10 Dec is in December.
1290 Death of Queen Eleanor of Castile
1541 Catherine Howard Tyburn Executions
On 10th December 304 Saint Eulalia of Mérida [aged 12] burned at the stake at Augusta Emerita for refusing to adopt Roman Gods. She challenged the authorities to martyr her. The judge's attempts at flattery and bribery failed. She was stripped by the soldiers, tortured with hooks and torches, and burnt at the stake. When she died a dove flew out of her mouth. Snow covered her nakedness.
On 10th December 925 Sancho I King Pamplona [aged 65] died. His son García [aged 6] succeeded I King Pamplona.
On 10th December 1290 Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [deceased] body rested at Woburn, Bedfordshire. Work on the cross here started in 1292 and was complete in ealy 1293.
Annals of Six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet. 1290. Margaret, daughter of the King of Norway, and of Margaret, daughter of Alexander, King of the Scots, to whom by hereditary right, her grandfather, uncle, and mother having died, the kingdom of Scotland ought to have devolved, being dead, it was called into doubt among all who was the rightful heir of Scotland, on account of which the king, after celebrating at London the marriages between the son and heir of the Duke of Brabant and Margaret his third daughter, and between Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester, and Joan his second daughter, set out towards Scotland to determine the rightful heir as overlord, but when he was approaching the borders of Scotland, the queen, having been seized by a severe illness of the body, departed this life on the fourth day [10th December 1290]1 before the Ides of December, on account of which the king, abandoning the journey he had begun, returned to London, conducting the funeral. Her body was buried at Westminster, but her heart in the choir of the Friars Preachers in London.
1290. MARGARETA filia regis Norwegiæ, et Margareta filia Alexandri regis Scotiæ, ad quas jure hereditario, defunctis avo, patruo, et matre, regnum Scotiæ devolvi debebat, mortuis; apud omnes quis foret justus heres Scotiæ in dubium vertebatur: propter quod rex, celebratis Londoniæ nuptiis inter fillum et heredem ducis Brabantiæ et Margaretam fillam suam tertiam, [ac inter Gilbertum comitem Gloverniæ et Joannam fillam suam secundam,] versus Scotiam dijudicaturus de justo herede tanquam superior dominus dirigit iter suum; sed dum finibus Scotiæ appropinquaret, regina corporis gravi infirmitate correpta quarto idus Decembris ex hac vita migravit, propter quod rex, cœpto intermisso itinere, Londoniam funus deducendo revertitur. Cujus corpus apud Westmonasterium, cor vero in choro fratrum Prædicatorum Londoniæ, est humatum.
Note 1. The date on which Queen Eleanor of Castile died varies considerably among Chroniclers. Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough doesn't provide a date but does say it happened on a Wednesday: 'On every Wednesday for an entire year, wherever the king happened to be, he ordered that a penny be distributed to each of the poor and to any others willing to receive it' whereas Trivet's 10th December was a Sunday. The Annals of Oseney has 'On the 4th before the Kalends of December' i.e. 28th November, a Tuesday. The Annals of Dunstable has 'on the 5th day before the Kalends of December' i.e. 27th November, a Monday. Rymer's Fœdera includes 'Concerning praying for the soul of Eleanor, formerly Queen of England' which has 'on the fourth day before the kalends of December' i.e. 28th November. We should also note that writs are issued on 28th December, but not on 29th or 39th. We might conclude, therefore, that Queen Eleanor died sometime during he night of the Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th December. Trivet's 'fourth day before the Ides of December' is most likely a mistake for 'fourth day before the Kalends of December'.
On 10th December 1310 Stephen Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria [aged 39] died. His son Henry [aged 5] succeeded XIV Duke Bavaria. His son Otto [aged 3] succeeded IV Duke Lower Bavaria.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. Around Advent the king set out toward the Welsh March with a large army. Around the tenth day of December [1321] the archbishop summoned a council in London, to which few came because of fear, the dangers of the roads, and the shortness of time. There it was declared by the few prelates present that the sentence of exile against Lords Hugh and Hugh Despenser had been erroneous, and the king with his council pronounced that exile invalid and restored them. The king spent Christmas at Cirencester and refused to go to Gloucester, since that town was held by certain barons. Instead he went through Worcester and those regions toward Shrewsbury and sent some ahead to prepare his route through Bridgnorth. Another group met them, captured the castle, killed some, and drove others away. From that time the king outlawed all who had been there and many others and ordered their lands throughout England to be seized. Afterwards he came to Shrewsbury by another route. There the two Roger Mortimers came to make their peace through the deceitful mediation of the earls of Pembroke, the Marshal, Richmond, and Warenne, who had promised them many things, though in what manner is not known. Afterwards others also surrendered to the king, namely Maurice de Berkeley, Hugh Audley the elder, and Master Rhys. The king sent the Mortimers to the Tower of London, Berkeley to Wallingford, and Rhys to Dover.
