28 Dec is in December.
On 28th December 1065 the Westminster Abbey [Map] that preceded the current building, known as St Peter's Abbey, was consecrated. King Edward "The Confessor" of England [aged 62] was too ill to attend (he died eight days later).
Annals of Six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet. On the feast of the Holy Innocents [28th December 1297] there came into Flanders to the King of England the Master of the Order of Preachers and the Minister General of the Friars Minor, in the same form in which they had previously petitioned the King of France on behalf of the lord pope, beseeching that he should send solemn envoys to the Roman court, granting them full power to treat, arrange, and bring to completion all matters concerning the restoration of peace, and that the pope himself, not as a judge but as a good mediator of peace, might, to the prejudice of none, strive to restore peace and tranquillity to the kingdoms and the friendship of the kings to its former state. And because the lord pope judged that this could not be done without truces, therefore by these envoys he newly proclaimed a truce of two years, which he had previously sought through the cardinals, under penalty of excommunication and interdict of their lands.
In festo sanctorum Innocentium venerunt in Flandriam ad regem Angliæ magister ordinis Prædicatorum, et minister generalis fratrum Minorum, sub eadem forma, qua ante regem Franciæ ex parte domini papæ rogaverant, supplicantes quatenus nuntios solemnes ad curiam Romanam, concessa eis plena potestate tractandi, ordinandi, et perficiendi omnia quæ pacis reformationem tangerent, destinarent; et ipse apostolicus, non tanquam judex, sed ut bonus pacis mediator in nullius præjudicium satageret, ad pacem et tranquillitatem regnorum, regum amicitiam, in statum pristinum reformare. Et quia hoc absque treugis fieri non posse judicavit dominus papa, ideo per hos nuntios biennales inducias, quas per cardinales imploraverat, indixit de novo sub pœna excommunicationis, et interdicti terrarum suarum.
Rymer's Fœdera Volume 3. For Sir John Mautravers [aged 58], knight, for the renewal of protection.
The King, to his sheriffs and to all his bailiffs and faithful subjects, both within liberties and without, to whom, etc., greeting.
Whereas lately, coming to us at the port of Swyn in Flanders, together with certain magnates and others then there present, John Mautravers the elder, knight, and surrendering himself to us, humbly petitioned, setting forth that, although according to the law and custom of our realm of England, and by an ordinance made in one of our parliaments, no man of the said realm ought to be adjudged or condemned without being heard in answer, nevertheless he, not summoned nor heard, but wholly undefended, in another parliament of ours, held at Westminster in the fourth year of our reign, in his absence, at the procurement of certain persons desiring to oppress him, contrary to the said law, custom, and ordinance, on account of a certain crime imputed to him, although he had never been indicted, appealed, entangled, nor found guilty in anything, was adjudged to a shameful death. He prayed us, by reason of justice, to grant that the record and process of the said judgment be rehearsed and examined in our next parliament, or elsewhere if it should please us, and that the said judgment, if errors should be found in them such that it cannot stand in law, might be annulled; so that if the said judgment were thus annulled, he might answer anyone upon the charges laid to him and upon other matters, according to the said law and custom; and that in the meantime he might safely come to and remain within our realm, notwithstanding the said judgment.
Whereupon we, considering that we are bound by oath to do justice to all our subjects, and also considering the loyalty and gratitude of the said John, and the great position which he held for us in the parts of Flanders and elsewhere, and the loss of his goods in those parts which he sustained on our behalf, and his estate thereby depressed, by the assent of the earls and magnates with us in the said port, and of the venerable fathers John, archbishop of Canterbury, and Richard, bishop of Chichester, as well as our chancellor and treasurer and others of our council, after our return into England granted to the aforesaid John that he might safely and securely come into our realm of England and remain therein, and freely travel within the same realm wheresoever he wished, until the said judgment, in our next parliament or sooner if expedient, should be annulled for such errors, or, if no such errors should be found, approved, notwithstanding the judgment aforesaid, as is more fully contained in our letters patent thereupon made.
And whereas the said John, at the time when our last parliament at Westminster was summoned and held, was engaged upon certain urgent business of ours with which he had been charged by us, and was therefore in parts beyond the sea, by reason whereof the said matter remains yet undiscussed, we, wishing in this matter to deal graciously with the said John, have again granted to him that he may safely and securely come into our realm of England and remain therein, and freely travel within the same realm and elsewhere within our power wheresoever he will, until the said judgment, in our parliament, for such errors, shall be annulled, or, if such errors are not found, confirmed, notwithstanding the judgment aforesaid.
