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28 May is in May.
1265 Prince Edward's Escape from Kenilworth Castle
1327 Execution of the Despencers and their Faction
1445 Coronation of Queen Margaret of Anjou
1550 Visit of the French Ambassadors
Events on the 28th May
On 28th May 1187 Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal was born to Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 31) and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 25). She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 28th May 1262 King Philip III of France (age 17) and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon (age 54) and Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of King Louis IX of France (age 48) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 41). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 28th May 1265 King Edward I of England (age 25), with the help of Roger Leybourne (age 50), escaped from Kenilworth Castle [Map] whilst on a hunting trip. He had been held there as a hostage following the Battle of Lewes as a condition of the Mise of Lewes (the now lost peace treaty).
Annales Paulini. In the same year, on the 28th May 1327, Master Robert de Baldock—canon of St Paul's Church, Archdeacon of Middlesex, and formerly Chancellor to Lord King Edward—died in the prison of Newgate, in great hardship and chains, in extreme filth and misery. From the prison, on the vigil of Pentecost, that is on the 30th May 1327, he was brought to St Paul's Church in London. The canons and other ministers of the said church, showing all honor and solemnity appropriate to a fellow canon, buried him in the canons' cemetery.
Eodem anno v kalendas Junii, magister Robertus de Baldok, canonicus in ecclesia Sancti Pauli, archidiaconus Middelsexiæ et aliquando cancellarius domini regis Edwardi, in carcere de Neugate in magna angaria et vinculis, in nimio squalore et miseria obiit, et de carcere ad ecclesiam Sancti Pauli Londoniensis delatus, in vigilia Penthecostes, videlicet iiio kalendas Junii, canonici et ceteri ministri ecclesiæ prædictæ, omni honore et sollempnitate quibus decebat concanonico exhibito, in cimiterio canonicorum sepulturæ tradiderunt .
Thomas Walsingham Chronicon Angliæ 1326. [28th May 1327] On the same day, Simon of Reading was drawn and hanged on the same gallows where Hugh Despenser was hanged, but ten feet lower. He had been of the king's household and had frequently hurled insults at the queen. Now, by his own example, he showed how dangerous it is to blaspheme the king or queen. These acts were carried out on a Monday, as vengeance for the death of Lord Thomas of Lancaster, who had also suffered on a Monday. Robert de Baldock, after enduring many humiliations, was released to the custody of the Bishop of Hereford, where he remained until the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Then the Bishop of Hereford had him brought to London ... But the Londoners, having gathered together, seized him from the bishop's custody (it was believed with the bishop's consent), and imprisoned him in Newgate, where they treated him with such inhumanity that he later died in torment, around the time of the Feast of the Ascension.
Eodem die Symon de Redinge tractus fuit et suspensus in cadem furca qua Hugo suspendebatur, sed inferius per decem pedes. Hic de familia Regis fuerat, et plura convitia irrogaverat sæpe Reginæ; unde jam suo docuit exemplo, quam periculosum est regem vel reginam blasphemare. Acta sunt autem hae diebus Lunæ in ultionem necis Domini Thoma Lancastrim, qui passus fuerat die Lunæ. Robertus de Baldok, post multas contumelias, fuit carceri Episcopi Herefordiæ liberatus, ubi mansit usque ad Festum Purificationis Beatæ Mariæ; et tunc Episcopus Herefordensis fecit enm duci Londonias ad eundem .... Londonienses vero conglomerati ipsum de custodia Episcopi, (ut putabatur, consentientis), rapuerunt et apud Newgate incarceraverunt, ef inhumaniter tractaverunt; adeo quod postmodum circa festum Ascensionis Domini obiit in tormentis.
On 28th May 1357 Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal (age 66) died. His son Peter (age 37) succeeded I King Portugal.
On 28th May 1363 John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington (age 35) died at Gleaston Castle [Map]. His son Robert (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Harington. Given his young age Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington became a ward of King Edward III of England (age 50) who granted his wardship to his daughter Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 30) and her husband Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 23).
On 28th May 1444 the Treaty of Tours was concluded. The terms included the marriage of King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 22) and Margaret of Anjou (age 14) in return for which England ceded the strategically important French County of Maine to France; she brought no dowry. The Treaty was negotiated by William de la Pole Duke of Suffolk (age 47). The cessation of Maine subsequently came as something of surprise to Edmund Beaufort Earl Somerset (age 38) who was its Governor. He, Somerset, was offered the Governorship of Normandy instead leading to a further rift between Somerset and Richard Duke of York (age 32) who had already been offered Normandy. These seeds of the Wars of the Roses were falling on fertile ground.
