06 May is in May.
1191 King Richard I arrives at Limassol
4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury
1502 Trial and Execution of James Tyrrell
1613 Thomas Overbury Murder and Trial of his Murderers
1682 Sinking of the Gloucester
1760 Execution of Earl Ferrers
On 6th May 1002 Archbishop Ealdwulf died.
On 6th May 1191 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England [aged 33] arrived in Limassol [Map] where he met with Guy I King Jerusalem [aged 41].
Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall. King Philip, in the springtime, entered the Mediterranean Sea with his men, as has already been said, and landed at Acre. King Richard, following close after with his whole company, by God's judgment was driven upon the island of Cyprus [on 6th May 1191]. There, when he had decided to pause for a little while for the refreshment of himself and his men, and for the gathering of fresh provisions after the weariness of the sea, the lord of that island, who usurped for himself the name of emperor, forbade him to enter his borders, threatening war if he approached. He even forbade that anyone should sell food to the king's army or set out goods for sale. King Richard, not bearing with an even spirit this hostility and detestable inhumanity, vigorously attacked the said island with armed force, and within a short time brought it under his power. The emperor himself, who had given hostages for peace but then broke the treaty, Richard captured as he fled from city to city, and consigned him to prison.
Rex Philippus in vernali tempore mare Mediterraneum cum suis, ut jam dictum est, ingressus, apud Ptolomaidam applicuit; quem rex Ricardus cum universo comitatu suo illico subsequens, Dei judicio in Cyprum insulam appulsus est, ubi cum aliquantulum temporis ob sui suorumque recreationem, ac recentium victualium aggregationem, post tædiosam maris vexationem pausare decrevisset, dominus illius insulæ, qui sibi nomen imperatoris usurpabat, prohibuit ne fines suos ingredi præsumeret, bellum applicantibus intentans. Interdixit etiam ne quis suorum exercitui regis victualia venderet, aut res venales exponeret. Cujus animositatem ac detestandam inhumanitatem rex Ricardus non æquo animo ferens, prædictam insulam armata manu viriliter aggressus est, eamque suæ ditioni infra breve tempus subegit; ipsumque imperatorem, (qui obsides pacis tradiderat, sed fœdus pacis initum ruperat,) de civitate in civitatem fugientem comprehendit, comprehensumque custodia carcerali mancipavit.
Annals of Six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet. On the feast of St John before the Latin Gate [6th May 1191], King Richard, with all his company, after many wearying labours by which he had been delayed, was, God guiding him, brought to the harbour of Cyprus near the city of Limassol. He did not immediately go ashore, but for a time remained within the ships. After hearing the complaints concerning the danger suffered by his men, he sent messengers to the emperor, demanding that he make amends for the injuries that had been inflicted. When he refused, Richard, with armed force, violently seized the harbour with five galleys; and driving back those who tried to prevent a landing, he himself was the first to leave the ships, followed by the others. He forced the emperor and his men to flee and captured the city called Limassol. He then had the queen of Sicily and Berengaria, who had arrived there before him in a ship called a 'Buza', but had remained at anchor in the harbour, unwilling to land because they feared the hostility of the Greeks who inhabited the island, brought ashore and lodged in the town so that they might recover somewhat after the many hardships of the sea. On the following day the king, bringing out his horses and arms, pursued the emperor. When he engaged him in battle, the others fled; but the emperor himself came against him, and Richard met him with a lance, threw him from his horse, and, after killing his standard-bearer, gained possession of his splendid banner. After this he caused a public proclamation to be made that the inhabitants who desired peace might go and come freely, enjoying their customary liberty.
In die vero S. Joannis ante Portam Latinam He sets out for the Holy rex Ricardus cum universo comitatu suo, post Land, and multos et fastidiosos labores, quibus retardatus erat, gubernante DEO, deductus est ad portum Cypri apud urbem Limezun. Nec statim in terram ascendit, sed ad tempus se cohibuit infra naves. Auditis vero querimoniis super hominum suorum discrimine, imperatorem per nuntios, ut super illatis injuriis emendam faceret, requisivit. Quo renuente, armata manu violenter portum adquisitis quinque galeis obtinuit; repulsisque qui in terram descensum prohibebant, primus de navibus egressus, sequentibus aliis, imperatorem cum suis coegit in fugam; captaque civitate quæ Limezun dicitur, reginam Siciliæ et Berengariam, quæ eum in Buza prævenerant, sed fixis anchoris in portu manentes applicare nolebant, timentes Græcorum qui insulam habitabant malitiam, educi fecit et in villa hospitari, ut aliquali quiete, post tot maris tædia, reficerentur. Sequenti die, rex eductis equis armisque suis imperatorem persequitur; et cum eo congressus, ceteris fugientibus, ex adverso venientem lancea excipiens equo dejecit, et interfecto vexillario ejus baneriam pretiosam lucrifecit. Exinde edicto publico præconizari fecit, ut indigenæ pacis amatores, eundo et redeundo ad libitum, gauderent solita libertate.
On 6th May 1192 Henry of Champagne [aged 25] and Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem [aged 20] were married eight days after the assassination of her husband Conrad of Montferrat [deceased]. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem [aged 38]. He the son of Henry Blois I Count Champagne and Marie Capet Countess Champagne [aged 47]. They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris. 6th May 1236. About this time, too, on the 6th of May, William Daubeny the elder [aged 85], a bold and magnanimous knight, and one endowed with all noble qualities, closed his life at an advanced age, leaving his son William [aged 48], his legitimate heir, who took after his father in every respect.
On 6th May 1268 Henry Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England [aged 28] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 27] at Windsor Castle [Map]. He died aged six in 1274.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. In that same year also, on the sixth day of May, in a village quite near Arras called Hautavesnes, a pig being burnt caused the burning of eight to ten houses.
