On this Day in History ... 4th March
04 Mar is in March.
1194 Richard Lionheart Returns to England
1461 Proclamation of Edward IV as King
1661 Charles II Continues to Reward those who Supported His Restoration
Events on the 4th March
Florence of Worcester. 04 Mar 1122. The city of Gloucester, with the principal monastery [Map], was again destroyed by fire on Wednesday the ourth of the ides [the 4th] of March, in the twenty-second year of king Henry's reign. It was burnt before in the first year of his reign, on Thursday the eleventh of the calends of June [22nd May].
On 04 Mar 1188 Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France was born to Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 32) and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 26). She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 04 Mar 1194 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 36) and his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 72) sailed from Antwerp [Map] on board the Trenchemer. The royal admiral, Stephen of Turnham, who was commanding in person, had to employ experienced pilots to take her through the coastal islets and out into the estuary of the Scheldt. It was a long crossing, perhaps deliberately so, to avoid ambush. The Trenchemer was escorted by a large cog from the Cinque port of Rye [Map].
King Richard "Lionheart" I of England (age 36) and his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 72) landed in England at Sandwich, Kent [Map].
On 04 Mar 1238 Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 27) died at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She was buried at Tarrant Abbey, Dorset [Map].
On 04 Mar 1371 Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 61) died.
On 04 Mar 1394 Henry "The Navigator" Aviz was born to King John I of Portugal (age 42) and Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 33). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
Letters. R. O. 2. Copy of the above. Mutilated, pp. 15. 1522. 4 March. R. O. Revels.
Richard Gibson's accounts for Revels held 29 Dec. and 1 Jan. 13 Hen. VIII.
24 yds. black cotton, at 7d. a yard, for lining eight maskeler coats. "Making and translating" eight gowns and hoods, 8d. each. 16 coats and hoods translated from women's garments of the disguising of the 7th and 5th year, at 2s. Carriage, &c., 4s. Nine doz. silk points, at 4d. a doz. Bought by Gibson, 7 "tapets of verdes, wrought tapessary," containing 206¾ "Flemish sticks," at 16d.; 16 yds. of cloth of silver, and 13 yds. of russet velvet, for a sparver for the King; 30 yds. russet sarsnet, at 4s., for the mantle of the sparver. Bought of Eliz. Phelip, 2 lb. 2 oz. silk, at 16d. an oz.; black buckram for lining the sparver, 2 pieces, at 7s. 6d. Of Wm. Botre, mercer, 5 yards crimson satin, at 9s.; 3 ells of Holland cloth, at 10d.; 4 lb. fine carded wool, at 6d., for lining 3 headpieces, 3 collars, 2 pasguards, 1 maindefer and 3 gauntlets, 10s.
Accounts of the preparations for jousts of pleasure held 2 March 13 Hen. VIII.—Bought of John Cumpage, 18 yds. cloth of silver of damask, at 43s. 4d., for covering the King's bard and base; 36 yds. white velvet, at 11s. 8d., for bards and bases for the earl of Devonshire and lord Roos; 25 yds. white damask, at 8s., for covering bard, basecoat, &c., for the master of the Horse. Of John Gun, in Watling Street, 22 yds. of "kooksaell whyght," at 5s., for covering bards and bases for Mr. Anth. Knevet, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Darrell and Mr. Brown, and for lining the King's coat; 18½ yds. yellow satin, at 8s., for bordering the 4 gentlemen's bards and bases; 3 yds. crimson satin, at 9s., for lining a headpiece, a pasguard, a main de fer and 2 gauntlets; 1 yd. white sarsnet, for girdles, 3s. 4d.; 3½ yds. blue satin, at 8s., for embroidering fetters or shackles on the apparel of Sir Nic. Kerrew, master of the King's Horse;½ yd. black velvet, 6s., for letters on the bards and bases; 2 ells of linen cloth, at 12d., for lining under the satin of the King's pieces; 6 pieces of black buckram, at 5s., used by Mortimer, the embroiderer, for straining 6 bards and base coats; 2 lb. of carded wool, 8d., for quilting the lining of the King's pieces; 47 oz. white silk fringe, at 14d., for embroidering 6 bards and brunts; 60 oz. of silk lace, at 14d., for points for the covering of the bards, 6 doz. to each. Bought of Jan Sterre, 6 oz. silk fringe, at 4s. 6d., for the King's bard and brunt. From Eliz. Warcop, 18¾ oz. of tassel fringe, at 14d., for the harness and the saddle of the master of the Horse. From the King's store, 21 yds. cloth of gold of damask, for the King's bard and base, and the apparel of the master of the Horse and the earl of Devonshire.
"Ell moun kewr a naverray (Elle mon cœur a navré [She has wounded my heart]) was in browdyrd with golld." To Wm. Mortimer, embroiderer, for embroidering the King's bard and base and those of the earl of Devenshire, lord Ros, Knevet, Darrell, Kingston and Browne, with "ells" and hearts, £0. 6s. 8d. To the tailor, £5. 2s. To Nicolas Mageor, saddler, covering a steel saddle, 6s 8d.; covering and making a harness, 8s.; 2 double fashioned girths, 3s. 4d.; 2 arming surcingles, 3s. 4d.; 1 pair of arming stirrups, 2s.; a white girth, 12d.; 3 brown girths, 18d. Total, 26s. 1d. "This stuff delivered to the master of the Horse and clerk of the Stable." Carriage from Greenwich to London, 3s. 8d. To Tege of Paul's wharf, for "a great tilted boat with four oars," carrying stuff to Greenwich for a night and a day, 10s.
"Revels for lords," held 4 March 13 Hen. VIII., in the manor of York. The following preparations were made according to directions given to Gibson by "the hy kountrolleler Mr. Sir Harry Gyllforthe:" 6 yds. blue satin at 8s., 41 yds. yellow damask at 8s., for garnishing 8 mantles, with "rolls written with divers words and poyems, that is to wit, on every cloak 42 resuns;" 16 yds. blue velvet at 12s., for buskins; leather and soles, 32s. To the tailor, for making 8 coats of cloth of gold and tinsel, at 4s.; 8 cloaks mantled, and lined with vents, and set with 42 "resuns" each, at 13s. 4d. For writing 344 "resuns," at½d. each; size and "ynd bawdyas" (?) for the letters, 3s. Pots and tools, 3d. Paper for patterns, 5d. Boats to bring the stuff to Westminster to the Cardinal's place, and home again, 3s. 20 doz. hempen points called tresses, for knitting the bards, 3d. a doz.
Expenses of a pageant, for which was made a castle called "the Schatew vert." [1522 Chateau Vert Pageant]—Bought of Thos. Wyllyamson, 14 double quarters at 4d.; 6 single quarters, at 1½d.; 250 plank board, at 2s. 8d. the 100, "which timber, as quarters double, spent and employed on the boos of the pageant, whereon hung all the edifice; the board spent on the stairs in to the haut place set in the window, and spied from the james of the same, and also board and timber for place and standing of the minstrels with vials and other instruments." From an ironmonger at the "gret kondyght" (conduit), 500 fivepenny nails, at 4d. the 100; 700 fourpenny nails, at 3d.; 800 tacks, at 1d.; 500 sixpenny nails, at 5d. From Master Gardener, grocer, 17½ lb. 1 oz. verdigris, at 10d. a lb. From Thos. Bechop, 36 lb. Spanish white, at 1d.; 10 gallons of size, at 3d.; a bowl of pink, 16d.; a bowl of "flurray," 4d.; 5 gallons of vinegar at 3d., for tempering the verdigris; earthen pots and colour pans, 11d.; 8 qrs. of coals, at 4½d., for heating colours and drying the pageant; 3 gross of green tinfoil, at 3s., for the battlements; 1 quire of paper royal, 6d.; 2 reams of green paper, at 2s. 8d., for patterns of the "cryptors," for covering the castle, filling joints and "wynd schaks," &c.;½ bushel of wheat flour for paste, 12d.;½ lb. of bristles, 5d.;½ lb. crossbow thread, 5d.; 2 banners, 18s.
