On this Day in History ... 8th May
08 May is in May.
1483 Richard III appointed Lord Protector
1533 Cranmer declares Henry and Catherine's Marriage Invalid
Events on the 8th May
08 May 1063. The Battle of Graus was part of the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsular by the Spanish from the Arabs.
Ramiro Sánchez I King Aragon (age 56) was killed in battle. His son Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona (age 21) succeeded I King Aragon.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 08 May 1130. On the fourth day after this was the King Henry (age 62) in Rochester, when the town was almost consumed by fire; and the Archbishop William consecrated the monastery of St. Andrew, and the aforesaid bishops with him.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. After 08 May 1130. And the King Henry (age 62) went over sea into Normandy [Map] in harvest. This same year came the Abbot Henry of Angeli after Easter to Peterborough, and said that he had relinquished that monastery161 withal. After him came the Abbot of Clugny, Peter by name, to England by the king's (age 62) leave; and was received by all, whithersoever he came, with much respect. To Peterborough he came; and there the Abbot Henry promised him that he would procure him the minster of Peterborough, that it might be subject to Clugny. But it is said in the proverb, "The hedge abideth, that acres divideth." May God Almighty frustrate evil designs. Soon after this, went the Abbot of Clugny home to his country.
Note 161. The monastery of Angeli.
On 08 May 1250 King Louis IX of France (age 36) and his two brothers Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 29) and King Charles Capet of Sicily (age 23) with 12,000 fellow prisoners were allowed to leave for Acre after paying a ransom of 400,000 dinars.
On 08 May 1319 King Haakon V (age 49) died.
On 08 May 1326 Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France was born to William Auvergne XII Count Auvergne II Count Boulogne (age 26) and Margaret Évreux Countess Auvergne and Boulogne (age 19). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 08 May 1360 King Edward III of England (age 47) and King John "The Good" II of France (age 41), and their eldest sons Edward "Black Prince" (age 29) and the future King Charles V of France (age 21), ratified the Treaty of Brétigny at Calais [Map]. Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 20) and John Valois 1st Duke Berry (age 19) were given as hostages.
Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 18) was ransomed. The treaty confirmed lands held by King Edward III of England (age 47) including Aquitaine.
King John "The Good" II of France (age 41) was ransomed for three million écus being released after the payment of the first third.
Bishop William of Wykeham (age 40) was present.
The Treaty was signed on 24 Oct 1360 at Calais.
On 08 May 1429 Joan of Arc (age 17) led the French army to successfully relieve the Siege of Orléans.
On 08 May 1429 William Moleyns (age 23) died at the Siege of Orléans.
Calendars. Membrane 17d. 08 May 1460. Commission to Thomas Kiriell (age 64), knight, John Cheyne, knight, Thomas Westminster. Broun, knight, John Fogge, Robert Home and William Hexstall, to take near Sandwich, Kent [Map] the muster of all men at arms and archers ordered to go with Henry, duke of Exeter (age 29), on the safe-keeping of the sea to resist the king's rebels and enemies, and to certify the king thereof in Chancery.
Calendars. 08 May 1461. York [Map]. Commission to John Haryngton (age 47), esquire, John Kyrton, Thomas Banke and William Boleyn to arrest Thomas CLaymond, esquire, Robert Heryng, 'sowter' and John Hedale, carpenter, and bring them before the king (age 19) in Chancery.
Before 08 May 1483 King Richard III of England (age 30) was appointed Lord Protector.
On 08 May 1491 Prince Arthur Tudor (age 4) was appointed 240th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 34). at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
Ellis' Letters S1 V2 Letter CXIV. 08 May 1533. Nevertheless the viij th daye of Maye, accordyng to the said appoyntment, I came vnto Dunstable, my Lorde of Lyncoln (age 60) beyng assistante vnto me, and my Lorde of Wyncehester (age 50), Doctour Bell, Doctour Claybroke, Doctour Trygonnel, Doctour Hewis, Doctour Olyver, Doctour Brytten, Mr. Bedell, with diuerse other lernyd in the Lawe beyng councellours in the Lawe for the King's parte: and soo there at our commyng kepte a Courte for the apperance of the said Lady Kateren (age 47), where were examyned certeyn witnes whiche testified that she was lawfully cited and called to appere, whome for fawte of apperance was declared contumax; procedyng in the said cause agaynste her in pænam contumaciam as the processe of the Lawe thereunto belongeth; whiche contynewed xv. dayes after our cummyng thither. And the morow after Assension daye I gave finall Sentance therin, howe that it was indispensable for the Pope to lycense any suche marieges.
