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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.
21 Jun is in June.
Events on the 21st June
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 693. This year was Bertwald consecrated archbishop by Godwin, bishop of the Gauls, on the fifth day before the nones of July; about which time died Gifmund, who was Bishop of Rochester; and Archbishop Bertwald consecrated Tobias in his stead. This year also Dryhtelm23 retired from the world.
Note 23. This brief notice of Dryhtelm, for so I find the name written in "Cotton Tiberius B iv." is totally unintelligible without a reference to Bede's "Ecclesiastical History", v. 12; where a curious account of him may be found, which is copied by Matthew of Westminster, anno. 699.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. After 21st June 1016. A second battle he fought, after midsummer, at Sherston; where much slaughter was made on either side, and the leaders themselves came together in the fight. Earldorman Eadric "Streona aka Acquisitive" Mercia and Aylmer the darling were assisting the army against King Edmund. Then collected he his force the third time, and went to London, all by north of the Thames, and so out through Clayhanger, and relieved the citizens, driving the enemy to their ships.
On 21st June 1208 Philip King Germany (age 30) was killed.
On 21st June 1221 King Alexander II of Scotland (age 22) and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 51). They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 21st June 1305 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 33) died.
On 21st June 1377 King Edward III of England (age 64) died of a stroke at Sheen Palace [Map]. He was buried in the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His grandson Richard (age 10) succeeded II King of England.
Chronicle of Adam of Usk. Our gracious king Edward (age 64) departing this life on the eve A.D. 1377. of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist1, in the fifty-second year of his reign, Richard (age 10), son of Edward, prince of Wales, the eldest son of king Edward—a boy of eleven years, and fair among men as another Absalom—came to the throne, and was crowned at Westminster on Saint Kenelm's day2.
Note 1. This date is not correct. Edward III. died on the Sunday next before the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the 21st of June, 1877, not on the eve of the feast, the 23rd of the month; and in the fifty-first, not the fifty-second, year of his reign.
Note 2. More correctly, the eve of St. Kenelm, the 16th July.
Chronicle of Gregory. 21st June 1460. Alle soo thes for said lordys come agayne unto Sondewyche [Map] the xxj [21] day of June nexte folowyng. And the comyns of Kente and there welle-wyllers brought them to Lundon, and so forthe to Northehampton.
Chronicle of Gregory. 21st June 1463. Thys year, a-bute Mydsomyr, a the ryalle feste of the Sargantys of the Coyfe, the Mayre of London was desyryde to be at that feste. And at denyr tyme he come to the feste with his offecers, a-greyng and according unto his degre. For with yn London he is next unto the kyng in alle maner thynge. And in tyme of waschynge the Erle of Worseter (age 36) was take be-fore the mayre and sette downe in the myddys of the hy tabylle. And the mayre seynge that his place was occupyd hylde him contente, and went home a gayne with owt mete or drynke or any thonke, but rewarde him he dyd as his dignity requyryd of the cytte. And toke with him the substance of his bretheryn the aldyrmen to his place, and were sette and servyd also son as any man couthe devyse, bothe of sygnet and of othyr delycatys i-nowe, that alle the howse marvelled howe welle alle tynge was done in soo schorte a tyme, and prayde alle men to be mery and gladde, hit shulde be a mendyd a nothyr tyme.
Thenn the offesers of the feste, full evylle a schamyd, informyd the maysters of the feste of this mysse happe that is be-falle. And they consyderynge the grete dignity and costys and charge that longgyd unto the cytte, and a-non sende unto the mayre a present of mete, brede, wyne, and many dyvers sotelteys. But whenn they that come with the presentys say alle the gyftys, and the sarvyse that was at the borde, he was full sore a schamyd that shulde doo þe massage, for the present was not better then the servyse of metys was by fore the mayre, and thoroughe out the hyghe tabylle. But his demenynge was soo that he hadde love and thonke for his massage, and a grette rewarde with alle. And this the worschippe of the cytte was kepte, and not loste for hym. And I truste that nevyr it shalle, by the grace of God.