Wages of workmen, from 20 Feb. to 4 March, carpenters and painters 8d. and 6d., and laborers 5d. a day. A barge with 4 oars and a steersman, for 2 days and 2 nights, to carry the pageant, 13s. 4d. Hire of 5 cars from "the Kran in the Ventre" to the Prince's wardrobe, 10d. "The charges of the pageant, £8. 0s. 2d." For the ladies' apparel, 16 garments from the King's store were translated. Bought from Wm. Botre, 24 yds. of fine yellow satin, at 8s., for making 192 "resuns" for the 8 ladies' garments; 8 cauls of Venice gold for the ladies' heads, 8s. each. These things remain with the French queen, the countess of Devonshire, Mistress Anne Boleyn, Mistress Karre, Mistress Parker, Mistress Browne, Mistress Danet and Mistress [blank]. 8 silk cauls of divers colours, at 2s. 8d.; 3 cauls "lost by the children of my Lord's chapel, by casting down out of the castle;" 5½ yds. black velvet, at 11s., for 4 bonnets which remain with the ladies; 1,000 velvet pins, 10d.
To the woman's tailor, £3. 4s. Pasteboard for the bonnets, 6s. 8d. Reparation of one lady's garment, 2s. Reparation and translating of 18 garments for the maskeller on Monday, 3 March, used by my Lord's gentlemen, 5s. Total, £0. 16s. 4d. Total of this book, £8. 16s. 6d.
Pp. 35, in Gibson's hand, much faded.
Hall's Chronicle 1522. 04 Mar 1522. On Shrove Tuesday at night, the said Cardinal to the King and Ambassadors made another supper, and after supper they came into a great chamber hanged with Arras, and there was a clothe of estate, and many branches, and on every branch thirty-two torchettes of wax, and in the nether end of the same chamber was a castle, in which was a principal Tower, in which was a cresset burning: and two other less Towers stood on every side, warded and embattailed, and on every Tower was a banner, one banner was of three rent hearts, the other was a ladies hand gripping a man’s heart, the third banner was a ladies hand turning a man’s heart: this castle was kept with ladies of strange names, the first Beautie (age 25), the second Honor (age 42), the third Perseveraunce (age 21), the fourth Kyndnes (age 23), the fifth Constance (age 17), the sixte Bounty, the seventh Mercy, and the eight Pity: these eight ladies had Milan gowns of white satin, every Lady had her name embroidered with gold, on their heads cauls, and Milan bonnets of gold, with jewels. Underneath the base fortress of the castle were other eight ladies, whose names were, Danger, Disdain, Jealousy, Unkindness, Scorn, Malebouche, Strangeness, these ladies were tired [attired] like to women of India. Then entered eight lords in clothe of gold caps and all, and great mantel cloaks of blue satin, these lords were named. Amorous, Nobleness, Youth, Attendance, Loyalty, Pleasure, Gentleness, and Liberty, the King (age 30) was chief of this company, this company was led by one all in crimson satin with burning flames of gold, called Ardent Desire which so moved the Ladies to give over the Castle, but Scorne and Disdain said they would hold the place, then Desire said the ladies should be won and came and encouraged the knights, then the lords ran to the castle, (at which time without was shot a great peal of guns) and the ladies defended the castle with rose water and comfits and the lords threw in dates and oranges, and other fruits made for pleasure but at the last the place was won, but Lady Scorn and her company stubbornly defended them with bows and balls, till they were driven out of the place and fled. Then the lords took the ladies of honour as prisoners by the hands, and brought them down, and danced together very pleasantly, which much pleased the strangers, and when they had danced their fill then all these dis-visored themselves and were known: and then was there a costly banquet, and when all was done, the strangers took their leave of the King and the Cardinal and so departed into Flanders, giving to the King much commendation.
Note. Hall's Chronicle doesn't specify who played each part described - there doesn't appear to be any source for the attribution of the players. It may be entirely an invention of the 2007 TV Series "The Tudors".
On 04 Mar 1522, Shrove Tuesday, at Cardinal Wolsey's York Place, a pageant known as Chateau Vert was performed. Believed to be the first public appearance of Anne Bolyen (age 21) since her return from the French Court, and the first time King Henry VIII (age 30) had seen her since her childhood. The pageant was part of the Shrovetide celebrations which began on 1st March 1522 and which also celebrated the negotiations between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Henry VIII (age 30) for a joint attack on France, which were to be sealed by the marriage of Charles V (age 22) and Princess Mary (age 6), Henry's daughter.
Chronicle of Gregory 1461. Alle soo the xxvj [26] day of Februer nexte folowyng Edwarde Erle of Marche (age 18) com to London owt of Walys and the Erle of Warwycke (age 32) with hym, and xl M1 [40,000] men with them bothe, and they enteryd unto the cytte of London, and there he toke uppon him the crowne of Inglond by the avysse of the lordys spyrytual and temporalle, and by the elexyon of the comyns. And so he began his rayne the iiij day of Marche, in the year of our lord God M1CCCC lxj [1461], the Sondy letter D as for that year.
On 04 Mar 1461 King Edward IV of England (age 18) declared himself King of England. William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 30) was present.
On 04 Mar 1526 Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon was born to William Carey (age 26) and Mary Boleyn (age 27). There is speculation among historians that his father may actually have been Henry VIII (age 34) who was known to have had an affair with Mary Boleyn (age 27) although the precise dates are unknown.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 04 Mar 1558. The iiij day of Marche a' for-non my lade Elsabeth('s) (age 24) grace toke her horss and red to her plasse at, with mony lordes, knyghtes, and lades, and gentyllwomen, with a goodly compene of horsse.
On 04 Mar 1605 Maximilian Colt (age 30) signed an agreement with the lord treasurer, Sir Robert Cecil (age 41), to carve a monument above the grave of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland in the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map] for 600l. The work was completed at the end of 1606.
In 04 Mar 1606 Edward Fitton (age 58) died. He was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map]. His effigy missing from his monument.
On or before 04 Jan 1627 Alice Holcroft (age 87) died. She was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map] on 04 Jan 1627.
Alice Holcroft: In 1540 she was born to John Holcroft. In or before 1572 Edward Fitton and she were married.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 04 Mar 1619. The 4th my Lord Sheffield (age 53) was married at Westminster in St. Margaret’s Church [Map] to one Anne Erwin, daughter of her [sec] Wilkam Erwin a Scottish man, which was held a very mean match, an undiscreet on part of him.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1660. Lord's day. Before I went to church I sang Orpheus' Hymn to my viall. After that to Mr. Gunning's (age 46), an excellent sermon upon charity. Then to my mother to dinner, where my wife and the maid were come. After dinner we three to Mr. Messum's where we met Mons. L'Impertinent, who got us a seat and told me a ridiculous story how that last week he had caused a simple citizen to spend; £80 in entertainments of him and some friends of his upon pretence of some service that he would do him in his suit after a widow. Then to my mother again, and after supper she and I talked very high about religion, I in defence of the religion I was born in. Then home.
In early 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rewarded of further tranche of those who supported his Restoration ...
