On this Day in History ... 7th September
07 Sep is in September.
Events on the 7th September
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 780. This year a battle was fought between the Old-Saxons and the Franks; and the high-sheriffs of Northumbria committed to the flames Alderman Bern at Silton, on the ninth day before the calends of January. The same year Archbishop Ethelbert died at York, and Eanbald was consecrated in his stead; Bishop Cynewulf retired to Holy-island; Elmund, Bishop of Hexham, died on the seventh day before the ides of September, and Tilbert was consecrated in his stead, on the sixth day before the nones of October; Hibbald was consecrated Bishop of Holy-island at Sockbury; and King Elwald sent to Rome for a pall in behoof of Archbishop Eanbald.
On 07 Sep 1312 Ferdinand IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 26) died. His son Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile (age 1) succeeded XI King Castile.
On 07 Sep 1362 Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland (age 41) died of plague at Hertford Castle [Map]. She was buried at either Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map] or Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
On 07 Sep 1384 John Harsick III died. Brass in Church of St George, South Acre [Map] of John Harsick III and his wife Catherine Calthorpe holding hands. Great Helm with Feathers. Camail and Jupon Period. His coat of arms Harsick. Her showing 
Harsick Arms impaled with Calthorp Arms. At his feet a lion couchant, at hers a dog couchant. Inscription: Hic iacet Dns. Johes. Harsick Miles eiusoem Nominis tertius, qui obiit Serto die Septembris Ano Dni. Mccclxxxiv. cuius anime propicictur Deus Amen, et Domina Katherina Uxor.
John Harsick III: he was born to John Harsick II. In 1377 he was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk. In or before 1384 John Harsick III and Catherine Calthorpe were married. In 1384 John Harsick III made his will on the Wednesday after the decollation of St. John Baptist. He bequeaths several legacies to the Lady Catharine his wife, his eldest son John, and to his son Eudo Harsick, the manor of Stanhow in Norfolk for life, remainder to his son Brian.
Catherine Calthorpe: she was born to Bartholemew Calthorpe.
On 07 Sep 1438 Marie Valois was born to Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 35) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%. 
On 07 Sep 1438 Joanna Valois was born to Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 35) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
On 07 Sep 1450 Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 38) landed at Beaumaris, Anglesey.
On 07 Sep 1458 Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Aragon (age 56) died.
Polydore Vergil. 07 Sep 1497. But, whichever it was, while he lingered in Ireland in a fever of uncertainty, reliable messengers informed him that the Cornishmen, undeterred by their recent disaster, were still badly affected towards Henry (age 40) and ready to take up arms once more to avenge the wrong. And so, thinking it would be useful not to ignore this proffered opportunity, went flying to them without delay. He solicited them, he incited them, he promised them such great things that a stroke he was hailed as their leader, with all men shouting they would obey his commands. Restored to good hope by these things, Peter (age 23) decided that nothing should be done rashly. First he should go in all directions, gaining power over fortified places that could serve for his protection. Then, having increased his forces, he should attack all who offered resistance. Adopting this strategy, he attacked and besieged Exeter, Devon [Map]. Since he lacked artillery to batter down its walls, he only sought to smash its gates opens, and with great vigor he began to pound them with stones, pry at them with steel, heap them with wood, and set them afire. At first, the townsmen, seeing the walls surrounded by the enemy at one point, and a fire to be started at another, were afraid. But they immediately let down messengers from the walls during the night, who were to inform the king. Then they courageously decided to fight fire with fire and, since the bars of the gates were already shattered, they added their own wood to the fire, so that the flames raging on either side would both prevent the enemy from coming within and their own citizens from leaving. And meanwhile they themselves dug ditches inside in front of the entry days and made earthworks. Thus all of the besiegers' efforts around the gates came to naught, and fire rescued the citizenry from fire. Then Peter (age 23), of necessity breaking off the fight at the gates, attacked the city at various points where it seemed weaker, and, bringing up ladders, frequently tried to take the walls, suffering great losses. Meanwhile he hoped that the burghers would be overwhelmed either by fear or want of provisions, could be impelled to surrender.
On 07 Sep 1497 Perkin Warbreck (age 23) landed at Whitesand Bay, Cornwall [Map].
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1530-1539. 07 Sep 1533. Memorandum, the viith daie of September, 1533, being Sonndaie, Queene Anne (age 32) was brought to bedd of a faire daughterc at three of the clocke in the after noune;d and the morrowe after, being the daie of the Nativitie of Our Ladie, Te Deum was songe solempnlie at Powles, the Major and Aldermen being present, with the head craftes of the Cittie of London.
Note c. The Princess Elizabeth, afterwards Queen of England.
Note d. Between three and four of the clock at afternoon. — Stow, p. 569.
Extracts from The Life of Anne Boleyn. [07 Sep 1533] On the other part, of her body she [Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32)] bare him a daughter on the seventh12 of September, to the great joy then of all his people, both for that the king had now issue legitimate of his own body, and for the hope of more after. The king also he expressed his joy for that fruit sprung of himself, and his yet more confirmed love towards her, caused her child openly and publickly to be proclaimed Princess Elizabeth at the solemnity of her baptising, preferring his younger daughter legitimate before the elder in unlawful wedlock.
On 07 Sep 1533 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland was born to Henry VIII (age 42) and Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32).
Letters and Papers 1533. 10 Sept [1533]. Vienna Archives. 1112. Chapuys (age 43) to Charles V.
Will not write at length, having only been informed of this courier at the moment of his departure; besides there is nothing important since his last. Has only to mention that on Sunday last, the eve of Our Lady (7 Sept.), about 3 p.m., the King's mistress (amie) [Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32)] was delivered of a daughter, to the great regret both of him and the lady, and to the great reproach of the physicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and sorceresses, who affirmed that it would be a male child. But the people are doubly glad that it is a daughter rather than a son, and delight to mock those who put faith in such divinations, and to see them so full of shame. The mayor, aldermen, masters of trades, and others of the city, are called to be present this afternoon at the christening. The French ambassadors are also summoned. The christening is to be at Greenwich. The godmothers are to be the mother-in-law of the duke of Norfolk and the marchioness of Exeter. The archbishop of Canterbury is to be godfather. The bishop of London is to officiate. She is to be called Mary, like the Princess; which title, I hear in many quarters, will be taken from the true princess and given to her. If it be so. Misfortune manages well; and God has forgotten him entirely, hardening him in his obstinacy to punish and ruin him; of which there is the greatest probability in the world, seeing the indignation of the people, both small and great, which grows every day, and nothing could better augment it than defrauding the said Princess of her title; for she is, as she ought to be, adored by everybody. But the said indignation, like other things, may grow cool in time, so that it should be used in season; yet I think it so rooted and so just that the people will not forget it, or change, at least the most part of them.
