On this Day in History ... 1st February
01 Feb is in February.
1328 Death of Charles IV of France Sucession of Philip VI
1514 Creation and Re-creation of Peerages
1587 Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
1908 Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
1908 Assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Prince Luís Filipe
Events on the 1st February
Froissart. 01 Feb 1327. AFTER that the most part of the company of Hainault were departed and sir John Hainault (age 39) lord of Beaumont tarried, the queen (age 32) gave leave to her people to depart, saving a certain noble knights, the which she kept still about her and her son to counsel them, and commanded all then that departed to be at London the next Christmas, for as then she was determined to keep open court, and all they promised her so to do. And when Christmas was come, she held a great court. And thither came dukes,' earls, barons, knights, and all the nobles of the realm, with prelates and burgesses of good towns; and at this assembly it was advised that the realm could not long endure without a head and a chief lord. Then they put in writing all the deeds of the king (age 42) who was in prison, and all that he had done by evil counsel, and all his usages and evil behavings, and how evil he had governed his realm, the which was read openly in plain audience, to the intent that the noble sages of the realm might take thereof good advice, and to fall at accord how the realm should be governed from thenceforth. And when all the cases and deeds that the king had done and consented to, and all his behaving and usages were read and well understanded, the barons and knights and all the counsels of the realm drew them apart to counsel; and the most part of them accorded, and namely the great lords and nobles with the burgesses of the good towns, according as they had heard say and knew themselves the most part of his deeds. Wherefore they concluded that such a man (age 42) was not worthy to be a king, nor to bear a crown royal, nor to have the name of a king. But they all accorded that Edward (age 14) his eldest son, who was there present and was rightful heir, should be crowned king instead of his father, so that he would take good counsel, sage and true, about him, so than it was before, and that the old king his father (age 42) should be well and honestly kept as long as he lived, according to his estate. And thus as it was agreed by all the nobles, so it was accomplished; and then was crowned with a crown royal at the palace of Westminster [Map] beside London the young king Edward the third (age 14), who in his, days after was right fortunate and happy in arms. This coronation was in the year of our Lord MCCCXXVI., on Christmasday [Note. Other sources day 01 Feb 1327], and as then the young king was about the age of sixteen; and they held the feast till the Conversion of Saint Paul following, and in the meantime greatly was feasted sir John of Hainault (age 39) and all the princes and nobles of his country, and was given to him and to his company many rich jewels. And so he and his company in great feast and solace both with lords and ladies tarried till the Twelfth day. And then sir John of Hainault (age 39) heard tidings how that the king of Bohemia (age 30) and the earl of Hainault (age 41) his brother and other great plenty of lords of France had ordained to be at Conde [Map] at a great feast and tourney that was there cried. Then would sir John of Hainault no longer abide for no prayer, so great desire he had to be at the said tourney, and to see the earl his brother and other lords of his country, and specially the right noble king in largess the gentle Charles king of Bohemia. When the young king Edward (age 14) and the queen (age 32) his mother and the barons saw that he would no longer tarry, and that their request could not avail, they gave him leave sore against their wills, and the king (age 14) by the counsel of the queen (age 32) his mother did give him four hundred marks sterlings of rent heritable to hold of him in fee, to be paid every year in the town of Bruges [Map], and also did give to Philip of Chateaux, his chief esquire and his sovereign counsellor, a hundred mark of rent yearly, to be paid at the said place [Map], and also delivered him much money to pay therewith the costs of him and of his company, till he come into his own country, and caused him to be conducted with many noble knights to Dover, Kent [Map], and there delivered hint all his passage free. And to the ladies that were come into England with the queen (age 32), and namely to the countess of Garennes, who was sister to the earl of Bar, and to divers other ladies and damosels, there were given many fair and rich jewels at their departing. And when sir John of Hainault was departed from the young king Edward, and all his company, and were come to Dover, Kent [Map], they entered incontinent into their ships to pass the sea, to the intent to come betimes to the said tourney; and there went with him fifteen young lusty knights of England, to go to this tourney with him and to acquaint them with the strange lords and knights that should be there, and they had great honour of all the company that tourneyed at that time at Conde [Map].
On 01 Feb 1327 King Edward III of England (age 14) was crowned III King England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Walter Reynolds.
