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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.
07 Dec is in December.
1612 Funeral of Prince Frederick
1680 Trial and Execution of William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford
Events on the 7th December
On 7th December 983 Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy (age 28) died following a malaria outbreak. His son Otto (age 3) succeeded III King Germany.
On 7th December 1154 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 21), the seven months pregnant Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 32) and their son William Plantagenet IX Count Poitiers (age 1) left Barfleur for England. On 8th December 1154 King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and his party landed near Southampton, Hampshire [Map].
On 06 or 7th December 1239 Theobald "Young" II King Navarre was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 38) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 22).
On 6th December 1290 and/or 7th December 1290 Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (deceased) body rested at Geddington, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 8th December 1290 or 7th December 1290 Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (deceased) body rested at Hardingstone, Northamptonshire.
On 7th December 1432 Maria Aviz was born to Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal (age 41) and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.40%.
On 7th December 1484 King Richard III of England (age 32) issued a proclamation against the Lancastrian rebels:
Forasmuch as the King our sovereign lord hath certain knowledge that Piers Bishop of Exeter, Thomas Grey (age 29) late Marquis Dorset, Jasper Tydder (age 53) son of Owen Tidder calling himself Earl of Pembroke, John (age 42) late Earl of Oxford and Sir Edward Wideville (age 28), with other diverse his rebels and traitors disabled and attainted by authority of the high court of parliament (of whom many ben known for open murderers, adulterers & extortioners, contrary to the pleasure of God and against all truth, honour & nature), have forsaken their natural country, taking them first to be under the observance of the duke of Brittany, and to him promised certain things which by him & his council were thought things too greatly unnatural and abominable for them to grant, observe, keep and perform, and therefore the same utterly refused.
The said traitors, seeing that the said duke and his council would not aid and succour them nor follow their ways, privily departed out of his country into France, there taking them to be under th'obeissance of the King's ancient enemy Charles calling himself king of France; and, to abuse and blind the commons of this said realm, the said rebels & traitors have chosen to be their captain one Henry Tydder (age 27), son of Edmond Tydder, son of Owen Tidder, which of his ambitious & insatiable covetise, stirred and excited by the confederacy of the King's said rebels and traitors, encroacheth upon him the name and title of royal estate of this realm of England, whereunto he hath no manner interest, right or colour, as every man well knoweth.
And, to th'intent to achieve the same by the aid, support and assistance of the King's said ancient enemies and of this his realm, hath covenanted and bargained with him and with all the council of France to give up and release in perpetuity all the title and claim that the kings of England have had and ought to have to the crown and realm of France, together with the duchies of Normandy, Gascony and Guienne, castles and towns of Calais, Guisnes, Hammes with the marches pertaining to the same. And over this, and beside the alienation / of all the premises into the possession of the king's said ancient enemies, to the greatest aneyntesment, shame and rebuke that ever might fall to this land, the said Herry Earl of Richmond and all the other the king's rebels and traitors aforesaid have intended at their coming to do the most cruel murders, slaughters, robberies and disherisons that ever were seen in any Christian realm.
For the which, and other inestimable dangers to be eschewed, and to th'intent that the King's said rebels and traitors may either be utterly put from their said malicious purposes or soon discomfited if they enforce to land, the King our said sovereign lord desireth, willeth and chargeth all and everyche of the natural subjects of this his realm to call the premises to their mind and, like good and true Englishmen, to endeavour themselves at all their powers for the defence of themselves, their wives, children, goods and inheritances against the said malicious purposes and conspirations which the ancient enemies of this land have made with the King's said rebels for the final destruction of the same land as is aforesaid.
And our said sovereign lord, as a well-willed, diligent and courageous prince, will put his most royal person to all labour and pain necessary in this behalf for the resistence and subduing of his said enemies, rebels and traitors, to the most comfort, wele and surety of all and singular his true and faithful liegemen and subjects. And these our letters shall be therein your warrant.
Given under our Signet at our palace of Westminster the 7 day of December the 2nd year of our reign.
To the right reverend father in God our right trusty and wellbeloved the Bishop of Lincoln, our chancellor of England.