Et circa Adventum Domini rex direxit se versus marchiam Walliæ cum exercitu magno. Et circa X diem Decembris archiepiscopus vocavit concilium Londoniis, ad quod pauci venerunt propter horrorem et viarum discrimina et temporis brevitatem; in quo fuit declaratum per paucos prælatos præsentes quod processus exilii dominorum H. et H. Despenser fuit erroneus, et rex cum concilio suo pronunciarunt illud exilium non tenere, et eos restituerunt. Et fuit rex in festo Nativitatis Domini Cirencestriæ et noluit ire Gloucestriam, qui villa tenebatur per quosdam barones; sed, illa via dimissa, ivit per Wygorniam et partes illas versus Salopiam,et destinavit quosdam ad parandum iter suum per Brigenorth Quibus occurrit pars alia et cepit castrum et quosdam occidit aliosque fugavit; et extunc rex utlagavit omnes qui ibi fuerunt et plures, et fecit terras eorum per totam Angliam seysiri Et postea venit Salopiam per aliam viam; ubi venerunt duo Rogeri de Mortuo mari ad pacem suam, per mediationem fraudulentam comitum Penbrokiæ, Mareschalli, Richemoundiæ, et Warenniæ, qui multa eis promiserant, sub qua forma nescitur. Et postea quidam alii, scilicet Mauricius de Berkeleye, Hugo Daudeleye pater, magister Resus, se reddiderunt domino regi. Et rex misit illos de Mortuo mari ad turrim Londoniarum, Berkeleye ad Walingfordiam, Resum ad Dovoriam.
On 10th December 1362 Frederick Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 15] died. His brother Albert [aged 13] succeeded III Duke Austria.
On 10th December 1363 Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 31] died at Dublin [Map]. She was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map].
Patent Rolls. 10th December 1459. Coventry, Warwickshire [Map]. Commission to Richard Wydevyle of Ryvers [aged 54], knight, Thomas Broun, knight, and the mayor of Sandwich to take near Sandwich, Kent [Map] the muster of the men at arms and archers ordered to go on the safe keeping of the sea in the company of Gervase Clyfton [aged 54], knight, and to certify the king thereof in Chancery. By K.
Commission to Thomas Kyryell [aged 63], knight, John Cheyne, knight, Thomas Broun, knight, John Seyncler, esquire, and Richard Dalafeld, esquire, to take near Sandwich, Kent [Map] the muster of the men at arms and archers ordered to go on the safe-keeping of the sea in the company of Richard Wydevyle of Ryvers, knight, as above. By K.
Patent Rolls. 10th December 1460. Westminster. Commission to Richard [aged 60], earl of Salisbury, reciting that for the suppression of rebellions, murders, riots, spoliations, extortions and oppressions in divers parts of the realm, the king, by advice and assent of the lords spiritual and temporal and of the commons of England in the parliament held last at Westminster, ordained that Richard, his heir of the realms of England and France and of the lordship of Ireland, should assume the charge of riding to the parts of England and Wales where such offences are done to repress the same; and appointing the said earl to aid the duke and to arrest and commit to prison all persons guilty of unlawful gatherings, congregations, associations and combinations in the counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln, York, Northumberland, Westmoreland and Cumberland, and, if they resist, to call together all lieges of those counties and other counties adjacent to resist such evildoers. By K. &C.
Writ de intendendo to the sheriff of Westmoreland.
The like to the sheriffs in the following counties: Nottingham and Derby. Northumberland. Lincoln. York. Cumberland. Cambridge and Huntingdon.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. Item, on the tenth day of December, by purgation with five witnesses who swore, as has been said above, the Little Henriot, who kept the gaming house of Arras, was released from prison and fully acquitted. He had been imprisoned for more than seven months for the said matter of Waldensianism and had been subjected to torture more than fifteen times, in a most severe manner, so much so that the soles of his feet had been burned and he was left almost deranged. Yet for all this he never confessed to having been at the said assemblies, but said that he did not know what it was. Nevertheless, although they were released acquitted of the said Waldensianism, they were still required to pay all the expenses they had incurred during their imprisonment, and each his share of the costs of the inquisition, if they had the means, otherwise they would not be released.
Item le xe jour de decembre, par purge de cinq temoings qui jurerent, comme chy dessus est dit, fust mis hors de prison et a pleine delivrance, le petit Henriot, lequel tenoit le barleng d'Arras, lequel avoit esté prisonnier plus de sept mois, pour ledit cas de vaulderie et avoit esté mis a torture plus de quinze fois merveilleusement, et tellement, qu'on lui avoit bruslé les plantes des pieds et en estoit comme affolé, mais oncques pour ce ne confessa avoir esté en ladite vaulderie, ains ne sçavoit que c'estoit; toutesfois combien qu'on les delivrat quitte et delivré touchant ladite vaulderie, sy failloit il qu'ils payassent tous les despens qu'ils avoient faits en ladite prison, et chacun sa part de l'inquisition s'ils avoient de quoy, ou aultrement ne fuissent point issus.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. In the year 1464, it froze from the 10th day of December until the 15th day of February, and the frost was so severe, especially for seven or eight consecutive days, that wine, bread, and other food froze on the table. Many wells in the city of Arras were frozen; it froze in cellars, and in some places even down to the bottom of the pits. In short, it was so cold that many people in the countryside died of the cold. The old men said that never, since the year 1407, when there had been the greatest winter anyone could remember, had it frozen so severely. Along with the frost there were heavy snows: the rivers Oise and Seine and others froze over, and people could travel across them as if over open fields.
