On this Day in History ... 25th April

25 Apr is in April.

1457 John Neville married Isabel Ingaldsthorpe

1464 Battle of Hedgeley Moor

1502 Death of Prince Arthur

1550 Peace of Boulogne

1557 Scarborough Castle Rebellion

1660 Convention Parliament

1666 Great Plague of London

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 25th April

Florence of Worcester Continuation. 25 Apr 1123. Alexander (age 45), king of Scots, died on the seventh of the calends of May [25th April].

Note. Some sources say 1124?

On 25 Apr 1196 Alfonso II King Aragon (age 39) died. His son Peter II King Aragon (age 17) succeeded II King Aragon.

On 25 Apr 1214 King Louis IX of France was born to Louis "Lion" VIII King France (age 26) and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 26). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25 Apr 1295 Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 36) died. His son Ferdinand IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 9) succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon.

On 25 Apr 1457 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 26) and Isabel Ingaldsthorpe (age 16) were married by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 39) at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. She the heir of her father Edmund Ingaldsthorpe who had died the previous year. Eight manors were settled on them in jointure. He the son of Richard Neville 5th Earl Salisbury (age 57) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 50). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

In 1460 a petition noted "The Nevilles state that Isabel was found to be Ingoldisthorpe's daughter and heir. When they requested livery of the estates from the chancellor in Chancery, he refused on the grounds that the king had granted the marriage and wardship to the queen (age 27). The Nevilles disputed this as Isabel was 14, and not a minor at common law. John Neville (age 26) made recognizances in £1,000 to the queen on the understanding that if it was found that such a grant to the queen was not available, then she would not take any money from Neville. The Nevilles are unable to have a day in their law, and the queen has still levied part of the £1,000, and they are forced to sue a special livery at great expense. They request that the recognizances by annulled, and that women of the age of 14 when their ancestors die should have no problem of obtaining livery of their lands and tenements." See National Archives UK John Nevyll (Neville), knight; Isabel Neville, wife of John Neville, knight. SC 8/28/1398 1460.

Chronicle of Gregory 1464. Before 25 Apr 1464. The poyntement was that they Schottys and [t]ey shulde mete at Yorke. And thenn was my Lorde of Mountegewe (age 33) assygnyd to fecche yn the Schottys pesseabylly, for he was Wardon of the Marchys. And then my Lorde of Mountegewe (age 33) toke hys jornaye towarde the Newe Castelle [Map]. And by the waye was fulle falsely i-purvyde that fals Duke Harry of Somersett (age 28) and Percy (age 39), with hyr feleschyppe assocyat unto them, that there was layde by the waye, a lytylle from the Newecastel, in a woode, that fals traytoure Syr Umfray Nevyle (age 25), with iiij schore [Note. 80] sperys, and the bowys there too. And they shulde have falle on the Lorde Mountegeue (age 33) sodenly, and slayne hym sodenly, but, God be thonkyd, hyr fals treson was aspyde and knowe. And thenne the Lorde Montegewe (age 33) toke a nothyr waye, and made to be gaderyd a grete feleschippe, and went to the Newecastelle [Map], and soo toke hys jornaye unto Norham [Map] warde. Ande in the wey thedyrwarde there met with hym that fals Duke of Somersette (age 28), Syr Raffe Percy (age 39), the Lorde Hungerforde (age 33), and the Lorde Roos (age 36), whythe alle hyr company, to the nombyr of vM [Note. 5000] men of armys. And thys metynge was a pon Synte Markys day; and that same day was Syr Raffe Percy (age 39) slayne. And whenn that he was dede alle the party was schomfytyd and put to rebuke. Ande every man avoydyd and toke hys way with fulle sory hertys. And thenn my Lorde of Mountegeue (age 33) toke hys hors and roode to Norham, and fecchyd yn the Schottys, and brought hem unto the Lordys Commyssyonourys. And there was concludyd a pes [Note. peace] for xv yere with the Schottys. And the Schottys ben trewe hyt moste nedys contynu so longe, but hit ys harde for to tryste unto hem, for they byn evyr founde fulle of gyle and dyssayte.

On 25 Apr 1464 a Yorkist army commanded by John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 33) defeated a Lancastrian army commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 28) at Hedgeley Moor [Map] during the Battle of Hedgeley Moor.

Of the Lancastrians ...

Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 36) was killed. His son Edmund Ros 10th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 9) succeeded 10th Baron Ros Helmsley. Thomas' lands however, including Belvoir Castle [Map] was given by King Edward IV of England (age 21) to William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 33).