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On 7th December 1487 James Fitzgerald 8th Earl Desmond (age 28) was murdered by John Murtagh at the instigation of his brother John at Rathkeale, County Limerick. His brother Maurice succeeded 9th Earl Desmond.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 7th December 1551. The vij day of Desember at Hyd parke [Map] a gret muster of men of armes: the furst the kynges trumpeters; [then] my lord Bray, in gylt harnes, captayn of the pe[nsioners, and a] gret baner of the kynges armes; and then cam the pensyoners in caumplet harnes, and gret hars, in [white and] blake, v and v a ranke, and after them cam the[ir servants, in number] a C. with grett harse, and harnes in whyt and blake, [and speres]. The secound my lord Tresorer, a C. men of arms, broderyd cott, red and whyt, and ther spers, ys [standard] a faucon of gold. The iij was [the] duke of Northumberland (age 47), with [C. men] of armes in welvet in-brodery, trumpeters, [his standard] a lyon crounyd gold. The iiij my lord marqws Northamtun (age 39) a C. men of armes, in yelow and [black], spers and pensels and trumpeters. The yerlle of Bedford (age 66) a C. men of armes and [in] red and whyt, ys standard a gott whyt, and a trumpeter, and pensels and spers, cotes red and whyt and blake. The yerle of Rottland (age 25) a C. men of armes in yelow and bluw; ys standard a pekoke, and pensels. The yerle of Huntyntun (age 37) men of armes 1. in bluw, and speres, and standard, and pensels. The yerle of Penbroke (age 50) C. men of armes. My lord Cobam (age 54) 1. men of armes, in blak and whyt. My lord Chamburlayne l. men of armes, cote(s) of whyt [and] red, and speres cotes in-brodere, and pensels. M. tresorer Cheyney a C. men of armes, all blake, and speres and pensells, by-syd costerells and geton.... and armes a-pone the blake at ... pryche the Skott of saynt Peters in Cornhyll ... the morow dyd pryche doythur Bartelett a godly ... at the berehyng was the masters and compeny of the ...
Note. Muster in Hyde Park. This is described nearly in the same terms in the King's diary. Burnet has misprinted the date Dec. 4 instead of 7.
Note. The Scot of St. Peter's in Cornhill. This preacher has been before mentioned in p. 6 as "the Skott the curett" of St. Peter's. Whether he was the same as Richardson, whose popularity as a preacher is mentioned in p. 91, has not been ascertained.
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On 7th December 1612 Henry Frederick Stewart Prince of Wales (deceased) was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His body had lain in state for a month at St James's Palace [Map]. Two thousand mourners attended in the procession and people of all ages lined the streets. Archbishop Abbott (age 50) gave the funeral sermon. A magnificent hearse was erected on which was placed his richly clothed funeral effigy. The robes were those worn by the Prince at his creation as Princes of Wales in 1610. This effigy was made by Richard Norris with the plaster face modelled by Abraham Van der Doort.
Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 34) carried the shield.
Henry Zinzan aka Alexander led a horse trapped with black cloth in the funeral procession.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 7th December 1619. The 7th I gave Sir Robert Taxley my sable muff.
Sunday my Lord (age 30) neither went to Church nor heard sermon here, because M! Ran was at Oxford. Sir Ralph Boswell dined here and played and sung to me in the afternoon.
On 7th December 1646 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 26) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 19) were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.
On 7th December 1651 Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent (age 69) died at he rhouse in Whitefriars, London. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent: In 1582 she was born to Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent and she were married at St Martin in the Fields Church by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 7th December 1655 Maria Ambrosia Habsburg Spain was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 50) and Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 20). She died 14 days later. Coefficient of inbreeding 25.39%.
On 7th December 1657 Johanna Saxe Gotha (age 12) died of smallpox at Gotha.