Chronicle of Gregory. 28th May 1445. And a-pon the morowe, the Satyrday, she was brought thoroughe London syttyng in a lytter by twyne ij [2] goode and nobylle stedys i-trappyd with whyte satton, and sche was conveyyde unto Westemyster. And apon the morowe the Sonday was the coronacyon, and ij [2] dayes aftyr there was grette revylle of justys of pes in the sayntewery at Westemyster, &c.
Chronicle of Greyfriars. 28th May 1541. Item the 28th day of May was the Countess of Salisbury (deceased) behedyd within the tower.
Diary of Edward VI. 28th May 1550. The same went to see Hampton court [Map], where thei did hunt4, and the same night retourne to Durasme place.
Note 4. "Wednesday, they were conveyed by me, the marquess of Northampton (age 38), to Hampton court, where they dined, hunted, and that night returned." (Ibid.)
On 28th May 1557 Thomas Stafford (age 24) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 28th May 1557. [The xxviij day of May Thomas Stafford (age 24) was beheaded on Tower hill [Map], by nine of the clock, master Wode being his] gostly father; and after ther wher iij more [drawn from the To] wre, and thrugh London unto Tyburne [Map], and ther [they were] hangyd and quartered; and the morow after was master [Stafford] quartered, and hangyd on a care, and so to Nuwgatt to [boil.]
Henry Machyn's Diary. 28th May 1557. The xxvij day of May, the wyche was the Assensyon day, the Kynges (age 30) and the Quen('s) (age 41) grace rod unto Westmynster with all the lords and knyghtes and gentyllmen, and ther graces whent a prossessyon abowt the clowster, and so thay hard masse.
Note. P. 137. Celebration of Ascension day. On this occasion in the preceding year (1556) the church wardens of St. Margaret's Westminster made the following payments: "Item, payde for breade, wyne, ale, and beere, upon th'Ascension evyn and day, agaynst my lord abbot and his covent cam in procession, and for strewyng erbes the same day, vijs. jd."
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th May 1641, I returned to Wotton; and, on the 28th of June, I went to London with my sister Jane, and the day after sat to one Vanderborcht for my picture in oil, at Arundel House [Map], whose servant that excellent painter was, brought out of Germany when the Earl returned from Vienna (whither he was sent Ambassador-extraordinary, with great pomp and charge, though without any effect, through the artifice of the Jesuited Spaniard, who governed all in that conjuncture). With Vanderborcht, the painter, he brought over Winceslaus Hollar, the sculptor, who engraved not only this unhappy Deputy's trial in Westminster Hall, but his decapitation; as he did several other historical things, then relating to the accidents happening during the Rebellion in England, with great skill, besides many cities, towns, and landscapes, not only of this nation, but of foreign parts, and divers portraits of famous persons then in being; and things designed from the best pieces of the rare paintings and masters of which the Earl of Arundel was possessor, purchased and collected in his travels with incredible expense; so as, though Hollar's were but etched in aqua-fortis, I account the collection to be the most authentic and useful extant. Hollar was the son of a gentleman near Prague, in Bohemia, and my very good friend, perverted at last by the Jesuits at Antwerp to change his religion; a very honest, simple, well-meaning man, who at last came over again into England, where he died. We have the whole history of the King's (age 40) reign, from his trial in Westminster-hall and before, to the restoration of King Charles II, represented in several sculptures, with that also of Archbishop Laud (age 67), by this indefatigable artist, besides innumerable sculptures in the works of Dugdale, Ashmole, and other historical and useful works. I am the more particular upon this for the fruit of that collection, which I wish I had entire.
On 28th May 1651 Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent (age 56) died. Monument made in 1658 at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His son Anthony (age 5) succeeded 11th Earl 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.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th May 1656. Came to visit me the old Marquis of Argyle (age 49) (since executed), Lord Lothian, and some other Scotch noblemen, all strangers to me. Note, the Marquis took the turtle-doves in the aviary for owls.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th May 1656. The Earl of Southampton (age 49) (since Treasurer) and Mr. Spencer (age 27), brother to the Earl of Sunderland, came to see my garden.