It is appointed for me to be at Court tomorrow morning with the King's Council to take resolution about the restitution of the goods seized by the Lubeckers from the Spaniards. London, 10 Sept. 1533.
Fr., from a modern copy, pp. 4.
Spanish Chronicle Chapter 21. [07 Sep 1533]. How Anne Boleyn reigned has been told; and in time she became pregnant, whereupon the King and all were very pleased and glad, and every day jousts and tournaments were held. She was afterwards delivered of a daughter, and the King could not be more delighted than he was. He made many grants, and gave many favours, and the princess was christened with very great state, and called Elizabeth. They were very particular in rearing her, and when she was two years old she talked and walked like any other child of four. It was God's will that Anne should have no other children, and day and night she would not let this daughter of hers out of her sight. Whenever the Queen came out in the royal palace where the canopy was, she had a cushion placed underneath for her child to sit upon; and the King called his grandees together and spoke to them thus: "You know, my lords, how God has given me this daughter, and as I was illegally married to the Princess of Wales, I wish the oath of allegiance as princess to be taken to this one, and my daughter Mary (age 17) declared a bastard. All the lords, seeing him bent upon it, although in their hearts they were sorry, said that his Majesty should do as appeared to him best. The Duke of Norfolk (age 60) said, "Your Majesty will recollect that Parliament swore allegiance to Madam Mary, and this could be done in Parliament without any scandal, for the city and borough representatives will agree to it." This advice seemed good to the assembled lords, and the King ordered Parliament to be assembled within a month, and directed Secretary Cromwell to draw up an address to be presented.
Hall's Chronicle 1533. 07 Sep 1533. The seventh day of September being Sunday, between three and four of the clock at afternoon, the Queen was delivered of a fair Lady, which day the Duke of Norfolk came home to the christening, and for the Queues good deliverance, Te Deum was song in continently, and great preparation was made for the christening: and the Mayor and his brethren, and sixty of the chief of the citizens, were commanded to be at the Christening, the Wednesday following, upon which day the Mayor, Sir Stephen Peacock, in a gown of crimson velvet, with his collar of S. S. and all the Aldermen in scarlet, with collars and chains, and all the counsel of the city with them, took their barge after diner, at one of the clock, and the citizen had another barge, and so rowed to Greenwich, where were many lords, knights, and gentlemen assembled. All the walls between the King’s place and the Friars, were hanged with Arras, and all the way strewn with green rushes: the Friar’s Church was also hanged with Arras. The Font was of silver, and stood in the midst of the Church, three steps high, which was covered with a fine cloth, and diverse gentlemen with aperns [?], and towels about their necks, gave attendance about it, that no filth should come in the Font, over it hung a square canopy of crimson satin, fringed with gold, about it was a rail covered with red saye [?]: between the choir and: the body of the church, was a close place with a pan of fire, to make the child-ready in: when all these things were ordered, the child was brought to the hall, and then every man set forward: First the citizens two and two, then gentlemen, Esquires and chaplains, next after them the Aldermen, and the Mayor alone: next the Mayor, the King’s Counsel, the King’s Chapel in copes: then Barons, Bishops, Friars, then came the Earl of Essex, bearing the covered basins gilt, after him the Marquess of Exeter with the taper of virgin wax, next him the Marquess Dorset, bearing the salt, behind him the Lady Mary of Norfolk, bearing the chrisom which was very riche of pearl and stone, the old Duchess of Norfolk bare the child, in a mantel of purple velvet, with a long train furred with ermine. The Duke of Norfolk, with his Marshall rod, went on the right hand of the said Duchess, and the Duke of Suffolk on the left hand, and before them went the Officers of Arms: the Countess of Kent bare the long train of the childes mantel, and between the Countess of Kent and the child, went the Earl of Wiltshire on the right hand, and the Earl of Derby on the left hand, supporting the said train: in the midst over the said child was borne a canopy, by the Lord Rochford, the Lord Huse, the Lorde William Howard, and by the Lorde Thomas Howard the elder, after the child followed many ladies, and gentlewomen, when the child was come to the church door, the Bishop of London met it with diverse bishops and Abbots mitred, and began the observances of the Sacrament. The Godfather was the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: the Godmothers were the old Duchess of Norfolk, and the old Marchioness of Dorset widows, and the child was named Elizabeth: and after that all thing was done, at the church door the child was brought to the Font, and christened, and this done, Garter Chief King of Armes cried a loud, God of his infinite goodness, send prosperous life and long, to the high and mighty Princess of England Elizabeth: and then the trumpets blew, then the child was brought up to the altar, and the Gospel said over it: and after that immediately the Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed it, the Marchioness of Exeter being Godmother, then the Archbishop of Canterbury, gave to the Princess a standing cup of gold: the Duchess of Norfolk, gave to her a standing cup of gold, fretted with pearl: the Marchioness of Dorset gave three gilt bowls, pounced [?] with a cover: and the Marchioness of Exeter, gave three standing bowls graven, all gilt with a cover. Then was brought in wafers, comfits, Hippocras in such plenty, that every man had as much, as he would desire. Then they set forwards, the trumpets going before in the same order, toward the King’s place, as they did when they came thether ward, saying that the gifts that the Godfather, and the Godmothers gave, were borne before the child by four persons, that is to say: First Sir John Dudley, bare the gift of the Lady of Exeter: the Lord Thomas Howard the younger, bare the gift of the lady of Dorset: the Lord Fitzwater, bare the gift of the Lady of Norfolk, and the Earl of Worcester, bare the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and all the one, side as they went, was full of staff torches, to the number of five hundred, borne by the guard and other of the King’s servants, and about the child were borne, many other proper torches borne by gentlemen: and in this order they brought the princes, to the Queen’s chamber, and the Mayor and the Aldermen tarried there a while, and at the last the Duke’s of Norfolk and Suffolk came out from the King, thanking them heartily, and said the King commanded them to give them thanks in his name: and from thence they were had to the seller to drink, and so went to their Barges.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1540. 07 Sep 1540. This yeare, on the eaven of the Nativitie of Our Ladie, was taken in the Thames about Dartforde by Greene wych, dolphines, tow females and one male, which said females had followed the male out of the sea, and were first spied about Erith, and so followed by fishermen with nettes, and were taken all together.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1559. The vj day of September the nuwe bysshope of London (age 40) and dyver odur (unfinished)
On 07 Sep 1571 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 35) was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map] for his involvement in the Ridolphi Plot.