En cest an mil iiijc lxiiij, il gella depuis le x jour de decembre jusques au xve jour de febvrier, et gella si fort par especial sept ou huict jours entiers, que le vin, le pain et aultres viandes s'engelloient: a la table, et feurent plusieurs puits en la ville d'Arras engellés; il gelloit en celier, et en aulcuns lieux jusques au fonds des boves: brief il feit si froid que plusieurs gens par les champs moururent de froid; et disoient les anchiens homines que paravant l'an mil iiije et vij, que lors il fust le plus grand hyver dont on avoit oyt parler, il ne avoit si fort gellé; et avecq les gellées feit grandes neiges: la riviere Doise et de Senne et aultres feurent engellées, et carioit on sups comme en pleins camps.
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 10th December 1472 Anne Mowbray 8th Countess Norfolk was born to John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk [aged 28] and Elizabeth Talbot Duchess Norfolk [aged 30] at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 15th January 1478 her second cousin once removed Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. She died aged eight in 1481.
On 10th December 1481 Charles Valois Anjou IV Duke Anjou [aged 35] died without issue. His first cousin Louis [aged 58] succeeded Duke Anjou.
On 10th December 1508 René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar [aged 57] died at Fains, Eure, Haute Normandie. His son Antoine [aged 19] succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
On 10th December 1541. At Tyburn [Map]...
Francis Dereham [aged 28] was hanged, drawn and quartered.
Thomas Culpepper [aged 27] was beheaded.
Both were buried at St Sepulchre without Newgate Church; their heads were spiked on London Bridge [Map].
Grafton's Chronicle [1507-1573]. At this time the Queene late before maried to the king called Queene Katheryn Hawarde was accused to the king of dissolute living before her maryage, with Fraunces Diram, and that was not secretely, but many knew of it. And sith her mariage shee was vehemently suspected with Thomas Culpeper, which was brought to her chamber at Lincolne in August last in the progresse time, by the Lady Rocheford, and were together alone, from a xj. of the clocke at night, till foure of the clocke in the morning, and to him shee gaue a Chayne, and a rich Cap. Vppon this the king remoued to London, & she was sent to Sion, and there kept close, but yet serued as Queene. And for the offence confessed by Culpeper and Diram, they were put to deth at Tiborne, the tenth day of December [1540]. And the two and twentie day of the same moneth, were arreyned at Westminster, the Lorde William Hawarde and his wife, which Lorde William was Vncle to the Queene, Katheryne Tilney which was of counsayle of her bauving to do with Diram, Elizabeth Tilney, Boulmer, Restwoulde, the Queenes women, and Walgraue and William Asby, and Damport Gentlemen, and seruaunts to the olde Duches of Norffolke, and Margaret Benet a Butter wife, all indited of misprision, for concealing the euill demeanor of the Queene, to the slaunder of the king, and his succession: all they confessed it, and had judgement to perpetuall prison, and to lose their goodes and the profite of their landes, duryog their lives: howbeyt shortely after, diverse of them were delivered by the kinges pardon.
Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. 10th December 1541. At this tyme the Quene [aged 18] late before maried to the kyng called Quene Katheryne, was accused to the Kyng of dissolute livyng, before her mariage, with Fraunces Diram [aged 28], and that was not secretely, but many knewe it. And sithe her Mariage, she was vehemently suspected with Thomas Culpeper [aged 27], whiche was brought to her Chamber at Lyncolne, in August laste, in the Progresse tyme, by the Lady of Rocheforde [aged 36], and were there together alone, from a leven of the Clocke at Nighte, tyll foure of the Clocke in the Mornyng, and to hym she gave a Chayne, and a riche Cap. Upon this the kyng removed to London, and she was sent to Sion [Map], and there kepte close, but yet served as Quene. And for the offence confessed by Culpeper and Diram, thei were put to death at Tiborne [Map], the tenth daie of December.
Chronicle of Greyfriars. 10th December 1541. This year the 10th daye of December was draune from the tower to Tyborne [Thomas] Culpeper [aged 27], and there was hongyd and heddyd.
Holinshed's Chronicle [1525-1582]. The tenth of December [1541], the said Culpeper [aged 27] and Diram [aged 28] were drawen from the tower unto Tiburne and there Culpeper had his head striken off, and Diram was hanged, dismembred and headed. Culpeper's bodie was buried in S. Sepulchers church, but both their heads were set on London bridge.
Spanish Chronicle Chapter 39. [10th December 1541] The next day they brought Culpepper outside the Tower, and when he got on to the scaffold he turned to the people, and only said he hoped they would pray to God for him, and nothing more. He was then beheaded, and his head placed on London Bridge, and his body buried in Barking1 (el barquin); and so ended these two lovers.2
Note 1. The Church of All Hallows Barking, Tower Street [Map]
Note 2. The English chroniclers, Hollingshead, Grafton, and others, say that Culpepper and Diram were executed at Tyburn [10th] February, 1542.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 10th December 1541. And the tenth day of December the said Culpeper [aged 27] and Dorand [aged 28] were drawne from the Tower of London to Tybume [Map], and there Culpeper, after exhortation made to the people to pray for him, he standinge on the ground by the gallowes, kneled downe and had his head stiyken of; and then Dorand was hanged, membred, bowelld, headed, and quartered. Culpepers body buryed at St. Pulchers Church by Newegate, theyr heades sett on London Bridge.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th December 1558. The x day of Desember was browth do[wn from] her chambur in-to her chapel quen Mare [deceased], [with all the heralds,] and lordes and lades and gentyllmen and gentyllwomen, [hir] offesers and servands, all in blake, with (unfinished)
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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Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th December 1558. The sam mornyng my lord cardenall [deceased] was [removed from] Lambeth [Map], and cared toward Canturbery [Map] with grett [company in] blake; and he was cared in a charett with [banner-]rolles wroth [wrought] with fyne gold and grett baners [of arms,] and iiij baners of santes in owllo [oil].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th December 1560. The x day of Desember cam tydans to the quen('s) [aged 27] grace and to the consell that the Frenche kyng [deceased] was ded-the yonge kyng.