Froissart. 1328. King Charles of France (age 33), son to the fair king Philip, was three times married, and yet died without issue male. The first of his wives was one of the most fairest ladies in all the world, and she was daughter to the earl of Artois. Howbeit she kept but evil the sacrament of matrimony, but brake her wedlock; wherefore she was kept a long space in prison in the castle Gaillard [Map], before that her husband was made king. And when the realm of France was fallen to him, he was crowned by the assent of the twelve douze-peers1 of France, and then because they would not that the realm of France should be long without an heir male, they advised by their counsel that the king should be remarried again; and so he was, to the daughter of the emperor Henry of Luxembourg, sister to the gentle king of Bohemia (age 31); whereby the first marriage of the king was fordone, between him and his wife that was in prison, by the licence and declaration of the pope that was then. And by his second wife, who was right humble, and a noble wise lady, the king had a son, who died in his young age, and the queen also at Issoudun [Map] in Berry. And they both died suspiciously, wherefore divers persons were put to blame after privily. And after this, the same king Charles was married again the third time to the daughter (age 18) of his uncle, the lord Louis earl of Evreux, and she was sister to the king of Navarre (age 21), and was named queen Joan. And so in time and space this lady was with child, and in the mean-time the king Charles her husband fell sick and lay down on his death-bed. And when he saw there was no way with him but death, he devised that if it fortuned the queen to be delivered of a son, then he would that the lord Philip of Valois should be his governour, and regent of all his realm, till his son come to such age as he might be crowned king; and if it fortuned the queen to have a daughter, then he would that all the twelve peers of France should take advice and counsel for the further ordering of the realm, and that they should give the realm and regaly to him that had most right thereto. And so within a while after the king Charles died, about Easter in the year of our Lord Mcccxxviii., and within a short space after the queen was delivered of a daughter.
Note 1. Froissart says simply 'les douze pers.'
Then all the peers of France assembled a council together at Paris, as shortly as they might conveniently, and there they gave the realm by common accord to sir Philip of Valois (age 34), and put clean out the queen Isabel (age 33) of England and king Edward (age 15) her son. For she was sister-german to king Charles last dead, but the opinion of the nobles of France was, and said and maintained that the realm of France was of so great nobless, that it ought not by succession to fall into a woman's hand. And so thus they crowned king of France Philip Valois at Rheims [Map] on Trinity Sunday next after.
On 01 Feb 1328 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 01 Apr 1328 His first cousin King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child Blanche Capet was born two months later on 01 Apr 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece Joan Capet II Queen Navarre (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. From the 30th of January to the 2nd of February, the Comte de Tancarville continues again a visitor at the Castle; and on the 1st of February, the Earl of Richmond, John (age 17), son of Edward III., dined with the Queen (age 63), his grandmother.
On 01 Feb 1514 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 22) created and re-created two peerages ....
Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (age 54) was created 1st Earl Worcester.
Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 71) was restored 2nd Duke Norfolk probably for having secured victory at the Battle of Flodden after which his arms were augmented with an inescutcheon bearing the lion of Scotland pierced through the mouth with an arrow. Some documentation describes this as a creation rather than restoration although he is always referred to as 2nd. Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 37) by marriage Duchess Norfolk
Annales of England by John Stow. The first daie of February the earle of Hertford (age 47) lord protector in the tower of London [Map], endued King Edward (age 9) with the order of knighthod: and then immediatly the king standing up, under the cloth of estate, Henry Hoblethorne lord Major of London was called, who kneeling downe, the king toke the sword of the lord protector and made him knight, which was the first that ever he made. Then the lords called the judges and communed with them, and then every one of them came before the king, who put forth his hand,and every of them kissed it: then master William Porteman one of the judges of the kings bench was called forth, whom the king made knight, and then the king moving his cap departed to his privie chamber againe.
On 01 Feb 1552 Edward Coke was born to Robert Coke (age 39) and Winifred Knightley (age 22).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 01 Feb 1554. The sam day at after-non was a proclamasyon in Chepesyde, Ledyn-hall, and at sant Magnus [Map] corner, with harold of armes and on of the quen['s] trumpeters blohyng, and my lord mare, and my lord admerall (age 44) Haward, and the ij shreyffs, that ser Thomas Wyatt (age 33) was proclamyd traytur and rebellyous, and all ys fellowes, agaynst the Quen('s) mageste and her consell, and that he wold have the Quen in costody, and the Towre of London in kepyng; and thay convayd unto evere gatt gonnes and the bryge; and so evere gatt with men in harnes nyght and days. And a-bowt iij of the cloke at after-non the Quen('s) (age 37) grace cam rydyng from Westmynster unto yeld-hall with mony lordes, knyghts and lades, and bysshopes and haroldes of armes, and trompeturs blohynge and all the gard in harnes. [Then she declared, in an oration to the mayor and the city, and to her council, her mind concerning her marriage, that she never intended to marry out of her realm but by her council's consent and advice; and that she would never marry but all her true] sogettes [subjects] shall be content, [or else she would live] as her grace has don hederto. [But that her gr]ace wyll call a parlement [as] shortely as [may be, and] as thay shall fynd, and that [the earl of] Penbroke (age 53) shall be cheyffe capten and generall agaynst ser Thomas Wyatt (age 33) and ys felous in the [field,] that my lord admerall (age 44) for to be sosyatt with the [lord mayor] to kepe the cete from all commars therto. [After this] the Quen('s) grace came from yeld-hall [Map] and rod to the iij cranes [Map] in the vyntre, and toke her barge [to] Westmynster to her own place the sam day.