Ralph Percy (age 39) was killed.

Edmund Ros 10th Baron Ros Helmsley: Around 1455 he was born to Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley and Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros Helmsley. On 23 Oct 1508 Edmund Ros 10th Baron Ros Helmsley died. Baron Ros Helmsley abeyant between his daughters.

Before 25 Apr 1502 Prince Arthur's (deceased) body was transported from Ludlow, Shropshire [Map] to Worcester Cathedral [Map] via the River Servern in a special wagon upholstered in black and drawn by six horses, also caparisoned in black.

On 25 Apr 1502 Prince Arthur Tudor (deceased) was buried in the Chantry Chapel of Prince Arthur in Worcester Cathedral [Map].

Bishop William Smyth (age 42), Bishop of Lincoln and Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches, presided.

George Grey 2nd Earl Kent (age 48) and George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 34) received Arthur's Coat of Arms, Richard Grey 3rd Earl Kent (age 21) received Arthur's shield, John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis (age 17) received Arthur's sword, pommel forwards. Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 24) carried Prince Arthur's banner.

Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare (age 15) rode Arthur's courser as the Man at Arms, in Arthur's full armour, carrying Arthur's poleaxe, pointed down, through the Nave to the Altar where he was stripped of Arthur's (deceased) clothes.

The Chapel is to the right of the High Altar in the Chancel. It is decorated with heraldic carvings symbolising the houses of York, Lancaster, Beaufort and Catherine of Aragon's Pomegranate. His Purbeck marble tomb chest is decorated with the arms of England. He is buried beneath the cathedral's floor several feet away from the tomb that visitors can see.

Diary of Edward VI. 25 Apr 1550. The lord Clinton (age 38) captain of Bolein [Boulogne], having sent away befor al his men saving 1800, and al his ordonnaunce saving that the treaty did reserve, issued out of the towne with these 1800, delivering it to mons. Chastillon (age 31), receiving of him the six hostagies English1, aquittaunce for delivery of the towne1a and save-conduyt to com to Cales [Map], whither when lie cam(e) he placed 1800 in the emperour's frontieres.

Note 1. These young noblemen, when released from their honourable and very agreeable duty, were desirous to prolong their stay in France, in order to visit the French court. On the 24th of April — "Mocion was made for license that our hostaiges, that is to wete, the duke of Suffolke (age 14), th'erle of Hertforde (age 10), the lorde Matraverse (age 12), the lord Talbott (age 22), the lorde Strange (age 18), and the lorde Fitzwaren (age 21), might make their repaire unto the Frenche corte to see the king, like as the French hostaiges have libertie here to come to the corte. Whereupon it was thought convenient, that, forasmuch as the appointment of the delivery of Boloigne is this present day, which being accomplissed our hostaiges must be restored home, therefore they shall not have license till the counsaill be advertised of their deliverance: that, if they go, they may go at libertie and not as hostaiges. And to that effect a lettre written to mr. Blount, requiring him immediately upon their delivery to advertise the lords here, and to lerne withall the time of the Frenche king's approche into those parties, to th'entent our younge lords may meet him as neere the confines as may be.

"April xxviij. Upon lettres receaved from my lord Clynton (age 38) and Richard Blount esquire, of the receipt of our hostaiges which are already retorned to Calays, it was agreed that, forasmuch as the French king's comyng downe into Bullonoys is uncertain, our young lords that had been hostaiges shulde immediately return home, notwithstanding their request and first determinacion that they shulde have licence to visite the French king." (Council Book.)

Note 1a. Boulogne was delivered to the seigneur de la Eochepot and the seigneur de Chastillon (age 31) on the 25th of April by the hands of Edward lord Clinton (age 38), sir Richard Cotton, and sir Leonard Beckwith: see the acquittance of the French commissioners, mentioned by King Edward, in Rymer, xv. 228; the treaty for its surrender having been concluded on the 24th March (ibid. 230).