On 10th December 1590 Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine [aged 69] died.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 10th December 1617. The 10th my Lord [aged 28] went to Buckhurst where all country gentlemen met him with their greyhounds. All the officers of the house went to Buckhurst where my Lord kept feasting till the 13th at which time all the gentlemen went away. Sir Thomas Parker was there, my Brother Sackville and he had much squabbling. From this day to the 20th my Lord lived privately at Buckhurst having no company with him but Matthew.
On 10th December 1645 Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond [aged 6] was created 1st Earl Lichfield, 1st Baron Stuart.
After 10th December 1646 a cenotaph to Bishop George Coke [deceased] was erected in his memory in the South East Transept of Hereford Cathedral [Map]. Effigy in Rochet, chimere, ruff and skull-cap, head on tasselled cushion; base and canopy modern.
On 10th December 1647 Philip Mainwaring [aged 56] died. He was buried at St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover [Map].
In 1656 Ellen Minshull [aged 61] died.
Philip Mainwaring: In 1591 he was born to Randulph Mainwaring of Over Peover and Jane Smythe. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.64%. Before 7th April 1623 Philip Mainwaring and Ellen Minshull were married.
Ellen Minshull: In 1595 she was born to Edward Minshull of Stoke.
On 10th December 1655 Samuel Pepys [aged 22] and Elizabeth de St Michel [aged 15] were remarried in a religious ceremony.
On 10th December 1658 Lancelot Blackburne was born.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th December 1660. Up exceedingly early to go to the Comptroller, but he not being up and it being a very fine, bright, moonshine morning I went and walked all alone twenty turns in Cornhill [Map], from Gracious Street corner to the Stockes and back again, from 6 o'clock till past 7, so long that I was weary, and going to the Comptroller's thinking to find him ready, I found him gone, at which I was troubled, and being weary went home, and from thence with my wife by water to Westminster, and put her to my father Bowyer's (they being newly come out of the country), but I could not stay there, but left her there. I to the Hall and there met with Col. Slingsby [aged 49]. So hearing that the Duke of York [aged 27] is gone down this morning, to see the ship sunk yesterday at Woolwich, Kent [Map], he and I returned by his coach to the office, and after that to dinner. After dinner he came to me again and sat with me at my house, ands among other discourse he told me that it is expected that the Duke will marry the Lord Chancellor's [aged 51] daughter at last which is likely to be the ruin of Mr. Davis and my Lord Barkley [aged 58], who have carried themselves so high against the Chancellor; Sir Chas. Barkley [aged 30] swearing that he and others had lain with her often, which all believe to be a lie. He and I in the evening to the Coffee House in Cornhill [Map], the first time that ever I was there, and I found much pleasure in it, through the diversity of company and discourse.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th December 1662. This morning rose, receiving a messenger from Sir G. Carteret [aged 52] and a letter from Mr. Coventry [aged 34], one contrary to another, about our letter to my Lord Treasurer [aged 55], at which I am troubled, but I went to Sir George, and being desirous to please both, I think I have found out a way to do it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th December 1663. Thence to St. Paul's Church Yard [Map], to my bookseller's, and having gained this day in the office by my stationer's bill to the King [aged 33] about 40s. or £3, I did here sit two or three hours calling for twenty books to lay this money out upon, and found myself at a great losse where to choose, and do see how my nature would gladly return to laying out money in this trade. I could not tell whether to lay out my money for books of pleasure, as plays, which my nature was most earnest in; but at last, after seeing Chaucer, Dugdale's History of Paul's, Stows London, Gesner, History of Trent, besides Shakespeare, Jonson, and Beaumont's plays, I at last chose Dr. Fuller's [aged 55] Worthys, the Cabbala or Collections of Letters of State, and a little book, Delices de Hollande, with another little book or two, all of good use or serious pleasure: and Hudibras, both parts, the book now in greatest fashion for drollery, though I cannot, I confess, see enough where the wit lies.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th December 1665. Lord's Day. Lay long talking, Hill [aged 35] and I, with great pleasure, and then up, and being ready walked to Cocke's [aged 48] for some newes, but heard none, only they would have us stay their dinner, and sent for my wife, who come, and very merry we were, there being Sir Edmund Pooly [aged 46] and Mr. Evelyn [aged 45]. Before we had dined comes Mr. Andrews [aged 33], whom we had sent for to Bow, and so after dinner home, and there we sang some things, but not with much pleasure, Mr. Andrews being in so great haste to go home, his wife looking every hour to be brought to bed. He gone Mr. Hill and I continued our musique, one thing after another, late till supper, and so to bed with great pleasure.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 10th December 1666. Up, and at my office all the morning, and several people with me, Sir W. Warren, who I do every day more and more admire for a miracle of cunning and forecast in his business, and then Captain Cocke [aged 49], with whom I walked in the garden, and he tells me how angry the Court is at the late Proviso brought in by the House. How still my Chancellor [aged 57] is, not daring to do or say any thing to displease the Parliament; that the Parliament is in a very ill humour, and grows every day more and more so; and that the unskilfulness of the Court, and their difference among one another, is the occasion of all not agreeing in what they would have, and so they give leisure and occasion to the other part to run away with what the Court would not have. Then comes Mr. Gawden, and he and I in my chamber discoursing about his business, and to pay him some Tangier orders which he delayed to receive till I had money instead of tallies, but do promise me consideration for my victualling business for this year, and also as Treasurer for Tangier, which I am glad of, but would have been gladder to have just now received it.
