Yorke (age 32) to move the King (age 36) for getting Lanyon some money at Plymouth, Devon [Map] out of some oyle prizes brought in thither, but could get nothing done, but here Mr. Dugdale I hear the great loss of books in St. Paul's Church-yarde [Map], and at their Hall also, which they value about £150,000; some booksellers being wholly undone, among others, they say, my poor Kirton. And Mr. Crumlu all his books and household stuff burned; they trusting St. Fayth's [Map], and the roof of the church falling, broke the arch down into the lower church, and so all the goods burned. A very great loss. His father hath lost above £1000 in books; one book newly printed, a Discourse, it seems, of Courts. Here I had the hap to see my Lady Denham (age 26): and at night went into the dining-room and saw several fine ladies; among others, Castlemayne (age 25), but chiefly Denham again; and the Duke of Yorke taking her aside and talking to her in the sight of all the world, all alone; which was strange, and what also I did not like.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th September 1668. Could sleep but little last night, for my concernments in this business of the victualling for Sir Prince, so up in the morning and he comes to me, and there I did tell him all, and give him my advice, and so he away, and I to the office, where we met and did a little business, and I left them and by water to attend the Council, which I did all the morning, but was not called in, but the Council meets again in the afternoon on purpose about it. So I at noon to Westminster Hall [Map] and there stayed a little, and at the Swan [Map] also, thinking to have got Doll Lane thither, but elle did not understand my signs; and so I away and walked to Charing Cross [Map], and there into the great new Ordinary, by my Lord Mulgrave's, being led thither by Mr. Beale (age 36), one of Oliver's, and now of the King's Guards; and he sat with me while I had two grilled pigeons, very handsome and good meat: and there he and I talked of our old acquaintances, W. Clerke and others, he being a very civil man, and so walked to Westminster and there parted, and I to the Swan [Map] again, but did nothing, and so to White Hall, and there attended the King (age 38) and Council, who met and heard our answer. I present, and then withdrew; and they sent two hours at least afterwards about it, and at last rose; and to my great content, the Duke of York (age 34), at coming out, told me that it was carried for Prince at 6d. 8d., and 8 3/4d.; but with great difficulty, I understand, both from him and others, so much that Sir Edward Walker told me that he prays to God he may never live to need to plead his merit, for D. Gawden's sake; for that it hath stood him in no stead in this business at all, though both he and all the world that speaks of him, speaks of him as the most deserving man of any servant of the King's in the whole nation, and so I think he is: but it is done, and my heart is glad at it. So I took coach and away, and in Holborne overtook D. Gawden's coach, and stopped and went home, and Gibson to come after, and to my house, where Prince did talk a little, and he do mightily acknowledge my kindness to him, and I know I have done the King and myself good service in it. So he gone, and myself in mighty great content in what is done, I to the office a little, and then home to supper, and the boy to read to me, and so to bed. This noon I went to my Lady Peterborough's (age 46) house, and talked with her about the money due to her Lord, and it gives me great trouble, her importunity and impertinency about it. This afternoon at Court I met with Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 20), newly come out of the country, who tells me that Creed's business with Mrs. Pickering (age 26) will do, which I am neither troubled nor glad at.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 26th September 1672. I carried with me to dinner my Lord H. Howard (age 44) (now to be made Earl of Norwich and Earl Marshal of England) to Sir Robert Clayton's (age 43), now Sheriff of London, at his new house, where we had a great feast; it is built indeed for a great magistrate, at excessive cost. The cedar dining room is painted with the history of the Giants' War, incomparably done by Mr. Streeter (age 51), but the figures are too near the eye.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th September 1684. The King (age 54) being return'd from Winchester [Map], there was a numerous Court at White-hall. At this time the Earle of Rochester (age 42) was remov'd from the Treasury to the Presidentship of the Council; Lord Godolphin (age 39) was made first Commissioner of the Treasury in his place; Lord Middleton (age 34) (a Scot) made Secretary of State, in ye room of Lord Godolphin. These alterations being very unexpected and mysterious, gave greate occasion of discourse. There was now an Ambassador from ye King of Siam in ye East Indies to his Majesty.
On 26th September 1698 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire was born to William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 24).
On 26th September 1706 Susan Hamilton was born to James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon (age 48) and Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon (age 26).
On 26th September 1754 Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk (age 61) died. Her aunt Elizabeth Shireburn inherited Stonyhurst by which it became into the ownership of the Weld family.
St Bartholomew's Church, Whittingham [Map]. Memorial to Alexander Collingwood of Collingwood House, Morpeth [Map], died 26th September 1795.
