Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 7th [Apr 1358], the Maréchal D'Audenham visited the Queen and slept at the castle.

Holinshed's Chronicle 1546. 07 Apr 1546. On the seuen and twentith of Aprill being tuesdaie in Easter wéeke William Foxleie pot-maker for the mint of the Tower of London fell asléepe, and so continued sléeping, and could not be wakened with pricking, cramping, or otherwise burning whatsoeuer, till the first daie of the next terme, which was full fouretéene daies, and as manie nights or more, for that Easter terme beginneth not before seauentéene daies after Easter. The cause of his thus sléeping could not be knowen, though it were diligentlie searched for by the kings physicians and other learned men, yea the king himselfe examining the said William Foxleie, who was in all points found at his waking to be but as if he had slept but one night: he was liuing in the Tower of London in the yéere of our Lord God 1579.

On 07 Apr 1547 Thomas Cawarden of Bletchingly and Nonsuch came into the possession of Bletchingley, Surrey [Map]. Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England (age 31) had formerly owned it.

Diary of Edward VI. 07 Apr 1550. Mon. de Periiin⁴, gentilman of the kinges privi chamber, passed from the French king by England to the Scottish quen, to tel her of the paix.

An ambassadour came from Gostav the Suethin King, called Andre, for a surer amiti touching marchandis.

In the council book this name occurs under a very diiferent form: "vij April. Warraunt to (blank) for xxxll. to (blank) herrald at armes, imprest for his charges in the conduction of mons^r de Funette gentleman of France into Scotland."

Henry Machyn's Diary. After 07 Apr 1559. The (blank) day cam from Franse my lord chamburlayn Haward (age 38) and my lord bysshope of Elly (age 53) and master doctur Wotton, and (unfinished) .... ye Tempull, and ix .... dener, and ther dynyd the consell and dyvers notabyll .... and juges, and my lord mayre (age 50) and the althermen, and the [officers of the] Chansseres [Chancery] and the Flett [Map], and the Kyngesbynshe [Map], and the Marshalsea [Map]; [and they] gayff gownes of ij collers, morreys and mustars, and ... ij collers ... hondered; and at v of cloke at after-non [the new] serganttes whent unto sant Thomas of Acurs in a ... gowne and skarlette hodes a-bowt ther nekes, and whyt [hoods on] ther hedes, and no capes [caps]; and after they whent unto Powles [Map] with typstayffes and offesers of the Kyngbynche [Map], and odur plasses, and [they were] browth be ij old serganttes, one after a-nodur in skarlett ... of north syd, and ther thay stod tyll thay had brou[th them] unto ix sondre pellers [pillars] of the north syd, and after the ... cam unto the furst, and after to the reseduu; and thay whe[nt back] unto the Tempull on a-lone [one-by-one], and a-for whent the ... and the rulers and the Chansere and of the Kyngbynche [ij and ij to]gether, and after cam a hondered in parte cottes of ...

Note. P. 195. The serjeants' feast. This took place at the Inner Temple on the 19th of April. In the second line read, "and ix. [serjeants made]." Dugdale, indeed, gives the names of ten as having been called to the degree by writ tested by the queen on the 12th Dec. namely, Thomas Carus, Reginald Corbet, John Welsh, John Southcote, William Simmonds, George Wall, Richard Harper, Ranulph Cholmley, Nicholas Powtrell, and John Birch; and to these was added Richard Weston by writ dated 24 Jan. making in all eleven. Dugdale's Chronica Series.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 07 Apr 1560. The sam day dyd pryche at the court my lord the byshope of Canturbere (age 55), and made a nobull sermon.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 07 Apr 1561. The vij day of Aprell dyd pryche at sant Mare spytyll the nuwe byshope of Wynchester master Horne (age 51), and ther was all the masters of the hospetall, and the chylderyn in bluw cotes, and my lord mayre (age 52) and the althermen, and mony worshephull men.

