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1121 Marriage of King Henry I and Adeliza of Louvain
1328 Marriage of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainaut
1407 Marriage of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent and Lucia Visconti
1536 Henry VIII Tournament Accident
On 24th January 1121, three months after the disaster that was the 25th November 1120-Sinking of The White Ship in which Henry's only legitimate son was drowned, with King Henry [aged 53] needing an heir quickly, he and Adeliza of Louvain [aged 18] were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. Despite fourteen years of marriage they didn't have any children. Following Henry's death she married William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel [aged 12] with whom she had seven children. The difference in their ages was 35 years. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 61] and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. He the son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Orderic Vitalis. KING Henry, having lost his wife and his son, resolved after consulting his council, to contract another marriage, and having selected Adelaide, the beautiful daughter of the duke of Louvain, the marriage1 was celebrated with the Christian rites, the king wearing the ensigns of royalty; and the queen was crowned by the ministrations of the priesthood.2 She adorned the court and kingdom for fifteen years, but though richly endowed in other respects, to this day3 she has borne the king no child.
Note 1. The date of the marriage 24th January 1121 or 29th January 1121.
Note 2. The marriage was celebrated at Windsor, which being in the diocese of Salisbury, the bishop of that see was on the point of giving the nuptial benediction, and had already put on his pontifical robes, when the archbishop, Ralph d'Escures, who was supposed to be prevented from travelling by a paralytic affection, made his appearance, and gave directions to the bishop of Worcester to proceed with the ceremony, instead of the bishop of the diocese.
Note 3. This passage must have been written before the death of Henry I.
Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon 1121. King Henry spent Christmas at Bramton, with Theobald, coimt de Blois. After that he married1 at Windsor, Alice, daughter of the Duke of Louvain, on account of her beauty. At Easter he was at Berkeley; and at Whitsuntide, he and the new queen wore their crowns at London. In the summer, he led an army into Wales, and the Welsh came humbly to meet him, and agreed to all which his royal pleasure required. At Christmas, such a violent wind as has scarcely ever been known not only blew down houses, but towers built with masonry.
An elegy written in praise of the queen's beauty:
"Why, royal Alice, does the Muse
To aid my song of thee refuse?
What if thy radiant charms amaze.
And we, in awe and silence, gaze!
"Not dazzl'd by thy diadem.
And many a sparkling precious gem.
We veil our sight in mute surprise,
But 'neath the lustre of thy eyes.
"All aids of ornament are scorn'd,
When charms are brightest unadorn'd;
But nature stamped her choicest grace
On thy fair form and beaming face.
"Though poor my lay, yet still I crave
You'll reckon me your humblest slave."
Note 1. The date of the marriage 24th January 1121 or 29th January 1121.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. On the fourth of the calends of February [29th January 1121] the maiden [aged 18] already mentioned as selected for queen was married to the king [aged 53] by William, bishop of Winchester, at the command of Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury; and on the following day, the third of the calends of February (30th January), she was consecrated and crowned as queen by the archbishop in person.
Note. Some sources say 24th January 1121.
On 24th January 1285 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland [aged 13] and Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 66] and Gertrude Hohenburg. He the son of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna [aged 40].
Close Rolls Edward II 1307-1313. 24th January 1308 King Edward II of England [aged 23]. Canterbury, Kent [Map]. To the Sheriffs of London. Order to deliver John de la Dune, Roger de Hopton, Richard le Harpour, Roger de Soppewalle, Roger le Keu, Rober le Hunt, Thomas de Sydenham, Henry le Gardener, Thomas de la More, Philip Kemp, John le Wayt, and John le Wodeward, the men and servants of Adam de Kyngeshemede, in the King's prison of Newgate [Map] for a trespass committed by them upon the King's men at Westminster [Map], from prison upon their finding sufficient mainpernor's to have them before the King or his Lieutenant in the quinzaine of the Purification of St Mary to stand to right concerning the said trespass. Witness: Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 24].
On 24th January 1328 King Edward III of England [aged 15] and Philippa of Hainaut [aged 17] were married at York Minster [Map] by Archbishop William Melton [aged 53]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She was crowned the same day. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 42] and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 34]. He the son of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
The marriage was the quid pro quo for her father William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland having supported his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] returning to England to usurp the throne of Edward's father King Edward II of England.
Chronicle of Jean le Bel Volume 1. When she was prepared, she was married by virtue of a duly executed proxy1, which had been brought to her on behalf of the King of England. She was then set upon the road to be led into England, to London, to her husband, who awaited her there in order to crown her2. The noble knight John of Hainaut, her uncle3, escorted her as far as London, where he was received, feasted, and greatly honoured by the king, by my lady the queen his mother, by all the ladies, and by all the barons of England. If there was at London at that time great festivity and high nobility of lords: dukes, earls, barons, knights, high-born ladies, maidens, with rich attire and splendid garments, with jousts and tourneys held for their love, with dancing, carolling, games, and fine banquets given each day, there is no need to ask; whoever knows what befits nobility may well imagine it. That celebration lasted fully seven weeks before the said Sir John departed.
Quant appareillie fu, elle fut espousée par la vertu d'une procuration! souffisaument faitte, qui luy fut aportée de par le roy d'Angleterre, et puis fut mise à la voye pour mener en Angleterre, à Londres, par devers son mary qui là l'attendoit pour la couronner. Jusques à Londres la conduisi le gentil chevalier messire Jehan de Haynau, son oncle, qui trés grandement fust rechut, festié et honnouré du roy, de madame la royne sa mere, de loutes les dames et de tous les barons d'Angleterre. S'il eust adoncques à Londres grande feste et grande noblesse de seigneurs, de ducs, de contes, de barons, de chevaliers, de haultes dames, de puchelles, de riches atours, de riches paremens, de jouster, de bouhourder pour l'amour d'elles, de danser, de caroller, de jeus, de beaulx mengiers chaseun jour donner, ce ne fait pas à demander; chascun qui scet que à noblesse affiert, le doibt bien penser. Et dura bien celle feste par l'espace de mm septmaines, ainchoys que ledit messire Jehan se partist.
Note 1. The letters by which Edward II of England granted authority to the Bishop of Coventry to betroth, in his name, Philippa of Hainaut are dated 8th October 1327. On the 6th, he had granted a safe-conduct to William I, Count of Hainaut, her father, to come to England, no doubt concerning this marriage. (Rymer 2.718.)
1. Les lettres par lesquelles Édouard II donna pouvoir à l'évêque de Coventry de fiancer en son nom Philippe de Hainaut sont du 8 octobre 1327. Le 6, il avait donné un saufconduit à Guillaume de Hainaut, son père, pour venir en Angleterre, sans doute an sujet de ce mariage. (Rymer Fœdera, t. Il, IIe partie, p. 718.)
