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Around 1130 Beatrix Vesci died in childbirth.
On 4th October 1160 Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu was born to Louis VII King Franks (age 40) and Constance of Castile (age 20). Her mother died in childbirth. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.85%.
On 28th August 1231 Eleanor of Portugal Queen Consort Denmark (age 20) died in childbirth.
On 19th June 1282 Eleanor Montfort Princess of Wales (age 30) died in childbirth.
On 9th April 1283 Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland was born to Eric II King Norway (age 15) and Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 22) at Tønsberg. Her mother died in childbirth and was buried at Tønsberg. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 2nd March 1316 King Robert II of Scotland was born to Walter Stewart 6th High Steward (age 20) and Marjory Bruce (age 20) at Paisley Abbey. His mother Marjory Bruce died in childbirth. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
On 5th May 1316 Isabel Bohun was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 40) and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland (age 33). His mother Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland died in childbirth. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1372 Isabelle Valois (age 24) died in childbirth.
On 4th June 1394 Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark was born to King Henry IV of England (age 27) and Mary Bohun (age 26) at Peterborough Castle [Map]. Her mother died in childbirth. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.60%.
On 16th August 1400 Joan Plantagenet Baroness Strange and Talbot (age 17)died, probably in childbirth.
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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 22nd May 1409 Blanche Lancaster Elector Palatinate (age 17) died in childbirth at Haguenau.
On 13th September 1409 Joan Valois was born to Charles Valois Duke Orléans (age 14) and Isabella Valois Queen Consort England (age 19). Isabella Valois Queen Consort England died in childbirth. Coefficient of inbreeding 9.28%.
On 7th July 1448 Marie Bourbon Duchess Anjou (age 20) died in childbirth.
On 14th January 1476 Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley was born to Thomas St Leger (age 36) and Anne York Duchess Exeter (age 36). Her mother died in childbirth. She was buried at St Leger Chantry, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1488 Giovanna degli Albizzi (age 19) died in childbirth.
On 30th November 1497 Anne Sforza (age 21) died in childbirth.
In 1498 Isabella Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 28) died in childbirth.
On 18th August 1512 Anne Wood aka Wode died in childbirth whilst visiting her sister Elizabeth at Blickling, Norfolk. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial brass to Anne Wood aka Wode depicted holding the two and female twins that she died giving birth to. The inscription:
Pray for the soul of Anne Wode, the second wife of Thomas Astley of Melton Constable (age 43), Esquire, who on the feast day of Saint Agapitus the Martyr gave birth to a male and a female child, and after the peril of childbirth, suddenly departed to the Lord in the year one thousand five hundred and twelve of Christ.
Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a Anne a wode ux[oris] s[e]cu[n]de Tho[m]e Asteley de Melton Constable. Armig[eri], que in die s[an]c[t]i Agapiti Martyris masculu[m] et femella[m] ad partu[m] pep[er]it et post pariendi p[er]iculu[m] subito migravit ad Domi[num] A[nn]o M[illensim]o benignissimi Vo XIIo Xpi.
Anne Wood aka Wode: she was born to John Wood aka Wode. Before 1507 Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable and she were married.
Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable: In 1469 he was born. On 19th October 1543 he died.
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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.
In 1546 Elizabeth Parker died in childbirth.
On 22nd July 1552 twins Anthony Browne and Mary Browne Countess Southampton were born to Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 23) and Jane Radclyffe at Cowdray House [Map]. Their mother died in childbirth although Henry Machen's diary reports her death in 1553.
Before 4th October 1558 Elizabeth Blanke (age 30) died in childbirth.
Before 24th April 1560 Anne Smyth (age 40) died in childbirth apparently giving birth to her seventeenth child.
On 22nd May 1560 Joanne Daborn (age 37) died in childbirth.
After 22nd May 1560 she was buried at St Leonard Eastcheap Church [Map] where the inscription read:
"Here under this stone lieth Joane wife of William Allyn (age 45) citizen and alderman, who died in childbed of her 9th child the 22. of May 1560." (MS. Lansd. 874, f. 10b.)