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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.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1661. I dined at Arundel House [Map], the day when the great contest in Parliament was concerning the restoring the Duke of Norfolk (age 34); however, it was carried for him. I also presented my little trifle of Sumptuary Laws, entitled "Tyrannus" [or "The Mode"].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1661. Then came Mr. Moore, and he and I to Westminster and to Worcester House to see Mr. Montagu before he goes away (this night), but could not see him, nor do I think he has a mind to see us for fear of our demanding of money of him for anything. So back to Whitehall, and eat a bit of meat at Wilkinson's, and then to the Privy Seal, and sealed there the first time this month; and, among other things that passed, there was a patent for Roger Palmer (age 27) (Madam Palmer's (age 21) husband) to be Earl of Castlemaine and Baron of Limbricke in Ireland; but the honour is tied up to the males got of the body of this wife, the Lady Barbary: the reason whereof every body knows. That done, by water to the office, when I found Sir W. Pen (age 40) had been alone all the night and was just rose, and so I to him, and with him I found Captain Holmes, who had wrote his case, and gives me a copy, as he hath many among his friends, and presented the same to the King (age 31) and Council. Which I shall make use of in my attempt of writing something concerning the business of striking sail, which I am now about. But he do cry out against Sir John Minnes (age 62), as the veriest knave and rogue and coward in the world, which I was glad to hear, because he has given out bad words concerning my Lord, though I am sorry it is so. Here Captain Cox then came in, and he and I staid a good while and so good night. Home and wrote by the post to my father, and so to bed.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1663. After done there Sir W. Batten (age 62) and Captain Allen (age 51) and I by coach to the Temple [Map], where I 'light, they going home, and indeed it being my trouble of mind to try whether I could meet with my Lord Sandwich (age 38) and try him to see how he will receive me.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1663. I took coach and back again to Whitehall, but there could not find him. But here I met Dr. Clerke, and did tell him my story of my health; how my pain comes to me now-a-days. He did write something for me which I shall take when there is occasion. I then fell to other discourse of Dr. Knapp, who tells me he is the King's physician, and is become a solicitor for places for people, and I am mightily troubled with him. He tells me he is the most impudent fellow in the world, that gives himself out to be the King's physician, but it is not so, but is cast out of the Court. From thence I may learn what impudence there is in the world, and how a man may be deceived in persons: Anon the King (age 33) and Duke (age 30) and Duchesse (age 26) came to dinner in the Vane-roome, where I never saw them before; but it seems since the tables are done, he dines there all together. The Queene (age 54) is pretty well, and goes out of her chamber to her little chappell in the house.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1663. At White Hall I hear and find that there was the last night the greatest tide that ever was remembered in England to have been in this river: all White Hall having been drowned, of which there was great discourse.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1664. Thence after doing business at my office, I by coach to my Lady Sandwich's (age 39), and there dined with her, and found all well and merry.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1665. Up and to the office, where very busy all day. Sir G. Carteret's (age 55) letter tells me my Lord Sandwich (age 40) is, as I was told, declared Embassador Extraordinary to Spayne, and to go with all speed away, and that his enemies have done him as much good as he could wish.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1666. Up, and by water to the Exchequer, where I got my tallys finished for the last quarter for Tangier, and having paid all my fees I to the Swan [Map], whither I sent for some oysters, and thither comes Mr. Falconbridge and Spicer and many more clerks; and there we eat and drank, and a great deal of their sorry discourse, and so parted, and I by coach home, meeting Balty (age 26) in the streete about Charing Crosse (age 17) walking, which I am glad to see and spoke to him about his mustering business, I being now to give an account how the several muster-masters have behaved themselves, and so home to dinner, where finding the cloth laid and much crumpled but clean, I grew angry and flung the trenchers about the room, and in a mighty heat I was: so a clean cloth was laid, and my poor wife very patient, and so to dinner, and in comes Mrs. Barbara Sheldon, now Mrs. Wood, and dined with us, she mighty fine, and lives, I perceive, mighty happily, which I am glad [of] for her sake, but hate her husband for a block-head in his choice.