Culture, England
England is in Culture.
Culture, England, Almoners
Culture, England, Almoners, Almoner
Around 1532 Bishop Edward Fox (age 36) was appointed Almoner to the King.
In 1558 William Bill (age 53) was appointed Almoner to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 24).
Evelyn's Diary. 11 Jan 1662. I dined at Arundel House [Map], where I heard excellent music performed by the ablest masters, both French and English, on theorbos, viols, organs, and voices, as an exercise against the coming of the Queen (age 23), purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my Lord Aubigny (age 42) her Majesty's Almoner to be) showed us his elegant lodging, and his wheel-chair for ease and motion, with divers other curiosities; especially a kind of artificial glass, or porcelain, adorned with relievos of paste, hard and beautiful. Lord Aubigny (brother to the Duke of Lennox) was a person of good sense, but wholly abandoned to ease and effeminacy.
Culture, England, Almoners, Lord High Almoner
In 1519 Bishop John Longland (age 46) was appointed Lord High Almoner.
In 1675 Archbishop John Dolben (age 50) was appointed Lord High Almoner.
Evelyn's Diary. 05 Nov 1689. The Bishop of St. Asaph (age 62), Lord Almoner, preached before the King (age 39) and Queen (age 27), the whole discourse being an historical narrative of the Church of England's several deliverances, especially that of this anniversary, signalized by being also the birthday of the Prince of Orange, his marriage (which was on the 4th), and his landing at Torbay this day. There was a splendid ball and other rejoicings.
In 1882 Bishop Alwyne Compton (age 57) was appointed Lord High Almoner.
Culture, England, Artists
Culture, England, Artists, Serjeant
In 1581 George Gower (age 41) was appointed Serjeant to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 47).
After 1660 Robert Streater (age 39) was appointed Serjeant to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 29).
Culture, England, Bailiff of Jersey
In 1627 Philippe Carteret 3rd Seigneur Sark (age 42) was appointed Bailiff of Jersey.
Culture, England, Birds of Prey
Culture, England, Birds of Prey, goshawk
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32), the office of Master of the King's Mews and Falcons and a messuage called 'le Mewehous' at Charryng by Westminster, co Middlesex, with all houses and other profits pertaining to the same, in the same manner as John, duke of Bedford, deceased; and appointment of him to take the king's right prises of falcons, goshawks, sakers, sakrets, lanners, lannerets and ger-falcons sold within the realm, paying the accustomed price viz 20s for each tercel of goshawk, saker, lanner or lanneret. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, Birds of Prey, lanner
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32), the office of Master of the King's Mews and Falcons and a messuage called 'le Mewehous' at Charryng by Westminster, co Middlesex, with all houses and other profits pertaining to the same, in the same manner as John, duke of Bedford, deceased; and appointment of him to take the king's right prises of falcons, goshawks, sakers, sakrets, lanners, lannerets and ger-falcons sold within the realm, paying the accustomed price viz 20s for each tercel of goshawk, saker, lanner or lanneret. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, Birds of Prey, lanneret
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32), the office of Master of the King's Mews and Falcons and a messuage called 'le Mewehous' at Charryng by Westminster, co Middlesex, with all houses and other profits pertaining to the same, in the same manner as John, duke of Bedford, deceased; and appointment of him to take the king's right prises of falcons, goshawks, sakers, sakrets, lanners, lannerets and ger-falcons sold within the realm, paying the accustomed price viz 20s for each tercel of goshawk, saker, lanner or lanneret. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, Birds of Prey, saker
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32), the office of Master of the King's Mews and Falcons and a messuage called 'le Mewehous' at Charryng by Westminster, co Middlesex, with all houses and other profits pertaining to the same, in the same manner as John, duke of Bedford, deceased; and appointment of him to take the king's right prises of falcons, goshawks, sakers, sakrets, lanners, lannerets and ger-falcons sold within the realm, paying the accustomed price viz 20s for each tercel of goshawk, saker, lanner or lanneret. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, Birds of Prey, tercel
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32), the office of Master of the King's Mews and Falcons and a messuage called 'le Mewehous' at Charryng by Westminster, co Middlesex, with all houses and other profits pertaining to the same, in the same manner as John, duke of Bedford, deceased; and appointment of him to take the king's right prises of falcons, goshawks, sakers, sakrets, lanners, lannerets and ger-falcons sold within the realm, paying the accustomed price viz 20s for each tercel of goshawk, saker, lanner or lanneret. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, Canals
Culture, England, Canals, Gresley Canal
Gresley Canal. 13 George III. Cap. 16, Royal Assent 13th April, 1775.
This canal, which pursues a north-west direction, and is level throughout, was made at the expense of Sir Nigel Gresley (age 48), Bart and Nigel Bowyer Gresley (age 22), Esq. his son and heir-apparent, for the purpose of conveying the produce of their extensive coal mines in Apedale, in Staffordshire, to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the same county, and of facilitating their transit to other parts of the country by means of the Newcastle-under-Lyne Junction, and other navigations.
The act obtained as above, is entitled, 'An Act to enable Sir Nigel Greeley, Bart and Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Esq. his Son, to make and maintain a navigable Cut or Canal from certain Coal Mines in Apedale, to Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the county of Stafford." This act, after making the usual provisions, binds the proprietors for twenty-one years from and after the date thereof, to furnish the inhabitants of Newcastle with coals at 5s. per ton of twenty hundred weight, weighing one hundred and twenty pounds each hundred weight, and in like proportion for a single hundred weight. At the expiration of the first twenty-one years the proprietors, or their heirs, are to furnish coals at 5s. 6d. per ton for an additional term of twenty-one years; which last quoted price may, under certain conditions, be raised to 6s. per ton; the proprietors, in either case, binding themselves, under the penalty of £40 for each offence, to keep a supply of coals sufficient for the consumption of the town, at a wharf in or near the same.
There are few private works of more real utility to the public than Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal, which has added considerably to die interests of the inhabitants of Newcastle, by the regularity wherewith they are supplied with coal at a moderate charge.
In 1827 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 27) sold the Gresley Canal to pay off his gambling debts.
Culture, England, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard
In 1510 Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 63) was appointed 269th Knight of the Garter, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lord Privy Seal, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Warden of the Stannaries and Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard by King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 18).
On 25 Dec 1557 Henry Bedingfield (age 48) was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 25 Dec 1557. The xxv day of Desember wher dyvers [courtiers] was removyd unto he-her [higher] rommys; as ser Edward Hastynges (age 36), master of the quen's hors, was mad lord chamburlayn; and ser Thomas Cornwalles comptroller; ser Hare Jarnyngham (age 45) the master of the hors; and ser Hare Benefeld (age 48) fee-chamburlayn and captayn of the gard.
In 1558 Edward Rogers (age 60) was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard and Privy Council.
In 1617 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 26) was appointed Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard.
The London Gazette 21397. St. James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Robert (age 47) Viscount Sydney to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of William-Lennox-Lascelles Lord de Ros (age 55), resigned
The London Gazette 25486. St. James's Palace, June 27, 1885.
The Queen (age 66) has been pleased to appoint George William (age 61), Viscount Barrington, to be Captain of Her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of!William John (age 56), Lord Monson, resigned.
W6GBhi0WThe Queen has been pleased to appoint the following to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, viz.:—
Dudley Charles, Lord de Ros, in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen, resigned.
Algernon Hawkins Thomoud, Earl of Kintore, in the room of John William, Earl of Dalhousie, resigned.
Cornwallis, Viscount Hawarden, in the room of William, Lord Sandhurst, resigned.
John Major, Lord Henniker, in the room of Thomas, Lord Ribblesdale, resigned.
John Adrian Louis (age 24), Earl of Hopetoun, in the room of Thomas John, Lord Thurlow, resigned.
William, Lord Elphinstone (age 56), in the room of Arthur, Lord Wrottesley, resigned.
The London Gazette 25558. St. James's Palace, February 10, 1886. THE Queen has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:— .
Valentine Augustus (age 60), Earl of Kenmare, K.P., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward (age 48), Earl of Lathom, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard (age 45), Lord Sudeley to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of George William (age 47), Earl of Coventry, resigned.
William John, Lord Monson to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of George William (age 61), Viscount Barrington, resigned.
The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 28), M.P., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir Henry Fletcher (age 50), Bart., M.P., resigned.