On 02 Jan 1661 Henry Bedingfield 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Bedingfield of Oxburgh in Norfolk.
On 10 Jan 1661 Andrew Rutherford 1st Earl Teviot was created 1st Baron Rutherford with special remainder to his heirs and assignees whatsoever, and that under what provisions, restrictions, and conditions the said Lord Rutherford should think fit.
On 23 Jan 1661 John Cole 1st Baronet (age 41) was created Baronet Cole of Newland.
On 23 Feb 1661 Edward Smythe 1st Baronet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Smythe.
On 04 Mar 1661 Compton Reade 1st Baronet (age 36) was created 1st Baronet Reade of Barton in Berkshire. Mary Cornwall Lady Reade (age 31) by marriage Lady Reade of Barton in Berkshire.
On 10 Mar 1661 Brian Broughton 1st Baronet (age 42) was created 1st Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.
On 20 Mar 1661 Thomas Rich 1st Baronet (age 60) was created 1st Baronet Rich of Sonning in Berkshire.
On 29 Mar 1661 Robert Cholmondeley 1st Viscount Cholmondeley (age 21) was created 1st Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath.
On 30 Mar 1661 James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 50) was created 1st Duke Ormonde by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30). Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 45) by marriage Duchess Ormonde.
On 30 Mar 1661 John Fettiplace 1st Baronet (age 35) was created 1st Baronet Fettiplace of Childrey in Berkshire. Anne Wenman Lady Fettiplace (age 31) by marriage Lady Fettiplace of Childrey in Berkshire.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1664. So home to dinner, and my uncle Wight (age 62) coming in he along with my wife and I by coach, and setting him down by the way going to Mr. Maes we two to my Lord Sandwich's (age 38) to visit my Lady, with whom I left my wife discoursing, and I to White Hall, and there being met by the Duke of Yorke (age 30), he called me to him and discoursed a pretty while with me about the new ship's dispatch building at Woolwich, Kent [Map], and talking of the charge did say that he finds always the best the most cheape, instancing in French guns, which in France you may buy for 4 pistoles, as good to look to as others of 16, but not the service. I never had so much discourse with the Duke (age 30) before, and till now did ever fear to meet him. He found me and Mr. Prin (age 64) together talking of the Chest money, which we are to blame not to look after.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1664. Thence to my Lord's, and took up my wife, whom my Lady hath received with her old good nature and kindnesse, and so homewards, and she home, I 'lighting by the way, and upon the 'Change [Map] met my uncle Wight (age 62) and told him my discourse this afternoon with Sir G. Carteret (age 54) in Maes' business, but much to his discomfort, and after a dish of coffee home, and at my office a good while with Sir W. Warren talking with great pleasure of many businesses, and then home to supper, my wife and I had a good fowle to supper, and then I to the office again and so home, my mind in great ease to think of our coming to so good a respect with my Lord again, and my Lady, and that my Lady do so much cry up my father's usage of her children, and the goodness of the ayre there, found in the young ladies' faces at their return thence, as she says, as also my being put into the commission of the Fishery1, for which I must give my Lord thanks, and so home to bed, having a great cold in my head and throat tonight from my late cutting my hair so close to my head, but I hope it will be soon gone again.
Note 1. There had been recently established, under the Great Seal of England, a Corporation for the Royal Fishing, of which the Duke of York (age 30) was Governor, Lord Craven Deputy-Governor, and the Lord Mayor and Chamberlain of London, for the time being, Treasurers, in which body was vested the sole power of licensing lotteries ("The Newes", October 6th, 1664). The original charter (dated April 8th, 1664), incorporating James, Duke of York (age 30), and thirty-six assistants as Governor and Company of the Royal Fishing of Great Britain and Ireland, is among the State Papers. The duke was to be Governor till February 26th, 1665.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1664. At Woolwich, Kent [Map] discoursed with him and Mr. Pett (age 53) about iron worke and other businesses, and then walked home, and at Greenwich, Kent [Map] did observe the foundation laying of a very great house for the King (age 33), which will cost a great deale of money1.
Note 1. Building by John Webb; now a part of Greenwich, Kent [Map] Hospital. Evelyn wrote in his Diary, October 19th, 1661: "I went to London to visite my Lord of Bristol (age 51), having been with Sir John Denham (age 49) (his Mates surveyor) to consult with him about the placing of his palace at Greenwich, Kent [Map], which I would have had built between the river and the Queene's (age 54) house, so as a large cutt should have let in ye Thames like a bay; but Sir John was for setting it in piles at the very brink of the water, which I did not assent to and so came away, knowing Sir John to be a better poet than architect, tho' he had Mr. Webb (Inigo Jones's man) to assist him".
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1664. Up, my eye being pretty well, and then by coach to my Lord Sandwich (age 38), with whom I spoke, walking a good while with him in his garden, which and the house is very fine, talking of my Lord Peterborough's (age 42) accounts, wherein he is concerned both for the foolery as also inconvenience which may happen upon my Lord Peterborough's (age 42) ill-stating of his matters, so as to have his gaine discovered unnecessarily. We did talk long and freely that I hope the worst is past and all will be well. There were several people by trying a new-fashion gun1 brought my Lord this morning, to shoot off often, one after another, without trouble or danger, very pretty.
Note 1. Many attempts to produce a satisfactory revolver were made in former centuries, but it was not till the present one that Colt's revolver was invented. On February 18th, 1661, Edward, Marquis of Worcester (age 61), obtained Letters Patent for "an invencon to make certeyne guns or pistolls which in the tenth parte of one minute of an houre may, with a flaske contrived to that purpose, be re-charged the fourth part of one turne of the barrell which remaines still fixt, fastening it as forceably and effectually as a dozen thrids of any scrue, which in the ordinary and usual way require as many turnes". On March 3rd, 1664, Abraham Hill obtained Letters Patent for a "gun or pistoll for small shott, carrying seaven or eight charges of the same in the stocke of the gun"..
