On this Day in History ... 17th January
17 Jan is in January.
1469 Execution of Warwick's Supporters
1559 Coronation of Elizabeth I
Events on the 17th January
After 17 Jan 1425. Monument in Church of St Oswald, Methley [Map] to Robert Waterton Constable (deceased) and Cecily Fleming.
York School of Carving. Crocketed arch. He in Early Plate Bascinet Period armour. Large Orle highly decorated with head resting on great helm with feathered crest. Beard with spiral twists. Collar Esses and Crowns Alternating. Misericorde. Hip Belt with decorated buckle. She wearing a squared crespine headress and small Esses Collar. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields. Chunky Lions Mane.
Cecily Fleming: she was born to Robert Fleming of Woodhall. Before 1398 Robert Waterton Constable and she were married. Around 1424 she died.
After 17 Jan 1425. Monument in Church of St Oswald, Methley [Map] to Henry Savile.
Henry Savile: On 17 Sep 1763 he was born to John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough and Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough. In 1828 Henry Savile died.
On 17 Jan 1469 Warwick's supporters were executed in Salisbury Marketplace [Map] in the presence of King Edward IV of England (age 26):
Thomas Hungerford was beheaded. His father Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns had been executed five years previously after the Battle of Hexham.
Henry Courtenay was beheaded.
On 17 Jan 1512 Sybille La Marck was born to John La Marck III Duke Cleves (age 21) and Maria Jülich Berg Duchess Cleves.
On 17 Jan 1537 Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst (age 70) wrote to Robert Aske (age 37) and Robert Constable (age 59) ... Of Sir Fras Bigod (age 29) I heard, this day at dinner, as you wrote; and more, that Hallum was taken at Hull yesterday with a letter in his purse from Sir Francis Bigod (age 29) promising that he and all the West Base Countries would rise and come forward. This day with my servant, Alan Gefreyson, I sent you my news which are of such bruits, rages, and furies as the like I have not read nor heard of. I sent to my cousin Ellerker and Whartton for the premises concerning Hull. My advice is that you stay the people till the coming of my lord of Norfolk (age 64), which, I hear, shall be shortly, and all the gentlemen that is above of the North with him. He brings gracious answers of the Parliament and petitions. Good Mr. Aske, where you write desiring me to stay my quarters; there has yet been no stir in my rooms and lands, but what was caused by other wild countries and dales. I shall do my duty, and play my part therein, though I lie in my bed. I hear my lord of Cumberland is likely to have business for two prisoners he keeps.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 17 Jan 1559. The xvij day of January was tornayhyng at the barears at Whythalle.
On 17 Jan 1607 William Segar (age 53) received a great patent seal confirming him as Garter King of Arms.
On 17 Jan 1625 Henry Sacheverell (age 59) died. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Ratcliffe on Soar [Map].
Dutch School mural monument with his three wives (Marie Giddings wearing Bongrace, Elizabeth Copley and Lucie Boughton) above and he recumbent. Below effigies of children including Chrisom Child. Possibly Jasper Hollemans or Nicholas Stone (age 38).
On 17 Jan 1636 Maria Anna "Mariana" Habsburg Spain was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 30) and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain (age 33). She died a month later. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%. 
Pepy's Diary. 17 Jan 1660. Thence I went to Westminster, and met Shaw and Washington, who told me how this day Sydenham (age 44) was voted out of the House for sitting any more this Parliament, and that Salloway was voted out likewise and sent to the Tower, during the pleasure of the House. Home and wrote by the Post, and carried to Whitehall, and coming back turned in at Harper's, where Jack Price was, and I drank with him and he told me, among other, things, how much the Protector (age 33) is altered, though he would seem to bear out his trouble very well, yet he is scarce able to talk sense with a man; and how he will say that "Who should a man trust, if he may not trust to a brother and an uncle;" and "how much those men have to answer before God Almighty, for their playing the knave with him as they did". He told me also, that there was; £100,000 offered, and would have been taken for his restitution, had not the Parliament come in as they did again; and that he do believe that the Protector will live to give a testimony of his valour and revenge yet before he dies, and that the Protector will say so himself sometimes. Thence I went home, it being late and my wife in bed.