Ellis' Letters. [21st June 1484.] King Richard the Third (age 31) to his Chancellor, to prepare a Proclamation against Henry Tudor and other rebels his followers.
[MS. Donat. Mus. Brit. 4616. art. 98. ex bund, infra turr. LOND. temp. ric. hi. n. 28.]
R. R.
Right reverend fader in God, right trusty and right welbeloved, we grete yow wele, and wol and charge yow that under oure Greate Seale, being in your warde, ye do make in all haist our lettres of Proclamation, severally to be directed unto the shirrefs of everie Coun tie within this oure Royaume, according to the tenure hereafter ensueing.
"Forasmoche as the King oure Soverain Lorde hathe certaine knowledge that Piers Bisshop of Excestre, Jasper Tidder sone of Owen Tidder calling himself Erie of Pembroke, John late Erie of Oxon, and Sir Edward Widevile, with other diverse his rebells and traitours disabled and attayntedby authoritie of high Courte of Parliament, of whom many been knowon for open niiirtlrors, advowtcrs, and extortioners, contrarie to the pleasure of God and against all treuthe, honour, and nature, have forsaken thair naturall countrev, takin^j theim furst to be vuider the obeissaunce of the Due of Britaigne, and to him promised certain things which by hym and his Counseill were thought thinges to gretly unnaturall and abominable for theim to graunte, observe, kepe, and perfourme; and therfor the same utterly refused. The said Traitours seeing that the said Due and his Counseill would not aide and succour theim, nor folow their weyes, prively departed out of his countrey into Fraunce1, there taking theim to be undre th''obbeisance of the Kings auncient ennemie Charles, calling himself King of Fraunce; and to abuse and blynde the Commones of this said Koyaume, the said Rebeles and Traitours have chosen to be their Capitayne oon Henry Tidder son of Edmond Tidder son of Owen Tidder, whiche of his ambitious and insatiable covetise incrocheth and usurpeth hym the name and title of royal estate of this Roialme of Englande, wherunto he hath no maner interest, right, title, or colour, as every man wel knoweth; for he is descended of bastard blode both of the fader side and moder side; for the said Owen, the grandfader, was a bastard borne, and his moder was doughter unto John Duc of Somerset, sone unto John Erie of Somerset, son unto dame Kateryne Swynford, and of her in double advoutrow goten; wherby it evidently appereth that noo title can or may be in hym, whiche fulley entendeth to entre this Royaume purposing a conquest: and if he should atcheve this false entent and purpose, every mannys lif, livelood, and goods shuld be in his hands, libertie, and disposition: wherby shuld ensue the disheriting and distruction of all the noble and worshipfull blode of this Royalme for ever. And to the resistence and withstanding wherof, every true and naturall Englisheman born must lay to his handes for his own suertie, and well, and to the entent that the said Henry Tidder might the rather eschewe his said fals entent and pourpous by the aide, supporte, and assistence of the Kings said auncient ennemye of Fraunce, hath covenaunted and bargayned with hym and with all the Counseill of Fraunce to geve . and relesse in perpetuyte alle the right, title, and clayme that the Kings of England have had and mighte to have to the Corone and Royaume of Fraunce, togidder with the Duchies of Normandye, Angeoye and IVIaygne, Gascoygne and Guyenne, the Castelles and Townes of Caleys, Guisnes, Hammes, with the merches apperteignyng to the same, and to dessever and exclude the armes of Fraunce out of the armes of England for ever. And in more prove and sheweing of his said pourpose of conquest, the said Henry Tidder hath geven aswele to divers of the Kings said eiRMnycs as to Iiis said rebelles and traitoures, the Aichbisshoprekes, Bissliopriches, and other dignities spirituel, and also the Diiehies, Earledomes, Baronies, and otlu-e possessions and inheritaunces of Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen, and othre the Kings true subgets within this Roialnie; and entendeth also to chaunge and subvert the lawes of the same, and to enduce and establisshe newe lawes and ordinaunces amongs the Kings said subjiettes. And over this and besids the alienations of all the premisses into the possession of the Kings said ancient enemyes, to