On this Day in History ... 8th October

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Events on the 8th October

On 08 Oct 1253 Bishop Robert Grosseteste (age 85) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].

Bishop Robert Grosseteste: Around 1168 he was born at Stradbroke, Suffolk. In Jun 1235 Bishop Robert Grosseteste was elected Bishop of Lincoln. Chronica Majora. Before 24 Jun 1237. In the same year, the emperor Frederick, by special messengers and imperial letters, summoned all the great Christian princes of the world to assemble on the day of St. John the Baptist's nativity, at Vaucouleurs, which is on the confines, or near the confines, of the empire and the French kingdom, there to discuss some difficult matters concerning the empire as well as the kingdom. The king of France, as if entertaining suspicion of this conference, proceeded at the time fixed to the place appointed, attended by a large army, which he had assembled for the purpose, and thus set dreadful and pernicious example to others, inasmuch as he went to discuss matters of peace in the same way as he would to attack his enemies. The king of England made reasonable excuses for not coming in person; but sent a peaceful embassy, consisting of some of the chief men of the kingdom; namely, Richard earl of Cornwall, his brother, with some other nobles, fit to manage a conference, under the guidance of the venerable archbishop of York and the bishop of Ely, and other trustworthy persons selected for the purpose. The bishop of Winchester, although selected before all others, absolutely refused to go, and, not without reason, gave the following as the cause for excusing himself: "My lord king," said he "you lately laid a heavy complaint against me before the emperor, telling him that I, with some other nobles, disturbed your kingdom: whether you did this with justice, or unjustly, God knows; but I trust that I have saved my conscience in every respect. But if your words were now placed with confidence in my mouth and in your letters, and should declare that I was a familar and faithful friend of yours; all this would appear as contrary, and he would accuse both you and me of instability; and this would blacken your fame in a great degree. Therefore, because it would be manifestly to your dishonour, I will not go on any account." And in the opinion of many, this reply gave sufficient excuse for him. When all preparations had been made, and they were all ready to set sail on this journey, they were met by letters from the emperor, to say that he could not go to the conference then, as he had purposed; but that what he could not do then, should, by God's favour, be carried into effect on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the following year; and thus each and all of them returned without effecting anything. In this year, on the day of the Supper, the bishop of Hereford consecrated the holy unction in the church of St. Albans. About this time, too, John Scott, earl of Chester, closed his life about Whitsuntide, having been poisoned by the agency of his wife, the daughter of Llewellyn. The life of the bishop of Lincoln, too, was also attempted by the same means, and he was with difficulty recalled from the gates of death. In the same year, in the week before Whitsuntide, there fell storms of hail which exceeded the size of apples, killing the sheep; and they were followed by continued rain. On 02 Jan 1241 Bishop Nicholas Farnham was elected Bishop of Durham. At first he wanted to decline the office, but Bishop Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln persuaded him to accept.

On 08 Oct 1453, the council wrote to the earl of Westmorland (age 47) and congratulated him on not assisting the Middleham branch. It also wrote again to Salisbury (age 53) and Northumberland (age 60)

In retaliation, Sir John Neville raided the absent Earl of Northumberland's (age 60) house at Catton, in Yorkshire, and all but ruined it. The next day, Richard Percy attacked a house on Neville property. ESCALATION.

Letters and Papers 1535. [08 Oct 1535]. Camusat, 21. 566. [The Bishop of Tarbes to the Bailly of Troyes.]1

He is to state to the King (Francis) that the Emperor's ambassador has sent word to the old Queen (Katharine) and her daughter that his master has commanded him to inform them that he will not re-enter his kingdom of Spain until he has restored them to their estates and rights. The people is so greatly devoted to them that in order to restore them it will join any prince who espouses their quarrel. This is common opinion among noblemen, the lower people, and the King's own servants. All the people is marvellously discontented; most of them, excepting the relations of the present Queen (age 34), because of the old Queen and her daughter, others because of the subversion of religion. Others fear war, and foresee that commercial intercourse will cease, both within the realm and without, in Flanders, Spain, Italy, and other countries where the cloths, kerseys, hides, tin, lead, and other merchandise of this kingdom have been sold, and that navigation will be so dangerous that there will be no English merchant who will dare to transport merchandise into foreign countries without many ships equipped for war. The strangers of the lands of the Emperor, and those who will be his friends and under the obedience of the Pope, will be unable to traffic to the said country, nor any others without great danger of encountering the Emperor's troops and other enemies of England. The weather has been so bad the whole of the summer that not half of the necessary corn has been reaped. The King (Francis) should consult whether he ought to prohibit the exportation in order to prove to them how necessary to them is his aid and friendship. The lower people, in consequence of these things, are greatly exasperated against the Queen (age 34), saying concerning her a thousand ill and improper things, and also against those who support her in her enterprises, charging upon them all the inconveniences which they foresee will arise from war. It is held to be quite certain that if war takes place the people will rebel against the governors, from fear of what has been said above and from the affection which they bear to the old Queen and her daughter (age 19), and especially to the Princess (age 19), who has such a hold on the hearts of the people that, notwithstanding the laws made at the last Parliament, they do not cease to regard her as Princess, saying that the laws of Parliament cannot do away her being the King's daughter, and born during the marriage, and that the King and everyone so regarded her until that Parliament. Lately, when she was removed from Greenwich, a great troop of citizens' wives and others, unknown to their husbands, presented themselves before her, weeping and crying that she was Princess, notwithstanding all that had been done2. Some of them, the chiefest, were placed in the Tower, constantly persisting in their opinion. These things are so well known, and the fear of war so great, that many of the greater merchants of London have recommended themselves to the Emperor's ambassador, and said that if the Emperor make war, the people will surrender themselves to him.