Pepy's Diary. 17 Jan 1668. Up, and by coach to White Hall to attend the Council there, and here I met first by Mr. Castle (age 39) the shipwright, whom I met there, and then from the whole house the discourse of the duell yesterday between the Duke of Buckingham (age 39), Holmes, and one Jenkins, on one side, and my Lord of Shrewsbury (age 45), Sir John Talbot (age 37), and one Bernard Howard (age 27), on the other side: and all about my Lady Shrewsbury (age 25)1, who is a whore, and is at this time, and hath for a great while been, a whore to the Duke of Buckingham (age 39). And so her husband (age 45) challenged him, and they met yesterday in a close near Barne-Elmes, and there fought: and my Lord Shrewsbury (age 45) is run through the body, from the right breast through the shoulder: and Sir John Talbot (age 37) all along up one of his armes; and Jenkins killed upon the place, and the rest all, in a little measure, wounded. This will make the world think that the King (age 37) hath good councillors about him, when the Duke of Buckingham (age 39), the greatest man about him, is a fellow of no more sobriety than to fight about a whore. And this may prove a very bad accident to the Duke of Buckingham (age 39), but that my Baroness Castlemayne (age 27) do rule all at this time as much as ever she did, and she will, it is believed, keep all matters well with the Duke of Buckingham (age 39): though this is a time that the King (age 37) will be very backward, I suppose, to appear in such a business. And it is pretty to hear how the King (age 37) had some notice of this challenge a week or two ago, and did give it to my Lord Generall (age 59) to confine the Duke (age 39), or take security that he should not do any such thing as fight: and the Generall trusted to the King (age 37) that he, sending for him, would do it, and the King (age 37) trusted to the Generall; and so, between both, as everything else of the greatest moment do, do fall between two stools. The whole House full of nothing but the talk of this business; and it is said that my Lord Shrewsbury's (age 45) case is to be feared, that he may die too; and that may make it much the worse for the Duke of Buckingham (age 39): and I shall not be much sorry for it, that we may have some sober man come in his room to assist in the Government. Here I waited till the Council rose, and talked the while, with Creed, who tells me of Mr. Harry Howard's' (age 39) giving the Royal Society a piece of ground next to his house, to build a College on, which is a most generous act. And he tells me he is a very fine person, and understands and speaks well; and no rigid Papist neither, but one that would not have a Protestant servant leave his religion, which he was going to do, thinking to recommend himself to his master by it; saying that he had rather have an honest Protestant than a knavish Catholique. I was not called into the Council; and, therefore, home, first informing myself that my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 20) hath been married this week to my Lord Burlington's (age 55) daughter (age 23); so that that great business is over; and I mighty glad of it, though I am not satisfied that I have not a Favour sent me, as I see Attorney Montagu (age 50) and the Vice-Chamberlain have (age 58). But I am mighty glad that the thing is done.
Note 1. Anna Maria (age 25), daughter of Robert Brudenel, second Earl of Cardigan (age 60). Walpole says she held the Duke of Buckingham's (age 39) horse, in the habit of a page, while he was fighting the duel with her husband. She married, secondly, George Rodney Bridges, son of Sir Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, Somerset (age 51), Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles IL, and died April 20th, 1702. A portrait of the Countess of Shrewsbury, as Minerva, by Lely.
On 17 Jan 1686 Carlo Dolci (age 69) died.
Evelyn's Diary. 17 Jan 1697. The severe frost and weather relented, but again froze with snow. Conspiracies continue against King William. Sir John Fenwick (age 52) was beheaded..
On 17 Jan 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born to Josiah Franklin (age 48) at Milk Street, Boston.