Audit an aussy, le vije jour de may, en ung villaige assés près d'Arras, nommé Hautavesnes, par ung pourchel qu'on brusla, furent ardses de viij a x maisons.
On 6th May 1471 those captured at the 4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury: Edmund Beaufort [aged 32], Hugh Courtenay [aged 44], Gervase Clifton [aged 66] and Humphrey Tuchet [aged 37] were executed.
Thomas Tresham [aged 51] was executed. His estates including manor of Westhall, in Rushton St Peter, were forfeit.
Polydore Vergil [1470-1555]. Two days later [6th May 1471] all these, save for Margaret and her son [deceased], paid with their heads in that same village. A little later Prince Edward, a very excellent young man, was taken to meet Edward, and was asked why he had dared invade his kingdom and trouble it with arms. He had the presence of mind to reply he had come to claim his ancestral realm. Edward [aged 29] made no response this, he only waved the lad away, and immediately those who stood around him (these were Dukes George of Clarence [aged 21], Richard of Gloucester [aged 18], and William Hastings [aged 40]) cruelly butchered him. His body, together with those of the others who had been executed, was buried in a nearby Benedictine abbey.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland Volume 1. 6th May 1471. The Duke of Clarence [aged 21] to Henry Vernon [aged 26].
[1471,] May 6. Tewkesbury. — Right trusti and welbeloved we grete you wele, gating you wite that my lord hath had goode spede nowe in his late journey to the subduyng of his enemyes, traitours and rebelles, of the which Edward late called Prince [deceased], the late Erl of Devon [deceased] with other estates, knightes, squiers, and gentilmen, were slayn in playn bataill, Edmund late Due of Somerset [aged 32] taken and put to execucion and other diverses estates, knightes, squiers, and gentilmen taken. And for soo muche as my said lord and we bee fully pourposed with the grace of our Lord to comme in all goodly haste into the north partyes for thestablishement of pease, tranquilhte and restfull rule and governance of the same, we desire and for your wele advyse you, and also in my said lordes name charge you, to dispose you to comme and attende upon us with so many men defensibly arrayed as ye can make, and that at ferthest ye bee with us at Coventre the xij day of this present moneth.
Yeven under our signet at Tewkesbury the vj day of May. (Signed : ) G. Clarence.
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Volume 26 1903. [6th May 1471] With regard to most of the particulars I have given, there is little disagreement amongst the chroniclers; but the same cannot be said of what they tell us with regard to the fate of the young Prince Edward [deceased].
In this respect they are divided into two hostile camps. Those who had Lancastrian sympathies and wrote during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII declare that the unhappy Prince was murdered in cold blood as a prisoner; and Polydore Vergil, whose History was printed in 1534, does not hesitate to accuse Edward IV and his two brothers of the murder. The chroniclers who were contemporary with Edward IV and Richard III declare that Prince Edward was slain on the field of battle. The commonly received account is that he was taken prisoner by Sir Richard Crofts; and on the King issuing a proclamation that the person who produced him should receive a pension of £100, and that the Prince's life should be spared, hie was brought into the royal presence. Then followed the scene which Shakespeare has immortalized: The King having. haughtily inquired how he dared invade his dominions and stir up his subjects to rebellion was as haughtily answered by the lad that he came to rescue a father from prison, and regain a crown which had been usurped, whereupon the King struck him with his gauntlet, and Gloucester, Clarence, Dorset, and Hastings hurried him away from the King's presence and despatched him with their poignards.
On 6th May 1502 James Tyrrell [aged 47] was beheaded. He was buried at Austin Friars.
On 6th May 1527 Charles Bourbon III Duke Bourbon [aged 37] was killed during the Sack of Rome.
Letters and Papers. 6th May 1536. 808. Anne Boleyn [aged 35] to Henry VIII.1
Your Grace's displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me as what to write or what to excuse I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you sent unto me, willing me to confess a truth and so to obtain your favour, by such an one whom you know to be my ancient professed enemy, I no sooner received this message by him than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command. But do not imagine that your poor wife will ever confess a fault which she never even imagined. Never had prince a more dutiful wife than you have in Anne Boleyn, with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself if God and your Grace's pleasure had so been pleased. Nor did I ever so far forget myself in my exaltation but that I always looked for such an alteration as now; my preferment being only grounded on your Grace's fancy. You chose me from a low estate, and I beg you not to let an unworthy stain of disloyalty blot me and the infant Princess your daughter. Let me have a lawful trial, and let not my enemies be my judges. Let it be an open trial, I fear no open shames, and you will see my innocency cleared or my guilt openly proved; in which case you are at liberty both to punish me as an unfaithful wife, and to follow your affection, already settled on that party for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could somewhile since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined that my death and an infamous slander will bring you the enjoyment of your desired happiness, then I pray God he will pardon your great sin, and my enemies, the instruments thereof. My innocence will be known at the Day of Judgment. My last request is that I alone may bear the burden of your displeasure, and not those poor gentlemen, who, I understand, are likewise imprisoned for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn has been pleasing in your ears, let me obtain this request, and so I will leave to trouble your Grace any further. From my doleful prison in the Tower, 6 May,
In an Elizabethan hand. Pp. 2, mutilated.
Note 1. That this letter was not really either written or composed by Anne Boleyn, the handwriting and the style alike indicate beyond any reasonable doubt. It does, therefore, beg the question how did become added the the Calendar Rolls?
On 6th May 1580 Charles Gonzaga I Duke Mantua was born to Louis Gonzaga Duke Nevers [aged 40] at Paris [Map].