On 28th May 1660 King George I was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 30) and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 29). He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th May 1665. Thence to my Lady Sandwich's (age 40), where, to my shame, I had not been a great while before. Here, upon my telling her a story of my Lord Rochester's (age 18) running away on Friday night last with Mrs. Mallett (age 14), the great beauty and fortune of the North, who had supped at White Hall with Mrs. Stewart (age 17), and was going home to her lodgings with her grandfather, my Lord Haly (age 57), by coach; and was at Charing Cross [Map] seized on by both horse and foot men, and forcibly taken from him, and put into a coach with six horses, and two women provided to receive her, and carried away. Upon immediate pursuit, my Lord of Rochester (for whom the King (age 34) had spoke to the lady often, but with no successe) was taken at Uxbridge; but the lady is not yet heard of, and the King mighty angry, and the Lord sent to the Tower [Map]. Hereupon my Lady did confess to me, as a great secret, her being concerned in this story. For if this match breaks between my Lord Rochester and her, then, by the consent of all her friends, my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 17) stands fair, and is invited for her. She is worth, and will be at her mother's (age 35) death (who keeps but a little from her), £2500 per annum. Pray God give a good success to it! But my poor Lady, who is afeard of the sickness, and resolved to be gone into the country, is forced to stay in towne a day or two, or three about it, to see the event of it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th May 1665. Lord's Day. By water to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56), where I hear that Nixon is condemned to be shot to death, for his cowardice, by a Council of War.
On 28th May 1672 Philip Carteret (age 31) and Winston Churchill were killed at Solebay, Southwold [Map].
Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich (age 46) was killed. His son Edward (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Sandwich.
George Legge 1st Baron Dartmouth (age 25) fought.
Charles Harbord (age 32) was killed. The inscription on his. Monument in Westminster Abbey [Map] reads ... Sr. Charles Harbord Knt. his Majesties Surveyor General, and First Lieutenant of the Royall James, under the most noble and illustrious captain Edward, Earle of Sandwich, Vice Admirall of England, which after a terrible fight maintained to admiration against a squadron of the Holland fleet for above six houres, neere the Suffolk coast, having put off two fireships, at last being utterly dissabled and few of her men remaining unhurt, was by a third unfortunately set on fire: but he (though he swam well) neglected to save himselfe as some did, and out of the perfect love to that worthy lord (whom for many yeares he had constantly accompanyed in all his honourable imployments, and in all the engagements of the former warr) dyed with him at the age of XXXIII, much bewailed of his father whom he never offended, and much beloved of all for his knowne piety, vertue, loyalty, fortitude and fidelity.
Captain John Cox was killed in action.
Admiral John Holmes (age 32) fought as commander of Rupert.
The Gloucester took part.
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On 28th May 1672 Freschville Holles (age 29) died at the Battle of Solebay at which he was in command of the Cambridge. He was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map] in an unmarked grave.
John Evelyn's Diary. 31st May 1672. I received another command to repair to the seaside; so I went to Rochester, Kent [Map], where I found many wounded, sick, and prisoners, newly put on shore after the engagement on the 28th, in which the Earl of Sandwich (deceased), that incomparable person and my particular friend, and divers more whom I loved, were lost. My Lord (who was Admiral of the Blue) was in the "Prince", which was burnt, one of the best men-of-war that ever spread canvas on the sea. There were lost with this brave man, a son of Sir Charles Cotterell (age 57) (Master of the Ceremonies), and a son (age 32) of Sir Charles Harbord (his Majesty's (age 42) Surveyor-General), two valiant and most accomplished youths, full of virtue and courage, who might have saved themselves; but chose to perish with my Lord, whom they honored and loved above their own lives.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th May 1682. At the Rolls' chapel preached the famous Dr. Burnet (age 38) on 2 Peter 1:10, describing excellently well what was meant by election; viz, not the effect of any irreversible decree, but so called because they embraced the Gospel readily, by which they became elect, or precious to God. It would be very needless to make our calling and election sure, were they irreversible and what the rigid Presbyterians pretend. In the afternoon, to St. Lawrence's church, a new and cheerful pile.
Memorial at the Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map] to Richard Bacon of Sheffield who married Mary, daughter of William Clayton, died 28th May 1701.
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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.
The London Gazette 27318. 28th May 1901. To be Knight Commanders.
Horace Brand Townsend (age 57), Lord Farquhar.
Frederick Treves, Esq., C.B.
The London Gazette 29175. 28th May 1915. The undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 29th May, 1915:
Charles Eliott Hamilton, 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment.