Evelyn's Diary. 04 Mar 1664. Came to dine with me the Earl of Lauderdale (age 47), his Majesty's (age 33) great favorite, and Secretary of Scotland; the Earl of Teviot (age 38); my Lord Viscount Brouncker (age 53), President of the Royal Society; Dr. Wilkins (age 50), Dean of Ripon; Sir Robert Murray (age 56), and Mr. Hooke (age 28), Curator to the Society.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1667. Up, and with Sir J. Minnes (age 68) and Sir W. Batten (age 66) by barge to Deptford, Kent [Map] by eight in the morning, where to the King's yard a little to look after business there, and then to a private storehouse to look upon some cordage of Sir W. Batten's (age 66), and there being a hole formerly made for a drain for tarr to run into, wherein the barrel stood still, full of stinking water, Sir W. Batten (age 66) did fall with one leg into it, which might have been very bad to him by breaking a leg or other hurt, but, thanks be to God, he only sprained his foot a little. So after his shifting his stockings at a strong water shop close by, we took barge again, and so to Woolwich, Kent [Map], where our business was chiefly to look upon the ballast wharfe there, which is offered us for the King's use to hire, but we do not think it worth the laying out much money upon, unless we could buy the fee-simple of it, which cannot be sold us, so we wholly flung it off: So to the Dockyard, and there staid a while talking about business of the yard, and thence to the Rope-yard [Map], and so to the White Hart [Map] and there dined, and Captain Cocke (age 50) with us, whom we found at the Rope-yard [Map], and very merry at dinner, and many pretty tales of Sir J. Minnes (age 68), which I have entered in my tale book. But by this time Sir W. Batten (age 66) was come to be in much pain in his foot, so as he was forced to be carried down in a chair to the barge again, and so away to Deptford, Kent [Map], and there I a little in the yard, and then to Bagwell's (age 30), where I find his wife washing, and also I did 'hazer tout que je voudrais con' [Note. have all that I wanted with] her, and then sent for her husband (age 30), and discoursed of his going to Harwich, Essex [Map] this week to his charge of the new ship building there, which I have got him, and so away, walked to Redriffe [Map], and there took boat and away home, and upon Tower Hill [Map], near the ticket office, meeting with my old acquaintance Mr. Chaplin (age 40), the cheesemonger, and there fell to talk of news, and he tells me that for certain the King of France (age 28) is denied passage with his army through Flanders, and that he hears that the Dutch do stand upon high terms with us, and will have a promise of not being obliged to strike the flag to us before they will treat with us, and other high things, which I am ashamed of and do hope will never be yielded to. That they do make all imaginable preparations, but that he believes they will be in mighty want of men; that the King of France (age 28) do court us mightily. He tells me too that our Lord-Treasurer is going to lay down, and that Lord Arlington (age 49) is to be Lord Treasurer, but I believe nothing of it, for he is not yet of estate visible enough to have the charge I suppose upon him.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1668. Thence, it being a cold wet day, I home with Sir J. Minnes (age 69) in his coach, and called by the way at my bookseller's and took home with me Kercher's Musurgia-very well bound, but I had no comfort to look upon them, but as soon as I come home fell to my work at the office, shutting the doors, that we, I and my clerks, might not be interrupted, and so, only with room for a little dinner, we very busy all the day till night that the officers met for me to give them the heads of what I intended to say, which I did with great discontent to see them all rely on me that have no reason at all to trouble myself about it, nor have any thanks from them for my labour, but contrarily Brouncker (age 48) looked mighty dogged, as thinking that I did not intend to do it so as to save him. This troubled me so much as, together with the shortness of the time and muchness of the business, did let me be at it till but about ten at night, and then quite weary, and dull, and vexed, I could go no further, but resolved to leave the rest to to-morrow morning, and so in full discontent and weariness did give over and went home, with[out] supper vexed and sickish to bed, and there slept about three hours, but then waked, and never in so much trouble in all my life of mind, thinking of the task I have upon me, and upon what dissatisfactory grounds, and what the issue of it may be to me.
Pepy's Diary. 04 Mar 1669. Up, and a while at the office, but thinking to have Mr. Povy's (age 55) business to-day at the Committee for Tangier, I left the Board and away to White Hall, where in the first court I did meet Sir Jeremy Smith, who did tell me that Sir W. Coventry (age 41) was just now sent to the Tower, about the business of his challenging the Duke of Buckingham (age 41), and so was also Harry Saville (age 27) to the Gate-house; which, as [he is] a gentleman, and of the Duke of York's (age 35) bedchamber, I heard afterwards that the Duke of York (age 35) is mightily incensed at, and do appear very high to the King (age 38) that he might not be sent thither, but to the Tower [Map], this being done only in contempt to him. This news of Sir W. Coventry (age 41) did strike me to the heart, and with reason, for by this and my Lord of Ormond's (age 58) business, I do doubt that the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) will be so flushed, that he will not stop at any thing, but be forced to do any thing now, as thinking it not safe to end here; and, Sir W. Coventry (age 41) being gone, the King (age 38) will have never a good counsellor, nor the Duke of York (age 35) any sure friend to stick to him; nor any good man will be left to advise what is good. This, therefore, do heartily trouble me as any thing that ever I heard. So up into the House, and met with several people; but the Committee did not meet; and the whole House I find full of this business of Sir W. Coventry's (age 41), and most men very sensible of the cause and effects of it. So, meeting with my Lord Bellassis (age 54), he told me the particulars of this matter; that it arises about a quarrel which Sir W. Coventry (age 41) had with the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) about a design between the Duke and Sir Robert Howard, to bring him into a play at the King's house, which W. Coventry (age 41) not enduring, did by H. Saville (age 27) send a letter to the Duke of Buckingham (age 41), that he had a desire to speak with him. Upon which, the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) did bid Holmes (age 47), his champion ever since my Lord Shrewsbury's business1, go to him to know the business; but H. Saville (age 27) would not tell it to any but himself, and therefore did go presently to the Duke of Buckingham (age 41), and told him that his uncle Coventry (age 41) was a person of honour, and was sensible of his Grace's liberty taken of abusing him, and that he had a desire of satisfaction, and would fight with him. But that here they were interrupted by my Lord Chamberlain's (age 67) coming in, who was commanded to go to bid the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) to come to the King (age 38), Holmes (age 47) having discovered it. He told me that the King (age 38) did last night, at the Council, ask the Duke of Buckingham (age 41), upon his honour, whether he had received any challenge from W. Coventry (age 41)? which he confessed that he had; and then the King (age 38) asking W. Coventry (age 41), he told him that he did not owne what the Duke of Buckingham (age 41) had said, though it was not fit for him to give him a direct contradiction. But, being by the King (age 38) put upon declaring, upon his honour, the matter, he answered that he had understood that many hard questions had upon this business been moved to some lawyers, and that therefore he was unwilling to declare any thing that might, from his own mouth, render him obnoxious to his Majesty's displeasure, and, therefore, prayed to be excused: which the King (age 38) did think fit to interpret to be a confession, and so gave warrant that night for his commitment to the Tower. Being very much troubled at this, I away by coach homewards, and directly to the Tower, where I find him in one Mr. Bennet's house, son to Major Bayly, one of the Officers of the Ordnance, in the Bricke Tower [Map]2 where I find him busy with my Lord Halifax (age 35) and his brother (age 50); so I would not stay to interrupt them, but only to give him comfort, and offer my service to him, which he kindly and cheerfully received, only owning his being troubled for the King (age 38) his master's displeasure, which, I suppose, is the ordinary form and will of persons in this condition. And so I parted, with great content, that I had so earlily seen him there; and so going out, did meet Sir Jer. Smith going to meet me, who had newly been with Sir W. Coventry (age 41). And so he and I by water to Redriffe [Map], and so walked to Deptford, Kent [Map], where I have not been, I think, these twelve months: and there to the Treasurer's house, where the Duke of York (age 35) is, and his Duchess (age 31); and there we find them at dinner in the great room, unhung; and there was with them my Lady Duchess of Monmouth (age 31), the Countess of Falmouth (age 24), Castlemayne (age 28), Henrietta Hide (age 23) (my Lady Hinchingbroke's (age 24) sister), and my Lady Peterborough (age 47). And after dinner Sir Jer. Smith and I were invited down to dinner with some of the Maids of Honour, namely, Mrs. Ogle (age 17), Blake (age 16), and Howard (age 18), which did me good to have the honour to dine with, and look on; and the Mother of the Maids, and Mrs. Howard (age 43), the mother of the Maid of Honour of that name, and the Duke's housekeeper here. Here was also Monsieur Blancfort (age 28), Sir Richard Powell, Colonel Villers (age 48), Sir Jonathan Trelawny (age 46), and others. And here drank most excellent, and great variety, and plenty of wines, more than I have drank, at once, these seven years, but yet did me no great hurt. Having dined and very merry, and understanding by Blancfort (age 28) how angry the Duke of York (age 35) was, about their offering to send Saville to the Gate-house, among the rogues; and then, observing how this company, both the ladies and all, are of a gang, and did drink a health to the union of the two brothers, and talking of others as their enemies, they parted, and so we up; and there I did find the Duke of York (age 35) and Duchess (age 31), with all the great ladies, sitting upon a carpet, on the ground, there being no chairs, playing at "I love my love with an A, because he is so and so: and I hate him with an A, because of this and that:" and some of them, but particularly the Duchess (age 31) herself, and my Baroness Castlemayne (age 28), were very witty. This done, they took barge, and I with Sir J. Smith to Captain Cox's; and there to talk, and left them and other company to drink; while I slunk out to Bagwell's; and there saw her, and her mother, and our late maid Nell, who cried for joy to see me, but I had no time for pleasure then nor could stay, but after drinking I back to the yard, having a month's mind para have had a bout with Nell, which I believe I could have had, and may another time.