the gretest augeutisement, shame, and rebuke that ever might falle to this lande, the said Henry Tider and othre the Kings rebells and traietours aforesaid, have entended at thair cummyng, if theye can be of powair, to doo the moost cruell murdres, slaghters, robberies, and disherisons that ever wer seen in any Cristen Royaume. For the whiche and othre inestimable daungieres to be eschew'ed, and to the entent that the Kings said rebells, traitours, and enemyes may be utterly putt from their said malicious and fals pourpose, and soon disconfitcd of their enforce to lande, the King oure soverayn Lorde desireth, willeth, and commaundeth all and everych of the naturel and true subgiets of this his Royaume, to call the premisses into their myndes, and like good and true Enghsshemen to ... thaym self with all their powairs for the defense of theini, thair wifs, children, goocles, and hereditaments, agenst the said malicious purposes and conspirations whiche the said auncient ennemyes have made with the Kings said rebelles and traitours for the fynal destruction of this lande as is aforesaid. And oure sayde soverayn Lord, as awelewilled, diligent, and couragious Prince wol put his royal persone to all .... and payne necessarie in this behalve for the resistence and subdueing of his said ennemyes, rebelles and traitours to the moost comfort, wele, and suertie of all his true and feithfull liegemen and subgiettes; and over this cure said soverayn Lorde willeth and comaundeth all his said subgietts to be redy in their moost defensible arraye, to doo his Highnesse service of Werre, whan they by open proclamation or otherwise shall be commanded so to do for the resistence of the Kings said rebells, traitours, and enemyes" And thise oure Lettres shall be your sufficient warrant in that behalve.
Yeven under oure Signet, at oure Castell of Notyngham, the xxi day of Juyn the secund yere of our reigne.
To the right reverend fader in God our right trusty and right welbeloved the Bisshop of Lincoln our Chauncellour of England.
Note 1. For a comment upon this passage of the Letter, the reader may refer to Hall's Chronicle, edit. 1548. foll. xlv. b. xlvi.
Another Letter to the Bishop, directing a similar Proclamation to be prepared, dated December 3d m the same year, occurs in the Harleian Manuscript 433. fol. 273 b.
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Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1528. 21st June 1528. Vesp. C. IV. 237. B. M. St. P. I. 293. 4404. Brian Tuke to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (age 55).
According to the purpose he expressed in his last letter to Wolsey, sent to Mr. Treasurer (age 38) to know if he should repair to the King. His messenger found Mr. Treasurer sick of the sweat at Waltham [Map], and the King (age 36) removed to Hunsdon [Map], whither he followed him, and delivered him Wolsey's letters to the Bishop of London and Tuke, Tuke's to the Bishop, his answer and Tuke's to the Treasurer. The King asked the messenger what disease Tuke had. The messenger told him wrong; and the King bade Tuke come, though he had to ride in a litter, offering to send him one. Rode thither on his mule at a foot pace, with marvellous pain; for on my faith I void blood per virgam. Arrived yesterday afternoon. The King seemed to be satisfied in the matter of the truce, for which he said he at first sent for him, but now he must put him to other business, saying secretly that it was to write his will, which he has lately reformed.
As to the truce, he said the Spaniards had a great advantage in the liberty to go to Flanders, but the English had not like liberty to repair to Spain; and he also complains that my Lady Margaret is not bound to make restitution for injuries done by Spaniards out of the property of other Spaniards in Flanders. Answered that the liberty to go to Flanders was beneficial to England, which would thus obtain oil and other Spanish merchandise; and, besides, English cloths, which would have been sent to Spain, can now be sent to Flanders. Showed him also the advantage that French or English men-of-war might have, in doing any exploits beyond the French havens; for directly they have returned to safety on this side the Spanish havens, the Spaniards are without remedy, as all hostilities must cease in the seas on this side.