Note 2. The marriage of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut took place on the eve of the Conversion of Saint Paul [24th January 1328], but the queen's coronation did not occur until 1330, on Quadragesima Sunday [25th February]. (Walsingham, Historia Anglicana)
2. Le mariage d'Édouard III et de Philippe de Hainaut eut lieu la veille de la conversion de saint Paul (24 janvier 1328), mais le couronnement de la reine ne se fit qu'en 1330, le dimanche de la Quadragésime (25 février). (Walsingham, Historia Anglicana)
Note 3. A safe-conduct, valid until the Feast of the Purification 1328 [2nd February], had already been granted on 28th November 1327 to William I, Count of Hainaut and to his daughter Philippa of Hainaut. (Rymer 2.724.)
3. Un sauf-conduit, valable jusqu'à la fête de la Purification 1328 (2 février), avait été accordé dès le 28 novembre 1328 à Guillaume de Hainaut et à sa fille. (Rymer Fœdera, t. II, IIe partie, p. 724.)
Lanercost Chronicle. Around Christmas, the aforesaid Lord John, brother of the Count of Hainaut, returned to England and brought with him the count's daughter Philippa. Soon afterward, the King of England married her at York with great splendour, namely on the Sunday that was the eve [24th January 1328] of the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle.
On 24th January 1336 Alfonso IV King Aragon [aged 36] died. His son Peter [aged 16] succeeded IV King Aragon.
On 24th January 1391 Joan Valois Duchess Brittany was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 22] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 21]. She married August 1396 her second cousin John Montfort V Duke Brittany, son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England, and had issue.
On 24th January 1407 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 23] and Lucia Visconti Countess Kent [aged 27] were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. He was killed eighteen month's later at the Battle of Île de Bréhat. He the son of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 57].
Pakington's Chronicle [-1390]. [24th January 1407] In the VIII Yere of King Henry Dame Luce [Lucia Visconti Countess Kent [aged 27]], the Dukes of Milaine Syster, cam to London, and there was weddid to Edmunde Holand [aged 23] Erle of Kent in the Priory of S. Mary Overeys [Map], and the Fest was kept in the Bishop of Winchester's Place.
Chronicle of Gregory. 24th January 1407. Ande that year the Erle of Kent [aged 23] weddyd the Erlys daughter [aged 27] of Mylayne, at Synt Mary Overeys in Sowtheworke [Map], the xiiij day of Juylle..
Note. Other sources say 24 Jan 1407?
On 24th January 1425 Catherine Valois Duchess Austria [aged 46] died.
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 24th January 1444 Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan was born to Francesco Sforza I Duke Milan [aged 42] and Bianca Maria Visconti [aged 18]. He married before 1469 his second cousin once removed Bona of Savoy, daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy, and had issue.
On 24th January 1445 the Battle of Arbroath was fought between Clan Lindsay and Clans Ogilvy, Gordon, Oliphant, Seton and Forbes. David Lindsay 3rd Earl Crawford [aged 40] was killed when attempting to prevent the battle by riding between the two armies in an attempt to call a truce. Unfortunately a member of the Clan Ogilvy, thinking the Earl was attacked threw his spear at the Earl, hitting him in the mouth, killing him instantly. Clan Lindsay victorious. His son Alexander [aged 22] succeeded 4th Earl Crawford. Margaret Dunbar Countess Crawford [aged 20] by marriage Countess Crawford.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. On the 24th day of January [1464], on a Monday, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the King of France entered the city near Arras. Coming out to meet him were the canons, the monks of Saint-Vaast, the mendicant friars, and other clergy, together with the nobles, the magistrates, and others. He entered by the gate of Beaudimont, and at the entrance of that gate he dismounted on foot to meet the clergy, and from the gate he proceeded on foot as far as the church of Notre-Dame. He was supported between the Cardinal of Albi and the Lord of L'Eau, the cardinal on his right and the said Lord of L'Eau on his left, whom the king held by the hand. This Lord of L'Eau was a poor gentleman, but the king had made him a knight, and he was always in the king's chamber and in his company, and rarely or never left him. The king had also made him captain of one hundred lances. After the king had made his prayer in the church, he was accompanied by his brother, the Duke of Berry, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, the Count of Eu, the Prince of Piedmont, and other princes and lords, though not in great number nor with great display, for they were all mounted on small, short horses. The king lodged in the cloister of the church, in the house of Master Jean Thiebault, canon and official of Artois, which was a very small residence, and he would not accept any other lodging, although the bishop's residence was the finest episcopal house one could find, and there were also very fine houses of canons in the cloister. It was his custom that wherever he went he preferred to be lodged in a small place, and he did not care whether it was fine or not. Once the king was lodged, all his great princes and others were housed in the city. The king did not wish any of his people to lodge in Arras, because the inhabitants of Arras had refused the king's quartermasters permission to billet troops there until the inns of the town were full, which they said could accommodate four to five thousand horses. All were therefore lodged in the said city as they pleased, and were very well received. The inhabitants treated them as kindly and courteously as they could, so that they were greatly pleased, and the townspeople had no complaints about them. The king remained in the city without entering Arras until the following Saturday, and it was said that he did not wish to enter until his council had examined certain privileges which the inhabitants of the town possessed, granted by the kings of France. By these privileges they were allowed to summon and banish individuals permanently or temporarily, without any king or prince being able to restore them to the town. These privileges having been reviewed by his council on that Saturday, the king then entered the town of Arras. At the gate he found a great number of persons who had been summoned and banished from the town. Although they had previously presented him with written petitions requesting grace, they again humbly begged him at his entry to restore to them the town and its freedoms. To them he replied in these words: 'My children, you ask me for something which it is not the custom of the kings of France to grant; therefore do not rely upon it, for I do not wish to break the privileges of our fair uncle of Burgundy'.