History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk. 25 Apr 1556. On the twenty-fifth of April, f 1556, his (deceased) remains were deposited in West Firle church, in a chapel, adjoining the chancel, appropriated for the burial place of the family. Attached to the east wall is an altar tomb, with the recumbent figures, beautifully sculptured in alabaster, of Sir John Gage and Philippa his wife; at his feet is a ram, the crest of his family; at her's the crest of Gulde ford, the trunk of a tree, emitting flames of fire. At the west end of the tomb, on a brass plate, are the arms of Gage, quartering St. Clere, and impaling Gulde ford, viz. quarterly, 1st, or, a saltire between four martlets sable, for Guldeford; 2d. argent, a chief sable, over all a bend ingrailed gules, for Halden; 3d. Barry of six or and azure, on a chief, of the first, two pallets between two esquires, of the second, and on an escutcheon of pretence, argent, a pheon sable, for Mortimer; 4th. ermine on a chevron azure, fess between three wolves heads erased azure; 6th. Vairé a canton gules, for Filliol: round the verge of the tomb are the words: Scio quod Redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum, et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum Salvatorem meum, quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo. Job cap. xix, versus xx. On a brass plate, at the east end of the tomb, against the wall, in a small canopied recess, are the arms of Gage and St. Clere, quarterly, encircled by the garter, with this inscription:

HIC JACET Jones. GAGE, PRECLARI ORDINIS GARTERII, MILES;

QUONDAM CONSTABULARIUS TURRIS LONDINI; CANCELLARIUS

DUCATUS LANCASTRIÆ; DOMINUS CAMERARIUS HOSPICII REGINÆ MARIÆ; AC UNUS DE PRIVATO CONCILIO EJUSDEM REGINÆ.

ET PHILIPPA UXOR EJUS.

QUI OBIERUNT ANNO 1557,5 QUORUM ANIMABUS

PROPITI ETUR DEUS.

Note f. Strype's Eccles. Mem.

Note g. A mistake for 1556.

On 25 Apr 1557 Thomas Stafford (age 24) sailed from Dieppe with two ships and over 30 men. He took Scarborough Castle [Map] and declared himself Protector of the Realm.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 25 Apr 1559. The xxv day of April, was sant Markes day, the Quen('s) (age 25) grace supt at Beynard castyll [Map] at my lord of Penproke('s) (age 58) P[lace,] and after supper the Quen('s) grace rowed up and downe Temes, and [a] C [100] bottes [boats] at bowte here grace, with trumpettes and drumes and flutes and gones, and sqwybes horlyng on he [high] to and fro, tyll x at nyght, or her grace depertyd, and all the water-syd st ... with a M [1000] pepull lokyng one here grace.

On 25 Apr 1599 Oliver Cromwell was born to Robert Cromwell (age 36) and Elizabeth Steward (age 33) at Huntingdon [Map].

Evelyn's Diary. 25 Apr 1659. A wonderful and sudden change in the face of the public; the new protector, Richard (age 32), slighted; several pretenders and parties strive for the government: all anarchy and confusion; Lord have mercy on us!

On 25 Apr 1660 ...

Thomas Thynne (age 50) was elected MP Hindon.

Henry Carey 4th Viscount Falkland (age 26) was elected MP Oxfordshire.

Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 29) was elected MP Derbyshire.

John Glynne (age 58) was elected MP Caernarfonshire.

William Glynne 1st Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Caernarfon.

Francis Godolphin (age 54) was elected MP Heytesbury.

Richard Jennings (age 41) was elected MP St Albans.

Pepy's Diary. 25 Apr 1663. So to bed. At Westminster Hall [Map], this day, I buy a book lately printed and licensed by Dr. Stradling (age 43), the Bishop of London's chaplin, being a book discovering the practices and designs of the papists, and the fears of some of our own fathers of the Protestant church heretofore of the return to Popery as it were prefacing it. The book is a very good book; but forasmuch as it touches one of the Queenmother's (age 53) fathers confessors, the Bishop, which troubles many good men and members of Parliament, hath called it in, which I am sorry for.

Pepy's Diary. 25 Apr 1666. So home, and with my wife and Mercer spent our evening upon our new leads by our bedchamber singing, while Mrs. Mary Batelier looked out of the window to us, and we talked together, and at last bid good night. However, my wife and I staid there talking of several things with great pleasure till eleven o'clock at night, and it is a convenience I would not want for any thing in the world, it being, methinks, better than almost any roome in my house. So having, supped upon the leads, to bed. The plague, blessed be God! is decreased sixteen this week.

Evelyn's Diary. 25 Apr 1667. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle (age 74), with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where the Duchess (age 44) had obligation to my wife's (age 32) mother for her marriage there; she was sister to Lord Lucas (age 60), and maid of honor then to the Queen-Mother (age 57); married in our chapel at Paris. My wife (age 32) being with me, the Duke (age 74) and Duchess (age 44) both would needs bring her to the very Court.

On 25 Apr 1699 William Brownlow was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 33) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 32).