On 01 Feb 1580 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland was born to Thomas Fane (age 70) and Mary Neville 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 26).
On 01 Feb 1587 Queen Elizabeth I (age 53) signed the Death Warrant of Mary Queen of Scot's (age 44) (her first cousin once-removed). Elizabeth gave orders of Mary's jailor Amyas Paulett to complete the task. He refused.
Evelyn's Diary. 01 Feb 1649. Now were Duke Hamilton (age 42), the Earl of Norwich (age 63), Lord Capell (age 40), etc., at their trial before the rebels' New Court of Injustice.
Pepy's Diary. 01 Feb 1664. Thence to White Hall; where, in the Duke's chamber, the King (age 33) came and stayed an hour or two laughing at Sir W. Petty (age 40), who was there about his boat; and at Gresham College in general; at which poor Petty was, I perceive, at some loss; but did argue discreetly, and bear the unreasonable follies of the King's objections and other bystanders with great discretion; and offered to take oddes against the King's best boates; but the King (age 33) would not lay, but cried him down with words only. Gresham College he mightily laughed at, for spending time only in weighing of ayre, and doing nothing else since they sat.
Pepy's Diary. 01 Feb 1669. Up, and by water from the Tower to White Hall, the first time that I have gone to that end of the town by water, for two or three months, I think, since I kept a coach, which God send propitious to me; but it is a very great convenience. I went to a Committee of Tangier, but it did not meet, and so I meeting Mr. Povy (age 55), he and I away to Dancre's (age 44), to speak something touching the pictures I am getting him to make for me. And thence he carried me to Mr. Streeter's, the famous history-painter over the way, whom I have often heard of, but did never see him before; and there I found him, and Dr. Wren, and several Virtuosos, looking upon the paintings which he is making for the new Theatre at Oxford: and, indeed, they look as if they would be very fine, and the rest think better than those of Rubens in the Banqueting-house at White Hall, but I do not so fully think so. But they will certainly be very noble; and I am mightily pleased to have the fortune to see this man and his work, which is very famous; and he a very civil little man, and lame, but lives very handsomely. So thence to my Lord Bellassis (age 54), and met him within: my business only to see a chimney-piece of Dancre's (age 44) doing, in distemper, with egg to keep off the glaring of the light, which I must have done for my room: and indeed it is pretty, but, I must confess, I do think it is not altogether so beautiful as the oyle pictures; but I will have some of one, and some of another.
On 01 Feb 1705 Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 36) died.
On 31 Jan 1707 or 01 Feb 1707 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 23).
On 01 Feb 1795 George Crewe 8th Baronet was born to Henry Crewe 7th Baronet (age 32) and Ann or Nanny Hawkins.
On 01 Feb 1829 Prebendary Joseph Parsons (age 67) died. Peterborough Cathedral [Map].
Prebendary Joseph Parsons: Around 1762 he was born. On 27 Sep 1815 he was appointed Prebendary of Peterborough Cathedral.
On 03 Jan 1835 Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth was born to William Cox (age 21) and Jane Woolgar (age 21) at Steyning, Sussex. She was baptised on 01 Feb 1835.
On 01 Feb 1838 Charles Hay Cameron (age 42) and Julia Margaret Cameron nee Pattle (age 22) were married at Calcutta, India. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
Kenslow Barrow. February 1st we commenced re-opening the barrow [Map] [Kenslow Knoll Barrow 1 [Map]] upon Kenslow Knoll, which was formerly investigated by Mr. William Bateman, in 1821, when it appears that the primary interment was discovered, and besides it, some other relics which indicated that there might still remain additional deposits in that part of the barrow that was not then disturbed. By taking a wide trench through the middle of the barrow from the outer edge, it became apparent that its convexity had chiefly been preserved by a border of large limestones placed with great regularity on the surface of the natural soil. On clearing the area within them, many pieces of calcined flint and animal bones were picked up; also a splinter from a stone celt, a round piece of slaty sandstone which had been burnt, and a crescent-shaped ornament of bone having two perforations: the latter is precisely like one found at the prior opening, and gives the idea of a large canine tooth of a wolf split down the middle, being convex on one surface and level on the other, although in reality it is cut out of solid bone, and has been carefully polished all over.