Told him how glad the French ambassadors were when Wolsey, with marvellous policy, brought the secretaries to that point. Assured him "it was tikle medeling with them, seeing how little my Lady Margaret's council esteemed the truce," by which the French were enabled to strengthen themselves in Italy, and their cost in the Low Countries was lost. The King doubted whether the Spaniards would be bound by my Lady Margaret's treaty. Told him she had bound herself that the Emperor should ratify it, and that she would recompence goods taken by Spaniards; adding that if this order had not been taken by Wolsey, the King's subjects passing to Flanders, Iceland, Denmark, Bordeaux, &c. would have been in continual danger of capture. "His highness, not willing to make great replication, said, a little army might have served for keeping of the seas against the Spaniards; and I said, that his army royal, furnished as largely as ever it was, could not save his subjects from many great harms in the length between Spain and Iceland."
The King, being then about to sit down to supper, bid Tuke to rest that night at a gentleman's place near at hand, and return to him this day, when he would speak with him about the other secret matter of his will. "And so, willing to have rewarded me with a dish, if I had not said that I eat no fish," took his leave, and departed two miles to the lodging. On his return this morning, found the King going into the garden, who, after his return, heard three masses, and then called Tuke to the chamber in which he supped apart last night. After speaking of the advantages of this house, and its wholesome air at this time of sickness, the King delivered to him "the book of his said will in many points reformed, wherein his Grace riped me," and appointed Tuke a chamber here, under his privy chamber, bidding him send for his stuff, and go in hand with his business. Expects, therefore, to be here five or six days at least, though he has only a bed that he brought on horseback, ready to lay down anywhere. Must borrow stuff meanwhile, and is disappointed of the physic which he had ordered at his house in Essex, whither he sent a physician to stay with him for a time, promising him a mark a day, horse meat and man's meat. Must bid him return till he has leave to depart, when he begs Wolsey to let him attend on his physician for eight or ten days; "else I shall utterly, for lack of looking to at this begining, destroy myself for ever." The King is expected to remain here eight or ten days. Hunsdon [Map], Sunday, 21 June 1528.
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On 21st June 1528 Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress was born to Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 28) and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain (age 24) at Madrid [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 10.98%.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21st June 1559. The xxj day of June was v bysshopes deprevyd, the bysshope of Lychfeld and Coventre (age 55), and the bysshope of Carley (age 52), the bysshope of Westchester, the bysshope of Landaffh (age 87), and the bysshope of ( ).
On 21st June 1562 Frederick Habsburg Spain was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
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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 21st June 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 53) committed suicide at Tower of London [Map]. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. His son Henry (age 21) succeeded 9th Earl of Northumberland, 12th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 20th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Poynings. Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 21) by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 21st June 1646 Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal was born to Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours (age 22) and Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme (age 31).
On 21st June 1650 Wilhelmina Ernestina Oldenburg was born to Frederick III King Denmark (age 41) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 22).
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st June 1666. So home and met Sir George Smith by the way, who tells me that this day my Chancellor (age 57) and some of the Court have been with the City, and the City have voted to lend the King (age 36) £100,000; which, if soon paid (as he says he believes it will), will be a greater service than I did ever expect at this time from the City.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st June 1666. Up, and at the office all the morning; whereby several circumstances I find Sir W. Coventry (age 38) and the Duke of Albemarle (age 57) do not agree as they used to do; Sir W. Coventry commending Aylett (in some reproach to the Duke (age 32)), whom the Duke hath put out for want of courage; and found fault with Steward, whom the Duke keeps in, though as much in fault as any commander in the fleete.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st June 1667. So I to my office, and there all the afternoon. This day comes news from Harwich, Essex [Map] that the Dutch fleete are all in sight, near 100 sail great and small, they think, coming towards them; where, they think, they shall be able to oppose them; but do cry out of the falling back of the seamen, few standing by them, and those with much faintness. The like they write from Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], and their letters this post are worth reading. Sir H. Cholmly (age 34) come to me this day, and tells me the Court is as mad as ever; and that the night the Dutch burned our ships the King (age 37) did sup with my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26), at the Duchess of Monmouth's (age 16), and there were all mad in hunting of a poor moth. All the Court afraid of a Parliament; but he thinks nothing can save us but the King's giving up all to a Parliament. Busy at the office all the afternoon, and did much business to my great content.