On 25 Apr 1707 Léopold Clement Charles Lorraine was born to Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 27) and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine (age 30). He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On 25 Apr 1725 Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle (age 22) and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle (age 21). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 25 Apr 1785 Charles Tynte 5th Baronet (age 74) died. Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset extinct. He was buried on 08 Sep 1785 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] where he has amonument by Joseph Nollekens (age 47). His estates were inherired by his niece Jane Hassell, daughter of his sister Jane Tynte, who had married Colonel John Johnson aka Kemeys-Tynte who changed his name from Johnson to Kemeys-Tynte.

On 25 Apr 1830 Philip Bedingfeld of Ditchingham Hall Norfolk was born to John Longeville Bedingfield (age 20).

On 25 Apr 1843 Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 23) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

Thomas Bateman 1845. In the afternoon of the same day a far more interesting barrow was opened, the name of which is Green Lowe [Map]. It is situated upon the tract of land known as Alsop Moor which has since proved very productive of ancient British remains. This tumulus had been heaped over a rocky and unequal surface, in which a hole had been cut in order to serve the purpose of a cist. In removing the upper portion of the barrow a few human bones, horses' teeth, and rats' bones were discovered, and on clearing out the soil with which the cist was filled, the skeleton of a man in the prime of life was laid bare; his knees were contracted and drawn up until they nearly approached the head; and immediately in the rear of the shoulders were placed an elegant and most elaborately-ornamented drinking-cup, a piece of spherical pyrites, or iron ore, before alluded to as being an occasional ornament of the Britons, a flint instrument of the circular-headed form, and a splendid flint dagger; a little lower down the back of the skeleton there lay three beautifully-chipped and barbed arrow-heads of flinty seven other instruments of the same material but of inferior workmanship and three instruments made from the ribs of some animal neatly rounded at each end and much like a mesh-rule for nettings or perhaps used as modelling tools in the construction of urns. Still lower down, close to the pelvis, lay the remains of an infant; across the pelvis lay a bone pin, made from the leg of a small deer, which had probably been used to secure the folds of some vestments in which the body had been enveloped previous to its interment. The contents of this barrow are highly interesting, as they present a striking degree of similarity to the contents of barrows discovered in Wiltshire, particularly to the relics engraved in plate 18, vol. i of Sir Richard Hoare's work. The drinking-cup there figured bears a characteristic resemblance to the one here discovered, which is quite different to any heretofore found in Derbyshire; indeed, had railways then existed, and communication with distant places been as easy as at the present day, we should have attributed both vessels to one designer and manufacture. All the flints here discovered had undergone the action of fire, and present a spotless white, which materially improves their appearance.

On 25 Apr 1854 Frederick Mackenzie (age 66) died.

On 25 Apr 1862 Edward Grey 1st Viscount Fallodon was born to Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Grey (age 27) and Harriet Jane Pearson (age 23).

On 14 Jan 1894 William John Butler (age 75) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] on 18 Jan 1894. On 25 Apr 1896 a monument by Farmer & Brindley of red Verona marble with an alabaster effigy carved by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud (age 35) was unveiled.

On 25 Apr 1897 Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood was born to George V King United Kingdom (age 31) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.84%.

Archaeologia Volume 84 1935 Section VI. 25 Apr 1912. Plate XXXIII. Fig. 1. The southern of the two ‘Longstones [Map]’ at Beckhampton, which fell on 2 Dec. 1911, taken from the E.

On 25 Apr 1943 Leonard Stanford Merrifield (age 63) died.

On 25 Apr 1952 Gertrude "Gertie" Millar Countess of Dudley (age 73) died.

Births on the 25th April

On 25 Apr 1214 King Louis IX of France was born to Louis "Lion" VIII King France (age 26) and Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 26). He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 25 Apr 1287 Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was born to Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 36) and Margaret Fiennes (age 18). He a great x 3 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 25 Apr 1362 John Charleton 4th Baron Cherleton was born to John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton (age 26) and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot (age 18). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

After 25 Apr 1369 Joan Champernoun was born to Richard Champernoun (age 24) and Alice Astley (age 22).

After 25 Apr 1457 Isabel Neville was born to John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 26) and Isabel Ingaldsthorpe (age 16). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 25 Apr 1559 Margaret Cave was born to Ambrose Cave (age 57).

On 25 Apr 1562 Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar was born to Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar (age 32) and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar at Weimar.

On 25 Apr 1599 Oliver Cromwell was born to Robert Cromwell (age 36) and Elizabeth Steward (age 33) at Huntingdon [Map].

On or before 25 Apr 1603 Bishop James Fleetwood was born to George Fleetwood (age 39) and Catherine Denny (age 37). He was baptised 25 Apr 1603.

On 25 Apr 1608 Gaston Bourbon was born to Henry IV King France (age 54) and Marie de Medici Queen Consort France (age 32).

Before 25 Apr 1617 Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon was born to Thomas Aylesbury 1st Baronet (age 41) and Anne Denman (age 36). She was baptisd before 25 Apr 1617.

On 25 Apr 1619 John Acklom was born to William Acklom (age 37) at Moreby Hall.

On 25 Apr 1621 Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 54) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork (age 36).

On or before 25 Apr 1627 Thomas Garrard 2nd Baronet was born to Jacob Garrard 1st Baronet (age 40) and Mary Jennings Lady Garrard. He was baptised on 25 Apr 1627 at St Benet Gracechurch [Map].

On 25 Apr 1635 William Somerset Harbord was born to Lieutenant Charles Harbord (age 38).

On 25 Apr 1655 John Lowther 1st Viscount Lonsdale was born to John Lowther (age 27) and Elizabeth Bellingham.

On 25 Apr 1656 Edward Carey was born to Patrick Carey (age 33) and Susan Uvedale.

On 25 Apr 1665 Charles Fairfax 7th Viscount Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax (age 43).

On 25 Apr 1693 Charles Hotham 5th Baronet was born to Charles Hotham 4th Baronet (age 30) and Bridget Gee (age 21).

On 25 Apr 1699 William Brownlow was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 33) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 32).

On 25 Apr 1701 John Bristow was born to Robert Bristow (age 38) and Catherine Wooley (age 33).

On 25 Apr 1702 Katherine Murray was born to John Murray 1st Duke Atholl (age 42) and Catherine Hamilton Duchess Atholl (age 40).

On 25 Apr 1707 Léopold Clement Charles Lorraine was born to Leopold Duke of Lorraine (age 27) and Élisabeth Charlotte Bourbon Duchess Lorraine (age 30). He a great x 3 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

On or before 25 Apr 1721, the date he was baptised, Charles Holte 6th Baronet was born to Clobery Holte 4th Baronet (age 39).

On 25 Apr 1725 Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel was born to William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle (age 22) and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle (age 21). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 25 Apr 1726 Charles Gould aka Morgan 1st Baronet was born. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University reciving BA in 1747 and MA in 1750.

On 25 Apr 1744 George Devereux 13th Viscount Hereford was born to Edward Devereux 11th Viscount Hereford (age 34) and Catherine Mytton.

On 25 Apr 1768 Margaret Williams Lady Williams was born.

On 25 Apr 1769 Marc Isambard Brunel was born.

On 25 Apr 1776 George Durant was born to George Durant of Tong Castle (age 42) and Maria Beaufoy.

On 25 Apr 1790 Edward Royd Rice was born.

On 25 Apr 1790 Arthur Chichester 7th Baronet was born to John Chichester (age 38).

On 25 Apr 1793 Lawrence Palk 3rd Baronet was born to Lawrence Palk 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan (age 28).

On 25 Apr 1804 Francis Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale (age 51) and Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale (age 39).

On 25 Apr 1823 Sultan Abdulmejid I was born.

On 25 Apr 1830 Philip Bedingfeld of Ditchingham Hall Norfolk was born to John Longeville Bedingfield (age 20).

On 25 Apr 1835 William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst was born to William George Daniel-Tyssen (age 33) and Mary Fountaine.

On 25 Apr 1843 Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 23) and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 23). Coefficient of inbreeding 7.16%.

On 25 Apr 1857 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst was born to William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst (age 22) at Didlington Hall, Swaffham.

Before 25 Apr 1858 Edmond Ernest Charles Wellesley was born to William Henry Charles Wellesley (age 45).

On 25 Apr 1862 Edward Grey 1st Viscount Fallodon was born to Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Grey (age 27) and Harriet Jane Pearson (age 23).

On 25 Apr 1897 Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood was born to George V King United Kingdom (age 31) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.84%.

On 25 Apr 1931 Ronald Goldsmith was born to Stephen Charles Goldsmith (age 44).

On 25 Apr 1939 Thomas Patrick John Anson 5th Earl Lichfield was born to Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21). His mother was niece of the Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 38); as such he was a second cousin to King Charles III.

Marriages on the 25th April

Around 25 Apr 1369 Richard Champernoun (age 24) and Alice Astley (age 22) were married.

Before 25 Apr 1372 Henry Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 17) and Joan Hoo Baroness Ferrers Groby were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Groby. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Before 25 Apr 1426 Henry Bourchier 2nd Count Eu 1st Earl Essex (age 22) and Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. She the daughter of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. He the son of William Bourchier 1st Count Eu and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford (age 43). They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 25 Apr 1457 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 26) and Isabel Ingaldsthorpe (age 16) were married by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 39) at Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. She the heir of her father Edmund Ingaldsthorpe who had died the previous year. Eight manors were settled on them in jointure. He the son of Richard Neville 5th Earl Salisbury (age 57) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 50). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

In 1460 a petition noted "The Nevilles state that Isabel was found to be Ingoldisthorpe's daughter and heir. When they requested livery of the estates from the chancellor in Chancery, he refused on the grounds that the king had granted the marriage and wardship to the queen (age 27). The Nevilles disputed this as Isabel was 14, and not a minor at common law. John Neville (age 26) made recognizances in £1,000 to the queen on the understanding that if it was found that such a grant to the queen was not available, then she would not take any money from Neville. The Nevilles are unable to have a day in their law, and the queen has still levied part of the £1,000, and they are forced to sue a special livery at great expense. They request that the recognizances by annulled, and that women of the age of 14 when their ancestors die should have no problem of obtaining livery of their lands and tenements." See National Archives UK John Nevyll (Neville), knight; Isabel Neville, wife of John Neville, knight. SC 8/28/1398 1460.

After 25 Apr 1464 Thomas Wingfield and Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros Helmsley (age 41) were married. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

On 25 Apr 1472 William Norreys (age 31) and Isabel Ingaldsthorpe (age 31) were married. The date the anniversary of her marriage fifteen years before to John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

Before 25 Apr 1513 Edward Howard (age 37) and Alice Lovell 10th Baroness Marshal 9th Baroness Morley (age 46) were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 70) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

Before 25 Apr 1617 Thomas Aylesbury 1st Baronet (age 41) and Anne Denman (age 36) were married.

On 25 Apr 1625 Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 61) and Sarah Blount Countess Leicester (age 43) were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester.

Before 25 Apr 1655 John Lowther (age 27) and Elizabeth Bellingham were married.

On 25 Apr 1672 George Mainwaring (age 29) and Elizabeth Bradshaw were married.

On 25 Apr 1682 Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke Leeds (age 23) and Bridget Hyde Duchess Leeds (age 20) were married. He the son of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 50) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 53).

On 25 Apr 1693 Charles Hotham 4th Baronet (age 30) and Bridget Gee (age 21) were married.

On or after 25 Apr 1713 John Aislabie of Studley Royal (age 42) and Judith Vernon were married by a license dated 25 Apr 1713.

On 25 Apr 1729 William Godolphin (age 29) and Catherina de Jong Jong were married. He the son of Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 50) and Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess Marlborough (age 47).

On 25 Apr 1732 William Morden aka Harbord 1st Baronet (age 36) and Elizabeth Britiffe Lady Harbord were married.

On 25 Apr 1772 John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich (age 28) and Maria Henrietta Powlett were married. She the daughter of Harry Powlett 6th Duke Bolton (age 51) and Katherine Lowther Duchess of Bolton (age 36). He the son of John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich (age 53) and Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich (age 55).

Before 25 Apr 1776 George Durant of Tong Castle (age 42) and Maria Beaufoy were married.

On 25 Apr 1791 George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley (age 41) and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 29) were married. She by marriage Countess Cholmondeley in Cheshire. She the daughter of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 25 Apr 1799 Henry Vane-Tempest 2nd Baronet (age 28) and Anne MacDonnell 2nd Countess of Antrim (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Randal William MacDonnell 1st Marquess of Antrim.

On 25 Apr 1810 Robert Graham 8th Baronet (age 40) and Elizabeth Young Lady Graham were married. She by marriage Lady Graham of Esk in Cumberland.

On 25 Apr 1857 Henry Stevenson Blackwood (age 37) and Amelia Capell were married.

On 25 Apr 1867 Ralph Brocklebank of Childwall Hall and Mary Petrena Royds (age 17) were married at All Saints' Church, Childwall by Reverend Edward Royds (age 46), Rector of St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map] assisted by the Rev. Canon Brandreth, Rector of Standish, co. Lancaster, both uncles of the bride.

On 25 Apr 1891 Ronald Henry Fulke Greville (age 26) and Margaret Helen Anderson Baroness Grevillee (age 27) were married.

On 25 Apr 1922 Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant 4th Baron Penrhyn (age 27) and Sybil Mary Hardinge Countess Fortescue (age 23) were married. They were divorced in 1941. She the daughter of Henry Charles Hardinge 3rd Viscount Hardinge (age 64) and Mary Frances Neville Marchioness Abergavenny (age 53).

Before 25 Apr 1939 Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the King (age 43) and Queen (age 38), Princesses Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 13) and Princess Margaret (age 8) - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 52).

In 25 Apr 1939 Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were divorced.

On 25 Apr 1939 Nicholas Eliot 9th Earl of St Germans (age 25) and Helen Mary Villiers (age 24) were married. They were divorced in 1947. He the son of Montague Eliot 8th Earl of St Germans (age 68).

Deaths on the 25th April

On 25 Apr 1196 Alfonso II King Aragon (age 39) died. His son Peter II King Aragon (age 17) succeeded II King Aragon.

On 25 Apr 1264 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester (age 69) died. Earl Winchester extinct.

On 25 Apr 1295 Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 36) died. His son Ferdinand IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 9) succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon.

On 25 Apr 1337 John Graham (age 67) died.

On 25 Apr 1337 John Graham of Dalkeith (age 67) died.

On 25 Apr 1397 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 47) died. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. His son Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Kent, 2nd Baron Holand, 7th Baron Wake of Liddell. Joan Stafford Countess Kent (age 19) by marriage Countess Kent.

On 25 Apr 1423 Robert Hill of Spaxton (age 62) died.

On 25 Apr 1464 a Yorkist army commanded by John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 33) defeated a Lancastrian army commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 28) at Hedgeley Moor [Map] during the Battle of Hedgeley Moor.

Of the Lancastrians ...

Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 36) was killed. His son Edmund Ros 10th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 9) succeeded 10th Baron Ros Helmsley. Thomas' lands however, including Belvoir Castle [Map] was given by King Edward IV of England (age 21) to William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 33).

Ralph Percy (age 39) was killed.

Edmund Ros 10th Baron Ros Helmsley: Around 1455 he was born to Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley and Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros Helmsley. On 23 Oct 1508 Edmund Ros 10th Baron Ros Helmsley died. Baron Ros Helmsley abeyant between his daughters.

On 25 Apr 1507 Richard Assheton (age 67) died.

On 25 Apr 1513 Edward Howard (age 37) died.

On 25 Apr 1516 John Yonge (age 51) died.

On 25 Apr 1522 Giles Alington (age 39) died.

On 25 Apr 1528 Robert Jerningham died.

On 25 Apr 1541 Thomas Curzon (age 51) died.

On 25 Apr 1549 Reginald Digby (age 61) died. He was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Coleshill [Map].

On 25 Apr 1566 Diane de Poitiers (age 66) died.

On 25 Apr 1579 John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl died. His son John Stewart 5th Earl Atholl (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Atholl. Mary Ruthven Countess Atholl by marriage Countess Atholl.

On 25 Apr 1601 William Poyntz (age 59) died.

On 25 Feb 1603 Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25 Apr 1603.

On 25 Apr 1616 Muriel Parry (age 68) died.

On 25 Apr 1631 John Shirley of Isfield (age 66) died in Lewes [Map].

On 25 Apr 1666 Jane Shirley Baroness Holles died.

On 25 Apr 1672 William Stourton 11th Baron Stourton (age 78) died. His grandson William Stourton 12th Baron Stourton (age 28) succeeded 12th Baron Stourton.

On 25 Apr 1680 Henry Barnard (age 62) died.

On 25 Apr 1684 James Graham 3rd Marquess Montrose (age 26) died. His son James Graham 1st Duke Montrose (age 2) succeeded 4th Marquess Montrose.

On 25 Apr 1698 Prince Bourbon Condé Conti (age 3) died.

On 25 Apr 1703 John Shelley 3rd Baronet (age 41) died. His son John Shelley 4th Baronet (age 11) succeeded 4th Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.

On 25 Apr 1717 John Elwill 1st Baronet (age 77) died. His son John Elwill 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Elwill of Exeter.

On 25 Apr 1721 James Herbert (age 16) drowned having fallen off a footbridge near his home whilst out walking. He is known to have suffered from apoplexy; his most recent occurrence being five days prior to his death.