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1667. All the morning at the office, and at noon home to dinner with my clerks, and while we were at dinner comes Willet's aunt to see her and my wife; she is a very fine widow and pretty handsome, but extraordinary well carriaged and speaks very handsomely and with extraordinary understanding, so as I spent the whole afternoon in her company with my wife, she understanding all the things of note touching plays and fashions and Court and everything and speaks rarely, which pleases me mightily, and seems to love her niece very well, and was so glad (which was pretty odde) that since she came hither her breasts begin to swell, she being afeard before that she would have none, which was a pretty kind of content she gave herself. She tells us that Catelin is likely to be soon acted, which I am glad to hear, but it is at the King's house. But the King's house is at present and hath for some days been silenced upon some difference [between] Hart and Moone. She being gone I to the office, and there late doing business, and so home to supper and to bed. Only this evening I must remember that my Lady Batten sent for me, and it was to speak to me before her overseers about my bargain with Sir W. Batten about the prize, to which I would give no present answer, but am well enough contented that they begin the discourse of it, and so away to the office again, and then home to supper and to bed. Somebody told me this, that they hear that Thomson (age 60), with the wooden leg, and Wildman (age 46), the Fifth-Monarchy man, a great creature of the Duke of Buckingham's (age 39), are in nomination to be Commissioners, among others, upon the Bill of Accounts.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th December 1668. So to talk of general things: and telling him that, with all these doings, he, I thanked God, stood yet; he told me, Yes, but that he thought his continuing in, did arise from his enemies my Lord of Buckingham (age 40) and Arlington's (age 50) seeing that he cared so little if he was out; and he do protest to me that he is as weary of the Treasury, as ever he was of the Navy. He tells me that he do believe that their heat is over almost, as to the Navy, there being now none left of the old stock but my Lord Brouncker (age 48), J. Minnes (age 69), who is ready to leave the world, and myself. But he tells me that he do foresee very great wants and great disorders by reason thereof; insomuch, as he is represented to the King (age 38) by his enemies as a melancholy man, and one that is still prophesying ill events, so as the King called him Visionaire, which being told him, he said he answered the party, that, whatever he foresaw, he was not afeard as to himself of any thing, nor particularly of my Lord Arlington, so much as the Duke of Buckingham hath been, nor of the Duke of Buckingham, so much as my Lord Arlington at this time is. But he tells me that he hath been always looked upon as a melancholy man; whereas, others that would please the King do make him believe that all is safe: and so he hath heard my Chancellor (age 59) openly say to the King, that he was now a glorious Prince, and in a glorious condition, because of some one accident that hath happened, or some one rub that hath been removed; "when", says W. Coventry (age 40), "they reckoned their one good meal, without considering that there was nothing left in the cup board for to-morrow". After this and other discourse of this kind, I away, and walked to my Lord Sandwich's (age 43), and walked with him to White Hall, and took a quarter of an hour's walk in the garden with him, which I had not done for so much time with him since his coming into England; and talking of his own condition, and particularly of the world's talk of his going to Tangier. I find, if his conditions can be made profitable and safe as to money, he would go, but not else; but, however, will seem not averse to it, because of facilitating his other accounts now depending, which he finds hard to get through, but yet hath some hopes, the King, he says, speaking very kindly to him.
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On 7th December 1671 The Rehearsal, published anonymously, but likely to have been written by George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 43), was first performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Convent Garden.
On 7th December 1674 Charles Hohenzollern (age 19) died of dysentery.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1680. On Tuesday, I was again at the trial, when judgment was demanded; and, after my Lord (age 66) had spoken what he could in denying the fact, the managers answering the objections, the Peers adjourned to their House, and within two hours returned again. There was, in the meantime, this question put to the judges, "whether there being but one witness to any single crime, or act, it could amount to convict a man of treason". They gave an unanimous opinion that in case of treason they all were overt acts for though no man should be condemned by one witness for any one act, yet for several acts to the same intent, it was valid; which was my Lord's case. This being past, and the Peers in their seats again, the Lord Chancellor Finch (age 33) (this day the Lord High-Steward) removing to the woolsack next his Majesty's (age 50) state, after summoning the Lieutenant of the Tower to bring forth his prisoner, and proclamation made for silence, demanded of every Peer (who were in all eighty-six) whether William, Lord Viscount Stafford, were guilty of the treason laid to his charge, or not guilty.