We take him, and his men and servants, and all his goods whatsoever, into our special protection, defence, and safe-guard for the aforesaid time. And we will further that, the said judgment being annulled as aforesaid, if it shall so happen, the same John shall answer to any man upon the premises and upon any other matters that may be objected to him, according to the said law and custom, and shall stand to right; concerning which we will proclamation to be made in every county of our realm, and that no execution be made in the meantime, under colour of the said judgment.
And therefore we command you that you do not inflict, nor, so far as lies in you, permit to be inflicted, upon the said John or his men or servants, in their persons, goods, or property, any injury, molestation, arrest, damage, hindrance, or grievance, in his coming into our realm and there remaining for the said time, as aforesaid; and if anything unlawful be done to them, you shall cause it to be restored without delay.
In witness whereof, etc., to endure so long as it shall please us.
Witness the King, at Guildford, the 28th day of December.
By writ of the privy seal.
Pro Johanne Mautravers milite, de protectione innovanda.
Rex, vicecomitibus & omnibus ballivis, & fidelibus suis, tam infra libertates quam extra, ad quos, &c. salutem.
Cum nuper, veniens ad nos, in portu de Swyn in Flandriâ, cum quibusdam magnatibus & aliis tunc ibidem existentibus, Johannes Mautravers senior, miles, & se nobis reddens, humiliter supplicaverit, insinuando; quod,
Licet secundum legem & consuetudinem regni nostri Angliæ, & per quandam ordinationem, in quodam parliamento nostro factam, nullus de eodem regno sine responso adjudicari deberet, vel dampnari; ipse tamen, non vocatus nec auditus, set penitùs indefensus, in quodam alio parliamento, apud Westmonasterium, anno regni nostri quarto tento, in ejus absentiâ, ad procurationem quorumdam, ipsum gravare volentium, contra legem, consuetudinem, & ordinationem prædictas, propter quoddam maleficium, sibi impositum, quamvis indè indictatus, appellatus, irrititus, seu culpabilis in aliquo non esset, adjudicatus extiterat turpi morti, vellemus, obtentu justitiæ, concedere quod recordum & processus considerationis, sive judicii prædicti, in tunc proximo parliamento nostro, seu alibi, si nobis placeret, recitari & examinari, & quod judicium prædictum, si errores in eisdem reperti forent, propter quos illud subsistere nequaquam posset de jure, adnullari valeret, ut ipse, si dictum judicium, sic adnullatum esset, cuilibet, super sibi impositis, & aliis, responderit secundum legem & consuetudinem supradictas, quodque interim securè ad dictum regnum nostrum accedere, & morari posset, dicto judicio non obstante:
Propter quod nos, attendentes quod, ad faciendum singulis subditis nostris justitiam, sumus astricti vinculo juramenti, considerantesque fidelitatem & gratitudinem dicti Johannis, ac locum magnum quem nobis in partibus Flandriæ & alibi tenuit, ac amissionem bonorum suorum in eisdem partibus, quam propter nos sustinuit, & statûs depressionem ejusdem, de assensu comitum & magnatum, in dicto portu nobiscum, ac venerabilium patrum, Johannis Cantuar' archiepiscopi, & R. episcopi Cicestren', necnon cancellarii & thesaurarii nostrorum, & aliorum de concilio nostro, post regressum nostrum in Angliam:
Concessimus præfato Johanni, quod ipse infra dictum regnum nostrum Angliæ salvò & securè venire, & morari, & infra idem regnum quo voluerit se transferre, quousque dictum judicium in dicto proximo parliamento, vel ante, si expediens esset, propter errores hujusmodi adnullatum, seu, eis non repertis, approbatum esset, valeret non obstante judicio supradicto, prout in litteris nostris patentibus, indè confectis, pleniùs continetur:
Ac dictus Johannes, tempore quo ultimum parliamentum nostrum apud Westmonasterium summonitum & tentum extitit, circa quædam urgentia negotia nostra, de quibus per nos oneratus fuit, intendens fuit in partibus transmarinis, per quod dictum negotium adhuc remanet indiscussum;
Nos, volentes eo prætextu cum prædicto Johanne agere gratiosè, concessimus iteratò eidem, quod ipse infra dictum regnum nostrum Angliæ salvò & securè venire, & morari, & infra idem regnum, & alibi infra potestatem nostram, quo voluerit liberè se transferre, quousque dictum judicium in parliamento nostro, propter errores hujusmodi, adnullatum, seu eis non repertis, approbatum fuerit, valeat non obstante judicio supradicto;
Suscipientes ipsum, ac homines, & servientes suos, ac bona sua quæcumque, in protectionem & defensionem, ac salvam gardiam nostras speciales pro tempore antedicto.