On 17 Jan 1709 George Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton was born to Thomas Lyttelton 4th Baronet (age 23) and Christian Temple Lady Lyttelton (age 30).
After 17 Jan 1798. St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map]. Monument to Thomas Kirkland (deceased).
Thomas Kirkland: In 1721 he was born at Ashbourne. On 18 Jan 1760 Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers shot his old family steward Johnson at Staunton Harold Hall Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. Thomas Kirkland was called to attend the steward. He subsequently left the house covertly, brought a magistrate with armed men, and removed the wounded steward, Johnson, who soon died. In Apr 1760 Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers was tried by his peers; Thomas Kirkland was a witness. Laurence Shirley 4th Earl Ferrers was found guilty. On 17 Jan 1798 he died.
On 17 Jan 1826 Joseph Boze (age 79) died.
On 17 Jan 1832 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton was born to Wilbraham Egerton 1st Baron Egerton Tatton (age 25) and Charlotte Elizabeth Loftus Baroness Egerton Tatton.
On 17 Jan 1839 James Lonsdale (age 61) died.
On 17 Jan 1843 Thomas Botfield (age 80) died. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hopton Wafers where he and his wife have a fine monument by Edward Hodges Baily (age 54). His nephew Beriah Botfield (age 35) inherited a life interest in Hopton Court, Shropshire.
Ten Years' Digging 1848. January 17th. - A molar tooth from the lower jaw of a horse, and a piece of white flint, were found in the rubbish that had fallen out of the cist the day before. The cist itself was removed and re-erected in conformity with its original plan, in the garden at Lomberdale House [Map], where it now remains.
The articles found in Gib Hill in 1824, comprise a battered celt of basaltic stone, a dart or javelin point of flint, and a small iron fibula which has been enriched with a setting of some precious stone now absent: the last was found in the upper part of the mound, and might have been deposited with a late interment which was destroyed about the year 1812, or earlier, in an abortive attempt to open the barrow. (See Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, page 31.)
After 17 Jan 1851. Monumen to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (deceased). Angel of the Resurrection sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 61) in 1866. The quote from First Letter to the Corinthians Chapter 15 Verse 52. The inscription on the side Marmoris hoc sculpti eloquens silentium spe futuri patri charissimo dicavit filius.
After 17 Jan 1851. Hasting's Chapel St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map]. Monument to Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings (deceased).
Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings:
On 02 Jun 1832 he was born to George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings.
On 13 Jan 1844 George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings died. His son Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings succeeded 3rd Marquess Hastings, 8th Earl Loudon, 4th Earl Moira, 19th Baron Botreaux, 18th Baron Hungerford, 16th Baron Moleyns and 16th Baron Hastings.
On 17 Jan 1851 Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings died. His brother Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings succeeded 4th Marquess Hastings, 9th Earl Loudon, 5th Earl Moira, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 20th Baron Botreaux, 19th Baron Hungerford, 17th Baron Moleyns and 17th Baron Hastings. Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings by marriage Marchioness Hastings.
On 17 Jan 1876 Henry Gastineau (age 85) died at his home Nofolk Lodge, Cold Harbour Lane. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
On 17 Jan 1991 Olav Glücksburg V King Norway (age 87) died.
Births on the 17th January
On 17 Jan 1240 Nicholas Cornwall was born to Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 31) and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 39) at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire [Map]. He a grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.
On 17 Jan 1342 Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy was born to King John "The Good" II of France (age 22) and Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 26) at Pontoise [Map].
On 17 Jan 1463 Cardinal Antoine Duprat was born.
On 17 Jan 1472 Guidabaldo Montefeltro was born to Federico Montefeltro (age 49).
On 17 Jan 1497 Katherine Neville was born to Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 29) and Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer (age 26).
On 17 Jan 1512 Sybille La Marck was born to John La Marck III Duke Cleves (age 21) and Maria Jülich Berg Duchess Cleves.