Note 1. Charles II wrote to his sister (age 24) (Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans), on March 7th, 1669: "I am not sorry that Sir Will. Coventry has given me this good occasion by sending my Lord of Buckingham (age 41) a challenge to turne him out of the Councill. I do intend to turn him allso out of the Treasury. The truth of it is, he has been a troublesome man in both places and I am well rid of him" (Julia Cartwright's "Madame", 1894, p. 283).
Note 2. The Brick Tower [Map] stands on the northern wall, a little to the west of Martin tower, with which it communicates by a secret passage. It was the residence of the Master of the Ordnance, and Raleigh was lodged here for a time.
After 04 Mar 1669. Church of St Mary, Hillington [Map]. Grave slabs to William Hovell of Hillington (deceased) and Ethelreda Lilly (age 34).
William Hovell of Hillington: Before 04 Mar 1669 William Hovell of Hillington and Ethelreda Lilly were married. Around 1636 he was born to Richard Hovell and Dorothy Chicheley. On 04 Mar 1669 William Hovell of Hillington died.
Ethelreda Lilly: Around 1635 she was born to Thomas Lilly of South Lynn. On 07 Dec 1683 she died.
Roger Whitley's Diary. 04 Mar 1690. Tuesday, Mainwaring went to Edisbury's; Angell dined with us; retorned past 3; my sonne (age 39) & Morgan came about 2; stayd all night, &c. Sir William Aston sent a servant to excuse his not dining with us the next day; Mr Savage came, & stayd all night.
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Westminster. Memorial of T. Bade to the King touching the ship Juffroww Sara of Amsterdam, Cornelis Fluiter master, which sailed from the Texel under convoy of Captain vander Saan, bound for Lisbon, and was seized at Spithead by Leonard Mosier, commanding the armed sloop Le Lucrece, alias Ashby, who threw the master and crew into prison, in disregard of the treaties existing between England and Holland. [H.O. Admiralty 2, p. 623.]
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Address of the English House of Commons to the King touching the state of Ireland. We, the Commons, have taken into serious consideration the state of Ireland and find ourselves obliged to lay before you the great abuses and mismanagement of the affairs of that kingdom.
By exposing your protestant subjects to the misery of free quarter and the licentiousness of the soldiers, to the great oppression of the people there, which has been chiefly occasioned by the want of pay, which we hoped we had fully provided for.
By recruiting your Majesty's troops with Irish papists, and such persons who were in open rebellion against you, to the great endangering and discouragement of your Majesty's good and loyal protestant subjects in that kingdom.
By granting protection to Irish papists whereby protestants are hindered from their legal remedies and the course of law 1s stopped.
By reversing outlawries for high treason against several rebels in that kingdom (not within the Articles of Limerick) to the great discontent of your protestant subjects there.
By letting the forfeited estates at under rates, to the lessening of the revenue.
By the great embezzlements of the stores in the towns and carrisons of Ireland, left by King James; and by the great embezzlements which have been made in the forfeited estates and goods which might have been employed for the safety and better preservation of the said kingdom.
We crave leave also to represent to your Majesty that the addition made to the Articles of Limerick, after the same were finally agreed to and signed and the town thereupon surrendered, has been a very ereat encouragement to the Irish papists, and weakening to the English interest there.
Having thus laid before your Majesty these abuses and mismanagements in Ireland, we ask for redress thereof: that the soldiers may be paid their arrears and the country what is due to them for quarters, and that no Ivish papist may serve in your army there.
And forasmuch as the reducing of Ireland has been of great expense to this kingdom, we also ask that no grant may be made of the forfeited lands in Ireland till there be an opportunity of settling that matter in parliament, in such manner as shall be thought most expedient.
That a true account of the escheats and forfeited estates both real and personal, and stores left by King James, may be laid before the Commons in parliament, to the end that the said escheats, forfeitures and stores, and the embezzlements thereof, may be enquired into.
That no outlawries of any rebels in Ireland may be reversed, or pardons granted to them but by advice of parliament; and that no protection may be granted to any Irish papists to stop the course of justice.
As to the additional article which opens so wide a passage to the Irish papists to come in and repossess themselves of the estates which they had forfeited by their rebellion, we ask that the Articles of Limerick with the said addition may be laid before the Commons in parliament, and that the manner of obtaining the same may be enquired into, to the end it may appear by what means the said Articles were so enlarged, and to what value the estates thereby
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Kensington. Commissions for Henry Durel, esq., to be captain of the company whereof Stephen Piper was late captain in the Queen's regiment of foot, commanded by Col. Henry Trelawny [H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 884]; for Matthew Barlow, gentleman, to be ensign to Major Charles Johnson's company in the same regiment [Ibid., p. 835]; for Charles Saundersen, esq., to be major of George, Viscount Castleton's regiment of foot, and likewise to be captain of a company in the same regiment; for William Marshall, esq., to be captain of Major Barrington's company in George, Viscount Castleton's reciment of foot [Ibid., p. 841].
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Thomas Martir, who prays for letters patent for his new invention of japanning coaches. Referred to the Attorney General. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 454.]
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Sir Maurice Eustace. Shows that there remains due to him, as executor to Sir Maurice Eustace, late Chancellor of Ireland, in part of the purchase of Chapelizod, near Dublin, and upon the account of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice of Ireland, the sum of 8,653l. He was attainted by King James, and his house in Dublin was demolished. Other like misfortunes happened to his brother, Sir John Eustace, and to his near kinsman, Sir Maurice Eustace of Castlemartin. He prays for a grant of the sum of 8,653l. out of the forfeitures of dissenters detained from their Majesty by private hands, or outof any fund other than the Exchequer. Referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. [)S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 1, p. 456.]
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Eugene Alexander, Prince de la Tour and Tassis [Thurn and Taxis] andhis brother and sisters. The petitioners show that there is due to them from the Post Office of England the sum of 2,7110. 6s. 54d. by virtue of two contracts made between Daniel O'Neale, Postmaster General of England, and the petitioners' deceased father; and they pray for payment. Referred to the Commissioners of the Treasury. [Idid.]
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant for a Privy Seal to pay or cause to be paid to George Stepney, esq. (appointed agent to the Emperor's court "and in other places in Germany"), the sum of three pounds a day for his ordinary entertainment and allowance, to commence from the 11th December last and to continue until his return. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 505.]
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Warrant to search for and apprehend Elizabeth Lloyd, accused of dispersing treasonable pamphlets. [Ibid., p. 507.]
Calendars. 04 Mar 1693. Whitehall. Passes for Mrs. Marolt, Rosina Dorothea, her daughter, Mr. Powish and his wife and Christine Eingehart, to go to Harwich and Holland [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 36, p. 506]; and for James Jourdan and his wife, ditto [Ibid., p. 50].
On 04 Mar 1698 Lee Warner died. Monument in Rochester Cathedral [Map].