Note 1. Printed by Camusat immediately after the paper No. 1479 in Vol. VI., with the heading: "Autre memoire non datte lequel semble avoir este escript peu apres le precedent." It appears to be a paper of instructions given by the bp. of Tarbes to the Bailly of Troyes on his return to France in Oct. 1535.

Note 2. In the margin: "Millor de Rochesfort et millord de Guillaume."

Letters and Papers 1535. [08 Oct 1535]. 566. You are aware of the quarrel which took place between her and her governess (age 59) when we went to visit her little sister (age 2), and that we have been told how she was put almost by force into her chamber, in order that she should not speak to us, and how it was impossible to appease her and confine her to her chamber till the gentleman conducting us assured her that the King, her father, had commanded him to tell her not to show herself while we were there. You know also the conversations which the same gentleman had with you concerning her, and the charge which the Queen had given him: also that a person has endeavoured to cause her to send her will in writing. If the King (Francis) approved of the marriage it would be to unite two kingdoms, and the King would have the great honor of annexing "les deux Bretagnes" to the French crown. The King has good reason to take the matter up, for the marriage was made by consent of both parents, and half England desires it. If the Pope were advertised of the treaties which the king of England proposes to make with the King, he would suspect that he should lose the money of France, in the same way as he has lost the money of England, if war should take place; and therefore he would induce the Emperor to urge the King (Francis) to accomplish this marriage. I believe the Emperor would help it forward from the love which he bears to his niece. If the Emperor urge Francis the latter can then consult about informing the king of England of the Emperor's intention, and persuading him to consent to it in order to avoid war, seeing that the said Lord (Henry) does not deny that she is his daughter, and knows that the marriage is concluded. If the king of England do not approve because his wife persuades him to the contrary, he will fear to set Francis and the Emperor against himself solely through his affection for his wife, which is less than it has been, and diminishes day by day, because he has new amours (age 26)1.

Item, to advertise the King of the maladies which are in "la rasse;" and that the Swedes in the King's pay, whom the Lubeckers had drawn into the Danish quarrel, have taken fourteen English ships, among which the Minion of the English king, the mistress of England2, has been broken to pieces.

Fr.

*** A translation of this letter is printed by Mr. Froude in his Appendix to "the Pilgrim" (p. 100) as a letter from Dinteville to M. de Tarbes, and dated in Oct. 1534.

Note 1. Margin: "Nota, qu'il ne sera pas paradventure fort malaisé à gaigner le Roy." ie. Note, that it will not be very difficult to win the King. The "new amours" may be a reference to Jane Seymour (age 26).

Note 2. "Entre lesquelles a este mise en pieces la Mignone du Roy d'Angletrerre, qui estoi la maistresse d'Angleterre." ie. Between which was torn into pieces the Mignone of the King of England, the mistress of England. This is a reference to ship rather than a person!

Letters and Papers 1535. 08 Oct 1535. MS. 28, 588, f. 25. B. M. 565. Count of Cifuentes to Charles V.