After 26th September 1811. Monument to Elizabeth Percy (age 46) at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ecton [Map].
Elizabeth Percy: Reverend Pierce Meade and she were married. On 11th July 1765 she was born to Bishop Thomas Percy and Anne Gutteridge. On 26th September 1825 she died at Ecton, Northamptonshire.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 1864 James Nesfield Forsyth was born to James Forsyth (age 36) and Eliza Hastie (age 30). Baptised on 26th September 1869 Abode shown as Palatine Cottage. Two of his siblings were also baptised on the same day.
On 26th September 1865 Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford was born to Walter Tribe (age 33).
In 1866 Agnes Ellen Forsyth was born to James Forsyth (age 38) and Eliza Hastie (age 32). She was baptised on the same day 26th September 1869 as her elder brother and younger sister.
On 26th September 1867 Ambrose Macdonald Poynter 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Poynter 1st Baronet (age 31) and Agnes Macdonald Lady Poynter (age 24).
On 26th September 1870 Christian X King Denmark was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 27) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 18).
On 26th September 1882 Walter Marsden was born to John Marsden at Church, Lancashire. He was baptised on 18th January 1883 at Church, Lancashire. His father's occupation on the 1891 census is Blacksmith.
On 26th September 1888 Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell Baron Braye (age 87) died. Memorial and window at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map].
Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell Baron Braye: On 6th January 1801 he was born to Edgell Wyatt of Milton Place in Egham in Surrey. On 24th September 1844 he and Henrietta Otway 4th Baroness Braye were married. On 13th May 1879 Maria Otway-Cave died. Her sister Henrietta abeyance terminated 4th Baroness Braye; she died six months later. He by marriage Baron Braye.
The London Gazette 30308. 26th September 1917. Awarded the Military Cross.
2nd Lt. Walter Marsden (age 35), N. Lan. R.
On 26th September 1923 Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon (deceased) was buried at St Mary's Church Studley Royal Park, North Yorkshire.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Old Eldon Square War Memorial, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map] was unveiled on 26th September 1923 by Field Marshal Earl Haig and dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle. The monument was dedicated to the men of Newcastle district who lost their lives in the First World War. Later the monument was further dedicated to those lost in the Second World War. It was designed by John Dobson.
After 26th September 1923. St James' Church, Didsbury [Map]. Memorial to Mabel Louisa Barnes.
On 26th September 1931 Elizabeth Demarest (age 39) died. Her daughter Elizabeth Sutherland 24th Countess of Sutherland (age 10) became a ward of her uncle George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 5th Duke of Sutherland (age 43).
On 26th September 1936 Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil (age 61) died. He was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].
Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil: On 4th April 1875 he was born to Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil. On 1st December 1906 Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil and Beatrice Susan Theodosia Stuart-Wortley were married. They were sixth cousins.
On 26th September 1941 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 26) was awarded the Military Cross "in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941."
On 26th September 1974 George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe (age 61) died. His son Guy (age 19) succeeded 10th Duke Roxburghe.
North Transept, St Albans Cathedral. On 26th September 1989 the North Window by Alan Younger, 1933–2004, was unveiled by H.R.H. The Princess of Wales (age 28). It was the gift of Laporte plc.
On 26th September 2009 John Dyke Acland 16th Baronet (age 70) died the day after he had been involved in a car accident. His son Dominic (age 47) succeeded 17th Baronet Acland of Columb John in Devon.
On 26th September 1407 Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley was born to William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 37) and Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 35).
On 26th September 1462 Engelbert La Marck Count Nevers was born to John La Marck I Duke Cleves (age 43) and Elizabeth Valois Duchess Cleves (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.05%.
On 26th September 1565 Charles Habsburg Spain was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 37). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
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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 September 1586 Friedrich Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar (age 24) and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (age 22) at Weimar.
On 26th September 1656 William des Bouverie 1st Baronet was born to Edward des Bouverie (age 34) and Anne de la Foterie.
On 26th September 1672 Charles Finch 4th Earl Winchilsea was born to William Finch (age 19).
On 26th September 1693 Laurence Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 42) and Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 26th September 1698 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire was born to William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 24).
On 26th September 1706 Susan Hamilton was born to James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon (age 48) and Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon (age 26).
On 26th September 1711 Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple was born to Richard Granville (age 33) and Hester Temple 1st Countess Temple (age 21).
On 26th September 1720 George Amyand 1st Baronet was born.
On 26th September 1748 Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood 1st Baron Collingwood was born to Cuthbert Collingwood of Newcastle upon Tyne (age 36).