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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.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1680. Then the Peer spoken to, standing up, and laying his right hand upon his breast, said guilty, or not guilty, upon my honor, and then sat down, the Lord Steward (age 33) noting their suffrages as they answered upon a paper: when all had done, the number of not guilty being but 31, the guilty 55; and then, after proclamation for silence again, the Lord Steward directing his speech to the prisoner, against whom the ax was turned edgeways and not before, in aggravation of his crime, he being ennobled by the King's (age 50) father, and since received many favors from his present Majesty: after enlarging on his offense, deploring first his own unhappiness that he who had never condemned any man before should now be necessitated to begin with him, he then pronounced sentence of death by hanging, drawing, and quartering, according to form, with great solemnity and dreadful gravity; and, after a short pause, told the prisoner that he believed the Lords would intercede for the omission of some circumstances of his sentence, beheading only excepted; and then breaking his white staff, the Court was dissolved. My Lord Stafford during all this latter part spoke but little, and only gave their Lordships thanks after the sentence was pronounced; and indeed behaved himself modestly, and as became him.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1680. It was observed that all his own relations of his name and family condemned him, except his nephew, the Earl of Arundel (age 25), son to the Duke of Norfolk (age 52). And it must be acknowledged that the whole trial was carried on with exceeding gravity: so stately and august an appearance I had never seen before; for, besides the innumerable spectators of gentlemen and foreign ministers, who saw and heard all the proceedings, the prisoner had the consciences of all the Commons of England for his accusers, and all the Peers to be his judges and jury. He had likewise the assistance of what counsel he would, to direct him in his plea, who stood by him. And yet I can hardly think that a person of his age and experience should engage men whom he never saw before (and one of them that came to visit him as a stranger at Paris) POINT BLANK to murder the King (age 50): God only, who searches hearts, can discover the truth. Lord Stafford was not a man beloved especially of his own family.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1682. Went to congratulate Lord Hyde (age 40) (the great favorite) newly made Earl of Rochester, and lately marrying his eldest daughter to the Earl of Ossory (age 17).
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th December 1683. I was this day invited to a wedding of one Mrs. Castle, to whom I had some obligation, and it was to her fifth husband, a lieutenant-colonel of the city. She was the daughter of one Burton, a broom-man, by his wife, who sold kitchen stuff in Kent Street, whom God so blessed that the father became a very rich, and was a very honest man; he was Sheriff of Surrey, where I have sat on the bench with him. Another of his daughters was married to Sir John Bowles; and this daughter was a jolly friendly woman. There was at the wedding the Lord Mayor, the Sheriff, several Aldermen and persons of quality; above all, Sir George Jeffreys (age 38), newly made Lord Chief Justice of England, with Mr. Justice Withings, danced with the bride, and were exceedingly merry. These great men spent the rest of the afternoon, till eleven at night, in drinking healths, taking tobacco, and talking much beneath the gravity of judges, who had but a day or two before condemned Mr. Algernon Sidney (age 60), who was executed the 7th on Tower Hill [Map], on the single witness of that monster of a man, Lord Howard of Escrick, and some sheets of paper taken in Mr. Sidney's study, pretended to be written by him, but not fully proved, nor the time when, but appearing to have been written before his Majesty's (age 53) Restoration, and then pardoned by the Act of Oblivion; so that though Mr. Sidney was known to be a person obstinately averse to government by a monarch (the subject of the paper was in answer to one by Sir E. Filmer), yet it was thought he had very hard measure. There is this yet observable, that he had been an inveterate enemy to the last king, and in actual rebellion against him; a man of great courage, great sense, great parts, which he showed both at his trial and death; for, when he came on the scaffold, instead of a speech, he told them only that he had made his peace with God, that he came not thither to talk, but to die; put a paper into the sheriff's hand, and another into a friend's; said one prayer as short as a grace, laid down his neck, and bid the executioner do his office.
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On 7th December 1683 Algernon Sidney (age 60) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] during the Rye House Plot.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1683. I went to the Tower, and visited the Earl of Danby (age 51), the late Lord High Treasurer, who had ben imprison'd four years: he receiv'd me with greate kindnesse. I dined with him, and staied till night. We had discourse of many things, his Lady (age 54) railing sufficiently at the keeping her husband so long in prison. Here I saluted the Lord Dunblaine's (age 24) wife (age 21), who before had ben married to Emerton, and about whom there was that scandalous businesse before ye delegates.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1684. I went to see the new church at St. James's, elegantly built; the altar was especialy adorn'd, the white marble inclosure curiously and richly carved, the flowers and garlands about the walls by Mr. Gibbons (age 36) in wood; a pelican with her young at her breast, just over the altar in the carv'd compartment and border, invironing the purple velvet fring'd with I. H. S. richly embroider'd, and most noble plate, were given by Sr R. Geere, to the value (as was said) of £200. There was no altar any where in England, nor has there ben any abroad, more handsomely adorn'd.
On 7th December 1788 Anne Cust (age 17) died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by John "The Elder" Bacon (age 48) in 1793.
Anne Cust: In 1771 she was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and Jocosa Drury Lady Cust.
The London Gazette 13156. 7th December 1789. Dublin-Castle; December 7, 1789.