On 10th December 1699 Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway was born to Frederick IV King of Denmark and Norway [aged 28] and Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 32].
Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries. 10th December 1718. Mr James Hill brought a vast Collection of Drawings, views, Inscriptions, Ground Plots, and Observations in manuscripts, the Fruits of his Travels this summer in the west of England, well worthy of his judgement and skill in Antiquity, Diligence and Accuracy for which he had the deserved thanks of the Society, to which he is so considerable an Ornament.
Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries. 10th December 1718. Mr Norroy [aged 57] brought us an old deed of Isabella de Fortibus with a Seal, where her Arms are impaled with those of her husband very remarkably thus.
And Roger Gale [aged 45] Esq brought an Inscription to be put upon the plate of Richard II with a very judicious disertation upon the date and painting of the same being in oil colours, for which he had the thanks of the Society.
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 10th December 1743 Melusine Schulenburg 1st Duchess Munster 1st Duchess Kendal [aged 75] died unmarried. Duke Kendal, Earl Feversham, Baron Glastonbury extinct.
On 10th December 1760 Henry Cheere 1st Baronet [aged 57] was knighted.
On 10th December 1768 the Royal Academy was founded through a personal act of King George III [aged 30] "to establish a school or academy of design for the use of students in the arts" with an annual exhibition.
The founder members included:
Joshua Reynolds [aged 45]; President.
Angelica Kauffmann [aged 27]; one of two female founding members.
Nathaniel Dance-Holland [aged 33]
Francis Cotes [aged 42]
Thomas Gainsborough [aged 41]
William Tyler [aged 40]
William Hoare [aged 61]
Johan Joseph Zoffany [aged 35].
Archaeologia Volume 3 Section XXVI. An Account of an undescribed Roman Station [Melandra aka Ardotalia [Map]] in Derbyshire. By the Reverend Mr. Watson; in a Letter to the Reverend Mr. Norris, Secretary. Read at the Society of Antiquaries, Dec. 10, 1772.
On 10th December 1776 Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond [aged 65] died at Bishopthorpe York.
On 10th December 1801 Elizabeth Frederica Manners was born to John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland [aged 23] and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland [aged 21]. She married 7th March 1821 Andrew Robert Drummond and had issue.
On 10th December 1815 Edward Bowring Stephens was born.
On 10th December 1820 Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide Hanover was born to King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 55] and Queen Adelaide of England [aged 28]. She died aged less than one years old.
On 10th December 1842 Diana Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans [aged 41] and Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins Duchess St Albans [aged 24]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th December 1873 William Douglas Hamilton 12th Duke Hamilton 9th Duke Brandon [aged 28] and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. She the daughter of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 50] and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 41]. He the son of William Alexander Archibald Hamilton 11th Duke Hamilton 8th Duke Brandon. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 10th December 1878 Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont [aged 27] and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont [aged 23] were married. Her father Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild [aged 58] disapproved; he disowned her. He the son of Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont [aged 59].
On 10th December 1917 William Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 22] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 22]. He married 6th May 1944 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald.
On 10th December 1925 Amaryllis Fleming was born illegitimately to Augustus John [aged 47] and Evelyn "Eve" Sainte Croix Rose [aged 40]. She was raised as an adoptive daughter of her mother. The discovery of her true parentage only in 1949.
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.'
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On 10th December 1925 Douglas Graham 5th Duke Montrose [aged 73] died. His son James [aged 47] succeeded 6th Duke Montrose. Mary Louise Douglas Hamilton Duchess Montrose [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Montrose.
On 10th December 1936 King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom [aged 42] signed the instrument of abdication at Fort Belvedere, Windsor Great Park, witnessed by his three brothers: Albert [aged 40], who became King George VI, Henry [aged 36] and George [aged 33].
On 10th December 1962 Lawrence of Arabia received its premiere in London at the Odeon Cinema Leicester Square. The event was attended by Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [aged 41] and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [aged 36]. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, David Lean (Director), Sam Spiegel (Producer) and Freddie Young (cameraman) attended. In the audience were Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Attenborough, his wife and son. Noël Coward attended the after-party.
On 10th December 1988 the Radio Times was published with the cover being a design by Alice Roberts [aged 15] to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the BBC programme Blue Peter.
In 10th December 1995 Lavinia Mary Strutt Duchess Norfolk [aged 79] died.
On 10th December 1376 Edmund Mortimer was born to Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster [aged 24] and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster [aged 21] at Ludlow Castle [Map]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 30th November 1402 his fourth cousin once removed Catrin Mathrafal, daughter of Owain ap Gruffudd "Glyndŵr" Mathrafal Prince Powys and Margaret Hamner, and had issue.
On 10th December 1447 John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham was born to Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham [aged 32] and Elizabeth Tuchet Baroness Cobham [aged 27] at Cowling, Kent. He married before 1470 his fourth cousin Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham, daughter of Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny and Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny, and had issue.