Le xxiiije jour de janvier, par ung lundy, environ trois heures après midy, entra le roy de Franche en la cité lez Arras, et allerent allencontre de lui les canoines, moines de St Vaast, religieux mandiant et aultres clergiés, avecq les nobles et ceulx de la loy et aultres, et entra par la porte de Beaudimont, a l'entrée de laquelle porte il descendit a pied allencontre du clergié, et depuis la porte, a pied jusques en l'eglise de Notre Dame, et estoit au moilon du cardinal d'Alby et du Sr de l'Eau, et estoit ledit cardinal a dextre et ledit Sr de l'Eau a senestre, lequel le roy tenoit par la main. Icelluy Sr de l'Eau estoit ung pauvre gentilhomme; mais le roy l'avoit fait chevallier, et estoit toujours en sa chambre et avecq lui et n'alloit peu ou neant sans lui, et l'avoit fait capitaine de cent lanches. Après que le roy olt fait son oraison en l'eglise, et son frère le duc de Berry qui estoit josne de xvij ou xviij ans, le comte d'Eu, le prince de Pyemont et aultres princes et seigneurs, non pas en grand, nombre, ny en grand estat, car touts estoient montés sur des petits chevaulx courtaulx, le roy se logea au cloistre de l'eglise en l'hostel de maitre Jehan Thyebault, canoine et official d'Artois, qui estoit bien petit hostel, et ne voullut avoir aultre hostel, combien que l'hostel de l'evesque estoit le plus bel hostel episcopal qu'on puist trouver, et qu'il y olt encoires en cloistre de très beaux hostels de canoines; et estoit sa coustume que partout ou il venoit, il voulloit estre logié en petite place et ne tenoit compte s'elle n'estoit pas trop belle. Le roy logié, touts ses gros princes et aultres feurent logiés en la cité; et ne voullut le roy, que nuls se logeassent a Arras de ses gens, pour ce que ceulx d'Arras avoient refusé aulx fourriers du roy qu'ils logeassent par fourrier jusques a ce que les hostelleries de la ville seroient pleines, esquelles il pooit de quatre a cinq mille chevaulx, comme ils disoient. Ils feurent touts en ladite cité par fourrier logiés, la ou il leur pleut, et feurent très bien logiés; et leur feirent ceulx de la cité tout le plus doucement et courtoisement qu'ils polrent, tellement qu'ils s'en leverent moult depuis, et ceulx de la cité ne se plaindirent pas d'eulx. Le roy fust en la cité sans entrer Arras jusques au samedy suivant, et disoit on qu'il n'avoit desiré d'y entrer jusques ad ce que son conseil euist veu aulcuns privileges que ceulx de la ville avoient, donnés des roys de Franche, par lesquels il leur octroye de semoncer sur le teste et bannir a toujours ou a temps, sans ce que jamais roy ne prince leur peult rendre la ville. Et iceulx privileges veus par son conseil le samedy dessusdit, alla en ladite ville d'Arras, auquel lieu, a l'entrée de la porte, il trouva grand nombre de semons sur la teste et bannis de la ville, lesquels combien que devant lui euissent bailliés leur requette par escript et supplication de grace, encoires illecq derechief lui requeroient humblement qu'a son entrée il leur rendit la ville et franchise d'icelle; auxquels ils respondit de sa bouche en telle sorte: Enfans, vous me requerez de grace de ce que n'est pas la coustume aulx roys de Franche de faire; et pourtant ne vous y fiez pas, car je ne veulx point rompre les privileges de nostre bel oncle de Bourgogne.
On 24th January 1496 Richard Wingfield [aged 27] and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford [aged 38] were married. She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 24th January 1530. P. S. 6163. For Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire [aged 53].
To be keeper of the Privy Seal, with 20s. a day, out of the following customs, in the port of Pole, £80, the petty customs in the port of London £200, in the port of Bristol, £56 13s. 4d., and in the port of Brygewater, £18 6s. 8d.; vice Cuthbert Bishop of London [aged 56]. York Place [Map], 20 Jan. 21 Henry VIII. Del. Westm., 24 Jan.
Pat. 21 Henry VIII. p. 1, m. 4.
2. Wardship of Robt., kinsman and heir of Edward Knyvett; with custody of the possessions of the said Edward during the minority of Robt. York Place [Map], 20 Jan. 21 Henry VIII. Del. Westm., 24 Jan.
Pat. 21 Henry VIII. p. 2, m. 23.
On 24th January 1536 Henry VIII [aged 44] held a tournament at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map] some two weeks after Catherine of Aragon's [deceased] death.
Letters and Papers. 24th January 1536. Vienna Archives. 200. Chapuys [aged 46] to Granvelle.
On the eve of the Conversion of St. Paul, the King being mounted on a great horse to run at the lists, both fell so heavily that every one thought it a miracle he was not killed, but he sustained no injury. Thinks he might ask of fortune for what greater misfortune he is reserved, like the other tyrant who escaped from the fall of the house, in which all the rest were smothered, and soon after died.
On 24th January 1547 Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 43] and Anne Jagiellon [aged 43]. She married 18th December 1565 Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany and had issue.
On 24th January 1592 James Harrington [aged 81] died. He was buried in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map]. Monument to James Harrington and Lucy Sidney. A large standing Elizabethan Period monument with 2 kneeling figures at a prie-dieu in a double aedicule. Wrought in various marbles and enriched with low-relief carving, strapwork etc. surmounted by obelisk, and arms. Stylistically similar to the monument to Robert Keilway. Possibly sculpted by Nicholas Johnson or Nicholas Stone [aged 5].
Lucy Sidney: Around 1520 she was born to William Sidney and Anne Pakenham at Penshurst, Kent [Map]. In or before 1540 James Harrington and she were married. Around 1591 Lucy Sidney died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
On 24th January 1630 Henry Yelverton [aged 63] died. He was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map].
On 29th April 1625 Mary Beale [aged 43] died. She was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map].
Elaborate canopied Stuart Hooded Monument of alabaster, the effigies one above the other, with the figures of four sons and five daughters below. The canopy is supported by bedesmen in black gowns, and is surmounted by figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Above is an inscribed panel surrounded by books on end and various linked symbols with winged cherubs above. Large caryatids representing hooded bedesmen to left and right. Arch above with 3 standing figures and 2 hour-glasses on sculls.
Mary Beale: Around 1582 she was born to Robert Beale. Before 27th March 1602 Henry Yelverton and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Beale.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th January 1660. Tuesday. In the morning to my office, where, after I had drank my morning draft at Will's with Ethell and Mr. Steven's, I went and told part of the excise money till twelve o'clock, and then called on my wife and took her to Mr. Pierces, she in the way being exceedingly troubled with a pair of new pattens, and I vexed to go so slow, it being late. There when we came we found Mrs. Carrick very fine, and one Mr. Lucy, who called one another husband and wife, and after dinner a great deal of mad stir. There was pulling off Mrs. bride's and Mr. bridegroom's ribbons1; with a great deal of fooling among them that I and my wife did not like. Mr. Lucy and several other gentlemen coming in after dinner, swearing and singing as if they were mad, only he singing very handsomely. There came in afterwards Mr. Southerne, clerk to Mr. Blackburne, and with him Lambert, lieutenant of my Lord's [aged 34] ship, and brought with them the declaration that came out to-day from the Parliament, wherein they declare for law and gospel, and for tythes; but I do not find people apt to believe them. After this taking leave I went to my father's [aged 59], and my wife staying there, he and I went to speak with Mr. Crumlum (in the meantime, while it was five o'clock, he being in the school, we went to my cozen Tom Pepys' shop, the turner in Paul's Churchyard, and drank with him a pot of ale); he gave my father directions what to do about getting my brother an exhibition, and spoke very well of my brother. Thence back with my father home, where he and I spoke privately in the little room to my sister Pall about stealing of things as my wife's [aged 19] scissars and my maid's book, at which my father was much troubled. Hence home with my wife and so to Whitehall, where I met with Mr. Hunt's and Luellin, and drank with them at Marsh's, and afterwards went up and wrote to my Lord by the post. This day the Parliament gave order that the late Committee of Safety should come before them this day se'nnight, and all their papers, and their model of Government that they had made, to be brought in with them. So home and talked with my wife about our dinner on Thursday.
