27 Mar is in March.
1168 Eleanor Ambushed by Guy de Lusignan
1306 Coronation of Robert the Bruce
On 27th March 972 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks was born to Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 31] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 27] at Orléans. He married (1) 988 Rozala of Italy (2) 999 his second cousin Bertha Welf Queen Consort France, daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (3) 1003 Constance Arles Queen Consort France, daughter of William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia, and had issue.
Flowers of History. 27th March 1076. On the twenty-seventh day of March the earth trembled, and a general earthquake took place all over England, and a heavy frost and great abundance of ice continued from the beginning of November to the middle of April. This year, duke Waltheof was beheaded.
On 27th March 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 46] and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem [aged 18] and Geoffrey Lusignan [aged 18].
Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 46] was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Hilary, Poitiers. His son William [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 22] held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.
On 27th March 1221 Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark [aged 23] died.
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris. 27th March 1237. In this year was taken from amongst us the renowned John de Brienne [aged 67], of immortal memory, formerly king of Jerusalem, and who had almost attained the imperial sovereignty of the Greeks; who would have closed a happy and peaceful life in sunshine, if he had not brought on himself the enmity of the great Frederick, the emperor of the Germans. Between winter and spring of this year, too, brother Jordan, prior of the order of Preachers, a man of distinguished sanctity and a renowned preacher, was drowned in a storm, whilst sailing along the coast of the southern barbarians, for the purpose of gaining them to God by his preaching. His body was brought to land by some of those shipwrecked, whom chance had snatched from death, although with much labour and danger, and consigned to the tomb in an honourable and becoming manner. As they were burying his holy body, they smelled a remarkable fragrance proceeding from his clothes, as well as from his person, the sweetness of which continued to perfume their hands for a long time.
About this same time was canonized and enrolled in the list of saints, St. Dominic, a brother of the order of Preachers.
On 27th March 1237 John de Brienne I King Jerusalem [aged 67] died.
John of Fordun's Chronicle. 118. Coronation of King Robert Bruce.
Now, when a few days had rolled on, after the said John's death, this Robert of Bruce, taking with him as many men as he could get, hastened to Scone; and, being set on the royal throne, was there crowned, on the 27th of March 1306, in the manner wherein the kings of Scotland were wont to be invested; and great was the task he then undertook, and unbearable were the burdens he took upon his shoulders. For, not only did he lift his hand against the king of England, and all partakers with him, but he also launched out into a struggle with all and sundry of the kingdom of Scotland, except a very few well-wishers of his, who, if one looked at the hosts of those pitted against them, were as one drop of water compared with the waves of the sea, or a single grain of any seed with the multitudinous sand. His mishaps, flights, and dangers; hardships, and weariness; hunger, and thirst; watchings, and fastings; nakedness, and cold; snares, and banishment; the seizing, imprisoning, slaughter, and downfall of his near ones, and even more dear ones (for all this had he to undergo, when overcome and routed in the beginning of his war) no one, now living, I think, recollects, or is equal to rehearsing, all this. Indeed, he is reported to have said to his knights, one day, when worn out by such numberless and ceaseless hardships and dangers:
"Were I not stirred by Scotland's olden bliss,
Not for earth's empire would I bear all this."
Moreover, with all the ill-luck and numberless straits he went through with a glad and dauntless heart, were any one able to rehearse his own struggles, and triumphs single-handed — the victories and battles wherein, by the Lord's help, by his own strength, and by his human manhood, he fearlessly cut his way into the columns of the enemy, now mightily bearing these down, and now mightily warding off and escaping the pains of death — he would, I deem, prove that, in the art of fighting, and in vigour of body, Robert had not his match in his time, in any clime. I will, therefore, forbear to describe his own individual deeds, both because they would take up many leaves, and because, though they are undoubtedly true, the time and place wherein they happened, and were wrought, are known to few in these days. But his well-known battles and public exploits will be found set down below, in the years wherein they took place.
On 27th March 1306 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre was born to Louis I Count Évreux [aged 29] and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux [aged 21]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.89%. He married 18th June 1318 his half first cousin once removed Joan Capet II Queen Navarre and had issue.
Chronicle of Jean le Bel Volume 2. The noble king had such great preparations made for this great court that it was a marvel, and he provided himself with fine gifts and rich jewels, as did the queen also. And the young Count of Flanders was still going to amuse himself by the river in the company of those who were supposed to guard him. It happened, on the day1 before he was to marry, that one of his falcons took to the air, and his falconers went after it to lure it back.
Le noble roy fist faire si grand appareil pour celle grand court que merveilles, et se pourveit de beaulx dons et de riches joyaulx et la royneaussy. Et le jœunc conte de Flandres aloit toudis esbatre sur la riviere en la compaignie de ceulx qui le debvoient garder. Si avint celluy jour devant ce qu'il deut espouser, que lung de ses faucons se mist en l'air, el ss fauconnicrs aprez pour le loirrer.
Note 1. On 27th March 1347, Edward III called upon Louis, Count of Flanders, to marry his daughter, and at the same time ordered him to place himself at the head of the Flemings in order to march against the King of France. Louis obtained, with difficulty, a respite until the next day, the 28th, when, in the company of Roland de Pouques and Louis van de Wale, he fled and went to take refuge with the King of France; Gilles li Muisis.