The Times. 03 Feb 1866. Her Majesty (age 46) drove out yesterday morning and afternoon. Mr. Engleheart arrived at Osborne on Thursday, and had the honour of dining with Her Majesty (age 46) and the Royal family yesterday. The Queen (age 46) held a Council today, which was attended by Earl Russell (age 73), Earl de Grey and Ripon (age 38), and Mr. Guschen.
Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.
Earl Cowley (age 61), Viscount Sydney (age 60), and Sir Charles Young (age 70), Garter, arrived from London this morning. Lord Cowley (age 61) was introduced by Lord Sydney (age 60), Lord Chamberlain (Sir Charles Young (age 70) attending with the insignia of the Order of the Garter), and Her Majesty (age 46) invested Lord Cowley (age 61) with the Riband and Badge of the Garter.
Earl Russell (age 73) and Earl de Grey (age 38) had audiences of Her Majesty (age 46).
Note. On 03 Feb 1866 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 61) was appointed 747th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 46).
On 01 Feb 1873 Helena Gleichen was born to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 39) and Princess Laura Williamina Seymour (age 40).
On 15 Oct 1886 Captain Philip Hamond (age 72) died.
On 01 Feb 1914 his son Charles Annesley Hamond (age 29) died.
On 05 Feb 1917 Thomas Astley Horace Hamond (age 71) died.
Memorials in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map].
Captain Philip Hamond: Around 1814 he was born to Philip Hamond of High House in West Acre in Norfolk and Anne Packe.
Charles Annesley Hamond: On 08 Nov 1856 he was born to Captain Philip Hamond.
Thomas Astley Horace Hamond: On 17 Aug 1845 he was born to Anthony Hamond and Mary Anne Musters.
On 01 Feb 1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Prince Luís Filipe were assassinated by two members of a revolutionary society called the Carbonária. Prince Luís Filipe's younger brother succeeded as King Portugal; he was wounded in the attack. He reigned for two and a half years being deposed on 05 Oct 1910.
On 01 Feb 1908 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 47) and Emily Harriett Jemima Baird (age 46) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She being the older sister of his previous wife Maude Dora Gertrude Baird; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Marriage to your later wife's sister had recently become legal - see Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907.
Births on the 1st February
On 01 Feb 1261 Bishop Walter Stapleton was born.
On 01 Feb 1352 Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl Ulster was born to Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March (age 23) and Philippa Montagu Countess March (age 20).
On 01 Feb 1416 Richard Harcourt was born to Thomas Harcourt (age 39) and Joan Francis (age 33) at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 01 Feb 1435 Amadeus "Happy" Savoy IX Duke Savoy was born to Louis Savoy I Count Savoy (age 21) and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy (age 16) at Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie.
On 01 Feb 1542 John Scudamore was born to William Scudamore of Holme Lacy (age 21) and Ursula Pakington.
On 01 Feb 1552 Edward Coke was born to Robert Coke (age 39) and Winifred Knightley (age 22).
On 01 Feb 1580 Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland was born to Thomas Fane (age 70) and Mary Neville 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 26).
On 01 Feb 1592 Nicholas Loftus of Fethard was born to Dudley Loftus (age 31).
On 01 Feb 1593 George Morton 1st Baronet was born.
On 01 Feb 1603 Maria Habsburg Spain was born to Philip III King Spain (age 24) and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 10.92%.
On 01 Feb 1632 John Washington was born to Lawrence Washington (age 30) and Amphilis Twigden (age 23) at Purleigh.
On 01 Feb 1666 Marie Thérèse Bourbon Condé was born to Henri Jules Bourbon Condé Prince Condé (age 22) and Anne Henriette Palatinate Simmern (age 17). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
On 31 Jan 1707 or 01 Feb 1707 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales was born to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) and Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England (age 23).
On 01 Feb 1708 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos was born to James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 35) and Mary Lake (age 39).
On 01 Feb 1714 Ralph Verney 2nd Earl Verney was born to Ralph Verney 1st Earl Verney (age 30).
On 01 Feb 1719 Mary Hussey of Truro St Mary in Cornwall was born.
On 01 Feb 1725 John Middleton was born to William Middleton (age 31).