On 18th August 1680 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 28) killed William Smeeth following a drunken evening in the tavern on Turnham Green Chiswick. On 21st June 1681 the grand jury of Middlesex charged him with murder. Pembroke could not invoke the privilege of peerage for a second time, leading him to briefly flee the country. A petition signed by twenty-four of his fellow peers was presented to the king, resulting in a royal pardon being granted to him.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st June 1693. I saw a great auction of pictures in the Banqueting house, Whitehall [Map]. They had been my Lord Melford's (age 42), now Ambassador from King James (age 59) at Rome, and engaged to his creditors here. Lord Mulgrave (age 45) and Sir Edward Seymour (age 60) came to my house, and desired me to go with them to the sale. Divers more of the great lords, etc., were there, and bought pictures dear enough. There were some very excellent of Vandyke, Rubens, and Bassan. Lord Godolphin (age 48) bought the picture of the Boys, by Murillo the Spaniard, for 80 guineas, dear enough; my nephew Glanville, the old Earl of Arundel's head by Rubens, for £20. Growing late, I did not stay till all were sold.
On 21st June 1806 King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 19) and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 21) were married. They were first cousins.
On 21st June 1813 the Battle of Vitoria was fought between a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington (age 44) and the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan.
Brothers General Thomas Bradford (age 35) and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford (age 31) fought.
Hugh Gough 1st Viscount Gough (age 33) fought.
General Henry Fane (age 34) commanded.
General Mildmay Fane (age 18) fought.
On 21st June 1813 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fane (age 32) was killed in action at the Battle of Vitoria.
After 21st June 1813. Memorial to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fane (deceased) at the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map].
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fane: On 14th May 1781 he was born to Henry Fane of Fulbeck and Anne Buckley Batson. On 21st June 1813 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fane was killed in action at the Battle of Vitoria.
After 21st June 1813. Memorial to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fane (deceased) at St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck.
Thomas Bateman 1845. On the 21st of June, 1845, an attempt was made to open a large barrow near Alstonefield, Staffordshire, called Steep Lowe [Map], measuring about fifty yards in diameter, and about fifteen feet in central elevation which is constructed almost entirely of loose stones. It was found, on reaching the place, that some of the neighbouring villagers had already, in a vain search after imaginary treasure, found near the apex of the mound, the body of a Romanized Briton, extended on its back, accompanied by an iron spear-head, a lance-head and knife of the same, placed near the head, and three Roman coins, in third brass, namely; one of Constantine the Greats one of Tetricos, the other illegible firom the friction of sand-paper applied by the finder, in the delusive hope of making evident its golden character. They also found some pieces of a highly-ornamented drinking-cup, a curious piece of iron ore, and various animal bones, amongst others, horses' teeth, and rats' bones. All the antiquities discovered by these enterprising individuals were ceded to the writer, on their being reimbursed for their labour and loss of time. On continuing the excavation, there was discovered close to where the spears were found a small stud or circular ornament of copal amber, perforated with a double hole at the back for attachment, in a similar manner to the two ornaments found on Alsop Moor on the 4th of June. In the opposite direction was found a large plain urn of globular form, with four holes through the upper edge, containing a deposit of burnt human bones, two quartz pebbles, and a piece of flint; it was not more than one foot six inches beneath the surface. An attempt was made to penetrate to the floor of the barrow, but owing to the great depth, and the loose nature of the stones, of which the mound is composed, it was found advisable to desist, on account of the hazardous nature of the undertaking, when the excavation had reached the depth of about six feet. It is evident that there yet remains the original interment, and it is by no means unlikely that there may be many more in the interior of the tumulus, which could not be thoroughly examined without a great deal of time and labour being expended.