Wrote on the day of the Pope's departure for Perosa. He is now returned, and is well, and desirous of seeing the Emperor. Was told by the Pope that the cardinal of Paris had said that the French king had sent to the king of England the brief touching help to be given for his deprivation, that he might the better understand the Pope's wishes, and be persuaded to return to his obedience to the Apostolic See. The messenger had not returned, as there was plague in London, and the King had gone inland. His Holiness denied that the French king had done this with his knowledge, but he believed that it would do good. Thought this unlikely; but the king of France would make his profit out of the brief with the king of England. The Pope said that he had been told that the Emperor had also sent on to the king of England the Pope's brief to himself on the same matter, which is incredible. Said that even if it were here, his intentions were very different to those of the French king. He replied that he was sure of that, and that he was contented with the answers given to the Nuncio about the Council, Camarino, and the Emperor's visit to Rome. The Pope said also that the king of England was labouring with certain princes and estates in Germany to prevent the Council. He had men there, and was sending others.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1547. The eight daie of October my Lord Protectors Grace (age 47) came from North home, and in Finsburie Fields my lord major, with the aldermen in their skarlett gownes, with certaine of the comens in their liveries with their hoodes, mett his Grace, the major and aldermen on horsebacke, and he ever tooke one of them by the handea, and after my lord major rode with him to the pounde in Smythfield [Map], where my Lord Protector tooke his leve of them, and so rode that night to his place at Shene [Map], and the morrowe after to the King (age 9) at Hampton Court [Map].

Note a. Probably a clerical error for "he tooke every one of them by the hand."

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Oct 1641. Here I beheld the Palace [Map] wherein John of Gaunt and Charles V were born; whose statue stands in the market-place, upon a high pillar, with his sword drawn, to which (as I was told) the magistrates and burghers were wont to repair upon a certain day every year with ropes about their necks, in token of submission and penance for an old rebellion of theirs; but now the hemp is changed into a blue ribbon. Here is planted the basilisco, or great gun, so much talked of. The Lys and the Scheldt meeting in this vast city, divide it into twenty-six islands, which are united by many bridges, somewhat resembling Venice. This night I supped with the Abbot of Andoyne, a pleasant and courteous priest.

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Oct 1641. By an accident, we could not see the library. There is a fair terrace which looks to the vineyard, in which, on Pedestals, are fixed the statues of all the Spanish kings of the house of Austria. The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, being an history of the late tumults in Belgia: in the last piece, the Archduchess shuts a great pair of gates upon Mars, who is coming out of hell, armed, and in a menacing posture; which, with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don Philip the Fourth, is a most incomparable table.

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Oct 1641. Being the morning I came away, I went to see the Prince's Court, an ancient, confused building, not much unlike the Hofft, at the Hague: there is here likewise a very large Hall, where they vend all sorts of wares. Through this we passed by the chapel, which is indeed rarely arched, and in the middle of it was the hearse, or catafalco, of the late Archduchess, the wise and pious Clara Eugenia. Out of this we were conducted to the lodgings, tapestried with incomparable arras, and adorned with many excellent pieces of Rubens, old and young Breugel, Titian, and Stenwick, with stories of most of the late actions in the Netherlands.

On 08 Oct 1655 Michael Wharton (age 78) died. Monument in Beverley Minster [Map]. Attributed to Thomas Stanton.

Michael Wharton: In 1577 he was born.

On 08 Oct 1656 John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 71) died. His son John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 43) succeeded Elector Saxony.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Oct 1663. So to Mr. Holliard (age 54), and by his direction, he assuring me that it is nothing of the stone, but only my constitution being costive, and that, and cold from without, breeding and keeping the wind, I took some powder that he did give me in white wine, and sat late up, till past eleven at night, with my wife in my chamber till it had done working, which was so weakly that I could hardly tell whether it did work or no. My mayds being at this time in great dirt towards getting of all my house clean, and weary and having a great deal of work to do therein to-morrow and next day, were gone to bed before my wife and I, who also do lie in our room more like beasts than Christians, but that is only in order to having of the house shortly in a cleaner, or rather very clean condition. Some ease I had so long as this did keep my body loose, and I slept well.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Oct 1665. This day I hear the Pope is dead; [a false report] and one said, that the newes is, that the King of France (age 27) is stabbed, but that the former is very true, which will do great things sure, as to the troubling of that part of the world, the King of Spayne (deceased)1 being so lately dead. And one thing more, Sir Martin Noell's (deceased) lady is dead with griefe for the death of her husband and nothing else, as they say, in the world; but it seems nobody can make anything of his estate, whether he be dead worth anything or no, he having dealt in so many things, publique and private, as nobody can understand whereabouts his estate is, which is the fate of these great dealers at everything. So after my business being done I home to my lodging and to bed,

Note 1. Philip IV., King of Spain (deceased), who succeeded to the throne in 1621, died in 1665. He was succeeded by his son Charles II (age 3).