William Peirce Waddington, 3rd Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Wilfred Justice Judge, 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
George Bertram Ashworth, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Reginald Townley Edwards, 3rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
Vivian Hayton Maasdorp, 3rd Battalion. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Siefried Lorraine Sassoon (age 28), 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Arthur Charles Walsh, 4th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
John Christopher Wilson, 5th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Margetts Mitchell, 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
Archibald Valentine Maunder, 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment.
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On 28th May 1940 Frederick Charles I King Finland (age 72) died.
On 28th May 1940 Captain Heneage Michael Charles Finch 9th Earl of Aylesford (age 31) was killed in action. His uncle Charles (age 53) succeeded 10th Earl Aylesford.
On 28th May 1948 Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 33) died of meningitis caused by the cerebral swelling around the bullet that had lodged in her brain after she had shot herself in December 1939.
On 28th May 1972 King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 77) died. He was buried at Royal Burial Ground Frogmore Estate Home Park Windsor, Berkshire.
Births on the 28th May
On 28th May 1187 Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal was born to Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 31) and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 25). She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 28th May 1371 John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy was born to Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 29) and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.61%.
On 28th May 1423 Katherine Percy was born to Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland (age 30) and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland (age 26). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.49%.
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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 28th May 1562 Johann Wilhelm La Marck Duke Cleves was born to William La Marck Duke of Jülich Cleves Berg (age 45) and Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 31).
On 28th May 1660 King George I was born to Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 30) and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 29). He a great grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 28th May 1679 Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Baron Conway was born to Edward Seymour 4th Baronet (age 46) and Letitia Popham Baroness Seymour.
On 28th May 1689 Maximillian Hesse-Kassel was born to Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 34) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%.
On 28th May 1706 Christian Wilhelm Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 29) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 28th May 1716 Robert Burdett 4th Baronet was born to Robert Burdett and Elizabeth Tracy (age 36) posthumously.
On 28th May 1718 Wilhelmina Caroline Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 58) and Mary Ross Duchess Atholl (age 30).
On 28th May 1747 Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort was born to Edward Boscawen (age 35) and Frances Evelyn Evelyn (age 27) in Falmouth, Cornwall.
On 28th May 1748 Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle was born to Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle (age 53) and Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle (age 26).
On 28th May 1759 William "The Younger" Pitt was born to William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 50) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 38).
On 28th May 1775 Thomas North Graves 2nd Baron Graves was born to Admiral Thomas Graves 1st Baron Graves (age 49) and Elizabeth Williams.
On 28th May 1776 Isabella Anne Beresford was born to George de la Poer Beresford 1st Marquess Waterford (age 41) and Elizabeth Monck Marchioness Waterford (age 34).
On 28th May 1802 Charlotte Sophia Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 35) and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 33).
On 28th May 1810 Harriet Emily Mary Milner was born to William Mordaunt Sturt Milner 4th Baronet (age 30) and Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck (age 23).
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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 28th May 1828 Son Ponsonby was born to John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough (age 46) and Maria Fane (age 41).
On 28th May 1835 Susan Harriet Pitt-Rivers was born to George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 24) and Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers (age 25).
On 28th May 1838 Lionel Tollemache was born to John Jervis Tollemache 1st Baron Tollemache (age 32) and Georgiana Louisa Best (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 28th May 1839 Mary Emily Fitzgerald Lady Molyneux was born.
On 28th May 1840 Frederick Dutton 5th Baron Sherborne was born to James Henry Legge Dutton 3rd Baron Sherborne (age 35) and Elizabeth Howard (age 37) at Bibury, Gloucestershire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 28th May 1840 Louisa Mary Berkeley 15th Baroness Berkeley was born to Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (age 35).
On 28th May 1863 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cavendish-Bentinck was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 44) and Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 28).
On 28th May 1866 Henry Alfred Doughty-Tichborne 12th Baronet was born to Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne 11th Baronet and Theresa Mary Arundell.
On 28th May 1867 Rhona Ankaret Estrange Countess Carlisle was born to Colonel Paget Walter L'Estrange.
On 28th May 1869 Gerald Oakley Cadogan 6th Earl Cadogan was born to George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan (age 29) and Beatrix Jane Craven Countess Cadogan (age 24).
On 28th May 1878 Reginald Guy Graham 9th Baronet was born to Reginald Henry Graham 8th Baronet (age 43) and Annie Mary Shiffner Lady Graham.
On 28th May 1885 Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton 9th Earl Nottingham 14th Earl Winchilsea was born to Henry Finch-Hatton 8th Earl Nottingham 13th Earl Winchilsea (age 32).
On 28th May 1889 Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Baroness Astor was born to Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl Minto (age 43) and Mary Caroline Grey Countess Minto (age 31).
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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 28th May 1891 George Jessel 2nd Baronet was born to Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 31) and Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel.
On 28th May 1904 Christian Herbert 6th Earl of Powis was born to Colonel Edward William Herbert.
On 28th May 1904 William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam was born to George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (age 38) and Daisy Evelyn Lyster (age 37).
On 28th May 1908 John Lionel Reginald Blunt 10th Baronet was born to John Harvey Blunt 9th Baronet (age 35).
On 28th May 1910 Stuart Piggott was born at Petersfield, Hampshire.
On 28th May 1912 Alonso María Orléans Galliera was born to Alfonso Orléans Galliera Duke Galliera (age 25) and Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera (age 28) at Madrid [Map]. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 28th May 1919 Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland was born to John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland (age 32) and Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland (age 24).
On 28th May 1932 Charles John Buckworth-Herne-Soame 12th Baronet was born to Charles Burnett Buckworth-Herne-Soame 11th Baronet (age 37).
On 28th May 1959 Robert Anthony Innes-Kerr was born to George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe (age 45) and Margaret Elizabeth Mcconnel Duchess Roxburghe (age 40).
On 28th May 1963 Randle Baker Wilbraham 9th Baronet was born to Richard Baker Wilbraham 8th Baronet (age 29).
Marriages on the 28th May
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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 28th May 1262 King Philip III of France (age 17) and Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon (age 54) and Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of King Louis IX of France (age 48) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 41). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 28th May 1554 Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare (age 29) and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare (age 18) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Countess Kildare. He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 28th May 1604 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 20) and Anne Doyley Baroness Gower were married.
On 28th May 1763 George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington (age 25) and Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Stamford. She the daughter of William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland (age 48). He the son of Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford (age 47) and Mary Booth Countess Stamford (age 59).
On 28th May 1767 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland (age 39) and Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland (age 15) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon (age 49). He the son of Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland (age 66) and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.
On 28th May 1783 Edward Pellew 1st Viscount Exmouth (age 26) and Susan Frowde Viscountess Exmouth (age 27) were married.
On 28th May 1809 William Mordaunt Sturt Milner 4th Baronet (age 29) and Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck (age 22) were married.
On 28th May 1823 George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 36) and Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 49) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 39). He the son of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 65) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 58). They were first cousin once removed.
On 28th May 1824 William Harris 2nd Baron Harris (age 42) and Isabella Helana Handcock-Temple of Waterstown in Westmeath were married.
On 28th May 1832 Richard Boyle 4th Earl Shannon (age 23) and Emily Henrietta Seymour-Conway Countess Shannon were married. He the son of Henry Boyle 3rd Earl Shannon (age 60).
On 28th May 1853 Frederick Sandys (age 24) and Georgiana Creed (age 28) were married at St Pancras Old Church [Map]. He the son of Anthony Sands (age 47) and Mary Ann Brown.
On 28th May 1892 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 32) and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 57).
Deaths on the 28th May
On 28th May 812 William Poitiers Duke Toulose (age 57) 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 28th May 1023 Archbishop Wulfstan died.
On 28th May 1327 Robert de Baldock died in Newgate Prison, London [Map]; see , Annales Paulini, 334
On 28th May 1357 Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal (age 66) died. His son Peter (age 37) succeeded I King Portugal.
On 28th May 1363 John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington (age 35) died at Gleaston Castle [Map]. His son Robert (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Harington. Given his young age Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington became a ward of King Edward III of England (age 50) who granted his wardship to his daughter Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons (age 30) and her husband Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 23).
On 28th May 1381 William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 51) died. He was buried at Guisborough Priory [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 24) succeeded 5th Baroness Latimer of Corby.
On 28th May 1420 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu (age 46) died at Troyes, France [Map]. He was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. His son Henry (age 16) succeeded 2nd Count Eu.
On 28th May 1427 Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen (age 44) died.
On 28th May 1626 Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 64) died at Charing Cross [Map]. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son Theophilus (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Suffolk. Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk (age 27) by marriage Countess Suffolk.
On 28th May 1651 Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent (age 56) died. Monument made in 1658 at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His son Anthony (age 5) succeeded 11th Earl Kent.
On 28th May 1672 Philip Carteret (age 31) and Winston Churchill were killed at Solebay, Southwold [Map].
Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich (age 46) was killed. His son Edward (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Sandwich.
