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06 Feb is in February.
1299 Edward I Creates New Barons
1536 Henry VIII becomes Supreme Head of the Church
1685 Death and Burial of Charles II
Events on the 6th February
On 6th February 685 King Hlothhere of Kent died of wounds received in a battle with his nephew, and co-ruler, King Eadric of Kent.
On 6th February 1299 King Edward I of England (age 59) created a number of new Barons by writ of summons to Edward's 44th Parliament ...
John Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 27) was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 45) was created 1st Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh. Joan Ros Baroness Lovel (age 39) by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh.
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 44) was created 1st Baron Ros Helmsley. Maud Vaux Baroness Ros (age 42) by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.
William Devereux 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall (age 55) was created 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall. Lucy Burnell Baroness Devereux Lyonshall by marriage Baroness Devereux Lyonshall.
Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles (age 50) was created 1st Baron Welles. Joan D'Engayne Baroness Welles and Ughtred by marriage Baroness Welles.
Robert Clinton 1st Baron Clinton (age 41) was created 1st Baron Clinton. Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton (age 34) by marriage Baroness Clinton.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 30) was created 1st Baron Moels.
The next baronies may not have been created on 6th February 1299 but were created in 1299 possibly for Edward's 45th and 46th Parliaments on 10th April 1299 and 21st September 1299 respectively.
Edmund Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 49) was created 1st Baron Deincourt.
John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 46) was created 1st Baron Strange Knockin. Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin.
John St John 1st Baron St John Lagenham (age 49) was created 1st Baron St John of Lagenham.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24) was created 1st Baron de Clifford. Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles (age 23) by marriage Baroness de Clifford.
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 44) was created 1st Baron Grey of Codnor. Eleanor Courtenay Baroness Grey Codnor by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor.
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 30) was created 1st Baron Mohun of Dunster. Ada Tiptoft Baroness Dunster (age 24) by marriage Baroness Mohun of Dunster.
Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales was created 1st Baron Scales.
John St John 1st Baron St John of Basing (age 25) was created 1st Baron St John of Basing.
John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 24) was created 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset.
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 31) was created 1st Baron Zouche Ashby.
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25) was created 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick. Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy (age 15) by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick.
William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 37) was created 1st Baron Grandison. Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison by marriage Baroness Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.
Otto Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 61) was created 1st Baron Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.
Thomas de Multon 1st Baron Multon was created 1st Baron Multon Egremont. Eleanor Burgh Baroness Multon Egremont (age 17) by marriage Baroness Multon Egremont.
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On 6th February 1378 Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 40) died.
On 6th February 1392 Charles Valois was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 23) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 22).
On 6th February 1452 Joan Aviz was born to Alfonso "The African" V King Portugal (age 20) and Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Portugal (age 20). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.45%.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 6th February 1530. 6199. The Cardinal has been ill, and some say feigned illness, in the hope that the King might visit him. He has not done so, but sent him instead a promise of pardon, on the news of which the Cardinal recovered. He will receive his patent today, retain the archbishopric of York, and a pension of 3,000 angels on the see of Winchester, for which he is to resign all other benefices. Besides 10,000 angels the King has given him tapestry and plate for five rooms. All the rest the King retains. His house in town has been taken by the King, who gives another in place to the see of York. Russell told me that in consequence of some words he had spoken to the King in favour of the Cardinal the lady (age 29) had been very angry, and refused to speak with him. Norfolk (age 57) told him of her displeasure, and that she was irritated against himself, because he had not done as much against him as he might. After this he asked Russell whether he thought the Cardinal had any expectation of returning to favor; and Russell told him such was the courage and ambition of the Cardinal, that he would not fail, if he saw a favorable opportunity; and that this was not unlikely if the King should require his advice. Then the Duke began to swear very loudly that, rather than suffer this, he would eat him up alive. To prevent such a contingency, the Cardinal has been forbidden to approach the Court within seven miles.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 6th February 1530. 6199. A cousin of the Cardinal's physician told me that the lady (age 29) had sent to visit him during his sickness, and represented herself as favoring him with the King. This is difficult to be believed, considering the hatred she has always borne him. She must have thought he was dying, or shown her dissimulation and love of intrigue, of which she is an accomplished mistress. I have not been able to learn anything about the German, although I have used all sorts of arts to discover him. Gives an account of various devices for that purpose.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 6th February 1530. 6199. One object of Joachim's mission was to reinstate the Cardinal in the King's favor, and, but for the lady (age 29), this would be easy, for it is thought the King has no ill-will to the Cardinal. His only wish is for the Cardinal's goods; and he is not very far wrong, for the Cardinal has spent very large sums of money, and said all he accumulated was for the King; and to take administration of it before the time was not much offence; considering also that the Cardinal, since he began to suspect his fall, and since his destruction, has always said that the King could not do him any greater good than help himself to all that he had. As a proof of the King's having no ill-will, I am told the King did not wish the Cardinal's case to be determined by Parliament, as, if it had been decided against him, the King could not have pardoned him. The said Joachim lodges at a house of one of the Cardinal's servants; and soon after his arrival, the Cardinal, though unwell, sent his physician, a Venetian (De Augustinis), in whom he has much confidence, and who stayed with Joachim four or five days. The French would spare no means to reinstate the Cardinal, for, whatever they pretend, they have no confidence in the duke of Norfolk.
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The 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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 6th February 1530. Bradford, 298. 6199. Chapuys to Charles V.