This donne, and after our reiornynga1 home agayne, the Kings Highnes prepared al thyngs convenient for the Coronacion of the Queene, whiche also was after suche a maner as foloweth.
After 08 May 1566. St Mary's Church, Fawsley [Map]. Elizabethan Period monument to Valentine Knightley (deceased) and Anne Ferrers.
Valentine Knightley: In 1495 he was born to Richard Knightley. Before 1566 Valentine Knightley and Anne Ferrers were married. On 08 May 1566 Valentine Knightley died
Anne Ferrers: In 1495 she was born to Edward Ferrers. On 12 Dec 1554 Anne Ferrers died.
Evelyn's Diary. 08 May 1654. I went to Hackney, to see Lady Brook's garden, which was one of the neatest and most celebrated in England, the house well furnished, but a despicable building. Returning, visited one Mr. Tomb's garden; it has large and noble walks, some modern statues, a vineyard, planted in strawberry borders, staked at ten feet distances, the banqueting-house of cedar, where the couch and seats were carved à l'antique; some good pictures in the house, especially one of Vandyke's, being a man in his shirt; also some of Stenwyck. I also called at Mr. Ducie's, who has indeed a rare collection of the best masters, and one of the largest stories of H. Holbein. I also saw Sir Thomas Fowler's aviary, which is a poor business.
Evelyn's Diary. 08 May 1660. This day was his Majesty (age 29) proclaimed in London, etc.
Pepy's Diary. 08 May 1660. All the morning busy. After dinner come several persons of honour, as my Lord St. John (age 61) and others, for convoy to Flushing [Map], and great giving of them salutes. My Lord and we at nine-pins: I lost 9s. While we were at play Mr. Cook brings me word of my wife. He went to Huntsmore to see her, and brought her and my father Bowyer to London, where he left her at my father's (age 59), very well, and speaks very well of her love to me. My letters to-day tell me how it was intended that the King should be proclaimed to-day in London, with a great deal of pomp. I had also news who they are that are chosen of the Lords and Commons to attend the King. And also the whole story of what we did the other day in the fleet, at reading of the King's (age 29) declaration, and my name at the bottom of it. After supper some musique and to bed. I resolving to rise betimes to-morrow to write letters to London.
On 08 May 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 29) received a letter inviting him to return to England and become King at Breda [Map].
On 08 May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
Pepy's Diary. 08 May 1663. Up very early and to my office, there preparing letters to my father of great import in the settling of our affairs, and putting him upon a way [of] good husbandry, I promising to make out of my own purse him up to £50 per annum, till either by my uncle Thomas's death or the fall of the Wardrobe place he be otherwise provided. That done I by water to the Strand, and there viewed the Queen-Mother's (age 53) works at Somersett House [Map], and thence to the new playhouse, but could not get in to see it.
Pepy's Diary. 08 May 1669. By and by also comes Browne, the mathematical instrument maker, and brings me home my instrument for perspective, made according to the description of Dr. Wren's (age 45), in the late Transactions; and he hath made it, I think, very well, and that, that I believe will do the thing, and therein gives me great content; but have I fear all the content that must be received by my eyes is almost lost.
On 08 May 1670 Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 39) and Nell Gwyn (age 20).
Evelyn's Diary. 08 May 1688. His Majesty (age 54), alarmed by the great fleet of the Dutch (while we had a very inconsiderable one), went down to Chatham, Kent [Map]; their fleet was well prepared, and out, before we were in any readiness, or had any considerable number to have encountered them, had there been occasion, to the great reproach of the nation; while being in profound peace, there was a mighty land army, which there was no need of, and no force at sea, where only was the apprehension; but the army was doubtless kept and increased, in order to bring in and countenance Popery, the King beginning to discover his intention, by many instances pursued by the Jesuits, against his first resolution to alter nothing in the Church Establishment, so that it appeared there can be no reliance on Popish promises.
On 08 May 1720 William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire was born to William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire (age 21) and Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire (age 21).
On 08 May 1735 Nathaniel Dance-Holland was born.
