On this Day in History ... 2nd December
02 Dec is in December.
1307 Tournament at Wallingford
1529 Henry VIII Creates New Peerages
1546 Arrest of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and his son Henry
1551 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters
Events on the 2nd December
On 02 Dec 1022 Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon (age 28) and Urraca Jiménez Queen Consort Leon were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of García Sánchez "Tremulous" II King Pamplona and Jimena Fernández Bermúdez Queen Consort Pamplona. He the son of Bermudo "Gouty" II King Galicia II King Leon and Elviro Garcia Queen Galicia. They were half first cousins.
On 02 Dec 1022 Elvira González Queen Consort Leon (age 26) died.
On 02 Dec 1079 Mabel Belleme was murdered.
On 02 Dec 1307 King Edward II of England (age 23) held a tournament to celebrate Piers Gaveston's (age 23) recent wedding. Gaveston (age 23) took the opportunity to humiliate the older nobility including John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 21), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 31) and Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel (age 22) further increasing his unpopularity.
Chronicle of Gregory 1450. 02 Dec 1450. And that same day, the aftyr non, the Duke of Yorke (age 39) roode - thoroughe London. And he made to be cryde in dyvers placys that whatb maner a man that robbyd or ryfylde any persone schulde have as hastely jewys as the said man hadde. And uppon Thursday nexte folowynge the King come fro Westemyster, ryddyng thoroughe London; and whythe the Duke of Yorke (age 39), and the moste dele in substans of alle the lordys in this londe, with her retenowys of fensabylle men ; whyche was a gay and a gloryus syght if hit hadde ben in Fraunce, but not in Ingelonde, for it boldyd some mennys hertys that it causyd aftyr many mannys dethe. Wher was or is the defaute I wotte not, &c.
Note b. what repeated in the MS.
Chronicle of Gregory 1450. 02 Dec 1450. Ande that same year, the ij day of Decembyr, the Duke of Somersett (age 44) was a-tachide in the Fryer Prechourys at London. And that day he was robbyde of alle his goodys, and his jewyllys were takyn and borne a-way by lordys mayny. Ande in the morowe they dyspoylyd the placys and longgynges of many dyvers lordys, and they bare away alle the goodys that were with ynne hem, that is to say, Syr Thomas Stodenham (age 49)a, a thenne beynge wardroper, Syr Thomas Hoo (age 54) the lord Hastynge, some tyme the Chambyrlayne of Normandy.
Note a. Todenham.
Chronicle of Gregory 1450. 02 Dec 1450. And the same day was a man of the forsaid feleschyppe, the whyche was at the spoylynge and robbynge of the Fryer Prechourys, be-heddyde at the Standarde in Cheppe [Map], for to ben an exampylle unto alle othyr; but it was nevyr the bettyr, for it causyd moche the more herte brennyng a gayne the duke and the lordys by-fore said, &c.
Calendars. 02 Dec 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant for life to the king's (age 19) kinsman John, Earl of Worcester (age 34), of the office of the constable of the Tower of London, with the accustomed fees.
On 01 Dec 1529 ...
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 62) was created 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 60) by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.
John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 64) was created 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford by marriage Baroness Hussey of Sleaford.
On 02 Dec 1529 ...
Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 28) was created 1st Baron Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth (age 27) by marriage Baroness Wentworth.
Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 41) was created 1st Baron Burgh. Agnes Tyrwhitt Baroness Cobham, Strabolgi and Burgh (age 48) by marriage Baroness Burgh. This is regarded as a new creation rather than a continuation of the previous creation Baron Burgh since Thomas's father was never summoned to Parliament due to his insanity. Some sources refer to Thomas as the 3rd Baron Burgh.
On 04 Dec 1529 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 45) was created 1st Baron Braye by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines.