On 26th September 1775 James Grimston was born to James Grimston 3rd Viscount Grimston (age 28) and Harriet Walter Viscountess Grimston (age 19).
On 26th September 1783 Richard Griffin 3rd Baron Braybrook was born to Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook (age 33) and Catherine Granville (age 22) at Stanlake Park, Bershire.
On 26th September 1785 Charles Powlett 2nd Baron Bayning was born to Charles Townshend 1st Baron Bayning (age 56) and Annabella Smith-Powlett (age 31). He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.24%.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 26th September 1785 Henry Allen Johnson 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Johnson 1st Baronet (age 37).
On 26th September 1794 Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Colden Farrington (age 24).
On 26th September 1795 William Brougham 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux was born to Henry Brougham (age 53)
On 26th September 1803 Charles Lowther 3rd Baronet was born to John Lowther 1st Baronet (age 44) and Elizabeth Fane (age 33). He was blind from infancy due to an attack of scarlet fever.
On 26th September 1811 Albemarle Bertie was born to Montagu Bertie 5th Earl of Abingdon (age 27) and Emily Gage Countess of Abingdon.
On 26th September 1826 Robert Hay Murray was born to Bishop George Murray (age 42) and Sarah Hay-Drummond (age 38).
On 26th September 1837 Blanche Pocklington Senhouse Baroness Scarsdale was born to Joseph Pocklington Senhouse (age 33).
On 26th September 1844 George Charles Erskine Rowley 3rd Baronet was born to Captain George Rowley (age 39).
On 26th September 1853 Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood 1st Baron St Audries was born to Alexander Hood 3rd Baronet (age 34) and Isabel Harriet Fuller-Palmer-Acland Lady Hood (age 21).
On 1864 James Nesfield Forsyth was born to James Forsyth (age 36) and Eliza Hastie (age 30). Baptised on 26th September 1869 Abode shown as Palatine Cottage. Two of his siblings were also baptised on the same day.
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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 26th September 1865 Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford was born to Walter Tribe (age 33).
On 26th September 1867 Ambrose Macdonald Poynter 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Poynter 1st Baronet (age 31) and Agnes Macdonald Lady Poynter (age 24).
On 26th September 1870 Christian X King Denmark was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 27) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 18).
On 26th September 1880 Alice Katherine Sibell Grosvenor was born to Robert Grosvenor 2nd Baron Ebury (age 46) and Emilie Beaujolais White.
On 26th September 1882 Walter Marsden was born to John Marsden at Church, Lancashire. He was baptised on 18th January 1883 at Church, Lancashire. His father's occupation on the 1891 census is Blacksmith.
On 26th September 1886 Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Cromer was born to Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl Minto (age 41) and Mary Caroline Grey Countess Minto (age 28).
On 26th September 1894 Charles Burnett Buckworth-Herne-Soame 11th Baronet was born to Charles Buckworth-Herne-Soame 10th Baronet (age 30).
On 26th September 1904 Ralph Henry Bathurst was born to Seymour Bathurst 7th Earl Bathurst (age 40) and Lilias Margaret Frances Borthwick Countess Bathurst Sussex (age 33).
On 26th September 1909 Elizabeth Susan Douglas-Scott-Montagu was born to John Douglas-Scott-Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (age 43) and Cecil Victoria Kerr Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu (age 43). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.33%.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 26th September 1936 Thomas Edmund Byng 8th Earl of Strafford was born to Robert Cecil Byng 7th Earl of Strafford (age 32).
On 26th September 1943 John Stephen Gyles Dryden 11th and 8th Baronet was born to Noel Percy Hugh Dryden 10th and 7th Baronet (age 32) and Rosamund Mary Scrope Lady Dryden.
On 26th September 1945 Charles Townshend 8th Marquess Townshend was born to George Townshend 7th Marquess Townshend (age 29) and Elizabeth Luby Marchioness Townshend.
On 26th September 1948 Llewellyn Roger Lloyd-Mostyn 6th Baron Mostyn was born to Roger Edward Lloyd-Mostyn 5th Baron Mostyn (age 28).
On 26th September 1765 George Harcourt 2nd Earl Harcourt (age 29) and Elizabeth Venables-Vernon Countess Harcourt (age 19) were married. He the son of Simon Harcourt 1st Earl Harcourt (age 51) and Rebecca Samborne Le Bass. They were first cousins.
On 26th September 1815 George Cornewall 3rd Baronet (age 41) and Jane Naper Lady Cornewall were married.
On 26th September 1843 William Bernard Petre 12th Baron Petre (age 25) and Mary Theresa Clifford (age 20) were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th September 1865 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (age 50) and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville. They were half third cousin twice removed.