His Majesty's Royal Letters are received for advancing the following Noblemen respectively to the Dignity of a Viscount of this Kingdom, and Letters Patent are preparing to be pasted under the Great Seal accordingly, viz.
Armor Lowry, Lord Belmore (age 49), to be Viscount Belmore, of the County of Fermanagh.
Francis Pierpoint, Lord Conyngham (age 22), [Note. This appears to be a mistake for Henry?] to be Viscount Conyngham, of Slane in the County of Meath.
And Charles, Lord Loftus (age 51), to be Viscount Loftus, of Ely.
Archaeologia Volume 27 Section XIX. On the Measures taken for the Apprehension of Sir Thomas de Gournay, one of the Murderers of King Edward the Second, and on their final Issue: in a Letter to Hudson Gurney, Esq, F.R.S., V.P. from the Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A. Read 7th December, 1837.
On 7th December 1847 Mary Lennox (age 57) died in a carriage accident in Parramata, Western Sydney.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1851. 7th December 1851. Mother grieved me much by assuring me that Tom Hake had behaved far more cruelly towards Joanna (age 20) than I thought or can think possible. She thinks that he has gone so far as to kiss her. Hitherto I have always considered the great attention I have seen him pay to some girls to arrive from natural weakness and thoughtlessness, and I have told him as much. But this fact is without excuse, and most unfeeling. I fear he lets his feelings carry him away so far as to be unable to retreat without wounding the other party. I hope, however, I do not think that Joanna thinks about him and dwells upon his conduct much now.
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1855-1857. 7th December 1857. Joanna's (age 26) birthday, and the day Wells (age 28) and she desired to be married on, but in all probability they will not get the deed in time at Rome, where they now are? I call for all happiness and prosperity in store for them.
On 7th December 1908 Captain Heneage Michael Charles Finch 9th Earl of Aylesford was baptised at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
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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 7th December 1914 Captain Bertram Allgood (age 40) was killed in action at Ypres. He was shot by a sniper while taking his men into the trenches. He was the first officer serving with 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles to be killed. He was buried in a cemetery at Estaires near Ypres, Belgium.
Births on the 7th December
On 06 or 7th December 1239 Theobald "Young" II King Navarre was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 38) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 22).
On 7th December 1432 Maria Aviz was born to Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal (age 41) and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.40%.
On 7th December 1545 Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart was born to Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 29) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 30). He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 7th December 1565 Edmund Sheffield 1st Earl Mulgrave was born to John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield (age 27) and Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield (age 23).
On 7th December 1570 Richard Cecil was born to Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 28) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 22).
On 7th December 1595 Sackville Crowe 1st Baronet was born.
On 7th December 1655 Maria Ambrosia Habsburg Spain was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 50) and Mariana of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 20). She died 14 days later. Coefficient of inbreeding 25.39%.
On 7th December 1667 John Vaughan 1st Viscount Lisburne was born to Edward Vaughan (age 32) and Letitia Hooker.
On 24th February 1675 Charles Hesse-Kassel was born to Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 20) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 21). On 7th December 1677 Charles Hesse-Kassel died. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%.
On 7th December 1697 Peter August Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was born to Frederick Louis Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 44) and Louise Charlotte Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 39). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.82%.
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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 7th December 1770 Reverend Gerald Valerian Wellesley was born to Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington (age 35) and Anne Hill Countess Mornington (age 28) at Dungan Castle, Dungan, County Meath.
On 7th December 1770 George Sackville was born to George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 54) and Diana Sambrooke.
On 7th December 1773 Thomas Pilkington 7th Baronet was born to Michael Pilkington 6th Baronet (age 58).
On 7th December 1780 William Blunt was born to Charles William Blunt 3rd Baronet (age 49) and Elizabeth Peers Lady Blunt.
On 7th December 1781 Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope was born to Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope (age 28) and Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope (age 23).
On 7th December 1785 General William Francis Napier was born to Colonel George Napier (age 34) and Sarah Lennox Lady Bunbury (age 40). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 7th December 1793 Joseph Severn was born.
On 7th December 1794 Francis Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley was born illegitimately to Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley (age 49) and Mary Cole. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 7th December 1800 William Jolliffe 1st Baron Hylton was born.
On 7th December 1801 Archer Denman Croft 8th Baronet was born to Richard Croft 6th Baronet (age 39) and Margaret Denman.