Culture, England, Castellan
Culture, England, Castellan Beeston Castle
In 1236 Stephen Segrave (age 65) was appointed Castellan Beeston Castle.
Culture, England, Castellan Chester Castle
In 1236 Stephen Segrave (age 65) was appointed Castellan Chester Castle.
Culture, England, Chamberlain of North Wales
In 1534 Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris (age 33) was appointed Chamberlain of North Wales.
Culture, England, Chamberlain of South Wales
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 08 May 1461. York [Map]. Grant for life to William Herbert (age 38), knight, of the offices of office of chief justice and chamberlain of South Wales, steward of the commontes in the counties of Caermarthen and Cardigan, and chief forester in those counties (Carmarthenshire,Cardiganshire).
Culture, England, Chancellor Cambridge University
In 1500 Bishop Richard Foxe (age 52) was elected Chancellor Cambridge University.
In Feb 1559 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 38) was elected Chancellor Cambridge University.
In 1628 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 37) was appointed Chancellor Cambridge University.
Culture, England, Chancellor University of Oxford
In 1322 John Monmouth Bishop of Llandaff was appointed Chancellor University of Oxford.
In 1434 Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 16) was appointed Chancellor University of Oxford.
In 1440 Bishop William Grey was appointed Chancellor University of Oxford.
In 1483 Bishop John Russell was appointed Chancellor University of Oxford.
In Nov 1552 John Mason (age 49) was appointed Chancellor University of Oxford which position he held until Oct 1556.
In Jun 1559 John Mason (age 56) was appointed Chancellor University of Oxford which position he held until Dec 1564.
Culture, England, Chief Justicar
In 1154 Richard "The Loyal" Lucy (age 65) was appointed Chief Justicar.
In 1232 Stephen Segrave (age 61) was appointed Chief Justicar.
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Kings of Arms
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Kings of Arms, Clarenceux King of Arms
On 30 Jan 1511 Thomas Benolt was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
On 19 May 1536 Thomas Hawley was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
In 1557 William Harvey (age 47) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Nov 1557. The Sonday, the xxj day at November, the quen('s) (age 41) grase [did] sett a crowne of master Norrey('s) (age 47) hed kyng at armes, [and] created hym Clarenshus, with a cup of [wine], at Sant James, her grace('s) place.
Note. P. 158. Coronation of Norroy king of arms. The instrument of the creation and coronation of Laurence Dalton to be Norroy king of arms, by letters patent dated 6 Sept. 1557, is printed in Rymer's Fœdera, vol. xv. p. 477; and that for William Harvey to be Clarenceux, dated the next day, in the following page.
On 21 May 1567 Robert Cooke (age 32) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
In 1831 William Woods Howard (age 45) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Order of the Garter
On 23 Apr 1344. The date somewhat unclear; it may have been before. King Edward III of England (age 31) formed the Order of the Garter. The first reliable record occurs in autumn of 1348 when the King's wardrobe account shows Garter habits being issued. The Order may have been formed before then with some traditions such as the mantle, and the garter and motto, possibly being introduced later. The Garter refers to an event at Wark Castle, Northumberland [Map] at which King Edward III of England picked up the Countess of Salisbury's fallen garter and saying to the crowd "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ie Shame on him who thinks badly of it, or possibly, he brings shame on himself who thinks badly of it. The Countess of Salisbury could refer to his future daughter-in-law Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 15) or her former mother-in-law Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 40). The event has also been drescribed as taking place at Calais [Map].
Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury: Around 1304 she was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Ashford, Herefordshire. Around 1320 William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu. On 23 Nov 1349 Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury died at Bisham Abbey.
Culture, England, Cofferer
In 1617 Sir David Foulis sold Henry Vane "The Elder" (age 27) the post of cofferer to the Prince of Wales (age 16), and he continued to hold this office after Charles had become king.
Culture, England, Cofferer of the Household
John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation Book 4 Chapter 108. 24 Feb 1303. When the aforesaid king (age 63) had got news of this, he sent off a certain nobleman, Ralph Confrere, his treasurer (Ralph de Manton, the Cofferer), a man stout in battle, and of tried judgment and wisdom, with a certain body of chosen knights, thoroughly well-armed, to seek out, in every hole and corner, those who troubled and disturbed the king's peace, and not to forbear punishing them with the penalty of death. So they entered Scotland, and went about ranging through the land, until they, at Roslyn, pitched their tents, split up into three lines apart, for want of free camping room. But the aforesaid John Comyn (age 34) and Simon, with their abettors, hearing of their arrival, and wishing to steal a march rather than have one stolen upon them, came briskly through from Biggar to Eoslyn, in one night, with some chosen men, who chose rather death before unworthy subjection to the English nation; and, all of a sudden, they fearlessly fell upon the enemy. But having been, a little before, roused by the sentries, all those of the first line seized their weapons, and manfully withstood the attacking foe. At length, however, the former were overcome. Some were taken, and some slain; while some, again, fled to the other line. But, while the Scots were sharing the booty, another line straightway appeared, in battle-array; so the Scots, on seeing it, slaughtered their prisoners, and armed their own vassals with the spoils of the slain; then, putting away their jaded horses, and taking stronger ones, they fearlessly hastened to the fray. When this second line had been, at length, overcome, though with difficulty, and the Scots thought they had ended their task, there appeared a third, mightier than the former, and more choice in their harness. The Scots were thunderstruck at the sight of them; and being both fagged out in manifold ways, - by the fatigues of travelling, watching, and want of food - and also sore distressed by the endless toil of fighting, began to be weary, and to quail in spirit, beyond belief. But, when the people were thus thrown into bewilderment, the aforesaid John and Simon, with, hearts undismayed, took up, with their weapons, the office of preachers; and, comforting them with their words, cheering them with their promises, and, moreover, reminding them of the nobleness of freedom, and the baseness of thraldom, and of the unwearied toil which their ancestors had willingly undertaken for the deliverance of their country, they, with healthful warnings, heartened them to the fray. So, being greatly emboldened by these and such-like words, the Scots laid aside all cowardice, and got back their strength. Then they slaughtered their prisoners, with whose horses and arms they were again - as it were - renewed; and, putting their trust in God, they and their armed vassals marched forward most bravely and dashingly to battle. The shock was so mighty and fierce, that many were run through, and bereft of life; and some of either host, after awful spear-thrusts, savage flail-strokes, and hard cudgelling, withdrew from the ranks, by hundreds, forties, and twenties, to the hills, time after time, fagged out and dazed by the day's fighting. There they would throw back their helmets, and let the winds blow upon them; and after having been thus cooled by the breeze, they would put away their wounded horses, and, mounting other fresh ones, would thus be made stronger against the onslaughts of the foe. So, after this manifold ordeal and awful struggle, the Scots, who, if one looked at the opposite side, were very few in number - as it were a handful of corn or flour compared with the multitude of the sea-sand - by the power, not of man, but of God, subdued their foes, and gained a happy and gladsome victory.
In 1327 Bishop Richard de Bury (age 39) was appointed Cofferer of the Household.
After 1505 Edward Cheeseman was appointed Cofferer of the Household.
On 09 Dec 1679 Henry Brouncker 3rd Viscount Brounckner (age 52) was appointed Cofferer of the Household to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49).
Evelyn's Diary. 12 Feb 1683. He gave to the Trinity Corporation that land in Deptford [Map] on which are built those almshouses for twenty-four widows of emerited seamen. He was born the famous year of the Gunpowder Treason, in 1605, and being the last [male] of his family, left my wife (age 48), his only daughter, heir. His grandfather, Sir Richard Browne, was the great instrument under the great Earl of Leicester (favorite to Queen Elizabeth) in his government of the Netherland. He was Master of the Household to King James, and Cofferer; I think was the first who regulated the compositions through England for the King's (age 52) household, provisions, progresses,49 etc., which was so high a service, and so grateful to the whole nation, that he had acknowledgments and public thanks sent him from all the counties; he died by the rupture of a vein in a vehement speech he made about the compositions in a Parliament of King James. By his mother's side he was a Gunson, Treasurer of the Navy in the reigns of Henry VIII., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, and, as by his large pedigree appears, related to divers of the English nobility. Thus ended this honorable person, after so many changes and tossings to and fro, in the same house where he was born. "Lord teach us so to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom!".
In 1711 Samuel Masham 1st Baron Masham (age 32) was appointed Cofferer of the Household.