Volentes insuper quod dicto judicio, propter errores hujusmodi, adnullato, si hoc contingat, idem Johannes cuilibet super præmissis & aliis, quæ sibi obicienda fuerint, secundum dictas legem & consuetudinem respondeat, & stet juri; super quo proclamationem fieri volumus in singulis comitatibus dicti regni, & quod nulla fiat interim executio, quovis colore, considerationis & judicii prædictorum.
Et ideò vobis mandamus, quod eidem Johanni, aut hominibus & servientibus suis, in personis, bonis, aut rebus suis, veniendo infra dictum regnum, & ibidem, seu alibi infra potestatem nostram, per tempus prædictum morando, ut præmittitur, non inferatis, seu, quantum in vobis est, ab aliis, publicè vel occultè, inferri permittatis injuriam, molestiam, arestum, dampnum, impedimentum aliquod seu gravamen; &, si quid eis foris factum fuerit, id eis sine dilatione faciatis emendari.
In cujus, &c. quamdiu nobis placuerit, duraturas.
Teste Rege, apud Guldeford, xxviii. die Decembris.
Per breve de privato sigillo.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. In that same year 1466, at the end of the month of November, the Duke of Burgundy and his son sent the Sovereign Bailiff of Flanders, the lord of Roubais, the lord of La Boutillerie, and others on embassy to King Edward of England. On the 28th day of December of that year, in the town of Arras, a mason named Jacquemart struck from below in the groin his brother-in-law, named Absalon Ricart, a fletcher, from which blow he died at once without speaking. The two had supped together at the feast of the confraternity of the archers, of which they were members, and the quarrel arose behind Sainte-Croix, because each of them had children who were nephews of a priest, and the priest showed more favour to some than to the others. In that same year 1466, in a village called Esquerchin, two brothers came into conflict, because the younger reproached the elder for his wicked life, saying it was wrong that he had abandoned his virtuous wife and kept a concubine. The elder, who was a man accustomed to warfare, rushed upon his brother intending to kill him and wounded him. When the brother, who was a good labourer and an upright man, saw this, he defended himself, and as God willed it, he killed and slew his brother, who was of very bad reputation.
Audit an lxvj, en la fin du mois de novembre, le duc de Bourgogne et son fils envoyerent le souverain de Flandres, le St de Rabodenghes, le Sr de la Boutillerie et aultres en ambassade devers le roy Edouard d'Angleterre. Le xxviije jour de decembre, audit an, en la ville d'Arras, ung machon, nommé Jacquemart, frappa par dessous en l'aine un sien beau frere, nommé Absalon Ricart, sayeteur, duquel coulp il mourut prestement et sans parler, lesquels deux avoient souppé ensemble a la fește de la confrairie des Archiers, dont ils estoient confreres, et se meut la noise derriere Sainte Croix, pour ce que chacun d'eulx avoit des enfants, lesquels estoient nepveulx d'ung prestre, et que le prestre faisoit plus de bien aux ungs que aulx aultres. Audit an Ixvj, encoires en ung villaige, nommé Esquerchin, deux freres, pour ce que le maisné reprenoit l'aisné de sa malle vie, et que c'estoit mal fait qu'il avoit laissé sa preudfemme, et tenoit une concubine; icelluy son frere, qui estoit homme suivant les guerres, courrut sus a son frere, le cuidant tuer et le navra; quant son frere, qui estoit bon labourier et preudhomme, veit ce, sy se revangeant, et comme Dieu le vollut, il tua et occist son frere, qui estoit très mal renommé.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 28th December 1558. [The xxviij day of December the late bishop of Chichester was buried at Christchurch [Map], London,].... skochyons, and torchys, and xviij stayffe .... branche tapers, with iiij dosen penselles and iiij .... and a d' [a half] of bokeram, and a grett baner of armes [of the see] of Chechastur, and ys own armes, and iiij baners of [saints]; master Clarenshus was the harold; and v bysshopes dyd offer [at] the masse, and iij songe masses that day, and after a grett [dinner,] and xviij pore men had rosett gownes of frys.