The History of England under Henry VIII 1546. 02 Dec 1546. The first that manifested himself was Sir Richard Southwel (age 43), who (Dec. 2.) said that he knew certain things of the earl, that touched his fidelity to the king: the earl, before the Lord Chancellor Wriothesley (age 40), the Lord St. John, the Earl of Hertford, and others, vehemently (Dec. 2.) affirmed himself a true man, desiring to be try'd by justice, or else offering himself to fight in his shirt with Southwel: but the lords for the present only committed them. The duke this while, hearing his son was in trouble, sends (Dec. 3. 4.) to divers of his friends to know the cause, and particularly to the Bishop of Winchester: those letters yet (it is probable) fell into the king's council's hands; but could not preserve him from being involved in his son's fortune: so that (Dec. 12.) he was sent for, and the same day, not long after his son, committed to the Tower. Divers persons also were examined concerning his affairs. Mrs. Elizabeth Holland being disposed, confess'd, that the duke had told her, that none of the king's council loved him, because they were no noblemen born themselves; as also because he believ'd too truly in the sacrament of the altar. Moreover, that the king loved him not, because he was too much lov'd in his country; but that he would follow his father's lesson, which was. that the less others set by him, the more he would set by himself. As also, that the duke complain'd that he was not of the most secret (or, as it is there term'd, the privy) council. And that the king was much grown of his body, and that he could not go up and down the stairs, but was let up and down by a device. And that his majesty was sickly, and could not long endure; and the rea.lm like to be in an ill case thro' diversity of opinions. And that if he were a young man, and the realm in quiet, he would ask leave to see the vernacle; which he said, was the picture of Christ given to women by himself as he went to death. As touching his arms, that she had not heard the duke speak of his own, but of his son's, that he liked them not, and that he had gather'd them, himself knew not from whence; and that he placed the Norfolk's arms wrong, and had found fault with him: and therefore that she should take no pattern of his son's arms to work them with her needle in his house, but as he gave them. Furthermore, she confess'd that the Earl of Surrey lov'd her not, nor the Dutchess of Richmond him; and that she addicted herself much to the said dutchess.
Mary Dutchess of Richmond being examin'd, confess'd that the duke her father wou'd have had her marry Sir Thomas Seymour, brother to the Earl of Hertford, which her brother also desir'd, wishing her withal to endear her self so into the king's favour, as she might the better rule here as others had done; and that she refused: and that her father would have had the Earl of Surrey to have matched with the Earl of Hertford's daughter, which her brother likewise heard of (and that this was the cause of his father's displeasure) as taking Hertford to be his enemy. And that her brother was so much incens'd against the said earl, as the duke his father said thereupon, his son would lose as much as he had gather'd together.
Chronicle of Greyfriars. 02 Dec 1551. Item the nexte day was the lorde Gray with dyvers other that ware in the tower [Map] was browte unto Westmester unto the starre chamber, and sent home agayne.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 02 Dec 1554. The ij day of Desember dyd com to Powlles all prestes and clarkes with ther copes and crosses, and all the craftes in ther leverey, and my lorde mayre and the althermen, agaynst my lord cardenall('s) (age 54) commyng; and at the bysshopes of London plase my lord chansseler and alle the bysshopes tarehyng for my lord cardenall (age 54) commyng, that was at ix of the cloke, for he landyd at Beynard Castell [Map]; and ther my lord mayre reseyvyd hym, and browgth ym to the Powllse, and so my lord chanseler (age 71) and my lord cardenall (age 54) and all the byshopes whent up in-to the[choir] ]with ther meyturs; and at x of the cloke the Kyng('s) (age 27) grace cam to Powlles to her mase with iiij C. of gaard, on C. Englys, on C. HeAlmen, on C. Spaneards, on C. of Swechenars [Switzers], and mony lords and knyghtes, and hard masse. Boyth the quen('s) chapell and the kynges and Powlles qwer [choir] song.
Note. P. 77. The cardinal's coming to St. Paul's. A fuller account of this solemnity will be found in Stowe, p. 625. Like his predecessor Wolsey, Pole went in procession "with a cross, two pillars, and two poleaxes of silver borne before him."
After 21 Feb 1581. Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map]. Elizabethan Period monument to Robert Keilway (deceased). This memorial is attributed by Pevsner to Nicholas Johnson and by others to Nicholas Stone. Made of various marbles, a large standing wall monument of 1580, richly decorated and with a recumbent and kneeling figures of the whole family, in an aedicule, capped by obelisk, arms, etc.
His grandson Kelwey who died aged 21 weeks.
His grand-daughter Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford (age 1).
His feet resting on a horse with its head turned back.
His arms quartered 1: Keilway Arms.
A separate wall mounted monument to Robert Keilway (age 84) with the inscription "Here lies Robert Keylway a distinguished esquire among civilians (whilst he lived), renowned for talent, learning and virtue, who loved retirement, lived as a Christian and died in the Lord on the 21st of February 1581 in the year of our Salvation, 1580, and the 84th year of his age. He left Anne (age 27) his sole heiress and only dearly loved daughter married to John Harrington of Exton, Knt (age 41), whom he had always affectionately loved as a son and friend, by which Anne (age 27) the said John (age 41) had during the life of the aforesaid Robert (deceased) two children, a son, Kelwey, who died Dec. 2nd, 1570, 21 weeks old, and lies buried here with his grandfather, and also a daughter Lucy (age 1) still surviving, and may God grant her a long life. To pay, therefore, a just tribute to so dear and affectionate a parent and to leave to posterity an evidence of their deep gratitude, the said John (age 41) and Anne (age 27) have raised this. Monument and dedicated to their father, Keylwey, and their son Keylwey (to their lasting memory if it so please God) and design it, if God will, as a sepulchre for themselves also".