Note 1. The scramble for ribbons, here mentioned by Pepys in connection with weddings (see also January 26th, 1661, and February 8th, 1663), doubtless formed part of the ceremony of undressing the bridegroom, which, as the age became more refined, fell into disuse. All the old plays are silent on the custom; the earliest notice of which occurs in the old ballad of the wedding of Arthur O'Bradley, printed in the Appendix to "Robin Hood", 1795, where we read ... "Then got they his points and his garters, And cut them in pieces like martyrs; And then they all did play For the honour of Arthur O'Bradley"..
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th January 1662. This morning came my cozen Thos. Pepys the Executor, to speak with me, and I had much talk with him both about matters of money which my Lord Sandwich [aged 36] has of his and I am bond for, as also of my uncle Thomas, who I hear by him do stand upon very high terms.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th January 1666. By agreement my Lord Bruncker [aged 46] called me up, and though it was a very foule, windy, and rainy morning, yet down to the waterside we went, but no boat could go, the storme continued so. So my Lord to stay till fairer weather carried me into the Tower [Map] to Mr. Hore's and there we staid talking an houre, but at last we found no boats yet could go, so we to the office, where we met upon an occasion extraordinary of examining abuses of our clerkes in taking money for examining of tickets, but nothing done in it.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1667. Visited my Lord Clarendon, and presented my son, John [aged 12], to him, now preparing to go to Oxford, of which his Lordship was Chancellor. This evening I heard rare Italian voices, two eunuchs and one woman, in his Majesty's [aged 36] green chamber, next his cabinet.
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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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th January 1668. Up before day to my Tangier accounts, and then out and to a Committee of Tangier, where little done but discourse about reduction of the charge of the garrison, and thence to Westminster about orders at the Exchequer, and at the Swan [Map] I drank, and there met with a pretty ingenious young Doctor of physic, by chance, and talked with him, and so home to dinner, and after dinner carried my wife to the Temple [Map], and thence she to a play, and I to St. Andrew's church [Map], in Holburne, at the 'Quest House, where the company meets to the burial of my cozen Joyce; and here I staid with a very great rabble of four or five hundred people of mean condition, and I staid in the room with the kindred till ready to go to church, where there is to be a sermon of Dr. Stillingfleete [aged 32], and thence they carried him to St. Sepulchre's. But it being late, and, indeed, not having a black cloak to lead her with, or follow the corps, I away, and saw, indeed, a very great press of people follow the corps. I to the King's playhouse, to fetch my wife, and there saw the best part of "The Mayden Queene", which, the more I see, the more I love, and think one of the best plays I ever saw, and is certainly the best acted of any thing ever the House did, and particularly Becke Marshall, to admiration. Found my wife and Deb., and saw many fine ladies, and sat by Colonell Reames [aged 54], who understands and loves a play as well as I, and I love him for it. And so thence home; and, after being at the Office, I home to supper, and to bed, my eyes being very bad again with overworking with them.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th January 1669. By and by the King [aged 38] comes out, and so I took coach, and followed his coaches to my Lord Keeper's, at Essex House, where I never was before, since I saw my old Lord Essex lie in state when he was dead; a large, but ugly house. Here all the Officers of the Navy attended, and by and by were called in to the King and Cabinet, where my Lord, who was ill, did lie upon the bed, as my old Lord Treasurer, or Chancellor [aged 59], heretofore used to; and the business was to know in what time all the King's ships might be repaired, fit for service. The Surveyor answered, in two years, and not sooner. I did give them hopes that, with supplies of money suitable, we might have them all fit for sea some part of the summer after this. Then they demanded in what time we could set out forty ships. It was answered, as they might be chosen of the newest and most ready, we could, with money, get forty ready against May. The King seemed mighty full that we should have money to do all that we desired, and satisfied that, without it, nothing could be done: and so, without determining any thing, we were dismissed; and I doubt all will end in some little fleete this year, and those of hired merchant-men, which would indeed be cheaper to the King, and have many conveniences attending it, more than to fit out the King's own; and this, I perceive, is designed, springing from Sir W. Coventry's [aged 41] counsel; and the King and most of the Lords, I perceive, full of it, to get the King's fleete all at once in condition for service.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th January 1669. Lord's Day. An order brought me in bed, for the Principal Officers to attend the King [aged 38] at my Lord Keeper's this afternoon, it being resolved late the last night; and, by the warrant, I find my Lord Keeper did not then know the cause of it, the messenger being ordered to call upon him, to tell it him by the way, as he come to us. So I up, and to my Office to set down my Journall for yesterday, and so home, and with my wife to Church, and then home, and to dinner, and after dinner out with my wife by coach, to cozen Turner's, where she and The. [aged 17] gone to church, but I left my wife with Mrs. Dyke and Joyce Norton, whom I have not seen till now since their coming to town: she is become an old woman, and with as cunning a look as ever, and thence I to White Hall, and there walked up and down till the King and Duke of York [aged 35] were ready to go forth; and here I met Will. Batelier, newly come post from France, his boots all dirty. He brought letters to the King, and I glad to see him, it having been reported that he was drowned, for some days past, and then, he being gone, I to talk with Tom Killigrew [aged 56], who told me and others, talking about the playhouse, that he is fain to keep a woman on purpose at 20s. a week to satisfy 8 or 10 of the young men of his house, whom till he did so he could never keep to their business, and now he do.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1682. This evening I was at the entertainment of the Morocco Ambassador at the Duchess of Portsmouth's [aged 32] glorious apartments at Whitehall [Map], where was a great banquet of sweetmeats and music; but at which both the Ambassador and his retinue behaved themselves with extraordinary moderation and modesty, though placed about a long table, a lady between two Moors, and among these were the King's [aged 51] natural children, namely, Lady Lichfield [aged 17] and Sussex [aged 20], the Duchess of Portsmouth, Nelly [aged 31], etc., concubines, and cattle of that sort, as splendid as jewels and excess of bravery could make them; the Moors neither admiring nor seeming to regard anything, furniture or the like, with any earnestness, and but decently tasting of the banquet. They drank a little milk and water, but not a drop of wine; they also drank of a sorbet and jacolatt [Note. This may be chocolate?]; did not look about, or stare on the ladies, or express the least surprise, but with a courtly negligence in pace, countenance, and whole behavior, answering only to such questions as were asked with a great deal of wit and gallantry, and so gravely took leave with this compliment, that God would bless the Duchess of Portsmouth and the Prince [aged 9], her son meaning the little Duke of Richmond. The King came in at the latter end, just as the Ambassador was going away. In this manner was this slave (for he was no more at home) entertained by most of the nobility in town, and went often to Hyde Park [Map] on horseback, where he and his retinue showed their extraordinary activity in horsemanship, and flinging and catching their lances at full speed; they rode very short, and could stand upright at full speed, managing their spears with incredible agility. He went sometimes to the theaters, where, upon any foolish or fantastical action, he could not forbear laughing, but he endeavored to hide it with extraordinary modesty and gravity. In a word, the Russian Ambassador, still at Court behaved himself like a clown compared to this civil heathen.