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On 21st June 1851 George Ralph Payne Jarvis (age 77) died. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Doddington [Map].
George Ralph Payne Jarvis: On 13th May 1774 he was born. Before 18th February 1809 he and Sarah Delaval were married.
Lady Marian Alford Memorial, Little Gaddesden [Map]. Lady Marian, mother of the 2nd and 3rd Earls Brownlow, died in 1888 and a collection was taken for a memorial. The donors ranged from Victorian nobility to her estate workers. The cross and seat at the entrance to Ashridge Park were erected in her memory and were unveiled three years later in 1891 on her birthday, Sunday 21st June. Inscription on larger trough 'Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting Life'.
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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.
193110 2nd Airman P. G. Rowlinson. Royal Air Force. 21st June 1920. Aged 19. Born in Ashbourne. Died of tuberculosis. Buried at St Peter's Church, Ellastone.
St Mary's Church, Sutton Scarsdale [Map]. Grave of Margaret Roach, killed in a road accident, 21st June 1966.
On 21st June 1982 William Prince of Wales was born to King Charles III (age 33) and Diana Spencer Princess Wales (age 20). He a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
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On 21st June 1528 Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress was born to Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 28) and Isabel Aviz Queen Consort Spain (age 24) at Madrid [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 10.98%.
On 21st June 1562 Frederick Habsburg Spain was born to Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and Maria of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.03%.
On 21st June 1581 Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett was born to Charles Barrett of Belhouse and Christian Mildmay (age 23).
On 21st June 1646 Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal was born to Charles Amadeus Duke of Nemours (age 22) and Élisabeth Bourbon Vendôme (age 31).
On 21st June 1650 Wilhelmina Ernestina Oldenburg was born to Frederick III King Denmark (age 41) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 22).
On 21st June 1684 Charles Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 33) and Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 21st June 1701 Charles Berkeley of Bruton Abbey was born to William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley (age 38) and Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley.
On 21st June 1721 John Reade 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Reade 4th Baronet (age 38) and Jane Mary Dutton Lady Reade at Golden Square Soho. He was baptised 27th June 1721 at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
On 21st June 1731 Bysshe Shelley 1st Baronet was born to Timothy Shelley (age 31) and Johanna Plume (age 27) in Newark, New Jersey.
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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 21st June 1733 John Cullum 6th Baronet was born to John Cullum 5th Baronet (age 34).
On 21st June 1746 William Heathcote 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Heathcote 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Hinton (age 22).
On 21st June 1779 Paul Methuen 1st Baron Methuen was born to Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham in Wiltshire.
On 21st June 1780 Thomas Haddington 9th Earl Haddington was born to Charles Hamilton 8th Earl Haddington (age 26) and Sophia Hope (age 21).
On 21st June 1788 Sarah Hay-Drummond was born to Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul (age 37) and Sarah Harley Countess Kinnoul.
On 21st June 1794 John Buckworth-Herne-Soame 8th Baronet was born to Buckworth Buckworth-Herne-Soame 6th Baronet (age 32) and Susan Semperingham Lady Buckworth-Herne-Soame.
On 21st June 1799 Jane Sherard was born to Philip Sherard 5th Earl Harborough (age 32).
On 21st June 1805 Edward Anson was born to Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 38) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 26).
On 21st June 1809 Sophia Georgiana Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 44) and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 40). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21st June 1811 John Thomas Pelham was born to Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester (age 55) and Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester (age 34).
On 21st June 1817 Robert Collier 1st Baron Monkswell was born to John Collier (age 48).
On 21st June 1817 Marianne Margaret Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 27) and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 25).
On 21st June 1818 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 34) and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 17).
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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 21st June 1830 Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld 7th Baronet was born to Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld 6th Baronet (age 30) and Margaret Paston Lady Paston-Bedingfield (age 23).
On 21st June 1832 Louise Rayner was born at Matlock Bath, Derbyshire [Map].
On 21st June 1834 Elizabeth Jane Somerville Countess Charlemont was born to William Meredyth Somerville 1st Baron Meredyth and Athlumney (age 32) and Maria Harriet Conyngham.