On 08 May 1737 Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer was born to Stephen Poyntz (age 51) and Anna Maria Mordaunt at St James's Palace [Map].
On 08 May 1740 Frederick Hesse-Kassel (age 19) and Mary Hanover (age 17) were married. She the daughter of King George II (age 56). She the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 56) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England. He the son of William Hesse-Kassel (age 58). They were fourth cousins.
Archaeologia Volume 9 Section XVII. Discoveries in opening a Tumulus [Garratts Piece Barrow [Map]] in Derbyshire. In a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Pegge (age 83) to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary. Read May 8, 1788.
On 08 May 1828 Francis Walpole (age 33) and Elizabeth Knight (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square by Reverend Robert Walpole (age 47) in the presence of [?] Knight, Frances Knight and Sophia Walpole.
On 08 May 1846 Henry Lewis Hobart (age 72) died. He has a memorial at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by G P White of London.
Henry Lewis Hobart: In 1774 he was born to George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire.
After 08 May 1917. All Saints Church Hough-on-the-Hill [Map]. Memorial to Captain Arthur Fox MC of the 1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry killed in action 08 May 1917 and to Percy Lord who was killed in action 28 Oct 1918.
After 08 May 1936. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map] to Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet (deceased).
Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet: On 28 Jun 1858 he was born to Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey 10th Baronet and Marianne Sarah Sherard Lady Wrey. On 26 Jan 1917 Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey 11th Baronet died. His brother Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet succeeded 12th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall. On 08 May 1936 Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet died. His brother Reverend Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey 13th Baronet succeeded 13th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.
Births on the 8th May
On 08 May 1326 Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France was born to William Auvergne XII Count Auvergne II Count Boulogne (age 26) and Margaret Évreux Countess Auvergne and Boulogne (age 19). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 08 May 1427 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester was born to John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft and Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft (age 23) at Eversden.
On 08 May 1460 Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach was born to Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 45).
On 08 May 1508 Charles Wriothesley was born to Thomas Wriothesley (age 20).
On 08 May 1551 Thomas Drury was born to Robert Drury (age 27) and Audrey Rich (age 21).
On 08 May 1584 Dorothea Marie Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar (age 22) and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (age 20) at Weimar.
On 08 May 1587 Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy was born to Charles Emmanuel Savoy I Duke Savoy (age 25) and Catherine Habsburg Spain Duchess Savoy (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.67%.
On 08 May 1634 Alexander Stuart 5th Earl Moray was born to James Stewart 4th Earl Moray (age 23) and Margaret Home Countess Moray.
On 08 May 1656 John Mainwaring 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet (age 33) and Mary Delves (age 26).
On 08 May 1670 Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans was born illegitimately to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 39) and Nell Gwyn (age 20).
On 08 May 1703 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 26) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha.
On 08 May 1707 William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey was born to William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey (age 25).
On 08 May 1710 Charle Hope-Weir aka Vere was born to Charles Hope 1st Earl Hopetoun (age 29) and Henrietta Johnstone (age 27).
On 08 May 1716 James Wright 1st Baronet was born.
On 08 May 1720 William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire was born to William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire (age 21) and Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire (age 21).
On 08 May 1735 Nathaniel Dance-Holland was born.
On 08 May 1737 Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer was born to Stephen Poyntz (age 51) and Anna Maria Mordaunt at St James's Palace [Map].
On 08 May 1740 Claudia Rondeau was born to Claudius Rondeau and Jane Goodwin (age 41) posthumously at Canterbury, Kent [Map]. She died three weeks old.
On 08 May 1747 Robert Spencer was born to Charles Spencer 3rd Duke Marlborough (age 40) and Elizabeth Trevor Duchess Marlborough (age 34).
On 08 May 1757 Georgiana Fitzroy was born to Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 21) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton (age 20). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 08 May 1770 Henry Meux 1st Baronet was born to Richard Meux (age 36) and Mary Brougham (age 26).
On 08 May 1773 Frederick Beauclerk was born to Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans (age 32) and Catherine Ponsonby Duchess St Albans (age 30). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 08 May 1790 George Russell was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 23) and Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 08 May 1796 William Wright aka Lawson 1st Baronet was born to John Wright of Kelvedon (age 32) and Elizabeth Lawson.