Since my last the bishop of Rochester (age 60) has finished revising the book which he lately wrote, and which he sent to your Majesty. Since then he has written another, which the Queen has forwarded at the request of the Bishop, to be examined at leisure, though he fears to be known as the author. His learning and piety are well known. The Queen's treatment is worse than ever. The King is always away from her as much as possible, and is here with the lady (age 29), whilst the Queen is at Richmond. He has never been so long without paying her a visit, and makes his excuse that one has died of the plague near her residence. He has renewed his attempts to persuade her to become a nun, to which she will never consent. The continual annoyance to which she is exposed constrains her to importune your Majesty to have a fixed resolution in her affairs.
Wriothesley's Chronicle. 6th February 1536. This yeare also, the first Soundaie after Candlemas, being the sixt daie of Februarie, the Archbishopp of Canterberie, called Thomas Cranmer (age 46), preached at Paules Crosse [Map], my Lord Chauncelor (age 48)g being then present at his sermon, and their he approved, by scripture and by the decrees of the Popes lawes, that the Bishop of Rome, otherwise called Pope, was Antichrist, and also brought divers expositions of holie sainctes and doctors for the same; and how craftelie, and by what meanes, and how long, he had taken upon him the power of God and the aucthoritie above all princes christened, and how his aucthoritie and lawes was contrarie to scripture and the lawe of God, as he then honorably declared and approved to the cleere understanding of all the people.
Note g. Sir Thomas Audley, who had succeeded the learned Sir Thomas More as Chancellor in 1532.
Annales of England by John Stow. 6th February 1550. The 6. of February the D. of Somerset (age 50) twas delivered out of the tower, and that night be supped at Sir Io. Yorks one of the sherifs of London
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th February 1553. The vj day of Feybruary cam to London and rod thrughe London my lade Mare('s) (age 36) grasse, the kynges syster, with a grett nombur of lordes and knyghtes, and her grace a grett [number] of lades and jentyll women and jentyll men to the [number] of ij honderd horsse, and thrug Chepe unto Saynt J[ohn's].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th February 1554. The sam day was ij hangyd apon a jebett in Powles churche yerd [Map]; the on a spy of Wyatt (age 33), the thodur was under-shreyff of Leseter, for carryng letturs of the duke of Suffoke (age 37) and odur thinges.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th February 1554. The vj day of Feybruary was Shroyff-tuwysday in the mornyng master Wyatt (age 33) and ys compeny retorned bake towhard Kyngton apon Temes [Map], and ther the bridge was pluckyd up, and he causyd on of ys men to swym over for to feytche a bott, and so whent at nyght toward Kensyngtun, and so forward.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th February 1554. The sam day cam rydyng to the Towre the duke of Soffoke (age 37) and ys brodur by the yerle of Huntyngton (age 40) with iij C. horse.
Chronicle of Greyfriars. 6th February 1554 ... and kepte Sothwarke tyll it was the vj. of the same monythe, and dyd no harme there; and this was Shroft tewsday; for the brygge drawebrygge was drawne agayne hym, and the nyght before many of hys men fled from hym; and the same tewsday was ij. men hongyd on a gybyt in Powlles churchyerd be-fore sent Gregory's. And that same day Wyet with hys host departyd owte of Sothwarke at ix. a cloke in the mornynge, and went un-to Kyngstone. And also at that same tyme the duke of Soifolke with hys brother was tane by the erle of Huntyngtone; and that same day was Te Deum songe in the qwenes chapelle for joye of it. And that same day the lorde Cobhame (age 57)1 and Harper whar put in-to the tower.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th February 1558. The vj day of Feybruarij dyd pryche at Powlles Crosse [Map] the byshope of Westchaster (age 48); and ther wher at ys sermon xvj bysshopes, and my lord mayre and the althermen, and mony juges, and ther he declaryd that of Wedynsday next to go on generall prossessyon and pray to God.
On 6th February 1595 Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria (age 21) and Elisabeth Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine (age 51) and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine. He the son of William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 46) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 50). They were first cousins.
Brief Lives: Charles Danvers 1568 1601. [711]Sir Charles Danvers (age 33) was beheaded on Tower-hill [Map] with Robert, earle of Essex (age 35), February the 6th, 1600[712]. I find in the register of the Tower chapell [Map] only the sepulture of Robert, earl of Essex, that yeare; wherfore I am induced to beleeve that his body was carryed to Dantesey[CX] in Wilts to lye with his ancestors. Vide Stowe's Chronicle, where is a full account of his and the earle's deportment at their death on the scaffold.
With all their faylings, Wilts cannot shew two such[713] brothers.
His familiar acquaintance were...[714], earl of Oxon (age 50); Sir Francis (age 40) and Sir Horace Vere (age 36); Sir Walter Ralegh (age 47), etc.-the heroes of those times.
Quaere my lady viscountesse Purbec and also the lord Norris for an account of the behaviour and advice of Sir Charles Danvers in the businesse of the earl of Essex, which advice had the earle followed he had saved his life.
[715]Of Sir Charles Danvers, from my lady viscountesse Purbec:-Sir Charles Danvers advised the earle of Essex, either to treat with the queen-hostages..., whom Sir Ferdinando Gorges (age 36) did let goe; or to make his way through the gate at Essex house, and then to hast away to Highgate, and so to Northumberland (the earl of Northumberland maried his mother's (age 51) sister), and from thence to the king of Scots, and there they might make their peace; if not, the queen was old and could not live long. But the earle followed not his advice, and so they both lost their heads on Tower-hill.