Diary of Anne Clifford 1617. 07 Apr 1617. Upon the 7th my Lord (age 28) lay in my chamber.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1665. Thence to Westminster Hall [Map] and up and down, doing not much; then to London, but to prevent Povy's (age 51) dining with me (who I see is at the 'Change [Map]) I went back again and to Herbert's at Westminster, there sent for a bit of meat and dined, and then to my Lord Treasurer's (age 58), and there with Sir Philip Warwicke (age 55), and thence to White Hall in my Lord Treasurer's (age 58) chamber with Sir Philip Warwicke (age 55) till dark night, about fower hours talking of the business of the Navy Charge, and how Sir G. Carteret (age 55) do order business, keeping us in ignorance what he do with his money, and also Sir Philip did shew me nakedly the King's condition for money for the Navy; and he do assure me, unless the King (age 34) can get some noblemen or rich money-gentlemen to lend him money, or to get the City to do it, it is impossible to find money: we having already, as he says, spent one year's share of the three-years' tax, which comes to £2,500,000. Being very glad of this day's discourse in all but that I fear I shall quite lose Sir G. Carteret (age 55), who knows that I have been privately here all this day with Sir Ph. Warwicke (age 55). However, I will order it so as to give him as little offence as I can.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1665. Up betimes to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56) about money to be got for the Navy, or else we must shut up shop.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1666. Thence took them to the cakehouse, and there called in the coach for cakes and drank, and thence I carried them to my Chancellor's (age 57) new house to shew them that, and all mightily pleased, thence set each down at home, and so I home to the office, where about ten of the clock W. Hewer (age 24) comes to me to tell me that he has left my wife well this morning at Bugden, which was great riding, and brings me a letter from her. She is very well got thither, of which I am heartily glad.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1666. Thence took her by coach to Hales's (age 66), and there find Mrs. Pierce and her boy and Mary. She had done sitting the first time, and indeed her face is mighty like at first dash.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1666. Thence with my Lord Bruncker (age 46) home by coach to Mrs. Williams's, where Bab. Allen and Dr. Charleton dined. Bab and I sang and were mighty merry as we could be there, where the rest of the company did not overplease.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1667. So home and to my chamber about sending an express to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] about Balty's (age 27) money, and then comes Mrs. Turner (age 44) to enquire after her son's business, which goes but bad, which led me to show her how false Sir W. Pen (age 45) is to her, whereupon she told me his obligations to her, and promises to her, and how a while since he did show himself dissatisfied in her son's coming to the table and applying himself to me, which is a good nut, and a nut I will make use of. She gone I to other business in my chamber, and then to supper and to bed. The Swede's Embassadors and our Commissioners are making all the haste they can over to the treaty for peace, and I find at Court, and particularly Lord Bellasses (age 52), says there will be a peace, and it is worth remembering what Sir W. Coventry (age 39) did tell me (as a secret though) that whereas we are afeard Harman's (age 42) fleete to the West Indys will not be got out before the Dutch come and block us up, we shall have a happy pretext to get out our ships under pretence of attending the Embassadors and Commissioners, which is a very good, but yet a poor shift.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1667. So to Sir G. Carteret's (age 57) again to talk with him about Balty's (age 27) money, and wrote a letter to Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] about part of it, and then in his coach, with his little daughter Porpot (as he used to nickname her), and saw her at home, and her maid, and another little gentlewoman, and so I walked into Moore Fields [Map], and, as is said, did find houses built two stories high, and like to stand; and it must become a place of great trade, till the City be built; and the street is already paved as London streets used to be, which is a strange, and to mean unpleasing sight.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1667. Home to dinner, wife and I and W. Hewer (age 25), and after dinner I by water to White Hall to Sir G. Carteret's (age 57), there to talk about Balty's (age 27) money, and did present Balty (age 27) to him to kiss his hand, and then to walk in the Parke, and heard the Italian musique at the Queen's (age 28) chapel, whose composition is fine, but yet the voices of eunuchs I do not like like our women, nor am more pleased with it at all than with English voices, but that they do jump most excellently with themselves and their instrument, which is wonderful pleasant; but I am convinced more and more, that, as every nation has a particular accent and tone in discourse, so as the tone of one not to agree with or please the other, no more can the fashion of singing to words, for that the better the words are set, the more they take in of the ordinary tone of the country whose language the song speaks, so that a song well composed by an Englishman must be better to an Englishman than it can be to a stranger, or than if set by a stranger in foreign words.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1667. Thence back to White Hall, and there saw the King (age 36) come out of chapel after prayers in the afternoon, which he is never at but after having received the Sacrament: and the Court, I perceive, is quite out of mourning; and some very fine; among others, my Lord Gerard (age 49), in a very rich vest and coat. Here I met with my Lord Bellasses (age 52): and it is pretty to see what a formal story he tells me of his leaving, his place upon the death of my Lord Cleveland (deceased), by which he is become Captain of the Pensioners; and that the King (age 36) did leave it to him to keep the other or take this; whereas, I know the contrary, that they had a mind to have him away from Tangier. He tells me he is commanded by the King (age 36) to go down to the Northward to satisfy the Deputy Lieutenants of Yorkshire, who have desired to lay down their commissions upon pretence of having no profit by their places but charge, but indeed is upon the Duke of Buckingham's (age 39) being under a cloud (of whom there is yet nothing heard), so that the King (age 36) is apprehensive of their discontent, and sends him to pacify them, and I think he is as good a dissembler as any man else, and a fine person he is for person, and proper to lead the Pensioners, but a man of no honour nor faith I doubt.