After 02 Dec 1608. St Vincent's Church, Caythorpe [Map]. Memorial to Charles Hussey of Honington (deceased).
Charles Hussey of Honington: Around 1535 he was born to Robert Hussey and Jane Stydolf. Before 10 Oct 1585 Charles Hussey of Honington and Ellen Birch were married. On 02 Dec 1608 Charles Hussey of Honington died.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 02 Dec 1619. The 2nd Wat. Conniston made an end of reading a book called Leicester’s Common Wealth, in which there’s many things concerning the reignment and death of the Queen of Scots, which was all read to me.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Dec 1666. Lord's Day. Up, and to church, and after church home to dinner, where I met Betty Michell and her husband, very merry at dinner, and after dinner, having borrowed Sir W. Pen's (age 45) coach, we to Westminster, they two and my wife and I to Mr. Martin's, where find the company almost all come to the christening of Mrs. Martin's child, a girl. A great deal of good plain company. After sitting long, till the church was done, the Parson comes, and then we to christen the child. I was Godfather, and Mrs. Holder (her husband, a good man, I know well), and a pretty lady, that waits, it seems, on my Lady Bath (age 53), at White Hall, her name, Mrs. Noble, were Godmothers. After the christening comes in the wine and the sweetmeats, and then to prate and tattle, and then very good company they were, and I among them. Here was old Mrs. Michell and Howlett, and several married women of the Hall, whom I knew mayds. Here was also Mrs. Burroughs and Mrs. Bales, the young widow, whom I led home, and having staid till the moon was up, I took my pretty gossip to White Hall with us, and I saw her in her lodging, and then my owne company again took coach, and no sooner in the coach but something broke, that we were fain there to stay till a smith could be fetched, which was above an hour, and then it costing me 6s. to mend.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Dec 1666. Dined with me Monsieur Kiviet (age 39), a Dutch gentleman-pensioner of Rotterdam, who came over for protection, being of the Prince of Orange's (age 16) party, now not welcome in Holland. The King (age 36) knighted him for some merit in the Prince's (age 16) behalf. He should, if caught, have been beheaded with Monsieur Buat, and was brother-in-law to Van Tromp, the sea-general. With him came Mr. Gabriel Sylvius, and Mr. Williamson (age 33), secretary to Lord Arlington (age 48); M. Kiviet (age 39) came to examine whether the soil about the river of Thames would be proper to make clinker bricks, and to treat with me about some accommodation in order to it.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Dec 1667. Thence to Lord Crew's, and there dined with him; where, after dinner, he took me aside, and bewailed the condition of the nation, how the King (age 37) and his brother are at a distance about this business of the Chancellor (age 58), and the two Houses differing. And he do believe that there are so many about the King (age 37) like to be concerned and troubled by the Parliament, that they will get him to dissolve or prorogue the Parliament; and the rather, for that the King (age 37) is likely, by this good husbandry of the Treasury, to get out of debt, and the Parliament is likely to give no money. Among other things, my Lord Crew (age 69) did tell me, with grief, that he hears that the King (age 37) of late hath not dined nor supped with the Queen (age 29), as he used of late to do. After a little discourse, Mr. Caesar, he dining there, did give us some musique on his lute (Mr. John Crew being there) to my great content, and then away I, and Mr. Caesar followed me and told me that my boy Tom hath this day declared to him that he cared not for the French lute and would learn no more, which Caesar out of faithfulness tells me that I might not spend any more money on him in vain. I shall take the boy to task about it, though I am contented to save my money if the boy knows not what is good for himself. So thanked him, and indeed he is a very honest man I believe, and away home, there to get something ready for the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and so took my wife and girle and set them at Unthanke's, and I to White Hall, and there with the Commissioners of the Treasury, who I find in mighty good condition to go on in payment of the seamen off, and thence I to Westminster Hall [Map], where I met with my cozen Roger (age 50) and walked a good while with him; he tells me of the high vote of the Commons this afternoon, which I also heard at White Hall, that the proceedings of the Lords in the case of my Lord Clarendon (age 58) are an obstruction to justice, and of ill precedent to future times. This makes every body wonder what will be the effect of it, most thinking that the King (age 37) will try him by his own Commission. It seems they were mighty high to have remonstrated, but some said that was too great an appeale to the people. Roger is mighty full of fears of the consequence of it, and wishes the King (age 37) would dissolve them. So we parted, and I bought some Scotch cakes at Wilkinson's in King Street, and called my wife, and home, and there to supper, talk, and to bed. Supped upon these cakes, of which I have eat none since we lived at Westminster. This night our poor little dogg Fancy was in a strange fit, through age, of which she has had five or six.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Dec 1667. Up, and then abroad to Alderman Backewell's (age 49) (who was sick of a cold in bed), and then to the Excise Office, where I find Mr. Ball out of humour in expectation of being put out of his office by the change of the farm of the excise. There comes Sir H. Cholmly (age 35), and he and I to Westminster, and there walked up and down till noon, where all the business is that the Lords' answer is come down to the Commons, that they are not satisfied in the Commons' Reasons: and so the Commons are hot, and like to sit all day upon the business what to do herein, most thinking that they will remonstrate against the Lords.