Note.
Note 711. MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 25v.
Note 712. i.e. 1600/1.
Note 713. Dupl. with 'shew the like two brothers,' scil. as Sir Charles Danvers and his brother Henry, earl of Danby.
Note 714. Edward Vere, seventeenth earl of Oxford.
[CX] In MS. Aubr. 3, fol. 46, Aubrey writes, in reference to burials at Dantesey, 'quaere, if Sir Charles Danvers that was beheaded?-He was buryed in the Tower chapell.' Aubrey's description of the burial-place of the Danvers family (MS. Aubr. 3, fol. 46), with the inscriptions, is printed in J. E. Jackson's Aubrey's Wiltshire Collections, pp. 223-225; the pedigree of Danvers is there given at p. 216.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th February 1660. Monday. Before I went to my office I went to Mr. Crew's (age 62) and paid Mr. Andrews the same £60 that he had received of Mr. Calthrop (age 36) the last week. So back to Westminster and walked with him thither, where we found the soldiers all set in the Palace Yard [Map], to make way for General Monk (age 51) to come to the House. At the Hall we parted, and meeting Swan he and I to the Swan [Map] and drank our morning draft. So back again to the Hall, where I stood upon the steps and saw Monk go by, he making observance to the judges as he went along. At noon my father (age 59) dined with me upon my turkey that was brought from Denmark, and after dinner he and I to the Bull Head Tavern [Map], where we drank half a pint of wine and so parted. I to Mrs. Ann, and Mrs. Jem being gone out of the chamber she and I had a very high bout, I rattled her up, she being in her bed, but she becoming more cool, we parted pretty good friends. Thence I went to Will's, where I staid at cards till 10 o'clock, losing half a crown, and so home to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th February 1663. Thence, after dinner, to the Temple [Map], to my cozen Roger Pepys (age 45), where met us my uncle Thomas and his son; and, after many high demands, we at last came to a kind of agreement upon very hard terms, which are to be prepared in writing against Tuesday next. But by the way promising them to pay my cozen Mary's' legacys at the time of her marriage, they afterwards told me that she was already married, and married very well, so that I must be forced to pay it in some time. My cozen Roger was so sensible of our coming to agreement that he could not forbear weeping, and, indeed, though it is very hard, yet I am glad to my heart that we are like to end our trouble. So we parted for to-night, and I to my Lord Sandwich (age 37) and there staid, there being a Committee to sit upon the contract for the Mole, which I dare say none of us that were there understood, but yet they agreed of things as Mr. Cholmely (age 30) and
On 6th February 1665 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland was born to James, Duke of York (age 31) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 27) at St James's Palace [Map] at 11:39pm being their fourth child and second daughter. She was baptised Anglican in the Chapel Royal with her elder sister Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 2) being Godparent as well as Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 13) and Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon (age 66).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th February 1666. Up, and to the office, where very busy all the morning. We met upon a report to the Duke of Yorke (age 32) of the debts of the Navy, which we finished by three o'clock, and having eat one little bit of meate, I by water before the rest to White Hall (and they to come after me) because of a Committee for Tangier, where I did my business of stating my accounts perfectly well, and to good liking, and do not discern, but the Duke of Albemarle (age 57) is my friend in his intentions notwithstanding my general fears.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1666. My wife (age 31) and family returned to me from the country, where they had been since August, by reason of the contagion, now almost universally ceasing. Blessed be God for his infinite mercy in preserving us! I, having gone through so much danger, and lost so many of my poor officers, escaping still myself that I might live to recount and magnify his goodness to me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th February 1668. He gone, we sat at the office all the morning, and at noon home to dinner, and my wife being gone before, I to the Duke of York's playhouse; where a new play of Etherige's (age 32), called "She Would if she Could"; and though I was there by two o'clock, there was 1000 people put back that could not have room in the pit: and I at last, because my wife was there, made shift to get into the 18d. box, and there saw; but, Lord! how full was the house, and how silly the play, there being nothing in the world good in it, and few people pleased in it. The King (age 37) was there; but I sat mightily behind, and could see but little, and hear not all. The play being done, I into the pit to look (for) my wife, and it being dark and raining, I to look my wife out, but could not find her; and so staid going between the two doors and through the pit an hour and half, I think, after the play was done; the people staying there till the rain was over, and to talk with one another. And, among the rest, here was the Duke of Buckingham (age 40) to-day openly sat in the pit; and there I found him with my Lord Buckhurst (age 25), and Sidly (age 28), and Etherige, the poet; the last of whom I did hear mightily find fault with the actors, that they were out of humour, and had not their parts perfect, and that Harris (age 34) did do nothing, nor could so much as sing a ketch in it; and so was mightily concerned while all the rest did, through the whole pit, blame the play as a silly, dull thing, though there was something very roguish and witty; but the design of the play, and end, mighty insipid. At last I did find my wife staying for me in the entry; and with her was Betty Turner (age 15), Mercer, and Deb. So I got a coach, and a humour took us, and I carried them to Hercules Pillars, and there did give them a kind of a supper of about 7s., and very merry, and home round the town, not through the ruines; and it was pretty how the coachman by mistake drives us into the ruines from London-wall into Coleman Street: and would persuade me that I lived there. And the truth is, I did think that he and the linkman had contrived some roguery; but it proved only a mistake of the coachman; but it was a cunning place to have done us a mischief in, as any I know, to drive us out of the road into the ruines, and there stop, while nobody could be called to help us. But we come safe home, and there, the girls being gone home, I to the office, where a while busy, my head not being wholly free of my trouble about my prize business, I home to bed. This evening coming home I did put my hand under the coats of Mercer and did touch her thigh, but then she did put by my hand and no hurt done, but talked and sang and was merry.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 6th February 1668. Up, and to the office, where all the morning, and among other things Sir H. Cholmly (age 35) comes to me about a little business, and there tells me how the Parliament, which is to meet again to-day, are likely to fall heavy on the business of the Duke of Buckingham's (age 40) pardon; and I shall be glad of it: and that the King (age 37) hath put out of the Court the two Hides, my Chancellor's (age 58) two sons [Note. Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Clarendon and Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester (age 25)], and also the Bishops of Rochester (age 43) and Winchester (age 69), the latter of whom should have preached before him yesterday, being Ash Wednesday, and had his sermon ready, but was put by; which is great news.