On 10th December 1472 Anne Mowbray 8th Countess Norfolk was born to John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk [aged 28] and Elizabeth Talbot Duchess Norfolk [aged 30] at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 15th January 1478 her second cousin once removed Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. She died aged eight in 1481.
On 10th December 1489 Gaston Foix was born to Jean Foix Count Étampes [aged 43] and Marie Valois Viscountess Narbonne [aged 32].
On 10th December 1604 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore was born to David Barry and Elizabeth Power. He married 21st July 1621 Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore, daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork, and had issue.
On 10th December 1650 Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon was born to Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon [aged 42] and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon [aged 37]. He married (1) 19th February 1672 Elizabeth Lewis Countess Huntingdon, daughter of John Lewis 1st Baronet and Sarah Foote Lady Lewis, and had issue (2) 8th May 1690 Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon and had issue.
On 10th December 1658 Lancelot Blackburne was born.
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 10th December 1699 Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway was born to Frederick IV King of Denmark and Norway [aged 28] and Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 32].
On 10th December 1740 John Butler 17th Earl Ormonde 11th Earl Ossory was born to Walter Butler 16th Earl Ormonde 9th Earl Ossory [aged 37]. He married February 1769 Frances Wandesford Countess Ormonde and Ossory, daughter of John Wandesford 1st Earl Wandesford, and had issue.
On 10th December 1748 Michael le Fleming 4th Baronet was born to William Fleming 3rd Baronet. At some point in his life he changed his surname from Fleming to Le Fleming. James Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale [aged 12] became his guardian. He married 23rd November 1782 Diana Howard Lady le Fleming, daughter of Thomas Howard 14th Earl Suffolk 7th Earl Berkshire, and had issue.
On 10th December 1753 Captain Charles Phipps was born to Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 31] and Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 30]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th December 1788 Bourchier Wrey 8th Baronet was born to Bourchier Wrey 7th Baronet [aged 31] and Anne Palk Lady Wrey [aged 24].
On 10th December 1801 Arthur Thellusson was born to Peter Isaac Thellusson 1st Baron Rendlesham [aged 40]. He married 3rd January 1826 Caroline Anna Maria Bethell-Codrington and had issue.
On 10th December 1801 Elizabeth Frederica Manners was born to John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland [aged 23] and Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland [aged 21]. She married 7th March 1821 Andrew Robert Drummond and had issue.
On 10th December 1802 Norman Macdonald Lockhart 3rd Baronet was born to Alexander Macdonald Lockhart 1st Baronet.
On 10th December 1805 John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon was born to John Scott. He married 1831 Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon, daughter of Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham and Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park, and had issue.
On 10th December 1815 Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace was born to George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron [aged 27] and Anne Isabella Noel Baroness Byron 11th Baroness Wentworth [aged 23]. Her parents separated a month after her birth and her father left England forever. He died when she was eight years old. She married 1835 William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace, son of Peter King 7th Baron King and Hester Fortescue Baroness King, and had issue.
On 10th December 1815 Edward Bowring Stephens was born.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 10th December 1819 Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston was born to Matthew Blakiston 3rd Baronet [aged 36].
On 10th December 1820 Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide Hanover was born to King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 55] and Queen Adelaide of England [aged 28]. She died aged less than one years old.
On 10th December 1827 Edward Shelley 4th Baronet was born to John Shelley [aged 21].
On 10th December 1833 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 25] and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings [aged 23]. She married 30th April 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington and had issue.
On 10th December 1841 George Hamilton-Gordon 6th Earl Aberdeen was born to George John Hamilton-Gordon 5th Earl Aberdeen [aged 25] and Mary Bailie-Hamilton Countess Aberdeen [aged 27].
On 10th December 1842 Diana Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 9th Duke St Albans [aged 41] and Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins Duchess St Albans [aged 24]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th December 1842 John Russell was born to John Russell 1st Earl Russell [aged 50] and Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Russell [aged 27]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 8th November 1864 his half fifth cousin once removed Katherine Louisa Stanley, daughter of Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury and Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury, and had issue.
On 10th December 1845 Frederick Pollock 3rd Baronet was born to William Frederick Pollock 2nd Baronet [aged 30] and Juliet Creed. He married 13th August 1873 Georgina Harriet Deffell Lady Pollock and had issue.
On 10th December 1856 Rupert Leigh was born to William Henry Leigh 2nd Baron Leigh [aged 32] and Caroline Amelia Grosvenor Baroness Leigh [aged 28].
On 10th December 1861 Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick was born to Charles Henry Maynard [aged 47] and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy [aged 22] at 27 Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She married 30th April 1881 her fourth cousin once removed Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke, son of George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke and Anne Charteris Countess Warwick, and had issue.
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 10th December 1869 Louis Montagu 2nd Baron Swaythling was born to Montagu Samuel 1st Baron Swaythling [aged 36] and Ellen Cohen.
On 10th December 1873 Lillian Adelaide Katherine Mary Fitz-Clarence was born to William Fitz-Clarence 2nd Earl Munster [aged 49] and Wilhelmina Kennedy-Erskine [aged 43]. She a great granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 10th December 1878 Randall McDonnell 7th Earl of Antrim was born to William Randall McDonnell 6th Earl of Antrim [aged 27] and Louisa Grey Countess of Antrim [aged 23]. He married 2nd July 1904 Margaret Isabel Talbot Countess of Antrim and had issue.
On 10th December 1889 James Henry Domville 5th Baronet was born to Rear-Admiral William Domville 4th Baronet [aged 39].