On 17 Jan 1566 Anna Caterina Gonzaga Archduchess Austria was born to William Gonzaga I Duke Mantua (age 27) and Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua (age 31).
On 17 Jan 1572 Ernest Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 26) and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (age 21).
On 17 Jan 1583 Richard Shelley was born to Henry Shelley (age 42).
On 17 Jan 1593 William Backhouse was born to Samuel Backhouse (age 38) and Elisabeth Borlase.
On 17 Jan 1612 Thomas Fairfax 3rd Lord Fairfax was born to Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (age 27) and Mary Sheffield (age 24) at Denton Hall.
On 17 Jan 1636 Maria Anna "Mariana" Habsburg Spain was born to Philip IV King Spain (age 30) and Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain (age 33). She died a month later. Coefficient of inbreeding 4.39%.
On 17 Jan 1639 Francis Lee 4th Baronet was born to Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 24).
On 17 Jan 1658 Francis Seymour 5th Duke Somerset was born to Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge (age 37) and Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge (age 22).
On 17 Jan 1665 Thomas Aston 3rd Baronet was born to Willoughby Aston 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Mary Offley (age 15).
On 17 Jan 1677 Job Hanmer was born to Thomas Hanmer (age 29).
On 17 Jan 1695 Edward Seymour 8th Duke Somerset was born to Edward Seymour 5th Baronet (age 34) and Laetitia Popham Baroness Seymour (age 35). He was christened the same day at Easton Royal, Wiltshire.
On 17 Jan 1696 William Sloane was born to William Sloane (age 43).
On or before 17 Jan 1701 Reverend William Lubbock was born to John Lubbock (age 32) and Elizabeth Webster. He was baptised on 17 Jan 1701 at North Walsham, Norfolk.
On 17 Jan 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born to Josiah Franklin (age 48) at Milk Street, Boston.
On 17 Jan 1709 Margaret Rolle Countess Orford was born to Samuel Rolle.
On 17 Jan 1709 George Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton was born to Thomas Lyttelton 4th Baronet (age 23) and Christian Temple Lady Lyttelton (age 30).
On 17 Jan 1718 John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale was born to Charles Maitland 6th Earl Lauderdale (age 30) and Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale (age 25).
On 17 Jan 1732 St Andrew St John was born to John St John 11th Baron St John (age 44) and Elizabeth Crowley Baroness St John at Bletsoe.
On 17 Jan 1749 Francis Ferrand Foljambe was born to John Moore and Anne Foljambe.
On 17 Jan 1755 Peter I Grand Duke of Oldenburg was born to George Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp (age 35) and Princess Sophie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 32).
On 17 Jan 1788 Bishop John Lonsdale was born to John Lonsdale (age 51) and Elizabeth Steer. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 17 Jan 1792 Colonel Henry Dumaresq was born.
On 17 Jan 1793 Edmund Saunderson Prideaux 9th Baronet was born to John Wilmot Prideaux 7th Baronet (age 44).
On 17 Jan 1798 Theodore Henry Brinckman 1st Baronet was born to Theodore Henry Broadhead (age 30) and Elizabath Macdougall.
On 17 Jan 1800 Frances Vane Tempest Marchioness Londonderry was born to Henry Vane-Tempest 2nd Baronet (age 28) at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
On 17 Jan 1801 Elizabeth Fitzclarence Countess Erroll was born illegitimately to King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 35) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 39).
On 17 Jan 1814 William Chetwynd-Talbot was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot (age 36) and Frances Thomasine Lambart Countess Talbot (age 42).
On 17 Jan 1815 Edward Marmaduke Joseph Vavavsour 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Marmaduke Stourton aka Vavasour 1st Baronet (age 28).