Around Sep 1571 William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 43) was implicated in the Ridolphi Plot and imprisoned at home for months.
On 07 Sep 1589 (possibly 08 Sep 1589) Jane Kennedy drowned when crossing the River Forth.
Between 10 Aug 1642 and 07 Sep 1642 Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map] was besieged by Parliamentary forces.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1649. Went with my wife (age 14) and dear Cousin to St. Germains, and kissed the Queen-Mother's (age 39) hand; dined with my Lord Keeper and Lord Hatton (age 44). Divers of the great men of France came to see the King (age 19). The next day, came the Prince of Condé (age 27). Returning to Paris, we went to see the President Maison's palace, built castle-wise, of a milk-white fine freestone; the house not vast, but well contrived, especially the staircase, and the ornaments of Putti, about it. It is environed in a dry moat, the offices under ground, the gardens very excellent with extraordinary long walks, set with elms, and a noble prospect toward the forest, and on the Seine toward Paris. Take it altogether, the meadows, walks, river, forest, corn-ground, and vineyards, I hardly saw anything in Italy to exceed it. The iron gates are very magnificent. He has pulled down a whole village to make room for his pleasure about it.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1651. Then came abundance of footmen and pages of the King, new-liveried with white and red feathers; next, the garde du corps and other officers; and lastly, appeared the King himself on an Isabella barb, on which a housing semee, with crosses of the Order of the Holy Ghost, and fleurs-de-lis; the King himself, like a young Apollo, was in a suit so covered with rich embroidery, that one could perceive nothing of the stuff under it; he went almost the whole way with his hat in hand, saluting the ladies and acclamators, who had filled the windows with their beauty, and the air with Vive le Roi. He seemed a prince of a grave yet sweet countenance. After the King, followed divers great persons of the Court, exceeding splendid, also his esquires; masters of horse, on foot; then the company of Exempts des Gardes, and six guards of Scotch. Between their files were divers princes of the blood, dukes, and lords; after all these, the Queen's guard of Swiss, pages, and footmen; then, the Queen-Mother (age 49) herself, in a rich coach, with Monsieur the King's brother, the Duke of Orléans, and some other lords and ladies of honor. About the coach, marched her Exempts des Gardes: then the company of the King's Gens d'armes, well mounted, 150, with four trumpets, and as many of the Queen's (age 49); lastly, an innumerable company of coaches full of ladies and gallants. In this equipage, passed the monarch to the Parliament, henceforth exercising his kingly government.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1651. I went to visit Mr. Hobbes (age 63), the famous philosopher of Malmesbury, Wiltshire [Map], with whom I had long acquaintance. From his window we saw the whole equipage and glorious cavalcade of the young French Monarch, Louis XIV (age 13), passing to Parliament, when first he took the kingly government on him, now being in his 14th year, out of his minority and the Queen Regent's (age 49) pupilage. First came the captain of the King's Aids, at the head of 50, richly liveried; next, the Queen-Mother's Light Horse, 100, the lieutenant being all over covered with embroidery and ribbons, having before him four trumpets habited in black velvet, full of lace, and casques of the same. Then, the King's Light Horse, 200, richly habited, with four trumpets in blue velvet embroidered with gold, before whom rode the Count d'Olonne coronet [cornet], whose belt was set with pearl. Next went the grand Prévôt's company on foot, with the Prévôt on horseback; after them, the Swiss in black velvet toques, led by two gallant cavaliers habited in scarlet-colored satin, after their country fashion, which is very fantastic; he had in his cap a pennach of heron, with a band of diamonds, and about him twelve little Swiss boys, with halberds. Then, came the Aide des Cérémonies; next, the grandees of court, governors of places and lieutenants-general of provinces, magnificently habited and mounted; among whom I must not forget the Chevalier Paul, famous for many sea-fights and signal exploits there, because it is said he had never been an Academist, and yet governed a very unruly horse, and besides his rich suit his Malta Cross was esteemed at 10,000 crowns. These were headed by two trumpets, and the whole troop, covered with gold, jewels, and rich caparisons, were followed by six trumpets in blue velvet also, preceding as many heralds in blue velvet semée with fleurs-de-lis, caduces in their hands, and velvet caps on their heads; behind them, came one of the masters of the ceremonies; then, divers marshals and many of the nobility, exceeding splendid; behind them Count d'Harcourt, grand Ecuyer, alone, carrying the King's sword in a scarf, which he held up in a blue sheath studded with fleurs-de-lis; his horse had for reins two scarfs of black taffeta.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1661. At the office all the morning. At noon Mr. Moore dined with me, and then in comes Wm. Joyce to answer a letter of mine I wrote this morning to him about a maid of his that my wife had hired, and she sent us word that she was hired to stay longer with her master, which mistake he came to clear himself of; and I took it very kindly. So I having appointed the young ladies at the Wardrobe to go with them to a play to-day, I left him and my brother Tom (age 27) who came along with him to dine, and my wife and I took them to the Theatre [Map], where we seated ourselves close by the King, and Duke of York (age 27), and Madame Palmer (age 20), which was great content; and, indeed, I can never enough admire her beauty. And here was "Bartholomew Fayre", with the puppet-show, acted to-day, which had not been these forty years (it being so satyricall against Puritanism, they durst not till now, which is strange they should already dare to do it, and the King do countenance it), but I do never a whit like it the better for the puppets, but rather the worse.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1662. By and by in comes the King (age 32), and anon the Duke and his Duchess; so that, they being all together, was such a sight as I never could almost have happened to see with so much ease and leisure. They staid till it was dark, and then went away; the King (age 32) and his Queen (age 23), and my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) and young Crofts, in one coach and the rest in other, coaches. Here were great store of great ladies, but very few handsome. The King (age 32) and Queen (age 23) were very merry; and he would have made the Queen-Mother (age 52) believe that his Queen (age 23) was with child, and said that she said so. And the young Queen (age 23) answered, "You lye;" which was the first English word that I ever heard her say which made the King (age 32) good sport; and he would have taught her to say in English, "Confess and be hanged".
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1662. After I had talked an hour or two with her I went and gave Mr. Hunt a short visit, he being at home alone, and thence walked homewards, and meeting Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, he took me into Somersett House [Map]; and there carried me into the Queen-Mother's (age 52) presence-chamber, where she was with our own Queen (age 23) sitting on her left hand (whom I did never see before); and though she be not very charming, yet she hath a good, modest, and innocent look, which is pleasing. Here I also saw Madam Castlemaine (age 21), and, which pleased me most, Mr. Crofts (age 13), the King's (age 32) bastard, a most pretty spark of about 15 years old, who, I perceive, do hang much upon my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21), and is always with her; and, I hear, the Queens (age 23) both of them are mighty kind to him1.