On 6th February 1685 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 54) died at 1145 in the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh (age 69). His brother James (age 51) succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch (age 83), Richard Mason (age 52) and Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68) were present. Duke York merged with the Crown.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1685. Thus died King Charles II (age 54) of a vigorous and robust constitution, and in all appearance promising a long life. He was a Prince of many virtues, and many greate imperfections; debonaire, easy of accesse, not bloudy nor cruel; his countenance fierce, his voice greate, proper of person, every motion became him; a lover of the sea, and skilfull in shipping; not affecting other studies, yet he had a laboratory, and knew of many empyrical medicines, and the easier mechanical mathe matics; he lov'd planting and building, and brought in a politer way of living, which pass'd to luxury and intolerable expence. He had a particular talent in telling a story, and facetious passages, of which he had innumerable; this made some buffoons and vitious wretches too presumptuous and familiar, not worthy the favour they abus'd. He tooke delight in having a number of little spaniels follow him and lie in his bed-chamber, where he often suffer'd the bitches to puppy and give suck, which render'd it very offensive, and indeede made the whole Court nasty and stinking. He would doubtlesse have ben an excellent Prince, had he ben less addicted to women, who made him uneasy, 'and allways in want to supply their unmeasurable profusion, to ye detriment of many Indigent persons who had signaly serv'd both him and his father. He frequently and easily chang'd favorites, to his greate prejudice. As to other publiq transactions and unhappy miscarriages, .'tis not here I intend to number them; but certainly never had King more glorious opportunities to have made himselfe, his people, and all Europe happy, and prevented innumerable mischeifs, had not his too easy nature resign'd him to be manag'd by crafty men, and some abandon'd and profane wretches who corrupted his otherwise sufficient parts, disciplin'd as he had ben by many afflictions during his banishment, which gave him much experience and knowledge of men and things; but those wicked creatures took him off from all application becoming so greate a King. The history of his reigne will certainely be the most wonderfull for the variety of matter and accidents, above any extant in former ages: the sad tragical death of his father, his banishment and hardships, his miraculous restauration, conspiracies against him, parliaments, wars, plagues, fires, comets, revolutions abroad happening in his time, with a thousand other particulars. He was ever kind to me, and very gracious upon all occasions, and therefore I cannot, without ingratitude, but deplore his losse, which for many respects as well as duty I do with all my soul.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1685. Prayers were solemnly made in all the Churches, especialy in both ye Court Chapells, where the Chaplaines reliev'd one another every halfe quarter of an houre from the time he began to be in danger till he expir'd, according to the forme prescrib'd in the Church Offices. Those who assisted his Majesty's (age 54) devotions were, the Abp. of Canterbury (age 68), the Bishops of London (age 53), Durham (age 52), and Ely (age 47), but more especialy Dr. Ken, the Bp. of Bath and Wells (age 47) receiving the Holy Sacrament, but his Ma* told them he would consider of it, which he did so long 'till it was too late. Others whisper'd that the Bishops and Lords, except the Earles of Bath (age 56) and Feversham (age 44), being order'd to withdraw the night before, Hurlston, the 'Priest, had presumed to administer the Popish Offices. He gave his breeches and keys to ye Duke (age 51), who was almost continually kneeling by his bed-side, and in teares. He also recommended to him the care of his natural children, all except the Duke of Monmouth (age 35), now in Holland, and in his displeasure. He intreated the Queene (age 46) to pardon him (not without cause); who a little before had sent a Bishop to excuse her not more frequently visiting him, in reguard of her excessive griefe, and withall, that his Ma* would forgive it if at any time she had offended him. He spake to ye Duke to be kind to the Dutchesse of Cleaveland (age 44), and especialy Portsmouth (age 35), and that Nelly (age 35) might not starve.