On 21st June 1840 Frederick Charles Howard was born to Henry Howard 2nd Earl of Effingham (age 33) and Eliza Drummond Baroness Howard (age 29).
On 21st June 1846 Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale was born to Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie (age 28).
On 21st June 1848 Ada Maria Tollemache Baroness Sudeley was born to Frederick James Tollemache (age 44) and Isabella Anne Forbes.
On 21st June 1851 William Cansfield Gerard 2nd Baron Gerard was born to Robert Tolver Gerard 1st Baron Gerard (age 43).
On 21st June 1851 Florence Gordon-Lennox was born to Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke Richmond (age 33) and Frances Harriett Greville Duchess Richmond (age 27).
On 21st June 1868 Charles Rushout 4th Baronet was born to Charles Rushout 3rd Baronet (age 27).
On 21st June 1872 William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke 10th Baronet was born to William Ridley Charles Cooke 9th Baronet (age 44).
On 21st June 1879 Auckland Geddes 1st Baron Geddes was born.
On 21st June 1883 Maurice Anthony Wingfield was born to Mervyn Wingfield 7th Viscount Powerscourt (age 46) and Julia Coke Viscountess Powerscourt (age 39).
On 21st June 1933 William Burton Nigel Goring 13th Baronet was born to Major Frederick Yelverton Goring (age 39).
On 21st June 1982 William Prince of Wales was born to King Charles III (age 33) and Diana Spencer Princess Wales (age 20). He a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Marriages on the 21st June
On 21st June 1221 King Alexander II of Scotland (age 22) and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 51). They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 21st June 1638 Mildmay Fane 2nd Earl of Westmoreland (age 36) and Mary Vere Countess of Westmoreland (age 30) were married at Hackney. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland (age 56).
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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 21st June 1688 William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 16) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 14) were married. He the son of William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 48) and Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 42). They were third cousins.
On 21st June 1806 King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 19) and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 21) were married. They were first cousins.
On 21st June 1813 George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr (age 21) and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess De La Warr. She the daughter of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset and Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset (age 44). He the son of John West 4th Earl De La Warr. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 21st June 1845 George Floyd Duckett 3rd Baronet (age 34) and Isabella Smith were married. They had no children.
On 21st June 1852 Trevor Wheler 11th Baronet (age 24) and Cordelia Mary Jane Scott Lady Wheler were married at Simla.
On 21st June 1853 Fitzpatrick Vernon 2nd Baron Lyveden (age 29) and Albreda Elizabeth Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Baroness Lyveden (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (age 67) and Mary Dundas.
On 21st June 1855 William Henry Portman 2nd Viscount Portman (age 25) and Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman (age 19) were married.
On 21st June 1862 Thomas Fowell Buxton 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Victoria Noel Lady Buxton (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Buxton of Belfield in Dorset. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough (age 80) and Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough (age 47).
On 21st June 1949 Robert Walter Sigismund Grimston 2nd Baron Grimston (age 24) and June Mary Ponsonby Baroness Grimston (age 25) were married.
Deaths on the 21st June
On 21st June 1040 Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 70) died. His son Geoffrey succeeded II Count Anjou. Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine by marriage Countess Anjou.
On 21st June 1208 Philip King Germany (age 30) was killed.
On 21st June 1213 Eleanor Capet Countess Vermandois (age 64) died.
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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 21st June 1221 Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 81) died.
On 21st June 1305 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 33) died.
On 21st June 1377 King Edward III of England (age 64) died of a stroke at Sheen Palace [Map]. He was buried in the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His grandson Richard (age 10) succeeded II King of England.
On 21st June 1483 Elizabeth Valois Duchess Cleves (age 44) died.
On 21st June 1547 Sebastiano del Piombo (age 62) died.
On 21st June 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (age 53) committed suicide at Tower of London [Map]. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. His son Henry (age 21) succeeded 9th Earl of Northumberland, 12th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 20th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick, 11th Baron Poynings. Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 21) by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
On 21st June 1698 John Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel of Trerice (age 49) died. His son John (age 20) succeeded 3rd Baron Arundel Trerice in Cornwall.