Ralph de Manton Cofferer was appointed Cofferer of the Household.
Culture, England, Colleges
Culture, England, Colleges, Eton College
Culture, England, Colleges, Provost of Eton College
In Feb 1504 Roger Lupton (age 48) was appointed Provost of Eton College by King Henry VIII (age 12) which position he held until 1535.
On 24 Feb 1680 Zachary Crodock (age 17) was appointed Provost of Eton College.
Culture, England, Colleges, Lord Chief Baron
In 1730 Thomas Marlay (age 50) was appointed Lord Chief Baron.
Culture, England, Colleges, Master of University College
In Mar 1610 Bishop John Bancroft (age 36) was elected Master of University College unanimously.
Culture, England, Colleges, Organist
In 1870 Haydn Keeton (age 22) was appointed Organist at Peterborough Cathedral [Map].
Culture, England, Commander in the North
In 1542 William Eure 1st Baron Eure (age 59) was appointed Commander in the North.
Culture, England, Commissioner
In 1645 Bulstrode Whitelocke (age 39) was appointed Commissioner at Uxbridge during the Treaty of Uxbridge.
Culture, England, Committees
Culture, England, Committees, Committee for Trade
Pepy's Diary. 20 Apr 1664. Up and by coach to Westminster, and there solicited W. Joyce's business all the morning, and meeting in the Hall with Mr. Coventry (age 36), he told me how the Committee for Trade have received now all the complaints of the merchants against the Dutch, and were resolved to report very highly the wrongs they have done us (when, God knows! it is only our owne negligence and laziness that hath done us the wrong) and this to be made to the House to-morrow. I went also out of the Hall with Mrs. Lane to the Swan [Map] at Mrs. Herbert's in the Palace Yard to try a couple of bands, and did (though I had a mind to be playing the fool with her) purposely stay but a little while, and kept the door open, and called the master and mistress of the house one after another to drink and talk with me, and showed them both my old and new bands. So that as I did nothing so they are able to bear witness that I had no opportunity there to do anything.
Pepy's Diary. 27 Jul 1664. Up, and after some discourse with Mr. Duke, who is to be Secretary to the Fishery, and is now Secretary to the Committee for Trade, who I find a very ingenious man, I went to Mr. Povy's (age 50), and there heard a little of his empty discourse, and fain he would have Mr. Gauden been the victualler for Tangier [Map], which none but a fool would say to me when he knows he hath made it his request to me to get him something of these men that now do it.
Culture, England, Committees, Committee of Privileges
Pepy's Diary. 17 Apr 1664. I afterwards did without the House fall in company with my Lady Peters, and endeavoured to mollify her; but she told me she would not, to redeem her from hell, do any thing to release him; but would be revenged while she lived, if she lived the age of Methusalem. I made many friends, and so did others. At last it was ordered by the Lords that it should be referred to the Committee of Privileges to consider.
Culture, England, Comptroller
On 08 Jul 1624 Thomas Vyner 1st Baronet (age 35) was appointed Comptroller of the Mint by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 58).
Culture, England, Comptroller of Calais
On 28 Aug 1552 Edward Grimston (age 44) was appointed Comptroller of Calais.
Culture, England, Comptroller of the King's Works
In Jun 1668 Hugh May (age 46) was appointed Comptroller of the King's Works and Clerk to the Recognizances.
Culture, England, Comptroller of the Mint
In 1754 John Buller (age 32) was elected MP East Looe and appointed Comptroller of the Mint.
Culture, England, Comptroller of the Navy
On 15 Apr 1671 Thomas Allin 1st Baronet (age 59) was appointed Comptroller of the Navy.
On 28 Jan 1680 Thomas Hayter Comptroller was appointed Comptroller of the Navy which position he held until 02 Feb 1682.
Culture, England, Comptroller of the Works at Windsor Castle
In Nov 1673 Hugh May (age 52) was appointed Comptroller of the Works at Windsor Castle.
Culture, England, Court Positions
Culture, England, Court Positions, Governess
On 18 Feb 1516 Queen Mary I of England and Ireland was born to Henry VIII (age 24) and Catherine of Aragon (age 30) at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 48) was created 1st Baroness Bryan and appointed the child's governess. Catherine York Countess Devon (age 36) was her godmother.
In 1762 Charlotte Finch nee Fermor (age 37) was appointed Governess to the Royal Children by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23).
In 1813 Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 48) was appointed Governess to Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover (age 16).
Culture, England, Degrees
Culture, England, Degrees, Bachelor
Culture, England, Degrees, Bachelor of Civil Law
In 1551 John Griffith was awarded Bachelor of Civil Law at All Souls College, Oxford University.
Culture, England, Degrees, Bachelor of Divinity
On 20 Jul 1624 Dean Thomas Turner (age 33) was awarded Bachelor of Divinity.
In 1677 Richard Annesley 3rd Baron Altham (age 22) graduated Bachelor of Divinity.
On 11 Jul 1685 Henry Godolphin (age 36) was awarded Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity at All Souls College, Oxford University.
Culture, England, Degrees, Doctor
Culture, England, Degrees, Doctor of Medicine
In 1643 John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett (age 28) was awarded Doctor of Medicine at Exeter College, Oxford University.
In 1648 Alexander Burnett was awarded Doctor of Medicine at Cambridge University.
Culture, England, Degrees, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
In 1502 Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 58) founded the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity; the oldest professorship at the University of Cambridge.
In 1561 Archbishop Matthew Hutton (age 32) was elected Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.
Culture, England, Duchy of Lancaster
Culture, England, Auditor of the Duchy of Lancaster
After 21 Apr 1566 Walter Mildmay (age 45) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and Auditor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Culture, England, Chief Justice for the Duchy of Lancaster
In 1486 George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 26) was appointed Constable of Wicklow Castle and Chief Justice for the Duchy of Lancaster.
Culture, England, Chief Steward for the Northern Duchy of Lancaster
In 1398 John Cockayne (age 38) was appointed Chief Steward for the Northern Duchy of Lancaster.
On 25 Mar 1465 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 34) was appointed Chief Steward for the Northern Duchy of Lancaster.
Culture, England, Receiver of the Duchy of Lancaster
On 26 Nov 1460 John Sharpe of Coggleshall in Essex was appointed Receiver of the Duchy of Lancaster for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Culture, England, Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In 1716 Thomas Wyndham (age 30) was appointed Secretary to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Culture, England, Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster
On 16 Oct 1518 John Sharpe of Coggleshall in Essex was appointed Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Culture, England, Equerry
In 1727 John Lumley (age 24) was appointed Equerry to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1874 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 42) was appointed Equerry.
In 1893 Derek William George Keppel (age 29) was appointed Equerry to the Duke of York (age 27).
In 1901 Derek William George Keppel (age 37) was appointed Equerry to the Prince of Wales (age 35).
Culture, England, Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
In Jul 1902 Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford (age 40) was elected Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.
Culture, England, First Civil Service Commissioner
In 1880 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 49) was appointed First Civil Service Commissioner.
Culture, England, First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
In 1849 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 44) was appointed First Commissioner of Woods and Forests.
Culture, England, First Commissioner of Works
In Aug 1851 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 46) was appointed First Commissioner of Works.
Culture, England, First Lord of Trade
In 1735 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter (age 62) was appointed to the Privy Council and as First Lord of Trade.
Culture, England, Forest
Culture, England, Chief Rider of the King's Forest of Selcey Forest
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 12 Dec 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to Richard Wydevill (age 56), lord of Ryvers, of the office of chief rider of the king's forest of Saucy. co Northampton, with all trees and profits, viz dry trees, dead trees, blown down, old hedges or copice-hedges, boughs fallen without date, cahettels, waifs, strays, pannage of swine, 'derefall wode', 'draenes' brushwood and brambles, prerquisites of courts, swainmote and other issues within the forest, from the time when he had he same by letters patent of Henry VI.
Culture, England, Justice of the Forest South of Trent
In Aug 1265 Roger Clifford (age 50) was appointed Justice of the Forest South of Trent.
Culture, England, Master Forester and Rider of the Feckenham Forest
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32) of the offices of steward of the manor or lordship of Fekenham, co Worcester, and master forester and rider of the kings forst of Fekenham with the custody of the king's park of Fekenham and the stank there, with the accustomed fees. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, George Bernard Shaw
Culture, England, George Bernard Shaw, She Would and She Would Not
Culture, England, George Bernard Shaw, She Would and She Would Not, Hypolita
In 1791 John Hoppner (age 32). Portrait of Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan" (age 29) as Hypolita.