Pepy's Diary. 08 Oct 1666. By and by comes down from the Committee Sir W. Coventry (age 38), and I find him troubled at several things happened this afternoon, which vexes me also; our business looking worse and worse, and our worke growing on our hands. Time spending, and no money to set anything in hand with; the end thereof must be speedy ruine. The Dutch insult and have taken off Bruant's head1, which they have not dared to do (though found guilty of the fault he did die for, of something of the Prince of Orange's (age 15) faction) till just now, which speaks more confidence in our being worse than before. Alderman Maynell, I hear, is dead.

Note 1. Captain Du Buat, a Frenchman in the Dutch service, plotted with two magistrates of Rotterdam to obtain a peace with England as the readiest means of pressing the elevation of the Prince of Orange to the office of Captain-General. He was brought before the Supreme Court of Holland, condemned, and executed. He had been one of the household of the Prince of Orange who were dismissed by De Witt.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Oct 1667. At last, rose, and up, and broke our fast, and then took coach, and away, and at Newport [Map] did call on Mr. Lowther (age 26), and he and his friend, and the master of the house, their friend, where they were, a gentleman, did presently get a-horseback and overtook us, and went with us to Audley-End [Map], and did go along with us all over the house and garden: and mighty merry we were. The house indeed do appear very fine, but not so fine as it hath heretofore to me; particularly the ceilings are not so good as I always took them to be, being nothing so well wrought as my Chancellor's (age 58) are; and though the figure of the house without be very extraordinary good, yet the stayre-case is exceeding poor; and a great many pictures, and not one good one in the house but one of Harry the Eighth, done by Holben; and not one good suit of hangings in all the house, but all most ancient things, such as I would not give the hanging-up of in my house; and the other furniture, beds and other things, accordingly1. Only the gallery is good, and, above all things, the cellars, where we went down and drank of much good liquor; and indeed the cellars are fine: and here my wife and I did sing to my great content.

Note 1. Mr. George T. Robinson, F.S.A., in a paper on "Decorative Plaster Work", read before the Society of Arts in April, 1891, refers to the ceilings at Audley End as presenting an excellent idea of the state of the stuccoer's art in the middle of James I's reign, and adds, "Few houses in England can show so fine a series of the same date ... The great hall has medallions in the square portions of the ceiling formed by its dividing timber beams. The large saloon on the principal floor-a room about 66 feet long by 30 feet wide-has a very remarkable ceiling of the pendentive type, which presents many peculiarities, the most notable of which, that these not only depend from the ceiling, but the outside ones spring from the walls in a natural and structural manner. This is a most unusual circumstance in the stucco work of the time, the reason for the omission of this reasonable treatment evidently being the unwillingness of the stuccoer to omit his elaborate frieze in which he took such delight" ("Journal Soc. of Arts", vol. xxxix., p. 449).

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Oct 1685. I had my picture drawn this week by the famous Kneller (age 39).

On 08 Oct 1691 Bishop Thomas Barlow (age 83) died. He was buried in the Chancel of St Mary's Church, Buckden [Map].

On 08 Oct 1699 Mary Beale aka Cradock (age 66) was buried at St James' Church under the communion table.

On 08 Oct 1718 Bishop Richard Cumberland (age 86) died. He was buried the next day at Peterborough Cathedral [Map]. Sculpted by Thomas Green of Camberwell (age 59).

Bishop Richard Cumberland: On 15 Jul 1632 he was born In 1691 Bishop Richard Cumberland was elected Bishop of Peterborough. He, apparently, discovered he had been elected when he read it in a newspaper whilst enjoying his habitual morning coffee at a coffe-house in Stamford.

On 08 Oct 1847 Robert Gordon (age 56) died by choking on a fish bone. Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 28) bought Balmoral estate from his trustees a year later as a gift for his wife Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28).

On 08 Oct 1881 Florence Chaplin was born to Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin (age 40) and Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower (age 26). Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower (age 26) died from childbirth two days later. She was buried in the churchyard of St Oswald's Church, Blankney. Her husband's account of her last days .... Lady Florence's second daughter was born on Saturday, and her birth was followed by convulsions from which she never recovered consciousness. Through the night Dr. Brook and her husband watched by her, and on Sunday there was a slight improvement which continued throughout the day. "At that time ", says Mr. Chaplin (age 40)," my spirit had revived, and I allowed myself, foolishly perhaps, to become quite sanguine—only, alas, to be bitterly disappointed." On Sunday evening the breathing again became more rapid, and on Monday afternoon "my darling passed away, with her head resting on my (age 40) shoulder, and with the most beautiful expression on her face as she died".