On 10th December 1908 Nine Joan Edith Virginia Villiers was born to George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon [aged 31]. She was usually known as Joan.
On 10th December 1917 William Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 22] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 22]. He married 6th May 1944 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald.
On 10th December 1925 Amaryllis Fleming was born illegitimately to Augustus John [aged 47] and Evelyn "Eve" Sainte Croix Rose [aged 40]. She was raised as an adoptive daughter of her mother. The discovery of her true parentage only in 1949.
On 10th December 1929 Charles Gerald Grove 5th Baronet was born to Walter Peel Grove [aged 25].
On 10th December 1930 Phillipa Victoria Hunloke Viscountess Astor was born to Henry Philip Hunloke [aged 23] and Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich [aged 21]. She married (1) 26th April 1955 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor, son of Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne Viscountess Astor.
On 10th December 1963 Diane Helen Seymour was born to Hugh Seymour 8th Marquess Hertford [aged 33] and Pamela Therese Louise de Riquet Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay [aged 31]. She married 6th May 2000 Henry Alexander Nicholas Beaumont.
On 10th December 1575 John Tufton 1st Baronet [aged 31] and Christian Browne [aged 21] were married.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 10th December 1599 Alexander Ogilvy and Jean Gordon Countess Bothwell and Sutherland [aged 53] were married. She the daughter of George Gordon 4th Earl Huntley.
On 10th December 1644 George Ramsay 2nd Earl Dalhousie [aged 22] and Anne Fleming were married. She the daughter of John Fleming 2nd Earl Wigtown [aged 55] and Margaret Livingston Countess Wigtown. He the son of William Ramsay 1st Earl Dalhousie and Margaret Carnegie Countess Dalhousie [aged 45].
On 10th December 1650 Abraham Cullen 1st Baronet [aged 26] and Abigail Rushout were married.
On 10th December 1821 Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge [aged 36] and Emily Jane Stewart Viscountess Hardinge [aged 32] were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry [aged 70].
On 10th December 1873 Matthew White Ridley 1st Viscount Ridley [aged 31] and Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks Viscountess Ridley [aged 23] were married.
On 10th December 1873 William Douglas Hamilton 12th Duke Hamilton 9th Duke Brandon [aged 28] and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Hamilton, Duchess Brandon of Suffolk. She the daughter of William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester [aged 50] and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester [aged 41]. He the son of William Alexander Archibald Hamilton 11th Duke Hamilton 8th Duke Brandon. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 10th December 1878 Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont [aged 27] and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont [aged 23] were married. Her father Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild [aged 58] disapproved; he disowned her. He the son of Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont [aged 59].
On 10th December 1950 Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex [aged 66] and Zara Mildred Carlson Countess of Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of George Capell 7th Earl of Essex and Ellenor Harriet Maria Harford.
On 10th December 1955 William Marcus Worsley 5th Baronet [aged 30] and Bridget Assheton Lady Worsley [aged 29] were married.
On 10th December 1964 Paul Pellew 10th Viscount Exmouth [aged 24] and Maria Krystina Garay Viscountess Exmouth were married.
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 10th December 925 Sancho I King Pamplona [aged 65] died. His son García [aged 6] succeeded I King Pamplona.
On 10th December 1201 Rotrou du Perche Chateaudun Bishop Châlons sur Marne died.
On 10th December 1310 Stephen Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria [aged 39] died. His son Henry [aged 5] succeeded XIV Duke Bavaria. His son Otto [aged 3] succeeded IV Duke Lower Bavaria.
On 10th December 1362 Frederick Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 15] died. His brother Albert [aged 13] succeeded III Duke Austria.
On 10th December 1363 Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence [aged 31] died at Dublin [Map]. She was buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map].
On 10th December 1430 John Neville 6th Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 48] died. His nephew John [aged 30] de jure 7th Baron Latimer of Corby.
On 10th December 1481 Charles Valois Anjou IV Duke Anjou [aged 35] died without issue. His first cousin Louis [aged 58] succeeded Duke Anjou.
On 10th December 1508 René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar [aged 57] died at Fains, Eure, Haute Normandie. His son Antoine [aged 19] succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
On 10th December 1568 John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield [aged 30] died. His son Edmund [aged 3] succeeded 3rd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
On 10th December 1589 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 45] died. His son William succeeded 2nd Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
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 10th December 1590 Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine [aged 69] died.
On 10th December 1631 Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet [aged 71] died. His son William [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.
On 10th December 1636 Randal "Arranach" Macdonnell 1st Earl Antrim died. His son Randall [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Earl Antrim 1C.
On 10th December 1646 Bishop George Coke [aged 76] died. He was buried in Church of St Mary Magdalene, Eardisley [Map].
On 10th December 1674 John Vaughan of Transgoed [aged 71] died at Serjeants' Inn. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map] on 22nd December 1674. His marble monument was destroyed in WWII. Edward Stillingfleet [aged 39] preached his funeral sermon. His son Edward Vaughan [aged 39] inherited a Cardiganshire estate worth £1,200 each year.
On 10th December 1687 Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend [aged 56] died. His son Charles [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Viscount Townsend, 2nd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 4th Baronet Townshend.