Culture, England, Governor of Jersey
From 1486 Matthew Baker Governor of Jersey was appointed Governor of Jersey.
In 1665 Thomas Morgan 1st Baronet (age 34) was made Governor of Jersey, where he repaired the forts and reorganised the militia. In Falle's "Jersey" is a most laudatory account of his diligent government of that island.
Thomas Leighton was appointed Governor of Jersey.
Culture, England, Grand Master of the Knights of St John
John "The Elder" Babington was appointed Grand Master of the Knights of St John.
Culture, England, Groom in Waiting
In 1872 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 40) was appointed Groom in Waiting.
Culture, England, High Steward of Chipping Campden
Before 21 Mar 1751 Baptist Noel 4th Earl Gainsborough (age 43) was appointed High Steward of Chipping Campden.
Culture, England, High Steward of Oxford
In 1743 Thomas Rowney of Dean Farm, Oxfordshire (age 50) was appointed High Steward of Oxford for life.
Culture, England, High Steward of Sutton Coldfield
In 1781 Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath (age 46) was appointed High Steward of Sutton Coldfield.
In 1835 Heneage Finch 5th Earl Aylesford (age 48) was appointed High Steward of Sutton Coldfield.
Culture, England, Hudson Bay Company
In 1670 John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 54) was appointed Deputy Governor of the Hudson Bay Company.
After May 1672 James Hayes (age 35) was appointed Deputy Governor of the Hudson Bay Company.
Culture, England, Hudson Bay Company, Deputy Governor
After May 1672 James Hayes (age 35) was appointed Deputy Governor of the Hudson Bay Company.
Culture, England, Joint Secretary to the Board of Control
In 1839 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 34) was appointed Joint Secretary to the Board of Control.
Culture, England, Justiciary of Chester
In 1253 Wakelin Arden (age 33) was appointed Justiciary of Chester.
Culture, England, Knight Banneret
On 20 Jan 1327 Hugh Courtenay 10th Earl Devon (age 23) was appointed Knight Banneret.
In 1337 Thomas Ughtred 1st Baron Ughtred (age 45) was appointed Knight Banneret.
On 26 Aug 1346 John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 28) was appointed Knight Banneret.
In 1360 John Chandos (age 40) was created Knight Banneret.
On 17 Jun 1497 the Cornish rebel army was destroyed at the Battle of Blackheath aka Deptford Bridge.
Richard Guildford (age 47) was created Knight Banneret.
Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 27), Henry Willoughby (age 46), Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London and Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 25) fought at Deptford, Kent [Map].
Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos (age 35), John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 32), Robert Sheffield (age 36), Edward Stanhope 1462-1487, John Peche (age 47) and Robert Constable (age 19) were knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 40).
Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 40) commanded.
James Tuchet 7th Baron Audley, 4th Baron Tuchet (age 34) was captured by Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 19).
On 16 Aug 1513 Henry VIII (age 22) fought at Thérouanne [Map] during the Battle of the Spurs.
Henry's army included George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) (commanded), Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 36), Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 43), Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu, John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and Anthony Wingfield (age 26). John "Tilbury Jack" Arundell (age 18), William Compton (age 31), John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 48) and William Hussey (age 41) was knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland. Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 56) and Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 46) was created Knight Banneret.
Louis I d'Orléans Duc de Longueville 1480-1516 was captured.
Arthur Hopton (age 24) was knighted for his bravery.
In 1514 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 44) was appointed Knight Banneret.
Culture, England, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
In 1662 Thomas Jermyn 2nd Baron Jermyn (age 28) was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
In 1684 Thomas Jermyn 2nd Baron Jermyn (age 50) was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Culture, England, Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth
In 1644 William Jephson (age 36) was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth.
After 17 Mar 1664 Charles Berkeley 1st Earl Falmouth (age 34) was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth.
In 1682 Henry Slingsby (age 43) was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Portsmouth.
Culture, England, Lord Chief Justice
In 1592 John Popham (age 61) was appointed Lord Chief Justice which post he held for life.
In 1640 Robert Heath (age 64) was appointed Lord Chief Justice by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39).
In 1678 William Scroggs (age 55) was appointed Lord Chief Justice on the recommendation of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 45).
In 1681 Francis Pemberton (age 56) was appointed Lord Chief Justice.
Evelyn's Diary. 23 Jan 1683. Sir Francis North (age 45), son to the Lord North, and Lord Chief Justice, being made Lord Keeper on the death of the Earl of Nottingham, the Lord Chancellor, I went to congratulate him. He is a most knowing, learned, and ingenious man, and, besides being an excellent person, of an ingenious and sweet disposition, very skillful in music, painting, the new philosophy, and politer studies.
Evelyn's Diary. 05 Dec 1683. I was this day invited to a wedding of one Mrs. Castle, to whom I had some obligation, and it was to her fifth husband, a lieutenant-colonel of the city. She was the daughter of one Burton, a broom-man, by his wife, who sold kitchen stuff in Kent Street, whom God so blessed that the father became a very rich, and was a very honest man; he was Sheriff of Surrey, where I have sat on the bench with him. Another of his daughters was married to Sir John Bowles; and this daughter was a jolly friendly woman. There was at the wedding the Lord Mayor, the Sheriff, several Aldermen and persons of quality; above all, Sir George Jeffreys (age 38), newly made Lord Chief Justice of England, with Mr. Justice Withings, danced with the bride, and were exceedingly merry. These great men spent the rest of the afternoon, till eleven at night, in drinking healths, taking tobacco, and talking much beneath the gravity of judges, who had but a day or two before condemned Mr. Algernon Sidney (age 60), who was executed the 7th on Tower Hill [Map], on the single witness of that monster of a man, Lord Howard of Escrick, and some sheets of paper taken in Mr. Sidney's study, pretended to be written by him, but not fully proved, nor the time when, but appearing to have been written before his Majesty's (age 53) Restoration, and then pardoned by the Act of Oblivion; so that though Mr. Sidney was known to be a person obstinately averse to government by a monarch (the subject of the paper was in answer to one by Sir E. Filmer), yet it was thought he had very hard measure. There is this yet observable, that he had been an inveterate enemy to the last king, and in actual rebellion against him; a man of great courage, great sense, great parts, which he showed both at his trial and death; for, when he came on the scaffold, instead of a speech, he told them only that he had made his peace with God, that he came not thither to talk, but to die; put a paper into the sheriff's hand, and another into a friend's; said one prayer as short as a grace, laid down his neck, and bid the executioner do his office.
Evelyn's Diary. 08 Dec 1700. Great alterations of officers at Court, and elsewhere, - Lord Chief Justice Treby died; he was a learned man in his profession, of which we have now few, never fewer; the Chancery requiring so little skill in deep law-learning, if the practicer can talk eloquently in that Court; so that probably few care to study the law to any purpose. Lord Marlborough (age 50) Master of the Ordnance, in place of Lord Romney (age 59) made Groom of the Stole. The Earl of Rochester (age 58) goes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
In 1741 Thomas Marlay (age 61) was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland.
Culture, England, Lord Gwyddelwern
Tudur ap Gruffudd Mathrafal Lord Gwyddelwern was appointed Lord Gwyddelwern.
Culture, England, Lord Powis
In 1290 Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis (age 33) and Joan Corbet Baroness Herbert (age 27) were married. She by marriage Lord Powis. He the son of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn and Hawise Strange Princess Powys Wenwynwyn (age 48).
Around 1293 Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis (age 36) died. His son Griffith Mathrafal 2nd Lord Powis succeeded 2nd Lord Powis.
Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis was appointed 1st Lord Powis.
Culture, England, Lords Spritual
Culture, England, Lords Spritual, Archdeacon Wales
Culture, England, Lords Spritual, Archdeacon Wales, Archdeacon Anglesey
In 1500 Richard Bulkeley was appointed Archdeacon Anglesey.
Culture, England, Lords Spritual, Archdeacon Wales, Archdeacon of Merioneth
In 1483 Richard Bulkeley was appointed Archdeacon of Merioneth.
Culture, Lords of England
Culture, England, Lords of the Congregation
In Feb 1560 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 23) was appointed Lords of the Congregation.