Note 1. James (age 13), the son of Charles II (age 32) by Lucy Walter, daughter of William Walter, of Roch Castle, co. Pembroke. He was born April 9th, 1649, and landed in England with the Queen-Mother (age 52), July 28th, 1662, when he bore the name of Crofts, after Lord Crofts (age 51), his governor. He was created Duke of Monmouth, February 14th, 1663, and married Lady Anne Scott (age 11), daughter and heiress of Francis, second Earl of Buccleuch, on April 20th following. In 1673 he took the name of Scott, and was created Duke of Buccleuch.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1662. Lord's Day. Up betimes and round about by the streets to my office, and walked in the garden and in my office till my man Will rose, and then sent to tell Sir J. Minnes (age 63) that I would go with him to Whitehall, which anon we did, in his coach, and to the Chapell, where I heard a good sermon of the Dean of Ely's, upon returning to the old ways, and a most excellent anthem, with symphonys between, sung by Captain Cooke (age 46). Then home with Mr. Fox (age 35) and his lady; and there dined with them, where much company come to them. Most of our discourse was what ministers are flung out that will not conform: and the care of the Bishop of London (age 64) that we are here supplied with very good men.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1663. And so I to my Lord Crew's, thinking to have dined there, but it was too late, and so back and called at my brother's and Mr. Holden's about several businesses, and went all alone to the Black Spread Eagle [Map] in Bride Lane, and there had a chopp of veale and some bread, cheese, and beer, cost me a shilling to my dinner, and so through Fleet Ally, God forgive me, out of an itch to look upon the sluts there, against which when I saw them my stomach turned, and so to Bartholomew Fayre, where I met with Mr. Pickering, and he and I to see the Monkeys at the Dutch house, which is far beyond the other that my wife and I saw the other day; and thence to see the dancing on the ropes, which was very poor and tedious. But he and I fell in discourse about my Lord Sandwich (age 38). He tells me how he is sorry for my Lord at his being at Chelsey, and that his but seeming so to my Lord without speaking one word, had put him clear out of my Lord's favour, so as that he was fain to leave him before he went into the country, for that he was put to eat with his servants; but I could not fish from him, though I knew it, what was the matter; but am very sorry to see that my Lord hath thus much forgot his honour, but am resolved not to meddle with it. The play being done, I stole from him and hied home, buying several things at the ironmonger's-dogs, tongs, and shovels-for my wife's closett and the rest of my house, and so home, and thence to my office awhile, and so home to supper and to bed.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1664. Thence back to the 'Change [Map], where great talke of the forwardnesse of the Dutch, which puts us all to a stand, and particularly myself for my Lord Sandwich (age 39), to think him to lie where he is for a sacrifice, if they should begin with us.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1665. After all this, and ending the chief business to my content about getting a promise of some money of him, we took leave, being exceedingly well treated here, and a most pleasant journey we had back, Povy (age 51) and I, and his company most excellent in anything but business, he here giving me an account of as many persons at Court as I had a mind or thought of enquiring after. He tells me by a letter he showed me, that the King (age 35) is not, nor hath been of late, very well, but quite out of humour; and, as some think, in a consumption, and weary of every thing. He showed me my Lord Arlington's (age 47) house that he was born in, in a towne called Harlington: and so carried me through a most pleasant country to Brainford [Map], and there put me into my boat, and good night. So I wrapt myself warm, and by water got to Woolwich, Kent [Map] about one in the morning, my wife and all in bed.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1665. By and by to dinner, where his lady I find yet handsome, but hath been a very handsome woman; now is old. Hath brought him near £100,000 and now he lives, no man in England in greater plenty, and commands both King and Council with his credit he gives them. Here was a fine lady a merchant's wife at dinner with us, and who should be here in the quality of a woman but Mrs. Worship's daughter, Dr. Clerke's niece, and after dinner Sir Robert (age 34) led us up to his Long gallery, very fine, above stairs (and better, or such, furniture I never did see), and there Mrs. Worship did give us three or four very good songs, and sings very neatly, to my great delight.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1665. Thence to Brainford, reading "The Villaine", a pretty good play, all the way. There a coach of Mr. Povy's (age 51) stood ready for me, and he at his house ready to come in, and so we together merrily to Swakely, Sir R. Viner's (age 34). A very pleasant place, bought by him of Sir James Harrington's (age 57) lady (age 48). He took us up and down with great respect, and showed us all his house and grounds; and it is a place not very moderne in the garden nor house, but the most uniforme in all that ever I saw; and some things to excess. Pretty to see over the screene of the hall (put up by Sir Mr. Harrington (age 57), a Long Parliamentman) the King's head, and my Lord of Essex (age 33) on one side, and Fairfax on the other; and upon the other side of the screene, the parson of the parish, and the lord of the manor and his sisters. The window-cases, door-cases, and chimnys of all the house are marble. He showed me a black boy that he had, that died of a consumption, and being dead, he caused him to be dried in an oven, and lies there entire in a box.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1665. Up by 5 of the clock, mighty full of fear of an ague, but was obliged to go, and so by water, wrapping myself up warm, to the Tower [Map], and there sent for the Weekely Bill, and find 8,252 dead in all, and of them 6,878 of the plague; which is a most dreadfull number, and shows reason to fear that the plague hath got that hold that it will yet continue among us.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1665. Came home, there perishing near 10,000 poor creatures weekly; however, I went all along the city and suburbs from Kent Street to St James', a dismal passage, and dangerous to see so many coffins exposed in the streets, now thin of people; the shops shut up, and all in mournful silence, not knowing whose turn might be next. I went to the Duke of Albemarle (age 56) for a pest-ship, to wait on our infected men, who were not a few. See Great Plague of London.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. Still, the plague continuing in our parish, I could not, without danger, adventure to our church.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. Up by five o'clock; and, blessed be God! find all well, and by water to Paul's Wharfe. Walked thence, and saw, all the towne burned, and a miserable sight of Paul's church [Map]; with all the roofs fallen, and the body of the quire fallen into St. Fayth's [Map]; Paul's school also, Ludgate, and Fleet-street [Map], my father's house, and the church, and a good part of the Temple [Map] the like.