On 08 May 1796 Robert George Cecil Fane was born to Henry Fane of Fulbeck (age 57) and Anne Buckley Batson (age 38).
On 08 May 1802 Henry Reynolds-Moreton 2nd Earl Ducie was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie (age 25) and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth (age 20).
On 08 May 1803 Peter Richard Hoare was born to Peter Richard Hoare (age 30).
On 08 May 1819 Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin was born to John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham (age 27) and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham (age 22).
On 08 May 1821 William Henry Vanderbilt was born to Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt (age 26) and Sophia Johnson at New Brunswick New Jersey. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 08 May 1830 Charles George Bingham 4th Earl Lucan was born to George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan (age 30) and Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan (age 20).
On 08 May 1832 Anna Maria Gibbs Baroness Hunsdon was born to Richard Durant (age 20) and Charlotte Still Dashwood (age 3).
On 08 May 1858 John Meade Falkner was born at Manningford Bruce, Wiltshire [Map].
On 08 May 1859 Frank Alexander Garforth was born to William Francis Willoughby Garforth of Wiganthorpe in Yorkshire and Jane Agnes Duff (age 24).
On 08 May 1865 Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence was born to Captain George Fitzclarence (age 29) and Maria Henrietta Scott (age 24). He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 08 May 1878 John Anderson 1st Baronet was born.
On 08 May 1879 Charles William Reginald Duncombe 2nd Earl Feversham was born to William Reginald Duncombe (age 26) and Muriel Frances Louisa Chetwynd-Talbot.
On 08 May 1884 Edmund Rupert Drummond was born to James Drummond 10th Viscount Strathallan (age 45).
On 08 May 1893 Violet Mary De Trafford was born to Humphrey Francis de Trafford 3rd Baronet (age 30).
On 08 May 1895 Michael Knatchbull 5th Baron Brabourne was born to Cecil Knatchbull-Hugessen 4th Baron Brabourne (age 31).
On 08 May 1897 Ernest Henry John Miller 10th Baronet was born to Henry Holmes Miller 9th Baronet (age 30).
On 08 May 1912 Arthur Guinness was born to Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness 2nd Earl Iveagh (age 38) and Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow Countess Iveagh (age 30).
On 08 May 1926 Edith Marie Jessel was born to Richard Hugh Jessel (age 30) and Margaret Ella Lewis (age 27).
On 08 May 1935 Lucius Cary 15th Viscount Falkland was born to Lucius Cary 14th Viscount Falkland (age 30).
On 08 May 1938 John Philip Starkey 3rd Baronet was born to William Randle Starkey 2nd Baronet (age 38).
On 08 May 1946 John Lister-Kaye 8th Baronet was born to John Christopher Lister Lister-Kaye 7th Baronet (age 32).
On 08 May 1959 David Manners 11th Duke of Rutland was born to Charles John Robert Manners 10th Duke Rutland (age 39).
Marriages on the 8th May
On 08 May 1405 Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol (age 15) and Margherita Baux (age 11) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England. 
On 08 May 1513 Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme (age 23) and Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Vendôme. She the daughter of Rene Valois Duke Alençon and Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon (age 50). He the son of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
After 08 May 1522 William Compton (age 40) and Elizabeth Stonor (age 22) were married.
On 08 May 1545 William Uvedale (age 17) and Ellen Gresham (age 11) were married.
On 08 May 1630 Christopher Hatton 1st Baron Hatton (age 24) and Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Hatton (age 18) were married in Hackney.
Before 08 May 1656 Thomas Mainwaring 1st Baronet (age 33) and Mary Delves (age 26) were married.
Before 08 May 1682 James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 63) and Anne Montagu Countess Suffolk (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk. The difference in their ages was 47 years. She the daughter of Robert Montagu 3rd Earl Manchester (age 48) and Anne Yelverton Countess Manchester (age 52). He the son of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk.
On 08 May 1690 Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon (age 39) and Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Huntingdon. He the son of Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. 
On 08 May 1708 Thomas Lyttelton 4th Baronet (age 22) and Christian Temple Lady Lyttelton (age 29) were married. They were half third cousins.
On 08 May 1736 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 29) and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg. He the son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 52) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 53).
On 08 May 1740 Frederick Hesse-Kassel (age 19) and Mary Hanover (age 17) were married. She the daughter of King George II (age 56). She the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 56) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England. He the son of William Hesse-Kassel (age 58). They were fourth cousins.