After 08 Oct 1881. Monument to Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower (deceased) commissioned by her husband Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin (age 40), sculpted by Joseph Edgar Boehm (age 47). His memoir by his his daughter Edith ... "After her funeral at Blankney Mr. Chaplin returned a stricken man to Dunrobin. To the end of his life the memory of this radiant being, who for five years had given him perfect happiness, held the most sacred place in his memory—a place which was never to be usurped by another woman. He found some consolation in commissioning the beautiful kneeling marble figure of Lady Florence (deceased) by Sir Edgar Boehm (age 47), which he placed in the church of St. Oswald at Blankney — the church in which she had taken so deep an interest.

On 08 Oct 1885 Oscar Parkes was born.

On 08 Oct 1892 Ralph Heneage Dutton (age 71) died. He was buried at Timsbury, Hampshire [Map]. On 27 Feb 1895 Isabella Mansfield (age 70) died. Memorials in Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Sherborne [Map] to Ralph Heneage Dutton (age 71) and Isabella Mansfield (age 67).

Ralph Heneage Dutton: On 05 Aug 1821 he was born to John Dutton 2nd Baron Sherborne at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. On 03 Aug 1838 Ralph Heneage Dutton and Isabella Mansfield were married. In 1857 Ralph Heneage Dutton was elected MP South Hampshire. In 1865 Ralph Heneage Dutton was elected MP Cirencester.

Isabella Mansfield: On 30 Dec 1824 she was born to John Mansfield.

From 25 Sep 1915 and 08 Oct 1915 the Battle of Loos was fought in France on the Western Front. The Zeppelin airships crossed the Norfolk coastline at about 8.30pm. The L3, captained by Captain Lieutenant Johann Fritz, then turned south east, towards Great Yarmouth, and the L4, under the command of Kapitanleutnant Count Magnus von Platen-Hallermund, turned north west, towards King’s Lynn.

Births on the 8th October

On 08 Oct 1515 Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox was born to Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 26) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 25) at Harbottle Castle [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 08 Oct 1562 Cesare Este Duke Modena was born to Alfonso Este Lord Montecchio (age 35).

On 08 Oct 1618 Claude Lamoral 3rd Prince of Ligne was born.

After 08 Oct 1629 Arabella Wentworth was born to Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 36) and Arabella Holles at Wentworth.

On or before 08 Oct 1667 Henrietta Maria Yarburgh was born to Thomas Yarburgh of Snaith and Henrietta-Maria Blague. She was baptised on 08 Oct 1667 at Snaith, East Yorkshire [Map].

On 08 Oct 1669 Edward Winnington aka Jeffreys was born to Francis Winnington (age 34) and Elizabeth Salwey.

On 08 Oct 1729 Anne Wentworth was born to Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 57) and Anne Johnson Countess Strafford.

On 08 Oct 1744 Colonel James Campbell of Ardkinglass was born.

On 08 Oct 1763 George Bailie was born to George Hamilton (age 40).

On 08 Oct 1785 George Ashburnham was born to George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham (age 24) and Sophia Thynne (age 21).

On 08 Oct 1794 Henry Duncan Twysden was born to Thomas Twysden (age 28).

On 08 Oct 1809 Colonel Hambleton Francis Custance was born to Hambleton Thomas Custance (age 30).

On 08 Oct 1818 Arthur Baring was born to Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton (age 43) and Ann Louisa Bingham Baroness Ashburton (age 36).

On or before 08 Oct 1827 Peter Ellis Eyton was born to James Eyton.

On 08 Oct 1831 William Cavendish was born to William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 23) and Blanche Georgiana Howard Duchess Devonshire (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.65%.

On 08 Oct 1838 Julian Goldsmid 3rd Baronet was born.

On 08 Oct 1839 George Gilbert Scott was born to George Gilbert Scott (age 28).

On 08 Oct 1850 Arthur George Henry Wellesley was born to William Henry Charles Wellesley (age 37).

On 08 Oct 1851 Frederick Amelius Beauclerk was born to Frederick Charles Peter Beauclerk (age 43).

On 08 Oct 1876 Harald Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 33) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 24).

On 08 Oct 1881 Florence Chaplin was born to Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin (age 40) and Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower (age 26). Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower (age 26) died from childbirth two days later. She was buried in the churchyard of St Oswald's Church, Blankney. Her husband's account of her last days .... Lady Florence's second daughter was born on Saturday, and her birth was followed by convulsions from which she never recovered consciousness. Through the night Dr. Brook and her husband watched by her, and on Sunday there was a slight improvement which continued throughout the day. "At that time ", says Mr. Chaplin (age 40)," my spirit had revived, and I allowed myself, foolishly perhaps, to become quite sanguine—only, alas, to be bitterly disappointed." On Sunday evening the breathing again became more rapid, and on Monday afternoon "my darling passed away, with her head resting on my (age 40) shoulder, and with the most beautiful expression on her face as she died".

On 08 Oct 1885 Oscar Parkes was born.

On 08 Oct 1935 David John Hoare 9th Baronet was born to Peter William Hoare 7th Baronet (age 37) and Laura Ray Esplen Lady Hoare.

On 08 Oct 1940 Paul Pellew 10th Viscount Exmouth was born to Pownoll Pellew 9th Viscount Exmouth (age 32) and Maria Luisa Urquilo.

On 08 Oct 1947 Norton Knatchbull 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma was born to John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne (age 22) and Patricia Mountbatten 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Marriages on the 8th October

Before 08 Oct 1240 William Longespée (age 32) and Idoine Camville (age 31) were married. He the son of William "Longsword" Longespee Earl Salisbury and Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury (age 53). He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 08 Oct 1360 Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan (age 8) and Isabelle Valois (age 12) were married. She the daughter of King John "The Good" II of France (age 41) and Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In or before 08 Oct 1361 John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 31) and Alice Beauchamp Baroness Beauchamp Somerset were married. She by marriage Baroness Beauchamp Somerset. She the daughter of Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick (age 48) and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick (age 47). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

Before 08 Oct 1489 William Knyvet (age 49) and Joan Courtenay were married. She the daughter of Thomas Courtenay 13th Earl Devon and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 08 Oct 1605 John Dryden 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Priscilla Quarles (age 17) were married.

On 08 Oct 1661 Johnathan Atkins (age 51) and Elizabeth Baker were married.

On 08 Oct 1782 Alexander Ramsay 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Bannerman were married.

On 08 Oct 1794 Thomas Kingscote (age 36) and Harriett Peyton (age 16) were married.

Before 08 Oct 1821 Henry Thomas Liddell 1st Earl Ravensworth (age 24) and Isabella Horatia Seymour were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 08 Oct 1822 George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester (age 23) and Millicent Sparrow Duchess Manchester (age 24) were married. He the son of William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester (age 50) and Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester.

On 08 Oct 1857 William Eden 4th Baron Auckland (age 28) and Lucy Walbanke-Childers Baroness Auckland (age 21) were married. He the son of Bishop Robert Eden 3rd Baron Auckland (age 58).

On 08 Oct 1873 Arthur Hay 9th Marquess Tweedale (age 48) and Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie Marchoness Tweedale (age 27) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale (age 86) and Susan Montagu Marchioness Teviotdale.

On 08 Oct 1885 Henry Tate 1st Baronet (age 66) and Amy Hislop Lady Tate (age 35) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 08 Oct 1905 Cyril Vladimirovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 28) and Victoria Melita Windsor (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 51). They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

On 08 Oct 1906 Edward Clive Milnes-Coates 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Celia Hermione Crewe Milnes Lady Milnes-Coates (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe (age 48) and Sibyl Marcia Graham Baroness Houghton.

On 08 Oct 1908 George Child-Villiers 8th Earl of Jersey (age 35) and Cynthia Almina Needham Countess Jersey were married. She the daughter of Francis Needham 3rd Earl of Kilmorey (age 66). He the son of Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 63) and Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Countess Jersey (age 58).

On 08 Oct 1993 David Armstrong-Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon (age 32) and Serena Stanhope (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Charles Stanhope 12th Earl of Harrington (age 48). He the son of Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 63) and Princess Margaret (age 63). He a grandson of King George VI of the United Kingdom.

Deaths on the 8th October

On 08 Oct 1060 Hugh "Fair and Pious" Lusignan died. On 08 Oct 1060 His son Hugh "Devil" Lusignan VI Count Lusignan I Count La Marche (age 29) succeeded VI Count Lusignan.

On 08 Oct 1184 Agnes Hohenstaufen (age 3) died.

On 08 Oct 1253 Bishop Robert Grosseteste (age 85) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].