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1684. The frost continuing more and more severe, the Thames before London was still planted with boothes in formal streetes, all sorts of trades and shops furnish'd and full of commodities, even to a printing presse, where the peopje and ladyes tooke a fancy to have their names printed, and the day and yeare set down when printed on the Thames; this humour tooke so universally, that 'twas estimated the printer gain'd £5. a day, for printing a line onely, at sixpence a name, be sides what he got by ballads, &c. Coaches plied from Westminster to the Temple, and from several other staires to and fro, as in the streetes, sleds, sliding with skeetes, a bull-baiting, horse and coach races, puppet plays and interludes, cookes, tlpling, and other lewd places, so that it seem'd to be a bacchanalian triumph, or carnival on the water, whilst it was a severe judgment on the land, the trees not onely splitting as if lightning-struck, but men and cattle perishing in divers places, and the very seas so lock'd up with ice, that no vessells could stir out or come in. The fowles, fish, and birds, and all our exotiq plants and greenes universally perishing. Many parkes of deer were destroied, and all sorts of fuell so deare that there were greate con tributions to preserve the poore alive. Nor was this severe weather much lesse intense in most parts of Europe, even as far as Spaine and the most Southern tracts. London, by reason of the excessive coldnesse of the aire hindering the ascent of the smoke, was so fill'd with the fuliginous steame of the sea-coale, that hardly could one see crosse the streetes, and this filling the lungs with its grosse particles, exceedingly obstructed the breast, so as one could scarcely breath. Here was no water to be had from the pipes and engines, nor could the brewers and divers other tradesmen worke, and every moment was full of disastrous accidents.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1685. I din'd at Lord Newport's [aged 64], who has some excellent pictures, especialy that of Sr Tho. Hanmer, by Van Dyke, one of the best he ever painted; another of our English Dobson's painting; but above all, Christ in the Virgin's lap by Poussin, an admirable piece, with some thing of most other famous hands.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1687. I saw the Queen's [aged 28] new apartment at Whitehall [Map], with her new bed, the embroidery of which cost £3,000. The carving about the chimney piece, by Gibbons [aged 38], is incomparable.
On 24th January 1692 Shubael Dummer [aged 56] was killed at York, York County, Maine during the Candlemas Massacre aka Raid on York.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1692. A frosty and dry season continued; many persons die of apoplexy, more than usual. Lord Marlborough [aged 41], Lieutenant-General of the King's army in England, gentleman of the bedchamber, etc., dismissed from all his charges, military and other, for his excessive taking of bribes, covetousness, and extortion on all occasions from his inferior officers. Note, this was the Lord who was entirely advanced by King James [aged 58], and was the first who betrayed and forsook his master. He was son of Sir Winston Churchill of the Greencloth.
On 24th January 1712 Frederick "The Great" I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia [aged 23] and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 24]. He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.32%.
On 24th January 1743 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn was born to Simon Luttrell 1st Earl Carhampton [aged 30] and Judith Maria Lawes Countess Carhampton [aged 23] at Marylebone. She married 1771 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn, son of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg.
On 24th January 1746 Gustav III King Sweden was born to Adolph Frederick King Sweden [aged 35] and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Queen Consort of Sweden [aged 25]. He a great x 4 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He married 1st October 1766 his second cousin Queen Sophia of Sweden, daughter of Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway, and had issue.
On 24th January 1770 John Cust 3rd Baronet [aged 51] died. His son Brownlow [aged 25] succeeded 4th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by William Tyler [aged 41].
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 24th January 1783 Sarah Gurney [aged 26] died from childbirth ten days after the birth of her son Samuel Hoare.
On 24th January 1790 Jacobo Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 5th Duke Berwick [aged 16] and María Teresa Fernández Silva Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Veragua, Duchess of Liria, Duchess of Jérica, Duchess Berwick. She the daughter of Pedro Fernández Silva 10th Duke Híjar. He the son of Carlos Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 4th Duke Berwick and Caroline Stolberg Gedern Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 34].
On 24th January 1801 Frederick Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 36] and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond [aged 32]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24th January 1805 Peniston Lamb [aged 34] died of tuberculosis unmarried.
On 24th January 1825 Robert Montagu was born to George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 25] and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester [aged 26].
On 24th January 1830 George Evans [aged 89] died. He was buried at the Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].
George Evans: On 11th August 1740 he was born. On 16th June 1763 he and Mary Leach were married at the Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map].
The Times. 25th January 1865. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of the Earl of Coventry [aged 26] and Lady Blanche Craven [aged 22], third daughter of Earl Craven [aged 55], was solemnized yesterday morning at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The bridegroom and the friends of both families assembled at the church at 11 o'clock, and shortly afterwards were joined by the bride, accompanied by her mother, the Countess Craven [aged 48]. The bride was received by her father at the church door, and, attended by eight bridesmaids, proceeded at once to the communion table, in front ot which a numerous company had assembled, including the Earl [aged 65] and Countess of Clarendon [aged 54] and Lady Emily Villiers [aged 22], the Countess of Verulam [aged 40] and Lady Harriet Grimston [aged 20], Viscount [aged 49] and Viscountess Folkestone [aged 43] and Hon. Miss Bouverie, the Countess of Sefton [aged 27] and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Viscount Chelsea [aged 24], and Lady Caroline Townley [aged 27] and Miss Townley, Viscount Uffington [aged 23], Sir Henry [aged 58] and Lady Sophia Des Voeux, Hon. Mr. and Mrs Coventry, Hon. Gerald [aged 35] and Lady Maria Ponsonby [aged 28], Mr. Oswald andl Miss Oswald, Dr. Quin, Mr. Cecil Boothby [aged 51], Mr. James Oswald, Miss Talbot, Viscount [aged 32] and Viscountess Grey de Wilton [aged 28], Lady Evelyn Bruce [aged 25], Hon. Mrs. Grimston and Miss Grimston, &c.