Pepy's Diary. 07 Apr 1668. Here I hear Sir W. Davenant is just now dead; and so who will succeed him in the mastership of the house is not yet known. The eldest Davenport is, it seems, gone from this house to be kept by somebody; which I am glad of, she being a very bad actor. I took her then up into a coach and away to the Park, which is now very fine after some rain, but the company was going away most, and so I took her to the Lodge, and there treated her and had a deal of good talk, and now and then did baiser la, and that was all, and that as much or more than I had much mind to because of her paint. She tells me mighty news, that my Baroness Castlemayne (age 27) is mightily in love with Hart (age 42) of their house: and he is much with her in private, and she goes to him, and do give him many presents; and that the thing is most certain, and Becke Marshall only privy to it, and the means of bringing them together, which is a very odd thing; and by this means she is even with the King's love to Mrs. Davis (age 20). This done, I carried her and set her down at Mrs. Manuel's, but stayed not there myself, nor went in; but straight home, and there to my letters, and so home to bed.

Roger Whitley's Diary. 07 Apr 1690. Monday, the molecatcher came; Morgan: stayd all night.

Calendars. 07 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Passes and post warrant for Mr. William Hedges to go to Harwich and Holland; for Mary Dagar, ditto; for George Hanson, Matthew Wilkin, and Andrew Rumkusk, ditto [S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 87, p. 17]; and for Peter Newlin, the messenger, to go to Holyhead [Ibid., p. 18].

Calendars. 07 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Sir J. Trenchard to Col. Hastings. The Queen is informed that William Grant, a seaman, has been forcibly seized, and compelled to enlist asa soldier in the regiment under your command. Her Majesty has commanded me to signify her pleasure to you to forthwith give order for the discharge of the said William Grant. [H.O. Letter Book (Secretary's) 3, p. 111.]

Calendars. 07 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Warrant directing the commander of any of his Majesty's packet boats at Holyhead to receive on board Peter Newlin,a messenger, and sail with him to Dublin. [H.O. Warrant Book 6, p. 540.]

Calendars. 07 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Proceedings upon the petition of Captain John Stephens, commander of the Guernsey sloop, and Captain John Tupper, commander of The Swallow. Shows that an English ship called the Abzgail, John Barrell, master, was taken and possessed three days by the French and retaken by the petitioners, and that the said ship and her lading was valued at 2,062. 10s. and that the petitioners had only an eighth part thereof decreed them for salvage, out of which sum they are to pay the King's tenths; and that by the late act of parliament for encouragement of privateers, the tenth of all salvage is remitted. But this recapture being made before that act, the petitioners cannot have the benefit thereof. The petitioners, having paid several hundred pounds customs' dues, pray that their Majesties' tenths may be remitted. Referred to Sir Charles Hedges, judge of the Admiralty Court. [S.P. Dom. Petition Entry Book 2, p. 313.]