On 17 Jan 1824 William Henry Leigh 2nd Baron Leigh was born to Chandos Leigh 1st Baron Leigh (age 32) and Margarette Willes Baroness Leigh (age 25). He was baptised at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Adlestrop, and for a second time, at Church of the Virgin Mary Stoneleigh [Map] on 10 Sep 1824. He was educated at Harrow School then Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 17 Jan 1825 Jane Frederica Harriet Mary Grimston was born to James Walter Grimston 1st Earl Verulam (age 49) and Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam.
On 17 Jan 1831 Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria was born to Archduke Joseph of Austria (age 54) and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (age 33). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 17 Jan 1832 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton was born to Wilbraham Egerton 1st Baron Egerton Tatton (age 25) and Charlotte Elizabeth Loftus Baroness Egerton Tatton.
On 17 Jan 1836 Mary Douglas was born to David Archibald Douglas (age 37) and Marguerite Suzan.
On 17 Jan 1839 Robert Alfred Cunliffe 5th Baronet was born to Robert Ellis Cunliffe (age 31).
On 17 Jan 1840 William Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick was born to William Henry Tennison Pery 2nd Earl of Limerick (age 28).
On 17 Jan 1843 Admiral Richard Horace Hamond was born to Anthony Hamond (age 38) and Mary Anne Musters (age 36).
On 17 Jan 1847 Henry John Dutton was born to John Thomas Dutton (age 36) and Lavinia Parker (age 31).
On 17 Jan 1853 Frederick George Wynn was born to Spencer Bulkeley Wynn 3rd Baron Newborough (age 49) and Frances Maria De Winton Baroness Newborough. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%. 
On 17 Jan 1853 Alva Erskine Smith was born to Murray Forbes Smith at 201 Government Street.
On 17 Jan 1856 Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu Countess Gosford was born to William Drogo Montagu 7th Duke Manchester (age 32) and Louisa Vonalten Duchess Devonshire and Manchester (age 23).
On 17 Jan 1861 Walter Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott was born to William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 29) and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 24).
On 17 Jan 1863 David Lloyd George was born.
On 17 Jan 1896 William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott was born to John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry (age 31) and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 23).
On 17 Jan 1896 Francis Leveson-Gower was born to William Francis Leveson-Gower (age 27) and Alice Susan Godolphin Osborne (age 26).
On 17 Jan 1950 Anthony Noel 6th Earl of Gainsborough was born to Anthony Gerard Edward Noel 5th Earl of Gainsborough (age 26) and Mary Stourton Countess Gainsborough (age 24).
Marriages on the 17th January
On 17 Jan 1524 Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg (age 37) and Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 39).
On 17 Jan 1530 Gervase "The Gentle" Clifton (age 13) and Mary Neville (age 15) were married.
Before 17 Jan 1612 Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (age 27) and Mary Sheffield (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Edmund Sheffield 1st Earl Mulgrave (age 46) and Ursula Tyrwhitt (age 72). They were fourth cousins.
Before 17 Jan 1625 Henry Sacheverell (age 59) and Lucie Boughton were married.
On 17 Jan 1644 Sidney Montagu (age 63) and Anne Isham were married. He died a month later.
On 17 Jan 1659 John Knatchbull 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Jane Monins Lady Knatchbull were married.
Before 17 Jan 1665 Willoughby Aston 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Mary Offley (age 15) were married.
On 17 Jan 1671 Edmund Bowyer of Camberwell, Surrey and Martha Wilson were married.
Before 17 Jan 1701 John Lubbock (age 32) and Elizabeth Webster were married.
On 17 Jan 1727 John Craster (age 35) and Catherine Villiers (age 31) were married.
On 17 Jan 1771 Bishop Brownlow North (age 29) and Henrietta Maria Bannister (age 21) were married. He the son of Francis North 1st Earl Guildford (age 66) and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford.
Before 17 Jan 1788 John Lonsdale (age 51) and Elizabeth Steer were married.
On 17 Jan 1817 Guy Campbell 1st Baronet (age 30) and Frances Elizabeth Burgoyne were married. She by marriage Lady Campbell of St Cross Mede in Hampshire.
On 17 Jan 1833 John Buckworth-Herne-Soame 8th Baronet (age 38) and Lydia Haggaer Lady Buckworth-Herne-Soame were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 17 Jan 1850 John Jervis Tollemache 1st Baron Tollemache (age 44) and Minnie Duff Baroness Tollemache were married.
On 17 Jan 1854 Reverend Charles Arundell St John-Mildmay (age 33) and Harriet Louisa Neville-Grenville were married.
On 17 Jan 1856 Lieutenant-General Edward Thomas Gage (age 30) and Arabella Elizabeth Gage were married. They were first cousins.
On 17 Jan 1882 Reverend Charles MacMichael and Sophia Caroline Curzon (age 25) were married.
On 17 Jan 1884 Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster (age 32) and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 54) and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 50). He the son of Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 64) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 56). He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 17 Jan 1918 George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard 11th Earl Carlisle (age 23) and Bridget Helen "Biddy" Ruthven Countess Carlisle (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Carlisle. He the son of Charles James Stanley Howard 10th Earl Carlisle and Rhona Ankaret Estrange Countess Carlisle (age 50).
Deaths on the 17th January
On 17 Jan 395 Theodosius I Emperor (age 48) died.
On 17 Jan 1168 Thierry Metz Count Flanders (age 69) died.
On 17 Jan 1221 Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 61) died. He was buried at Godstow Abbey [Map]. His son Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford succeeded 3rd Baron Clifford Feudal. Margred verch Llewellyn Aberffraw Baroness Clifford by marriage Baroness Clifford Feudal.
On 17 Jan 1240 Nicholas Cornwall died at Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire [Map]. He was buried with his mother at Beaulieu Abbey [Map].
On 17 Jan 1240 Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 39) died.
On 17 Jan 1382 Elisabeth Isabella Wittelsbach (age 21) died.
On 17 Jan 1399 Beraud II Auvergne (age 66) died.
On 17 Jan 1400 Bryan Cornwall 4th Baron Burford (age 44) died at Burford, Shropshire [Map]. His brother Richard Cornwall 5th Baron Burford (age 39) succeeded 5th Baron Burford.
On 17 Jan 1406 Raimondo Balzo Orsini (age 45) died.
On 17 Jan 1417 Marjorie Ince (age 87) died.
On 17 Jan 1425 Robert Waterton Constable (age 65) died.
On 17 Jan 1440 Joan aka Jane Haydock (age 53) died.
On 17 Jan 1449 John Gresley (age 63) died.
On 17 Jan 1458 Louis I Landgrave of Hesse (age 55) died. His son Louis II Landgrave of Hesse (age 19) succeeded I Landgrave Hesse.
On 17 Jan 1469 Warwick's supporters were executed in Salisbury Marketplace [Map] in the presence of King Edward IV of England (age 26):
Thomas Hungerford was beheaded. His father Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns had been executed five years previously after the Battle of Hexham.
Henry Courtenay was beheaded.
On 17 Jan 1510 Thomas Brandon died.
On 17 Jan 1522 John Tempest (age 86) died.
On 17 Jan 1543 Reginald Carnaby (age 27) died.
On 17 Jan 1600 Katherine Vere Baroness Windsor (age 60) died.
On 17 Jan 1611 Lettice Cholmondeley (age 26) died.
On 17 Jan 1625 Henry Sacheverell (age 59) died. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Ratcliffe on Soar [Map].
Dutch School mural monument with his three wives (Marie Giddings wearing Bongrace, Elizabeth Copley and Lucie Boughton) above and he recumbent. Below effigies of children including Chrisom Child. Possibly Jasper Hollemans or Nicholas Stone (age 38).
On 17 Jan 1686 Carlo Dolci (age 69) died.