On 7th December 1831 Joanna Mary Boyce was born to George Boyce.
On 7th December 1843 Mary Emma Pitt-Rivers was born to George Pitt-Rivers 4th Baron Rivers (age 33) and Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower Baroness Rivers (age 33).
On 7th December 1849 Henry Richard Charles Fitzroy was born to Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 25) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort (age 24).
On 7th December 1861 Major-General Cecil Edward Bingham was born to Charles George Bingham 4th Earl Lucan (age 31) and Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox Countess Lucan (age 23).
On 7th December 1866 Rose Neville Countess Cottentham was born to William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny (age 40) and Caroline Vanden Bempte Johnston Marchioness Abergavenny.
On 7th December 1866 Violet Neville Countess Cowley was born to William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny (age 40) and Caroline Vanden Bempte Johnston Marchioness Abergavenny.
On 7th December 1875 John Smith-Marriott 7th Baronet was born to William Smith-Marriott 5th Baronet (age 40) and Elizabeth Dorothy Cavendish.
On 7th December 1880 Agnes Lygon was born to Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 50) and Emily Annora Charlotte Pierrepont Countess Beauchamp (age 27).
On 7th December 1906 Charles Chisholm Hobhouse 6th Baronet was born to Reginald Arthur Hobhouse 5th Baronet (age 28).
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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 7th December 1907 Frederick Smith 2nd Earl of Birkenhead was born to Frederick Smith 1st Earl of Birkenhead (age 35).
On 7th December 1923 Hugh Francis Bell 4th Baronet was born to Reverend Hugh Lowthian Bell (age 45).
On 7th December 1943 Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld 10th Baronet was born to Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld 9th Baronet (age 28).
Marriages on the 7th December
On 7th December 1637 Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet (age 40) and Judith Honywood Lady Pelham (age 35) were married. She by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
On 7th December 1646 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 26) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 19) were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.
On 7th December 1721 Joseph Danvers 1st Baronet (age 34) and Frances Babington Lady D'Anvers were married. They were second cousin once removed.
On 7th December 1759 John Astley (age 35) and Penelope Vernon (age 37) were married at St Mary's Church, Rostherne, Tatton [Map]. She died three years later at which time he became the owner of the Dukinfield and Daniel estates, including Gorse Hall. When his step-daughter Henrietta Dukinfield-Daniel died in 1771 he received further wealth.
On 7th December 1797 Admiral Charles Rowley 1st Baronet (age 26) and Elizabeth King (age 17) were married.
On 7th December 1897 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 45) and Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 40) were married.
On 7th December 1905 William Legge 7th Earl Dartmouth (age 24) and Ruperta Wynn-Carington Countess Dartmouth (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (age 62) and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness (age 49). He the son of William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 54) and Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 56).
On 7th December 1957 Frederick John Charles Hervey-Bathurst 7th Baronet (age 23) and Caroline Myrtle Starkey Lady Hervey-Bathurst (age 21) were married.
Deaths on the 7th December
On 7th December 983 Otto "Red" II King Germany II Holy Roman Emperor II King Italy (age 28) died following a malaria outbreak. His son Otto (age 3) succeeded III King Germany.
On 7th December 1295 Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 52) died at Monmouth Castle [Map]. He buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son Gilbert (age 4) succeeded 8th Earl Gloucester, 7th Earl Hertford, 8th Lord Clare, 4th Lord Glamorgan.
On 7th December 1402 Robert Scales 5th Baron Scales (age 30) died. His son Robert (age 7) succeeded 6th Baron Scales.
On 7th December 1487 James Fitzgerald 8th Earl Desmond (age 28) was murdered by John Murtagh at the instigation of his brother John at Rathkeale, County Limerick. His brother Maurice succeeded 9th Earl Desmond.
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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.
On 7th December 1557 Mary Howard Duchess Richmond and Somerset (age 38) died.
On 7th December 1593 John Maxwell 1st Earl Morton (age 40) was killed during a fight with with the Johnstones of Annandale over an ongoing feud at Dryfe Sands Lockerbie Dumfries and Galloway.
On 7th December 1636 William Hay 10th Earl Erroll (age 39) died. His son Gilbert (age 5) succeeded 11th Earl Erroll.
