Earl Bath is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been five creations of Earl Bath:
1st. 16th October 1485. Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath. Extinct. 1486.
2nd. 9th July 1536. John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath. Extinct. 16th August 1654.
3rd. 22nd April 1661. John Granville 1st Earl Bath. Extinct. 17th May 1711. 1711 Smallpox Epidemic.
4th. 1742. William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath. Extinct. 7th July 1764.
5th. 26th October 1803. Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath. Extinct. 14th July 1808.
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16th October 1485. Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath created. See Coronation of Henry VII.
1486. Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath extinct.
On Saturday 16th October 1485 Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath was created 1st Earl Bath at Tower of London [Map] by King Henry VII of England and Ireland [aged 28] for having supported Henry's claim to the throne.
After 1486 Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath died. Nothing is known of him after his creation as Earl Bath. Assumed Earl Bath extinct.
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9th July 1536. John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath [aged 65] created.
30th April 1539. Son John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath [aged 40] succeeded.
10th February 1561. Grandson William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 3] succeeded.
12th July 1623. Son Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 33] succeeded.
2nd March 1637. First Cousin Once Removed Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath [aged 50] succeeded.
16th August 1654. Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath extinct.
On 9th July 1536 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath [aged 65] was created 1st Earl Bath. Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath [aged 66] by marriage Countess Bath.
On 30th April 1539 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath [aged 68] died. He was buried at St Brannock's Church, Braunton. His son John [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Earl Bath, 4th Count Eu, 12th Baron Fitzwarin. Eleanor Manners Countess Bath [aged 36] by marriage Countess Bath.
On 4th December 1548 a double wedding of a father and son, and a mother and daughter, was celebrated at Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds.
John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath [aged 49] and Margaret Donnington Countess Bath [aged 39] were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin.
John Bourchier [aged 19] and Frances Kitson were married. She the daughter of Thomas Kitson and Margaret Donnington Countess Bath. He the son of John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath and Eleanor Manners Countess Bath.
On 10th February 1561 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath [aged 62] died. He was buried on 10th March 1561 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave. His grandson William [aged 3] succeeded 3rd Earl Bath, 13th Baron Fitzwarin, 4th Baron Daubeney
On 15th December 1578 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 21] and Mary Cornwallis Countess Bath were married. The marriage, apparently, taking place secretly at night. She by marriage Countess Bath.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
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On 7th August 1583 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 25] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath were married at St Mary Major Church, Exeter. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. She the daughter of Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 56] and Margaret St John Countess Bedford. They were half sixth cousins.
On 12th July 1623 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 65] died. His son Edward [aged 33] succeeded 4th Earl Bath, 14th Baron Fitzwarin, 5th Baron Daubeney.
On 14th July 1623, two days after the death of his father, and his succeeding as Earl of Bath, Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 33] and Dorothy St John Countess Bath were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [deceased] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath. They were second cousins.
In 1633 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 42] and Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath.
On 2nd March 1637 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 47] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. His first cousin once removed Henry [aged 50] succeeded 5th Earl Bath. Baron Daubeney and Baron Fitzwarin abeyant between his three daughters Elizabeth Bourchier Countess Denbigh [aged 11], Dorothy Bourchier [aged 10] and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex [aged 6] and their coheirs.
On 18th December 1638 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath [aged 51] and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 25] were married at Church of St Bartholomew the Great. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland [aged 56]. They were second cousin twice removed.
On 16th August 1654 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath [aged 67] died. Earl Bath extinct. His Irish estates passed to his widow Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 41], then to her nephew Henry Fane [aged 4], then to his son Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane.
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22nd April 1661. John Granville 1st Earl Bath [aged 32] created. See Coronation of Charles II.
22nd August 1701. Son Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath [aged 39] succeeded.
4th September 1701. Son William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath [aged 9] succeeded.
17th May 1711. William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath extinct. See 1711 Smallpox Epidemic.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd April 1661. Was the splendid cavalcade of his Majesty [aged 30] from the Tower of London to Whitehall, when I saw him in the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] create six Earls, and as many Barons, viz:
Edward Lord Hyde, Lord Chancellor [aged 52], Earl of Clarendon; supported by the Earls of Northumberland [aged 58] and Sussex [aged 14]; the Earl of Bedford [aged 44] carried the cap and coronet, the Earl of Warwick [aged 46], the sword, the Earl of Newport [aged 64], the mantle.
Next, was Capel, created Earl of Essex.
Brudenell, Cardigan;.
Valentia, Anglesea;.
Greenvill, Bath;.
Howard, Earl of Carlisle.
The Barons were: Denzille Holles; Cornwallis; Booth; Townsend; Cooper; Crew; who were led up by several Peers, with Garter and officers of arms before them; when, after obedience on their several approaches to the throne, their patents were presented by Garter King-at-Arms, which being received by the Lord Chamberlain [aged 59], and delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the Secretary of State, were read, and then again delivered to his Majesty, and by him to the several Lords created; they were then robed, their coronets and collars put on by his Majesty, and they were placed in rank on both sides of the state and throne; but the Barons put off their caps and circles, and held them in their hands, the Earls keeping on their coronets, as cousins to the King.
I spent the rest of the evening in seeing the several archtriumphals built in the streets at several eminent places through which his Majesty was next day to pass, some of which, though temporary, and to stand but one year, were of good invention and architecture, with inscriptions.
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Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex [aged 29] was created 1st Earl Essex. Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex [aged 25] by marriage Countess Essex.
Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan [aged 78] was created 1st Earl Cardigan. Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan by marriage Countess Cardigan.
Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley [aged 46] was created 1st Earl Anglesey, 1st Baron Annesley Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey [aged 41] by marriage Countess Anglesey.
John Granville 1st Earl Bath [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Bath, 1st Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford.
Charles Howard 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Carlisle.
Denzil Holles 1st Baron Holles [aged 61] was created 1st Baron Holles. Jane Shirley Baroness Holles by marriage Baroness Holles.
Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis [aged 50] was created 1st Baron Cornwallis.
George Booth 1st Baron Delamer [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Delamer. Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Delamer.
Horatio Townshend 1st Viscount Townsend [aged 30] was created 1st Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury [aged 39] was created 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles.
On 22nd August 1701 John Granville 1st Earl Bath [aged 72] died. His son Charles [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Bath; he shot himself a month later.
On 4th September 1701 Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath [aged 40] shot himself; he was found dead in a chair in his bedroom, wounded in the head, with two pistols, one of which had been fired. His son William [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Earl Bath, 3rd Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford.
On 17th May 1711 William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath [aged 19] died of smallpox. Earl Bath, Baron Granville of Kilkhampton and Biddeford extinct.
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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1742. William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath [aged 57] created.
7th July 1764. William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath extinct.
In 1742 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Bath. Anna Maria Gumley by marriage Countess Bath.
On 7th July 1764 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath [aged 80] died. Earl Bath extinct. His estates were inherited by Frances Pulteney [aged 49] nad her husband William Johnstone aka Pulteney 5th Baronet [aged 34].
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26th October 1803. Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath [aged 36] created.
14th July 1808. Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath extinct.
On 26th October 1803 Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath [aged 36] was created 1st Countess Bath.
On 14th July 1808 Henrietta Laura Johnstone aka Pulteney 1st Countess Bath [aged 41] died. Earl Bath extinct. She left her personal estate to her cousin Elizabeth Evelyn Sutton and her husband John Fawcett aka Pulteney [aged 41] who adopted the surname Pulteney in 1813. The landed estates were claimed by William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland [aged 41] who was a descendant of Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland.