On this Day in History ... 21st July
21 Jul is in July.
1528 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1535 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1554 Marriage of Queen Mary with Philip II of Spain
1644 Baptism of Henrietta Maria
1661 Creation of Baronets and Peerages by Charles II Post Coronation
Events on the 21st July
On 21 Jul 1122 Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland (age 30) died.
On 21 Jul 1242 the forces of King Henry III of England (age 34) and Hugh Lusignan XI Count Lusignan VI Count La Marche II Count Angoulême (age 21) fought against the forces of at King Louis IX of France (age 28) and his brother Alphonse Capet Count Poitou II Count Toulose (age 21) at Taillebourg [Map] during the Battle of Taillebourg. The battle was a decisive victory for the French. Henry thereafter signed a five-year truce with the French.
On 21 Jul 1338 King Charles V of France was born to King John "The Good" II of France (age 19) and Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 23).
On 21 Jul 1342 Louis I King Hungary King Poland (age 16) was crowned I King Hungary. Margaret Bohemia Queen Consort Hungary (age 7) was crowned Queen Consort Hungary.
Chronicle of Gregory 1403-1419. 21 Jul 1403. And that yere, the yere of our Lorde Mcccc iiij, was the batylle of Shrouysbury, that was uppon Mary Mawdelyn Evyn, in the whyche bataylle Syr Harry Percy (age 39) was sayle1, and Thomas Percy (age 60) was i-takynne and kept iij dayes aftyr, and thenne he was drawe, hanggyd, quarteryd, and be-heddyd; and the quarters was sende one unto London Brygge. And in the same bataylle was the Prynce (age 16) shotte thorowe the hedde with an arowe, and the Erle of Stafforde (age 25) was i-slayne in the kyngys cote armure undyr his baner, and many mo lordys and knyghtes lost there lyvys, and squyers and many a goode yemon. For hit was one of the wyrste bataylys that evyr came to Inglonde, and unkyndyst, for there was the fadyr a-yenst the sone and the sone ayenste the fadyr, and brother and cosyn a-yenste eche othyr.
Note 1. sayle. So in MS., but the reading ought certainly to have been slain.
On 21 Jul 1403 King Henry IV of England (age 36), with his son the future King Henry V of England (age 16), defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 39) at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England (age 16) took an arrow to the side of his face leaving him severely scarred. John Stanley (age 53) was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland (age 36) fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 21) fought for the King. Walter Blount (age 55), the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine (age 31).
Thomas Wendesley (age 59) and Edmund Cockayne (age 47) were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 25) was killed. His son Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley (age 52) was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England (age 36).
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 39), Madog Kynaston (age 43) and John Clifton were killed.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 60) was beheaded after the battle. Earl Worcester extinct.
Richard Vernon 11th Baron Shipbrook (age 48) was hanged. Baron Shipbrook forfeit.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall (age 26) inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey (age 65) was killed.
After 21 Jul 1403 Edmund Cockayne (age 47) was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to Edmund Cockayne (deceased) and his first wife Margaret Longford. Camail and Jupon Period. Cockerel Crest. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Chest with Weepers holding Shields.
Edmund Cockayne: Edmund Cockayne and Elizabeth Harthill were married. In 1356 he was born to John Cockayne and Cecilia Vernon at Ashbourne.
Margaret Longford: Before 1410 John Cockayne and she were married.
After 21 Jul 1403 Thomas Wendesley (age 59) was buried at All Saint's Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire [Map]. Camail and Jupon Period armour. IHC NASARE Lettering. His Coat of Arms just visible. Lancastrian Esses Collar.
Letters and Papers 1528. 21 Jul 1528. Le Grand, III. 150. 4542. Du Bellay To Montmorency.
Has informed Wolsey, by long letters directed to Vannes, of the contents of Francis's letters of the 9th and 13th. He is very glad of the news from Naples, and from Italy generally. The point of all my letters, Sir, is the contribution. The first time I sent to him he determined that it should commence in the middle of June. I applied to him again, and I think if I can speak to him tomorrow I shall gain my purpose, for he has consented that I shall go to the village of Hampton Court, when he will consider whether I shall speak by trumpet or by myself. I will do what I can about the advance of money, for I have not had a word yet in answer; but you must know the Angelots are worth here 69 sous, and I think they will deliver them to you for the weight, for they have no other money except these escus à la couronne, which are still worse. Let me know how to remit, or send a man to receive them. If you desire it I will try and get Wolsey to send the money to Calais free of cost.
The danger in this country begins to diminish hereabouts, and to increase elsewhere. In Kent it is very great. Mademoiselle de Boulan (age 27) and her father (age 51) have sweated, but have got over it. The day I sweated at my lord of Canterbury's there died 18 persons in four hours, and hardly anybody escaped but myself, who am not yet quite strong again. The King has gone further off than he was, uses great precautions, confesses himself every day, and receives Our Lord at every Feast. So also the Queen (age 42), who is with him, and Wolsey for his part. The notaries have had a fine time of it. I think 100,000 wills have been made off-hand, for those who were dying became quite foolish the moment they fell ill. The astrologers say this will not turn into a plague, but I think they dream. Has no doubt the King and Wolsey will be gratified with Francis's condolences on this visitation.