Pepy's Diary. 02 Dec 1668. Up, and at the office all the morning upon some accounts of Sir Prince, and at noon abroad with W. Hewer (age 26), thinking to have found Mr. Wren (age 39) at Captain Cox's, to have spoke something to him about doing a favour for Will's uncle Steventon, but missed him. And so back home and abroad with my wife, the first time that ever I rode in my own coach, which do make my heart rejoice, and praise God, and pray him to bless it to me and continue it. So she and I to the King's playhouse, and there sat to avoid seeing Knepp in a box above where Mrs. Williams happened to be, and there saw "The Usurper"; a pretty good play, in all but what is designed to resemble Cromwell and Hugh Peters, which is mighty silly. The play done, we to White Hall; where my wife staid while I up to the Duchesse's (age 31) and Queen's (age 30) side, to speak with the Duke of York (age 35): and here saw all the ladies, and heard the silly discourse of the King (age 38), with his people about him, telling a story of my Lord Rochester's (age 21) having of his clothes stole, while he was with a wench; and his gold all gone, but his clothes found afterwards stuffed into a feather bed by the wench that stole them. I spoke with the Duke of York (age 35), just as he was set down to supper with the King (age 38), about our sending of victuals to Sir Thomas Allen's (age 35) fleet hence to Cales [Cadiz] to meet him. And so back to my wife in my coach, and so with great content and joy home, where I made my boy to make an end of the Reall Character, which I begun a great while ago, and do please me infinitely, and indeed is a most worthy labour, and I think mighty easy, though my eyes make me unable to attempt any thing in it. To-day I hear that Mr. Ackworth's cause went for him at Guildhall [Map], against his accusers, which I am well enough pleased with.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Dec 1675. Being returned home, I visited Baroness Mordaunt (age 43) at Parson's Green, my Lord, her son, being sick. This pious woman delivered to me £100 to bestow as I thought fit for the release of poor prisoners, and other charitable uses.
On 02 Dec 1680 William Ellis (age 71) died. He was buried at Nocton, North Kesteven where he has a monument attributed to William Stanton (age 41).
William Ellis: In 1609 he was born.
On 02 Dec 1682 Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 53) was created 1st Duke Beaufort by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52). Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 52) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Dec 1688. Dr. Tenison (age 52) preached at St. Martin's [Map] on Psalm xxxvi. 5, 6, 7, concerning Providence. I received the blessed Sacrament. Afterward, visited my Lord Godolphin (age 43), then going with the Marquis of Halifax (age 55) and Earl of Nottingham (age 41) as Commissioners to the Prince of Orange (age 38); he told me they had little power. Plymouth, Devon [Map] declared for the Prince (age 38). Bath, Somerset [Map], York [Map], Hull [Map], Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map], and all the eminent nobility and persons of quality through England, declare for the Protestant religion and laws, and go to meet the Prince (age 38), who every day sets forth new Declarations against the Papists. The great favorites at Court, Priests and Jesuits, fly or abscond. Everything, till now concealed, flies abroad in public print, and is cried about the streets. Expectation of the Prince (age 38) coming to Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. The Prince of Wales and great treasure sent privily to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], the Earl of Dover (age 52) being Governor. Address from the Fleet not grateful to his Majesty (age 55). The Papists in offices lay down their commissions, and fly. Universal consternation among them; it looks like a revolution.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 02 Dec 1690. Tuesday, went to Westminster, our Report was made, carryed against: us by one; dined at home with Bidolph, Mainwaring, Jackson, Chester witnesses, Roger, &c. past 6, I went to the club; there was Every, Maxwell, Harris, Partridge, Rogers & another; I left them past 8, came home.