Culture, England, Master of Arms
In 1592 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet (age 47) was appointed Master of Arms.
Culture, England, Medals
Culture, England, Medals, Military Cross
On 29 Sep 1917 Tom Cecil Noel (age 19) was awarded Military Cross.
On 26 Sep 1941 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 26) was awarded the Military Cross "in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941."
Culture, England, Medals, Military Cross and Bar
On 22 Aug 1918 Tom Cecil Noel (age 20) was killed in action at Westrozebeke, West Flanders. Noel was flying with Latimer when they were shot down by Leutnant Willi Nebgen of Jasta 7. Noel was killed and Latimer was captured. He was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross.
Culture, England, Military
Culture, England, Military, Navy
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Commander in Chief
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Commander in Chief: Jamaica Station
Around Nov 1762 Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel (age 37) was appointed Commander in Chief: Jamaica Station.
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Rear Admiral
On 21 Oct 1762 Augustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel (age 37) was appointed Rear Admiral.
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Vice Admiral
Richard William Courtenay was appointed Vice Admiral.
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Vice Admiral: Norfolk
In 1691 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet (age 34) was appointed Vice Admiral: Norfolk.
In 1719 John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire (age 25) was appointed Vice Admiral: Norfolk.
Culture, England, Muscovy Company
In 1555 John Gresham (age 60) founded as Muscovy Company.
Culture, England, National Trust
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 1913 V38 Pages 379-414. Tilshead. 4. "White Barrow [Map]." Length 255ft. (Hoare); E. and W. Opened by Hoare and Cunnington but without success, only a few pieces of stag's horns and the usual "line of black earth " being found. This barrow, with 2¾ acres of land adjoining, is now the property of the National Trust. Hoare speaks of it as having been "lately covered with a plantation," but this has long since disappeared, and the whole barrow was for some time under cultivation. In spite of this it may happily still be described as in good condition with well-defined ditches; it is now down to grass, and under its present ownership will not be ploughed again. O.M. 53 NE.; A.W. I. 91; Arch. xlii. 180.
Archaeologia Cambrensis Series 6 Volume 15 1905 Stonehenge. 22 Sep 1915. Sale of Stonehenge. — Great public interest was shown in the sale by auction at Salisbury yesterday [September 21st] of the Amesbury Abbey estate, including Stonehenge. Sir Howard Frank, of Messrs. Knight, Frank and Rutley, conducted the sale, and explained that the estate came into the market in consequence of the deaths of Sir Edmund Antrobus and of his only son [Edmund Antrobus], who was killed in action last October. The estate, which has many historical associations, comprises 6,420 acres, and has an estimated rental of £5,359. It was first submitted as a whole, but as no purchaser was forthcoming it was offered in lots, of which Amesbury Abbey and grounds formed the first. This was unsold. Farms and buildings in the town of Amesbury, however, sold at good prices, and most of the property changed hands. When Stonehenge was put up for sale Sir Howard Frank asked for an opening bid of £5,000. A bid for that amount was made at once, quickly followed by an advance of £100, and £6,000 was readied within a minute. Then there was a lull. The auctioneer said the price was a poor one for Stonehenge, which could not be valued, but if there were no further offers he would accept it. Bidding recommenced and mounted to £6,600, at which the property fell to a local landowner, Mr. C. H. E. Chubb (age 39), of Bemerton Lodge, Salisbury. After the sale Mr. Chubb said that when he went into the sale room he had no intention whatever of buying the monument. "While I was there," he added, I thought a Salisbury man ought to buy it, and that is how it was done." Asked if he had any plans for the future of Stonehenge, Mr. Chubb said that, while he intended to preserve the monument, he would do nothing for some little time, as he had to consider the position. — Times, September 22nd, 1915.
Profits Of Stonehenge. — -Mr. Chubb, the new owner of Stonehenge, will not be given legal possession for some months. Meanwhile he has formulated no plan for the future, except that he is determined to take every step to see that the stones are preserved as heretofore.
The opinion expressed locally is that Mr. Chubb has made an excellent bargain, quite apart from the historic interest attaching to Stonehenge. As the purchase price was £6,600, and the net receipts from fees paid by visitors to the enclosure average £360 per annum, the transaction, regarded in a cold commercial light, represents an investment of over 5 per cent.Times, September 23rd, 1915.
Stonehenge: Its Recent Sale And Price.- The following letter appeared in "The Times of October 6th, 1915:— Sir, — The sale by auction a few days ago of Stonehenge for the comparatively small sum of £6600 will, I think, cause regret in many quarters that the opportunity was lost of vesting this most important national monument in some public body, and of restoring to the public the access to it, free of charge, which had been enjoyed for countless centuries. It will be recollected that fourteen years ago litigation was undertaken with this object. The claim was made that two well-worn ways leading up to, and through, the outer circle of stones were obstructed by the inclosure, which was erected partly with the object of guarding the stones, but mainly for the purpose of enforcing a charge of admission of Is. a head. Those of us who were engaged in this attempt were worsted in the suit and were heavily mulcted in costs. It was not generally known, however, and could not be stated at the hearing of the suit, that at an early stage of the proceedings we offered to purchase the monument and a few acres of Down land surrounding it for the sum of £10,000, with the purpose of placing the monument under the full protection of the Ancient Monuments Act. The effect of this would be that the Government would be charged with the duty and cost of guarding and preserving the stones, and that access of the public to them would be secured, free of charge, for ever. The then owner of the property did not object to a sale, but he said that his price was £50,000. For this sum he had already offered the monument to the Government, and when it was rejected, on the ground that it was altogether exorbitant, he threatened to sell the stones to an American millionaire, who would ship them across the Atlantic. The then Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom the offer and threat were verbally made, very properly replied that if an attempt was made to remove the monument he would send a regiment from the camp on Salisbury Plain to prevent it. In spite of this rebuff, the excessive price was insisted upon, with the result that the suit was proceeded with. Since then the admission fees have been maintained, and I am informed that the visitors to Stonehenge have been only one-fourth in number of what they used to be. The net produce from the charge for admission has averaged the last three years £320, after deducting the cost of guarding and preserving it. The fees for admission during the last half-year have been greatly reduced in consequence of the war.
"When, a few weeks ago, the intended sale of the monument was announced, I would gladly have made an effort to raise a sum for its purchase, with the object of undoing the wrong which had been done in 1901. But I found that, in view of the many claims arising out of the war, it was impossible to raise by subscription even the moderate sum which appeared to be the full commercial value of the monument, based on the admission fees.
"There remained, however, the possibility that the monument might be purchased by some public body, such as the National Trust, who would maintain the charge for admission to it until more favourable times, when it would be possible to reduce or abolish that charge. In this view, the National Trust, at my suggestion, entered into a correspondence with Messrs. Knight, Frank and Rutley, the agents for the sale of the Amesbury estate. The society had no funds at its immediate disposal for such a purpose, but among its generous supporters there would probably have been found those who would advance the purchase-money on loan on the security of the admission fees. It was necessary, however, before applying to any such friends, to know the price demanded for the monument. The society was informed by the agents that the owner could not name a price, but was prepared to entertain any offer from the National Trust above the sum of £10,000 — a price evidently based upon the offer made for it fourteen years ago. The society replied to this that, after careful consideration, they had come to the conclusion that the minimum price named by the owner was altogether excessive, particularly in view of the exceptional conditions consequent on the war, and that they were unable to make an offer of that amount or above it.
"The reply of the agents to this, on September 17th, was 'that the vendor, who is a tenant for life of the property, would not be justified in selling Stonehenge previous to the auction except at a price which was considered by us (Messrs. Knight, Frank and Rutley) to be high.' They added — 'The reserve at the auction, however, is a low one, in our view, and is thousands of pounds below the amount mentioned in our previous letter,' namely, £10,000. They suggested that the National Trust should be represented at the auction. It was thus practically admitted that the price named by the owner in the previous letter was, in the opinion of the experienced agents who advised him, too high by some thousands. The letter was received by the National Trust on Saturday, September 18th, three days before the sale by auction. It was impossible, in this short interval, to make arrangements for finding the possible purchase-money. The society, therefore, was not represented at the auction, and made no bid. The monument was bought for S6600 by a gentleman resident in the neighbourhood, who has stated that he has bought it as an investment, but with the full intention of doing his best to preserve it a promise which I doubt not he will fulfil. Not the less, however, it is to be regretted that the monument has not become the property of some public body, with the prospect of the reduction or remission of the entrance fees. I may be permitted also to point out that the price obtained at the auction, while it confirms the opinion of the agents who conducted the sale, is also striking proof that the sum offered for the monument in 1901 was most generous, and such as, in the interest of the entailed estate and of the public, should have been accepted.