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. So to Creed's lodging, near the New Exchange, and there find him laid down upon a bed; the house all unfurnished, there being fears of the fire's coming to them. There borrowed a shirt of him, and washed. To Sir W. Coventry (age 38), at St. James's, who lay without curtains, having removed all his goods; as the King (age 36) at White Hall, and every body had done, and was doing. He hopes we shall have no publique distractions upon this fire, which is what every body fears, because of the talke of the French having a hand in it. And it is a proper time for discontents; but all men's minds are full of care to protect themselves, and save their goods: the militia is in armes every where. Our fleetes, he tells me, have been in sight one of another, and most unhappily by fowle weather were parted, to our great losse, as in reason they do conclude; the Dutch being come out only to make a shew, and please their people; but in very bad condition as to stores; victuals, and men. They are at Bullen [Map]; and our fleete come to St. Ellen's. We have got nothing, but have lost one ship, but he knows not what.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. I then went towards Islington [Map] and Highgate, where one might have seen 200,000 people of all ranks and degrees dispersed, and lying along by their heaps of what they could save from the fire, deploring their loss; and, though ready to perish for hunger and destitution, yet not asking one penny for relief, which to me appeared a stranger sight than any I had yet beheld. His Majesty (age 36) and Council indeed took all imaginable care for their relief, by proclamation for the country to come in, and refresh them with provisions.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. The people, who now walked about the ruins, appeared like men in some dismal desert, or rather, in some great city laid waste by a cruel enemy; to which was added the stench that came from some poor creatures' bodies, beds, and other combustible goods. Sir Thomas Gresham's statue, though fallen from its niche in the Royal Exchange [Map], remained entire, when all those of the Kings since the Conquest were broken to pieces. Also the standard in Cornhill [Map], and Queen Elizabeth's effigies, with some arms on Ludgate, continued with but little detriment, while the vast iron chains of the city streets, hinges, bars, and gates of prisons, were many of them melted and reduced to cinders by the vehement heat. Nor was I yet able to pass through any of the narrow streets, but kept the widest; the ground and air, smoke and fiery vapor, continued so intense, that my hair was almost singed, and my feet insufferably surbated. The by-lanes and narrow streets were quite filled up with rubbish; nor could one have possibly known where he was, but by the ruins of some Church, or Hall, that had some remarkable tower, or pinnacle remaining.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. At my return, I was infinitely concerned to find that goodly Church, St. Paul's [Map] - now a sad ruin, and that beautiful portico (for structure comparable to any in Europe, as not long before repaired by the late King) now rent in pieces, flakes of large stones split asunder, and nothing remaining entire but the inscription in the architrave showing by whom it was built, which had not one letter of it defaced! It was astonishing to see what immense stones the heat had in a manner calcined, so that all the ornaments, columns, friezes, capitals, and projectures of massy Portland stone, flew off, even to the very roof, where a sheet of lead covering a great space (no less than six acres by measure) was totally melted. The ruins of the vaulted roof falling, broke into St. Faith's [Map], which being filled with the magazines of books belonging to the Stationers, and carried thither for safety, they were all consumed, burning for a week following. It is also observable that the lead over the altar at the east end was untouched, and among the divers. Monuments the body of one bishop remained entire. Thus lay in ashes that most venerable church, one of the most ancient pieces of early piety in the Christian world, besides near one hundred more. The lead, ironwork, bells, plate, etc., melted, the exquisitely wrought Mercers' Chapel, the sumptuous Exchange [Map], the august fabric of Christ Church [Map], all the rest of the Companies' Halls, splendid buildings, arches, entries, all in dust; the fountains dried up and ruined, while the very waters remained boiling; the voragos of subterranean cellars, wells, and dungeons, formerly warehouses, still burning in stench and dark clouds of smoke; so that in five or six miles traversing about I did not see one load of timber unconsumed, nor many stones but what were calcined white as snow.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. I went this morning on foot from Whitehall [Map] as far as London Bridge [Map], through the late Fleet Street [Map], Ludgate hill by St. Paul's [Map], Cheapside [Map], Exchange, Bishops-gate [Map], Aldersgate Ward, and out to Moorfields [Map], thence through Cornhill [Map], etc., with extraordinary difficulty, clambering over heaps of yet smoking rubbish, and frequently mistaking where I was; the ground under my feet so hot, that it even burnt the soles of my shoes. In the meantime, his Majesty (age 36) got to the Tower [Map] by water, to demolish the houses about the graff, which, being built entirely about it, had they taken fire and attacked the White Tower [Map], where the magazine of powder lay, would undoubtedly not only have beaten down and destroyed all the bridge, but sunk and torn the vessels in the river, and rendered the demolition beyond all expression for several miles about the country.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. So home, and did give orders for my house to be made clean; and then down to Woolwich, Kent [Map], and there find all well: Dined, and Mrs. Markham come to see my wife. So I up again, and calling at Deptford, Kent [Map] for some things of W. Hewer's (age 24), he being with me, and then home and spent the evening with Sir R. Ford (age 52), Mr. Knightly, and Sir W. Pen (age 45) at Sir W. Batten's (age 65): This day our Merchants first met at Gresham College, which, by proclamation, is to be their Exchange [Map]. Strange to hear what is bid for houses all up and down here; a friend of Sir W. Rider's: having £150 for what he used to let for £40 per annum. Much dispute where the Custome-house shall be thereby the growth of the City again to be foreseen. My Lord Treasurer (age 59), they say, and others; would have it at the other end of the towne. I home late to Sir W. Pen's (age 45), who did give me a bed; but without curtains or hangings, all being down. So here I went the first time into a naked bed, only my drawers on; and did sleep pretty well: but still hath sleeping and waking had a fear of fire in my heart, that I took little rest. People do all the world over cry out of the simplicity of my Lord Mayor in generall; and more particularly in this business of the fire, laying it all upon' him. A proclamation1 is come out for markets to be kept at Leadenhall [Map] and Mileendgreene [Map], and several other places about the towne; and Tower-hill [Map], and all churches to be set open to receive poor people.
Note 1. On September 5th proclamation was made "ordering that for supply of the distressed people left destitute by the late dreadful and dismal fire.... great proportions of bread be brought daily, not only to the former markets, but to those lately ordained; that all churches, chapels, schools, and public buildings are to be open to receive the goods of those who know not how to dispose of them". On September 6th, proclamation ordered "that as the markets are burned down, markets be held in Bishopsgate Street, Tower Hill [Map], Smithfield [Map], and Leadenhall Street [Map]" (Calendar of State Papers, 1666-67, pp. 100, 104).