Sir William Allen (for he was afterwards knighted) was the son of William Allen, citizen and poulterer of London; was sheriff 1562-3, lord mayor 1571-2. "He was at first free of the Leathersellers, afterwards a Mercer. And dwelled when he was sheriff in Bow-lane; when he was maior, in Tower-strete. But buried at St. Botulphes without Bishopsgate, in which parish he was borne."
Arms, Per fess sable and argent, a pale engrailed counterchanged, and three talbots passant of the second, collared gules.
Before 29th March 1563 Katherine Copley died in childbirth. She was buried on 29th March 1563.
Around 21st February 1575 Claude of Lorraine was born to Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine (age 32) and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine (age 27). She died a year later. Her mother died in childbirth. She had given birth to nine children during the course of her sixteen year marriage; she was married aged twelve.
On 13th February 1587 Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born to Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 22) and Dorothea of Saxony (age 23). Her mother died in childbirth.
On 19th May 1591 Elizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 16) died in childbirth at Tower Street, All Hallows [Map]. Her son William (age 1) succeeded 16th Baron Ros Helmsley.
On 25th June 1601 Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 45) died at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map] where he was Governor. His son Robert (age 18) succeeded 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
On 15th February 1610 Catherine Bertie (age 15) died in childbirth. She was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
Monument Elizabethan Period. Tall Sideboard Tomb with reclining hooded figure of Lady Katherine, daughter of Peregrine, with Chrisom Child in the crib at her feet. Above a standing figure of Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby in a niche, with strapwork embellishments, all supported on composite columns with a dentilated cornice. Possibly the work of Samuel Baldwin.
Catherine Bertie: Around 1595 she was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby. Sources are confused about her birth year stating she was born in 1610 and that she married in 1609. Date adjusted to around 1595 on the assumption she was married around twenty years of age. Her son died at six days old on 09 Feb 1610. Her father died in 1601. Sources also refer to her as Baroness Rockingham whereas she died some eleven years before her husband was created Baron Rockingham. In 1609 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham and she were married.
On 16th October 1609 Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (age 22) died in childbirth.
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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.
In July 1616 George Livingston 3rd Earl Linlithgow was born to Alexander Livingston 2nd Earl Linlithgow and Elizabeth Gordon (age 20). Elizabeth Gordon died in childbirth.
In 1619 Charles Rich 1st Baronet was born to Edwin Rich (age 58) and Margaret aka Honora Worlich. His mother died in childbirth.
In 1625 Catherine Carey Countess Home (age 16) died in childbirth.
On 20th March 1627 Anne Chichester (age 22) died in childbirth. She was buried in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map]. In north aisle, a very classical monument for its date, black and white marble table tomb with shrouded effigy.
The inscription: "Anne, Wife to Lord Bruce, Baron of Kinloss (age 28), Daughter of Sir Robert Chichester (age 49), Knight of the Bath, of an antient Family in the County of Devon, and of Frances one of the two Daughters and Coheirs of John Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton, sole heir to her Mother. A Lady endowed with a natural disposition to Vertue, a true understanding of honour, most noble behaviour, perpetual cheerfulness, most elegant Conversation, and a more than ordinary conjugal affction. She was married iv. years and ix. months, and one only child named Robert Bruce. Weakened by that birth she died in Childbirth, the xx.day of March, in the xxii. year of her age, Anno Domini M. DC. XXVII. Erected and inscribed to the memory Of his most beloved, and most deserving Wife, by The Lord Bruce."
The Chichester Family Crest being a Heron with an Eel in its mouth.
Anne Chichester: Around 1605 she was born to Robert Chichester and Frances Harrington. On 4th July 1622 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin and she were married at Holy Trinity Church, Minories [Map].
On 19th September 1628 Anne Leighton died in childbirth.
In 1631 Arabella Holles died in childbirth.
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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.
In 1631 Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester died in childbirth. Her epitaph was written by John Milton (age 22)...
An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester
This rich Marble doth enterr
The honour'd Wife of Winchester (age 33),
A Viscount's (age 45) daughter, an Earls (age 66) heir,
Besides what her vertues fair
Added to her noble birth,
More then she could own from Earth.
Summers three times eight save one
She had told, alas too soon,
After so short time of breath,
To house with darknes, and with death.
Yet had the number of her days
Bin as compleat as was her praise,
Nature and fate had had no strife
In giving limit to her life.