On 6th May 1613 Gervase Helwys [aged 51] was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 46] having been recommended by Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 73]. Gervase Helwys paid £2000 for the appointment of which £1400 went to Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton and £300 to Thomas Monson 1st Baronet [aged 48], Master of the Armory in the Tower, and a friend of Gervase Helwys.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 6th May 1619. The 6th my Lord [aged 30] sat up playing at cards and did not come home till 12 o'clock at night.
On 6th May 1651 Mary Walters was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 20] and Lucy Walter [aged 21] at The Hague. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland didn't acknowledge her. Her father is some somewhat speculative; he may have been Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford [aged 48] or Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 33].
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th May 1651. I attended the ambassador to a masque at Court, where the French King [aged 12] in person danced five entries, but being engaged in discourse, and better entertained with one of the Queen-Regent's [aged 49] secretaries, I soon left the entertainment.
Note. The "Ballet du Roy aux festes de Bacchus" i.e. "The King's Ballet at the Festivals of Bacchus" was performed by Louis "Sun King" XIV King France on the 2nd May 1651 with his close companions, and professional dancers at the Palais-Cardinal, the Richelieu residence on rue Saint-Honoré.
On 6th May 1659 Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 57] died.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1661. Up by four o'clock and took coach. Mr. Creed rode, and left us that we know not whither he went. We went on, thinking to be at home before the officers rose, but finding we could not we staid by the way and eat some cakes, and so home, where I was much troubled to see no more work done in my absence than there was, but it could not be helped. I sent my wife to my father's, and I went and sat till late with my Lady Batten, both the Sir Williams being gone this day to pay off some ships at Deptford. So home and to bed without seeing of them. I hear to-night that the Duke of York's [aged 27] son [deceased] is this day dead, which I believe will please every body; and I hear that the Duke and his Lady [aged 24] themselves are not much troubled at it.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th May 1664. Went to see Mr. Wright [aged 47] the painter's collection of rare shells, etc.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1667. So home to dinner, where Creed come, whom I vexed devilishly with telling him a wise man, and good friend of his and mine, did say that he lately went into the country to Hinchingbroke [Map]; and, at his coming to town again, hath shifted his lodgings, only to avoid paying to the Poll Bill, which is so true that he blushed, and could not in words deny it, but the fellow did think to have not had it discovered. He is so devilish a subtle false rogue, that I am really weary and afeard of his company, and therefore after dinner left him in the house, and to my office, where busy all the afternoon despatching much business, and in the evening to Sir R. Viner's [aged 36] to adjust accounts there, and so home, where some of our old Navy creditors come to me by my direction to consider of what I have invented for their help as I have said in the morning, and like it mighty well, and so I to the office, where busy late, then home to supper and sing with my wife, who do begin to give me real pleasure with her singing, and so to bed.
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.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1667. Up and angry with my mayds for letting in watermen, and I know not who, anybody that they are acquainted with, into my kitchen to talk and prate with them, which I will not endure. Then out and by coach to my Lord Treasurer's [aged 60], who continues still very ill, then to Sir Ph. Warwicke's [aged 57] house, and there did a little business about my Tangier tallies, and so to Westminster Hall [Map], and there to the Exchequer to consult about some way of getting our poor Creditors of the Navy (who served in their goods before the late Session of Parliament) paid out of the 11 months tax, which seems to relate only for goods to be then served in, and I think I have found out a way to bring them into the Act, which, if it do, I shall think a good service done.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th May 1668. Thence by water to the New Exchange, where bought a pair of shoe-strings, and so to Mr. Pierce's, where invited, and there was Knepp and Mrs. Foster and here dined, but a poor, sluttish dinner, as usual, and so I could not be heartily merry at it: here saw her girl's picture, but it is mighty far short of her boy's, and not like her neither; but it makes Hales's [aged 68] picture of her boy appear a good picture.
On 6th May 1675 August Philipp Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck [aged 62] died at Beck. His son Frederick [aged 22] succeeded Louis I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
On 6th May 1680 Charles XI King Sweden [aged 24] and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King of Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [aged 52]. He the son of Charles Gustav X King Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [aged 43]. They were third cousin twice removed.
On 6th May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York [aged 48] [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough [aged 31] were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe [aged 24] drowned. His son Robert [aged 5] succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
On 6th May 1682 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 23] and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 6th May 1684 John Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl [aged 24] and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 22].
On 6th May 1685 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia was born to Frederick I Duke of Mecklenburg Grabow [aged 47]. She married 1708 her fourth cousin Frederick I King Prussia.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th May 1696. I went to Lambeth [Map], to meet at dinner the Countess of Sunderland [aged 54] and divers ladies. We dined in the Archbishop's wife's apartment with his Grace [aged 59], and stayed late; yet I returned to Deptford, Kent [Map] at night.
On 6th May 1699 Victor Amadeus Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [aged 32] and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 29] at Turin. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.96%.
On 6th May 1703 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl [aged 72] died. His son John [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Marquess Atholl, 3rd Earl Atholl, 4th Earl Tullibardine. Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness Atholl.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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After 6th May 1711. Grave of Caesar Giffard at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard [Map].
On 6th May 1716 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua was born to Manuel Maria Silva [aged 38]. She married 26th July 1738 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua, son of James Fitz James 2nd Duke Berwick and Catalina Ventura Colón Duchess Berwick 9th Duchess Veragua, and had issue.
On 6th May 1729 John Murray 3rd Duke Atholl was born to George Murray [aged 34]. He married 23rd October 1753 his first cousin Charlotte Murray Duchess Atholl, daughter of James Murray 2nd Duke Atholl and Jane Frederick Duchess Atholl, and had issue.