John Evelyn's Diary. ... this was by 6 in the morning on Friday, and it gave him reliefe, but it did not continue, for being now in much paine, and strugling for breath, he lay dozing, and after some conflicts, the physitians despairing of him, he gave up the ghost at halfe an houre after eleven in the morning, being the sixth of February 1685, in the 36th yeare of his reigne, and 54th of his age.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1685. His Majesty (age 54) being dead, the Duke, now K. James II (age 51) went immediately to Council, and before entering into any businesse, passionately declaring his sorrow, told their Lordships that since the succession had fallen to him, he would endeavour to follow the example of his predecessor in his clemency and tendernesse to his people; that, however he had ben misrepresented as affecting arbitrary power, they should find the contrary, for that the Laws of England had made ye King as greate a monarch as he could desire; that he would endeavor to maintain the Government both in Church and State, as by Law established, its principles being so firme for monarchy, and the members of it shewing themselves so good and loyal subjects; and that as he would never depart from the just rights and prerogatives of y Crown, so would he never invade any man's property; but as he had often adventur'd his life in defence of the Nation, so he would still proceede, and preserve it in all its lawful rights and liberties. This being the substance of what he said, the Lords desir'd it might be publish'd, as ontaining matter of greate satisfaction to a jealous people upon this change, which his Ma* consented to. Then were the Counsel sworn, and a Proclamation order'd to be publish'd, that all Officers should continue in their stations, that there might be no failure of public justice, till his further pleasure should be known.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1686. Being the day on wch his Ma* (age 52) began his reign, by order of Council it was to be solemniz'd with a particular Office and Sermon, which the Bp. of Ely (age 48) preach'd at Whitehall [Map] on 11 Numb. 12; a Court oration upon the Regal office. It was much wonder'd at that this day, weh was that of his late Ma*'s death, should be kept as a festival, and not [instead of] the day of the present King's coronation. It is said to have ben formerly ye costom, tho' not till now since ye reigne of King James I.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1686. The Dutchesse of Monmouth (age 34) being in ye same seate with me at church, appear'd with a very sad and afflicted countenance.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1689. The King's (age 55) coronation day was ordered not to be observed, as hitherto it had been.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1689. There was much contest about the King's (age 38) abdication, and whether he had vacated the government. The Earl of Nottingham (age 41) and about twenty Lords, and many Bishops, entered their protests, but the concurrence was great against them.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1689. The Convention of the Lords and Commons now declare the Prince (age 38) and Princess (age 26) of Orange King and Queen of England, France, and Ireland (Scotland being an independent kingdom), the Prince and Princess being to enjoy it jointly during their lives; but the executive authority to be vested in the Prince during life, though all proceedings to run in both names, and that it should descend to their issue, and for want of such, to the Princess Anne of Denmark (age 24) and her issue, and in want of such, to the heirs of the body of the Prince, if he survive, and that failing, to devolve to the Parliament, as they should think fit. These produced a conference with the Lords, when also there was presented heads of such new laws as were to be enacted. It is thought on these conditions they will be proclaimed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1689. The Princess (age 26) hourly expected. Forces sending to Ireland, that kingdom being in great danger by the Earl of Tyrconnel's (age 59) army, and expectations from France coming to assist them, but that King was busy in invading Flanders, and encountering the German Princes. It is likely that this will be the most remarkable summer for action, which has happened in many years.
On 6th February 1777 Harriet Churchill (age 52) died. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Harriet Churchill: Around 1725 she was born illegitimately to Charles Churchill. In 1747 Everard Fawkener and she were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. After 1758 Thomas Pownall and she were married.
On 6th February 1788 Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton (age 61) and Frances Twysden (age 25) were divorced on account of her affair with Douglas Hamilton 8th Duke Hamilton 5th Duke Brandon (age 31).
On 6th February 1817 Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh (age 39) died. She was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. Monument by John Flaxman (age 61).
Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh: In 1778 she was born. On 1st February 1798 Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh 3rd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Hesketh of Rufford in Lancashire.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1819 Henry Crewe 7th Baronet (age 56) died in a carriage accident. He was thrown from his carriage during a journey from Marylebone, London to Barham (Boreham) House, Hertfordshire. His son George (age 24) succeeded 8th Baronet Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.
Greville Memoirs. 6th February 1831. Parliament met again on the 3rd, and the House of Commons exhibited a great array on the Opposition benches; nothing was done the first day but the announcement of the Reform measure for the 2nd of March, to be brought in by Lord John Russell (age 38) in the House of Commons, though not a Cabinet Minister. The fact is that if a Cabinet Minister had introduced it, it must have been Althorp, and he is wholly unequal to it; he cannot speak at all, so that though the pretence is to pay a compliment to John Russell because he had on former occasions brought forward plans of Reform, it is really expedient to take the burden off the leader of the Government. The next night came on the Civil List, and as the last Government was turned out on this question, there had existed a general but vague expectation that some wonderful reductions were to be proposed by the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Great, then, was the exultation of the Opposition when it was found that no reductions would be made, and that the measure of this Government only differed from that of the last in the separation of the King's personal expenses from the other charges and a prospective reduction in the Pension List. There was not much of a debate. Althorp did it ill by all accounts; Graham spoke pretty well; and Calcraft, who could do nothing while in office, found all his energies when he got back to the Opposition benches, and made (everybody says) a capital speech. There is certainly a great disappointment that the Civil List does not produce some economical novelty, and to a certain degree the popularity of the Government will be affected by it. But they have taken the manliest course, and the truth is the Duke of Wellington had already made all possible reductions, unless the King and the Government were at once to hang out the flag of poverty and change their whole system. After what Sefton had told me of the intentions of Government about the Pension List, and my reply to him, it was a satisfaction to me to find they could not act on such a principle; and accordingly Lord Althorp at once declared the opinion and intentions of Government about the Pensions, instead of abandoning them to the rage of the House of Commons. There is not even a surmise as to the intended measure of Reform, the secret of which is well kept, but I suspect the confidence of the Reformers will be shaken by their disappointment about the Civil List. It is by no means clear, be it what it may, that the Government will be able to carry it, for the Opposition promises to be very formidable in point of numbers; and in speaking the two parties are, as to the first class, pretty evenly divided—Palmerston, the Grants, Graham, Stanley, John Russell, on one side; Peel, Calcraft, Hardinge, Dawson, on the other; fewer in numbers, but Peel immeasurably the best on either side—but in the second line, and among the younger ones, the Opposition are far inferior.