The Hon. and Rev. Edward Grimston [aged 52], uncle of the bride, performed the religious rite. After the registration of the marriage the wedding party left the church, and procceded to the Earl and Countess Craven's mansion in Charles-street, Mayfair. At 2 o'clock the newly-wedded couple took their departure for Croome Court, the Earl of Coventry's seat, near Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map], there to pass the honeymoon. At Croome Pirton and Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, the marriage was celebrated yesterday by the tenantry and neighbours of the Earl of Coventry. The tenantry of the Crome Pirton and Severn Stoke estates, to ths number of about 100, dined together in two parties yesterday at Severn Stoke and High-green. At Pirton and Severn Stoke garlands of evergreens and flags were hung out over the roads, and at night a bonfire was lighted at High-green. The rejoicings have extended over all his Lordship's large estates in the southern portion of Worcestershire. The inhabitants of Worcester [Map] celebrated the marriage by hoisting flags from tile windows and streamers across the streets. The bells from the various churches rang merry peals all day.
On 24th January 1865 George Coventry 9th Earl Coventry and Blanche Craven Countess Coventry were married. She by marriage Countess Coventry. She the daughter of William Craven 2nd Earl Craven and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven.
On 24th January 1881 James Collinson [aged 55] died at 16 Paulet Road, Camberwell. He was buried at Camberwell Old Cemetery.
The London Gazette 26705. Whitehall, January 24, 1896. THE Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, dated the 24th of January, 1896, to grant the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Sir Frederic Leighton [aged 65], Bart., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Leighton, of Stretton, in the counly of Salop.
Note. He died the following day and the title became extinct.
On 24th January 1898 Charles Cavendish Winn [aged 40] was killed whilst playing polo at Ambala aka Umballa, Haryana.
On 23 and 24th January 1900 the Battle of Spion Kop was fought between British and Boer forces.
Robert Calverley Bewicke fought.
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 24th January 1900 Lieutenant Neville Windsor Hill-Trevor [aged 31] was killed in action at the battle of Battle of Spion Kop serving with the 2nd Life Guards of Thornycroft's Mounted Infantry.
On 24th January 1900 Hugh Stewart McCorquodale [aged 24] was killed in action at the Battle of Spion Kop.
Hugh Stewart McCorquodale: On 18th August 1875 he was born to George McCorquodale and Emily Sanderson at Miningsby, Kirkcudbrightshire.
On 24th January 1909 Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 86] died. His son Thomas [aged 60] succeeded 3rd Earl of Leicester. Alice Emily White Countess Leicester [aged 53] by marriage Countess of Leicester. St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map].
Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester: Before 09 Jul 1880 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester were married. He the son of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. On 20th July 1848 he was born to Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. On 19th November 1941 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester died. His son Thomas succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester.
Alice Emily White Countess Leicester: On 29th September 1855 she was born to Luke White 2nd Baron Annaly.
On 24th January 1918 Charles Alfred Euston Fitzroy 10th Duke Grafton [aged 25] and Doreen Buxton Duchess Grafton [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Sydney Charles Buxton 1st Earl Buxton [aged 64].
After 24th January 1938. Memorial to Captain Adrian Jones in the Churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map].
On 24th January 1941 Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll [aged 39] was murdered. He was found shot dead in his Buick at a crossroads on the Nairobi-Ngong road. He had dined that evening with Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet [aged 57] and his wife, Erroll's alledged lover, Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere [aged 28]. After dinner Erroll and Diana had gone dancing, Erroll's body was discovered half an hour after he had dropped her off. Broughton was subsequently tried, and aquitted, for the murder. His daughter Diana [aged 15] succeeded 23rd Countess Erroll.
On 24th January 1287 Bishop Richard de Bury was born.
On 24th January 1391 Joan Valois Duchess Brittany was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 22] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 21]. She married August 1396 her second cousin John Montfort V Duke Brittany, son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England, and had issue.
On 24th January 1444 Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan was born to Francesco Sforza I Duke Milan [aged 42] and Bianca Maria Visconti [aged 18]. He married before 1469 his second cousin once removed Bona of Savoy, daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy, and had issue.
On 24th January 1547 Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 43] and Anne Jagiellon [aged 43]. She married 18th December 1565 Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany and had issue.
On 24th January 1599 Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness was born to Conyers Darcy 7th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 1st Baron Darcy Meinhill, 4th Baron Conyers [aged 28] and Dorothy Belasyse Baroness Darcy and Conyers [aged 27]. He was baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Hambleton on the same day. He married 14th October 1616 Grace Rokeby and had issue.
On 24th January 1602 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland was born to Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 21] and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 20]. He married (1) 6th July 1626 his fourth cousin Grace Thornhurst Countess of Westmoreland and had issue (2) 21st June 1638 Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland, daughter of Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere and Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury, and had issue.
On 24th January 1643 Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex was born to Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset [aged 20] and Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset [aged 21]. He married (1) June 1674 Mary Bagot Countess Falmouth and Dorset (2) 7th March 1685 his sixth cousin Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex, daughter of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton, and had issue.
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 24th January 1674 Bishop Thomas Tanner was born at Market Lavington, Wiltshire.
On 24th January 1712 Frederick "The Great" I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia [aged 23] and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 24]. He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.32%.
On 24th January 1743 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn was born to Simon Luttrell 1st Earl Carhampton [aged 30] and Judith Maria Lawes Countess Carhampton [aged 23] at Marylebone. She married 1771 Henry Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland and Strathearn, son of Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg.
On 24th January 1746 Gustav III King Sweden was born to Adolph Frederick King Sweden [aged 35] and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Queen Consort of Sweden [aged 25]. He a great x 4 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. He married 1st October 1766 his second cousin Queen Sophia of Sweden, daughter of Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway, and had issue.
On 24th January 1748 Richard Fitzpatrick was born to John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory [aged 29] and Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory [aged 22].
On 24th January 1758 Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough was born to William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough [aged 54] and Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough [aged 38]. He married 27th November 1780 his fifth cousin Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough, daughter of John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer, and had issue.
On 24th January 1784 Henry Gough-Calthorpe was born to Henry Gough-Calthorpe 1st Baron Calthorpe [aged 35] and Frances Carpenter Baroness Calthorpe [aged 22]. He died aged six in 1790.
On 24th January 1795 Augustus Brydges Henniker 3rd Baronet was born to Brydges Trecothic Henniker 1st Baronet [aged 27] and Mary Press. He married 14th February 1826 his first cousin once removed Elizabeth Henniker-Major Lady Henniker, daughter of John Minet Henniker-Major 3rd Baron Henniker, and had issue.
On 24th January 1801 Frederick Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 36] and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond [aged 32]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24th January 1822 Mary Elizabeth Sitwell was born to George Sitwell 2nd Baronet [aged 25]. She married 20th May 1871 George Robert Osborn 6th Baronet, son of John Osborn 5th Baronet and Frederica Louisa Davers.
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 24th January 1825 Robert Montagu was born to George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester [aged 25] and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester [aged 26].
On 24th January 1831 Agnes Grosvenor was born to Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster [aged 35] and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster [aged 34].