On 6th May 1757 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 73] died. His grandson Augustus [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Duke Grafton, 3rd Earl Euston, 3rd Viscount Ipswich, 3rd Baron Sudbury, 4th Earl Arlington, 4th Viscount Thetford, 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 20] by marriage Duchess Grafton.
Diary of Caroline Girlie. 6th May 1760. Earl Ferrers [deceased] was carried from the Tower [Map] to Tyburn [Map] executed by a party of Horse and Foot Guards, a Clergyman and the two Sherifs were in the Coach with him. The poor unhappy man was drest in his wedding suit, dating as he himself said his whole unhappy conduct from a forced marriage. He observed that the apparatus, and being made a spectacle of to so vast a multitude was greatly worse than death itself the procession was two hours & 3/4 from setting out, the Landau & six in which he was ye Sheriffs each in their Chariots one mourning Coach and a Hearse attended, and return'd thro' Lincoln's Inn Fields about one, I think I never shall forget a procession so moving, to know a man an hour before in perfect health then a Lifeless corpse, yet a just victim to his Country, for the abuse of that power his rank in Life had given him a Title too, his rank indeed caused his punishment, as the good Old King, in answer to numerous petitions of his greatly to be pitied Family made this memorable speech, "That for the last years of his Life, he had been beyond his most Sanguine hopes successful, for which he should ever return thanks to God, and on his part he had and always would endeavour to Administer justice as he ought, as Events had shown by the punishment of his most exalted Subjects". This was a noble answer. Yet none could help pitying this unhappy Lord, his intellects most probably was rather more in fault than his heart in the murder for which he Suffer'd, and had he been low born his majesty would have shewn more Mercy without such strict Justice.
On 6th May 1763 Robert Davers 5th Baronet [aged 28] was killed during Pontiac's War. His brother Charles [aged 25] succeeded 6th Baronet Davers of Rougham in Suffolk.
On 6th May 1777 Mary Rebecca Fitzgerald was born to William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster [aged 28] and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 15th April 1799 Charles Lockhart-Ross 7th Baronet and had issue.
Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. On the 6th of May, 1844, was opened a large flat barrow called Moot Lowe [Map], situated about one mile south-west from Grange Mill, in a field of considerable elevation and rocky surface. The tumulus is about fifteen yards in diameter, and about four feet high, with a level summit. The section was made by cutting through the centre of the barrow from east to west; when within about four yards from the middle, a secondary interment was discovered very near the surface, which consisted of a deposit of burnt bones placed in a large urn, measuring about sixteen inches in height, and thirteen in diameter at the mouth, which was broken, owing to its being so superficially covered; since being restored, it exhibits a very curious appearance, being ornamented in a different manner to any yet discovered in Derbyshire; when found, it lay on its side, and on carefully collecting the pieces, and the bones it contained, a small brass spear-head, or dagger, was found amongst the latter; it is three inches and a quarter in length, and has a hole through which it has been riveted to the handle or shaft; two very similar in size and form are engraved in Sir Richard Hoare's 'Ancient Wiltshire,' vol. i, plates 11, 28. This is the first recorded discovery of a weapon of this description in this county, though subsequent researches have proved them to be by no means rare.
Nearer the centre a much earlier interment was found, namely, a human skeleton with the knees drawn up, lying on some large limestones, and not accompanied by any utensils. The ground in the centre of the barrow was found to be four feet lower than the level of the native surface in other places, probably owing to the rocky and unequal surface of the field before mentioned; it was fiUed up with stones free from soil, to the level of the other ground, beneath which nothing was found, although such was expected to be the case. Dispersed through the mound the following articles were observed: teeth of swine and other animals, a small piece of another urn, chippings of flint, and a few rats' bones. About four hundred yards from the preceding there is a small portion of another barrow, also named Moot Lowe [Note. Presumed to be Moot Low 2 Barrow [Map]], which was long since almost razed to the ground; on the afternoon of the 6th of May the site was dug over, and a few human and animal bones brought to light; the former indicated the interment of two individuals, and the latter included the well-known rats' bones.
Thomas Bateman 1845. About half a mile from the village of Sheldon are two large barrows, placed about three hundred yards distance from each other, both of which were opened on the 6th of May, 1845. On cutting into the first tumulus [Map], which was the one nearest the village, it was found to have been previously examined, no undisturbed deposit or interment having been met with. The following articles were found promiscuously mingled with the earth and stones in the interior of the tumulus: fragments of two urns, a few burnt bones and charcoal, a skeleton pretty nearly complete, a few bones of a young person, bones of rats, polecats, and other animals, and chippings of a coarse kind of flint, none of which were of any marked or characteristic shape.
Thomas Bateman 1845. The second barrow [Map], which was much lower than the former, was untouched by any previous seekers of antiquities; yet having cleared the superincumbent strata from the floor of the barrow, nothing was discovered to repay the labour, until, on a close examination of the rock which appeared above the surface of the ground a circular excavation was perceived about the centre of the barrow which contained a large urn the upper part of which is ornamented, inverted over a deposit of burnt human bones, which, when viewed through a hole in the urn, presented a pleasing sight, being quite free from soil, and beautifully variegated with tints of blue and purple, from the action of heat. The urn is about thirteen inches in diameter, and fitted exactly the excavation made to receive it. In this barrow, as in the preceding, large quantities of rats' bones and chippings of coarse flint or chert were found.
Ten Years' Digging. On the 6th of May was opened a small barrow at the summit of a rocky-hill, near Ecton mine, called by the natives "The Comp". One side of the mound was formed by a natural elevation of rock, the other consisted of large stones piled up against it in such a manner as to leave a hollow place in the centre, which served as a cist for the original interments which had never been disturbed. These comprised the calcined remains of an adult, accompanied by a perforated bone pin and spearhead of flint, which had both passed the fire; and secondly, the unburnt skeleton of a very young child, which lay at the bottom of a cavity immediately beneath the ashes of its parent, as we may reasonably suppose them to be.