Le 27 mars 1347 (n. st., Édouard III mettait en demeure Louis, comte de Flandre, d'épouser sa fille et lui mandait en même temps de se meltre à la tête des Flamands pour marcher contre le roi de France. Louis obtint difficilement du répit jusqu'au lendemain 28, jour où, en compagnie de Roland de Poukes et de Louis Van de Wale, il s'enfuit et alla se réfugier près du roi de France. (Gilles lé Muisis; éd. de)
On 27th March 1401 Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria was born to Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria [aged 28] and Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria [aged 27]. He married his third cousin twice removed Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen, and had issue.
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 27th March 1454 Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 42] was appointed Lord Protector. Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 54] was appointed Lord Chancellor.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. On the 27th day of March, in the town of Arras, a young man named Jacotin Thumeis, aged twenty and a native of Lille, was sentenced by the aldermen of the town and hanged. He was executed for theft, having been found in possession of several items he had stolen. He had one ear cut off, which had been removed in Normandy, and he had also been punished and apprehended for theft in several other towns, yet he could not refrain from it.
Le xxviije jour de mars fust pendu en la ville d'Arras jugié par les echevins de la ville ung josne compagnon nommé Jacotin Thumeis, agé de xx ans, natif de Lille, et fust pendu pour larchin, et l'avoit on prins saisi de plusieurs choses qu'il avoit em blées et avoit une oreille coppée qu'on lui avoit coppée en Normandie et sy avoit en plusieurs aultres villes esté chastié et reprins de larchin qu'il avoit fait et sy ne s'en pooit tenir.
On 27th March 1470 George Neville 1st Duke Bedford [aged 9] was created 1st Duke Bedford by King Edward IV of England [aged 27] in preparation for his marriage to Elizabeth York Queen Consort England [aged 4] which didn't, in the end, take place. He, George, was nephew to Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 41] whose defection to the Lancastrian side may have caused the King to change his mind about his daughter's marriage.
On 27th March 1482 Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 25] died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 27th March 1562. The xxvij day of Marche dyd pryche at after-non a-for the quen [aged 28], that was Good-fryday, the byshope of London [aged 43].
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquess Salisbury Volume 1. 1105. The Earl of Bedford and Mr. Randolph to the Council.
1566, March 27 Hearing of so many matters as we do, and finding such variety in the reports, we have much ado to discern the verity, which maketh us the slower, and loather to put anything in writing, to the intent we would not that you and Her Majesty should be advertised but of the very truth. To this end we thought good to send Captain Carew, who was in Edinburgh at the time of the last "attemptate,” who spoke there with divers, and after with the Queen and her husband, and know by his report, confirmed by the parties that were present, and assisters unto those who were executors of the act. This we find for certain: that the Queen’s husband being entered into a vehement suspicion of David [Rizzio], that by him some thing was committed which was most against the Queen’s honour, and not to be borne on his part, first communicated with George Douglas, who sought all the means he could to put some remedy to his grief, and communicating the same to Lord Ruthven by the King’s command, no other way could be found than that David should be taken out of the way. Wherein he was so earnest, and daily pressed the same, that no rest could be had until it was put in execution. To this it was found good that Lord Morton and Lord Lindsay should be made privy, that they might have their friends at hand if need required. The time was determined the 9th instant, three days before the Parliament should begin, at which time the said Lords were assured that the Earls of Argyle, Murray, Rothes, and their accomplices should have been forfeited, if the King could not be persuaded through this means to be their friends, who for the desire that his intent should take effect the one way, was content to yield to the other, with this condition, that they would give their consent that he might have the crown matrimonial.
Upon the Saturday, at night, near unto 8 o’clock, the King conveyeth himself, Lord Ruthven, George Douglas, and two others, through his own chamber by the privy stairs up to the Queen’s chamber, adjoining to which there is a cabinet about 12 foot square, in the same a little low reposing bed and a table, at which there were sitting at supper the Queen, Lady Argyle, and David with his cap upon his head. Into the cabinet there cometh the King and Ruthven, who willed David to come forth, saying that there was no place for him. The Queen said it was her will. Her husband answered, it was against her honour. Lord Ruthven said that he should learn better his duty, and offering to have taken him by the arm, David took the Queen by the "blyghtes" of her gown, and put himself behind the Queen, who would gladly have saved him, but the King having loosed his hands, and holding her in his arms, David was thrust out of the cabinet through the bed-chamber into the chamber of presence, where were the Lords Morton and Lindsay, who, intending that night to have reserved him, and the next day to hang him, so many being about them that bore him evil, one thrust him into the body with a dagger, and after him a great many others, so that he had in his body above Iv [55] wounds. It is told for certain that the King’s own dagger was left sticking in him; whether he struck him or not we cannot know for certain. He was not slain in the Queen’s presence, as was said, but going down stairs out of the presence-chamber. There remained a long time with the Queen her husband and Ruthven. She made great intercession that he should have no harm, and blamed1 greatly her husband that was the author of so foul an act. It is said that he did answer that David had more company of her body than he for the space of two months, and therefore for her honour and his own contentment he gave his consent that he should be taken away. "It is not,” saith she, "the woman’s part to seek the husband, and therefore, in that the fault was his own.” He said, that when he came, she either would not, or made herself sick. “Well,” saith she, “you have taken your last of me and your farewell.”* "That were pity,” saith Ruthven, "he is your Majesty’s husband, and you must yield duty to each other.” "Why may not I,” saith she, "leave him as well as your wife did her husband? Others have done the like.” Lord Ruthven said that she was lawfully divorced from her husband, and for no such cause as the King found himself aggrieved. Besides, this man was mean, base, enemy to the nobility, shame to herself and destruction to her country. "Well,” saith she, "it shall be dear blood to some of you, if his be spilt.” "God forbid,” saith Ruthven, "for the more your Grace show yourself offended, the world will judge the worse.” Her husband this time speaketli little. Her Grace continually weepeth. Lord Ruthven being evil at ease and weak, calleth for a drink, and saith, "This I must do with your Majesty’s pardon,” and persuadeth her in the best sort he could that she would pacify herself.