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. In the midst of all this calamity and confusion, there was, I know not how, an alarm begun that the French and Dutch, with whom we were now in hostility, were not only landed, but even entering the city. There was, in truth, some days before, great suspicion of those two nations joining; and now that they had been the occasion of firing the town. This report did so terrify, that on a sudden there was such an uproar and tumult that they ran from their goods, and, taking what weapons they could come at, they could not be stopped from falling on some of those nations whom they casually met, without sense or reason. The clamor and peril grew so excessive, that it made the whole Court amazed, and they did with infinite pains and great difficulty, reduce and appease the people, sending troops of soldiers and guards, to cause them to retire into the fields again, where they were watched all this night. I left them pretty quiet, and came home sufficiently weary and broken. Their spirits thus a little calmed, and the affright abated, they now began to repair into the suburbs about the city, where such as had friends, or opportunity, got shelter for the present to which his Majesty's (age 36) proclamation also invited them.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1666. Thence to the Swan [Map], and there drank: and so home, and find all well. My Lord Bruncker (age 46), at Sir W. Batten's (age 65), and tells us the Generall is sent for up, to come to advise with the King (age 36) about business at this juncture, and to keep all quiet; which is great honour to him, but I am sure is but a piece of dissimulation.
Pepy's Diary. 07 Sep 1668. At the office all the morning, we met, and at noon dined at home, and after dinner carried my wife and Deb. to Unthanke's, and I to White Hall with Mr. Gibson, where the rest of our officers met us, and to the Commissioners of the Treasury about the Victualling contract, but staid not long, but thence, sending Gibson to my wife, I with Lord Brouncker (age 48) (who was this day in an unusual manner merry, I believe with drink), J. Minnes (age 69), and W. Pen (age 47) to Bartholomew-Fair; and there saw the dancing mare again, which, to-day, I find to act much worse than the other day, she forgetting many things, which her master beat her for, and was mightily vexed; and then the dancing of the ropes, and also the little stage-play, which is very ridiculous, and so home to the office with Lord Brouncker (age 48), W. Pen (age 47), and myself (J. Minnes (age 69) being gone home before not well), and so, after a little talk together, I home to supper and to bed.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1677. There dined this day at my Lord's (age 59) one Sir John Gaudy (age 37), a very handsome person, but quite dumb, yet very intelligent by signs, and a very fine painter; he was so civil and well bred, as it was not possible to discern any imperfection in him. His lady and children were also there, and he was at church in the morning with us.
On 07 Sep 1681 Michael Honywood (age 84) died. He has a memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Michael Honywood: On 01 Oct 1596 he was born to Robert Honywood and Elizabeth Browne. On 12 Oct 1660 Michael Honywood was installed as Dean of Lincoln.
On 07 Sep 1683 Maria Anna Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 28).
Roger Whitley's Diary. 07 Sep 1690. Sonday, I was not at church; Traverse dined with us.
Evelyn's Diary. 07 Sep 1704. This day was celebrated the thanksgiving for the late great victory, with the utmost pomp and splendor by the Queen (age 39), Court, great Officers, Lords Mayor, Sheriffs, Companies, etc. The streets were scaffolded from Temple Bar, where the Lord Mayor presented her Majesty with a sword, which she returned. Every company was ranged under its banners, the city militia without the rails, which were all hung with cloth suitable to the color of the banner. The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen were in their scarlet robes, with caparisoned horses; the Knight Marshal on horseback; the Foot-Guards; the Queen (age 39) in a rich coach with eight horses, none with her but the Duchess of Marlborough (age 44) in a very plain garment, the Queen (age 39) full of jewels. Music and trumpets at every city company. The great officers of the Crown, Nobility, and Bishops, all in coaches with six horses, besides innumerable servants, went to St. Paul's, where the Dean preached. After this, the Queen (age 39) went back in the same order to St. James's. The city companies feasted all the Nobility and Bishops, and illuminated at night. Music for the church and anthems composed by the best masters. The day before was wet and stormy, but this was one of the most serene and calm days that had been all the year.
Calendars. 07 Sep 1718. Royal warrant dated Hampton Court to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal for a grant of a salary of 2,000l. a year to Jane, Countess Dowager of Portland (age 46), whom we have thought fit to appoint to be Governess to our dearly beloved grandchildren, the Lady Ann (age 8), the Lady Amelia (age 7) and the Lady Carolina (age 5), daughters of our most dearly beloved son George Augustus, Prince of Wales (age 34): during pleasure: as from March 25 last. King's Warrant Book XXIX, p. 284.
On 07 Sep 1801 Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire (age 48) committed suicide suspected to be as a consequence of his political life. His son Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 12) succeeded 3rd Marquess Downshire.
On 07 Sep 1817 Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark was born to William Hesse-Kassel (age 29) and Princess Charlotte of Denmark (age 27). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 07 Sep 1869 Charles Stuart Champion (age 9) was killed accidentally at Offord and Buckden Railway Station, Bedfordshire. It isn't clear that is was a railway accident since no records for a railway accident on 07 Sep 1869 are extant.
In 07 Sep 1870 William Reginald Herbert (age 16) died at sea lost aboard the Captain.
On 07 Sep 1870 Lewis Gordon (age 22) drowned being lost at sea on board the Captain.
After 07 Sep 1883. Memorial to Isabella Irby Countess Orkney (deceased) at St Nicholas Church, Whiston [Map].
Isabella Irby Countess Orkney: On 11 Mar 1807 she was born to George Irby 3rd Baron Boston and Rachel Ives Drake Baroness Boston. On 14 Mar 1826 Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney and she were married. On 30 Dec 1831 Mary O'Brien 4th Countess Orkney died. Her grandson Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney succeeded 5th Earl Orkney. She by marriage Countess Orkney. On 07 Sep 1883 Isabella Irby Countess Orkney died.
After 07 Sep 1933. Church of the Holy Trinity Embleton [Map]. Memorial to Edward Grey 1st Viscount Fallodon (deceased) and Dorothy Widdrington.
Dorothy Widdrington: she was born to S F Widdrington of Newton Hall in Northumberland. In 1885 Edward Grey 1st Viscount Fallodon and she were married. In Feb 1906 she died in a road accident.
Births on the 7th September
On 07 Sep 1395 Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West was born to Thomas West 1st Baron West (age 30) and Joan Ware Baroness West
On 07 Sep 1438 Marie Valois was born to Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 35) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
On 07 Sep 1438 Louis II Landgrave of Hesse was born to Louis I Landgrave of Hesse (age 36) and Anna of Saxong Landgravine of Hesse (age 18).
On 07 Sep 1438 Joanna Valois was born to Charles "Victorious" VII King France (age 35) and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.89%.
On 07 Sep 1533 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland was born to Henry VIII (age 42) and Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32).
On 07 Sep 1628 William Courtenay 5th Earl Devon was born to Francis Courtenay 4th Earl Devon (age 52) and Mary Pole (age 42).
On 07 Sep 1629 John Perceval 1st Baronet was born.