On 26th September 1928 William Smith 3rd Viscount Hambleden (age 25) and Patricia Herbert Viscountess Hambleden (age 23) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery (age 48) and Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 45).
On 26th September 1956 Edward Portman 9th Viscount Portman (age 22) and Rosemary Joy Farris were married. They were divorced in 1965.
On 26th September 1107 Bishop Maurice 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 September 1176 Sophie Salm Countess Holland (age 56) died.
On 26th September 1290 Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland (age 7) died at St Margaret's Hope.
On 26th September 1345 William Hainault II Count Hainault (age 38) died. His sister Margaret (age 33) succeeded II Countess Hainault. Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 63) by marriage Count Hainault.
On 26th September 1400 Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 24) died.
On 26th September 1413 Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria (age 76) died. His son Louis (age 45) succeeded VII Duke Bavaria.
On 26th September 1485 John Griffin 9th Baron Latimer Braybrooke (age 35) died. His son Nicholas (age 9) de jure 10th Baron Latimer of Braybrook.
On 26th September 1490 John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 64) died at Shere, Surrey. His son James (age 27) succeeded 7th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 4th Baron Tuchet. Joan Bourchier Baroness Audley and Tuchet by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, Baroness Tuchet.
On 26th September 1497 Bertrand Auvergne VI Count Auvergne (age 80) died. His son Jean (age 30) succeeded III Count Auvergne.
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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 September 1623 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent died. He was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His son Henry (age 40) succeeded 8th Earl Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.
Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent: he was born to Henry Grey and Margery St John. He was educated Trinity College. Around 1580 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.
Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent: Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason Volume 3. After he had received the said Commission he commanded an O Yes to be made, by one of the Serjeants at Arms, for a general silence: and then delivered the said Commission to sir Thomas Fenshaw, Clerk of the Crown, to be openly read. Which being done, Mr. Maxwell kneeled down and presented his lordship with a white staff verge of state, which he gave to one of the Serjeants at Arms, who held the same up by the cloth of state on the right hand thereof. And after the Commission was read, and the staff received as aforesaid, his grace commanded a solemn O Yes to be made; and then gave leave to all the lords, tbe peers, and the judges, and to all privy counsellors there present, to be covered; and command was given, that none under that degree should keep on their hats upon pain of imprisonment. And then the peers were severally called by thieir names, and each of them answered particularly, viz. 1. Lord Weston, Lord High Treasurer of England; 2. Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal; 3, Eari of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshal; 4. Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Lord Chamberlain; 5. Earl of Kent; 6. Earl of Worcester; 7. Earl of Bedford; 8. Earl of Essex; 9. Earl of Dorset; 10. Earl of Salisbury; 11. Earl of Leicester; 12. Earl of Warwick; 18. Earl of Cariisle; 14. Earl of Holland; 15. Earl of Berks; 16. Earl of Denbigh;. 17. Viscount Wimbledon; 18. Visc. Conway; 19. Visc. Dorchester; 20. Visc. Wentworth; 21. Lord Percy; 22. Lord Strange; 23. Lord Clifford; 24. Lord Petre; 25. Lord North; 26. Lord Goring; 27. Lord Howard. Around 1583 he was born to Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent and Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent were married at St Martin in the Fields Church by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 26th September 1639 Catherine Finch Lady Wentworth (age 51) died.
On 26th September 1672 John Fettiplace 1st Baronet (age 46) died. His son Edmund (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baronet Fettiplace of Childrey in Berkshire.
On 26th September 1676 John Stepney 3rd Baronet (age 58) died. His nephew John (age 44) succeeded 4th Baronet Stepney of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire.
On 26th September 1690 Alexander Stewart 4th Earl Galloway (age 20) died. His brother James (age 20) succeeded 5th Earl Galloway, 4th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall.
On 26th September 1710 Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 82) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Gissing. His son Robert (age 43) succeeded 3rd Baronet Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk. Martha Blackwell Lady Kemp by marriage Lady Kemp of Gissing in Norfolk.
On 26th September 1744 John Danvers 3rd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Culworth [Map]. His son Henry (age 13) succeeded 4th Baronet D'Anvers of Culworth in Northamptonshire.
On 26th September 1749 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet (age 57) died. His son Watkin succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn. Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn (age 1) by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn.
On 26th September 1754 Maria Winifreda Francisca Shireburn Duchess Norfolk (age 61) died. Her aunt Elizabeth Shireburn inherited Stonyhurst by which it became into the ownership of the Weld family.