On 01 Feb 1743 Prince Peter Glücksburg was born to Peter August Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (age 45) and Natália Nikolaievna Golovine Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
On 01 Feb 1768 Henry Windsor 8th Earl Plymouth was born to Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth (age 36) and Catherine Archer Countess Plymouth (age 31).
On 01 Feb 1785 John George Monson 4th Baron Monson was born to John Monson 3rd Baron Monson (age 31) and Elizabeth Capell (age 29)
On 01 Feb 1787 George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale was born to George Hay 7th Marquess Tweedale (age 34) and Hannah Maitland Marchioness Teviotdale (age 37).
On 01 Feb 1794 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian was born to William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 30) and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore (age 31).
On 01 Feb 1795 George Crewe 8th Baronet was born to Henry Crewe 7th Baronet (age 32) and Ann or Nanny Hawkins.
On 01 Feb 1797 Frederick Charles William Seymour was born to Hugh Seymour-Conway (age 37) and Anne Horatia Waldegrave (age 35). He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 01 Feb 1798 John Mack of Paston Hall was born.
On 01 Feb 1808 Louise Hohenzollern was born to Frederick William II King Prussia (age 37). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 01 Feb 1809 Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings Marchioness Bute was born to Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings (age 54) and Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings (age 29)..
On 01 Feb 1814 Charlotte Amelia Liddell was born to Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 38) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 41).
On 01 Feb 1826 Frederick Charles George Fitzclarence was born to George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster (age 32) and Mary Wyndham Countess Munster (age 33). He a grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 01 Feb 1827 Mayer Alphonse James Rothschild was born to Jacob "James" Mayer de Rothschild (age 34) and Betty von Rothschild (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 01 Feb 1829 Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon (age 25) and Isabella Caroline Ellison (age 23).
On 03 Jan 1835 Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth was born to William Cox (age 21) and Jane Woolgar (age 21) at Steyning, Sussex. She was baptised on 01 Feb 1835.
On 01 Feb 1843 John Isaac Thornycroft was born to Thomas Thornycroft (age 27) and Mary Francis (age 34).
On 01 Feb 1847 Edith Florence Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 45) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 01 Feb 1866 Robert Gresley 11th Baronet was born to Thomas Gresley 10th Baronet (age 33) and Laura Anne Williams Lady Gresley at Upper Grosvenor Street.
On 01 Feb 1869 Laura Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born to William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (age 29) and Laura Maria Theresa Beauclerk (age 20).
On 01 Feb 1873 Helena Gleichen was born to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 39) and Princess Laura Williamina Seymour (age 40).
On 01 Feb 1874 Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann was born at Landstraße.
On 01 Feb 1877 Edward Gwynne Eardley-Wilmot was born to Robert Eardley-Wilmot (age 27).
On 01 Feb 1886 Algernon Hyde Villiers was born to Francis Hyde Villiers (age 33).
On 01 Feb 1892 Robert Fitzpatrick Courtenay Vernon 4th Baron Lyveden was born to Courtenay Robert Percy Vernon 3rd Baron Lyveden (age 34).
On 01 Feb 1898 Lucy Eleanor Barnes Duchess Fitzroy was born to George Stapylton Barnes (age 40).
On 01 Feb 1919 Captain Hugh Sackville-West was born to Bertrand Sackville-West (age 46).
On 01 Feb 1922 Eileen Foley Grey Countess Harrington was born to John Foley Grey 8th Baronet (age 28).
On 01 Feb 1943 Alexander Paston Astley-Cooper 7th Baronet was born to Patrick Graham Astley-Cooper 6th Baronet (age 24).
On 01 Feb 1949 Leonora Mary Grosvenor Countess Lichfield was born to Robert George Grosvenor 5th Duke Westminster (age 38) and Viola Maud Lyttelton Duchess Westminster (age 36). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.63%. 
Marriages on the 1st February
On 01 Feb 1168 Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 39) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 12) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria, Duchess Saxony. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 34) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 46). He the son of Henry "Proud" Welf X Duke Bavaria and Gertrude Süpplingenburg Duchess Bavaria.
Before 01 Feb 1634 John Fleming 3rd Earl Wigtown and Jean Drummond Countess Wigtown were married. She the daughter of John Drummond 2nd Earl Perth (age 46) and Jean Ker Countess Perth. He the son of John Fleming 2nd Earl Wigtown (age 45) and Margaret Livingston Countess Wigtown. They were third cousins.
On 01 Feb 1638 Thomas Abdy 1st Baronet (age 25) and Mary Corsellis were married at St Peter le Poer, Broad Street.
On 01 Feb 1665 Thomas Strode of Parnham (age 37) and Mary Adams were married.
On 01 Feb 1672 James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (age 18) and Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon were married at Adderbury, Banbury. She by marriage Baroness Norreys Rycote. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey.
On 01 Feb 1678 William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland (age 28) and Anne Villiers Countess Portland (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland.
On or after 01 Feb 1702 Francis Herbert of Oakley Park Montgomeryshire (age 36) and Dorothy Oldbury were married.
On 01 Feb 1725 John Aubrey 3rd Baronet (age 44) and Jane Thomas Lady Aubrey were married at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map]. She by marriage Lady Aubrey of Llantrithyd in Glamorganshire.
On 01 Feb 1732 Philip Howard (age 28) and Margaret Skreen (age 17) were married at Limerick.
On 01 Feb 1803 George Kenyon 2nd Baron Kenyon (age 26) and Margaret Emma Hamner Baroness Kenyon were married.
On 01 Feb 1826 William Hicks-Beach (age 42) and Jane Henrietta Browne were married. The had one son and two daughters.
On 01 Feb 1838 Charles Hay Cameron (age 42) and Julia Margaret Cameron nee Pattle (age 22) were married at Calcutta, India. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 01 Feb 1905 Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Godfrey Chapman and Dorothy Beatrix Wynn (age 27) were married.
On 01 Feb 1908 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 47) and Emily Harriett Jemima Baird (age 46) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She being the older sister of his previous wife Maude Dora Gertrude Baird; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Marriage to your later wife's sister had recently become legal - see Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907.
In 01 Feb 1911 Hugo Francis Charteris (age 27) and Violet Catherine Manners (age 22) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The reception at 16 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. She the daughter of Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland (age 58) and Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland (age 54). He the son of Hugo Charteris 11th Earl Wemyss (age 53) and Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss (age 48).
On 01 Feb 1911 Richard Nelson Rycroft 5th Baronet (age 51) and Emily Mary Lowry-Corry (age 28) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
Deaths on the 1st February
On 01 Feb 1221 William D'Aubigny 3rd Earl Lincoln 3rd Earl Arundel (age 41) died. His son William D'Aubigny 4th Earl Lincoln 4th Earl Arundel (age 21) succeeded 4th Earl Lincoln, 4th Earl Arundel Sussex.
On 01 Feb 1248 Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant (age 41) died. His son Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant (age 18) succeeded III Duke Brabant. Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant (age 15) by marriage Duchess Brabant.
On 01 Feb 1252 Robert IV Beauchamp (age 62) died.
On 01 Feb 1312 William Scrope (age 67) died at Bracewell, Wensley.
On 01 Feb 1328 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 01 Apr 1328 His first cousin King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child Blanche Capet was born two months later on 01 Apr 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece Joan Capet II Queen Navarre (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.
On 01 Feb 1335 John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 35) died. His son John Clinton 3rd Baron Clinton (age 8) succeeded 3rd Baron Clinton.
On 01 Feb 1403 Gerard Braybrooke (age 71) died.
On 31 Jan 1408 or 01 Feb 1408 John de Lisle 5th Baron Lisle (age 41) died. His son John de Lisle 6th Baron Lisle (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Lisle.
On 01 Feb 1488 Elizabeth Paston (age 58) died.
On 01 Feb 1501 Sigismund Wittelsbach Duke Bavaria (age 62) died. His brother Albert Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria (age 53) succeeded IV Duke Bavaria. Kunigunde Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 36) by marriage Duchess Bavaria.
On 01 Feb 1513 Ralph Longford (age 81) died at Longford [Map].
On 01 Feb 1513 Mabel Ferrers (age 75) died at Longford [Map].
On 01 Feb 1516 Thomas Pelham (age 64) died.
On 01 Feb 1532 Lucia Dorothea Hohenzollern died.
On 01 Feb 1558 Henry Capell (age 52) died. He was buried at St Bartholomew by the Exchange Church. His estates were inherited by his brother Edward Capell (age 62) whose son Henry Capell (age 32) had married his wife's niece Catherine Manners (age 18).
On 01 Feb 1562 Richard Edgecombe (age 63) died.
On 01 Feb 1575 Marmaduke Constable died.
On 01 Feb 1597 Edward Aston (age 46) died.
On 01 Feb 1616 Adolph Oldenburg (age 2) died.
On 01 Feb 1632 Anne Babington (age 94) died.
On 01 Feb 1656 Frances Slingsby (age 60) died.
Before 01 Feb 1664 Robert Bowyer drowned.
On 01 Feb 1685 William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 45) died. His son Giles Alington 2nd and 4th Baron Alington (age 5) succeeded 4th Baron Alington of Killard, 2nd Baron Alington of Wymondley in Hertfordshire.