Calendars. 07 Apr 1693. Admiralty Office. J. Sotherne to Richard Warre. [H.O. Admiralty 4, p. 408.] Enclosing:—

The Earl of Nottingham to the Lords of the Admiralty, dated Whitehall, 4 April, 1693, with orders to stop the East India Company's ships aera and Henry from proceeding on their voyages. [Ibid., p. 412.]

Calendars. 07 Apr 1693. Whitehall. Account of money for transports to be paid immediately, and by weekly payments. [Ibid. 6, No. 9.]

Evelyn's Diary. 07 Apr 1695. Lord Halifax (deceased) died suddenly at London, the day his daughter (age 18) was married to the Earl of Nottingham's (age 61) son (age 22) at Burleigh. Lord H. was a very rich man, very witty, and in his younger days somewhat positive.

The Journal of the Reverend John Wesley 1755. 07 Apr 1755. On Monday, April the 7th, without any struggle, she fell asleep, having lived two years and six months.

Lomberlow. The remainder of the day was occupied by another barrow on a rocky and elevated xidge in the neighbourhood, called Lomberlow [Map]. The mound, about 16 yards diameter, is crossed by a hedge and double stone wall, so tbat we could not dig out the middle, but we worked as near to it as practicable. It is composed of stones broken from the upper beds of the rocky masses around, mingled with soil just sufficient to fill the interstices, and stands upon a very uneven floor of rock, in a depression of which, enlarged by artificial means, a cist was erected of well-defined, rectangular form, composed of four massive stones, measuring inside three feet by two feet, and covered by three large stones laid across, two being of limestone, each a yard long by eighteen inches wide and six thick; the other, covering the joint, was a slab of sandstone, brought from the bed of the River Hamps, which flows through, and gives the name to the village of Waterhouses, about a mile from the barrow. The cist was south of the centre, and its covering stones not more than eighteen inches below the turf, though its floor was four feet; it was built with the longest diameter East and West, and was filled with earth, amongst which lay the skeleton of a full-grown young person, with the head to the West, and necessarily in an extremely contracted posture. At the shoulders we found a very good spear-head of mottled grey flint, and an uncertain instrument of white flint, very highly polished. Above the cist were numerous small pebbles, the leg-bone of a large dog, and a little charcoal.

Waterhouses. On the 7th of April, we opened a barrow [Stonesteads Barrow [Map]] in a field called Stonesteads, a quarter of a mile from the village of Waterhouses, measuring 17 yards across, composed of earth, limestones, and boulders. Slightly South-East from the centre of the barrow, upon a pavement of thin flat stones raised 6 inches above the natural level of the land, lay the skeleton of a tall and strongly-built man, apparently beyond the middle period of life, who had been placed in the common flexed posture, with the head towards the outside of the tumulus. Near his feet was the tusk of a large boar, rubbed down on the inner surface to abput half the natural thickness, near the shoulders were two instruments of burnt flint, one round ended, the other, part of a neat arrow-point; and a section about half-an-inch long, cut from a large rib, and neatly dressed round the edge of the cut surfaces. On the floor of the barrow were indications of fire, and a few pieces of calcined bone, which render it probable that there had been a more ancient interment in the barrow, which was about eighteen inches in central elevation.

The Diary of George Price Boyce 1855-1857. 07 Apr 1857. Went to Solomon's (age 33). He has a grand picture, "Waiting for the Verdict." Saw some remarkable designs by his young brother (Simeon (age 16)) showing much Rossetti-like feeling⁸.

Note 8. Abraham Solomon (1824-62), elder brother of Rebecca and Simeon, Lived at 18 Gower Street and was showing his picture before it went to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition where it was enthusiastically received (Private Collection). Simeon Solomon (c. 1840-1905) who died in poverty and disgrace, though a lesser artist than his brother, attracted attention from his youth with his Old Testament and mystical designs.

Time Team Series 3 Episode 5: Palace of the Irish Kings was filmed between 07 Apr 1995 and 09 Apr 1995. It was originally shown on 04 Feb 1996.

Location: Navan Fort, Armagh [Map].