On 24th January 1836 Arthur Rice 6th Baron Dynevor was born to Francis Rice Trevor 5th Baron Dynevor [aged 31]. He married 4th February 1869 his third cousin Selina Lascelles and had issue.
On 24th January 1844 Harold Arthur Lee Dillon 17th Viscount Dillon was born to Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon 16th Viscount Dillon [aged 32] at Victoria Square. He married (1) 3rd November 1870 Julia Stanton Viscountess Dillon (2) 15th June 1926 Margaret Louisa Everard ffolkes Viscountess Dillon.
On 24th January 1847 Sewallis Edward Shirley 10th Earl Ferrers was born to Washington Sewallis Shirley 9th Earl Ferrers [aged 25] and Annabella Augusta Chichester Countess Ferrers. He married 24th October 1885 Ina Maude Hedges-White Countess Ferrers, daughter of William Henry Hare Hedges-White 3rd Earl Bantry.
On 24th January 1847 Harriet Gifford was born to Robert Gifford 2nd Baron Gifford [aged 29] and Frederica Berkeley Baroness Gifford [aged 21]. She married 19th November 1891 Archibald Douglas-Pennant, son of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant, and had issue.
On 24th January 1866 Arthur John Henniker-Hughan 6th Baronet was born to Bridges Powell Henniker 4th Baronet [aged 30].
On 24th January 1875 Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme [aged 41] and Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme [aged 22]. He married 12th February 1901 Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham, daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness, and had issue.
On 24th January 1887 Raymond Anthony Addington 6th Viscount Sidmouth was born to Gerald Addington 4th Viscount Sidmouth [aged 33].
On 24th January 1905 Francis Williams 8th Baronet was born to Colonel Lawrence Williams [aged 28].
On 24th January 1919 George Lumley-Savile 3rd Baron Savile was born to John Savile Lumley-Savile 2nd Baron Savile [aged 65] and Esmé Grace Virginia Wolton Baroness Savile.
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 24th January 1924 John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer was born to Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 31] and Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer [aged 27]. He married (1) 1st June 1954 Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer, daughter of Maurice Roche 4th Baron Fermoy and Ruth Sylvia Gill Baroness Fermoy, and had issue (2) 1976 Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer.
On 24th January 1935 Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol was born to William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 24]. She married (1) 23rd April 1960 her third cousin twice removed Victor Hervey 6th Marquess of Bristol, son of Herbert Hervey 5th Marquess of Bristol and Jean Cochrane.
On 24th January 1974 Benjamin John Eardley-Wilmot 7th Baronet was born to Michael John Assheton Eardley-Wilmot 6th Baronet [aged 33].
On 24th January 1121, three months after the disaster that was the 25th November 1120-Sinking of The White Ship in which Henry's only legitimate son was drowned, with King Henry [aged 53] needing an heir quickly, he and Adeliza of Louvain [aged 18] were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. Despite fourteen years of marriage they didn't have any children. Following Henry's death she married William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel [aged 12] with whom she had seven children. The difference in their ages was 35 years. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain [aged 61] and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain. He the son of King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
On 24th January 1285 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland [aged 13] and Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 66] and Gertrude Hohenburg. He the son of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna [aged 40].
On 24th January 1328 King Edward III of England [aged 15] and Philippa of Hainaut [aged 17] were married at York Minster [Map] by Archbishop William Melton [aged 53]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She was crowned the same day. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 42] and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 34]. He the son of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
The marriage was the quid pro quo for her father William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland having supported his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] returning to England to usurp the throne of Edward's father King Edward II of England.
On 24th January 1407 Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent [aged 23] and Lucia Visconti Countess Kent [aged 27] were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. He was killed eighteen month's later at the Battle of Île de Bréhat. He the son of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 57].
On 24th January 1496 Richard Wingfield [aged 27] and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford [aged 38] were married. She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford.
On 24th January 1655 Thomas Spencer 3rd Baronet [aged 16] and Jane Garrard Lady Spencer [aged 17] were married at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. She by marriage Lady Spencer of Yarnton in Oxfordshire.
On 24th January 1736 Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 31] and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Baroness North, Baroness Guildford.
On 24th January 1777 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 2nd Earl Radnor [aged 26] and Anne Duncombe Countess Radnor [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Radnor. He the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie 1st Earl Radnor and Harriet Pleydell.
On 24th January 1790 Jacobo Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 5th Duke Berwick [aged 16] and María Teresa Fernández Silva Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Veragua, Duchess of Liria, Duchess of Jérica, Duchess Berwick. She the daughter of Pedro Fernández Silva 10th Duke Híjar. He the son of Carlos Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 4th Duke Berwick and Caroline Stolberg Gedern Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 34].
On 24th January 1823 John Yarde-Buller 1st Baron Churston [aged 23] and Elizabeth Wilson-Patten were married.
On 24th January 1891 George Bridges Rodney 7th Baron Rodney [aged 33] and Corisande Evelyn Vere Guest Baroness Rodney were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 24th January 1918 Charles Alfred Euston Fitzroy 10th Duke Grafton [aged 25] and Doreen Buxton Duchess Grafton [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Sydney Charles Buxton 1st Earl Buxton [aged 64].
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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On 24th January 1918 Charles Marsham 6th Earl Romney [aged 26] and Marie Henrietta Keppel Countess of Romney [aged 27] were married. He the son of Charles Marsham 5th Earl Romney [aged 53].
On 24th January 1924 Ralph Assheton 1st Baron Clitheroe [aged 22] and Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham Baroness Clitheroe were married.
On 24th January 1165 William Ypres 1st Earl Kent [aged 75] died. Earl Kent extinct.
On 24th January 1336 Alfonso IV King Aragon [aged 36] died. His son Peter [aged 16] succeeded IV King Aragon.
On 24th January 1360 John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford [aged 47] died. He was buried at Colne Priory, Essex [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 24] succeeded 8th Earl of Oxford.
On 24th January 1376 Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 70] died. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son Richard [aged 30] succeeded 9th Earl Surrey, 4th or 11th Earl Arundel. Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 26] by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey.
On 24th January 1425 Catherine Valois Duchess Austria [aged 46] died.
On 24th January 1445 the Battle of Arbroath was fought between Clan Lindsay and Clans Ogilvy, Gordon, Oliphant, Seton and Forbes. David Lindsay 3rd Earl Crawford [aged 40] was killed when attempting to prevent the battle by riding between the two armies in an attempt to call a truce. Unfortunately a member of the Clan Ogilvy, thinking the Earl was attacked threw his spear at the Earl, hitting him in the mouth, killing him instantly. Clan Lindsay victorious. His son Alexander [aged 22] succeeded 4th Earl Crawford. Margaret Dunbar Countess Crawford [aged 20] by marriage Countess Crawford.
On 24th January 1566 Bishop Rowland Meyrick [aged 61] died.