On 01 Feb 1689 John Borlase 2nd Baronet (age 47) died unmarried. He was buried at Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire. Baronet Borlase of Bockmer in Buckinghamshire extinct. His estates were inherited by his nephew Borlase Warren (age 12).
On 01 Feb 1690 George Livingston 3rd Earl Linlithgow (age 73) died.
On 01 Feb 1691 Pope Alexander VIII (age 80) died.
On 01 Feb 1699 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole (age 84) died.
On 01 Feb 1701 Thomas Foley (age 60) died.
On 01 Feb 1702 Anne Courteen (age 87) died.
On 01 Feb 1704 Edward Lake (age 62) died.
On 01 Feb 1705 Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 36) died.
On 01 Feb 1718 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury (age 57) died. Duke Shrewsbury and Marquess Alton extinct. His first cousin Gilbert Talbot 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) succeeded 13th Earl of Shrewsbury, 14th Earl Waterford.
On 01 Feb 1720 Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland died.
On 01 Feb 1733 Delariviera Spring died.
On 01 Feb 1733 Frederick Augutus Elector Saxony King of Poland (age 62) died.
On 01 Feb 1736 James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (age 71) died. His sixth cousin Edward Stanley 11th Earl of Derby (age 46) succeeded 11th Earl Derby. A rare succession; they shared a great great great great grand-parent. His first cousin once removed James Murray 2nd Duke Atholl (age 45) succeeded 7th Baron Strange Knockin.
On 01 Feb 1740 Humphrey Sturt (age 37) died.
On 01 Feb 1741 Henry Robartes 3rd Earl Radnor (age 46) died unmarried in Paris [Map]. His half first cousin once removed John Robartes 4th Earl Radnor (age 55) succeeded 4th Earl Radnor4th Viscount Bodmin, 5th Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 5th Baronet Robartes.
On 01 Feb 1743 John Dutton 2nd Baronet (age 59) died. Baronet Dutton of Sherborne in Gloucestershire extinct. He was buried at the Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Sherborne [Map] at midnight on 04 Feb 1743.
On 01 Feb 1749 Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans (age 71) died.
On 01 Feb 1760 William Hesse-Kassel (age 77) died. His son Frederick Hesse-Kassel (age 39) succeeded II Landgrave Hesse Kassel. Mary Hanover (age 36) by marriage Landgravine Hesse Kassel.
On 01 Feb 1765 Rear-Admiral Christopher Parker (age 75) died.
On 01 Feb 1768 Robert Rich 4th Baronet (age 82) died. His son Robert Rich 5th Baronet (age 51) succeeded 5th Baronet Rich of London.
On 01 Feb 1774 John Bertie died.
On 01 Feb 1782 Elizabeth Wade (age 42) died.
Before 01 Feb 1785 On 20 May 1806 John Monson 3rd Baron Monson (age 53) died. His son John George Monson 4th Baron Monson succeeded 4th Baron Monson of Burton in Lincolnshire, 8th Baronet Monson of Carleton in Lincolnshire.
On 01 Feb 1786 Mary Shuttleworth Lady Turner and Gascoigne (age 35) died from childbirth having given birth to a son, Thomas Charles Gascoigne, in the previous month.
On 01 Feb 1786 George Beauclerk 3rd Duke St Albans (age 55) died at Brussels [Map]. His first cousin once removed George Beauclerk 4th Duke St Albans (age 27) succeeded 4th Duke St Albans, 4th Earl Burford, 4th Baron Heddington.
On 01 Feb 1808 James Peachey 1st Baron Selsey (age 84) died. His son John Peachey 2nd Baron Selsey (age 58) succeeded 2nd Baron Selsey of Selsey in Sussex.
On 01 Feb 1808 Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (age 46) died.
On 01 Feb 1810 Charles Turner 2nd Baronet (age 37) died. Baronet Turner of Kirkleatham extinct.
On 01 Feb 1818 John Fitzpatrick 2nd Earl Upper Ossory (age 72) died.
On 01 Feb 1825 Esther Summers Lady Wray (age 88) died.
On 01 Feb 1829 Prebendary Joseph Parsons (age 67) died. Peterborough Cathedral [Map].
Prebendary Joseph Parsons: Around 1762 he was born. On 27 Sep 1815 he was appointed Prebendary of Peterborough Cathedral.
On 24 Jan 1837 Joseph Sabine (age 66) died at his home in Mill Street, Hanover Square. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery on 01 Feb 1837.
On 01 Feb 1837 Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 80) died.