Before 08 May 1770 Richard Meux (age 36) and Mary Brougham (age 26) were married.
On 08 May 1780 Robert Walpole (age 44) and Dinah aka Diana Grosett (age 35) were married.
On 08 May 1788 Nicholas Colthurst 3rd Baronet (age 44) and Harriet la Touche (age 18) were married. They had three children, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, 4th Baronet. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
Before 08 May 1796 John Wright of Kelvedon (age 32) and Elizabeth Lawson were married.
On 24 Oct 1809 John Margetts Brewer and Sarah Dunn-Gardner Marchioness Townshend were married bigamously at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire. She was, at the time, married to George Ferrars Townshend 3rd Marquess Townshend (age 30) although they had separated on 08 May 1808. The couple had a number of children who adopted the surname Townshend until delegitimated in 1843 by a private Act of Parliament and barred from using the surname Townshend.
On 08 May 1813 Augustus Henry Edward Stanhope and Jane Baldwin were married. He the son of Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington (age 60) and Jane Fleming Countess Harrington (age 57). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 08 May 1822 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh (age 26) and Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond Countess Denbigh. She the daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie (age 45) and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth (age 40).
On 08 May 1828 Francis Walpole (age 33) and Elizabeth Knight (age 30) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square by Reverend Robert Walpole (age 47) in the presence of [?] Knight, Frances Knight and Sophia Walpole.
Before 08 May 1832 Richard Durant (age 20) and Charlotte Still Dashwood (age 3) were married.
On 08 May 1855 William John Venable-Vernon aka Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon (age 21) and Agnes Lucy Boileau (age 22) were married.
Before 08 May 1865 Captain George Fitzclarence (age 29) and Maria Henrietta Scott (age 24) were married. He the son of George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster and Mary Wyndham Countess Munster. He a grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 08 May 1877 George Robert Charles Herbert 13th Earl Pembroke 10th Earl Montgomery (age 26) and Gertrude Frances Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 37) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford (age 69).
On 08 May 1877 Reginald Chetwynd-Talbot (age 35) and Margaret Jane Stuart-Wortley were married. He the son of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford (age 69).
On 08 May 1880 Cecil Francis William Fane (age 24) and Augusta Fanny Rous (age 22) were married. She the daughter of John Rous 2nd Earl Stradbrooke (age 86) and Augusta Musgrave Countess Stradbrooke (age 50).
On 08 May 1883 Willoughby Brooke (age 34) and Mary Emily Royds (age 31) were married at St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map].
On 08 May 1915 Lieutenant John Harley (age 35) and May Winifred Sheppee were married. Two days later he sailed for Gallipoli.
Before 08 May 1926 Richard Hugh Jessel (age 30) and Margaret Ella Lewis (age 27) were married.
On 08 May 1937 Alfonso Bourbon (age 29) and Edelmira Sampedro were divorced.
Deaths on the 8th May
08 May 1063. The Battle of Graus was part of the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsular by the Spanish from the Arabs.
Ramiro Sánchez I King Aragon (age 56) was killed in battle. His son Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona (age 21) succeeded I King Aragon.
On 08 May 1319 King Haakon V (age 49) died.
On 08 May 1370 Piers Butler 2nd Baron Dunboyne (age 76) died. His son Thomas "MacPiarais" Butler 3rd Baron Dunboyne (age 16) succeeded 3rd Baron Dunboyne.
On 08 May 1381 Bishop Thomas of Hatfield (age 71) died.
On 08 May 1406 Alan Fenwick (age 41) died.
On 08 May 1411 William Beauchamp 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 68) died at Meaux [Map]. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Bergavenny.
On 08 May 1416 Margaret Scales (age 81) died.
On 08 May 1429 William Moleyns (age 23) died at the Siege of Orléans.
On 08 May 1473 John Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire (age 45) died. His son Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 3) succeeded 2nd Earl Wiltshire.
After 08 May 1481 Andrew Kerr (age 76) died.
On 08 May 1487 William Cheney (age 43) died.
Between 01 Dec 1500 and 08 May 1504 Katherine Herbert Countess Kent (age 40) died.
On 08 May 1523 John Aston (age 52) died.
On 08 May 1525 Ralph Verney (age 43) died.