In the meantime there rose a comber in the court, to pacify which Lord Ruthven went down to the Earls Huntley, Bothwell, and Athol, to assure them from the King that nothing was intended against them. They, notwithstanding, taking fear when they heard that Murray would be there the next day, and Argyle meet them, Huntley and Bothwell get out of a window and so depart. Athol had leave of the King, with Flyske and Landores (who was lately called Leslie, the parson of Oune), to go where they would; and being conveyed by Lord Liddington they went that night to where they thought themselves in most safety. Before the King left talk with the Queen, in the hearing of Ruthven, she was content that he should lie with her that night. We know not how he "forslowe" himself, but came not at her, and excused himself to his friends that he was so sleepy that he could not wake in due time. There were two that came in with the King, the one Andrew Car of Fawsinside, who, the Queen saith, would have struck her with a dagger, and one Patrick Balentyne, brother to the Justice Clerk, who also, her Grace saith, offered a dagge against her belly with cock down. Lord Ruthven assureth us of the contrary. There were in the Queen’s chamber Lord Robert [Stewart], Arthur Erskine, and one or two others. These at the first offering some defence, Ruthven drew his dagger, and few more weapons than that were drawn in her Grace’s presence, as we are by the said Lord assured.
Note 1. The pen is struck through this portion (from "blamed" to "farewell"), and a note in the margin runs: — "It is our parts rather to pass this matter with silence than to make any such rehearsal of things committed unto us in secret, but we know to whom we write, and leave all things to your wisdoms.”
Diary of Anne Clifford. 27th March 1617. The 27th my Lord [aged 28] told me he had acknowledged no statutes and that the matter was not so fully finished but there was a place left for me to come in. My Lord found me reading with Mr Ran and told me it would hinder his study so as I must leave off reading the Old Testament till I can get somebody to read it with me. This day I made an end of reading Deuteronomy.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 27th March 1619. The 27th in the morning I sent for Mr Rand [sic] and told him I found myself not fit to receive the Communion. The next day when my Lord [aged 30] heard I had told Mr Rand so much he sent for him and told him the Communion should be put off both for him and his household, except any of them should receive at the Church.
On 27th March 1625 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 58] died at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire. His son Charles [aged 24] succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown.
On 27th March 1652 Theresia Maria Josefa Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 43] and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.50%. She died aged one in 1653.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1665. So to my Lord Peterborough's [aged 43]; where Povy [aged 51], Creed, Williamson, Auditor Beale, and myself, and mighty merry to see how plainly my Lord and Povy did abuse one another about their accounts, each thinking the other a foole, and I thinking they were not either of them, in that point, much in the wrong, though in everything, and even in this manner of reproaching one another, very witty and pleasant. Among other things, we had here the genteelest dinner and the neatest house that I have seen many a day, and the latter beyond anything I ever saw in a nobleman's house.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1665. Thence, and did the same to Sir H. Bennet [aged 47], who did the like to me very fully, and did give me all his letters lately come from hence for me to read, which I returned in the afternoon to him.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1665. Thence to the Duke of Albemarle [aged 56], the first time that we officers of the Navy have waited upon him since the Duke of Yorke's [aged 31] going, who hath deputed him to be Admirall in his absence. And I find him a quiet heavy man, that will help business when he can, and hinder nothing, and am very well pleased with our attendance on him. I did afterwards alone give him thanks for his favour to me about my Tangier business, which he received kindly, and did speak much of his esteem of me.