I have determined to send off this despatch, not to keep you in suspense till I have seen the Legate; but till next voyage I do not mean to put hand to pen (n'ay voulu mectre la main à la plume), that I may not cause suspicion to any one; for this is a regular pestilence (n'est que belle peste), and the moment a man is dead "il en devient tout couvert sur le corps1."
Thanks for remittances, &c. I am quite content to stay here, or even in Turkey, if the interests of Francis require it, and to spend all my goods if need be. All I have is but 4,000 livres of rent, and the expence being here so great, you will have to provide for the excess after I and my friends have done what we can. If I were as rich as some other bishops, or were I at a place of small expence like Venice, you should hear no complaint from me. London, 21 July.
Fr. Add.
Note 1. he becomes all covered on his body.
Letters and Papers 1528. 21 Jul 1528. R. O. 4538. Hennege To Wolsey.
I have this day put the King in remembrance of the letter of his own hand, which he said he would write, but he complains of his head, and therefore is not disposed to write at present. Tomorrow he intends to go to Grafton, to stay the Thursday, and return on the Friday. I will get him to write without fail, when I can. I beseech you continue gracious to my poor brother the archdeacon of Oxford, for whom I thank you. Ampthill, 21 July. Signed.
P.S.—There is no news here. The King is well, saving his head. My Lady Rocheford (age 23) and Mrs. Anne (age 27) cometh this week to the Court. My lord Rocheford (age 25) was to have come, but because of the sweat he remains at home.
P. 1. Add. Endd.
Letters and Papers 1528. 21 Jul 1528. Love Letters XI. 4537. Henry VIII (age 37) to Anne Boleyn (age 27).
The approach of the time which has been delayed so long delights me so much that it seems almost already come. Nevertheless, the entire accomplishment cannot be till the two persons meet; which meeting is more desired on my part than anything in the world, for what joy can be so great as to have the company of her who is my most dear friend, knowing likewise that she does the same. Judge then what will that personage do whose absence has given me the greatest pain in my heart, which neither tongue nor writing can express, and nothing but that can remedy. Tell your father (age 51) on my part that I beg him to abridge by two days the time appointed that he may be in court before the old term, or at least upon the day prefixed; otherwise I shall think he will not do the lover's turn as he said he would, nor answer my expectation. No more, for want of time. I hope soon to tell you by mouth the rest of the pains I have suffered in your absence. Written by the hand of the secretary, who hopes to be privately with you, &c.
Letters and Papers 1528. 21 Jul 1528. R.O. St. P.I. 321. 4536. Duke of Richmond (age 9) to Henry VIII (age 37).
I have received two of your letters, dated Tittenhanger, the 10th, desiring the preferment of Sir Giles Strangwisshe and Sir Edward Seymer, master of my horse, to rooms vacant by the death of Sir William Compton. I send a list of the offices and the fees appertaining. I presume you mean that one of the said gentlemen is to be preferred to the stewardship of Canforde.
It was signified to me by the Cardinal that it was your pleasure, when any office fell vacant, that I should dispose of it, considering the great number of my servants who have no other reward. Hearing, then, that the stewardship of my lands in Dorset and Somerset shires was void, I have disposed of one of them to Sir William Parre, and the other to George Coton, who attends upon me. Sheriffhutton, 21 July. Signed.
P.1. Add. Endd.
ii. Lordships belonging to my Lord of Richmond and Somerset.
Dorset.—Canforde, Corfe Castle, Cockden hundred and the Isle of Purbyke. The steward's fee is 100s.
Somerset.—The borough of Milborn Port. The manor of Kingesbury Regis and the hundred of Horethorn. The manor of Quene Cammell. The lordship of Martock. The hundred of Stone and Cattisayshe. The manor of Coryrevell. The hundred of Abdyke and Bulstone, and the borough of Langporte.
The steward's fee is £6 13s. 4d., besides 60s. for his clerk.
Letters and Papers 1528. 21 Jul 1528. Love Letters XV. 4539. Henry VIII (age 37) to Anne Boleyn (age 27).
Is perplexed with such things as her brother (age 25) will declare to her. Wrote in his last that he trusted shortly to see her, "which is better known at London than with any that is about me; whereof I not a little marvel, but lack of discreet handling must be the cause thereof." I hope soon "our meeting shall not depend upon other men's lyght handylleness but upon your own. Written with the hand of hys that longeth to be yours."
On 21 Jul 1533 Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (deceased) was buried at Bury St Edmund's Abbey. Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 14) chief mourner. 