Evelyn's Diary. 02 Dec 1697. Thanksgiving Day for the Peace, the King (age 47) and a great Court at Whitehall [Map]. The Bishop of Salisbury (age 54) preached, or rather made a florid panegyric, on 2 Chron. ix. 7, 8. The evening concluded with fireworks and illuminations of great expense.
On 02 Dec 1716 James Scudamore 3rd Viscount Scudamore died from a fall from a horse. Viscount Scudamore extinct.
On 02 Dec 1791 Charles Alexander Hohenzollern Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach (age 55) Abdicated as Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach at Bordeaux [Map].
On 02 Dec 1792 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 68) died without issue. Baron Dover extinct. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].
Inscription panel surmounted by a sarcophagus with flanking trophies and small medallions of arms in the apron; signed 'J. Bacon Sculptor (age 52): London 1798'
After 02 Dec 1813 Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey (age 82) was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. Beneath this Marble are also deposited the earthly Remains of Ellen Lady Wrey (deceased), Relict of Sir Bourchier Wrey Baronet, She died at the venerable Age of eighty, affectionately regretted by her surviving family, and closing on the 2d of December 1813, a Life of habitual piety, active Benevolence & every christian Virtue, in the humble hope, through her Redeemers merits. Immortality.
Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey: In 1731 she was born. In 1755 Bourchier Wrey 6th Baronet and she were married at Corsham, Wiltshire. She by marriage Lady Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall. On 02 Dec 1813 she died.
On 02 Dec 1826. Bourchier Wrey 7th Baronet (deceased) was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. SACRED to the memory of SIR BOURCHIER WREY Baronet, who through life maintained a character equally revered and beloved. Intelligent, upright, and benevolent he discharged with integrity the public duties of his station; whilst in the more amiable relations of society, suavity of manners, and goodness of heart procured him universal esteem. As a friend, he was social and sincere: as a parent, anxious and kind. Thus regarded by all, he expired on the 20th day of November 1826, in the 70th year of his age. He was twice married; first to Anne, the daughter of Sir Robert Palk, Bart. of Haldon House in this county, by whom he left two sons and a daughter. And secondly, to Anne, the daughter of John Osborne Esqre of Monksmill, in the county of Gloucester, by whom also he left one son and a daughter.
On 02 Dec 1849 Queen Adelaide of England (age 57) died.
02 Dec 1861. Statue to Charles William Vane 3rd Marquess Londonderry in Durham Marketplace unveiled on 02 Dec 1861 in a ceremony involving the rifle volunteers of Seaham, Sunderland and Durham City. Among those in attendance was the future prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli (age 56). When the Marquis of Londonderry died in 1854, his widow set up a subscription committee to raise money for a statue of him. The artist commissioned was Rafaelle Monti (age 43).
Rafaelle Monti: In 1818 he was born in Milan. In 1881 he died.
The London Gazette 27465. The Rifle Brigade, (the Prince Consort's Own), Supernumerary Captain the Honourable Arthur W. de B. S. Foljambe (age 31), M.V.O., to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 2nd December, 1901
02 Dec 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex (age 26) with his son Reginald George de Vere Capell 9th Earl of Essex (age 4).
Reginald George de Vere Capell 9th Earl of Essex: In 1906 he was born to Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex and Mary Eveline Stewart Freeman. On 08 Dec 1966 Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex died. His son Reginald George de Vere Capell 9th Earl of Essex succeeded 9th Earl Essex. In 1981 Reginald George de Vere Capell 9th Earl of Essex died. His third cousin once removed Robert Edward de Vere Capell 10th Earl of Essex succeeded 10th Earl Essex.
02 Dec 1910. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex (age 26), Mary Eveline Stewart Freeman and their son Reginald George de Vere Capell 9th Earl of Essex (age 4).
Mary Eveline Stewart Freeman: she was born to William Russell Stewart Freeman. On 28 Sep 1905 Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex and she were married. He the son of George Capell 7th Earl of Essex and Ellenor Harriet Maria Harford. In 1925 Algernon George de Vere Capell 8th Earl of Essex and Mary Eveline Stewart Freeman were divorced. On 30 Oct 1955 she died.