Bishop Robert Grosseteste: Around 1168 he was born at Stradbroke, Suffolk. In Jun 1235 Bishop Robert Grosseteste was elected Bishop of Lincoln. Chronica Majora. Before 24 Jun 1237. In the same year, the emperor Frederick, by special messengers and imperial letters, summoned all the great Christian princes of the world to assemble on the day of St. John the Baptist's nativity, at Vaucouleurs, which is on the confines, or near the confines, of the empire and the French kingdom, there to discuss some difficult matters concerning the empire as well as the kingdom. The king of France, as if entertaining suspicion of this conference, proceeded at the time fixed to the place appointed, attended by a large army, which he had assembled for the purpose, and thus set dreadful and pernicious example to others, inasmuch as he went to discuss matters of peace in the same way as he would to attack his enemies. The king of England made reasonable excuses for not coming in person; but sent a peaceful embassy, consisting of some of the chief men of the kingdom; namely, Richard earl of Cornwall, his brother, with some other nobles, fit to manage a conference, under the guidance of the venerable archbishop of York and the bishop of Ely, and other trustworthy persons selected for the purpose. The bishop of Winchester, although selected before all others, absolutely refused to go, and, not without reason, gave the following as the cause for excusing himself: "My lord king," said he "you lately laid a heavy complaint against me before the emperor, telling him that I, with some other nobles, disturbed your kingdom: whether you did this with justice, or unjustly, God knows; but I trust that I have saved my conscience in every respect. But if your words were now placed with confidence in my mouth and in your letters, and should declare that I was a familar and faithful friend of yours; all this would appear as contrary, and he would accuse both you and me of instability; and this would blacken your fame in a great degree. Therefore, because it would be manifestly to your dishonour, I will not go on any account." And in the opinion of many, this reply gave sufficient excuse for him. When all preparations had been made, and they were all ready to set sail on this journey, they were met by letters from the emperor, to say that he could not go to the conference then, as he had purposed; but that what he could not do then, should, by God's favour, be carried into effect on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the following year; and thus each and all of them returned without effecting anything. In this year, on the day of the Supper, the bishop of Hereford consecrated the holy unction in the church of St. Albans. About this time, too, John Scott, earl of Chester, closed his life about Whitsuntide, having been poisoned by the agency of his wife, the daughter of Llewellyn. The life of the bishop of Lincoln, too, was also attempted by the same means, and he was with difficulty recalled from the gates of death. In the same year, in the week before Whitsuntide, there fell storms of hail which exceeded the size of apples, killing the sheep; and they were followed by continued rain. On 02 Jan 1241 Bishop Nicholas Farnham was elected Bishop of Durham. At first he wanted to decline the office, but Bishop Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln persuaded him to accept.

On 08 Oct 1254 Gilbert Segrave (age 52) died at Pons.

Before 08 Oct 1286 John Nesle III Count Soissons died. His son John Nesle IV Count Soissons succeeded IV Count Soissons.

On 08 Oct 1286 John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany (age 68) died. His son John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 47) succeeded 2nd Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux, 3rd Earl Richmond.

On 08 Oct 1307 Henry Tyeys 1st Baron Tyeys (age 42) died. His son Henry Tyeys 2nd Baron Tyeys (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Tyeys.

On 08 Oct 1333 Henry Dampierre (age 20) died.

Before 08 Oct 1335 John Cromwell (age 63) died.

On 08 Oct 1361 Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere (age 52) died.

On 08 Oct 1361 John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 31) died.

On 08 Oct 1419 Agnes Beauchamp (age 49) died.

On 08 Oct 1517 Richard Granville died.

On 08 Oct 1552 Thomas Jermyn (age 70) died.

On 03 Oct 1556 John Champneys (age 61) died. He was buried on 08 Oct 1556 at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bexley.

On 08 Oct 1556 Henry Long (age 70) died.

Before 08 Oct 1562 Edith Unton (age 60) died.

On 08 Oct 1566 Edward Leventhorpe died.

On 08 Oct 1572 Joan Trelake died at Hinchinbrooke House [Map]. She was buried on 04 Nov 1573 at St Benet Sherehog Cordwainer Ward.

On 08 Oct 1583 Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton (age 53) died.

On 08 Oct 1585 Andrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll (age 54) died. His son Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll (age 21) succeeded 9th Earl Erroll.

On 08 Oct 1606 Henry Delves died.

On 08 Oct 1606 Johann VI Count of Nassau Dillenburg (age 69) died.

On 08 Oct 1624 Henry Woodhouse (age 79) died.

On 08 Oct 1639 Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 61) died at Exeter House [Map]. She was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 08 Oct 1639 Anne Howard (age 59) died.

Around 08 Oct 1647 Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 67) died.

On 08 Oct 1649 Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel (age 66) died.

On 08 Oct 1655 Michael Wharton (age 78) died. Monument in Beverley Minster [Map]. Attributed to Thomas Stanton.

Michael Wharton: In 1577 he was born.

On 08 Oct 1656 John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 71) died. His son John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 43) succeeded Elector Saxony.

Before 08 Oct 1666 Alderman Francis Meynell died. His will was proved 05 Feb 1683. His will includes:

On 08 Oct 1672 Dean Thomas Turner (age 81) died. He was buried in the Dean's Chapel Canterbury Cathedral.