Note. P. 184. Funeral of the bishop of Chichester. John Christopherson, previously dean of Norwich, consecrated 21 Nov. 1557, deprived 1558.
On 28th December 1560 Samuel Sandes was born to Archbishop Edwin Sandes [aged 41] and Cecily Wilford. He married 1586 Mercy Culpepper and had issue.
On 28th December 1566 Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua [aged 56] died at Mantua.
On 28th December 1581 Bishop Arthur Lake [aged 12] educated at Winchester College, Winchester.
On 28th December 1608 Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire died. Son of Alice Pakington. Brass floorplate in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map].
Edmund Lambert of Boyton in Wiltshire: he was born to Richard Lambert and Alice Pakington. Before 1600 he and Anne Jackman were married.
Alice Pakington: she was born to Humphrey Pakington. Richard Lambert and she were married. Before 18th February 1598 Admiral Clement Paston and she were married.
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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Diary of Anne Clifford. 28th December 1617. The 28th I went to Church in my rich night gown and petticoat, both my women waiting upon me in their liveries, but my Lord [aged 28] stayed at home. There came to dine Mrs Levisey and a great company of the neighbours to eat venison.
Now I had a great desire to have all my Father's sea voyages written, so I did set Jones to inquire about these matters.
Note. About this time Lady Rich was brought to bed of her 1st Son [sic] at Baynard's Castle, and in a little while after fell sick of the small-pox. About this time died Jem Robins' man, but he left his master no remembrance, for they was fallen out.
On 5th November 1624 James Wriothesley [aged 19] died of fever at Roosendaal. On 28th December 1624 he was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map].
On 28th December 1624 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
On 28th December 1635 Elizabeth Stewart was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 35] and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [aged 26].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. Up and by coach to my Lord's lodgings, but he was gone abroad, so I lost my pains, but, however, walking through White Hall I heard the King [aged 33] was gone to play at Tennis, so I down to the new Tennis Court; and saw him and Sir Arthur Slingsby [aged 40] play against my Lord of Suffolke [aged 44] and my Lord Chesterfield [aged 29]. The King beat three, and lost two sets, they all, and he particularly playing well, I thought.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. After dinner straight on foot to Mr. Hollyard's [aged 54], and there paid him £3 in full for his physic and work to my wife.... but whether it is cured for ever or no I cannot tell, but he says it will never come to anything, though it may be it may ooze now and then a little.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. Thence went and spoke with the Duke of Albemarle [aged 55] about his wound at Newhall, but I find him a heavy dull man, methinks, by his answers to me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1663. The Duchesse of York [aged 26] is fallen sicke of the meazles.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1664. After dinner abroad, and among other things visited my Lady Sandwich [aged 39], and was there, with her and the young ladies, playing at cards till night. Then home and to my office late, then home to bed, leaving my wife and people up to more sports, but without any great satisfaction to myself therein.
On 28th December 1665 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 35] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 25] at Merton College, Oxford University.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1666. Up, and Creed and I walked (a very fine walk in the frost) to my Lord Bellasses [aged 52], but missing him did find him at White Hall, and there spoke with him about some Tangier business. That done, we to Creed's lodgings, which are very pretty, but he is going from them. So we to Lincoln's Inne Fields, he to Ned Pickering's [aged 48], who it seems lives there, keeping a good house, and I to my Lord Crew's [aged 68], where I dined, and hear the newes how my Lord's brother, Mr. Nathaniel Crew [aged 33], hath an estate of 6 or £700 per annum, left him by the death of an old acquaintance of his, but not akin to him at all. And this man is dead without will, but had, above ten years since, made over his estate to this Mr. Crew, to him and his heirs for ever, and given Mr. Crew the keeping of the deeds in his own hand all this time; by which, if he would, he might have taken present possession of the estate, for he knew what they were. This is as great an act of confident friendship as this latter age, I believe, can shew.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th December 1667. Up, and to the office, where busy all the morning, at noon home, and there to dinner with my clerks and Mr. Pelting, and had a very good dinner, among others a haunch of venison boiled, and merry we were, and I rose soon from dinner, and with my wife and girle to the King's house, and there saw "The Mad Couple", which is but an ordinary play; but only Nell's [aged 17] and Hart's [aged 42] mad parts are most excellently done, but especially hers: which makes it a miracle to me to think how ill she do any serious part, as, the other day, just like a fool or changeling; and, in a mad part, do beyond all imitation almost1. Many fine faces here to-day.