I am yours faithfully,
Eversley.
Abbotsworthy House, Winchester,
October 1st.
Around 1935 Ilam Hall, Staffordshire had been sold for demolition. The demolition was well advanced when Sir Robert McDougal bought it for the National Trust, on the understanding that the remaining parts (the entrance porch and hall, the Great Hall and the service wing) be used as an International Youth Hostel.
In 1937 Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (age 54) gifted Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton to the National Trust.
03 Dec 1955. Nature. Obituaries. Source
Mr. Alexander Keiller.
ALEXANDER KEILLER, who died at the end of September at the age of sixty-five, was one of the long line of distinguished amateur British archæologists which goes back to Aubrey and Stukeley. Of these perhaps the greatest was Pitt-Rivers, on whom Keiller, like him with leisure and abundant means at his disposal, admittedly modelled his own work.
While still in his early thirties, Keiller carried out a systematic survey of stone circles and allied morm ments in north-east Scotland, making accurate plans and detailed descriptions of each site. A summary account of this work was presented as a paper to the British Association at its Aberdeen meeting in 1934.
In 1925, however, he embarked on the programme of excavation and field-work with which his name will be inseparably associated. He acquired and began excavations on Windmill Hill, near Avebury in north Wiltshire, and continued these annually until 1929, revealing in detail the first extensive Neolithic settlement to be explored in Britain. The material was housed in a museum in his London house, where it was at the disposal of students, and as a result the earliest Neolithic culture of southern Britain, taking its name from the type-site, was defined and clarified.
From Windmill Hill to tho Avebury monuments themselves was an inevitable step, and in 1933 Keiller began a systematic excavation programme with the oxarnination of the northern part of the West Kennet Circle itself. Avenue, continuing until 1938 within the Great Circle itself. He moved his residence to Avebury Manor, and re-housed his museum within its grounds, making it and the excavated portions of the monument available to the public. He adopted a policy of imaginative but judicious conservation and, restoration of the Avebury monuments, and system atically purchased land to preserve these and their surroundings; as a result it was eventually possible for the whole area to be acquired by the National Trust and the Ancient Monuments Department of the Ministry of Works.
Keiller's outstanding contribution to contemporary British archreology was his insistence on high standards of discipline and accuracy in excavation and field-work, and his realization from the first of the value of scientific techniques as applied to archreo logical material. He early appreciated the potential ities of air photography, collaborating with Crawford in the "Wessex from the Air'' survey, and even discussing with Eckener the possibility of using the Graf Zeppelin for a similar but even more ambitious scheme. At Windmill Hill he insisted on a full study of the faunal and floral remains in their archreological context. But above all it is to Keiller that we owe the inception of the systematic study of British prehistoric stone artefacts by petrographical means, which, following his lead, is now yielding information of the highest importance on manufacture and trade in the early second millennium B.C. Alec Keiller was an enthusiast in the best sense; full of ideas, stimulating and highly individual. Archæology, like other academic disciplines, can only benefit from the impact of such men.
STUART PIGGOTT (age 45)
On 14 Sep 1960 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 76) died. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map]. His grandson Thomas Patrick John Anson 5th Earl Lichfield (age 21) succeeded 5th Earl Lichfield, 6th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 6th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map] passed to the National Trust in lieu of death duties.
In 1984 Belton House [Map] and most of its contents were sold by Edward John Peregrine Cust 7th Baron Brownlow (age 48) to the National Trust for £8 million.
Culture, England, Oxford University
Culture, England, High Steward Oxford University
In 1838 William Courtenay 10th Earl Devon (age 60) was appointed High Steward Oxford University.
Culture, England, Pages
Culture, England, Pages, Page of Honour
Around 1687 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 14) was appointed Page of Honour to Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 28).
In 1739 John Wallop Viscount Lymington (age 20) was appointed Page of Honour to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 55).
On 08 Nov 1739 Bluett Wallop (age 13) was appoined Page of Honour to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 56).
In 1840 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 8) was appointed Page of Honour to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20).
Culture, England, Pages, Page of his Majesty's Bedchamber
In 1668 William Chiffinch (age 66) was appointed Page of his Majesty's Bedchamber.
Culture, England, Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board
In 1865 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 34) was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law Board.
Culture, England, Paymast
Culture, England, Paymaster General
In 1682 Charles Fox (age 21) was appointed Paymaster General to the Forces which office he held solely until 1685.
In 1702 Charles Fox (age 41) was appointed Paymaster General to the Forces which office he held jointly until 1705.
The London Gazette 27865. Privy Council Office, December 18, 1905.
This day, in the presence of the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Richard Knight Causton (age 62), M.P., was sworn His Majesty's Paymaster-General.
Culture, England, Paymaster of Pensions
In 1707 Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington (age 34) was appointed Paymaster of Pensions.
Culture, England, Paymaster of the Forces
In or after 1743 Thomas Winnington (age 46) was appointed Paymaster of the Forces which post he held for the remainder of his life.
In 1804 Charles Henry Somerset (age 36) was appointed Paymaster of the Forces.
In 1807 Charles Henry Somerset (age 39) was appointed Paymaster of the Forces.
Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester was appointed Paymaster of the Forces.
Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes
Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes, Wansdyke
Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes, Wansdyke, Wiltshire Wansdye
The Wiltshire Wansdye remains highly visible in the landscape especially when it is crossing chalk downland that has little vegetation to hide it. Its date is somewhat uncertain; most sources consider it to have been constructed around 600AD give or take a hundred years either was. It was definitely constructed before the 9th century when begins to occur in charters.
It appears to start west of Savernake Forest [Map], after which it travels broadly west through Shaw Medieval Village [Map], Furze Hill [Map], Tan Hill, Wiltshire [Map], Shepherd's Shore, Wiltshire [Map], Furze Knoll [Map] after which it disappears, possibly being absorbed into the Roman Road
Culture, England, President of Middlesex County Cricket Club
In 1866 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 35) was appointed President of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
In 1877 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 46) was appointed President of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Before 28 Mar 1898 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 68) was appointed President of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Culture, England, Principal In Ordinary
In 1660 Peter Lely (age 41) was appointed Principal In Ordinary with a stipend of £200 per year.
In 1689 John Riley (age 43) was appointed Principal In Ordinary jointly with Godfrey Kneller (age 42).
In 1723 Charles Jervas (age 48) was appointed Principal In Ordinary.
In 1761 Allan Ramsay (age 47) was appointed Principal In Ordinary to King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 22). Due to the workload demanded of him he used numerous assistants including David Martin (age 23).
Culture, England, Queen's Counsel
Before 1579 Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 38) was appointed Queen's Counsel.
Culture, England, Ranger of Richmond Park
Letters of Horace Walpole. 27 Jul 1752. There are great civil wars in the neighbourhood of Strawberry Hill: Princess Emily (age 41), who succeeded my brother in the rangership of Richmond Park, has imitated her brother William's (age 31) unpopularity, and disobliged the whole country, by refusal of tickets and liberties, that had always been allowed. They are at law with her, and have printed in the Evening Post a strong Memorial, which she had refused to receive-.322 The High Sheriff of Surrey, to whom she had denied a ticket, but on better thought had sent one, refused it, and said he had taken his part. Lord Brooke (age 32)323 who had applied for one, was told he could not have one-and to add to the affront, it was signified. that the Princess had refused one to my Lord Chancellor-your old nobility don't understand such comparisons! But the most remarkable event happened to her about three weeks ago. One Mr. Bird, a rich gentleman near the park, was applied to by the late Queen for a piece of ground that lay convenient for a walk she was making: he replied, it was not proper for him to pretend to make a Queen a present; but if she would do what she pleased with the ground, he would be content with the acknowledgment of a key and two bucks a-year. This was religiously observed till the era of her Royal Highness's reign; the bucks were denied, and he himself once shut out, on pretence it was fence-month (the breeding-time, when tickets used to be excluded, keys never.) The Princess soon after was going through his grounds to town; she found a padlock on his gate; she ordered it to be broke open: Mr. Shaw, her deputy, begged a respite, till he could go for the key. He found Mr. Bird at home-"Lord, Sir! here is a strange mistake; the Princess is at the gate, and it is padlocked!" "Mistake! no mistake at all - I made the road: the ground is my own property: her Royal Highness has thought fit to break the agreement which her Royal Mother made with me: nobody goes through my grounds but those I choose should. Translate this to your Florentinese; try if you can make them conceive how pleasant it is to treat blood royal thus!