Her high birth, and her graces sweet,
Quickly found a lover meet;
The Virgin quire for her request
The God that sits at marriage feast;
He at their invoking came
But with a scarce-wel-lighted flame;
And in his Garland as he stood,
Ye might discern a Cipress bud.
Once had the early Matrons run
To greet her of a lovely son,
And now with second hope she goes, [ 25 ]
And calls Lucina to her throws;
But whether by mischance or blame
Atropos for Lucina came;
And with remorsles cruelty,
Spoil'd at once both fruit and tree:
The haples Babe before his birth
Had burial, yet not laid in earth,
And the languisht Mothers Womb
Was not long a living Tomb.
So have I seen som tender slip
Sav'd with care from Winters nip,
The pride of her carnation train,
Pluck't up by som unheedy swain,
Who onely thought to crop the flowr
New shot up from vernall showr;
But the fair blossom hangs the head
Side-ways as on a dying bed,
And those Pearls of dew she wears,
Prove to be presaging tears
Which the sad morn had let fall
On her hast'ning funerall.
Gentle Lady may thy grave
Peace and quiet ever have;
After this thy travail sore
Sweet rest sease thee evermore,
That to give the world encrease,
Shortned hast thy own lives lease,
Here besides the sorrowing
That thy noble House doth bring,
Here be tears of perfect moan
Weept for thee in Helicon,
And som Flowers, and som Bays,
For thy Hears to strew the ways,
Sent thee from the banks of Came,
Devoted to thy vertuous name;
Whilst thou bright Saint high sit'st in glory,
Next her much like to thee in story,
That fair Syrian Shepherdess,
Who after yeers of barrennes
The highly favour'd Joseph bore
To him that serv'd for her before,
And at her next birth much like thee,
Through pangs fled to felicity,
Far within the boosom bright
Of blazing Majesty and Light,
There with thee, new welcom Saint,
Like fortunes may her soul acquaint,
With thee there clad in radiant sheen,
No Marchioness, but now a Queen.
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On or before 23rd October 1634 Anne Banks died in childbirth. She was buried on 23rd October 1634.
In 1636 Lady Katherine Bertie died in childbirth. Memorial in the Church of St Michael, Oxnead [Map]. Bust carved by Nicholas Stone (age 49). 
Paston Arms and 
Bertie Arms.
Lady Katherine Bertie: she was born to Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey and Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey. In 1631 William Paston 1st Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey and Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey.
In 1639 Lenox Rodes died in childbirth.
On 13th May 1646 Maria Habsburg Spain Archduchess Austria was born to Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor (age 37) and Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress (age 39). Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress died in childbirth. Coefficient of inbreeding 15.19%.
On 5th November 1648 Mary Digby Countess Donegal (age 36) died in childbirth. She was buried at All Saints Church, Eggesford.
On 9th October 1650 Frances Altham Countess Carbery (age 29) died in childbirth.
Before 1651 Jane Evelyn died in childbirth.
On 22nd May 1653 unamed child was born to Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton (age 23) and Christian Freschville (age 19). She died in childbirth. The child died seven days later on 29th May 1653. Both were buried at the St John the Baptist's Church, Staveley [Map]. Monument erected by her husband Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton the future Duke Bolton. Reclining figure with Chrisom Child.
Armorials...
Top Middle 
Paulet Arms differenced with a label argent three points impaled 
Freschville Arms.
Top Left: His Arms, in sixths 1 Paulet Arms 2 Possibly 
Seymour Arms although wings should be Or 3 Unknown Arms 4 Unknown Arms 5 Unknown Arms 6 
St John Arms with a label argent three points to reflect his status as son of the current owner of the Arms.
Top Right: Her Arms, in sixths 1 Freschville Arms 2 Unknown Arms 3 Unknown Arms 4 Unknown Arms 5 Unknown Arms 6 
Harrington Arms.
Christian Freschville: On 13th December 1633 she was born to John Freschville 1st Baron Frescheville and Sarah Harrington. On 28th February 1652 Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton and she were married. He the son of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester and Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester.
In August 1654 Lucy Stamp died in childbirth. She was buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].
Lucy Stamp: Around 1654 she was born to Timothy Stamp. Before August 1654 Reverend Thomas Fuller and she were married.