Note 1. It pleased us mightily to see the natural affection of a poor woman, the mother of one of the children brought on the stage: the child crying, she by force got upon the stage, and took up her child and carried it away off of the stage from Hart.
After 28th December 1683. Chest tomb of Edward Carr 4th Baronet [deceased] at St Denys' Church, Sleaford [Map].
Edward Carr 4th Baronet: In 1666 he was born to Robert Carr 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Bennet Lady Carr in Aswarby. On 14th November 1682 Robert Carr 3rd Baronet died in Aswarby. His son Edward succeeded 4th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. On 28th December 1683 Edward Carr 4th Baronet died unmarried. His great uncle Rochester succeeded 5th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 28th December 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 5th March 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison [aged 58] preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 44] continued to reign for a further eight years.
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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John Evelyn's Diary. 29th December 1694. The smallpox increased exceedingly, and was very mortal. The Queen [deceased] died of it on the 28th.
On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future King George I [aged 34] and Sophia Dorothea of Celle [aged 28] was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.
On 28th December 1707 Ludwig Ernst Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg [aged 31] and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 28th December 1718 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua was born to James Fitz James 2nd Duke Berwick [aged 22] and Catalina Ventura Colón Duchess Berwick 9th Duchess Veragua [aged 28] at Alba de Tormes. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 26th July 1738 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua and had issue.
On 28th December 1725 Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire [aged 51] died.
After 28th December 1795. All Saints Church, Narborough [Map]. Memorial to Briggs Cary.
Briggs Cary: he was born to John Cary and Elizabeth Harwick. On 28th December 1795 he died at Hot Wells, Bristol. He was buried at All Saints Church, Narborough [Map].
On 28th December 1806 Louisa Georgiana Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans [aged 40] and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 28th December 1835 Thomas Hughan of Airds and had issue.
On 28th December 1808 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn [aged 65] died.
On 28th December 1810 John Thurnam was born.
On 28th December 1810 Mary Noel Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans [aged 44] and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 1837 Thomas George Corbett and had issue.
St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Memorial to father and son Edmund and Hervey Morris who died on 20th December 1826 and 28th December 1822 respectively.
On 28th December 1846 Edith Corbet nee Edenborough was born.
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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Ten Years' Digging. 28th of December, we opened a barrow called Over Low [Map], placed on the side of a hill, on the summit of which are some earthworks, near the village of Stanton. The tumulus, about 28 yards diameter, is composed of small sandstones and sand; near the middle were two contracted skeletons, very much decayed, lying within a yard of each other: a few flat stones placed on edge, so as to form a sort of cist, were placed round one of them, which was also accompanied by a few mean implements of flint, and one piece of thick coarse pottery.
On 28th December 1857 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 38] and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later. He married 11th June 1889 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland and had issue.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1859. 28th December 1859. Annie Miller [aged 24] came and sat to me. Rossetti [aged 31] came in and made a pencil study of her. She looked more beautiful than ever.
On 28th December 1865 William Holman Hunt [aged 38] and Fanny Waugh [aged 32] were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti [aged 36], and her brother and sister George and Emily were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh [aged 18]; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 28th December 1885 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset [aged 81] died. His brother Archibald [aged 74] succeeded 13th Duke Somerset, 11th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Earl St Maur of Berry Pomeroy in Devon extinct.
Before 28th December 1902. Photograph of Bishop John Wogan Festing [aged 65]. He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map].
On 28th December 1906 Francis William Seymour was born to Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset [aged 24] and Edith Mary Parker Duchess Somerset [aged 25]. He died aged less than one years old.
On 28th December 1918 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard [aged 64] died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Christopher [aged 30] succeeded 10th Baron Barnard. He has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard: On 10th May 1854 he was born to Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer. On 28th June 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard: On 28th October 1888 he was born to Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard. On 19th October 1964 Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard died. His son Harry succeeded 11th Baron Barnard. Davina Mary Cecil Baroness Barnard by marriage Baroness Barnard.
Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in-the-Water [Map]. Window the gift of Alice Tinsley who died 28th December 1942.
On 28th December 1952 Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 73] died.
On 28th December 1958 Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran [aged 55] committed suicide at Poltimore, Devon nine days after succeeding his father as Earl of Arran. He was unmarried. He, reportedly, killed himself because he was homosexual. His brother Arthur [aged 48] succeeded 8th Earl Arran, 7th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 7th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 9th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran [aged 40] by marriage Countess Arran.