There are dissensions of more consequence in the same neighbourhood. The tutorhood at Kew is split into factions: the Bishop of Norwich (age 50) and Lord Harcourt (age 38) openly at war with Stone (age 49) and Scott, who are supported by Cresset (age 38), and countenanced by the Princess and Murray-so my Lord Bolinbroke dead, will govern, which he never could living! It is believed that the Bishop will be banished into the rich bishopric of Durham, which is just vacant-how pleasant to be punished, after teaching the boys a year, with as much as he could have got if he had taught them twenty! Will they ever expect a peaceable prelate, if untractableness is thus punished?
Note 322. The memorial will be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for this year. In December the park was opened by the King's order.-E.
Note 323. Francis Greville, Earl Brooke.
Culture, England, Reader at Lincoln's Inn
In 1562 Christopher Wray (age 38) was appointed Reader at Lincoln's Inn at Lincoln's Inn.
Around Mar 1567 Christopher Wray (age 43) was appointed Reader at Lincoln's Inn at Lincoln's Inn.
Culture, England, Recorder
Culture, England, Recorder Barnstaple
In 1560 Robert Carey (age 45) served as Recorder Barnstaple.
Culture, England, Recorder Helston
In 1766 Francis Godolphin 2nd Baron Goldolphin (age 59) was appointed Recorder Helston.
Culture, England, Recorder Marlborough
In 1659 James Hayes (age 22) was appointed Recorder Marlborough.
Culture, England, Recorder of Lincoln
In 1532 Thomas Moigne (age 22) was appointed Recorder of Lincoln.
Culture, England, Recorder of Liverpool
In Sep 1742 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 27) was appointed Recorder of Liverpool which office he held for fifty-six years until he died in 1798.
Culture, England, Recorder of Nottingham
In 1603 Henry Pierrepont (age 57) was appointed Recorder of Nottingham.
Culture, England, Recorder of London
In 1621 Heneage Finch (age 41) was appointed Recorder of London.
Culture, England, Regiment of Archers
Culture, England, Regiment of Archers, Colonel
On 18 Mar 1755 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 30) was appointed Colonel of the 9th Regiment of Foot Guards.
On 17 Dec 1761 William Keppel (age 34) was appointed Colonel of the 56th Regiment of Foot.
On 31 May 1765 William Keppel (age 37) was appointed Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot.
On 18 Oct 1775 William Keppel (age 47) was appointed Colonel of the 12th Royal Lancers.
Culture, England, Regiment of Archers, Lieutenant Colonel
In 1661 Edward Hungerford (age 28) was appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
In 1682 Edward Hungerford (age 49) was appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Culture, England, Royal Commission on the British Museum
In 1847 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 42) was appointed Royal Commission on the British Museum.
Culture, England, Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Culture, England, Royal National Lifeboat Institution: President
In 1943 Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent (age 36) was appointed Royal National Lifeboat Institution: President.
Culture, England, Royal Navy
In 1663 Admiral Arthur Herbert 1st Earl Torrington (age 15) joined the Royal Navy.
On 15 Feb 1780 Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 11) joined the Royal Navy becoming a midshipman aboard HMS Duke commanded by Sir Charles Douglas. He followed Douglas to his next command HMS Formidable under George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 62).
In Oct 1797 Admiral George Francis Seymour-Conway (age 10) joined the Royal Navy.
In 1893 Vice Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine (age 13) joined the Royal Navy.
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class, Chatham Class
HMS Southampton was a Chatham Class light cruiser laid down on 06 Apr 1911 and launched on 16 May 1912. It was sold for scrap on 13 Jul 1926.
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Rod with the Dove
Gesta Regis Henrici 1189. 03 Sep 1189. After them came two earls, whose names are these: William Marshal (age 43), Earl of Striguil, and William (age 39), Earl of Salisbury. One of them, namely William Marshal, carried the royal scepter, on the top of which was a golden cross. The other, namely William, Earl of Salisbury, carried the royal rod, which had a dove at its summit.
Post illos veniebant duo comites, quorum hæc sunt nomina; Willelmus Marescallus comes de Striguil, et Willelmus comes de Salesbiria: unus illorum, scilicet Willelmus Marescallus, portans sceptrum regale, in cujus summitate signum crucis aureum erat: et alter, scilicet Willelmus comes de Salesbiria, portans virgam regalem, habentem columbam in summitate.
On 22 Sep 1761 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) was crowned III King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton (age 24) was the Bearer of the Ivory Rod with the Dove.
William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 51) was appointed Lord High Steward.
Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon (age 32) was the bearer of the Sword of State although the actual Sword of State couldn't be found and the Lord Mayor's Pearl Sword was substituted.
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Sword of St Edward aka Curtana
Chronica Majora. 19 Jan 1236. There were assembled at the king's (age 28) nuptial festivities such a host of nobles of both sexes, such numbers of religious men, such crowds of the populace, and such a variety of actors, that London, with its capacious bosom, could scarcely contain them. The whole city was ornamented with flags and banners, chaplets and hangings, candles and lamps, and with wonderful devices and extraordinary representations, and all the roads were cleansed from mud and dirt, sticks, and everything offensive. The citizens, too, went out to meet the king and queen (age 13), dressed out in their ornaments, and vied with each other in trying the speed of their horses. On the same day, when they left the city for Westminster, to perform the duties of butler to the king (which office belonged to them by right of old, at the coronation), they proceeded thither dressed in silk garments, with mantles worked in gold, and with costly changes of raiment, mounted on valuable horses, glittering with new bits and saddles, and riding in troops arranged in order. They carried with them three hundred and sixty gold and silver cups, preceded by the king's trumpeters and with horns sounding, so that such a wonderful novelty struck all who beheld it with astonishment. The archbishop of Canterbury (age 61), by the right especially belonging to him, performed the duty of crowning, with the usual solemnities, the bishop of London assisting him as a dean, the other bishops taking their stations according to their rank. In the same way all the abbats, at the head of whom, as was his right, was the abbat of St. Alban's (for as the Protomartyr of England, B. Alban, was the chief of all the martyrs of England, so also was his abbat the chief of all the abbats in rank and dignity), as the authentic privileges of that church set forth. The nobles, too, performed the duties, which, by ancient right and custom, pertained to them at the coronations of kings. In like manner some of the inhabitants of certain cities discharged certain duties which belonged to them by right of their ancestors. The earl of Chester (age 29) carried the sword of St. Edward, which was called "Curtein", before the king, as a sign that he was earl of the palace, and had by right the power of restraining the king if he should commit an error. The earl was attended by the constable of Chester (age 44), and kept the people away with a wand when they pressed forward in a disorderly way. The grand marshal of England, the earl of Pembroke (age 39), carried a wand before the king and cleared the way before him both, in the church and in the banquet-hall, and arranged the banquet and the guests at table. The Wardens of the Cinque Ports carried the pall over the king, supported by four spears, but the claim to this duty was not altogether undisputed. The earl of Leicester (age 28) supplied the king with water in basins to wash before his meal; the Earl Warrenne performed the duty of king's Cupbearer, supplying the place of the earl of Arundel, because the latter was a youth and not as yet made a belted knight. Master Michael Belet was butler ex officio; the earl of Hereford (age 32) performed the duties of marshal of the king's household, and William Beauchamp (age 51) held the station of almoner. The justiciary of the forests arranged the drinking cups on the table at the king's right hand, although he met with some opposition, which however fell to the ground. The citizens of London passed the wine about in all directions, in costly cups, and those of Winchester superintended the cooking of the feast; the rest, according to the ancient statutes, filled their separate stations, or made their claims to do so. And in order that the nuptial festivities might not be clouded by any disputes, saving the right of any one, many things were put up with for the time which they left for decision at a more favourable opportunity. The office of chancellor of England, and all the offices connected with the king, are ordained and assized in the Exchequer. Therefore the chancellor, the chamberlain, the marshal, and the constable, by right of their office, took their seats there, as also did the barons, according to the date of their creation, in the city of London, whereby they each knew his own place. The ceremony was splendid, with the gay dresses of the clergy and knights who were present. The abbat of Westminster sprinkled the holy water, and the treasurer, acting the part of sub-dean, carried the Paten. Why should I describe all those persons who reverently ministered in the church to God as was their duty? Why describe the abundance of meats and dishes on the table & the quantity of venison, the variety of fish, the joyous sounds of the glee-men, and the gaiety of the waiters? Whatever the world could afford to create pleasure and magnificence was there brought together from every quarter.