On 08 May 1534 Thomas Benolt died. He was buried at St Helen's Church Bishopsgate.
On 08 May 1535 Edward Stradling (age 61) died.
On 08 May 1538 Bishop Edward Fox (age 42) died. He was buried at St Mary Mounthaw Church, Old Fish Street.
Before 08 May 1546 Elizabeth Coningsby (age 66) died.
On 08 May 1548 Humphrey Stafford (age 41) died.
On 08 May 1566 Richard Cooper of Rudgwick (age 41) died.
On 08 May 1566 Valentine Knightley (age 71) died
On 08 May 1577 Peter Temple of Stowe (age 61) died.
On or after 08 May 1593 William Witham of Ledstone (age 47) died. He died of a malign influence caused by Mary Pannal who was subsequently executed for witchcraft; the last person in England to be so. Or it may have been son of his William Witham who had died in 1593. He was buried 08 May 1593.
On 08 May 1594 Isabel Harvey (age 84) died.
On 08 May 1601 Lillas Drummond died without issue.
On 08 May 1616 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 63) died. His daughter Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 31) succeeded 13th Baroness Furnivall, 17th Baroness Strange Blackmere, 14th Baroness Talbot. His brother Edward Talbot 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 55) succeeded 8th Earl of Shrewsbury, 8th Earl Waterford.
On 08 May 1647 Ferdinando Hastings (age 10) died.
On 08 May 1656 Mildred Saunderson died.
On 08 May 1657 Silvester Browne 2nd Baronet died. His brother Richard Browne 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Browne of Kishack in the County of Dublin.
On 08 May 1659 Jane Meautys (age 78) died.
On 08 May 1668 Richard Jennings (age 49) died.
On 08 May 1674 Bartholomew Beale committed suicide by "throwing himself downe in his frantick fitt" from the upper window of this house.
On 08 May 1697 Richard Temple 3rd Baronet (age 63) died. His son Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham (age 21) succeeded 4th Baronet Temple of Stowe.
On 08 May 1703 Stillborn Saxe Coburg Altenburg died at Gotha.
On 08 May 1704 John Cordell 3rd Baronet (age 26) died from a fall from a horse without issue. Baronet Cordell of Long Melford extinct.
On 08 May 1715 Marie Mancini (age 75) died.
On 08 May 1722 Charles William Howard 7th Earl Suffolk (age 28) died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His uncle Edward Howard 8th Earl Suffolk (age 50) succeeded 8th Earl Suffolk.
On 08 May 1729 Archbishop William King (age 79) died.
On 08 May 1737 George Browne 4th Baronet (age 52) died. His brother John Browne 5th Baronet (age 51) succeeded 5th Baronet Browne of The Neale in County Mayo.
On 08 May 1751 Sarah Price (age 69) died.
On 08 May 1753 Maximillian Hesse-Kassel (age 63) died.
On 08 May 1758 Reverend Richard Ray of Haughley in Suffolk (age 82) died.
On 08 May 1767 Johann August Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 63) died.
On 08 May 1777 Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire (age 78) died at Chatsworth House [Map].
On 08 May 1778 Teresa Conyers Countess Trauqair died.
On 08 May 1783 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely (age 73) died without issue. Earl of Ely in Wicklow, Viscount Loftus of Ely and Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford extinct. His estates passed to his nephew Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely (age 45), the son of his sister Elizabeth Loftus, who adopted the surname Loftus.
On 08 May 1786 John Taylor 1st Baronet (age 41) died. His son Simon Richard Brissett Taylor 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Taylor of Lysson Hall in Jamaica.
On 08 May 1804 Hannah Maitland Marchioness Teviotdale (age 54) died.
On 08 May 1805 Rachel Cavendish (age 77) died.
On 08 May 1818 Frances Elizabeth Burgoyne died.
On 08 May 1825 Bishop John Fisher (age 77) died at Seymour Street, Portman Square.
On 08 May 1826 Dominick Geoffrey Browne of Castle McGarrett (age 71) died.
On 08 May 1829 Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester (age 71) died. His son Charles Abbot 2nd Baron Colchester (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Colchester.
On 08 May 1846 Henry Lewis Hobart (age 72) died. He has a memorial at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by G P White of London.
Henry Lewis Hobart: In 1774 he was born to George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire.