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On 6th February 1831 Frederick William Robinson (age 21) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]
Frederick William Robinson: Around 1810 he was born to Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey.
After 6th February 1841. Monument to Thomas Palmer Whalley at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ecton [Map].
Thomas Bateman 1846. On the 6th of February, 1847, a barrow [Map] [Flax Dale Barrow [Map]] was opened which is situated in the township of Middleton-by-Yolgrave, near a small valley called Flax-dale. It is of the usual bowl-shaped form, and is about three feet in height. Near the centre was found a fine sepulchral urn, neatly ornamented, containing a deposit of calcined bones, over which it was placed, with the mouth downwards. The urn was inclosed within a rude cist, partly cut in the rock, partly walled round, and covered with a large flat stone; about this and indeed throughout the barrow were many pieces of flinty some of which are chipped into the shape of arrow-heads &c. The presence of rats' bones indicated that there had been an interment by inhumation in addition to the foregoing one. Part of a skull and a few bits of pottery were all the vestiges of this deposit which appears to have been disturbed at the time of the interment of the urn and its contents.
The London Gazette 27992. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own), Major Arthur W. de B. S. Viscount Hawkesbury (age 36), M.V.O., retires on retired pay. Dated 6th February, 1907.
On 6th February 1917 Mary Louisa Williams (age 91) died.
Mary Louisa Williams: On 26th March 1825 she was born. In July 1852 Andrew Crombie Ramsay and she were married.
6th February 1929. The Sketch. The marriage of Mr. Bryan Guinness (age 23), son of the Hon. Walter Guinness, to the Hon. Diana Mitford (age 18), third daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale, was solemnised at St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map]. The lovely nineteen-year-old bride was attended by eleven bridesmaids.
Note. Her sisters Nancy (age 24) and Unity (age 14) were two of the eleven bridesmaid. Her younger sisters Jessica Lucy Mitford (age 11) and Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 8) were unwell but threw rice as her car passed.
On 6th February 1929 Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 70) died.
On 6th February 1952 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 56) died at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. He was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 25) succeeded II Queen of the United Kingdom; she was at her Kenyan home Sagana Lodge.
After 6th February 1952. Memorial to King George VI of the United Kingdom (deceased) at the Thistle Chapel, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map].
On 31st January 1971 Apollo 14 launched from the Kennedy Space Center. The astronauts were Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell.
Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the Fra Mauro formation.
From left to right they are: Command Module pilot, Stuart A. Roosa, Commander, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell. The Apollo 14 mission emblem is in the background.
Antares lifted off from the Moon on February 6, 1971.
The command module Kitty Hawk splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean on February 9, 1971 approximately 1,400 km south of American Samoa.
Time Team Series 1 Episode 4: The Fortress in the Lake was filmed between 16th September 1993 and 18th September 1993. It was originally shown on 6th February 1994.
Locations: Llangorse Lake, Breconshire [Map], St Paulinus' Church, Llangorse [Map].
Category: Time Team Early Medieval.
Time Team:
Tony Robinson (age 47), Presenter
Mick Aston (age 47), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 30), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 50), Archivist.
Victor Ambrus (age 58), Historical Illustrator
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Damian Goodburn, Ancient Woodworking Specialist
Mark Redknap, National Museum of Wales
Techniques: Magnetometry
Sources: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 916, Book of Llandaff Chapter 4 Section 7: Llan Cors, Book of Llandaff Chapter 8
Historical Figures: King Elised of Brecknock, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians.
Outcomes: Reconstructed Iron Age boat made from 3.5 tonnes of oak; a copy of an original discovered in Llangorse Lake in Brecon Museum. Metal working on site, shale ring. Boundary Ditch.
Births on the 6th February
On 6th February 1301 Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy was born to Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27) and Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy (age 17).
On 6th February 1392 Charles Valois was born to Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France (age 23) and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France (age 22).
On 6th February 1402 Louis I Landgrave of Hesse was born to Hermann II Landgrave of Hesse (age 61) and Margaret Hohenzollern (age 42).
On 6th February 1452 Joan Aviz was born to Alfonso "The African" V King Portugal (age 20) and Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Portugal (age 20). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 7.45%.
On 6th February 1665 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland was born to James, Duke of York (age 31) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 27) at St James's Palace [Map] at 11:39pm being their fourth child and second daughter. She was baptised Anglican in the Chapel Royal with her elder sister Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 2) being Godparent as well as Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 13) and Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon (age 66).
On 6th February 1683 Robert Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 22) and Mary Wynn (age 22).
On 6th February 1685 John Rushout 4th Baronet was born to James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 40) and Alice Pitt Lady Rushout.
On 6th February 1711 Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset was born to Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 23) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 22).
On 6th February 1727 Mary Campbell was born to John Campbell 2nd Duke Argyll (age 46).
On 6th February 1731 Frederick Calvert 6th Baron Baltimore was born to Charles Calvert 5th Baron Baltimore (age 31) and Mary Janssen Baroness Baltimore. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1735 John Trevelyan 4th Baronet was born to George Trevelyan 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Julia Calverly Lady Trevelyan (age 22).