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 28th December 1559 Gerald Fitzgerald Baron Offaly was born to Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare [aged 34] and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare [aged 23]. He married October 1578 his sixth cousin Catherine Knollys Baroness Offaly and had issue.
On 28th December 1560 Samuel Sandes was born to Archbishop Edwin Sandes [aged 41] and Cecily Wilford. He married 1586 Mercy Culpepper and had issue.
On 28th December 1633 Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington was born to Louis Nassau Beverweert [aged 31]. She married March 1655 Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington and had issue.
On 28th December 1635 Elizabeth Stewart was born to King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 35] and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [aged 26].
On 28th December 1655 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis [aged 23] and Margaret Playstead. He married (1) before 1675 Elizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis and had issue (2) after 28th February 1681 Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch, daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss.
On 28th December 1665 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 35] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 25] at Merton College, Oxford University.
On 28th December 1670 Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex was born to Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex [aged 38] and Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex [aged 34]. He married 28th February 1692 his third cousin Mary Bentinck Countess Essex, daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland, and had issue.
On 28th December 1687 George Cooke was born to George Cooke 3rd Baronet [aged 25] and Catherine Copley Lady Cooke.
On 28th December 1707 Ludwig Ernst Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg [aged 31] and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 28th December 1717 George Stanhope was born to James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope [aged 44] and Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope [aged 25].
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 28th December 1718 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua was born to James Fitz James 2nd Duke Berwick [aged 22] and Catalina Ventura Colón Duchess Berwick 9th Duchess Veragua [aged 28] at Alba de Tormes. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 26th July 1738 Maria Teresa Silva Duchess Berwick and Veragua and had issue.
On 28th December 1770 Henry Blackwood 1st Baronet was born to John Blackwood 2nd Baronet [aged 49] and Dorcas Stevenson 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye [aged 44].
On 28th December 1772 John Thynne 3rd Baron Carteret was born to Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath [aged 38] and Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath [aged 37].
On 28th December 1778 Charles Hanbury-Tracy 1st Baron Sudeley was born to John Hanbury [aged 34]. He married 29th December 1798 Henrietta Susanna Tracy and had issue.
On 28th December 1801 Armar Lowry-Corry 3rd Earl Belmore was born to Somerset Lowry-Corry 2nd Earl Belmore [aged 27] and Juliana Butler Countess Belmore [aged 18]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.27%. He married before 9th April 1835 Emily Louise Shepherd Countess Belmore and had issue.
On 28th December 1802 Henry George Grey 3rd Earl Grey was born to Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey [aged 38] and Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey [aged 26]. He married 9th August 1832 Maria Copley 3rd Countess Grey, daughter of Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn.
On 28th December 1806 Louisa Georgiana Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans [aged 40] and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 28th December 1835 Thomas Hughan of Airds and had issue.
On 28th December 1810 John Thurnam was born.
On 28th December 1810 Mary Noel Beauclerk was born to William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans [aged 44] and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 1837 Thomas George Corbett and had issue.
On 28th December 1811 Charles Weld-Forester was born to Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester [aged 44] and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester. He married 11th June 1848 Maria Jocelyn, daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden.
On 28th December 1814 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet was born to John Bennet Lawes [aged 54]. He married 28th December 1842 Caroline Fountaine and had issue.
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 28th December 1817 Henry Meux 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Meux 1st Baronet [aged 47] and Elizabeth-Mary Smith Lady Meux. He married 19th January 1856 Louisa Caroline Brudenell-Bruce Lady Meux, daughter of Ernest Brudenell-Bruce 3rd Marquess Ailesbury and Louisa Elizabeth Horsley Beresford Marchioness Ailesbury, and had issue.
On 28th December 1825 Lieutenant-General Edward Thomas Gage was born to Henry Hall Gage 4th Viscount Gage [aged 34] and Elizabeth Maria Foley [aged 32]. He married (1) 17th January 1856 his first cousin Arabella Elizabeth Gage (2) 18th November 1862 Ella Henrietta Maxse.
On 28th December 1838 Constance Euphemia Woronzow Murray Lady Elphinstone was born to Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore [aged 34] and Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore [aged 24]. She married 1864 her fourth cousin once removed William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone 15th Lord Elphinstone and had issue.