Letters and Papers 1535. 21 Jul 1535. R. O. 1080. Roland Lee (age 48), Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, to Cromwell.
Thomas Rotheray has the measles. As the plague is in "Merisseis" (the Marches), I hintend to remove, and not go to Court till I know the King's pleasure. Write to the dean of the Chapel with my excuse. Wednesday.
Hol., p. 1. Add.: Mr. Secretary.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Jul 1553. The xxj day of July was taken in Cambryg [Map] the duke of Northumberland (age 49), with dyvers lordes and knyghts; and that day qwen Mare (age 37) was proclamyd in Cambryg [Map], and [in-]contenent thrugh England.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 21 Jul 1554. 21 Jul 1554. The xxith of Julie proclamation was made in London that all noblemen, gentlemen, ladies, ancJ other should repayre to the Cittie of Winchester, Hampshire [Map], there to doe their attendance at her graces marriage accordinge as they are appoynted. And that night were bonefyers made in everie parishe within the Cittie of London, with all the bells ringinge in everye parishe churche for the ioyfull tydinges of the Princes landinge in safetie.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Jul 1554. The xxj day of July by x of the cloke [was proclaimed] thrug London that the prynche of Spayne (age 27) was [arrived at Southampton] and that evere pere and lord and lade shuld [resort] unto her grace['s] cete of Wynchester [Map] with all spede to her graceus weddyng.
Note. P. 66. Proclamation for attendance of peers, &c. at the queen's marriage. See this in the Soc. of Antiquaries' collection, vol. ii. p. 125.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Jul 1556. The xxj day of July the Quen('s) (age 40) grace removyd from sant James in the ffelds unto Heltem [Map] thrugh the parke and thrugh Whyt-alle, and toke her barge, and so to Lambeth unto my lord cardenoll('s) place; and there here grace toke here charett, and so thrugh sant Gorge('s) ffeld unto Nuhyngton, so over the feldes to-wherd Eltem at v of the cloke at after-none; and ther wher of pepull a-boyff x m. pepull to se her grace; and my lord cardinoll (age 56) rod with her, and my lord of Penbroke (age 55) and my lord Montyguu (age 27) and dyvers lordes and knyghtes and mony lades and gentyll women a grett nombur rod with her grace.
On 21 Jul 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) created a number of new Baronies ...
Thomas Egerton (age 63) was created 1st Baron Ellesmere. Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 54) by marriage Baroness Ellesmere.
Robert Spencer (age 33) was created 1st Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
John Harrington (age 63) was created 1st Baron Harington of Exton. Anne Keilway Baroness Harington (age 49) by marriage Baroness Harington of Exton.
On 21 Jul 1616 Anna de Medici was born to Cosimo II de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 26).
On 21 Jul 1638 Richard Brownlow (age 85) died in Enfield [Map]. Monument to Richard Brownlow (age 85) in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Joshua Marshall (age 10).
Richard Brownlow:
On 02 Apr 1553 he was born.
On 12 Apr 1553 Richard Brownlow was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn.
On 09 Oct 1591 he was appointed Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas which office he held until heis death which made him a very wealthy.
After 21 Jul 1643. Monument at St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map] to Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden and Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (deceased).
Monument in St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map]. A sumptuous marble canopied and colonaded. Possibly by Nicholas Stone (age 56).
On 21 Jul 1644 Princess Henrietta Stewart Duchess Orléans was baptised at Exeter Cathedral [Map]. John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley (age 42) attended. Elizabeth Villiers Countess Morton (age 35) was her godmother in whose care she was left.
In Jul 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) created new Baronetcies and Peerages ...
10 Jul 1661 Christopher Guise 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Guise of Elmore in Gloucestershire.
16 Jul 1661 Philip Parker 1st Baronet (age 43) was created 1st Baronet Parker of Arwarton in Suffolk. Rebecca Long Lady Parker by marriage Lady Parker of Arwarton in Suffolk.
21 Jul 1661 Charles Hussey 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Hussey of Caythorpe in Lincolnshire.
21 Jul 1661 Edward Barkham 1st Baronet (age 31) was created 1st Baronet Barkham Waynflete.
25 Jul 1661 John Banks 1st Baronet (age 34) was created 1st Baronet Banks of London by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Pepy's Diary. 21 Jul 1665. So home and late at my chamber, setting some papers in order; the plague growing very raging, and my apprehensions of it great. So very late to bed.
Evelyn's Diary. 20 Jul 1683. Several of the conspirators of the lower form were executed at Tyburn [Map]; and the next day.
Before 21 Jul 1683 Robert Sawyer (age 50) prosecuted members of the Rye House Plot.
Evelyn's Diary. 21 Jul 1683. Lord Russell (age 43) was beheaded in Lincoln's Inn Fields, the executioner giving him three butcherly strokes. The speech he made, and the paper which he gave the Sheriff of declaring his innocence, the nobleness of the family, the piety and worthiness of the unhappy gentleman, wrought much pity, and occasioned various discourses on the plot.