On 6th May 1849 John Melhuish Strudwick was born to William Strudwick [aged 41] and Sarah Melhuish [aged 49].
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 6th May 1876 Lionel Francis Crane was born to Walter Crane [aged 30] and Mary Frances Andrews [aged 30]. He married (1) July 1913 Gertrude Sandes, daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive" (2) 1921 Winifred Gertrude Sandes, daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive".
On 6th May 1879 James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 44] was declared insolvent following the Ruskin libel trial.
On 6th May 1879 Hilary Lushington Hunt was born to William Holman Hunt [aged 52] and Marion Edith Waugh [aged 32] at 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.
The London Gazette 24843. India Office, May 6, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Honourable the Marquess of Ripon [aged 52], K.G., to be Governor-General of India.
On 6th May 1882 Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to Wilhelm Hohenzollern [aged 23] and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg [aged 23]. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He married in or before 1906 his third cousin Princess Cecilie Mecklenburg Schwerin and had issue.
On 6th May 1882 Frederick Charles Cavendish [aged 45] was assassinated at Phoenix Park, Dublin during the Phoenix Park Killings. He was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
After 6th May 1882. Cartmel Priory, Lancashire [Map]. Monument to Frederick Charles Cavendish [deceased]. Sculpted by Thomas Woolner [aged 56]. Marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest. See Phoenix Park Killings.
On 6th May 1892 Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster was born to Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster [aged 40] and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster [aged 28]. His biological father was suspected to be Hugo Charteris 11th Earl of Wemyss [aged 34] with whom his mother was believed to have been having an affair at the time. He married 11th March 1946 Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster.
On 6th May 1895 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 26] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 24]. He married 1917 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire, daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury, and had issue.
On 5th May 1905 the trial of the Stratton brothers for the murder of Mr and Mrs Farrow commenced. The trial was the first to use fingerprint evidence as part of the prosecution. The brothers were found guilty the following day, 6th May 1905. They were hanged on 23rd May 1905.
On 6th May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 68] died. His son George [aged 44] succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 6th May 1924 Patricia Helen Kennedy was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy [aged 35] and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald [aged 33].
On 6th May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 69] died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward [aged 43] succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 67] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.
On 6th May 1944 William Cavendish [aged 26] and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy [aged 24] were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy [aged 55] and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald [aged 53]. He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 49] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 48].
The Duke of Devonshire and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr [aged 28], a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register. The Duke of Rutland [aged 24] served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire, the groom William, Marquess of Hartington, the bride Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire.
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20th February 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13th May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris [Map] to the French Riviera for a vacation aboard a de Havilland DH.104 Dove. His first cousin once removed Eric succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25th July 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12th August 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 6th May 1952 Oswald Birley [aged 72] died.
On 6th May 2023 Prince Charles [aged 74] was crowned King Charles III of the United Kingdom. Queen Consort Camilla Shand [aged 75] was crowned Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
On 6th May 1262 John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings was born to Henry Hastings [aged 27] and Joan Cantilupe. He married (1) before 1282 his sixth cousin Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings, daughter of William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke, and had issue (2) before 1310 his third cousin once removed Isabel Despencer Baroness Hastings and Bergavenny, daughter of Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester and Isabella Beauchamp, and had issue.
On 6th May 1268 Henry Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England [aged 28] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 27] at Windsor Castle [Map]. He died aged six in 1274.
On 6th May 1336 Robert Lisle 3rd Baron Lisle was born to John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle [aged 18] and Maud Grey Baroness Lisle [aged 18]. He married (1) after 6th May 1336 Agnes Unknown Baroness Lisle (2) before 1399 Margaret Unknown Baroness Lisle.
On 6th May 1410 Catherine Pole was born to Michael de la Pole 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 16] and Elizabeth Mowbray Countess Suffolk [aged 16]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 6th May 1464 Sophia Jagiellon Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach was born to Casimir IV King Poland [aged 36] and Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland [aged 26]. She married 14th February 1479 her second cousin twice removed Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg-Ansbach and had issue.
On 6th May 1580 Charles Gonzaga I Duke Mantua was born to Louis Gonzaga Duke Nevers [aged 40] at Paris [Map].
On 6th May 1651 Mary Walters was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 20] and Lucy Walter [aged 21] at The Hague. King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland didn't acknowledge her. Her father is some somewhat speculative; he may have been Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl Carlingford [aged 48] or Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 33].
On 6th May 1680 Charles Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 17] and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield [aged 15]. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He died aged less than one years old.
On 6th May 1682 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Saalfeld was born to John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 23] and Sophie Hedwig Saxe Merseburg Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld at Saalfield.
On 6th May 1684 John Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl [aged 24] and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 22].
On 6th May 1685 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia was born to Frederick I Duke of Mecklenburg Grabow [aged 47]. She married 1708 her fourth cousin Frederick I King Prussia.
On 6th May 1699 Victor Amadeus Savoy was born to Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [aged 32] and Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia [aged 29] at Turin. He a great grandson of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.96%.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 6th May 1699 Thomas Leveson-Gower was born to John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower [aged 24] and Catherine Manners Baroness Gower [aged 24].
On 6th May 1716 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua was born to Manuel Maria Silva [aged 38]. She married 26th July 1738 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua, son of James Fitz James 2nd Duke Berwick and Catalina Ventura Colón Duchess Berwick 9th Duchess Veragua, and had issue.