On 25 Apr 1723 James Livingston 5th Earl Linlithgow 4th Earl Callendar died.

On 25 Apr 1730 Holland Egerton 4th Baronet (age 40) died. His son Edward Egerton 5th Baronet (age 11) succeeded 5th Baronet Egerton and Oulton.

On 25 Apr 1739 Sackville Beauclerk died.

On 25 Apr 1744 Catherine Parry 6th Duchess Bolton died.

On 25 Apr 1750 Dorothy Langdale Lady Vavasour died.

On 25 Apr 1758 Anne Buller (age 33) died.

On 25 Apr 1761 Sophia Hope Countess Findlater (age 58) died.

On 25 Apr 1774 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland (age 45) died. His son John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 14) succeeded 10th Earl of Westmoreland.

On 25 Apr 1785 Charles Tynte 5th Baronet (age 74) died. Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset extinct. He was buried on 08 Sep 1785 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] where he has amonument by Joseph Nollekens (age 47). His estates were inherired by his niece Jane Hassell, daughter of his sister Jane Tynte, who had married Colonel John Johnson aka Kemeys-Tynte who changed his name from Johnson to Kemeys-Tynte.

On 25 Apr 1792 Anthony Lucas-Calcraft (age 23) died.

On 25 Apr 1813 Richard Fitzpatrick (age 65) died.

On 25 Apr 1823 Bridget Forrest Viscountess Byng (age 74) died.

On 25 Apr 1825 Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil (age 1) died.

On 25 Apr 1827 Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 75) died in Genoa.

On 25 Apr 1833 Anne Pole (age 81) died.

On 25 Apr 1841 Augusta Jones (age 28) died.

On 25 Apr 1854 Frederick Mackenzie (age 66) died.

On 25 Apr 1856 Wilbraham Egerton (age 74) died.

On 25 Apr 1859 Lucy Dandridge Lady Wheler died. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Leamington Hastings.

On 25 Apr 1861 Louisa Williamson aka Winn died.

On 25 Apr 1869 Louisa Cockburn (age 30) died at Isle of Wight Virginia.

On 25 Apr 1869 Henry Bingham-Baring (age 65) died.

On 25 Apr 1870 Bishop Robert Eden 3rd Baron Auckland (age 70) died at the Bishop's Palace, Wells. His son William Eden 4th Baron Auckland (age 41) succeeded 4th Baron Auckland of West Auckland. Lucy Walbanke-Childers Baroness Auckland (age 34) by marriage Baroness Auckland of West Auckland albeit for seventeen days only since she died on 12 May 1870.

On 25 Apr 1879 Charles Tennyson Turner (age 70) died at 6 Imperial Square Cheltenham.

On 25 Apr 1883 Albert Bertram Arthur Fisher (age 34) died. He was buried at Batticaloa Cemetery where his

On 25 Apr 1884 Alice aka Alexa Wilding (age 37) died.

On 25 Apr 1892 William Backhouse Astor Jr (age 62) died.

On 14 Jan 1894 William John Butler (age 75) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] on 18 Jan 1894. On 25 Apr 1896 a monument by Farmer & Brindley of red Verona marble with an alabaster effigy carved by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud (age 35) was unveiled.

On 25 Apr 1896 Charles Williams-Wynn (age 73) died.

On 25 Apr 1918 Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby (age 62) died.

On 25 Apr 1924 Margueurite de Fontaine Drever Joicey (age 36) died.

On 25 Apr 1924 Edith Mary Manners-Sutton (age 69) died.

On 25 Apr 1926 Mabel Cynthia Duncombe Lady Graham died.

On 25 Apr 1939 Ernest William Tate 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His son Henry Tate 4th Baronet (age 36) succeeded 4th Baronet Tate of Park Hill in Streatham in London.

On 25 Apr 1943 Leonard Stanford Merrifield (age 63) died.

On 25 Apr 1950 Margaret Ethel Gordon Baroness Harlech (age 92) died. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Selattyn [Map].

On 25 Apr 1952 Gertrude "Gertie" Millar Countess of Dudley (age 73) died.

On 25 Apr 1971 Adelaide Saxe Meiningen (age 79) died.

On 25 Apr 1997 Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller (age 89) died.

On 25 Apr 2008 Humphrey Lyttelton (age 86) died.

On 25 Apr 2015 Edward Douglas Coke 7th Earl of Leicester (age 78) died. His son Thomas Coke 8th Earl of Leicester (age 49) succeeded 8th Earl of Leicester.