On 07 Sep 1656 Robert Molesworth 1st Viscount Molesworth was born to Robert Molesworth posthumously two days after his father's death.
On 07 Sep 1683 Maria Anna Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 43) and Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (age 28).
On 07 Sep 1704 John Hope 2nd Earl Hopetoun was born to Charles Hope 1st Earl Hopetoun (age 23) and Henrietta Johnstone (age 21).
On 07 Sep 1725 Henry Bridgeman 1st Baron Bradford was born to Orlando Bridgeman 4th Baronet (age 30) and Anne Newport Lady Bridgeman.
On 07 Sep 1753 Timothy Shelley 2nd Baronet was born to Bysshe Shelley 1st Baronet (age 22) and Mary Catherine Michell (age 19).
On 07 Sep 1771 Harriet Courtenay Baroness Carteret was born to William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon (age 28) and Frances Clack Countess Devon.
On 07 Sep 1776 Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester was born to Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds (age 25) and Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers (age 21) at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia.
On 07 Sep 1783 Frances Catherine Legge was born to George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 27) and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 22).
On 07 Sep 1787 Harriet Anne Bisshopp 13th Baroness Zouche was born to Cecil Bisshopp 12th Baron Zouche (age 34).
On 07 Sep 1790 Harriet Legge was born to George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 34) and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 29).
On 07 Sep 1799 Thomas Baring was born to Thomas Baring 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Mary Ursula Sealy Lady Baring (age 25).
On 07 Sep 1802 Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield was born to Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester (age 35) and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester.
On 07 Sep 1806 Arthur Rivers Malet was born to Charles Warre Malet 1st Baronet (age 53).
On 07 Sep 1817 Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark was born to William Hesse-Kassel (age 29) and Princess Charlotte of Denmark (age 27). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 07 Sep 1825 Edwin Hare Dashwood 7th Baronet was born to Captain Edwin Sandys Dashwood.
On 07 Sep 1826 William Perceval Heathcote 6th Baronet was born to William Heathcote 5th Baronet (age 25) and Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote.
On 07 Sep 1838 Anthony Lionel George Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 37) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 07 Sep 1841 Samuel Hoare 1st Baronet was born to John Gurney Hoare (age 31) and Caroline Barclay (age 29).
On 07 Sep 1863 Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland was born to Thomas Dallas Yorke at Murthly Castle Perthshire.
On 07 Sep 1863 John Baring 2nd Baron Revelstoke was born to Edward Baring 1st Baron Revelstoke (age 35) and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel Baroness Revelstoke (age 24).
On 07 Sep 1877 Alberta Sturges Countess Sandwich was born to William Sturges of New York City.
On 07 Sep 1885 Leonard Vyvyan Heathcote 10th Baronet was born to Reverend Gilbert Vyvyan Heathcote (age 55) and Mary Henrietta Perceval. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.13%.
On 07 Sep 1887 Edith Sitwell was born to George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 27) and Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 19) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire [Map].
On 07 Sep 1913 George Victor Robert John Innes-Kerr 9th Duke Roxburghe was born to Henry John Innes-Kerr 8th Duke Roxburghe (age 37).
On 07 Sep 1937 Alistair Vane-Tempest-Stewart 9th Marquess of Londonderry was born to Edward Vane-Tempest-Stewart 8th Marquess of Londonderry (age 34).
Marriages on the 7th September
On 07 Sep 1533 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 49) and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. The difference in their ages was 35 years.
On 07 Sep 1615 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 27) and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 56) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.
On 07 Sep 1637 Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton (age 24) and Jane Goodwin Baroness Wharton (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Wharton.
On 07 Sep 1661 Edward Seymour 4th Baronet (age 28) and Margaret Wale were married.
On 07 Sep 1670 James Douglas 2nd Marquess Douglas (age 24) and Barbara Erskine Marchioness Douglas were married. She by marriage Marchioness Douglas. She the daughter of John Erskine 21st Earl Mar. He the son of Archibald Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde 12th Earl Angus and Anne Stewart Countess Ormonde and Angus.
On 07 Sep 1683 Hopton Williams 3rd Baronet (age 20) and Frances Williams were married. According to Peter Le Neve (age 22) Williams (age 20) proved not only a faithless but a violent husband, 'often reviling, abusing, beating and kicking her, and threatening to murder her'. A prolonged liaison in the early 1690s with a butcher's wife in Llangibby, while he was living nearby at Lau Cays in Usk, culminated in his separating from his wife, whom he placed in lodgings with their two children. After she had rejected an offer of £5 p.a. to make the separation permanent, he cut off all maintenance and abandoned her and the children to the 'charity' of her family and friends. He eventually removed to Westminster, where he lived as man and wife with one Anne Warner, another victim of his propensity for physical violence. By this time he had become, in his wife's words, 'one of the Queen's Life Guards'. A further improvement in his circumstances, namely succession to the Llangibby estate valued as being worth over £1,400 p.a. in about 1709, encouraged his wife to institute proceedings for divorce in the ecclesiastical courts. She, meanwhile, had returned to Usk and established herself in a house there, only for Williams to discover the fact and sell off all her furniture and household goods, leaving her once again destitute. Her process in the court of arches was inhibited when on 10 Nov. 1705 the newly elected Williams claimed a breach of parliamentary privilege, and although the committee of privileges never reported its adjudication, the divorce action lapsed, possibly in consequence of an out-of-court agreement.
After 07 Sep 1698 Peter Plunkett 4th Earl of Fingall (age 20) and Frances Hales Countess Fingall were married. He the son of Luke Plunkett 3rd Earl of Fingall and Margaret Maccarthy Countess Fingall.
On 07 Sep 1760 Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (age 29) and Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt were married. She the daughter of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough (age 62) and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough (age 54).
On 07 Sep 1761 James Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale (age 25) and Mary Stuart Countess Lonsdale (age 20) were married. She the daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 48) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 43).
On 07 Sep 1824 William Neville 4th Earl Abergavenny (age 32) and Caroline Leeke Countess Abergavenny were married. He the son of Henry Neville 2nd Earl Abergavenny (age 69) and Mary Robinson Countess Abergavenny.
On 07 Sep 1869 Henry Denis Le Marchant 2nd Baronet (age 30) and Sophia Strutt Lady Le Marchant (age 24) were married. She by marriage Lady Le Marchant of Chobham Place in Surrey.
On 07 Sep 1869 George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 24) and Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough (age 56) and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. He the son of Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 50) and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. They were second cousin once removed.
On 07 Sep 1875 Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter (age 25) and Isabella Whichcote Marchioness of Exeter (age 18) were married at St Denys' Church, Aswarby. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter (age 50).