On 17 Jan 1718 Henrietta Cavendish (age 19) died.
On 17 Jan 1732 Whitmore Acton 4th Baronet (age 55) died. His son Richard Acton 5th Baronet (age 21) succeeded 5th Baronet Acton of Aldenham Hall.
On 17 Jan 1733 George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington (age 69) died. His son Pattee Byng 2nd Viscount Torrington (age 33) succeeded 2nd Viscount Torrington. Charlotte Montagu Viscountess Torrington (age 28) by marriage Viscountess Torrington.
On 17 Jan 1736 Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne died.
On 17 Jan 1739 Frances Dillon Viscountess Dillon died.
Before 17 Jan 1747 Thomas Chaplin of Blankney (age 63) died.
On 17 Jan 1747 Henry Fermor of Tusmore (age 32) died.
On 17 Jan 1749 Charles Eversfield (age 65) died.
On 17 Jan 1754 Catherine Tollemache died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.
On 17 Jan 1758 James Hamilton 6th Duke Hamilton 3rd Duke Brandon (age 33) died. His son James Hamilton 7th Duke Hamilton 4th Duke Brandon (age 2) succeeded 7th Duke Hamilton, 4th Duke Brandon of Suffolk, 4th Baron Dutton of Cheshire.
On 17 Jan 1758 James Scott (age 9) died.
On 17 Jan 1764 Hamilton Boyle 6th Earl Cork (age 33) died. His brother Edmund Boyle 7th Earl Cork (age 21) succeeded 7th Earl Cork.
On 17 Jan 1766 Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 87) died. Earl Godolphin, Viscount Rialton, Baron Godolphin of Rialton in Cornwall extinct. His first cousin Francis Godolphin 2nd Baron Goldolphin (age 59) succeeded 2nd Baron Godolphin of Helston in Cornwall.
On 17 Jan 1784 Marcus Lowther-Crofton 1st Baronet died. His son Edward Crofton 2nd Baronet (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baronet Crofton of The Mote in Roscommon.
On 17 Jan 1793 James Harington 7th Baronet (age 66) died. His son John Edward Harington 8th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 8th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. Marianne Philpot Lady Harington by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
On 17 Jan 1797 Anne Speke Countess Guilford (age 57) died.
On 17 Jan 1798 Thomas Kirkland (age 77) died.
On 17 Jan 1800 Anthony Lambert of Alnwick (age 42) died.
On 17 Jan 1803 Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury (age 82) died.
On 17 Jan 1808 Johnathan Wathen (age 79) died.
On 17 Jan 1809 Francis Vincent 9th Baronet (age 29) died. His son Francis Vincent 10th Baronet (age 5) succeeded 10th Baronet Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon.
On 17 Jan 1822 Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans died.
On 17 Jan 1824 Thomas Maitland (age 63) died of apoplexy.
On 17 Jan 1824 Bamber "The Younger" Gascoyne (age 66) died.
On 17 Jan 1826 Joseph Boze (age 79) died.
On 17 Jan 1829 James Croft (age 78) died.
On 17 Jan 1830 David Simpson (age 69) died at Bathgate.
On 17 Jan 1830 Elizabeth Jane Lambert (age 54) died.
On 17 Jan 1831 Ellen Turner (age 19) died. Possibly in childbirth, or from childbirth although Ellen, who is believed to be her only child, was born in Feb 1830?
On 17 Jan 1836 Elizabeth Peers Lady Blunt died.
On 17 Jan 1837 Elizabeth Anne Burrell Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon (age 79) died. She was buried in the Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey.
On 17 Jan 1838 Charles Long 1st Baron Farnborough (age 78) died. Baron Farnborough of Bromley Hill Place in Kent extinct.
On 17 Jan 1839 Thomas Buston (age 82) died.
On 17 Jan 1839 James Lonsdale (age 61) died.