On 08 May 1857 Thomas Legh (age 64) died at Milford Lodge, Lymington. His nephew William John Legh 1st Baron Newton (age 28) inherited his estates including Lyme Hall [Map].
On 08 May 1860 Thomas Bunbury Gough (age 82) died.
On 08 May 1861 Thomas Edward Lloyd-Mostyn (age 31) died.
On 08 May 1867 Reverend Frederick Anson (age 88) died.
On 08 May 1870 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 78) died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. His brother William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 70) succeeded 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley, 6th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 3rd Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 7th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 6th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 6th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 5th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 5th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 66) by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 08 May 1872 John Duncan Bligh (age 73) died.
On 08 May 1880 Charles Hay Cameron (age 85) died.
On 08 May 1882 Edwin Hare Dashwood 7th Baronet (age 56) died. His son Edwin Abercromby Dashwood 8th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 8th Baronet Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
On 08 May 1887 Henry Boteville Thynne (age 27) died.
On 08 May 1888 Caroline Harriet Gage (age 64) died.
On 08 May 1904 Mary Jane Agar Countess Nelson (age 81) died at Trafalgar House Salisbury, Wiltshire [Map].
On 08 May 1925 Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland (age 73) died. His son John Henry Montagu Manners 9th Duke Rutland (age 38) succeeded 9th Duke Rutland, 9th Marquess Grandby, 17th Earl of Rutland. Kathleen Tennant Duchess Rutland (age 30) by marriage Duchess Rutland.
On 08 May 1925 William Henry Fellowes 2nd Baron de Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey (age 76) died. His grandson Ailwyn Fellowes 3rd Baron de Ramsey (age 15) succeeded 3rd Baron Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire.
On 08 May 1926 Francis Montagu Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 2nd Earl of Wharncliffe (age 69) died. His son Archibald Montagu Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe (age 34) succeeded 3rd Earl Wharncliffe, 5th Baron Wharncliffe of Wortley in Yorkshire.
On 08 May 1929 Edmund Russborough Turton 1st Baronet (age 71) died. Baronet Turton of Upsall Yorkshire extinct.
On 08 May 1929 James Joicey (age 21) died at Folkestone Racecourse. He was brought down at the last fence of the Dover Hunters Steeplechase whilst riding his own horse Fancy Laureate.
On 08 May 1936 Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet (age 77) died. His brother Reverend Albany Bourchier Sherard Wrey 13th Baronet (age 75) succeeded 13th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.
On 08 May 1938 Ralph Ormsby-Gore 3rd Baron Harlech (age 83) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Selattyn [Map]. His son George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech (age 53) succeeded 4th Baron Harlech.
On 08 May 1940 James Antony Butler (age 23) died without issue.
On 08 May 1941 Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 86) died.
On 08 May 1943 Captain Rupert Egerton Lubbock (age 57) died.
On 08 May 1947 Drummond Cunliffe Smith 4th Baronet (age 86) died. His second cousin Drummond Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith 5th Baronet (age 70) succeeded 5th Baronet Hamilton-Spencer-Smith of Tring Park in Hertfordshire.
On 08 May 1948 Basil Tanfield Beridge Boothby (age 75) died.
On 08 May 1949 Clare Florence Mary Stapleton Countess Cowley (age 70) died.
On 08 May 1953 Ethel Caroline Jane Wellesley Lady Cradock-Hartopp died.
On 08 May 1957 James Stewart-Murray 9th Duke of Atholl (age 77) died unmarried.
Iain Murray 10th Duke of Atholl succeeded 10th Duke Atholl, 11th Marquess Atholl, 12th Earl Atholl, 13th Earl Tullibardine
Baron Strange Knockin abeyant. Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland (age 43) succeeded 9th Baron Percy.
On 08 May 1958 Major Oscar Montague Guest (age 69) died.
On 08 May 1962 Charles Sackville-West 4th Baron Sackville (age 91) died. His son Edward Sackville-West 5th Baron Sackville (age 60) succeeded 5th Baron Sackville of Knole in Kent. 
On 08 May 1969 Almina Wombwell Countess Carnarvon (age 93) died.
On 08 May 1970 Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston (age 76) died.
On 08 May 1994 Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck died.
On 08 May 2014 James Thomas Douglas-Home 28th Baron Dacre (age 61) died.