On 21st June 1702 Arthur Ingram 3rd Viscount Irvine (age 36) died. In 1714 His son Edward (age 16) succeeded 4th Viscount Irvine.
On 21st June 1729 John Tyrrell 3rd Baronet (age 44) died. His son Charles (age 4) succeeded 4th Baronet Tyrrell of Springfield.
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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 21st June 1738 Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend (age 64) died. His son Charles (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Townsend, 3rd Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis in Norfolk, 5th Baronet Townshend.
On 21st June 1767 John Chetwynd 2nd Viscount Chetwynd (age 85) died. His brother William (age 83) succeeded 3rd Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry. Catherine Chetwynd (age 44) inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 21st June 1797 Robert Jocelyn 1st Earl Roden (age 65) died at York Street, Dublin. His son Robert (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Roden.
On 21st June 1798 James Sanderson 1st Baronet (age 56) died. Baronet Sanderson of London extinct.
On 21st June 1806, whilst visiting Buxton, Derbyshire [Map], Wilfrid Lawson 10th Baronet (age 42) developed an illness and died unexpectedly. Baronet Lawson of Isel Hall in Cumbria extinct. His estates, including Brayton Hall, Aspatria, were inherited by a Thomas Wybergh aka Lawson (age 12), nephew of his wife Anne Hartley (age 42). He died six years later and the estates were inherited by his brother Wilfrid Wybergh aka Lawson 1st Baronet (age 10) who was subsequently created Baronet Lawson.
On 21st June 1814 Gilbert Elliot 1st Earl Minto (age 63) died at his home 4 Prince's Terrace, Kensington. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son Gilbert (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl Minto of Minto in Roxburghshire, 5th Baronet Elliot of Minto.
On 21st June 1830 John Duntze 2nd Baronet (age 68) died. His son John (age 20) succeeded 3rd Baronet Duntze of Tiverton in Devon.
On 21st June 1834 James Everard Arundell 10th Baron Arundel (age 48) died in Rome, Italy [Map]. His brother Henry (age 29) succeeded 11th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. Frances Catherine Tichborne Baroness Arundel by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
On 21st June 1837 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 59) died. His son George (age 30) succeeded 6th Earl Cowper, 5th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 7th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
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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 21st June 1842 George Rodney 3rd Baron Rodney (age 60) died. His brother Thomas (age 58) succeeded 4th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 21st June 1865 John Lubbock 3rd Baronet (age 62) died. His son John (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk. Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock by marriage Lady Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.
On 21st June 1914 George Howland William Beaumont 10th Baronet (age 63) died. His son George (age 33) succeeded 11th Baronet Beaumont of Stoughton Grange in Leicestershire.
On 21st June 1924 Robert Pollock Somerville Head 4th Baronet (age 40) died. His son Francis (age 7) succeeded 5th Baronet Head of Rochester in Kent.
On 21st June 1926 Philip Burne-Jones 2nd Baronet (age 64) died. Baronet Burne-Jones of Rottingdean in Sussex and The Grange in Fulham in London extinct.
On 21st June 1955 Geoffrey Morton Eden 7th Baron Auckland (age 64) died. His brother Terence (age 62) succeeded 8th Baron Auckland of West Auckland. Evelyn Vane Drummond of Cromlix Baroness Auckland (age 50) by marriage Baroness Auckland of West Auckland.
On 21st June 1971 John Lubbock 3rd Baron Avebury (age 56) died. His first cousin Eric (age 42) succeeded 4th Baron Avebury of Avebury in Wiltshire, 7th Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk. Kina-Maria O'Kelly de Gallagh Baroness Avebury by marriage Baroness Avebury of Avebury in Wiltshire.
On 21st June 1975 Anthony Methuen 5th Baron Methuen (age 83) died. His son John (age 49) succeeded 6th Baron Methuen of Corsham in Wiltshire.