On 24th January 1575 Edward Windsor 3rd Baron Windsor [aged 43] died in Venice [Map]. His son Frederick [aged 15] succeeded 4th Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.
On 24th January 1592 James Harrington [aged 81] died. He was buried in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map]. Monument to James Harrington and Lucy Sidney. A large standing Elizabethan Period monument with 2 kneeling figures at a prie-dieu in a double aedicule. Wrought in various marbles and enriched with low-relief carving, strapwork etc. surmounted by obelisk, and arms. Stylistically similar to the monument to Robert Keilway. Possibly sculpted by Nicholas Johnson or Nicholas Stone [aged 5].
Lucy Sidney: Around 1520 she was born to William Sidney and Anne Pakenham at Penshurst, Kent [Map]. In or before 1540 James Harrington and she were married. Around 1591 Lucy Sidney died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
On 24th January 1600 Christopher Preston 4th Viscount Gormanston [aged 54] died. His son Jenico [aged 16] succeeded 5th Viscount Gormanston.
On 24th January 1619 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 54] died. His nephew William [aged 20] de jure 12th Baron Cobham but he was unable to claim the title since it was suject to an attainder.
On 24th January 1644 William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 32] died. His son George [aged 10] succeeded 4th Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
On 24th January 1644 James Hamilton 1st Viscount Clandeboye [aged 84] died.
On 24th January 1675 Bishop Benjamin Lany [aged 84] died.
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 24th January 1689 Henry Waldegrave 1st Baron Waldegrave [aged 28] died. His son James [aged 5] succeeded 2nd Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset, 5th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 24th January 1698 Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey [aged 78] died.
On 24th January 1706 Francis Russell 2nd Baronet [aged 69] died without male issue. He was buried at Church of St John the Baptist, Strensham. Baronet Russell of Wytley in Worcestershire extinct.
On 24th January 1718 Peter Plunkett 4th Earl of Fingall [aged 40] died. He was buried at the Chapel, Somerset House. His son Justin succeeded 5th Earl of Fingall.
On 24th January 1737 Archbishop William Wake [aged 79] died at Lambeth Palace [Map].
On 24th January 1750 William Morice 3rd Baronet [aged 43] died without issue. Baronet Morice of Werrington in Devon extinct.
On 20th January 1752 Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn [aged 77] died. She was buried at St John's Church, Wotton on 24th January 1752.
On 24th January 1770 John Cust 3rd Baronet [aged 51] died. His son Brownlow [aged 25] succeeded 4th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by William Tyler [aged 41].
On 24th January 1773 Gabriel Hanger 1st Baron Coleraine [aged 76] died. His son John [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baron Coleraine.
On 24th January 1779 Brinsley Butler 2nd Earl Lanesborough [aged 50] died. His son Robert [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Earl Lanesborough.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 24th January 1782 James Harington 6th Baronet died. His son James [aged 55] succeeded 7th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
On 24th January 1806 John Chardin Musgrave 7th Baronet [aged 49] died. His son Philip [aged 11] succeeded 8th Baronet Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmoreland.
On 24th January 1812 Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley [aged 61] died. She was buried in the Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey.
On 24th January 1815 Charles Warre Malet 1st Baronet [aged 62] died. His son Alexander [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
On 24th January 1825 Sackville Tufton 9th Earl of Thanet [aged 55] died at Chalons, without issue. His brother Charles [aged 54] succeeded 10th Earl of Thanet, 10th Baron Tufton, 11th Baronet Tufton of Hothfield.
On 24th January 1848 Robert Newman 1st Baronet [aged 71] died. His son Robert [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baronet Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead in Devon.
On 24th January 1877 Caroline Maria Gray Countess of Limerick died.
On 24th January 1879 Capel Molyneux 7th Baronet [aged 37] died. His first cousin once removed John [aged 59] succeeded 8th Baronet Molyneux of Castle Dillon in Armagh.
On 24th January 1881 James Collinson [aged 55] died at 16 Paulet Road, Camberwell. He was buried at Camberwell Old Cemetery.
On 24th January 1886 Walter Burrell 5th Baronet [aged 71] died. His son Charles [aged 37] succeeded 6th Baronet Burrell of Valentine House in Essex.
On 24th January 1909 Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 86] died. His son Thomas [aged 60] succeeded 3rd Earl of Leicester. Alice Emily White Countess Leicester [aged 53] by marriage Countess of Leicester. St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map].
Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester: Before 09 Jul 1880 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester were married. He the son of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. On 20th July 1848 he was born to Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. On 19th November 1941 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester died. His son Thomas succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester.
Alice Emily White Countess Leicester: On 29th September 1855 she was born to Luke White 2nd Baron Annaly.
On 24th January 1917 Samuel Cunliffe Lister 2nd Baron Masham [aged 60] died. His brother John [aged 50] succeeded 3rd Baron Masham of Swinton.
On 24th January 1920 William Plunket 5th Baron Plunket [aged 55] died. His son Terence [aged 20] succeeded 6th Baron Plunket of Newtown in County Cork.
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 24th January 1933 Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield [aged 78] died without issue. He was buried at St Cuthbert's Church, Holme Lacy [Map]. His brother Henry [aged 77] succeeded 11th Earl Chesterfield, 11th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire, 5th Baronet Stanhope of Stanwell.
On 24th January 1941 Josslyn Victor Hay 22nd Earl of Erroll [aged 39] was murdered. He was found shot dead in his Buick at a crossroads on the Nairobi-Ngong road. He had dined that evening with Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet [aged 57] and his wife, Erroll's alledged lover, Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere [aged 28]. After dinner Erroll and Diana had gone dancing, Erroll's body was discovered half an hour after he had dropped her off. Broughton was subsequently tried, and aquitted, for the murder. His daughter Diana [aged 15] succeeded 23rd Countess Erroll.
On 24th January 1950 Stuart Holland 2nd Baron Rotherham [aged 73] died. Baron Rotherham of Broughton in Lancashire, Baronet Holland of Queen's Gate in Kensington extinct.
On 24th January 1958 Charles Trevelyan 3rd Baronet [aged 87] died. His son George [aged 51] succeeded 4th Baronet Trevelyan of Wallington.
On 24th January 2010 FitzRoy Somerset 5th Baron Raglan [aged 82] died at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. His brother Geoffrey [aged 77] succeeded 6th Baron Raglan.
On 24th January 2011 Christopher Glyn 7th Baron Wolverton [aged 72] died. His nephew Miles succeeded 8th Baron Wolverton.
On 24th January 2012 Rupert Shuckburgh 13th Baronet [aged 63] died. His son James [aged 34] succeeded 14th Baronet Schuckburgh of Schuckburgh in Warwickshire.
On 24th January 2012 Saville Crossley 3rd Baron Somerleyton [aged 83] died. His son Francis [aged 40] succeeded 4th Baron Somerleyton of Somerleyton in Suffolk, 5th Baronet Crossley.