On 21 Jul 1683 William Russell (age 43) was beheaded by Jack Ketch at Lincoln's Inn for his involvement in the Rye House Plot. The executioner was so inept that he took four axe blows to separate the head from the body. After the first failed blow his victim looked up and said "You dog, did I give you 10 guineas to use me so inhumanely?".
A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3: Parishes: Chenies. Lord William Russell (age 43), son of the fifth earl, is perhaps the most interesting figure in connexion with Chenies [Map]. As a member of the country party in the House of Commons he backed the Bill excluding the Duke of York from the throne. Being afterwards implicated in the Rye House Plot he was executed for treason in Lincoln's Inn Fields on 21 July 1683 and has earned for himself the name of 'patriot' or martyr of the Revolution52. He was buried at Chenies and his widow Lady Rachel Russell (age 47) visited the church in later years, when she decided to 'make a little monument' and erected the one to the fifth earl (age 66) and his wife (age 67) with medallions of their children, conspicuous among which is that of Lord William Russell (age 43), ranged in rows on either side54. Chenies has remained in the Russell family until the present day55, the present Duke of Bedford being lord of the manor, but it is many years since the family ceased to use the old manor-house as a residence.
Note 53. Dict. Nat. Biog.; G.E.C. Complete Peerage.
Note 54. Froude, op. cit. iv, 517.
Note 55. 55. Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich. 8 & 9 Eliz.; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxi, 132; ccccxxxv, 118; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1581-90, p. 380; Acts of P.C. 1601-4, p. 145; Hist.MSS. Com. Rep. xii, App. v, 131; Recov. R. Hil. 11 Jas. I, m. 97; Mich. 14 Jas. I, m. 136; Mich. 6 Geo. II, m. 291; Mich. 1 Geo. III, m. 139; Trin. 49 Geo. III, m. 152; Fine R. 16 Jas. I, pt. i, no. 4; Lysons, Mag. Brit. i (3), 584.
On 21 Jul 1693 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 40) and Grace Holles Baroness Pelham.
After 21 Jul 1731. Memorial at St Michael's Church, Lamplugh [Map] to Margaret Lamplugh (deceased).
Margaret Lamplugh: On 07 Oct 1693 she was born to Thomas Lamplugh and Frances Moline. Around 14 Jul 1731 Richard Brisco and she were married. She was dead a week later. The churchwarden at Lamplugh church explained this a possibly being a means for Richard to gain the estate of her father with whose wife, Margaret's mother, he Richard was conducting an affair. Alternatively it may have been a means by which Lamlugh Hall would retained by Richard Brisco. On 21 Jul 1731 Margaret Lamplugh died.
On 21 Jul 1797 Arthur William Devis (age 34) was recorded as living at 27 George Street.
On 18 Jul 1819 James Anderson Rose was born to Arthur Miller Rose (age 22) and Susanna Rose nee Anderson (age 24) at Shoreditch [Map]. He was baptised 21 Jul 1819.
On 21 Jul 1840 Georgiana Macdonald Lady Burne-Jones was born to Reverend George Browne Macdonald (age 35) and Hannah Jones at Birmingham.
Hurdlow. On the afternoon we re-opened the barrow on Cronkstone Hill [Map] (the next eminence), which was examined by Mr. William Bateman, in 1825 (Vestiges, p. 33). A short distance east from the centre was a large irregularly shaped grave in the rock, the bottom of which was upwards of five feet below the apex of the mound, within it lay the skeleton of a full sized person who had suffered from a morbid enlargement of the head of the right humerus; as usual, in the early interments, he lay in a contracted posture, with a circular instrument of flint near the head, and surrounded by rats' bones. A few inches above this skeleton was a deposit of calcined human bones, apparently interred at the same time as it. There may probably be other interments in the mound, which is about 20 yards diameter.
On 21 Jul 1858 Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain was born to Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (age 39).
On 26 Apr 1901 William Clavell Ingram Dean (age 66) died. Monument at Peterborough Cathedral [Map] sculpted by his brother Walter Rowlands Ingram (age 65) shortly before he died on 21 Jul 1903.
William Clavell Ingram Dean: On 11 Aug 1834 he was born to Reverend George Ingram. In 1900 he was appointed Dean of Peterborough.
On 21 Jul 1903 Walter Rowlands Ingram (age 65) died.
On 21 Jul 1928 Ellen Terry (age 81) died.
Births on the 21st July
On 21 Jul 1247 Bogo de Clare was born to Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 24) and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 24).
On 21 Jul 1338 King Charles V of France was born to King John "The Good" II of France (age 19) and Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 23).
After 21 Jul 1403 Roger Camoys was born to Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys (age 52) and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys (age 32). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 21 Jul 1476 Anne Sforza was born to Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan (age 32) and Bona of Savoy (age 26).