On 6th February 1742 Anthony Farrington 1st Baronet was born.
On 6th February 1773 Caroline Paget was born to Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 28) and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge (age 31).
On 6th February 1801 Thomas George Lyon Bowes was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27) and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter (age 18).
On 6th February 1803 John George Charles Fox-Strangways was born to Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Maria Digby Countess Ilchester.
On 6th February 1804 George Augustus Spencer was born to Francis Almeric Spencer 1st Baron Churchill (age 24) and Frances Fitzroy Baroness Churchill Wychwood (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.63%.
On 6th February 1819 Charles Strickland 8th Baronet was born to George Strickland 7th Baronet (age 36) and Mary Constable.
On 6th February 1825 Thomas Holdsworth Newman was born to Robert Newman 1st Baronet (age 48).
On 6th February 1829 Charles Hayes Miller 7th Baronet was born to Reverend Thomas Combe Miller 6th Baronet (age 49).
On 6th February 1829 Arthur Frederick Leveson-Gower aka Egerton was born to Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 29) and Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere (age 26).
On 6th February 1835 Amias Paulett was born to John Paulett 5th Earl Paulett (age 51).
On 6th February 1848 Osbert William Craven was born to William Craven 2nd Earl Craven (age 38) and Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven (age 31).
On 6th February 1858 Augustus Paulet 15th Marquess of Winchester was born to John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester (age 56) and Mary Robinson Montagu Marchioness Winchester.
On 6th February 1859 Francis Edmund George Astley-Corbett 4th Baronet was born to John Dugdale Astley 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Eleanor Blanche Mary Corbett.
On 6th February 1860 Frederick Hall was born at Stillington, Hambleton.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1866 Seymour William Brooke Boothby 13th Baronet was born to Reverend Brooke William Boothby 9th Baronet and Martha Serena Boothby. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 6th February 1868 Herbert Ramsay 5th Baronet was born to Alexander Entwisle Ramsay 4th Baronet (age 31) and Octavia Haigh Lady Ramsay.
On 6th February 1879 Neville Bulwer-Lytton 3rd Earl of Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 47) and Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 37).
On 6th February 1879 Edwin Montagu was born to Montagu Samuel 1st Baron Swaythling (age 46) and Ellen Cohen.
On 6th February 1889 Edward Bellew 5th Baron Bellew was born to Richard Eustace Bellew of Mount Firoda, Castlecomer in Kilkenny (age 30).
On 6th February 1895 Joyce Morgan Brunner Lady Worsley was born to John Brunner 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Lucy Marianne Morgan Lady Brunner.
On 6th February 1895 Marjorie Lowther Baroness Rodney was born to Lancelot Edward Lowther 6th Earl Lonsdale (age 27) and Gwendoline Sheffield (age 26).
On 6th February 1902 Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster was born to Frederick "Fritz" Ponsonby 1st Baron Sysonby (age 34).
On 6th February 1923 Antoinette Fredericka Conyngham Baroness Croft was born to Frederick William Conyngham 6th Marquess Conyngham (age 32).
On 6th February 1949 James Charles Beauclerk was born to Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 33) and Suzanne Marie Fesq Duchess St Albans (age 27).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1951 Anthony Page Wood 8th Baronet was born to John Page Wood 7th Baronet (age 29).
Marriages on the 6th February
On 6th February 1393 Charles Metz II Duke Lorraine (age 28) and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Lorraine (age 17) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. She the daughter of Rupert King Germany (age 40). He the son of John Metz I Duke Lorraine and Sophie Württemberg Duchess Lorraine. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 6th February 1568 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 15) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 12) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41). He the son of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. They were sixth cousins.
Three days later on Gilbert and Mary would become step-siblings when their father and mother respectively George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Bess of Hardwick were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford. It is likely the latter marriage a condition of the former. He the son of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 6th February 1595 Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria (age 21) and Elisabeth Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine (age 51) and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine. He the son of William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 46) and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 50). They were first cousins.
On 6th February 1623 Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 21) and Susannah Hill were married. He the son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 60) and Catherine Spencer.
On 6th February 1661 Jacob Astley 1st Baronet (age 22) and Blanche Wodehouse Lady Astley (age 19) were married.
On 6th February 1662 George Keith 8th Earl Marischal (age 48) and Mary Hay were married. She the daughter of George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull and Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul. He the son of William Keith 6th Earl Marischal and Mary Erskine. They were first cousin once removed.
On 6th February 1665 Francis Drake 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Dorothy Bampfylde Lady Drake were married at St Andrew's Church, Bere Ferrers [Map]. She by marriage Lady Drake of Buckland in Devon.
On 6th February 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 14) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 36). He the son of Francis Lee 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.
On 6th February 1759 Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 23) and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Mornington.
On 6th February 1796 Richard Le Poer Trench 2nd Earl Clancarty (age 28) and Henrietta Margaret Staples Countess Clancarty (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. He the son of William Trench 1st Earl of Clancarty (age 54).
On 6th February 1813 Richard Wingfield 5th Viscount Powerscourt (age 22) and Frances Theodosia Jocelyn (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 2nd Earl Roden (age 56).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 6th February 1834 Henry Maturin Farrington 3rd Baronet (age 55) and Susanna Kekewich Lady Farrington were married. She by marriage Lady Farrington of Blackheath in Kent.
On 6th February 1861 General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 42) and Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 6th February 1873 Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 33) and Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley were married.