On 07 Sep 1905 Mathew Richard Henry Wilson 4th Baronet (age 30) and Barbrara Lister (age 25) were married. They had three children.
On 07 Sep 1935 Hugo Denison 4th Earl of Londesborough (age 40) and Marigold Lubbock Countess Londesborough (age 32) were married at St Oswald's Church, Blankney. He the son of William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough.
Deaths on the 7th September
On 07 Sep 781 Bishop Alchmund of Hexham died.
After 07 Sep 978 Gerberge Reginarids Countess Vermandois (age 43) died.
On 07 Sep 1151 Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy (age 38) died at Château du Loir [Map]. He was buried at St Julien's Cathedral [Map].
On 07 Sep 1288 Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais (age 51) died.
On 07 Sep 1312 Ferdinand IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 26) died. His son Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile (age 1) succeeded XI King Castile.
On 07 Sep 1362 Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland (age 41) died of plague at Hertford Castle [Map]. She was buried at either Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map] or Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
Before 07 Sep 1391 William Botreaux 1st Baron Botreaux (age 54) died. On 07 Sep 1391 His son William Botreaux 2nd Baron Botreaux (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baron Botreaux.
On 07 Sep 1394 Adolph La Marck (age 60) died.
On 07 Sep 1396 Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot (age 35) died in London. His son Gilbert Talbot 8th Baron Strange Blackmere 5th Baron Talbot (age 13) succeeded 8th Baron Strange Blackmere, 5th Baron Talbot.
On 07 Sep 1405 James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde (age 46) died. His son James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 12) succeeded 4th Earl Ormonde.
On 07 Sep 1423 Bertrand IV Count Auvergne (age 63) died. His son Bertrand Auvergne V Count Auvergne (age 33) succeeded V Count Auvergne.
On 07 Sep 1458 Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Aragon (age 56) died.
On 07 Sep 1558 Bishop James Brooks (age 46) died.
On 07 Sep 1572 Henry Jerningham of Cotesby Hall (age 60) died.
On 07 Sep 1681 Michael Honywood (age 84) died. He has a memorial at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
Michael Honywood: On 01 Oct 1596 he was born to Robert Honywood and Elizabeth Browne. On 12 Oct 1660 Michael Honywood was installed as Dean of Lincoln.
On 07 Sep 1687 Richard Arundell 1st Baron Arundel of Trerice (age 71) died. His son John Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel of Trerice (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel Trerice in Cornwall. Margaret Acland Baroness Arundel Trerice by marriage Baroness Arundel Trerice in Cornwall.
On 07 Sep 1700 William Russell 1st Duke Bedford (age 84) died at Bedford House Covent Garden. His grandson Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford (age 19) succeeded 2nd Duke Bedford, 2nd Marquess Tavistock, 6th Earl Bedford, 6th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 4th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 2nd Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 07 Sep 1728 Henry Clinton 7th Earl Lincoln (age 44) died. His son George Clinton 8th Earl Lincoln (age 10) succeeded 8th Earl Lincoln.
On 07 Sep 1759 Edward Richard 8th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Holland (age 64) died without male issue. He was buried at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington. Earl Warwick, Earl Holland, and Baron Rich of Leez extinct.
On 07 Sep 1787 Carlos Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 4th Duke Berwick (age 35) died at Madrid [Map]. His son Jacobo Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 5th Duke Berwick (age 14) succeeded 10th Duke Veragua, 5th Duke of Jérica, 5th Duke of Liria, 5th Duke Berwick.
On 07 Sep 1798 Peter Soame 4th Baronet (age 91) died. Baronet Soame of Thurlow in Suffolk extinct.
On 07 Sep 1801 Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire (age 48) committed suicide suspected to be as a consequence of his political life. His son Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire (age 12) succeeded 3rd Marquess Downshire.
On 07 Sep 1825 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford (age 63) died. His son George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Bradford, 2nd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 3rd Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 7th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford (age 35) by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 07 Sep 1860 Mary Laetitia Eyre Countess Manvers (age 75) died at Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. She was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map].
On 07 Sep 1862 Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope 5th Earl of Harrington (age 78) died. His son Sydney Stanhope 6th Earl Harrington (age 16) succeeded 6th Earl Harrington, 6th Viscount Petersham, 6th Baron Harrington.
On 07 Sep 1871 Sybil Mary Grey Duchess St Albans (age 22) died.
On 07 Sep 1883 Isabella Irby Countess Orkney (age 76) died.
On 07 Sep 1884 John Lewis Duntze 3rd Baronet (age 75) died. His second cousin George Alexander Duntze 4th Baronet (age 45) succeeded 4th Baronet Duntze of Tiverton in Devon.
On 07 Sep 1897 Everett Millais 2nd Baronet (age 41) died. His son John Everett Millais 3rd Baronet (age 8) succeeded 3rd Baronet Millais of Palace Gate in Kensington in Middlesex.
On 07 Sep 1898 Murray Finch-Hatton 7th Earl Nottingham 12th Earl Winchilsea (age 47) died. His brother Henry Finch-Hatton 8th Earl Nottingham 13th Earl Winchilsea (age 45) succeeded 8th Earl Nottingham, 13th Earl Winchilsea, 13th Viscount Maidstone, 14th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
On 07 Sep 1910 William Holman Hunt (age 83) died. He was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
On 07 Sep 1921 Friedrich Heyser (age 63) died.
On 07 Sep 1924 George Charles Augustus Rowley 4th Baronet (age 55) died. His son George William Rowley 5th Baronet (age 28) succeeded 5th Baronet Rowley of Hill House in Berkshire.
On 07 Sep 1925 John Wallop 7th Earl Portsmouth (age 65) died. His brother Oliver Wallop 8th Earl of Portsmouth (age 64) succeeded 8th Earl Portsmouth, 8th Viscount Lymington, 8th Baron Wallop of Farley Wallop Hampshire.
On 07 Sep 1933 Edward Grey 1st Viscount Fallodon (age 71) died. Viscount Grey of Fallodon in Northumberland extinct. His second cousin Charles George Grey 4th Baronet (age 53) succeeded 4th Baronet Grey of Fallodon.
On 07 Sep 1966 Beatrice Mary Egerton Baroness Rochdale (age 94) died.
On 07 Sep 1980 Reginald Manningham-Buller 1st Viscount Dilhorne (age 75) died. His son John Manningham-Buller 2nd Viscount Dilhorne (age 48) succeeded 2nd Viscount Dilhorne of Greens Northon in Northamptonshire, 2nd Baron Dilhorne of Towcester in Northamptonshire, 5th Baronet Manningham-Buller of Dilhorne in Staffordshire.