Lee Warner: he was born to Archdeacon John Lee.
Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries. 04 Mar 1719. Ordered by the Society that the Treasurer pay Mr Vertue (age 35) 2s [this may be Guineas?] in full for Engraving Ulphus's Horn.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 04 Mar 1749. Strawberry Hill. To Horace Mann 1st Baronet (age 42).
I have been so shut up in the House of Commons for this last fortnight or three weeks, that I have not had time to write you a line: we have not had such a session since the famous beginning of last Parliament. I am come hither for a day or two of rest and air, and find the additional pleasure of great beauty in my improvements: I could talk to you through the whole sheet, and with much more satisfaction, upon this head; but I shall postpone my own amusement to yours, for I am sure you want much more to know what has been doing in Parliament than at Strawberry Hill. You will conclude that we have been fighting over the peace; but we have not. It is laid before Parliament, but will not be taken up; the Opposition foresee that a vote of approbation would pass, and therefore will not begin upon it, as they wish to reserve it for censure in the next reign-or perhaps the next reign does not care to censure now what he must hereafter maintain-and the ministry do not seem to think their treaty so perfect as not to be liable to blame, should it come to be canvassed. We have been then upon several other matters: but first I should tell you, that from the utmost tranquillity and impotence of a minority, there is at once started up so formidable an Opposition as to divide 137 against 203.(1) The minority is headed by the Prince, who has continued opposing, though very unsuccessfully, ever since the removal of Lord Granville (age 58), and the desertion of the patriots. He stayed till the Pelhams had brought off every man of parts in his train, and then began to form his party. Lord Granville (age 58) has never come into it, for fear of breaking with the King; and seems now to be patching up again with his old enemies. If Lord Bath has dealt with the Prince, it has been underhand. His ministry has had at the head of it poor Lord Baltimore (age 49), a very good-natured, weak, honest man; and Dr. Lee, a civilian, who was of Lord Granville's admiralty, and is still much attached to him. He is a grave man, and a good speaker, but of no very bright parts, and, from his way of life and profession, much ignorant of, and unfit for, a ministry. You will wonder what new resources the Prince has discovered-why, he has found them all in Lord Egmont (age 38), whom you have heard of under the name of Lord Perceval; but his father, an Irish Earl, is lately dead. As he is likely to make a very considerable figure in our history, I shall give you a more particular account of him. He has always earnestly studied our history and constitution and antiquities, with very ambitious views; and practised speaking early in the Irish Parliament. Indeed, this turn is his whole fund, for though he is between thirty and forty, he knows nothing of the world, and is always unpleasantly dragging the conversation to political dissertations. When very young, as he has told me himself, he dabbled in writing Craftsmen and penny-papers; but the first event that made him known, was his carrying the Westminster election at the end of my father's ministry,-which he amply described in the history of his own family, a genealogical work called "The History of the House of Yvery,"(2) a work which cost him three thousand pounds, as the heralds informed Mr. Chute and me, when we went to their office on your business; and which was so ridiculous, that he has since tried to suppress all the copies. It concluded with the description of the Westminster election, in these or some such words, "And here let us leave this young nobleman struggling for the dying liberties of his country!" When the change in the ministry happened, and Lord Bath was so abused by the remnant of the patriots, Lord Egmont published his celebrated pamphlet, called "Faction Detected," a work which the Pitts and Lytteltons have never forgiven him; and which, though he continued voting and sometimes speaking with the Pelhams, made him quite unpopular during all the last Parliament. When the new elections approached, he stood on his own bottom at Weobly in Herefordshire; but his election being contested, be applied for Mr. Pelham's support, who carried it for him in the House of Commons. This will always be a material blot in his life; for he had no sooner secured his seat, than he openly attached himself to the Prince, and has since been made a lord of his bedchamber. At the opening of this session, he published an extreme good pamphlet, which has made infinite noise, called "An Examination of the Principles and Conduct of the two Brothers," (the Pelhams,) and as Dr. Lee has been laid up with the gout, Egmont has taken the lead in the Opposition, and has made as great a figure as perhaps was ever made in so short a time. He is very bold and resolved, master of vast knowledge, and speaks at once with fire and method. His words are not picked and chosen like Pitt's, but his language is useful, clear, and strong. He has already by his parts and resolution mastered his great unpopularity, so far as to be heard with the utmost attention, though I believe nobody had ever more various difficulties to combat. All the old corps hate him on my father and Mr. Pelham's (age 54) account; the new part of the ministry on their own. The Tories have not quite forgiven his having left them in the last Parliament: besides that, they are now governed by one Prowse, a cold, plausible fellow. and a great well-wisher to Mr. Pelham (age 54). Lord Strange (age 33),(3) a busy Lord of a party by himself, yet voting generally with the Tories, continually clashes with Lord Egmont; and besides all this, there is a faction in the Prince's family, headed by Nugent, who are for moderate measures.
(1) Upon the last clause of the Mutiny-bill, an amendment to render half pay officers subject to the act, only in case of actual war, insurrection, rebellion, or invasion, was rejected by 203 to 137.-E.
(2) Compiled principally for Lord Egmont by Anderson, the genealogist. It was printed, but not published, in 1742. "Some," says Boswell, in his Life of Johnson, "have affected to laugh at the History of the House of Very: it would be well if many others would transmit their pedigrees to posterity, with the same accuracy and generous zeal with which the noble Lord who compiled that work has honoured and perpetuated his ancestry. Family histories, like, the imagines majorum of the ancients, excite to virtue." Vol. viii. p. 188.-E.
(3) James, Lord Strange (age 33), eldest son of Edward Stanley, eleventh Earl of Derby (age 59). In 1762 he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and died during his father's life-time, in 1771. He always called himself Lord Strange; though the title, which was a barony in fee, had in fact descended to the Duke of Atholl, as heir general of James, seventh Earl of Derby. D.
On 04 Mar 1806 Lionel Copley 2nd Baronet (age 39) died unmarried and without issue. He ws buried at St Mary’s Church, Sprotbrough [Map]. His brother Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
Lionel Copley 2nd Baronet: Around 1767 he was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet and Mary Buller Lady Copley. On 16 Apr 1781 Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet died. His son Lionel Copley 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet: On 10 May 1769 he was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet and Mary Buller Lady Copley. On 04 Mar 1792 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. They were divorced in Apr 1799. She married the Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet the following month; he being the brother of the Marquess' first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn. They were first cousins. On 09 Aug 1832 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn were married. She by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough. He was the younger brother of her first husband's [John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn] first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
On 04 Mar 1846 Lieutenant John Lambert (age 24) died from wounds received at the Battle of Sabraon.
After 04 Mar 1864. St Peter and St Paul's Church, Rock [Map]. Memorial to George Adney of Harley Towers.
On 04 Mar 1866 Henry Lygon 5th Earl Beauchamp (age 37) died of tuberculosis. His brother Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Beauchamp, 6th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 6th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.
On 04 Mar 1880 Thyra Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 36) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 28).
On 04 Mar 1887 Gustav Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 43) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 35).
On 04 Mar 1903 Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas (age 32) and Olive Eleanor Custance (age 29) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square in the presence of Edith Fox-Pitt (age 29) and Cecil Hayes.
Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas: On 22 Oct 1870 he was born to John Sholto Douglas 9th Marquess Queensberry. On 20 Mar 1945 Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas died.
Olive Eleanor Custance: On 07 Feb 1874 she was born to Frederick Hambleton Custance at 12 John Street Mayfair. On 12 Feb 1944 Olive Eleanor Custance died.