On 7th December 1651 Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent (age 69) died at he rhouse in Whitefriars, London. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent: In 1582 she was born to Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent and she were married at St Martin in the Fields Church by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 7th December 1661 Bishop Nicholas Monck (age 51) died at Old Palace Yard, Westminster Palace.
On 7th December 1680 Thomas Southwell 1st Baronet (age 70) died. His grandson Thomas (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baronet Southwell of Castle Matress.
On 7th December 1680 Peter Lely (age 62) died.
On 7th December 1692 Richard Meggot died.
On 7th December 1711 William Fermor 1st Baron Leominster (age 63) died. His son Thomas (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baron Leominster, 3rd Baronet Fermor of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.
On 7th December 1715 James Douglas 11th Earl Morton (age 55) died. His brother Robert (age 54) succeeded 12th Earl Morton.
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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 7th December 1716 George Gordon 1st Duke Gordon (age 73) died. His son Alexander (age 38) succeeded 2nd Duke Gordon, 5th Marquess Huntly, 10th Earl Huntley. Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon by marriage Duchess Gordon.
On 7th December 1762 Robert Clifton 5th Baronet (age 72) died. His son Gervase (age 18) succeeded 6th Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
On 7th December 1764 Essex Mostyn Duchess Roxburghe died.
On 7th December 1788 Anne Cust (age 17) died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by John "The Elder" Bacon (age 48) in 1793.
Anne Cust: In 1771 she was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and Jocosa Drury Lady Cust.
On 7th December 1801 John Gay Alleyn 1st Baronet (age 77) died. His son Reynold (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baronet Alleyne of Four Hills in Barbados.
On 7th December 1806 Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet (age 80) died at Tredegar House, Monmouthshire. His son Charles (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.
On 7th December 1826 John Flaxman (age 71) died. His sister-in-law Anne Denman and half-sister Mary Ann Flaxman (age 58) were co-executors of his estate.
On 7th December 1844 Edmund Pery 1st Earl of Limerick (age 86) died. His son William (age 32) succeeded 2nd Earl Limerick.
On 7th December 1851 John Gladstone 1st Baronet (age 86) died. His son Thomas (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour in Kincardineshire.
On 7th December 1863 Dean Thomas Garnier (age 54) died.
On 7th December 1883 George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven (age 42) died. His son William (age 14) succeeded 4th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 4th Viscount Uffington, 10th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.
On 7th December 1894 Horatio Walpole 4th Earl Orford (age 81) died. His nephew Robert (age 40) succeeded 5th Earl Orford, 6th Baron Walpole of Wollerton.
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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.
On 7th December 1898 Beatrice Katherine Frances Tower Lady Waller (age 52) died.
On 7th December 1901 Sophia Eversfield Marchioness Anglesey (age 82) died at The Pantiles.
On 7th December 1911 George Henry Lewis 1st Baronet (age 78) died. His son George (age 43) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lewis of Portland Place in Marylebone.
On 7th December 1916 Audrey Georgiana Florence Boyle Baroness Tennyson died.
On 7th December 1919 Grenville Louis John Temple 12th Baronet (age 61) died in Saskatchewan, Canada. Baronet Temple of Stowe presumed to be extinct.
On 7th December 1926 Agnes Geraldine Lane Fox-Pitt Lady Grove (age 63) died.
On 7th December 1947 Henry Page Croft 1st Baron Croft (age 66) died. His son Michael (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Croft of Bournemouth in Hampshire, 2nd Baronet Croft of Knole in Hampshire.
On 7th December 1958 Florence Wilhelmina Lidiard "Kitty" Apps Lady Blake (age 72) died.
On 7th December 1962 Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 88) died. His son Wogan (age 60) succeeded 2nd Baron Milford, 2nd Baronet Philips of Llanstephan Radnorshire.
On 7th December 1965 Aimee Gladys Griffith Lady Hobhouse died.
On 7th December 1970 Romaine Brooks aka Goddard (age 96) died. She is buried at the Cimetière Caucade, Nice.
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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 7th December 1989 Robert Charles Gunning 8th Baronet (age 88) died. His son Charles (age 54) succeeded 9th Baronet Gunning of Eltham in Kent.
On 7th December 1992 George Parker 8th Earl Macclesfield (age 78) died. His son Richard (age 49) succeeded 9th Earl Macclesfield.