On 01 Feb 1849 George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire (age 59) died. His brother Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden 6th Earl Buckinghamshire (age 55) succeeded 6th Earl Buckinghamshire, 6th Baron Hobart, 10th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
On 01 Feb 1863 Maria Thérese Lister died from childbirth a day after giving birth to her second son Lewis Vernon-Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt.
On 01 Feb 1870 Gertrude Mary Hill-Trevor (age 19) died.
On 01 Feb 1880 Reverend Robert Henniker (age 46) died.
On 01 Feb 1886 Admiral Plantagenet Cary 11th Viscount Falkland (age 79) died without issue. His nephew Byron Cary 12th Viscount Falkland (age 40) succeeded 12th Viscount Falkland.
On 01 Feb 1886 Alexander Fraser 18th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy (age 65) died.
On 15 Oct 1886 Captain Philip Hamond (age 72) died.
On 01 Feb 1914 his son Charles Annesley Hamond (age 29) died.
On 05 Feb 1917 Thomas Astley Horace Hamond (age 71) died.
Memorials in All Saints Church, West Acre [Map].
Captain Philip Hamond: Around 1814 he was born to Philip Hamond of High House in West Acre in Norfolk and Anne Packe.
Charles Annesley Hamond: On 08 Nov 1856 he was born to Captain Philip Hamond.
Thomas Astley Horace Hamond: On 17 Aug 1845 he was born to Anthony Hamond and Mary Anne Musters.
On 01 Feb 1892 John Eardley-Wilmot 2nd Baronet (age 81) died. His son William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot 3rd Baronet (age 50) succeeded 3rd Baronet Eardley-Wilmot of Berkswell Hall in Warwickshire.
On 01 Feb 1895 Henry Birkbeck of Stoke Holy Cross (age 73) died.
On 01 Feb 1895 Mary Francis (age 86) died.
On 01 Feb 1898 Isabel Elizabeth Morritt Viscountess Barrington (age 71) died.
On 01 Feb 1906 John Seddon (age 78) died.
On 01 Feb 1910 John Gilbert Talbot (age 74) died.
On 01 Feb 1916 Lydia Sophia Dashwood (age 91) died.
On 01 Feb 1925 Edward Beauchamp 1st Baronet (age 75) died. His son Brograve Beauchamp 2nd Baronet (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baronet Beauchamp of Grosvenor Place in the City of Westminster.
On 01 Feb 1926 Henry Herbert Wombwell 5th Baronet (age 85) died. His great nephew Frederick Philip Wombwell 6th Baronet (age 15) succeeded 6th Baronet Wombwell of Wombwell in Yorkshire.
On 01 Feb 1929 Elizabeth Catherine Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon (age 72) died.
On 01 Feb 1931 Denison Faber 1st Baron Wittenham (age 78) died. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery. Baron Wittenham of Wallingford in Berkshire extinct.
On 01 Feb 1931 Major-General Gerald James Cuthbert (age 69) died.
On 01 Feb 1931 Richard Harington 12th Baronet (age 69) died. His son Richard Dundas Harington 13th Baronet (age 30) succeeded 13th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.
On 01 Feb 1934 Alice Carr Glyn Countess Chichester died without issue.
On 01 Feb 1936 Charles Yorke 8th Earl of Hardwicke (age 66) died at Bournemouth, Dorset [Map]. His nephew Philip Grantham Yorke 9th Earl of Hardwicke (age 29) succeeded 9th Earl Hardwicke, 9th Viscount Royston.
On 01 Feb 1943 Guy Greville Wilson (age 65) died.
On 01 Feb 1958 Katherine De Vere Beauclerk (age 80) died.
On 01 Feb 1963 George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 5th Duke of Sutherland (age 74) died. His third cousin once removed John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland (age 47) succeeded 6th Duke Sutherland, 6th Marquess Stafford, 8th Earl Gower, 9th Baron Gower, 13th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. His niece Elizabeth Sutherland 24th Countess of Sutherland (age 41) succeeded 24th Countess Sutherland.
On 01 Feb 1964 Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 5th Baronet (age 57) died. His son Montague John Cholmeley 6th Baronet (age 28) succeeded 6th Baronet Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire. Juliet Auriol Sally Nelson Lady Cholmeley (age 23) by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.
On 01 Feb 2015 Anne Rachel Pearl Douglas-Scott-Montagu (age 93) died.
On 01 Feb 2016 Francis David Ormsby-Gore 6th Baron Harlech (age 61) died. His son Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore 7th Baron Harlech (age 29) succeeded 7th Baron Harlech.