Around 30th May 1656 Elizabeth Keyt died in childbirth. Some sources describe her as being buried with the child at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [Map] although her son Sharington Talbot lived until 1685?
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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.
In 1660 Mary Poots died in childbirth giving birth to their son Benjamin who died in 1663.
On 8th July 1664 Mary Cogan died in childbirth at Carlisle Castle [Map] where her husband Christopher Musgrave 4th Baronet (age 32) was Governor. She was buried at St Cuthbert's Church, Edenhall [Map].
Before 1667 Mary Darnall died in childbirth.
On 3rd March 1669 Elizabeth Cranfield died in childbirth. Monument at the Bridgewater Chapel, St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden.
Elizabeth Cranfield: she was born to James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex. On 7th November 1664 John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater and she were married. She the daughter of James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex. He the son of John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 15th July 1672 Diana Bruce died in childbirth. The child, named Robert, died the same day.
In 1675 Elizabeth Wilbraham Lady Myddelton (age 22) died in childbirth.
On 9th September 1678 Margaret Blagge (age 26) died in childbirth at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She was buried at St Breage's Church, Breage.
On 30th September 1678 Mary Rich (age 40) died in childbirth.
In 1681 Elizabeth Carpenter aka Knepp died in childbirth giving birth to a child of Joseph Haines1.
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On 23rd March 1684 Essex Rich Countess Nottingham (age 32) died in childbirth. She was buried in the Finch family vault at All Saints' Church, Ravenstone [Map].
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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 or before 4th October 1684, the date she was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill [Map], Frances Noel Baroness Digby (age 23) died in childbirth.
In January 1690 Anne Savile Countess Carbery (age 27) died in childbirth. She was buried at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].
On 30th January 1692 William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath was born to Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 30) and Isabella van Nassau (age 24). His mother died in childbirth; she and her husband had been married less than a year. He didn't marry again.
On 7th March 1693 Isabella Carr died in childbirth.
On 4th November 1699 Elizabeth Greville Baroness Guildford died in childbirth.
On 23rd December 1705 Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern (age 25) died in childbirth.
In 1710 Mary Melville died in childbirth.
On 20th November 1713 Elizabeth Harley (age 24) died in childbirth.
On 15th January 1716 Elizabeth Berkeley was born to James Berkeley 3rd Earl Berkeley (age 36) and Louisa Lennox Countess Berkeley (age 21). Louisa Lennox Countess Berkeley died in childbirth She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In On 19th December 1719 Anne Griffith (age 21) died in childbirth.
On 30th July 1722 Theodosia Hyde (age 26) died in childbirth. Her son Edward (age 7) succeeded 11th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
On 27th November 1722 Anne Seymour (age 13) died in childbirth (probably) at the age of thirteen.
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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 20th April 1723 Frances Lister (age 25) died in childbirth. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Frances Lister: On 7th September 1697 she was born to Thomas Lister of Coleby in Lincolnshire. After 25th July 1719 Gervase Scrope of Cockeringham and she were married.
On 14th August 1724 Anne Cochrane Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon (age 18) died in childbirth.
On 22nd June 1725 Susan Murray (age 26) died in childbirth.
On 16th August 1731 Emilia Plunkett died in childbirth.
On 11th February 1733 Frances Wyndham (age 28) died in childbirth.
On 17th August 1734 Elizabeth Shirley (age 30) died in childbirth following the premature birth of her daughter Elizabeth as a result of the shock caused by a violent flash of lightning.
Around 11th March 1736 Catherine Collingwood (age 34) died in childbirth.
In 1743 Mary Montagu (age 25) died in childbirth, or soon after childbirth.
On 4th February 1743 Anne Bayne died in childbirth.
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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 19th January 1745 Anne O'Brien (age 21) died in childbirth. She was buried at St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny.
In July 1759 Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex died in childbirth.
On 28th March 1766 Diana Beauclerk (age 20) died in childbirth. The child was stillborn.
In 1786 Margaret Gordon (age 24) died in childbirth.
In September 1786 Jemima Elizabeth Ashburnham died in childbirth.
On 22nd May 1788 Anne Elizabeth Cholmley Baroness Mulgrave (age 18) died in childbirth.