On 21 Jul 1476 Alfonso Este I Duke Modena was born to Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 44).
On 21 Jul 1577 Anne Montafié Countess Soissons was born.
On 21 Jul 1590 Stillborn Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar (age 28) and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (age 26).
On 21 Jul 1597 William Drury of Besthorpe in Norfolk was born.
On 21 Jul 1616 Anna de Medici was born to Cosimo II de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 26).
On 21 Jul 1629 George Rodney was born to Edward Rodney (age 39) and Frances Southwell.
On 21 Jul 1632 Hugh Cholmley 4th Baronet was born to Hugh Cholmley 1st Baronet (age 31) and Elizabeth Twysden Lady Cholmley at Fyling Hall.
On 21 Jul 1693 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 40) and Grace Holles Baroness Pelham.
On 21 Jul 1695 Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer was born to Andrew Archer (age 35) and Elizabeth Dashwood.
On 21 Jul 1704 Elisabeth Alexandrine Felicite Charlotte Gotfriede Salm was born to Louis Otto Salm Count Salm Salm (age 29) and Albertine Johannette Nassau Hadamar Countess Salm (age 29). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 21 Jul 1722 James Colebrooke 1st Baronet was born to James Colebrooke (age 42).
On 21 Jul 1731 Henry Digby 1st Earl Digby was born to Edward Digby (age 38).
On 21 Jul 1740 John Hill 3rd Baronet was born to Rowland Hill 1st Baronet (age 34).
On 21 Jul 1763 George Seymour-Conway was born to Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford (age 45) and Isabella Fitzroy Countess Hertford (age 36). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21 Jul 1775 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds was born to Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 24) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 20).
On 21 Jul 1778 Griselda Stanhope was born to Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope (age 24) and Hester Pitt (age 22).
On 21 Jul 1787 William Lowther 2nd Earl Lonsdale was born to William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale (age 29) and Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale (age 25).
On 21 Jul 1792 James Caleb Anderson 1st Baronet was born to John Anderson (age 45).
On 21 Jul 1795 Frances Arabella Cockayne was born to William Cockayne (age 39).
On 21 Jul 1815 Sarah Cotton was born to William Cotton (age 28) and Sarah Lane.
On 18 Jul 1819 James Anderson Rose was born to Arthur Miller Rose (age 22) and Susanna Rose nee Anderson (age 24) at Shoreditch [Map]. He was baptised 21 Jul 1819.
On 21 Jul 1822 Jane Frances Stuart was born to Patrick Stuart.
On 21 Jul 1824 Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to Thomas George Lyon Bowes (age 23) and Charlotte Grimstead (age 27) at Redbourn, Hertfordshire [Map].
On 21 Jul 1826 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby was born to Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (age 27) and Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby (age 21).
On 21 Jul 1840 Georgiana Macdonald Lady Burne-Jones was born to Reverend George Browne Macdonald (age 35) and Hannah Jones at Birmingham.
On 21 Jul 1848 Francis Martineau Lupton was born to Francis Lupton III (age 34) and Frances Elizabeth Greenhow (age 27).
On 21 Jul 1858 Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain was born to Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (age 39).
On 21 Jul 1864 Frances Clara Cleveland Folsom was born to Oscar Folsom and Emma Harmon at Buffalo, Erie County.
On 21 Jul 1864 Seymour Bathurst 7th Earl Bathurst was born to Allen Bathurst 6th Earl Bathurst (age 31) and Meriel Warren (age 25).
On 21 Jul 1876 Captain James Harold Cuthbert was born to Sidney Cuthbert (age 25) at Melster, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
On 21 Jul 1878 Hubert William Ponsonby 5th Baron de Mauley was born to Maurice John George Ponsonby 4th Baron de Mauley (age 32) and Madeline Emily Augusta Hanbury-Tracy Baroness de Mauley.
On 21 Jul 1881 Richard Gerard Wellesley Williams-Bulkeley was born to Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley 12th Baronet (age 18).
On 21 Jul 1884 Joyce Collier was born to John Collier (age 34) and Marian "Mady" Huxley (age 25).
On 21 Jul 1897 Francis Henry Manners 4th Baron Manners was born to John Manners-Sutton 3rd Baron Manners (age 45) and Constance Hamlyn-Fane Baroness Manners (age 35).
On or before 21 Jul 1900, the date he was baptised at the Church of St Barlok, Norbury [Map], Henry Samuel Littleton Clowes was born to Arthur Clowes (age 33) and Lucy Littleton (age 23).
On 21 Jul 1912 Oriel Susannah Wilson was born to Guy Greville Wilson (age 35) and Avery Buxton.
On 21 Jul 1915 Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk was born to Bernard Fitzalan Howard 3rd Baron Howard (age 30) and Mona Stapleton 11th Baroness Beaumont and Baroness Howard (age 20).