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 1913 V38 Pages 1-11. Between 8 and 9 o'clock on the morning of December 2nd, 1911, one of the standing stones at Avebury fell. The stone is one of the two remaining stones of the three which are believed to have once formed a kind of cell, or cove, on the northern side of the Beckhampton, or western avenue, that issued from the great circle of Avebury. The third stone fell and was broken up many years ago. The group was known as "Longstone Cove [Map]," or the "Long- stones," but the two remaining stones are now sometimes spoken of locally as " Adam and Eve." The cove is described by Stukeley2 as consisting of two stones set at an angle to each other outside the avenue, the other stone that Stukeley regarded as the third member of the cove group, being at the same time one of the stones of the avenue. This latter stone is the smaller of the two now remaining, known as "Eve"; the larger one, "Adam," which fell in 1911, being one of the two original outstanding stones of the cove.
Note 1. These notes, so far as they relate to the discovery of the skeleton and drinking cup, were printed in Man, Vol. xii., No. 12, Dec, 1912, pp. 200 — 203, and the Society is indebted to the Council of the Royal Anthropological Institute for the loan of the two blocks which illustrate the paper.
Note 2. The Rev. W. C. Lukis, in a report on Stonehenge and Abury, printed in Proc. Soc. Ant., IX., 131, says (p. 155) of the Longtones Cove, "Stukeley says this cove is 'composed of three stones like that most magnificent one we described in the centre of the northern temple at Abury [Map]. They are set upon the arc of a circle regarding each other, with an obtuse angle,' and are placed on the north side of the avenue, one of the stones of that side making the back of the Cove.... Twining saw two stones only in 1723, therefore Stukeley saw no more; and his knowledge of a third stone must be derived from Aubrey, whose sketch given in his 'Monumenta Britannica' shows how unfaithful his drawings are as to the form and position of the stones. It is altogether an assumption on Stukeley's part that one of the stones of the Cove was one of the supposed avenue.... My own opinion is that these stones are the remains of a large circle — a monument entirely distinct from Avebury."
The Era 1899 Dec 02 Page 13. 02 Dec 1913. Review of Rip Van Wincle. Produced at the Princess of Wales's Theatre, Kennington, on Monday, Nov. 27th starring Sylvia Storey (age 24) as Little Meenie.
After 02 Dec 1926. Hasting's Chapel St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map]. Monument to Major Hubert James Cecil Rostron (deceased).
Major Hubert James Cecil Rostron: On 14 Feb 1875 he was born to Simpson Rostron of Beddington in Surrey. On 20 Sep 1916 he and Isabel Jacqueline Rawdon-Hastings were married. On 02 Dec 1926 he died.
Births on the 2nd December
On 02 Dec 1565 Toby Caulfeild 1st Baron Caulfeild was born to Alexander Caulfeild of Great Milton in Oxfordshire.
On 02 Dec 1630 Frances Manners Countess Exeter was born to John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 26) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 16).
On 02 Dec 1659 John Brereton 4th Baron Brereton was born to William Brereton 3rd Baron Brereton (age 28) and Frances Willoughby Baroness Brereton (age 34).
On 02 Dec 1661 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet was born to Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet (age 29) and Mary Coke (age 44).
On 02 Dec 1678 Edmund Winn was born to Edmund Winn 2nd Baronet (age 34).
On 02 Dec 1700 Robert Spencer was born to Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 25) and Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 17).
On 02 Dec 1774 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip James Cocks was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 49) and Anne Pole (age 22).
On 02 Dec 1777 Henry Grey Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville (age 34) and Emma Colebrooke Countess Tankerville (age 25).
On 02 Dec 1777 Jane Elizabeth Coke was born to Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 23) and Jane Dutton (age 24).
On 02 Dec 1777 Horace Beckford aka Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers was born to Peter Beckford (age 37) and Louisa Pitt (age 23) at Sudeley Castle [Map].
On 02 Dec 1782 Gerard Thomas Noel was born to Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham (age 20).
On 02 Dec 1782 Thomas Digby Aubrey 7th Baronet was born to Richard Aubrey (age 38) and Frances Digby (age 30).
On 02 Dec 1814 George Cadogan was born to George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan (age 31).
On 02 Dec 1821 Mary Frances Grosvenor Countess Macclesfield was born to Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 26) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 24).
On 02 Dec 1833 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian (age 39) and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian (age 25).
On 02 Dec 1845 Robert James Graham 10th Baronet was born to Edward Graham 9th Baronet (age 25). He was baptised on 31 Dec 1845 at St Pancras Old Church [Map].
On 02 Dec 1860 Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale was born to Wentworth Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale (age 31) and Margaret Anne Burgh (age 29).
On 02 Dec 1866 George Bridger Shiffner was born to George Croxton-Shiffner 4th Baronet (age 47).