On 19th October 1839 Jane Morris nee Burden was born to Robert Burden [aged 29] and Ann Maizey [aged 33] at St Helen's Passage, Holywell Street, Oxford. She was baptised on 28th December 1840 at St Peter-in-the-East Church, Oxford. Her father a stableman, her mother a domestic servant. She married 26th April 1859 William Morris and had issue.
On 28th December 1846 Edith Corbet nee Edenborough was born.
On 28th December 1850 Arthur Lowther Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 46] and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 44]. He married before 12th February 1929 Evelyn Georgiana Cust.
On 28th December 1857 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 38] and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later. He married 11th June 1889 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland and had issue.
On 28th December 1862 Charles Blakiston 6th Baronet was born to Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston [aged 43].
On 28th December 1876 Beatrice Butler was born to James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde [aged 32] and Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor Marchioness Ormonde [aged 20]. She married 19th February 1901 Lieutenant-General Reginald Pole-Carew and had issue.
On 28th December 1886 Roger Coke was born to Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester [aged 38] and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester [aged 31].
On 28th December 1897 Major Wilfred Barrow 5th Baronet was born to Francis Barrow 4th Baonet [aged 35].
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 28th December 1906 Francis William Seymour was born to Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset [aged 24] and Edith Mary Parker Duchess Somerset [aged 25]. He died aged less than one years old.
On 28th December 1911 Henry Richard Rycroft was born to Richard Nelson Rycroft 5th Baronet [aged 52] and Emily Mary Lowry-Corry [aged 29].
On 28th December 1937 Mark Dundas 4th Marquess of Zetland was born to Lawrence Dundas 3rd Marquess of Zetland [aged 29].
On 28th December 1940 Hugh Amherst Cecil 4th Baron Amherst was born to William Amherst Cecil 3rd Baron Amherst [aged 28].
On 28th December 1963 Caroline Neville Countess of Derby was born to Robin Neville 10th Baron Braybrooke [aged 31]. She married 21st October 1995 her sixth cousin Hugh Stanley 19th Earl of Derby.
On 28th December 1973 Benedict Baldwin 5th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was born to Edward Baldwin 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley [aged 35].
On 28th December 1614 John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes [aged 14] and Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Rothes. She the daughter of John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar [aged 52] and Mary Stewart Countess Mar [aged 32].
On 28th December 1671 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers [aged 21] and Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley were married.
On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future King George I [aged 34] and Sophia Dorothea of Celle [aged 28] was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.
On 28th December 1725 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 22] and Martha Hughes [aged 21] were married at Nursling, Hampshire. He the son of Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 63] and Mary Woods [aged 41].
On 28th December 1842 John Bennet Lawes 1st Baronet [aged 28] and Caroline Fountaine [aged 24] were married. His birthday.
On 28th December 1865 William Holman Hunt [aged 38] and Fanny Waugh [aged 32] were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti [aged 36], and her brother and sister George and Emily were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh [aged 18]; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 28th December 1880 Robert Rodney Wilmot 6th Baronet [aged 27] and Flora North [aged 19] were married.
On 28th December 1218 Robert Capet II Count Dreux [aged 64] died. His son Robert [aged 33] succeeded III Count Dreux.
On 28th December 1326 David Strathbogie 10th Earl Atholl died. His son David [aged 17] succeeded 11th Earl Atholl, 2nd Baron Strabolgi.
On 28th December 1422 Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 36] died. Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire abeyant between her daughters Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 18], Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 14] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 5].
On 28th December 1566 Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua [aged 56] died at Mantua.
On 28th December 1568 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 29] died. His brother Thomas [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert.
On 28th December 1660 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe [aged 38] died. On 11th January 1661 he was buried in Wroxton, Oxfordshire. His uncle Thomas [aged 62] succeeded 3rd Earl Downe.
On 28th December 1667 Charles Gerard 4th Baron Gerard [aged 33] died. His son Digby [aged 5] succeeded 5th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley.
On 28th December 1683 Edward Carr 4th Baronet [aged 17] died unmarried. His great uncle Rochester succeeded 5th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 28th December 1694 Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel [aged 86] died. His son Thomas [aged 61] succeeded 4th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
On 28th December 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 5th March 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison [aged 58] preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 44] continued to reign for a further eight years.
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 28th December 1695 William Barkham 3rd Baronet [aged 56] died. Baronet Barkham of South Acre in Norfolk extinct.
On 28th December 1717 Sewster Peyton 2nd Baronet died. His son Thomas succeeded 3rd Baronet Peyton of Doddington.