On 21 Jul 1916 William Montague Style 12th Baronet was born to William Frederick Style 11th Baronet (age 29).
On 21 Jul 1957 Rupert Edward Llewellyn Paget was born to George Charles Henry Victor Paget 7th Marquess Anglesey (age 34).
Marriages on the 21st July
After 21 Jul 1403 Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys (age 52) and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys (age 32) were married. She by marriage Baroness Camoys. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 21 Jul 1448 Charles Artois Count Eu (age 54) and Joan Saveuse Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. He the son of Philip Artois Count Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 21 Jul 1581 George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 19) and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly (age 8) were married. She by marriage Countess Huntley. She the daughter of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 39) and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. He the son of George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley and Anne Hamilton Countess Huntley. They were third cousin once removed.
Before 21 Jul 1597 Richard Warren (age 59) and Elizabeth Hayward Baroness Knyvet (age 54) were married.
On 21 Jul 1597 Nathaniel Bacon (age 51) and Dorothy Hopton (age 27) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
On 21 Jul 1597 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet (age 52) and Elizabeth Hayward Baroness Knyvet (age 54) were married.
On 21 Jul 1641 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick (age 26) and Mary Boyle Countess Warwick (age 15) were married at the Church of St Nicholas Shepperton. Her father strongly disapproved due to her husband's lack of fortune. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 74) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork. He the son of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 54) and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.
On 21 Jul 1646 Thomas Howard 2nd Baron Howard (age 20) and Elizabeth Mordaunt Baroness Howard were married. She the daughter of John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 43).
On 21 Jul 1657 Robert Yallop (age 19) and Dorothy Spelman (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].
On 21 Jul 1702 Charles Eversfield (age 18) and Mary Duncombe were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 21 Jul 1709 Simon Harcourt (age 24) and Elizabeth Evelyn were married.
On 21 Jul 1720 Horatio Walpole 1st Baron Walpole (age 41) and Mary Magdalen Lombard (age 25) were married.
On 21 Jul 1783 Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh (age 64) and Sarah Farnham Countess Desmond and Denbigh were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond, Countess Denbigh. He the son of William Feilding 4th Earl Desmond 5th Earl Denbigh and Isabella Jong Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
On 21 Jul 1793 Charles Constable aka Stanley (age 29) and Elizabeth Stanley were married.
On 21 Jul 1818 Arthur George Onslow 3rd Earl Onslow (age 40) and Charlotte Hanmer Countess Onslow were married. He the son of Thomas Onslow 2nd Earl Onslow (age 64) and Arabella Mainwaring Ellerker Countess Onslow.
On 21 Jul 1821 Rowland Hill 2nd Viscount Hill (age 21) and Anne Clegg Viscoutess Hill (age 6) were married.
On 21 Jul 1829 Edward Robert Petre of Stapleton Park (age 34) and Laura Maria Stafford-Jerningham (age 18) were married. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
Before 21 Jul 1840 Reverend George Browne Macdonald (age 35) and Hannah Jones were married.
On 21 Jul 1851 George Edwin Lascelles (age 25) and Louisa Nina Murray (age 13) were married. She the daughter of William David Murray 4th and 3rd Earl Mansfield (age 45) and Louisa Ellison. He the son of Henry Lascelles 3rd Earl Harewood (age 54) and Louisa Thynne Countess Harewood (age 50).
On 21 Jul 1857 Henry Wilson 11th Baron Berners (age 60) and Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley Baroness Berners (age 34) were married. She by marriage Baroness Berners. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
Before 21 Jul 1861 John Nicholas Thicknesse-Touchet (age 41) and Elizabeth Montgomery Blennerhasset (age 39) were married.
On 21 Jul 1874 John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford (age 30) and Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset were married. She the daughter of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 50) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort (age 49). He the son of John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford.
On 21 Jul 1904 Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 30) and Margaret Cecilia Bruce Countess Bradford (age 21) were married. He the son of George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 59) and Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 55).
On 21 Jul 1928 Ernest Aldrich Simpson (age 31) and Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor (age 32) were married.
On 21 Jul 1979 Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland (age 22) and Isobel Jane Richard Duchess of Northumberland (age 21) were married. He the son of Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland (age 65) and Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Northumberland (age 57).
Deaths on the 21st July
On 21 Jul 987 Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou (age 48) died. His son Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 17) succeeded III Count Anjou.
On 21 Jul 1006 Gisela Welf Duchess Bavaria died.
On 21 Jul 1122 Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland (age 30) died.
On 21 Jul 1349 John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere (age 43) died at Shropshire. His son Fulk Strange 3rd Baron Strange Blackmere (age 17) succeeded 3rd Baron Strange Blackmere.
On 21 Jul 1403 Richard Venables (age 38) died.