On 02 Dec 1870 Beatrice Adine Bridgeman was born to George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 25) and Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 22).
On 02 Dec 1877 Katherine Augusta Victoria Egerton was born to Francis Egerton 3rd Earl Ellesmere (age 30) and Katherine Louisa Phipps Countess Ellesmere (age 27).
On 02 Dec 1884 Edward Robert Blount 11th Baronet was born to Walter de Sodington Blount 9th Baronet (age 50).
On 02 Dec 1901 Robert Charles Gunning 8th Baronet was born to Charles Archibald John Gunning (age 42).
On 02 Dec 1920 Moyra Rosamund Butler was born to James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess Ormonde (age 30).
On 02 Dec 1934 John Baring 5th Baron Revelstoke was born to Rupert Baring 4th Baron Revelstoke (age 23) and Flora Breckinridge Fermor-Hesketh (age 21).
On 02 Dec 1938 Richard Carew Pole 13th Baronet was born to John Carew Pole 12th Baronet (age 36).
On 02 Dec 1939 Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest 3rd Viscount Wimborne was born to Ivor Grosvenor Guest 2nd Viscount Wimborne (age 36) and Mabel Edith Fox-Strangways Viscountess Wimborne (age 21).
On 02 Dec 1948 Rupert Carrington 7th Baron Carrington was born to Peter Carrington 6th Baron Carrington (age 29).
On 02 Dec 1956 Edward Fitzalan-Howard 18th Duke of Norfolk was born to Miles Stapleton Fitzalan Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk (age 41) and Anne Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk (age 29).
Marriages on the 2nd December
On 02 Dec 1022 Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon (age 28) and Urraca Jiménez Queen Consort Leon were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of García Sánchez "Tremulous" II King Pamplona and Jimena Fernández Bermúdez Queen Consort Pamplona. He the son of Bermudo "Gouty" II King Galicia II King Leon and Elviro Garcia Queen Galicia. They were half first cousins.
On 02 Dec 1630 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 22) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 20) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65). He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.
On 02 Dec 1683 George Verney 20th Baron Latimer 12th Baron Willoughby (age 24) and Margaret Heath Baroness Latimer and Willoughby were married.
On 02 Dec 1686 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet (age 25) and Ann Wodehouse Lady Strange were married. She by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk.
On 02 Dec 1690 John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 32) and Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld were married at Maastricht. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. He the son of Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha.
Before 02 Dec 1700 Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 25) and Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 50) and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 40). He the son of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 59) and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland (age 54).
On 02 Dec 1764 George Robinson 5th Baronet (age 34) and Dorothea Chester Lady Robinson were married.
On 02 Dec 1771 Henry Dashwood aka Peyton 1st Baronet (age 35) and Frances Rous Lady Peyton were married.
On 02 Dec 1773 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury (age 25) and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire (age 55) and Margaretta Fitzgerald.
On 02 Dec 1780 Henry St John 13th Baron St John (age 22) and Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
On 02 Dec 1797 William Owen (age 28) and Lener Leaf were married.
On 02 Dec 1858 Wilbraham Tollemache 2nd Baron Tollemache (age 26) and Emma Georgiana Stewart (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway (age 58) and Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway (age 47).
On 02 Dec 1905 Thomas William Coke 4th Earl of Leicester (age 25) and Marion Gertrude Trefusis Countess Leicester (age 23) were married. He the son of Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 57) and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester (age 50).
On 02 Dec 1958 William Bingham Compton 6th Marquess Northampton (age 73) and Elspeth Grace Whitaker Marchioness Northampton (age 54) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton. He the son of William George Spencer Scott Compton 5th Marquess Northampton and Mary Florence Baring Marchioness Northampton.
Deaths on the 2nd December
On 02 Dec 1022 Elvira González Queen Consort Leon (age 26) died.
On 02 Dec 1360 John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick (age 44) died. Baron Beauchamp Warwick extinct.
On 02 Dec 1558 Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 51) died. His son Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Argyll.
On 02 Dec 1568 Margery Golding Countess of Oxford (age 42) died.
On 02 Dec 1624 Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 84) died. His son Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baronet Pelham of Laughton.Mary Wilbraham Lady Pelham (age 34) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
Before 02 Dec 1628 Francis Mansel 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His will was admiinstered on 02 Dec 1628. His son Walter Mansel 2nd Baronet (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Mansel of Muddlescombe.
On 02 Dec 1662 Josias Stewart 4th Baron Castle Stuart (age 27) died without issue. His uncle John Stewart 5th Baron Castle Stuart succeeded 5th Baron Castle Stuart of County Tyrone.