On 9th September 1789 Maria Archer (age 21) died in childbirth at Corby Castle, Cumberland [Map]. Monument in Holy Trinity Church, Wetheral [Map] sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 52) costing £1500. He regarded it as his finest work; entitled Faith. When Nollekens realized that his work was destined for so remote a part of the Kingdom it is said that he burst into tears as he felt so few people would see it. This work is represented on the Nollekens Monument in Paddington Parish Church by William Behnes. On seeing the sculpture Wordsworth wrote "XXXIX Monument Of Mrs Howard By Nollekens In Wetheral Church, Near Corby, On The Banks Of The Eden".
Maria Archer: Around 1768 she was born to Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer and Sarah West Baroness Archer. On 22nd November 1788 Henry Howard and she were married.
In 1810 Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet was born to Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 22) and Charlotte Bouverie. His mother died in childbirth.
In 1811 Mary Carey died in childbirth.
On 9th September 1812 Sophia Pitt Countess Romney died in childbirth at The Mote, Maidstone.
On 20th December 1813 Phillis Buston (age 22) died in childbirth. The child suvived fifteen days.
On 6th November 1817 Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover (age 21) died in childbirth at Claremont House Esher, Surrey. She buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
In 1818 Elizabeth Grey (age 18) died in childbirth.
In 1827 Frances Bathurst Baroness Feversham Downton died in childbirth.
On 15th October 1828 Lucretia Georgiana ffolkes died in childbirth at Bombay, India eleven days after having given birth to a posthumous son who only lived at few hours.
On 4th February 1831 Isabella Somerset Anne Frances (age 22) died in childbirth.
On 9th September 1833 Adeliza Maria Howard died in childbirth. Monument in Holy Trinity Church, Wetheral [Map] sculpted by Richard Westmacott (age 58).
Adeliza Maria Howard: she was born to Henry Howard and Catherine Marie Mary Charlotte Neave. On 30th April 1830 Henry William Petre and she were married. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th August 1844 Wilhelm Hesse-Kassel was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Hesse-Kassel (age 23) and Alexandra Nikolaevna Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 19). He died the same day. His mother Alexandra Nikolaevna Holstein Gottorp Romanov died in childbirth. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 5th September 1846 Augusta Margaret Fitzclarence (age 24) died in childbirth.
On 14th November 1851 Selina Constance de Burgh Baroness Ward (age 22) died in childbirth in Ostend, Belgium having been
In 1852 Flora Elizabeth Campbell died in childbirth. Buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].
On 16th July 1861 Henry Eliot Yorke (age 23) died in India.
Flora Elizabeth Campbell: she was born to General Alexander Campbell. In 1833 Henry Reginald Yorke and she were married.
Henry Eliot Yorke: Around 1838 he was born to Henry Reginald Yorke and Flora Elizabeth Campbell. Before 16th July 1861 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Bombay Artillery.
On 19th March 1852 Caroline Sophia Wyndham (age 22) died in childbirth at Drove Westhampnett. She and the child, who died on the same day, were buried at Bartons Lane Cemetery Petworth.
On 27th January 1862 Florence Louisa Miles (age 22) died in childbirth.
On 4th December 1866 Evelina de Rothschild (age 27) died in childbirth after giving birth to their first child, a stillborn son.
On 14th September 1867 Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne-Cust 5th Baron Brownlow was born to Henry Cockayne-Cust (age 47) and Sara Jane Cookson. His mother Sara Jane Cookson died in childbirth.
On 21st April 1876 Sarah Marie Talbot Carpenter was born to Walter Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot aka Carpenter (age 42) and Maria Georgiana Mundy at 33 Warwick Square, Pimlico. Her mother died in childbirth four days later on 25th April 1876.
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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.
In 1900 Edith Mary Duffus died in childbirth.
On 12th October 1905 Isabel Innes-Kerr (age 26) died in childbirth. Monument at St James' Church Warter [Map] sculpted by George Frampton (age 45). She died in childbirth aged 26.
Isabel Innes-Kerr: In 1879 she was born to James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe. On 23rd June 1904 Guy Greville Wilson and she were married. She the daughter of James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe.
Elizabeth Culpepper died in childbirth.