On 21 Jul 1403 King Henry IV of England (age 36), with his son the future King Henry V of England (age 16), defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 39) at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England (age 16) took an arrow to the side of his face leaving him severely scarred. John Stanley (age 53) was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland (age 36) fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 21) fought for the King. Walter Blount (age 55), the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine (age 31).
Thomas Wendesley (age 59) and Edmund Cockayne (age 47) were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 25) was killed. His son Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley (age 52) was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England (age 36).
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 39), Madog Kynaston (age 43) and John Clifton were killed.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 60) was beheaded after the battle. Earl Worcester extinct.
Richard Vernon 11th Baron Shipbrook (age 48) was hanged. Baron Shipbrook forfeit.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall (age 26) inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey (age 65) was killed.
On 21 Jul 1409 Blanche Mowbray Baroness Poynings died.
On 21 Jul 1457 Henry Pierrepont (age 49) was murdered at Papplewick Moor Sherwood.
On 21 Jul 1489 John Boteler (age 54) died.
On 21 Jul 1506 Elizabeth Saye Baroness Mountjoy (age 27) died at Essendon, Hertfordshire.
On 21 Jul 1590 Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (age 26) died.
Before 21 Jul 1599 Margaret Garneys Viscountess Hereford (age 79) died. On 21 Jul 1599 Margaret Garneys Viscountess Hereford (age 79) was buried in St John the Baptist, Chartley Stowe.
On 21 Jul 1608 Thomas Mildmay (age 68) died.
On 21 Jul 1612 Edward Seymour (age 50) died.
On 21 Jul 1626 Arthur Throckmorton (age 69) died.
On 21 Jul 1638 Richard Brownlow (age 85) died in Enfield [Map]. Monument to Richard Brownlow (age 85) in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Joshua Marshall (age 10).
Richard Brownlow:
On 02 Apr 1553 he was born.
On 12 Apr 1553 Richard Brownlow was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn.
On 09 Oct 1591 he was appointed Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas which office he held until heis death which made him a very wealthy.
On 21 Jul 1643 Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 81) died.
On 21 Jul 1683 William Russell (age 43) was beheaded by Jack Ketch at Lincoln's Inn for his involvement in the Rye House Plot. The executioner was so inept that he took four axe blows to separate the head from the body. After the first failed blow his victim looked up and said "You dog, did I give you 10 guineas to use me so inhumanely?".
On 21 Jul 1684 Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 68) died. On 24 Jul 1684 she was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
On 21 Jul 1688 Arthur Onslow 1st and 2nd Baronet (age 64) died. His son Richard Onslow 1st Baron Onslow (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Onslow of West Clandon in Surrey, 3rd Baronet Foote of London.
On 21 Jul 1688 Judith Burgoyne (age 48) died.
On 21 Jul 1688 James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 77) died. His grandson James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 23) de jure 2nd Duke Ormonde, 2nd Marquess Ormonde, 13th Earl Ormonde, 6th Earl Ossory. Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde (age 24) by marriage Duchess Ormonde.
On 21 Jul 1696 Bourchier Wrey 4th Baronet (age 43) died. His son Bourchier Wrey 5th Baronet (age 14) succeeded 5th Baronet Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.
On 21 Jul 1698 Anne Yelverton Countess Manchester (age 68) died.
On or before 21 Jul 1706 William Duncombe 2nd Baronet (age 48) died. He was buried on 21 Jul 1706. Baronet Duncombe of Tangley Park in Surrey extinct.
On 21 Jul 1711 Frederick William Hohenzollern died.
On 21 Jul 1715 Mechisodech Disney (age 55) died.
On 21 Jul 1719 Marie Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Duchess Berry (age 23) died.
On 21 Jul 1723 Anthony Grey 1453-1490 (age 28) died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. His niece Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
On 21 Jul 1726 William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont (age 71) died. James Caulfeild 3rd Viscount Charlemont succeeded 3rd Viscount Charlemont in County Armagh, 6th Baron Charlemont.
On 21 Jul 1731 Margaret Lamplugh (age 37) died.
On 21 Jul 1747 John Bridgeman 3rd Baronet (age 79) died. His son Orlando Bridgeman 4th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 4th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Anne Newport Lady Bridgeman by marriage Lady Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire.
On 21 Jul 1749 Thomas Bertie (age 28) died.
On 21 Jul 1758 Reverend William aka Henry Ward (age 48) died.
On 21 Jul 1762 Mary Seymour (age 18) died.
On 21 Jul 1764 Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 26) died.
On 21 Jul 1764 Mary Digby Lady Buck died at Bath, Somerset [Map].
Before 21 Jul 1789 Margaret Bowes (age 82) died.
On 21 Jul 1793 Francis Edward Douglas died.
On 21 Jul 1803 Captain William Abdy 6th Baronet (age 71) died. His son William Abdy 7th Baronet (age 24) succeeded 7th Baronet Abdy of Felix Hall in Kelveden in Essex.
