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On 3rd August 1515 Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 89] died. His first cousin twice removed Piers [aged 48] succeeded 8th Earl Ormonde. Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ormonde.
On 28th January 1571 Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier [aged 54] died from a fall from a horse at Benington, Hertfordshire. Her first cousin twice removed Walter [aged 29] succeeded 8th Baron Bourchier. Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 27] by marriage Baroness Bourchier.
On 24th March 1603 Elizabeth I [aged 69] died at Richmond Palace [Map] around three in the morning. Her first cousin twice removed James [aged 36] succeeded I King England Scotland and Ireland.
Immediately following her death Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 43] started on horseback for Edinburgh to inform King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland arriving at Holyrood Palace [Map] late on the 26 Mar 1603. His conduct met with general disapproval and merited censure as contrary to all decency, good manners and respect. George Carew and Thomas Lake [aged 35] were sent by the Council to formally inform James of her death.
On 4th August 1637 Henry Stafford 5th Baron Stafford [aged 15] died. His first cousin twice removed Roger [aged 65] succeeded 6th Baron Stafford. His succession was disputed. Roger petitioned Parliament for the title, at the age of sixty-five. A commission was appointed to examine his claim, headed by Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. Eventually, the claim reached King Charles I who denied it on grounds of Stafford's poverty. The judgment read "that the said Roger Stafford, having no part of the inheritance of the said Lord Stafford, nor any other lands or means whatsoever…should make a resignation of all claims and title to the said Barony of Stafford, for his majesty to dispose of as he should see fit". He surrendered the title by deed on 7 December 1639 for a sum of £800
On 26th April 1681 Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham [aged 70] died. Earl Nottingham extinct. His first cousin twice removed Francis [aged 37] succeeded 5th Baron Howard of Effingham. Philadelphia Pelham Baroness Howard [aged 26] by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham.
On 31st August 1700 William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax [aged 35] died without male issue. Marquess Halifax, Earl Halifax, Viscount Halifax and Baron Savile of Elland extinct. His first cousin twice removed John [aged 50] succeeded 6th Baronet Savile of Thornhill
In 1728 Charles Englefield 5th Baronet [aged 58] died. His first cousin twice removed Henry succeeded 6th Baronet Englefield of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire.
In 1743 Mordaunt Lawson 5th Baronet [aged 10] died. His first cousin twice removed Gilfrid [aged 68] succeeded 6th Baronet Lawson of Isel Hall in Cumbria.
In 1745 Martha Lovelace 8th Baroness Wentworth [aged 78] died. Her first cousin twice removed Edward [aged 29] succeeded 9th Baron Wentworth. Her first cousin twice removed Edward de jure 13th Baron Despencer.
On 2nd September 1760 Henry L'Estrange 6th Baronet died. His first cousin twice removed Roger [aged 78] succeeded 7th Baronet Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.
In 1841 John Twisden 8th Baronet [aged 57] died. His first cousin twice removed William [aged 22] succeeded 9th Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent although he appears to not have used the title.
On 17th August 1922 Edward Pellew 5th Viscount Exmouth [aged 31] died. His first cousin twice removed Henry [aged 94] succeeded 6th Viscount Exmouth, 6th Baron Exmouth of Canonteign, 6th Baronet Pellew of Treverry in Cornwall. He died six months later.
On 27th May 1942 Mary Thicknesse-Touchet 22nd Baroness Audley [aged 83] died unmarried. Her first cousin twice removed Thomas [aged 28] succeeded 23rd Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
In 1943 Francis Henry Rivers Astley-Corbett 5th Baronet [aged 28] was killed in action. His first cousin twice removed Francis [aged 34] succeeded 6th Baronet Astley of Everleigh in Wiltshire.
On 28th June 1962 Henry Paulet 16th Marquess of Winchester [aged 99] died. His first cousin twice removed Richard [aged 57] succeeded 17th Marquess Winchester, 17th Earl Wiltshire, 17th Baron St John.
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 5th February 1984 Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset 10th Duke Beaufort [aged 83] died at Badminton House without issue. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His first cousin twice removed David [aged 55] succeeded 11th Duke Beaufort, 13th Marquess Worcester, 17th Earl Worcester, 19th Baron Herbert of Raglan. Baron Botetort abeyant. Caroline Jane Thynne 11th Duchess Beaufort [aged 56] by marriage Duchess Beaufort.