On 25 Feb 1308 King Edward II of England (age 23) was crowned II King England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester. Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 13) was crowned Queen Consort England.
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 24) carried the Royal Crown.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 30) carried the Gilt Spurs.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 32) carried the Royal Sceptre.
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 27) carried the Royal Rod.
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 30) carried the sword Curtana.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 20) carried the table bearing the Royal Robes.
Thomas Grey (age 28) and Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 61) attended.
On 13 Oct 1399 King Henry IV of England (age 32) was crowned IV King England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 46).
Bishop Robert Braybrooke carried the sacraments and said mass. Duke Lancaster and Earl of Leicester Merged with the Crown.
The future King Henry V of England (age 13) carried the Sword Curtana. Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 61) and/or John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 26) carried a sword wrapped in red and bound with golden straps symbolising two-fold mercy. Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 57) carried the Lancaster Sword.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 56) carried the Steward's baton. Thomas Erpingham (age 44) carried a Sword.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 21) was appointed Knight of the Bath. John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 10), John Arundell (age 33) and Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 17) were knighted.
Archbishop Richard Scrope (age 49) attended.
Earl Derby and Earl Lancaster merged with the Crown.
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Heir to the Throne of England
On 16 Aug 1355 Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster was born to Lionel Plantagenet 1st Duke of Clarence (age 16) and Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence (age 23) at Eltham Palace, Kent [Map]. At the time of her birth she was Heir to the Throne of England since her uncle Edward "Black Prince" (age 25) was yet to be married. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.22%.
On 06 Jan 1367 King Richard II of England was born to Edward "Black Prince" (age 36) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 38) at Bordeaux [Map]. He became the Heir to the Throne of England. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.42%.
On 08 Jun 1376 Edward "Black Prince" (age 45) died of dysentery at Westminster Palace [Map]. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son Richard (age 9) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England. His niece Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster (age 20) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England.
On 05 Jan 1382 Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster (age 26) died at Cork [Map]. She was buried at Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map]. Her son Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 6th Earl Ulster (age 7) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 6th Earl Ulster
On 20 Jul 1398 Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 6th Earl Ulster (age 24) died at Kells, County Meath. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl Ulster (age 6) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England, 5th Earl March, 7th Earl Ulster, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 14 Feb 1400 (exact date not known) King Richard II (age 33) died at Pontefract Castle [Map] where he had been imprisoned three months before; possibly murdered, possibly starved to death. His death was a consequence of the Epiphany Rising; he was still considered a threat. His first cousin Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster de jure Heir to the Throne of England since she was the daughter of Lionel Plantagenet 1st Duke of Clarence. She at this time had four children with her husband Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl Ulster. The new King Henry IV (age 32) ignored her claim.
On 17 Feb 1400 Richard's corpse was displayed at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 06 Mar 1400 Richard's remains were buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map].
In May 1406 Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge (age 20) and Anne Mortimer (age 15) were married. The marriage apparently took place in secret possibly because she was a descendant of King Edward III of England although she wasn't at the time Heir to the Throne of England although their issue would become so. She died five years later. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 6th Earl Ulster and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. He the son of Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile Duchess York. They were first cousin twice removed. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, King
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Princess of Wales
In 1240 Dafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 27) was created Prince of Wales. Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales (age 18) by marriage Princess of Wales.
On 13 Dec 1470 Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales (age 17) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14) were married at Angers Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. She the daughter of Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 42) and Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick (age 44). He the son of King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 49) and Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England (age 40). They were half third cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Culture, England, Sarjeant
Culture, England, Sarjeant, King's Serjeant
On 21 Apr 1458 Thomas Billing was appointed King's Serjeant.
In 1481 Roger Townshend (age 56) was appointed King's Serjeant.
In 1504 Robert Brudenell (age 43) was appointed King's Serjeant.
In 1543 Robert Townshend was appointed King's Serjeant.
Culture, England, Sarjeant Porter
Edmund Knyvet Baron Berners was appointed Sarjeant Porter.
Culture, England, Sarjeant Porter of Calais
Before 16 Aug 1512 Thomas Fogge (age 42) was appointed Sarjeant Porter of Calais.
Culture, England, Sarjeant at Arms
In 1513 David Cecil (age 53) was appointed Sarjeant at Arms.
Culture, England, Secretary
In 1480 Bishop Oliver King (age 48) was appointed Secretary to King Edward IV of England (age 37).
Around 1596 Thomas Aylesbury 1st Baronet (age 20) was appointed Secretary to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 60).
In 1662 John Creed of Oundle in Cambridgeshire was appointed Secretary to the Committee of Tangier.
Before 1668 James Hayes (age 30) was appointed Secretary to Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland (age 48).
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Nov 1672. I was chosen Secretary to the Royal Society.
Culture, England, Standard Bearer
In 1544 Maurice Berkeley (age 38) was appointed Chief Banner Bearer of England succeeding his elder brother John Berkeley (age 38).
Ralph Egerton was appointed Standard Bearer.
Culture, England, Steward
Culture, England, Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
In 1871 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 48) was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Culture, England, Steward of the Comotes of Cardiganshire
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 08 May 1461. York [Map]. Grant for life to William Herbert (age 38), knight, of the offices of office of chief justice and chamberlain of South Wales, steward of the commontes in the counties of Caermarthen and Cardigan, and chief forester in those counties (Carmarthenshire,Cardiganshire).
Culture, England, Steward of the Comotes of Carmarthenshire
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 08 May 1461. York [Map]. Grant for life to William Herbert (age 38), knight, of the offices of office of chief justice and chamberlain of South Wales, steward of the commontes in the counties of Caermarthen and Cardigan, and chief forester in those counties (Carmarthenshire,Cardiganshire).
Culture, England, Steward of the Honour of Pontefract
In 1459 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 28) was appointed Steward of the Honour of Pontefract.
Culture, England, Steward of the Manor aka Lordship of Feckenham
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (age 32) of the offices of steward of the manor or lordship of Fekenham, co Worcester, and master forester and rider of the kings forst of Fekenham with the custody of the king's park of Fekenham and the stank there, with the accustomed fees. By other latters patent.
Culture, England, Steward of the Manor of Woking
In 1590 Richard Drake (age 55) was appointed Steward of the Manor of Woking.
Culture, England, Surveyor of Game in Woking Park
In 1589 Richard Drake (age 54) was appointed Surveyor of Game in Woking Park.
Culture, England, Surveyor of the Queen's Works
In 1578 Thomas Blagrave was appointed Surveyor of the Queen's Works which post he held until 1590.
Culture, England, The King's Astronomical Observator
On 04 Mar 1675 John Flamsteed (age 28) was appointed The King's Astronomical Observator with an allowance of £100 a year.
Culture, England, Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn
In 1566 Christopher Wray (age 42) was appointed Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn at Lincoln's Inn.
Culture, England, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In 1871 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 40) was appointed Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Culture, England, Under Secretary of State for India
In 1880 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford (age 49) was appointed Under Secretary of State for India.
Culture, England, Under Secretary of State for the Home Department
In Jun 1841 Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 36) was appointed Under Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Culture, England, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University
In 1554 Bishop William Glynne (age 50) was elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
In 1640 Bishop John Cosins (age 45) was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University of Cambridge University.
Culture, England, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
In 1552 Bishop James Brooks (age 39) was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University whic position he held until 1553.
In Bishop Richard Fitzjames was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.
Culture, England, Victorian Order
Culture, England, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order
In 1897 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford (age 65) was appointed Knight Commander of the Victorian Order.
Culture, England, Warden and Chief Ranger of Lyfield Forest
In 1737 Baptist Noel 4th Earl Gainsborough (age 29) was appointed Warden and Chief Ranger of Lyfield Forest.
Culture, England, Yeoman of the Chamber
In 1506 David Cecil (age 46) was appointed Yeoman of the Chamber.