On 21 Jul 1809 Stewkley Schuckburgh 7th Baronet (age 57) died. His son Francis Shuckburgh 8th Baronet (age 20) succeeded 8th Baronet Schuckburgh of Schuckburgh in Warwickshire.
On 21 Jul 1812 Robert Ainslie 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His nephew Robert Sharpe Ainslie of Market Stainton (age 55) succeeded 2nd Baronet Ainslie of Great Torrington in Lincolnshire.
On 21 Jul 1815 Christian Harriet Fox-Strangways (age 65) died.
On 21 Jul 1816 Mary Smith (age 49) died.
On 21 Jul 1841 Price Blackwood 4th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 47) died. His son Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (age 15) succeeded 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 5th Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.
On 21 Jul 1845 Charles Manners-Sutton 1st Viscount Canterbury (age 65) died at Southwick Crescent, Paddington. On 21 Jul 1845 His son Charles Manners-Sutton 2nd Viscount Canterbury (age 33) succeeded 2nd Viscount Canterbury of Canterbury, 2nd Baron Bottesford of Bottesford in Leicestershire.
On 21 Jul 1849 Alexandrina Leveson-Gower (age 1) died.
On 21 Jul 1859 Augusta Anne Norton died.
On 21 Jul 1861 John Nicholas Thicknesse-Touchet (age 41) died.
On 21 Jul 1872 William Tollemache (age 52) died.
On 21 Jul 1877 William Earle Lytton Bulwer (age 78) died.
On 21 Jul 1895 Florence Gordon-Lennox (age 44) died.
On 26 Apr 1901 William Clavell Ingram Dean (age 66) died. Monument at Peterborough Cathedral [Map] sculpted by his brother Walter Rowlands Ingram (age 65) shortly before he died on 21 Jul 1903.
William Clavell Ingram Dean: On 11 Aug 1834 he was born to Reverend George Ingram. In 1900 he was appointed Dean of Peterborough.
On 21 Jul 1903 Walter Rowlands Ingram (age 65) died.
On 21 Jul 1906 Bishop John Gott (age 75) died at his home Trenython, Cornwall.
On 21 Jul 1906 Frederick Gunning 6th Baronet (age 52) died. His brother Charles Gunning 7th Baronet (age 46) succeeded 7th Baronet Gunning of Eltham in Kent. Ethel Finch-Hatton Lady Gunning by marriage Lady Gunning of Eltham in Kent.
On 21 Jul 1909 Caroline Eliza Leigh Baroness Saye and Sele (age 84) died.
On 21 Jul 1909 Mary Louisa Style died.
On 21 Jul 1910 Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 38) died.
On 21 Jul 1920 Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick (age 64) died.
On 21 Jul 1921 Blanche Edith Wood died.
On 21 Jul 1928 Ellen Terry (age 81) died.
On 21 Jul 1930 Edith Violet Gorst (age 57) died.
On 21 Jul 1930 Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (age 55) died. His son Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (age 21) succeeded 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 4th Earl of Ava in County Down and Burma, 4th Earl of Dufferin in County Down, 4th Viscount Dufferin of Claneboye in County Down, 4th Baron Claneboye of Claneboye in County Down, 8th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 8th Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down. Maureen Constance Guinness Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (age 23) by marriage Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
On 21 Jul 1930 Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (age 36) died in a plane crash. She was booked on a flight from Le Touquet to Croydon. A seat became available on an earlier flight which she accepted. The flight departed in clear weather. At about at 2:30 pm in poor weather over Kent the tail unit failed, causing the aircraft to stall, which in turn caused the port wing to break away and the plane to crash. All the passengers fell from the aircraft through the hole created by the wing breaking away. The Viscountess' body was found in a meadow. An inquest was opened on 23 July where the Viscountess was identified by her brother, George. After the formal identifications, the inquest was adjourned for the Air Ministry technical investigation to take place. The inquest was resumed on 13 August at which the jury returned a verdict "that the victims met their death falling from an aeroplane, the cause of the accident being unknown".
On 21 Jul 1939 Granville Leveson-Gower 3rd Earl Granville (age 67) died without issue. His brother William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 59) succeeded 4th Earl Granville, 4th Viscount Granville. Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 49) by marriage Countess Granville.
On 21 Jul 1953 Colonel Arthur William Henry Drummond of Cromlix (age 91) died.
On 21 Jul 1992 Letitia Sibell Winifred Brownlow-Cecil Baroness Hotham (age 88) died at Dalton Holme.
On 21 Jul 1993 John Crichton-Stuart 6th Marquess of Bute (age 60) died. His son John Crichton-Stuart 7th Marquess of Bute (age 35) succeeded 7th Marquis of the Isle of Bute, 10th Earl Bute, 7th Earl of Windsor, 7th Viscount Mountjoy of the Isle of Wight.
On 21 Jul 2006 Dorothy Harrison (age 71) died.