On 28th December 1719 William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 76] died. His son John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
On 28th December 1725 Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire [aged 51] died.
On 28th December 1744 William Clayton 1st Baronet died. His son Kenrick [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 28th December 1756 Galfridus Mann [aged 50] died. His son Horatio Mann 2nd Baronet [aged 12] inherited his estates of Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map] and Linton, and over £100,000.
On 28th December 1764 Henry Boyle 1st Earl Shannon [aged 82] died. His son Richard [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Shannon. Catherine Ponsonby Countess Shannon by marriage Countess Shannon.
On 28th December 1771 Thomas Peyton 3rd Baronet died. Baronet Peyton of Doddington extinct. Henry Dashwood aka Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 35] (son of his sister Margaret Peyton) succeeded to his estates and adopted his surname.
On 28th December 1787 Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan [aged 74] died.
On 28th December 1794 Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne [aged 68] died. His son George [aged 33] succeeded 5th Earl Aboyne. Catherine Anne Cope [aged 23] by marriage Countess Aboyne.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 28th December 1808 Anne Luttrell Duchess Cumberland and Strathearn [aged 65] died.
On 28th December 1814 Charles Rickets aka Aubrey died. At his death the estates passed (under the 1826 will of Sir John Aubrey 6th Baronet [aged 75]) to his third cousin once removed, Henry Aubrey-Fletcher 4th Baronet, a descendant of Elizabeth Aubrey, who changed his surname from Fletcher to Aubrey-Fletcher.
On 28th December 1829 Barbara Godfey Marchioness Donegal died.
On 28th December 1829 William Champion de Crespigny 2nd Baronet [aged 64] died. His grandson Claude [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Baronet Champion de Crespigny of Champion Lodge in Surrey.
On 28th December 1832 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 66] died. His son Francis [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 4th Baron Conyngham, 2nd Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent. Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.
On 28th December 1832 Louisa Thynne Countess Aylesford [aged 72] died.
On 28th December 1845 John Dawson 2nd Earl Portarlington [aged 64] died unmarried. His nephew Henry [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Earl Portarlington.
On 28th December 1848 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 75] died. His son Alfred [aged 39] succeeded 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Eliza Nugent Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 42] by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 28th December 1855 Henry Every 9th Baronet [aged 78] died. His grandson Henry [aged 25] succeeded 10th Baronet Every of Egginton in Derbyshire.
On 28th December 1859 Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings Marchioness Bute [aged 50] died.
On 28th December 1885 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset [aged 81] died. His brother Archibald [aged 74] succeeded 13th Duke Somerset, 11th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Earl St Maur of Berry Pomeroy in Devon extinct.
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 28th December 1888 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley [aged 94] died. Viscount Eversley of Heckfield in Southampton extinct.
On 28th December 1910 Arthur Wrottesley 3rd Baron Wrottesley [aged 86] died. His son Victor [aged 37] succeeded 4th Baron Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire, 12th Baronet Wrottesley of Wrottesley in Staffordshire.
On 28th December 1918 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard [aged 64] died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Christopher [aged 30] succeeded 10th Baron Barnard. He has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard: On 10th May 1854 he was born to Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer. On 28th June 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard: On 28th October 1888 he was born to Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard. On 19th October 1964 Christopher Vane 10th Baron Barnard died. His son Harry succeeded 11th Baron Barnard. Davina Mary Cecil Baroness Barnard by marriage Baroness Barnard.
On 28th December 1929 Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth [aged 80] died.
On 28th December 1940 George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian [aged 62] died. His son Anthony [aged 34] succeeded 5th Baron Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall, 5th Baronet Vivian of Truro. Victoria Oliphant Baroness Vivian [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Vivian of Glynn and Truro in Cornwall.
On 28th December 1952 Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 73] died.
On 28th December 1958 Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran [aged 55] committed suicide at Poltimore, Devon nine days after succeeding his father as Earl of Arran. He was unmarried. He, reportedly, killed himself because he was homosexual. His brother Arthur [aged 48] succeeded 8th Earl Arran, 7th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 7th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 9th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran [aged 40] by marriage Countess Arran.
On 28th December 1968 David Ogilvy 12th Earl of Airlie [aged 75] died.
On 28th December 2007 Harry Holmes Miller 12th Baronet [aged 80] died. His son Anthony [aged 52] succeeded 13th Baronet Miller of Chichester in Sussex.
On 28th December 2017 Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor [aged 87] died.