George Legge 1st Baron Dartmouth (age 25) fought.
Charles Harbord (age 32) was killed. The inscription on his. Monument in Westminster Abbey [Map] reads ... Sr. Charles Harbord Knt. his Majesties Surveyor General, and First Lieutenant of the Royall James, under the most noble and illustrious captain Edward, Earle of Sandwich, Vice Admirall of England, which after a terrible fight maintained to admiration against a squadron of the Holland fleet for above six houres, neere the Suffolk coast, having put off two fireships, at last being utterly dissabled and few of her men remaining unhurt, was by a third unfortunately set on fire: but he (though he swam well) neglected to save himselfe as some did, and out of the perfect love to that worthy lord (whom for many yeares he had constantly accompanyed in all his honourable imployments, and in all the engagements of the former warr) dyed with him at the age of XXXIII, much bewailed of his father whom he never offended, and much beloved of all for his knowne piety, vertue, loyalty, fortitude and fidelity.
Captain John Cox was killed in action.
Admiral John Holmes (age 32) fought as commander of Rupert.
The Gloucester took part.
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On 28th May 1727 Henry Moore 4th Earl of Drogheda (age 26) died. His brother Edward (age 26) succeeded 5th Earl Drogheda, 7th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 7th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.
On 28th May 1740 Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford (age 50) died.
On 28th May 1743 Henry Northcote 5th Baronet (age 32) died. His son Stafford (age 7) succeeded 6th Baronet Northcote of Hayne in Devon.
On 28th May 1743 John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett (age 75) died. His son John (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Poulett, 5th Baron Poulett.
On 28th May 1745 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson (age 78) died in Bloomsbury.
On 28th May 1753 Henry Hyde (age 42) died at Paris [Map]. Baron Hyde of Hindon in Wiltshire 1660 extinct. Or the title possibly reverted to his father Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon (age 80).
On 28th May 1796 Henry Thomas Cary 8th Viscount Falkland (age 30) died unmarried at the White Lion Inn. His brother Charles (age 27) succeeded 9th Viscount Falkland.
On 28th May 1814 William Eden 1st Baron Auckland (age 69) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baron Auckland of West Auckland.
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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 28th May 1819 George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington (age 81) died at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. His son George (age 53) succeeded 6th Earl Stamford, 2nd Earl Warrington, 7th Baron Grey of Groby, 2nd Baron Delamer. Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 28th May 1825 Catherine Sophia Manners Lady Heathcote died.
On 28th May 1835 Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl Longford (age 61) died. His son Edward (age 18) succeeded 3rd Earl Longford, 4th Baron Longford, 2nd Baron Silchester of Silchester in Hampshire.
On 28th May 1836 George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon (age 66) died without legitimate issue at Belgrave Square, Belgravia. Duke Gordon, Baron Mordaunt extinct. His fourth cousin once removed George (age 74) succeeded 9th Marquess Huntly, 14th Earl Huntley.
On 28th May 1847 Henry Hoppner Meyer (age 66) died.
On 28th May 1874 Frances Vere Loraine Lady Blackett (age 73) died.
On 28th May 1878 John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 85) died. His grandson Frank (age 12) succeeded 2nd Earl Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset.
On 28th May 1902 Walter John Pelham 4th Earl Chichester (age 63) died at Stanmer House Stanmer Park Falmer Brighton. He was buried at Stanmer Church Stanmer Park Falmer Brighton. His brother Francis (age 57) succeeded 5th Earl Chichester, 6th Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 10th Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Alice Carr Glyn Countess Chichester by marriage Countess Chichester.
On 28th May 1913 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (age 79) died. His son John (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baron Avebury of Avebury in Wiltshire, 5th Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.
On 28th May 1922 Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby 9th Baron Middleton (age 77) died. His brother Godfrey (age 75) succeeded 10th Baron Middleton, 11th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton.
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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 28th May 1940 Frederick Charles I King Finland (age 72) died.
On 28th May 1940 Captain Heneage Michael Charles Finch 9th Earl of Aylesford (age 31) was killed in action. His uncle Charles (age 53) succeeded 10th Earl Aylesford.
On 28th May 1972 King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 77) died. He was buried at Royal Burial Ground Frogmore Estate Home Park Windsor, Berkshire.
On 28th May 1975 Patrick Plunket 7th Baron Plunket (age 51) died. His brother Robin (age 49) succeeded 8th Baron Plunket of Newtown in County Cork.