On 26th September 1763 Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham 6th Baronet (age 26) died unmarried. His uncle Edward (age 58) succeeded 7th Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch 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 September 1776 Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester (age 72) died. His son Henry (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl Ilchester, 2nd Baron Ilchester and Stavordale of Redlynch in Somerset, 2nd Baron Strangways of Woodford in Dorset, 2nd Baron Ilchester of Ilchester in Somerset. Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester (age 21) by marriage Countess Ilchester.
On 26th September 1777 Juliana Donovan Countess Anglesey died.
On 26th September 1791 William Craven 6th Baron Craven (age 53) died at Lausanne, Switzerland. His son William (age 20) succeeded 7th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire. His son William succeeded 8th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.
On 26th September 1799 Willoughby Bertie 4th Earl of Abingdon (age 59) died. His son Montagu (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Abingdon, 9th Baron Norreys of Rycote.
On 26th September 1807 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His grandson William (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baronet Amcotts of Kettlethopre Park in Lincolnshire.
On 26th September 1832 Fitzwilliam Barrington 10th Baronet (age 77) died at Swainston, Isle of Wight. Baronet Barrington of Barrington Hall extinct.
On 26th September 1837 Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Templemore (age 40) died. His son Harry (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baron Templemore of Templemore in Donegal.
On 26th September 1839 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 75) died. His son Ernest (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 4th Baron Edgcumbe.
On 26th September 1842 Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 82) died at Kingston House Knightsbridge, Kensington. His brother William (age 79) succeeded 3rd Earl Mornington, 3rd Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington (age 81) by marriage Countess Mornington.
On 26th September 1845 John Loftus 2nd Marquess Ely (age 75) died.
On 26th September 1883 Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers (age 64) died. Earl Somers, Viscount Eastnor of Eastor Castle in Herefordshire extinct. He was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Eastnor [Map]. His first cousin once removed Philip (age 68) succeeded 5th Baron Somers.
On 26th September 1888 Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell Baron Braye (age 87) died. Memorial and window at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map].
Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell Baron Braye: On 6th January 1801 he was born to Edgell Wyatt of Milton Place in Egham in Surrey. On 24th September 1844 he and Henrietta Otway 4th Baroness Braye were married. On 13th May 1879 Maria Otway-Cave died. Her sister Henrietta abeyance terminated 4th Baroness Braye; she died six months later. He by marriage Baron Braye.
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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 September 1919 Francis Bertie 1st Viscount Bertie Thame (age 75) died. His son Vere (age 40) succeeded 2nd Viscount Bertie Thame, 2nd Baron Bertie of Thame in Oxfordshire.
On 26th September 1922 Charles Robert Spencer 6th Earl Spencer (age 64) died. His son Albert (age 30) succeeded 7th Earl Spencer, 7th Viscount Althorp, 7th Viscount Spencer, 7th Baron Spencer Althorp. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer (age 25) by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 26th September 1925 Gilbert Augustus Clayton-East 7th and 3rd Baronet (age 79) died. His son George (age 53) succeeded 8th Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey, 4th Baronet Clayton-East of Hall Place in Berkshire.
On 26th September 1931 Elizabeth Demarest (age 39) died. Her daughter Elizabeth Sutherland 24th Countess of Sutherland (age 10) became a ward of her uncle George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 5th Duke of Sutherland (age 43).
On 26th September 1935 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 71) died. His son Wykeham (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baron Cornwallis of Linton in Kent.
On 26th September 1940 Edward George Chichester 10th Baronet (age 57) died. His son Edward (age 24) succeeded 11th Baronet Chichester of Raleigh in Devon.
On 26th September 1952 George Young 4th Baronet (age 79) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded 5th Baronet Young of Formosa Place in Berkshire. Elisabeth Knatchbull-Hugessen Lady Young (age 37) by marriage Lady Young of Formosa Place in Berkshire.
On 26th September 1957 Richard Tihel Leighton 10th Baronet (age 64) died. His son Michael (age 22) succeeded 11th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
On 26th September 1966 Lilian Lambton Countess of Home (age 84) died.
On 26th September 1974 George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe (age 61) died. His son Guy (age 19) succeeded 10th Duke Roxburghe.
On 26th September 1977 Randal McDonnell 8th Earl of Antrim (age 66) died. His son Alexander (age 42) succeeded 9th Earl Antrim 2C, 9th Viscount Dunluce.
On 26th September 2009 John Dyke Acland 16th Baronet (age 70) died the day after he had been involved in a car accident. His son Dominic (age 47) succeeded 17th Baronet Acland of Columb John in Devon.