On 17 Jan 1839 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 62) died. His son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 41) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 3rd Marquess Buckingham, 2nd Marquess of Chandos, 5th Earl Temple, 4th Earl Nugent, 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe, 6th Viscount Cobham. Mary Campbell Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 43) by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos.
On 17 Jan 1843 Thomas Botfield (age 80) died. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hopton Wafers where he and his wife have a fine monument by Edward Hodges Baily (age 54). His nephew Beriah Botfield (age 35) inherited a life interest in Hopton Court, Shropshire.
On 17 Jan 1848 Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 62) died. he had been shot accidentally in the thigh ten days before by his son George Herbert (age 22) during a pheasant shoot at Powis Castle. He died His son Edward Herbert 3rd Earl Powis (age 29) succeeded 3rd Earl Powis.
On 17 Jan 1848 Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto (age 71) died.
On 17 Jan 1851 Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings (age 18) died. His brother Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings (age 8) succeeded 4th Marquess Hastings, 9th Earl Loudon, 5th Earl Moira, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 20th Baron Botreaux, 19th Baron Hungerford, 17th Baron Moleyns and 17th Baron Hastings. Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 8) by marriage Marchioness Hastings.
On 17 Jan 1851 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 61) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. His son Charles Compton 3rd Marquess Northampton (age 35) succeeded 3rd Marquess Northampton, 11th Earl of Northampton, 3rd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex.
On 17 Jan 1852 William Oglander 6th Baronet (age 83) died. His son Henry Oglander 7th Baronet (age 41) succeeded 7th Baronet Oglander of Nunwell in Hampshire.
On 17 Jan 1853 Jane Williams Lady Prevost died.
On 17 Jan 1865 Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (age 70) died.
On 17 Jan 1866 George Petrie (age 76) died.
On 17 Jan 1866 Charlotte Elizabeth Kerr (age 54) died.
On 17 Jan 1868 Daniel Finch (age 78) died.
On 17 Jan 1869 Charlotte Finch died.
On 17 Jan 1876 Henry Gastineau (age 85) died at his home Nofolk Lodge, Cold Harbour Lane. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
On 17 Jan 1880 Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont (age 60) died. His son Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 28) succeeded 11th Duke Gramont. Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 24) by marriage Duchess Gramont.
On 17 Jan 1890 Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (age 86) died.
On 17 Jan 1892 Thomas Whichcote 7th Baronet (age 78) died. He was buried at St Denys' Church, Aswarby. His brother George Whichcote 8th Baronet (age 74) succeeded 8th Baronet Whichcote of the Inner Temple in the City of London.
On 17 Jan 1892 Mary Baillie (age 90) died.
On 17 Jan 1893 or 19 Jan 1893 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald (age 72) died. His son Rowland Winn 2nd Baron St Oswald (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron St Oswald of Nostell in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mabel Susan Forbes Baroness Winn by marriage Baroness St Oswald of Nostell in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 17 Jan 1893 James Alexander Guthrie 4th of Craigie (age 69) died.
On 17 Jan 1898 Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Countess Russell (age 82) died.
On 17 Jan 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian (age 66) died. His daughter Robert Schomberg Henry Kerr 10th Marchioness Lothian succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian.
On 17 Jan 1912 Caroline Margaret Dawson died.
On 17 Jan 1928 Georgina Sophia Baillie-Hamilton Lady Vernon (age 89) died.
On 17 Jan 1932 Bishop Charles Gore (age 78) died.
On 17 Jan 1936 Richard Beale Colvin (age 79) died.
On 17 Jan 1937 Reverend Francis Amcotts Jarvis (age 87) died.
On 17 Jan 1949 Mary Anne Arkwright Lady Fitzherbert (age 98) died.
On 17 Jan 1954 Ernest Benn 2nd Baronet (age 78) died.
On 17 Jan 1991 Olav Glücksburg V King Norway (age 87) died.
On 17 Jan 1996 Henry MacLeod Robertson (age 63) died.