Edith Douglas: In 1874 she was born to John Sholto Douglas 9th Marquess Queensberry. In 1899 St George Lane Fox-Pitt and she were married. He the son of Augustus Henry Fox Pitt-Rivers and Alice Margaret Stanley. In 1963 Edith Douglas died.
On 04 Mar 1952 Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny 8th Baronet (age 44) shot himself in the head. Baronet Champion de Crespigny of Champion Lodge in Surrey extinct.
Births on the 4th March
On 04 Mar 1188 Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France was born to Alfonso VIII King Castile (age 32) and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile (age 26). She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Before 04 Mar 1223 Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 26) and Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy (age 31).
On 04 Mar 1394 Henry "The Navigator" Aviz was born to King John I of Portugal (age 42) and Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 33). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 04 Mar 1526 Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon was born to William Carey (age 26) and Mary Boleyn (age 27). There is speculation among historians that his father may actually have been Henry VIII (age 34) who was known to have had an affair with Mary Boleyn (age 27) although the precise dates are unknown.
On or before 04 Mar 1611 William Dobson was born. He was baptised 04 Mar 1611.
On 04 Mar 1613 Dutton Gerard 3rd Baron Gerard was born to Gilbert Gerard 2nd Baron Gerard and Eleanor Dutton (age 16).
Before 04 Mar 1635 Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory was born to Louis Nassau Beverweert (age 33) in The Hague. On 04 Mar 1635 Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory was baptised.
On 04 Mar 1651 John Somers 1st Baron Somers was born to John Somers.
On or before 05 Feb 1673 Halsewell Tynte was born to Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet (age 24) and Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte. He was baptised on 04 Mar 1683 at the
On or before 04 Mar 1683 John Tynte 2nd Baronet was born to Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet (age 34) and Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte. He was baptised on 04 Mar 1683 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On 04 Mar 1705 Catherine Stewart was born to Charles Stewart 4th Earl Traquair (age 46) and Mary Maxwell Countess Traquair (age 34). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.83%.
On 04 Mar 1715 James Waldegrave 2nd Earl Waldegrave was born to James Waldegrave 1st Earl Waldegrave (age 31) and Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave (age 20). He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Mar 1728 Brinsley Butler 2nd Earl Lanesborough was born to Humphrey Butler 1st Earl Lanesborough.
On 04 Mar 1746 William Boothby 7th Baronet was born to Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet (age 35) and Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby (age 29).
On 04 Mar 1750 Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie 2nd Earl Radnor was born to William Pleydell-Bouverie 1st Earl Radnor (age 25) and Harriet Pleydell at Westminster [Map].
On 04 Mar 1755 Henry Edward Fox was born to Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland (age 49) and Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland (age 31). He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Mar 1756 Henry Raeburn was born.
On 04 Mar 1758 Frederick Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 33) and Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (age 34) at Coburg.
On 04 Mar 1761 Henry Gage 3rd Viscount Gage was born to General Thomas Gage (age 41) in Montreal.
On 04 Mar 1763 James Everard Arundell 9th Baron Arundel was born to James Everard Arundell (age 42) and Ann Wyndham.
On 04 Mar 1776 Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey was born to William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork (age 31) and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam (age 27) in Whitehaven, Cumberland.
On 04 Mar 1778 Henry Edward Bunbury 7th Baronet was born to Henry William Bunbury (age 27) and Catherine Horneck (age 28).
On 04 Mar 1785 Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey was born to John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 25) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland (age 20).
On 04 Mar 1798 John Robert Cave-Browne-Cave 10th Baronet was born to William Cave-Browne-Cave 9th Baronet (age 33) and Louisa Wilmot Lady Cave (age 27).
On 04 Mar 1810 Emily Paget Countess Sydney Scadbury Kent was born illegitimately to Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey (age 41) and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey (age 28). If her birthdate is correct then she was born before her parents married on 19 Dec 1810?
On 04 Mar 1831 Edward Green 1st Baronet was born.
On 04 Mar 1857 Henry Haughton Reynolds-Moreton was born to Henry Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Earl of Ducie (age 29) and Julia Langston Countess Ducie (age 27). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
On 04 Mar 1872 Granville Leveson-Gower 3rd Earl Granville was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (age 56) and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville (age 24).
On 04 Mar 1875 Eva Mary FitzHardinge Milman 16th Baroness Berkeley was born to Major-General Gustavus Hamilton Lockwood Milman and Louisa Mary Berkeley 15th Baroness Berkeley (age 34).
On 04 Mar 1880 Thyra Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 36) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 28).
On 04 Mar 1887 Gustav Glücksburg was born to Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 43) and Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 35).
On 04 Mar 1892 Wykeham Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis was born to Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 27) and Mabel Leigh Baroness Cornwallis.
On 04 Mar 1897 Charles Michael Wentworth Noel-Hill 9th Baron Berwick was born to Charles Noel-Hill (age 49).
On 04 Mar 1902 John Carew Pole 12th Baronet was born to Lieutenant-General Reginald Pole-Carew (age 52) and Beatrice Butler (age 25).
On 04 Mar 1904 Mary Theresa Montagu-Douglas-Scott was born to John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry (age 39) and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 32).
On 04 Mar 1905 Ralph Regnault Millais 5th Baronet was born to Geoffrey William Millais 4th Baronet (age 41).
On 04 Mar 1906 Anthony Vivian 5th Baron Vivian was born to George Vivian 4th Baron Vivian (age 28) and Barbara Cicely Fanning Baroness Vivian.
On 04 Mar 1911 Charles Greville 7th Earl of Warwick was born to Leopold Guy Greville 6th Earl Warwick 6th Earl Brooke (age 28) and Elfrida Marjorie Eden Countess Warwick and Brooke (age 24).
On 04 Mar 1928 Moorea Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 16th Earl Huntingdon (age 27) and Cristina Casati Stampa di Soncino Countess Huntingdon (age 27).
On 04 Mar 1939 Richard Fleming Grey 6th Earl Grey was born to Albert Harry George Campbell Grey (age 26).
On 04 Mar 1960 Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley 7th Baron Cromwell was born to David Godfrey Bewicke-Copley 6th Baron Cromwell (age 30).
Marriages on the 4th March
Before 04 Mar 1445 John Willoughby 8th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 24) and Anne Cheney (age 16) were married.
On 04 Mar 1468 Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl Angus (age 19) and Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus were married. She by marriage Countess Angus. He the son of George Douglas 4th Earl Angus and Isabella Sibbald Countess Angus.
Before 04 Mar 1552 George Lumley 2nd Baron Lumley and Elizabeth Thornton Baroness Lumley were married. They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 04 Mar 1619 Edmund Sheffield 1st Earl Mulgrave (age 53) and Mariana Irwin Countess Mulgrave were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
On 04 Mar 1639 William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 21) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 47) and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.
On 04 Mar 1667 Edward Griffin 1st Baron Griffin (age 16) and Essex Howard Baroness Griffin were married. She the daughter of James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 48) and Susannah Rich Countess Suffolk.
On 04 Mar 1728 John Wray 12th Baronet (age 38) and Frances Norcliffe Lady Wray (age 27) were married at Ripon, North Yorkshire [Map].
On 04 Mar 1792 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn (age 35) and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn (age 21) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. They were divorced in Apr 1799. She married the Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet (age 22) the following month; he being the brother of the Marquess' first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn. They were first cousins.