On 02 Dec 1664 Charles Hussey 1st Baronet (age 38) died. He was buried at St Vincent's Church, Caythorpe [Map]. His son Edward Hussey 2nd And 3rd Baronet (age 2) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hussey of Caythorpe in Lincolnshire.
On 02 Dec 1667 Henry Winchcombe 1st Baronet (age 25) died. His son Henry Winchcombe 2nd Baronet (age 8) succeeded 2nd Baronet Winchcombe of Bucklebury in Berkshire.
On 02 Dec 1680 William Ellis (age 71) died. He was buried at Nocton, North Kesteven where he has a monument attributed to William Stanton (age 41).
William Ellis: In 1609 he was born.
On 02 Dec 1691 Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry (age 49) died.
On 02 Dec 1705 Thomas Miller 1st Baronet died. His son John Miller 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Miller of Chichester in Sussex.
On 02 Dec 1716 James Scudamore 3rd Viscount Scudamore died from a fall from a horse. Viscount Scudamore extinct.
On 02 Dec 1723 Philippe Bourbon II Duke Orléans (age 49) died. His son Louis Bourbon Duke Orléans (age 20) succeeded Duke Orléans.
On 02 Dec 1748 Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (age 86) died at Petworth. His son Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 64) succeeded 7th Duke Somerset, 7th Earl Hertford, 7th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, 5th Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 49) by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 02 Dec 1790 John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo (age 90) died. His son John Bourke 2nd Earl of Mayo (age 61) succeeded 2nd Earl Mayo, 2nd Viscount Mayo of Monycrower in Mayo, 2nd Baron Naas of Naas in Kildare. Mary Leeson Countess Mayo (age 56) by marriage Countess Mayo.
On 02 Dec 1792 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover (age 68) died without issue. Baron Dover extinct. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].
Inscription panel surmounted by a sarcophagus with flanking trophies and small medallions of arms in the apron; signed 'J. Bacon Sculptor (age 52): London 1798'
On 02 Dec 1807 Tryphena Scawen Countess Bathurst Sussex (age 76) died.
On 02 Dec 1813 Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey (age 82) died.
On 02 Dec 1849 Queen Adelaide of England (age 57) died.
On 02 Dec 1863 Charles Brodrick 6th Viscount Midleton (age 72) died. His brother William Brodrick (age 65) succeeded 6th Viscount Midleton of Midleton in Cork, 6th Baron Brodrick of Midleton in Cork, 4th Baron Brodrick of Peper Harrow in Surrey.
On 02 Dec 1876 Henry de Hoghton 9th Baronet (age 55) died. His brother Charles de Hoghton 10th Baronet (age 53) succeeded 10th Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
On 02 Dec 1893 Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins Duchess St Albans (age 75) died in St Leonards On Sea.
On 02 Dec 1893 George Greville 4th Earl Warwick 4th Earl Brooke (age 75) died at Warwick Castle [Map]. His son Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 40) succeeded 5th Earl Warwick, 5th Earl Brooke Warwick Castle, 12th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court in Warwickshire. Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 31) by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 02 Dec 1900 Francis George Manningham Boileau 2nd Baronet (age 70) died. His son Maurice Colborne Boileau 3rd Baronet (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet Boileau of Tacolneston Hall in Norfolk.
On 02 Dec 1909 Algernon Greville-Nugent 2nd Baron Greville (age 68) died. His son Charles Beresford Fulke 3rd Baron Greville (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Greville of Clonyn in Westmeath. Olive Agnes Grace Baroness Greville (age 33) by marriage Baroness Greville of Clonyn in Westmeath.
On 02 Dec 1914 John Crichton 4th Earl Erne (age 75) died.
On 02 Dec 1925 Edwyn Hoskyns 12th Baronet (age 74) died. His son Edwyn Clement Hoskyns 13th Baronet (age 41) succeeded 13th Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
On 02 Dec 1928 Sophia Strutt Lady Le Marchant (age 83) died.
On 02 Dec 1928 Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson (age 76) died. His son Major Lionel Hallam Tennyson 3rd Baron Tennyson (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baron Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. Clarissa Madeline Tennant Baroness Tennyson (age 32) by marriage Baroness Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.
On 02 Dec 1947 Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest Viscountess Ridley died.
On 02 Dec 1968 Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 82) died at Warfield, Berkshire. She was buried in the churchyard of St Michael the Archangel Church, Warfield.
On 02 Dec 1996 Henry Milles 5th earl Sondes (age 56) died. Earl Sondes, Viscount Throwley, Baron Sondes extinct.