On 27th March 1666 Defiance was launched at Deptford, Kent [Map] in the presence of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 35].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1666. At noon dined at home, Mr. Cooke, our old acquaintance at my Lord Sandwich's [aged 40], come to see and dine with me, but I quite out of humour, having many other and better things to thinke of.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1667. Having put him in a way of preparing himself for the voyage, I did go to the Swan [Map], and there sent for Jervas, my old periwig maker, and he did bring me a periwig, but it was full of nits, so as I was troubled to see it (it being his old fault), and did send him to make it clean, and in the mean time, having staid for him a good while, did go away by water to the Castle Taverne, by Exeter House [Map], and there met Sir W. Batten [aged 66], Sir W. Pen [aged 45], and several others, among the rest Sir Ellis Layton, who do apply himself to discourse with me, and I think by his discourse, out of his opinion of my interest in Sir W. Coventry [aged 39], the man I find a wonderful witty, ready man for sudden answers and little tales, and sayings very extraordinary witty, but in the bottom I doubt he is not so. Yet he pretends to have studied men, and the truth is in several that I do know he did give me a very inward account of them. But above all things he did give me a full account, upon my demand, of this judge of the Admiralty, Judge Jenkins; who, he says, is a man never practised in this Court, but taken merely for his merit and ability's sake from Trinity Hall, where he had always lived; only by accident the business of the want of a Judge being proposed to the present Archbishop of Canterbury [aged 68] that now is, he did think of this man and sent for him up: and here he is, against the 'gre' and content of the old Doctors, made judge, but is a very excellent man both for judgment and temper, yet majesty enough, and by all men's report, not to be corrupted.
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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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 27th March 1668. Up, and walked to the waterside, and thence to White Hall to the Duke of York's [aged 34] chamber, where he being ready he went to a Committee of Tangier, where I first understand that my Lord Sandwich [aged 42] is, in his coming back from Spayne, to step over thither, to see in what condition the place is, which I am glad of, hoping that he will be able to do some good there, for the good of the place, which is so much out of order.
On 27th March 1679 Henry Cavendish [aged 20] and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset [aged 12] were married. She being the sole heiress of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland she brought an enormous fortune to the marriage. She the daughter of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland [aged 33]. He the son of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48].
On or before 27th March 1713, the date he was buried at Westminster Abbey, Richard Maulever 5th Baronet [aged 24] died of smallpox. He was unmarried. Baronet Maulever of Allerton in Yorkshire extinct.
On 27th March 1714 Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 63] died of scarlet fever.
On 27th March 1718 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire [aged 19] and Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire [aged 19] were married. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 46] and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire [aged 44].
On 27th March 1723 Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond [aged 21] and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond [aged 17]. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 1744 Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland and had issue.
On 27th March 1729 Leopold Duke of Lorraine [aged 49] died.
On 27th March 1737 John Thomas [aged 25] was ordained
On 27th March 1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo [aged 74] died.
On 27th March 1785 Louis XVII King France was born to Louis XVI King France [aged 30] and Queen Marie Antoinette of France [aged 29]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.65%. He died aged ten in 1795.
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 27th March 1795 Henry Fitz-Clarence was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 29] and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" [aged 33].
On 27th March 1814 Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster [aged 82] died.
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Their [Percy Bysshe Shelley [aged 24] and Mary Godwin aka Shelley [aged 19]] tranquillity was shortly disturbed by a Chancery suit set in motion by Mr Westbrook, who asked for the custody of his two grandchildren, on the ground that Shelley had deserted his wife and intended to bring up his offspring in his own atheistic and anti-social opinions. Lord Chancellor Eldon [aged 65] delivered judgment on the 27th of March 1817. He held that Shelley, having avowed condemnable principles of conduct, and having fashioned his own conduct to correspond, and being likely to inculcate the same principles upon his children, was unfit to have the charge of them. He appointed as their curator Dr Hume, an orthodox army physician, who was Shelley's own nominee. The poet had to pay for the maintenance of the children a sum which stood eventually at £120 per annum; if it was at first (as generally stated) £200, that was no more than what he had previously allowed to Harriet.
On 27th March 1819 Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hanover was born to King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 53] and Queen Adelaide of England [aged 26]. She died aged less than one years old.
On 27th March 1822 Alexander Boswell 1st Baronet [aged 46] died from wounds received duelling. The previous day he had fought a duel with James Stuart of Dunearn. Boswell fired wide, Stuart, who had never before handled a gun, hit Boswell's collar bone, fatally injuring him. Stuart was subsequently tried for murder and found not guilty. More than 11,000 people attended Boswell's funeral and the funeral procession was over a mile long. His son James [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Baronet Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire.
After 27th March 1829. Memorial to Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon [deceased] at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].
On 27th March 1832 William Quiller Orchardson was born.
On 27th March 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath [aged 72] died. His son Henry [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Marquess of Bath, 5th Viscount Weymouth, 5th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 6th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath [aged 32] by marriage Marchioness of Bath. Monument in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map] sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey [aged 55].
Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath: On 4th May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19th April 1830 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath were married. He the son of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 24th June 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.
Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath: On 3rd May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 2nd January 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.
Ten Years' Digging. On the 27th of March [1848], was opened a low flat barrow, called Sharp Low [Map], situated on the summit of a hill to the left of the road to Dovedale, from the New Inns toll-bar. In no part did the elevation exceed 18 inches. In the first place, an excavation was made from the south side to the centre; it was then continued at right angles to the west; in each of these cuttings was found a skeleton; and in the middle of the barrow was a stone, beneath which lay the horn of a bull, accompanied by another bone. The body in the south trench, first discovered, was apparently that of a young person, and was laid upon its right side in a contracted position, without the least protection or accompaniment by cist or weapon. The other in the western cutting was equally unprotected, but was accompanied by an iron knife of the usual form, which lay at the left side of the skeleton, which, from the impression retained by the rust on the knife, must have been swathed in fine woollen cloth. It is worthy of remark that this body, although evidently interred at a comparatively late epoch, was laid on the left side in the contracted posture so uniformly observed by the earlier Celtic population. In illustration of this remark, it may be stated, that we do not remember having previously met with an instance of an interment of the iron period, otherwise than at full length; nor, on the other hand, have we seen any skeleton accompanied by relics of the earlier ages, fully extended. In the vicinity of the latter skeleton were a few animal bones, and two pieces of well baked earthenware; but the usual layer of rats' bones was absent.