On 10th December 1692 William Mountfort [aged 28] died. The previous day he had been stabbed accidentally in Howard Street Strand by Charles Mohun 4th Baron Mohun Okehampton [aged 17] during a scuffle. An alternative version is that on the 9th of December 1692 an officer named Richard Hill, a friend of Mohun, had fallen in love with the actress Anne Bracegirdle; however, he thought himself, almost certainly erroneously, to face competition from actor William Mountfort. Mohun and Hill ambushed the actor after a performance and, whilst Mohun restrained him — or by some eyewitness accounts stood by watching — Hill stabbed him through the chest. Captured, Mohun stood trial before the House of Lords. However, in a verdict that was widely condemned, Mohun was acquitted on 6 February 1693.
On 10th December 1709 Henry Howard 5th Earl Suffolk [aged 82] died. His son Henry [aged 39] succeeded 6th Earl Suffolk. Henrietta Somerset Countess Suffolk [aged 40] by marriage Countess Suffolk.
On 10th December 1723 Thomas Mansel 1st Baron Mansel [aged 55] died. His grandson Thomas [aged 4] succeeded 2nd Baron Mansel of Margam, 6th Baronet Mansel of Margam.
On 10th December 1728 Elizabeth Sandys Lady Lee died.
On 10th December 1743 Melusine Schulenburg 1st Duchess Munster 1st Duchess Kendal [aged 75] died unmarried. Duke Kendal, Earl Feversham, Baron Glastonbury extinct.
On 10th December 1753 Archer Croft 2nd Baronet [aged 70] died. His son Archer [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Baronet Croft of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
On 10th December 1753 Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon [aged 81] died without male issue. Earl Rochester and Earl Clarendon extinct.
On 30th November 1755 Anna Maria Barnardiston Lady Shaw [aged 58] died. She was buried at Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham on 10th December 1755.
On 10th December 1767 John Leslie 10th Earl Rothes [aged 69] died at Leslie Castle. His son John [aged 23] succeeded 11th Earl Rothes.
On 10th December 1772 James Johnstone 3rd Baronet [aged 75] died. His son James [aged 46] succeeded 4th Baronet Johnstone of Westerhall in Dumfries.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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On 10th December 1772 Mary Booth Countess Stamford [aged 68] died.
On 10th December 1776 Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond [aged 65] died at Bishopthorpe York.
On 10th December 1783 Robert Smyth of Isfield 2nd Baronet [aged 74] died. His son Hervey [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Baronet Smyth of Isfield.
On 10th December 1786 Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham [aged 53] died. His son Henry [aged 22] succeeded 12th Baron Teynham of Teynham in Kent.
On 10th December 1822 Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville [aged 79] died. His son Charles [aged 46] succeeded 5th Earl Tankerville, 6th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville [aged 40] by marriage Countess Tankerville.
On 10th December 1832 Thomas Lister 2nd Baron Ribblesdale [aged 42] died. His son Thomas [aged 4] succeeded 3rd Baron Ribblesdale of Gisburne Park in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 10th December 1842 Rowland Hill 1st Viscount Hill [aged 70] died. His nephew Rowland [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Viscount Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire, 2nd Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in Shropshire. Baron Hill of Almaraz and of Hawkestone in Shropshire extinct. Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Hill of Hawkestone and Hardwicke in Shropshire.
On 10th December 1847 John Rogers 6th Baronet [aged 67] died. His brother Frederick [aged 65] succeeded 7th Baronet Rogers of Wisdome in Devon.
On 10th December 1849 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon [aged 49] died at Pusey, Oxfordshire. His son Henry [aged 18] succeeded 4th Earl Carnarvon, 4th Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire.
On 10th December 1884 Arabella Georgina Howard Baroness Northbrook [aged 75] died.
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 10th December 1886 Patrick Bellew 1st Baron Bellew [aged 88] died. His son Edward [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Baron Bellew of Barmeath in Louth, 8th Baronet Bellew of Barmeath in Louth.
On 10th December 1899 Louisa Mary Berkeley 15th Baroness Berkeley [aged 59] died. Her daughter Eva [aged 24] succeeded 16th Baroness Berkeley.
On 10th December 1903 Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury [aged 76] died. He was buried according to Muslim rites in unconsecrated ground in the garden of the Dower House on his family's estate, Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map]. His brother Edward [aged 64] succeeded 4th Baron Stanley Alderley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 10th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.
On 10th December 1910 John Lawson 2nd Baronet [aged 80] died. His son Henry [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Baronet Lawson of Brough Hall in Yorkshire.
On 10th December 1925 Douglas Graham 5th Duke Montrose [aged 73] died. His son James [aged 47] succeeded 6th Duke Montrose. Mary Louise Douglas Hamilton Duchess Montrose [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Montrose.
On 10th December 1938 William Frederick North 12th Baron North [aged 78] died. His grandson John [aged 21] succeeded 13th Baron North.
On 10th December 1956 Hugh Gascoyne-Cecil 1st Baron Quickswood [aged 87] died unmarried. Baron Quickswood of Clothall in Hertfordshire extinct.
On 10th December 1970 Steven Bilsland 1st Baron Bilsland [aged 78] died. Baron Bilsland of Kinrara in Inverness-shire and Baronet Bilsland of Park Circus in Glasgow extinct.
On 10th December 2001 Frederick George Moore Perceval 11th Earl Egmont [aged 87] died. His son Thomas [aged 67] succeeded 12th Earl Egmont, 12th Viscount Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 12th Baron Perceval of Burton in County Cork, 9th Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork, 8th Baron Arden of Arden in Warwickshire, 15th Baronet Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 11th Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.