Deaths on the 6th February
On 6th February 685 King Hlothhere of Kent died of wounds received in a battle with his nephew, and co-ruler, King Eadric of Kent.
On 6th February 1311 William Vavasour 1st Baron Vavasour (age 71) died. His son Walter (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Vavasour.
On 6th February 1312 John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin (age 29) died at Knockyn, Shropshire. His son John (age 15) succeeded 3rd Baron Strange Knockin.
On 6th February 1378 Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France (age 40) died.
On 6th February 1499 Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 43) died at Hornby Castle [Map]. His grandson Ralph succeeded 4th Earl of Westmoreland three weeks before his first birthday.
On 6th February 1538 John La Marck III Duke Cleves (age 47) died. His son William (age 21) succeeded Duke Cleves. Maria Habsburg Spain Duchess Cleves (age 6) by marriage Duchess Cleves.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1615 John Stewart 1st Earl Carrick (age 49) died.
On 6th February 1679 John Jackson 2nd Baronet (age 25) died. His half brother Bradwardine (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Jackson of Hickleton in Yorkshire.
On 6th February 1685 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 54) died at 1145 in the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh (age 69). His brother James (age 51) succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch (age 83), Richard Mason (age 52) and Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68) were present. Duke York merged with the Crown.
On 6th February 1689 Metcalfe Robinson 1st Baronet (age 59) died without issue. Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire extinct. He was buried at St Columba's Church, Topcliffe [Map] where he has a large monument.
On 3rd February 1694 John Reade 1st Baronet (age 78) died. He was buried on 6th February 1694 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield. His son James (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. Love Dring Lady Reade (age 39) by marriage Lady Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 6th February 1732 Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 80) died. Her grandson Francis (age 37) succeeded 2nd Duke Buccleuch.
On 6th February 1737 Edward Fane (age 63) died.
On 6th February 1764 Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 47) died without issue at Hill Street, Berkeley Square. Baronet Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire extinct. The will of George Downing 3rd Baronet stated the estate should be left to establish a Cambridge college in his name if Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet had no son. Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet, however, left the estate to his widow Margaret Price leading to forty years of litigation.
On 6th February 1766 Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey (age 59) died.
On 6th February 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown (age 66) died. He collapsed on the doorstep of his daughter Bridget Holland's house, at 6 Hertford Street, Mayfair while returning after a night out at Lord Coventry's (age 60). He was buried at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Fenstanton [Map].
On 6th February 1788 Michael Pilkington 6th Baronet (age 72) died. His son Thomas (age 14) succeeded 7th Baronet Pilkington of Stanley in Yorkshire.
On 6th February 1798 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Clanbrassil (age 67) died. Earl Clanbrassil extinct.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 6th February 1817 Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh (age 39) died. She was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. Monument by John Flaxman (age 61).
Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh: In 1778 she was born. On 1st February 1798 Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh 3rd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Hesketh of Rufford in Lancashire.
On 6th February 1819 Henry Crewe 7th Baronet (age 56) died in a carriage accident. He was thrown from his carriage during a journey from Marylebone, London to Barham (Boreham) House, Hertfordshire. His son George (age 24) succeeded 8th Baronet Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.
On 6th February 1821 Louisa Murray Lady Reade died.
On 6th February 1826 Edmund Antrobus 1st Baronet died unmarried. His nephew Edmund (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baronet Antrobus of Antrobus in Cheshire and inherited half of his fortune estimated at £700,000, and the estate of Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire [Map].
On 6th February 1837 Edward Moore 2nd Marquess Drogheda (age 66) died unmarried. His nephew Henry (age 11) succeeded 3rd Marquess Drogheda, 8th Earl Drogheda, 10th Viscount Moore of Drogheda, 10th Baron Moore of Mellefont in Louth.
On 6th February 1872 Thomas Phillipps 1st Baronet (age 79) died. He was buried at St Eadburgha's Church, Broadway. Baronet Phillipps of Middle Hill in Worcestershire extinct.
On 6th February 1875 Charles Anderson-Pelham 3rd Earl Yarborough (age 40) died. His son Charles (age 15) succeeded 4th Earl Yarborough, 5th Baron Yarborough.
On 6th February 1878 Jane Fortescue Seymour Baroness Coleridge (age 53) died.
On 6th February 1893 Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 1st Baron Brabourne (age 63) died. His son Edward (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Bradbourne.
On 6th February 1893 Frederick Laud Robinson 9th Baronet (age 49) died. His son Frederick (age 12) succeeded 10th Baronet Robinson of London.
On 6th February 1894 Katherine Charlotte Baillie Countess Ashburnham (age 74) died.
On 6th February 1911 Richard Harington 11th Baronet (age 75) died. His son Richard (age 49) succeeded 12th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. Selina Louise Grace Dundas Lady Harington (age 36) by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 6th February 1929 Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 70) died.
On 6th February 1952 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 56) died at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. He was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth (age 25) succeeded II Queen of the United Kingdom; she was at her Kenyan home Sagana Lodge.
On 6th February 1961 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas 2nd Marquess Zetland (age 84) died. His son Lawrence (age 52) succeeded 3rd Marquess Zetland, 3rd Earl of Ronaldshay in Orkney, 5th Earl Zetland aka Shetland, 6th Baron Dundas, 7th Baronet Dundas of Kerse
On 6th February 1980 Edmond Charles Boileau 7th Baronet (age 76) died. His son Guy (age 44) succeeded 8th Baronet Boileau of Tacolneston Hall in Norfolk.