On 27th March 1854 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland [aged 85] died. His son William [aged 53] succeeded 5th Duke Portland, 6th Earl of Portland although it took him three years before he took his seat in the House of Lords.
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 27th March 1878 George Gilbert Scott [aged 66] died.
On 27th March 1899 Myles Birket Foster [aged 74] died.
On 27th March 1921, Easter Day, Conisbrough War Memorial was unveiled by General Sir Alington-Copley [aged 65] … the unveiling was witnessed by over three thousand people…work by Messrs Tyas and Guest…includes the figure in Portland stone standing on a plinth of Bradford stone. On four sides are inscribed the names of 168 Conisboro' men…the cost of the memorial is £540 and this amount has almost been raised. Source. Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express.
On 27th March 1929 Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck [aged 55] died.
On 27th March 1982 Ada Drydon Trotter [aged 86] died. She has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Ada Drydon Trotter: On 22nd March 1896 she was born to William Kemp Trotter.
27th March 1997. Plaque commemorating the Maundy Thursday Alms Giving by Quen Elizabeth II [aged 70]at Bradford Cathedral [Map].
On 27th March 972 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks was born to Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 31] and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 27] at Orléans. He married (1) 988 Rozala of Italy (2) 999 his second cousin Bertha Welf Queen Consort France, daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (3) 1003 Constance Arles Queen Consort France, daughter of William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia, and had issue.
On 27th March 1306 Philip "Noble" III King Navarre was born to Louis I Count Évreux [aged 29] and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux [aged 21]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.89%. He married 18th June 1318 his half first cousin once removed Joan Capet II Queen Navarre and had issue.
On 27th March 1401 Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria was born to Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria [aged 28] and Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria [aged 27]. He married his third cousin twice removed Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen, and had issue.
On 27th March 1496 Dorothy Neville was born to Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 28] and Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer [aged 25]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 9th May 1514 John Dawnay of Cowick and had issue.
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 27th March 1602 Christopher Yelverton 1st Baronet was born to Henry Yelverton [aged 35] and Mary Beale [aged 20]. He married 20th April 1630 Anne Twysden, daughter of William Twysden 1st Baronet and Anne Finch Lady Twysden, and had issue.
On 27th March 1604 Nicholas L'Estrange 1st Baronet was born to Hamon Strange [aged 21] and Anne Stubbe. He married 26th August 1630 Anne Lewknor Lady Strange and had issue.
On 27th March 1608 Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet was born.
On 27th March 1652 Theresia Maria Josefa Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 43] and Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.50%. She died aged one in 1653.
On 27th March 1696 Colonel Charles Ingram was born to Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine [aged 30].
On 27th March 1707 John Tynte 4th Baronet was born to John Tynte 2nd Baronet [aged 24] and Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte [aged 22]. He was baptised on 21st April 1707 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On 27th March 1708 Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere was born to George Rochfort [aged 26] and Elizabeth Moore [aged 21]. He married (1) 16th December 1731 Elizabeth Tenison (2) 7th August 1736 Mary Molesworth and had issue.
On 27th March 1721 Thomas Henry Coventry was born to William Coventry 5th Earl Coventry [aged 45] and Elizabeth Allen Countess Coventry.
On 27th March 1722 Mary Browne was born to Anthony Browne 6th Viscount Montagu [aged 36] and Barbara Webb Viscountess Montague [aged 25]. She married 30th March 1761 her half fourth cousin Richard Henry Bedingfield 4th Baronet, son of Henry Arundell Bedingfeld 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Boyle, and had issue.
On 27th March 1723 Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond [aged 21] and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond [aged 17]. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 1744 Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland and had issue.
On 27th March 1761 Charlotte Barbara Villiers was born to Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon [aged 51] and Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon.
On 27th March 1767 John Roper 13th Baronet Teynham was born to Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham [aged 33].
On 27th March 1772 Thomas Colyear 4th Earl Portmore was born to William Charles Colyear 3rd Earl Portmore [aged 27] and Mary Leslie Countess Portmore [aged 18]. He married 26th May 1793 Mary Elizabeth Bertie, daughter of Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Anne Layard.
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 27th March 1780 Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden was born to Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden [aged 50] and Anne Isabella Monck Viscountess Hawarden [aged 21]. He married 8th July 1811 Jane Crawfurd Bruce and had issue.
On 27th March 1782 Edward Tichborne aka Doughty 9th Baronet was born to Henry Tichborne 7th Baronet [aged 25].
On 27th March 1785 Louis XVII King France was born to Louis XVI King France [aged 30] and Queen Marie Antoinette of France [aged 29]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.65%. He died aged ten in 1795.
On 27th March 1785 Oswald Mosley 2nd Baronet was born to Oswald Mosley [aged 24] and Elizabeth Tonman [aged 22]. He married 31st January 1804 Sophia Anne Every Lady Mosley, daughter of Edward Every 8th Baronet and Mary Morley, and had issue.
On 27th March 1795 Henry Fitz-Clarence was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 29] and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" [aged 33].
On 27th March 1797 George Glyn Banker 1st Baron Wolverton was born to Richard Carr Glyn 1st Baronet [aged 42]. He married 17th March 1823 Marianne Grenfell Baroness Wolverton and had issue.
On 27th March 1799 Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer was born to William Stephen Poyntz [aged 29] and Elizabeth Mary Browne [aged 31]. She married 23rd February 1830 her second cousin Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer, son of George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer and Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer, and had issue.
On 27th March 1802 Theodosia Julia Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham [aged 41] and Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham [aged 26].
On 27th March 1811 George Floyd Duckett 3rd Baronet was born to George Duckett 2nd Baronet [aged 33]. He married 21st June 1845 Isabella Smith, daughter of General Lionel Smith 1st Baronet and Isabella Pottinger Lady Smith.
On 27th March 1811 William Bagot 3rd Baron Bagot was born to William Bagot 2nd Baron Bagot [aged 37] and Louisa Legge Baroness Bagot [aged 24] at Blithfield House, Rugeley. He married 1851 his half fourth cousin twice removed Lucia Caroline Elizabeth Agar-Ellis Baroness Bagot, daughter of George James Welbore Agar 1st Baron Dover and Georgiana Howard Lady Dover, and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 27th March 1817 William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley was born to William Humble Ward 10th Baron Ward [aged 36] at Boxstone, Edwardstone. He married (1) 24th April 1851 Selina Constance de Burgh Baroness Ward (2) 21st November 1865 Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley, daughter of Thomas Moncrieffe 7th Baronet and Louisa Hay-Drummond Lady Moncrieffe, and had issue.
On 27th March 1818 Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale was born to Henry Cecil Lowther [aged 27] and Lucy Eleanor Sherard [aged 26].
On 27th March 1819 Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hanover was born to King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 53] and Queen Adelaide of England [aged 26]. She died aged less than one years old.
On 27th March 1832 William Quiller Orchardson was born.
On 27th March 1833 Charles Watkin Shakerley 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Peter Shakerley 1st Baronet [aged 40].
On 27th March 1834 Walter Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot aka Carpenter was born to Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 30] and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford [aged 26] at Ingestre, Staffordshire. He married (1) 27th October 1869 Maria Georgiana Mundy and had issue (2) 10th February 1887 Beatrice Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham and Emily Julia Thellusson Baroness Walsingham.
On 27th March 1845 Cecil Thomas Parker was born to Thomas Parker 6th Earl Macclesfield [aged 34] and Mary Frances Grosvenor Countess Macclesfield [aged 23]. He married 24th May 1870 his fifth cousin Rosamond Esther Harriet Longley and had issue.
On 27th March 1856 Mildred Mary Josephine de Trafford Baroness Bellow was born to Humphrey de Trafford 2nd Baronet [aged 47] and Annette Mary Talbot. She married 10th August 1883 Charles Bertram Bellew 3rd Baron Bellew, son of Edward Joseph Bellew 2nd Baron Bellew and Augusta Mary Bryan.
On 27th March 1859 William Morton Eden 5th Baron Auckland was born to William Eden 4th Baron Auckland [aged 30] and Lucy Walbanke-Childers Baroness Auckland [aged 23].
On 27th March 1891 Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne was born to Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath [aged 28] and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath [aged 22]. She married 8th July 1919 Oliver Hugh Stanley, son of Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury and Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley, and had issue.
On 27th March 1892 Kenelm Arthur Lister-Kaye 5th Baronet was born to Cecil Lister-Kaye 4th Baronet [aged 38] and Beatrice Adeline Pelham-Clinton [aged 30].
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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On 27th March 1903 Castel Richard Bourchier Wrey 14th Baronet was born to Edward Castell Wrey [aged 28] and Katherine Joan Dene.
On 27th March 1920 Major Benjamin Hervey-Bathurst was born to Frederick Hervey-Bathurst 5th Baronet [aged 50]. He married 28th February 1947 Elizabeth Cocks, daughter of Arthur Cocks 6th Baron Somers.
On 27th March 1935 Montague John Cholmeley 6th Baronet was born to Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 5th Baronet [aged 29]. He married 18th October 1960 Juliet Auriol Sally Nelson Lady Cholmeley and had issue.
On 27th March 1935 Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire was born to Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire [aged 29] and Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire [aged 37].
On 27th March 1935 John Hedworth Jolliffe was born to William Jolliffe 4th Baron Hylton [aged 36] and Perdita [aged 25]. He married 20th November 1965 his fifth cousin Victoria Catherine Elizabeth Eden, daughter of Michael Henley aka Eden 7th Baron Henley 5th Baron Northington and Elizabeth Hobhouse.
On 27th March 1939 Timothy George Frank Boteler Irby 10th Baron Boston was born to Gerald Howard-Boteler Irby 9th Baron Boston [aged 41].
On 27th March 1944 Richard Gervase Beckett 3rd Baronet was born to Martyn Gervase Beckett 2nd Baronet [aged 25].