On 04 Mar 1799 William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans (age 32) and Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans were married. He the son of Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans (age 58) and Catherine Ponsonby Duchess St Albans. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Mar 1816 Howe Browne 2nd Marquess of Sligo (age 27) and Hester Catherine Burgh (age 16) were married. The couple had 14 children between 1817 and 1839. She the daughter of John Thomas Burgh 13th Earl Clanricarde. He the son of John Denis Browne 1st Marquess of Sligo and Louisa Catharine Howe (age 48).
On 04 Mar 1890 Herbert Colstoun Gardner 1st Baron Burghclere (age 43) and Winifred Anne Henrietta Christina Herbert Baroness Burghclere (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon (age 58) and Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon.
Deaths on the 4th March
On 04 Mar 1188 Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy (age 54) died. His son Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 10) succeeded I Count Savoy.
On 04 Mar 1238 Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 27) died at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She was buried at Tarrant Abbey, Dorset [Map].
Before 04 Mar 1304 Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 60) died.
On 04 Mar 1371 Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 61) died.
On 04 Mar 1496 Sigismund Habsburg 4th Duke Austria (age 68) died at Innsbruck.
On 04 Mar 1653 James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray (age 42) died. His son Alexander Stuart 5th Earl of Moray (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Moray.
On 04 Mar 1703 George Gordon 15th Earl Sutherland (age 69) died. His son John Sutherland 16th Earl Sutherland (age 42) succeeded 16th Earl Sutherland.
On 04 Mar 1729 Mary Trotman Lady Turner (age 57) died. Her curious eptitaph may refers to her having suffered from Meigs's syndrome: "In 67 months, she was tap'd [tapped] 66 times, Had taken away 240 gallons of water, without ever repining at her case, or ever fearing the operation."
On 04 Mar 1739 John Shaw 3rd Baronet (age 52) died. He was buried on 13 Mar 1739 at the Church of Holy Trinity, Eltham. His son John Shaw 4th Baronet (age 10) succeeded 4th Baronet Shaw of Eltham in Kent.
On 04 Mar 1770 William Robinson 4th Baronet (age 57) died. His brother Norton Robinson 5th Baronet (age 55) succeeded 5th Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire.
On 04 Mar 1799 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex (age 66) died at St James's Palace [Map]. His son George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex (age 41) succeeded 5th Earl Essex. Sarah Bazett Countess Essex (age 39) by marriage Countess Essex.
On 04 Mar 1806 Lionel Copley 2nd Baronet (age 39) died unmarried and without issue. He ws buried at St Mary’s Church, Sprotbrough [Map]. His brother Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
Lionel Copley 2nd Baronet: Around 1767 he was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet and Mary Buller Lady Copley. On 16 Apr 1781 Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet died. His son Lionel Copley 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Copley Sprotborough.
Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet: On 10 May 1769 he was born to Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet and Mary Buller Lady Copley. On 04 Mar 1792 John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn were married. She by marriage Marchioness Abercorn. They were divorced in Apr 1799. She married the Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet the following month; he being the brother of the Marquess' first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn. They were first cousins. On 09 Aug 1832 Joseph Copley 3rd Baronet and Cecil Hamilton Marchioness Abercorn were married. She by marriage Lady Copley Sprotborough. He was the younger brother of her first husband's [John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn] first wife Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
On 04 Mar 1807 John Evans 5th Baron Carbery (age 69) died. His first cousin once removed John Evans 6th Baron Carbery (age 41) succeeded 6th Baron Carbery. Catherine Charlotte Gore Baroness Carbery (age 40) by marriage Baroness Carbery.
On 04 Mar 1814 Beaumont Hotham 2nd Baron Hotham (age 76) died. His grandson Beaumont Hotham 3rd Baron Hotham (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baron Hotham of South Dalton in Yorkshire, 13th Baronet Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire.
Around 04 Mar 1826 John Wilmot Prideaux 7th Baronet (age 78) died. His son John Wilmot Prideaux 8th Baronet (age 34) succeeded 8th Baronet Prideaux of Netherton in Devon.
On 04 Mar 1829 George Barrington 5th Viscount Barrington (age 67) died. His son William Keppel Barrington 6th Viscount Barrington (age 35) succeeded 6th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down. Jane Elizabeth Liddell Viscountess Barrington (age 24) by marriage Viscountess Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
On 04 Mar 1833 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey (age 82) died. Her nephew Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 51) succeeded 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 04 Mar 1851 Philip Sidney 1st Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 50) died. His son Philip Sidney 2nd Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baron De Lisle and Dudley, 3rd Baronet Shelley-Sidney of Penshurst Place in Kent.
On 04 Mar 1855 Antoine Héraclius Agénor 9th Duc de Gramont (age 65) died. His son Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont (age 35) succeeded 10th Duke Gramont.
On 04 Mar 1862 George Dashwood 5th Baronet (age 72) died. His brother John Dashwood 6th Baronet (age 70) succeeded 6th Baronet Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
On 04 Mar 1866 Henry Lygon 5th Earl Beauchamp (age 37) died of tuberculosis. His brother Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Beauchamp, 6th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 6th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.
On 04 Mar 1868 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 84) died. His grandson Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian (age 20) succeeded 5th Earl Rosebery.
On 04 Mar 1872 William Lowther 2nd Earl Lonsdale (age 84) died. His nephew Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale (age 53) succeeded 3rd Earl Lonsdale, 4th Viscount Lowther, 4th Baron Lowther.
On 04 Mar 1889 Maria Frances Stanley-Massey-Stanley Lady Williams (age 78) died.
On 04 Mar 1894 Dudley Marjoribanks 1st Baron Tweedmouth (age 73) died. His son Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Tweedmouth of Edington in Berwickshire.
On 04 Mar 1904 Diana Smyth Countess Harewood (age 66) died.
On 04 Mar 1920 Constance Hamlyn-Fane Baroness Manners (age 58) died at Bideford, Devon.
On 04 Mar 1931 Francis Salwey Winnington 5th Baronet (age 81) died. His grandson Francis Salwey William Winnington 6th Baronet (age 24) succeeded 6th Baronet Winnington of Stanford Court in Worcestershire.
On 04 Mar 1933 Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne Countess Cromer (age 67) died.
On 04 Mar 1934 Charles Kemeys-Tynte 8th Baron Wharton (age 57) died. His son John Kemeys-Tynte 9th Baron Wharton (age 26) succeeded 9th Baron Wharton.
On 04 Mar 1941 Edward Arthur Lycett Green 3rd Baronet (age 54) died. His son Edward Stephen Lycett Green 4th Baronet (age 30) succeeded 4th Baronet Green of Wakefield in Yorkshire and of Ken Hill in Norfolk.
On 04 Mar 1945 Aldred Beresford Lumley 10th Earl Scarborough (age 87) died. His nephew Roger Lumley 11th Earl of Scarbrough (age 48) succeeded 11th Earl Scarborough, 12th Viscount Lumley. Katherine Isobel McEwen Countess Scarborough (age 45) by marriage Countess Scarborough.
On 04 Mar 1952 Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache 4th Baronet (age 98) died. His son Cecil Lyonel Newcomen Tollemache 5th Baronet (age 66) succeeded 5th Baronet Tollemache of Hanby Hall in Lincolnshire.
On 04 Mar 1952 Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny 8th Baronet (age 44) shot himself in the head. Baronet Champion de Crespigny of Champion Lodge in Surrey extinct.
On 04 Mar 1993 Jeffery Amherst 5th Earl Amherst (age 96) died. Earl Amherst, Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent extinct.
On 04 Mar 1995 Quentin John le Fleming 12th Baronet (age 45) died. His son David Kelland le Fleming 13th Baronet (age 19) succeeded 13th Baronet Fleming of Rydal in Cumbria.