On 6th May 1729 John Murray 3rd Duke Atholl was born to George Murray [aged 34]. He married 23rd October 1753 his first cousin Charlotte Murray Duchess Atholl, daughter of James Murray 2nd Duke Atholl and Jane Frederick Duchess Atholl, and had issue.
On 6th May 1754 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester was born to Wenman Roberts aka Coke [aged 37] and Elizabeth Chamberlayne [aged 21]. He married (1) 25th October 1775 Jane Dutton and had issue (2) 1822 Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester, daughter of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle and Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle, and had issue.
On 6th May 1758 George Evelyn Boscawen 3rd Viscount Falmouth was born to Edward Boscawen [aged 46] and Frances Evelyn Evelyn [aged 38].
On 6th May 1760 Robert Hobart was born to George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 28] and Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 21] at Hampden House, Great Hampden. He married (1) 1792 Margaretta Bourke and had issue (2) 1799 Eleanor Agnes Eden Countess Buckinghamshire, daughter of William Eden 1st Baron Auckland and Eleanor Elliot.
On 6th May 1760 John Cocks 1st Earl Somers was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers [aged 34] and Elizabeth Eliot.
On 6th May 1761 Reverend Bourchier William Wrey was born to Bourchier Wrey 6th Baronet [aged 47] and Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey [aged 30]. He married 1789 Sophia Bethell.
On 6th May 1777 Mary Rebecca Fitzgerald was born to William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster [aged 28] and Emilia St George Duchess Leinster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 15th April 1799 Charles Lockhart-Ross 7th Baronet and had issue.
On 6th May 1778 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper was born to George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper [aged 39] and Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper. He married 20th July 1805 Emily Lamb Countess Cowper, daughter of Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne and Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne, and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 6th May 1780 Henrietta Dorothea Wallop was born to John Wallop 2nd Earl Portsmouth [aged 37] and Urania Fellowes [aged 38]. She married 1816 Reverend John Comyns Churchill.
On 6th May 1784 Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon was born to Admiral John Borlase Warren 1st Baronet [aged 30] and Caroline Clavering Lady Warren. She married 25th August 1802 George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon, son of Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon and Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Sedley, and had issue.
On 6th May 1786 Edward Marmaduke Stourton aka Vavasour 1st Baronet was born to Charles Philip Stourton 17th Baron Stourton [aged 33].
On 9th April 1801 William Lorraine 6th Baronet was born to Charles Loraine 5th Baronet [aged 21] and Elizabeth Campart Lady Loraine [aged 22]. He was baptised on 6th May 1801 at Church of St Nicholas, Chiswick; his mother was visiting her family.
On 6th May 1811 Henry Anthony Farrington 4th Baronet was born to Henry Maturin Farrington 3rd Baronet [aged 33] and Jane Curry [aged 19].
On 6th May 1816 Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset was born to Fitzroy James Henry Somerset 1st Baron Raglan [aged 27] and Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole Baroness Raglan [aged 24].
On 6th May 1827 Henry Vansittart Stonhouse 15th and 12th Baronet was born to Timothy Vansittart Stonhouse 14th and 11th Baronet [aged 28].
On 6th May 1827 George FitzMaurice 6th Earl of Orkney was born to Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney [aged 23] and Isabella Irby Countess Orkney [aged 20]. He married 1872 Amelia Samuel.
On 6th May 1848 Frederick Canning Lascelles was born to Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood [aged 23] and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh [aged 22]. He married 17th June 1878 his fourth cousin twice removed Frederica Maria Liddell and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 6th May 1849 John Melhuish Strudwick was born to William Strudwick [aged 41] and Sarah Melhuish [aged 49].
On 6th May 1851 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth [aged 27] and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth [aged 29]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.69%. He married 18th December 1879 his half fifth cousin Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth, daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester, and had issue.
On 6th May 1859 Tyrell Other William Champion de Crespigny was born to Claude Champion de Crespigny 3rd Baronet [aged 40] and Mary Tyrell Lady Champion de Crespigny [aged 36].
On 6th May 1860 Cora Smith Countess Strafford was born.
On 6th May 1869 John William Salusbury-Trelawny 11th Baronet was born to William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny 10th Baronet [aged 24] and Jessy Rose Murray [aged 22]. He married (1) 9th December 1891 Agnes Braddick and had issue (2) 24th July 1905 Catherine Penelope Cave-Browne-Cave Lady Salusbury-Trelawny and had issue.
On 6th May 1876 Lionel Francis Crane was born to Walter Crane [aged 30] and Mary Frances Andrews [aged 30]. He married (1) July 1913 Gertrude Sandes, daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive" (2) 1921 Winifred Gertrude Sandes, daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive".
On 6th May 1879 Charles Chute 1st Baronet was born to Chaloner William Chute [aged 40] and Eleanor Jane Portal.
On 6th May 1879 Hilary Lushington Hunt was born to William Holman Hunt [aged 52] and Marion Edith Waugh [aged 32] at 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.
On 6th May 1880 Gervase Disney Alexander 15th Baron Cobham was born to Reginald Gervase Alexander [aged 33].
On 6th May 1882 Wilhelm Hohenzollern was born to Wilhelm Hohenzollern [aged 23] and Empress Auguste Viktoria Oldenburg [aged 23]. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He married in or before 1906 his third cousin Princess Cecilie Mecklenburg Schwerin and had issue.
On 6th May 1883 Algernon Strutt 3rd Baron Belper was born to Henry Strutt 2nd Baron Belper [aged 42] and Margaret Coke Baroness Belper [aged 31]. He married 26th April 1911 Eva Isabel Countess Rosebery, daughter of Henry Bruce 2nd Baron Aberdare and Constance Mary Beckett Baroness Aberdare, and had issue.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 6th May 1883 Dudley Gordon 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born to John Hamilton-Gordon 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair [aged 35] and Isabel Marjoribanks Marchioness of Aberdeen and Ternair [aged 26].
On 6th May 1890 Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 35] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 27]. She married 24th May 1916 her third cousin once removed William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville, son of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville, and had issue.
On 6th May 1892 Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster was born to Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster [aged 40] and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster [aged 28]. His biological father was suspected to be Hugo Charteris 11th Earl of Wemyss [aged 34] with whom his mother was believed to have been having an affair at the time. He married 11th March 1946 Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster.
On 6th May 1895 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 26] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 24]. He married 1917 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire, daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury, and had issue.
On 6th May 1896 Christopher John Roper-Curzon 19th Baron Teynham was born to Henry Roper-Curzon 18th Baron Teynham [aged 28].
On 6th May 1901 Michael Paulet St John-Mildmay 12th Baronet was born to John Walter Paulet St John-Mildmay [aged 34].
On 6th May 1903 Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme was born to Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath [aged 40] and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath [aged 34]. She married 24th November 1927 her fourth cousin Charles John Wilson 3rd Baron Nunburnholme, son of Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme and Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham, and had issue.
On 6th May 1906 George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon [aged 28]. He married 18th April 1932 Marion Feodorovna Louise Glyn, daughter of Frederic Glyn 4th Baron Wolverton and Edith Amelia Ward Baroness Wolverton, and had issue.
On 6th May 1914 George Parker 8th Earl Macclesfield was born to George Parker 7th Earl Macclesfield [aged 25] and Lilian Joanna Vere Boyle Countess Macclesfield. He married 18th June 1938 Valerie Mansfield Countess Macclesfield and had issue.
On 6th May 1924 Patricia Helen Kennedy was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy [aged 35] and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald [aged 33].
On 6th May 1929 Bishop John Bernard Taylor was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map]. As a young boy he moved with his family to Watford. He attended Watford Boys' Grammar School after which he went up to Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map] where he took a First in Classics and, having secured the Lady Kay Scholarship to Jesus College, proceded to take a First in Theology.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 6th May 1932 Alexander George Thynn 7th Marquess of Bath was born to Henry Frederick Thynne 6th Marquess of Bath [aged 27] and Daphne Vivian Marchioness Bath [aged 27].
On 6th May 1936 Edward Douglas Coke 7th Earl of Leicester was born to Anthony Louis Lovel Coke 6th Earl of Leicester [aged 26].
On 6th May 1192 Henry of Champagne [aged 25] and Isabella Anjou Queen Jerusalem [aged 20] were married eight days after the assassination of her husband Conrad of Montferrat [deceased]. She the daughter of Almaric I King Jerusalem and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem [aged 38]. He the son of Henry Blois I Count Champagne and Marie Capet Countess Champagne [aged 47]. They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 6th May 1589 John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope [aged 40] and Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope were married.
On 6th May 1602 Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 24] and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill [aged 36] were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland.
On 6th May 1635 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet [aged 28] and Catherine Lucas Lady Pye were married.
On 6th May 1680 Charles XI King Sweden [aged 24] and Ulrika Eleonora Oldenburg [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King of Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [aged 52]. He the son of Charles Gustav X King Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [aged 43]. They were third cousin twice removed.
On 6th May 1724 Edward Neville 3rd Baron Abergavenny [aged 19] and Katherine Tatton Baroness Abergavenny were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.
On 6th May 1778 George Howland Beaumont 7th Baronet [aged 24] and Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont [aged 22] were married. Margaret Willes Lady Beaumont
On 6th May 1791 Stafford Henry Northcote 7th Baronet [aged 28] and Jacquetta Baring Lady Northcote [aged 22] were married at St Leonard's Church, Exeter [Map]. She by marriage Lady Northcote of Hayne in Devon.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 6th May 1884 George William Thomas Brudenell 4th Marquess Ailesbury [aged 20] and Dorothy Julia "Dolly Tester" Haseley Marchioness Ailesbury [aged 23] were married.
On 6th May 1929 Geoffrey Hope-Morley 2nd Baron Hollenden [aged 44] and Muriel Ivy Gladstone Baroness Hollenden were married. She by marriage Baroness Hollenden of Leigh in Kent.
On 6th May 1944 William Cavendish [aged 26] and Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy [aged 24] were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy [aged 55] and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald [aged 53]. He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 49] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 48].
The Duke of Devonshire and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr [aged 28], a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register. The Duke of Rutland [aged 24] served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire, the groom William, Marquess of Hartington, the bride Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire.
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20th February 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13th May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris [Map] to the French Riviera for a vacation aboard a de Havilland DH.104 Dove. His first cousin once removed Eric succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25th July 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12th August 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
On 6th May 1960 Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon [aged 30] and Princess Margaret [aged 29] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England [aged 59].
Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner [aged 33] and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner [aged 27], whose wedding the couple had attended four years before, offered them a piece of land on their privately owned island, Mustique, and agreed to build a house for the couple on the land. It was designed in 1971 by uncle to Lord Snowdon, Oliver Messel, and named "Les Jolies Eaux" aka "The Pretty Waters"
On 6th May 698 Bishop Eadberht of Lindisfarne died.
On 6th May 988 Dirk Gerulfing II Count Holland [aged 63] died. His son Arnulf [aged 38] succeeded Count Holland. Luitgarde Luxemburg Countess Holland by marriage Countess Holland.
On 6th May 1002 Archbishop Ealdwulf died.
On 6th May 1144 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche [aged 64] died. His son Routrou [aged 9] succeeded IV Count Perche.
On 6th May 1328 Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter [aged 28] died. His son John [aged 13] succeeded 3rd Baron Fitzwalter.
On 6th May 1417 Marjorie Stewart Countess Moray [aged 69] died.
On 6th May 1527 Charles Bourbon III Duke Bourbon [aged 37] was killed during the Sack of Rome.
On 6th May 1548 Anthony Browne [aged 48] died at Byfleet, Surrey. He was buried at Senlac Hill Hastings. Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 19] inherited Cowdray House [Map].
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.
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On 30th April 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford [aged 61] died at Caus Castle [Map]. His son Henry succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford. On 6th May 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford was buried at Church of All Saints Worthen, Shropshire.
On 6th May 1583 Margaret Skipwith Baroness Tailboys died.
On 6th May 1631 Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet [aged 60] died. His son Thomas [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire.
On 6th May 1634 John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery [aged 59] died at Golden Grove, Llanfihangel. His son Richard [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl Carbery.
On 6th May 1659 Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 57] died.
On 6th May 1675 August Philipp Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck [aged 62] died at Beck. His son Frederick [aged 22] succeeded Louis I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
On 6th May 1681 Philip Wodehouse 3rd Baronet [aged 72] died. His grandson John [aged 12] succeeded 4th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall.
On 6th May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York [aged 48] [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough [aged 31] were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe [aged 24] drowned. His son Robert [aged 5] succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
On 6th May 1703 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl [aged 72] died. His son John [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Marquess Atholl, 3rd Earl Atholl, 4th Earl Tullibardine. Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness Atholl.
On 6th May 1709 John Lovelace 4th Baron Lovelace [aged 37] died. His son John [aged 4] succeeded 5th Baron Lovelace of Hurley in Berkshire. His funeral was held in Trinity Church, New York.
On 6th May 1726 Mary Cole Countess of Drogheda [aged 66] died.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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On 6th May 1757 Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton [aged 73] died. His grandson Augustus [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Duke Grafton, 3rd Earl Euston, 3rd Viscount Ipswich, 3rd Baron Sudbury, 4th Earl Arlington, 4th Viscount Thetford, 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 4th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton [aged 20] by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On 6th May 1763 Robert Davers 5th Baronet [aged 28] was killed during Pontiac's War. His brother Charles [aged 25] succeeded 6th Baronet Davers of Rougham in Suffolk.
On 6th May 1764 Edward Wingfield 2nd Viscount Powerscourt [aged 34] died. His brother Richard [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Viscount Powerscourt. Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt by marriage Viscountess Powerscourt.
On 6th May 1769 James Tuchet 7th Earl Castlehaven [aged 46] died unmarried. His brother John [aged 44] succeeded 8th Earl Castlehaven, 18th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 15th Baron Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley of Orier in England, 6th Baron Audley of Hely in Ireland.
On 6th May 1774 John Ward 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward [aged 70] died. His son John [aged 49] succeeded 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley in Worcestershire, 7th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
On 6th May 1815 George Thomas 3rd Baronet [aged 75] died. His son William [aged 32] succeeded 4th Baronet Thomas of Yapton in Sussex.
On 6th May 1820 Wilmot Vaughan 2nd Earl Lisburne [aged 64] died at Shillingthorpe Hall, unmarried. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Enfield. His half brother John [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Earl Lisburne, 4th Viscount Lisburne. Lucy Courtenay Countess Lisburne [aged 49] by marriage Countess Lisburne.
On 6th May 1855 Mary Isabella Sutton Lady Baker died.
On 6th May 1857 Edward Haggerston 7th Baronet [aged 60] died. His brother John [aged 58] succeeded 8th Baronet Haggerston of Haggerston Castle in Northumberland.
On 6th May 1857 Jane Mildmay Lady St-John Mildmay [aged 92] died.
On 6th May 1870 James Young Simpson 1st Baronet [aged 58] died at 52 Queen Street Edinburgh. His son Walter [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baronet Simpson of Strathavon and the City of Edinburgh.
On 6th May 1873 Thomas Laurence Dundas 2nd Earl Zetland [aged 78] died at his home Aske Hall North Yorkshire. His nephew Lawrence [aged 28] succeeded 3rd Earl Zetland aka Shetland, 4th Baron Dundas, 5th Baronet Dundas of Kerse.
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.
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On 6th May 1907 Roger John Twisden 10th Baronet [aged 54] died. His uncle John [aged 81] succeeded 11th Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.
On 6th May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 68] died. His son George [aged 44] succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 42] by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 6th May 1921 Herbert Colstoun Gardner 1st Baron Burghclere [aged 74] died. Baron Burghclere of Walden in Essex extinct.
On 6th May 1927 Henry Alexander Gordon Howard 4th Earl of Effingham [aged 60] died. His first cousin Gordon [aged 54] succeeded 5th Earl of Effingham, 15th Baron Howard of Effingham.
On 6th May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 69] died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward [aged 43] succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 67] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.
On 6th May 1945 Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison Lady Codrington [aged 80] died.
On 6th May 1952 Oswald Birley [aged 72] died.
On 6th May 1970 Nancy Lycett Green Baroness Vivian died.
On 6th May 1978 Charles Hedworth Mills 4th Baron Hillingdon [aged 56] died. His first cousin once removed Patrick [aged 71] succeeded 5th Baron Hillingdon, 6th Baronet Mills of Hillingdon.
On 6th May 1978 Hubert Acland 4th Baronet [aged 87] died. His son Antony [aged 61] succeeded 5th Baronet Acland of St Mary Magdalen in Oxford.
On 6th May 1979 Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale [aged 82] died.
On 6th May 2011 Kenelm Ernest Lee Guinness 4th Baronet [aged 82] died. His son Kenelm [aged 49] succeeded 5th Baronet Guinness of Ashford in Country Galway.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 6th May 2013 Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle died.