On 27th March 1947 William Ward 5th Earl of Dudley was born to William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley [aged 27].
On 27th March 1947 Heneage Charles Finch-Knightley 12th Earl of Aylesford was born to Charles Finch-Knightley 11th Earl of Aylesford [aged 28].
On 27th March 1304 Ralph Basset 2nd Baron Basset Drayton [aged 26] and Joan Grey Baroness Basset Drayton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Basset Drayton. They were first cousin once removed.
On 27th March 1450 John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster [aged 6] and Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun [aged 5] were married. She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 45] and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [aged 35]. They were sixth cousins.
On 27th March 1608 Thomas Rouse 1st Baronet and Jane Ferrers were married.
On 27th March 1617 Francis Vincent 1st Baronet [aged 49] and Eleanor Mallet Lady Vincent [aged 44] were married.
On 27th March 1622 Edward Wray and Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote [aged 19] were married at Church of St Mary Aldermary. Christopher Villiers [aged 29], brother of George, Duke of Buckingham [aged 29], had, with Royal encouragement, sought her hand. To avoid being forced into a marriage with him she eloped with Edward Wray. She the daughter of Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire and Bridget Vere Baroness Norreys Rycote [aged 37].
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 27th March 1676 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [aged 16] and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [aged 17] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were half second cousins.
On 27th March 1679 Henry Cavendish [aged 20] and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset [aged 12] were married. She being the sole heiress of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland she brought an enormous fortune to the marriage. She the daughter of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland [aged 33]. He the son of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48].
On 27th March 1718 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire [aged 19] and Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire [aged 19] were married. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 46] and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire [aged 44].
On 27th March 1752 Robert Gunning 1st Baronet [aged 20] and Elizabeth Harrison were married. There were no children from the marriage.
On 27th March 1817 John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet [aged 19] and Harriet Rebecca Mytton [aged 19] were married.
On 27th March 1918 Major Lionel Hallam Tennyson 3rd Baron Tennyson [aged 28] and Clarissa Madeline Tennant Baroness Tennyson [aged 21] were married.
On 27th March 1952 Michael Edward Joicey 4th Baron Joicey [aged 27] and Elisabeth Marion Leslie-Melville Baroness Joicey [aged 23] were married.
On 27th March 973 Hermmann Billung Margrave Billung March [aged 61] died.
On 27th March 1168 Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 46] and her party were ambushed by brothers Guy I King Jerusalem [aged 18] and Geoffrey Lusignan [aged 18].
Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 46] was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Hilary, Poitiers. His son William [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Salisbury.
William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 22] held off the enemy, was wounded and captured whilst Eleanor escaped. Eleanor subsequently paid his ransom.
On 27th March 1221 Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark [aged 23] died.
On 27th March 1237 John de Brienne I King Jerusalem [aged 67] died.
On 27th March 1248 Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 54] 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 27th March 1482 Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 25] died.
On 27th March 1489 Gilbert Kennedy 1st Lord Kennedy [aged 84] died. His son John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Lord Kennedy. Elizabeth Gordon Countess Erroll by marriage Lord Kennedy.
On 27th March 1625 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 58] died at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire. His son Charles [aged 24] succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown.
On 27th March 1629 John Philipps 1st Baronet [aged 75] died. His son Richard [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.
On 27th March 1629 George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 73] died at Savoy Palace [Map]. He was buried at Clopton Chantry Chapel Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon [Map]. Earl Totnes extinct.
On 27th March 1648 Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett [aged 35] died.
On 27th March 1659 John Stewart 1st Earl Traquair [aged 59] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Traquair, 8th Lord Traquair.
On 27th March 1699 Bishop Edward Stillingfleet [aged 63] died.
On 27th March 1714 Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 63] died of scarlet fever.
On 27th March 1716 Edward Harington 5th Baronet [aged 76] died without issue. He was buried at St Swithin's Church, Merton where there is an inscription: "Here lies interred the body of Sir EDWARD HARINGTON, who died November the 7th, 1717, aged 76 years. A noble birth, a fancy bright and fine A temper charming, sweet, and grace divine; These all did once conspire to beautify The dust that now beneath this stone doth lye.". His great nephew James succeeded 6th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
On 27th March 1729 Leopold Duke of Lorraine [aged 49] died.
On 27th March 1734 Justin Plunkett 5th Earl of Fingall died.
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 27th March 1752 John Cotton 6th Baronet [aged 12] died without issue. Baronet Cotton of Conington in Huntingdonshire extinct.
On 27th March 1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo [aged 74] died.
On 27th March 1795 Richard Henry Bedingfield 4th Baronet [aged 74] died. His son Richard [aged 27] succeeded 5th Baronet Bedingfield of Oxburgh in Norfolk.
On 27th March 1802 Edward Astley 4th Baronet [aged 72] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Melton Constable [Map]. His son Jacob [aged 45] succeeded 5th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton. Hester Browne Lady Astley [aged 34] by marriage Lady Astley of Hill Morton.
On 27th March 1808 James Pennyman 6th Baronet [aged 71] died. His son William [aged 44] succeeded 7th Baronet Pennyman of Ormesby in Yorkshire.
On 27th March 1814 Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster [aged 82] died.