On 08 Oct 1691 Bishop Thomas Barlow (age 83) died. He was buried in the Chancel of St Mary's Church, Buckden [Map].

On 08 Oct 1693 Sophie Charlotte Oldenburg (age 4) died.

Before 08 Oct 1699 Mary Beale aka Cradock (age 66) died at her house in Pall Mall [Map].

On 08 Oct 1713 Francis Blakiston 3rd Baronet (age 91) died.

On 08 Oct 1718 Bishop Richard Cumberland (age 86) died. He was buried the next day at Peterborough Cathedral [Map]. Sculpted by Thomas Green of Camberwell (age 59).

Bishop Richard Cumberland: On 15 Jul 1632 he was born In 1691 Bishop Richard Cumberland was elected Bishop of Peterborough. He, apparently, discovered he had been elected when he read it in a newspaper whilst enjoying his habitual morning coffee at a coffe-house in Stamford.

On 08 Oct 1725 William Scott (age 80) died.

On 08 Oct 1727 William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 64) died. His son James Johnstone 3rd Baronet (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Johnstone of Westerhall in Dumfries.

Before 08 Oct 1732 Penelope Lovett Lady Northcote (age 55) died.

On 08 Oct 1759 Samuel Kent (age 76) died. His estates, including Fornham Hall, Suffolk, passed to his son Thomas Kent, then, in 1762, to his daughter's (age 51) son Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 16) who changed his surname from Egleton to Kent.

On 08 Oct 1786 Alexander Home 9th Earl of Home died. His son Alexander Ramey Home 10th Earl of Home (age 16) succeeded 10th Earl of Home.

On 08 Oct 1795 Charlotte Baird (age 45) died.

On 08 Oct 1803 Charlotte Bisshopp Baroness Maynard (age 72) died.

On 08 Oct 1803 Anne Bisshopp (age 75) died.

On 08 Oct 1814 Mary Bennet Lady Cunliffe died.

On 08 Oct 1819 Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (age 75) died.

On 08 Oct 1838 Rebekah Bateman (age 44) died.

On 08 Oct 1840 Horace David Cholwell St Paul (age 65) died.

On 08 Oct 1847 Robert Gordon (age 56) died by choking on a fish bone. Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 28) bought Balmoral estate from his trustees a year later as a gift for his wife Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 28).

On 08 Oct 1868 Henry Edward John Howard (age 72) died.

On 08 Oct 1879 Mary Tryphena Blunt died.

On 08 Oct 1880 Admiral Edward Howard 1st Baron Lanerton (age 70) died without issue. Baron Lanerton of Lanerton in Cumberland extinct.

On 08 Oct 1883 James Walker 1st Baronet (age 80) died. His son James Walker 2nd Baronet (age 53) succeeded 2nd Baronet Walker of Sand Hutton in Yorkshire.

On 08 Oct 1892 Ralph Heneage Dutton (age 71) died. He was buried at Timsbury, Hampshire [Map]. On 27 Feb 1895 Isabella Mansfield (age 70) died. Memorials in Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Sherborne [Map] to Ralph Heneage Dutton (age 71) and Isabella Mansfield (age 67).

Ralph Heneage Dutton: On 05 Aug 1821 he was born to John Dutton 2nd Baron Sherborne at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. On 03 Aug 1838 Ralph Heneage Dutton and Isabella Mansfield were married. In 1857 Ralph Heneage Dutton was elected MP South Hampshire. In 1865 Ralph Heneage Dutton was elected MP Cirencester.

Isabella Mansfield: On 30 Dec 1824 she was born to John Mansfield.

On 08 Oct 1910 Isabella Julia Elizabeth Howard (age 67) died.

On 08 Oct 1930 John Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 11th or 17th Baron Saye and Sele died. Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 12th or 18th Baron Saye and Sele (age 72) succeeded 12th or 18th Baron Saye and Sele.

On 08 Oct 1947 Allen "Benjamin" Bathurst (age 75) died.

On 08 Oct 1972 Alexander Ramsay (age 91) died at Ribsden Holt Windlesham, Surrey.

On 08 Oct 1988 Charles Beauclerk 13th Duke St Albans (age 73) died. His son Murray Beauclerk 14th Duke St Albans (age 49) succeeded 14th Duke St Albans, 14th Earl Burford, 14th Baron Heddington.

On 08 Oct 2004 Elizabeth Ann Temple-Gore-Langton (age 96) died.

On 08 Oct 2021 Oenone Clarissa Chaplin (age 87) died.