On 27th March 1822 Alexander Boswell 1st Baronet [aged 46] died from wounds received duelling. The previous day he had fought a duel with James Stuart of Dunearn. Boswell fired wide, Stuart, who had never before handled a gun, hit Boswell's collar bone, fatally injuring him. Stuart was subsequently tried for murder and found not guilty. More than 11,000 people attended Boswell's funeral and the funeral procession was over a mile long. His son James [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Baronet Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire.
On 27th March 1825 Alexander Lindsay 6th Earl Balcarres 23rd Earl Crawford [aged 73] died. His son James [aged 41] succeeded 7th Earl Balcarres. Maria Pennington Countess Balcarres and Crawford [aged 41] by marriage Countess Balcarres.
On 27th March 1829 Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon [aged 81] died at Sudbury, Derbyshire [Map]. His son George [aged 49] succeeded 4th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
On 27th March 1830 Claude Scott 1st Baronet [aged 87] died. His son Samuel [aged 57] succeeded 2nd Baronet Scott of Lytchet Minster in Dorset.
On 27th March 1834 George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway [aged 66] died. His son Randolph [aged 34] succeeded 9th Earl Galloway, 8th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 7th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway [aged 22] by marriage Countess Galloway.
On 27th March 1837 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath [aged 72] died. His son Henry [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Marquess of Bath, 5th Viscount Weymouth, 5th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 6th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath [aged 32] by marriage Marchioness of Bath. Monument in Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map] sculpted by Francis Leggatt Chantrey [aged 55].
Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath: On 4th May 1797 he was born to Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 19th April 1830 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath and Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath were married. He the son of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath. On 24th June 1837 Henry Frederick Thynne 3rd Marquess of Bath died. His son John succeeded 4th Marquess of Bath, 6th Viscount Weymouth, 6th Baron Thynne of Warminster in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Thynne of Kempsford in Gloucestershire. The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.
Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath: On 3rd May 1804 she was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton. On 2nd January 1892 Harriet Baring Marchioness Bath died.
On 27th March 1843 Henry Neville 2nd Earl Abergavenny [aged 88] died. His son John [aged 53] succeeded 3rd Earl Abergavenny, 3rd Viscount Neville, 4th Baron Abergavenny.
On 27th March 1849 Archibald Acheson 2nd Earl Gosford [aged 72] died. His son Archibald [aged 42] succeeded 3rd Earl Gosford. Theodosia Brabazon Countess Gosford [aged 38] by marriage Countess Gosford.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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On 27th March 1854 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland [aged 85] died. His son William [aged 53] succeeded 5th Duke Portland, 6th Earl of Portland although it took him three years before he took his seat in the House of Lords.
On 27th March 1856 Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 71] died.
On 27th March 1858 Lucy Sherard Lady Cave [aged 88] died.
On 27th March 1877 Charlotte Fanny Portman Countess Paulett died.
On 27th March 1878 George Gilbert Scott [aged 66] died.
On 27th March 1886 Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill Countess Camden [aged 37] died.
On 27th March 1899 Myles Birket Foster [aged 74] died.
On 27th March 1920 Arthur Walsh 2nd Baron Ormathwaite [aged 92] died. His son Arthur [aged 60] succeeded 3rd Baron Ormathwaite of Ormathwaite in Cumberland. Clementine Pratt Baroness Ormathwaite [aged 50] by marriage Baroness Ormathwaite of Ormathwaite in Cumberland.
On 27th March 1922 Charles Rushworth Watson 3rd Baronet [aged 56] died. His son Thomas [aged 10] succeeded 4th Baronet Watson of Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex.
On 27th March 1929 Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck [aged 55] died.
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 27th March 1930 Robert Devereux 16th Viscount Hereford [aged 87] died. His son Robert [aged 64] succeeded 17th Viscount Hereford, 14th Baronet Devereux of Castle Bromwich.
On 27th March 1935 Herbert Cecil Boothby 12th Baronet [aged 71] died. His brother Seymour [aged 69] succeeded 13th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
On 27th March 1938 Francis Denzil Edward Baring 5th Baron Ashburton [aged 71] died. His son Alexander [aged 39] succeeded 6th Baron Ashburton of Ashburton in Devon.
On 27th March 1955 Geoffrey Duke Coleridge 3rd Baron Coleridge [aged 77] died at the family home The Chanter's House, Ottery St Mary. His son Richard [aged 49] succeeded 4th Baron Coleridge of Ottery St Mary in Devon.
On 27th March 1975 Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable 10th Baronet [aged 74] died. His brother Robert [aged 71] succeeded 11th Baronet Strickland-Constable of Boynton in Yorkshire.
On 27th March 1987 Caryl Oliver Imbert Ramsden 8th Baronet [aged 71] died. His son John [aged 36] succeeded 9th Baronet Ramsden of Byram in Yorkshire.
On 27th March 2004 Lionel Sackville-West 6th Baron Sackville [aged 90] died. His nephew Robert [aged 45] succeeded 7th Baron Sackville of Knole in Kent.
On 27th March 2020 Randolph Stewart 13th Earl of Galloway [aged 91] died. His second cousin once removed Andrew [aged 71] succeeded 14th Earl Galloway, 13th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 12th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney.