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On this Day in History ... 8th August

08 Aug is in August.

1503 Marriage of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor

1540 Marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine Howard

1553 Funeral of King Edward VI

1665 Great Plague of London

1974 Resignation of President Nixon

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 8th August

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 08 Aug 1065. This year, before Lammas, ordered Earl Harold (age 43) his men to build at Portskeweth in Wales. But when he had begun, and collected many materials, and thought to have King Edward (age 62) there for the purpose of hunting, even when it was all ready, came Caradoc, son of Griffin, with all the gang that he could get, and slew almost all that were building there; and they seized the materials that were there got ready. Wist we not who first advised the wicked deed. This was done on the mass-day of St. Bartholomew.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. After 08 Aug 1065. Soon after this all the thanes in Yorkshire and in Northumberland gathered themselves together at York, and outlawed their Earl Tosty (age 39); slaying all the men of his clan that they could reach, both Danish and English; and took all his weapons in York, with gold and silver, and all his money that they could anywhere there find. They then sent after Morkar, son of Earl Elgar, and chose him for their earl. He went south with all the shire, and with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, till he came to Northampton [Map]; where his brother Edwin came to meet him with the men that were in his earldom. Many Britons also came with him. Harold (age 43) also there met them; on whom they imposed an errand to King Edward (age 62), sending also messengers with him, and requesting that they might have Morcar for their earl. This the king granted; and sent back Harold (age 43) to them, to Northampton, on the eve of St. Simon and St. Jude; and announced to them the same, and confirmed it by hand, and renewed there the laws of Knute. But the Northern men did much harm about Northampton, whilst he went on their errand: either that they slew men, and burned houses and corn; or took all the cattle that they could come at; which amounted to many thousands. Many hundred men also they took, and led northward with them; so that not only that shire, but others near it were the worse for many winters.

Calendars. 08 Aug 1457. Westminster. Commission to Jasper, earl of Pembroke (age 25), James, earl of Wiltshire (age 36), Ralph de Sudeley (age 68), knight, John Beauchamp of Powyk (age 48), knight, and the sheriff of Gloucester, reciting that whereas the king at the suit of Alice Veell, widow, caused writs to be directed to Thomas de la Hay, Thomas Holte, William Tyffyn, Nicholas Kyng, Maurice Kyng and Roger Clyff to appear before the king and council on a certain day to answer touching riots and offences done to her by them, and because Thomas de la Hay received his writ and the others withdrew in order that the writs should not be delivered to them, and they appeared not, the king by other writs caused proclamation to be made in London and the said county that they should appear before the council or chancellor within a month after the last day of proclamation, pursuant to the ordinance made in the Parliament held at Redyng in 31 Henry VI, which writs were duly returned by the sheriffs of London and Gloucestershire, yet they appeared not ; and appointing the said commissioners to arrest and bring them before the king in Chancery to answer touching the premises. By the Chancellor.

On 08 Aug 1503 King James IV of Scotland (age 30) and Margaret Tudor (age 13) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 28) were present. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 46) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn (age 27) was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.

Holinshed's Chronicle 1540. 08 Aug 1540. The eight of August was the ladie Katharine Howard néece to the duke of Norffolke, and daughter to the lord Edmund Howard shewed openlie as quéene at Hampton court.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1540. 08 Aug 1540The 8th day of August was buried the noble King Edward the 6th, and seven year of his reign; and at his burying was the greatest moan made for him of his death [as ever] was heard or seen, both of all sorts of people, weeping and lamenting; and first of all went a great company of children in ther surplusses, and clerks singing, and then his father's beadsmen, and then two heralds, and then a standard with a dragon, and then a great number of his servants in black, and then another standard with a white greyhound, and then after a great number of his officers, and after them comes more heralds, and then a standard with the head officers of his house; and then heralds, Norrey [Herald] bare the helmet and the crest on horseback, and then hi great banner of armes embroidered, and with diverss other banners, and then came riding master Clarenceau with his target, with his garter, and his sword, gorgeously and rich, and after Garter with his coat [of] armour in embroidery, and then more [heralds] of arms; and then came the chariot with great horses trapped with velvet to the ground, and hevier horse having [a man] on his bake in blacke, and ever on burying a banner-roll [of] diverss kings arms, and with escutcheons on their horses, and then the chariot covered with cloth of gold, and on the [chariot] lay on a picture lying richly with a crown of gold, and a great colla, and his sceptre in his hand, lying in his robes [and the garter about his leg, and a coat in embroidery of gold; about the corpse were borne four banners, a banner of the order, another of the red rose, another of queen Jane (Seymour), another of the queen's mother. After him went a goodly horse, covered with cloth of gold unto the ground, and the master of the horse, with a man of arms in armour, which] was offered, both the man and the horse. There was set up a goodly hearse in Westmynster abbey with banner [-rolls] and pensells, and hung with velvet about.

This yeare, the eight daie of Awgust, being Sondaie, the King (age 49) was maried to [Note. The marriage was made public] Katherin Hawarde (age 17), daughter of the late Edmond Hawarda deceased, and brother to the Duke of Norfolke (age 67)b, at his manner of Hampton Court [Map], and that dale she dined in her great chamber under the cloath of estate, and was their proclaymed Queene of Englande.

Note a. By Joyce, daughter of Sir Richard Culpepper, knt. She was also cousin to Anne Boleyn, but of very different character and persuasion, being a zealous partisan of the Church of Rome, and wholly under the guidance of her bigoted uncle the Duke of Norfolk.

Note b. Lord Edmund Howard was son of Thomas second Duke of Norfolk, and brother to Thomas third Duke (age 67).

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Hall's Chronicle 1540. The eight day of August [08 Aug 1540], was the Lady Catherine Howard (age 17), niece to the duke of Norfolk (age 67), and daughter to the Lord Edmund Howard, showed openly as Queen at Hampton Court [Map], which dignity she enjoyed not long, as after you shall hear.

Diary of Edward VI. 08 Aug 1549. The French king (age 30), perceiving this, caused warr to be proclaimed1, and, hearing that our shippes lay at Jersey, sent a great nombre of his galeis, and certein shippes to surprend our shippes; but thei laying at anker bett the French, that they war fain to retir, with the losse of a 1000 of their men. At the sam time the French king passed by Boulein to Newhaven with his army, and toke Blakeness by treason, and the Alman camp;2 wich don, Newhaven surrendred.

Note 1. "Aug. 8. The French ambassador declared his revocation and the opening of the warres to my lord's Grace." (Privy Council Register.) On the following day, he "came to the court, and proclaimed open war with a herald and trumpeter." (Chron. of the Grey Friars of London, p. 61.) The consequent proceedings of the French king and his army will be found related by Foxe and Holinshed. He passed by the English fort of Boulogne lierg on the 19th August

Note 2. The Almaine Camp was the name given to one of the English forts, built about a mile from Ambleteuse. The "treason" which the King alludes to "was reported to be begun by one Sturton, a bastard sonne of the lord Sturton's, which had betrayed Newhaven, and went himselfe to the French king's service." This is Stowe's account; but it is not entirely confirmed by Holinshed. That chronicler, quoting "Le Chroniques de Aquitaine," relates that little more than two hours after the French artillery had begun to batter this fort, "Charles Sturton, capteine of that peece, and George Willoughbie, a gentleman associat with him, came foorth to parlée with the conestable, offering to yeeld the fort into his hand, upon condition they might depart with bag and baggage." The French at that moment thrust forward, and entered the fort. This happened on the 24th of August. The castle of Ambleteuse, otherwise called Newhaven, was surrendered on the 26th by lord John Grey; and the fort of Blackness on the 27th. These forts had been btiilt by the English in 1546. See Holinshed, edit. 1808, iii. 854.

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Diary of Edward VI. 08 Aug 1550. Mons. Henadoy toke his leave to depart to Callais [Map], and so upon the paiment to be delivered home; and Tremouille (age 29), being sike, went in a horslitter to Dover.4

Note 4. Hunaudaye, Tremouille (age 29), and the vidame of Chartres (age 28) had been residing in England at perfect liberty from the 7th of May, on which day the council, "Being determined for divers good consideracions to take the faith of monsieur Tremoyle (age 29) and the other ij Frenche hostaiges, that they shulde be trewe hostaiges having their libertie within the realme, the lorde privye seale and the lorde Paget were appoincted to go unto them to receave their faith and promise in that behalfe." (Council Book.) On the 7th Aug. the council addressed "A lettre to sir Maurice Denys (age 42) to prepare lodgings for the French hostaiges now sent to Caleys [Map] for th'enoounter of the second payment, and not onely to entretaine them well, but also to be sure of them that they escape not before the money received." (Ibid)

Henry Machyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1553. The viij day of August was bered the nobull kyng Edward the vj (deceased), and vij yere of ys rayne; and at ys bere[ing was] the grettest mone mad for hym of ys deth [as ever] was hard or sene, boyth of all sorts of pepull, wepyng and lamentyng; and furst of alle whent a grett company of chylderyn in ther surples, and clarkes syngyng, and then ys father('s) bedmen, and then ij harolds, and then a standard with a dragon, and then a grett nombur of ys servants in blake, and then anodur standard with a whyt greyhond, and then after a grett nombur of ys of[ficers,] and after them comys mo harolds, and then a standard with the hed offesars of ys howse; and then harolds, Norey bare the elmett and the crest on horsbake, and then ys grett baner of armes in-brobery, and with dyvers odur baners, and then cam rydyng maister Clarensshuws with ys target, with ys garter, and ys sword, gorgyusly and ryche, and after Garter with ys cotte armur in brodery, and then mor [harolds] of armes; and then cam the charett with grett horsses trapyd with velvet to the grond, and hevere horse havyng [a man] on ys bake in blake, and ever on beyryng a banar-roll [of] dyvers kynges armes, and with schochyon(s) on ther horses, and then the charett kovered with cloth of gold, and on the [charett] lay on a pycture lyeng recheussly with a crown of gold, and a grett coler, and ys septur in ys hand, lyheng in ys robes [and the garter about his leg, and a coat in embroidery of gold; about the corps were borne four banners, a banner of the order, another of the red rose, another of queen Jane (Seymour), another of the queen's mother. After him went a goodly horse, covered with cloth of gold unto the ground, and the master of the horse, with a man of arms in armour, which] was offered, boyth the man and the horsse. [There was set up a go]odly hersse in Westmynster abbay with banar [-rolls] and pensells, and honge with velvet a-bowt.

Note. Funeral of king Edward the Sixth. The ceremonial of this funeral is preserved in the College of Arms, I. 11, f. 117 b, and an abstract is given by Strype, Memorials, vol. ii. p. 431. The painters' charges are preserved in a paper bound in I. 10, in Coll. Arm. f. 117, of which Sandford has given the heads in his Genealogical History of the Kings of England, 1677, p. 472. Archbishop Cranmer and bishop Day were permitted to perform the service and a communion in English (see Burnet, vol. ii. p. 244). "The Funeralles of king Edward the Sixt," a poem, by William Baldwin, was reprinted by the Rev. J. W. Dodd, for the Roxburghe club, in 1817. Extracts had been given in the British Bibliographer.

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Henry Machyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1553. The sam day, the wyche was the viij day of August, cam to London [the go]od yerle of Darbe (age 44), with iiijxx in cottes of velvet and oder ij C. xviij yomen in a leveray, and so to Westmynster.

Autobiography Simon D'Ewes. 30 Jul 1623. On Wednesday, the 30th day of the same month, happened a foolish difference amongst our utter barristers of the Middle Temple, which occasioned me much trouble, and was a seasonable humiliation after my late call to the bar and increase of stipend. There were now divers sargeants-at-law to be made, who were to receive their full investitures next Michaelmas Term. Our late Lent reader, Sergeant Brampton, was the puisne of the three chosen of our Middle Temple, and on Monday, the fourth day of August, he read or argued a case in our Middle Temple Hall in the morning, at which I could not attend long, being in the afternoon to go out mih our reader of New Inn, and to argue his case; which I did accordingly. On Wednesday, August the 6th, Sergeant Brampton read the second time, and so ended his task. On the Friday ensuing, being the 8th day of the same month, began Mr. Davers, our other reader, (whose course it was to read this summer,) and ended it on the next Friday, being the 15th day of August. The residue of this long vacation I spent for the most part in the study of the law and in profitable conference, by which I gained every day more knowledge and found more content in my time studiously spent than in idleness. On Wednesday, the 13th day of August, in the morning about three of the dock, was my sister Elliot bronght to bed of a daughter, at Stow Hall; she was baptized Cecilia. It afterwards died on Thursday, the 4th day of October, in the year 1627, being then near upon four years and two months old.

On 08 Aug 1641 Henry Bourchier 5th Earl Bath (age 54) was appointed to the Privy Council.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1660. We met at the office, and after that to dinner at home, and from thence with my wife by water to Catan Sterpin, with whom and her mistress Pye we sat discoursing of Kate's marriage to Mons. Petit, her mistress and I giving the best advice we could for her to suspend her marriage till Mons. Petit had got some place that may be able to maintain her, and not for him to live upon the portion that she shall bring him. From thence to Mr. Butler's to see his daughters, the first time that ever we made a visit to them. We found them very pretty, and Coll. Dillon (age 33) there, a very merry and witty companion, but methinks they live in a gaudy but very poor condition. From thence, my wife and I intending to see Mrs. Blackburne, who had been a day or two again to see my wife, but my wife was not in condition to be seen, but she not being at home my wife went to her mother's and I to the Privy Seal. At night from the Privy Seal, Mr. Woodson and Mr. Jennings and I to the Sun Tavern till it was late, and from thence to my Lord's, where my wife was come from Mrs. Blackburne's to me, and after I had done some business with my Lord, she and I went to Mrs. Hunt's, who would needs have us to lie at her house to-night, she being with my wife so late at my Lord's with us, and would not let us go home to-night. We lay there all night very pleasantly and at ease...

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1665. At noon I home to dinner alone, and after dinner Bagwell's wife waited at the door, and went with me to my office.... So parted, and I to Sir W. Batten's (age 64), and there sat the most of the afternoon talking and drinking too much with my Lord Bruncker (age 45), Sir G. Smith (age 50), G. Cocke (age 48) and others very merry. I drunk a little mixed, but yet more than I should do.

Calendars. 08 Aug 1665. Salisbury. 65. The King (age 35) to the Lord General (age 56) and Sir George Carteret (age 55). Authorizes them to treat with the farmers of tin for the sale or deposit for a year of 500 tons of tin, to be sent to Flanders and sold to meet the second payment which Alderman Backwell (age 47) has to make there. They are to agree with the farmers as best they can, giving tallies on the Royal aid to secure repayment, to conclude the contract at once, the pressing importance of the service admitting no delay, and to have vessels and convoys ready to transmit the tin to Ostend. [Ent. Book 17, p. 125.]

Calendars. 08 Aug 1665. Salisbury. 63. Draft of the above. The King to the Farmers of tin. Having determined to raise money beyond seas by sale of tin, has authorized the Duke of Albemarle (age 56) and Sir George Carteret (age 55) to treat with them for sale or deposit of 500 tons, on good security for their forbearance. The occasion being pressing, admits of no return nor reply. [£nt. Book 17, p. 124.]

Calendars. 08 Aug 1665. Salisbury. The King (age 35) to the Lord General (age 56). Alderman Backwell (age 47) being in great straits for the second payment he has to make for the service in Flanders, as much tin is to be transmitted to him as will raise the sum. Has authorized him and Sir George Carteret (age 55) to treat with the tin farmers for 500 tons of tin to be speedily transported under good convoy; but if on consulting with Alderman Backwell (age 47), this plan of the tin seems insufficient, then without further difficulty, he is to dispose for that purpose of the £10,000. assigned for pay of the Guards, not doubting that before that comes due, other ways will be found for supplying it; the payment in Flanders is of such importance that some means must be found of providing for it. [Ent. Book 17, pp. 122-3.]

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1665. So to my office a little, and then to the Duke of Albemarle's (age 56) about some business. The streets mighty empty all the way, now even in London, which is a sad sight. And to Westminster Hall [Map], where talking, hearing very sad stories from Mrs. Mumford; among others, of Mrs. Michell's son's family. And poor Will, that used to sell us ale at the Hall-door, his wife and three children died, all, I think, in a day.

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1665. I waited on the Duke of Albemarle (age 56), who was resolved to stay at the Cock-pit, in St. James's Park. Died this week in London, 4,000. See Great Plague of London.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1666. And by and by dinner come up, and then to my sport again, but still honest; and then took coach and up and down in the country toward Acton, and then toward Chelsy, and so to Westminster, and there set her down where I took her up, with mighty pleasure in her company, and so I by coach home, and thence to Bow, with all the haste I could, to my Lady Pooly's, where my wife was with Mr. Batelier and his sisters, and there I found a noble supper, and every thing exceeding pleasant, and their mother, Mrs. Batelier, a fine woman, but mighty passionate upon sudden news brought her of the loss of a dog borrowed of the Duke of Albemarle's (age 57) son to line a bitch of hers that is very pretty, but the dog was by and by found, and so all well again, their company mighty innocent and pleasant, we having never been here before.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1666. There I left them, and myself by coach to St. James's, where we attended with the rest of my fellows on the Duke (age 32), whom I found with two or three patches upon his nose and about his right eye, which come from his being struck with the bough of a tree the other day in his hunting; and it is a wonder it did not strike out his eye. After we had done our business with him, which is now but little, the want of money being such as leaves us little to do but to answer complaints of the want thereof, and nothing to offer to the Duke (age 32), the representing of our want of money being now become uselesse, I into the Park, and there I met with Mrs. Burroughs by appointment, and did agree (after discoursing of some business of her's) for her to meet me at New Exchange, while I by coach to my Lord Treasurer's (age 59), and then called at the New Exchange, and thence carried her by water to Parliament stayres, and I to the Exchequer about my Tangier quarter tallys, and that done I took coach and to the west door of the Abby, where she come to me, and I with her by coach to Lissen-greene where we were last, and staid an hour or two before dinner could be got for us, I in the meantime having much pleasure with her, but all honest.

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1667. Visited Mr. Oldenburg (age 48), a close prisoner in the Tower [Map], being suspected of writing intelligence. I had an order from Lord Arlington (age 49), Secretary of State, which caused me to be admitted. This gentleman was secretary to our Society, and I am confident will prove an innocent person.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1667. So by coach to White Hall, and there staid a little, thinking to see Sir G. Carteret (age 57), but missed him, and so by coach took up my wife, and so home, and as far as Bow, where we staid and drank, and there, passing by Mr. Lowther (age 26) and his lady (age 16), they stopped and we talked a little with them, they being in their gilt coach, and so parted; and presently come to us Mr. Andrews (age 35), whom I had not seen a good while, who, as other merchants do, do all give over any hopes of things doing well, and so he spends his time here most, playing at bowles. After dining together at the coach-side, we with great pleasure home, and so to the office, where I despatched my business, and home to supper, and to bed.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1667. He gone, I met with Mr. Moore, who tells me that my Lord Hinchingbrooke (age 19) is now with his mistress (age 22), but not that he is married, as W. Howe come and told us the other day.

Pepy's Diary. 08 Aug 1667. After dinner to the office a while, and then with my wife to the Temple [Map], where I light and sent her to her tailor's. I to my bookseller's; where, by and by, I met Mr. Evelyn (age 46), and talked of several things, but particularly of the times: and he tells me that wise men do prepare to remove abroad what they have, for that we must be ruined, our case being past relief, the Kingdom so much in debt, and the King (age 37) minding nothing but his lust, going two days a-week to see my Baroness Castlemayne (age 26) at Sir D. Harvy's (age 35).

On 08 Aug 1675 John Douglas was killed.

Evelyn's Diary. 09 Aug 1677. Dined at the Earl of Peterborough's (age 55) the day after the marriage of my Lord of Arundel (age 22) to Lady Mary Mordaunt (age 18), daughter of the Earl of Peterborough.

Evelyn's Diary. 08 Aug 1679. I went this morning to show my Lord Chamberlain (age 61), his Lady (age 45), and the Duchess of Grafton (age 11), the incomparable work of Mr. Gibbon (age 31), the carver, whom I first recommended to his Majesty (age 49), his house being furnished like a cabinet, not only with his own work, but divers excellent paintings of the best hands. Thence, to Sir Stephen Fox's (age 52), where we spent the day.

Roger Whitley's Diary. 08 Aug 1690. Friday, Huson went to Shotwick, Cheshire & Brombrow (about 9) & Morgan to Chester; & after dinner Mainwaring & my sonne (age 39) went a setting; in the evening one Norton came to my sonne (age 39) from Brandon, to speake with him about the militia of Flint, where he is mustermaster; he stayd all night; I left him before 10, with Mainwaring & my sonne (age 39).

On 08 Aug 1772 Friedrich Hesse-Kassel was born to William Elector of Hesse (age 29) and Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg (age 25). He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.89%.

The London Gazette 12775. Whitehall, August 8 [1786]

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of a Baron and Earl of the Kingdom of Great Britain to his Grace John Murray, Duke of Atholl, and the Heirs Male ofhis Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Murray, of Stanley in the County of Gloucester, and Earl Strange.

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Viscount of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable James Earl of Abercorn, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton in the County of Leicester; with Remainder to John James Hamilton, Esq; Son os the Honourable John Hamilton, deceased, late Brother to the said James Earl of Abercorn, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to his Grace George Montagu, Duke of Montagu, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, for and during his natural Life, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Montagu, of Boughton in the County of Northampton; with Remainder to the Right Honourable Henry James Montagu (commonly called Lord Henry James Montagu) Second Son of his Grace Henry Duke of Buccleugh, Knight of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle, and of Elizabeth Dutchess of Buccleugh his Wife, Daughter of the said George Duke of Montagu, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten; and with Remainder to the Third and other after-born Sons of the said Dutchess successively in Tail Male.

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to his Grace William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry, Knight of the Most Ancient Order pf the Thistle, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Douglas, Baron Douglas, of Amesbury in the County of Wilts.

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable George de la Poer, Earl of Tyrone, of the Kingdom, of Ireland, Knight of the illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and. the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten; by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron. Tyrone of Haverfordwest in the County of Pembroke.

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Richard Boyle, Earl of Shannon, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Knight of the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Carleton, of Carleton in the County of York.

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable John Hussey (age 58), Baron Delaval, of the Kingdom of Ireland and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Delaval, Baron of Delaval, in the County of Northumberland.

The King has also been pleased to grant the like Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the several Gentlemen following, and the Heirs Male of their respective Bodies lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles under-mentioned, viz.

The Right Honourable Charles Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury, Baron of Hawkesbury, in the County of Gloucester.

Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart; Lord Suffield, Baron of Suffield, in the County of Norfolk: And

Sir Guy Carleton, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lord Dorchester, Baron of Dorchester, in the County of Oxford.

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On 08 Aug 1839 Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester (age 75) added the name of Burroughs to his own, when he inherited the property of Dame Sarah Salusbury (née Burroughs), under the terms of her will.

Cracroft states ... This was under the will of Dame Sarah Salisbury, of Offley place, Herts, widow (d. June 1804), da. and h. of Samuel Burroughs, one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery, by Mary, da. of Thomas Morley, Sergt, at Law, to which Thomas, the Marquess was heir at law, and, as such, became entitled in Aug. 1837, to the estates devised by the said will.

Section I Tumuli 1843. About the close of the last or the commencement of the present century, a very large barrow, situated upon Brassington Moor, and now called Stoney Lowe [Map], though sometimes written Stanhope Lowe, was removed, in order that its time-honoured materials might assist in Macadamising some lanes or roads in the immediate neighbourhood. In the course of this work of destruction a large cist was discovered, in which lay three human skeletons, ranged side by side, one of which is said to have had one half of its skull clothed with hair. In another part of this barrow an urn was found, and taken out only to be broken to pieces. On attentively surveying the site of this noble tumulus, which, previous to its demolition, was connected with a small cirque of stones adjoining to it, and destroyed at the same time, the edges of several large stones, placed in a cist-like form, and appearing above the turf, suggested an idea, that, by digging into the interior of these vaults, something might yet be recovered. This was put to the proof on the 8th of August, 1843, and produced the following results: the first vault was a square of about three yards, and contained earth and stones for about a foot in depth, which was indeed the entire depth of the vault itself when cleared out. These debris were minutely scrutinised, and were found to contain the following remains, all in the utmost disorder: no less than 161 human teeth, a large quantity of human bones, a small piece of an urn, various kinds of animals bones and rats bones in abundance. The second vault was of more irregular form, but was very similar to the first in the confusion visible amongst its contents, which were the remains of two human skeletons, apparently of females, with which a delicately-formed arrow-head was found, which, as is frequently the case, had been calcined. The number of interments originally deposited in this tumulus must have been enormous, as the teeth before mentioned vary from those of very juvenile subjects to those of persons of very advanced age, some of the latter are worn almost to a level with the jaw, and yet do not exhibit the least symptom of decay.

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On 08 Aug 1871 Olga de Meyer was born at 14 William Street Lowndes Square. Possibly a daughter of the Prince of Wales (age 29).

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 1872 V13 Pages 339-342. On Long Barrows and Round Barrows by John Thurnam (age 61), Esq, M.D., F.S.A. Report of an Address delivered on Bratton Down, during an Execursion of the Society, August 8th, 1872.

On 08 Aug 1940 Richard Kay-Shuttleworth 2nd Baron Shuttleworth (age 26) was killed in action when his Hawker Hurricane went missing during a battle over a convoy in the English Channel, south of the Isle of Wight. He was a Flying Officer with 145 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Service No: 70356. His brother Ronald (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe in Lancashire.

On 08 Aug 1943 Major Alec Hambro (age 33) was killed in action while serving with the Reconnaissance Corps. He was buried at the Tripoli War Cemetery.

On 08 Aug 1974 American President Richard Nixon made a televised speech to the American people announcing his decision to resign the following day as a consequence of the "long and difficult period of Watergate".

On 09 Aug 1974 Preseident Nixon sent his resignation letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; he remains the only American president to resign from office.

08 Aug 1999. St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map]. Memorial to William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton. Bellringer and Donor of three bells in honour of his marriage to Elizabeth Goring Baroness Brereton. A special event took place at St Oswald's.Church, Brereton on 8th August 1999: the dedication of a plaque to the memory of William, 2nd Lord Brereton, founding member and first Master in 1637 of one of the oldest English change ringing societies, the Ancient Society of College Youths, which still flourishes nationally and internationally from its base in London.

08 Aug 2015. PHOTOS/20150808-Crich/Crich Tramway 1940s Weekend.

Births on the 8th August

On 08 Aug 1605 Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore was born to George Calvert 1st Baron Baltimore (age 25) and Anne Mayne.

On 08 Aug 1646 Godfrey Kneller was born.

On 08 Aug 1706 Galfridus Mann was born to Robert Mann (age 29). He was a twin with his brother Horace Mann 1st Baronet.

On 08 Aug 1706 Horace Mann 1st Baronet was born to Robert Mann (age 29). He was a twin with his brother Galfridus Mann.

On 08 Aug 1716 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley (age 21).

On 08 Aug 1722 Howe Hicks 6th Baronet was born to Howe Hicks.

On 08 Aug 1751 Henry Russell 1st Baronet was born.

On 08 Aug 1772 Friedrich Hesse-Kassel was born to William Elector of Hesse (age 29) and Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg (age 25). He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.89%.

On 08 Aug 1781 Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough was born to Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Baron Yarborough (age 32) and Sophia Aufrère Baroness Yarborough.

On 08 Aug 1791 Henry William Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet (age 34) and Charlotte Cam.

On 08 Aug 1796 Thomas Shiffner was born to George Shiffner 1st Baronet (age 33).

On 08 Aug 1802 Mary Isabella Lyon Bowes was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 29) and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter (age 19).

On 08 Aug 1803 Charles Abbott was born to Charles Abbott 1st Baron Tenterden (age 40) and Mary Lamotte.

On 08 Aug 1803 Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney was born to John Fitzmorris (age 24).

On 08 Aug 1813 Sarah Bowes-Lyon was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 40) and Eliza Northcote.

On 08 Aug 1819 Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier Duchess Somerset was born.

On 08 Aug 1822 Arthur John Otway 3rd Baronet was born to Robert Waller Otway 1st Baronet (age 52) and Clementia Holloway Lady Otway (age 40).

On 08 Aug 1857 John Shiffner 5th Baronet was born to George Croxton-Shiffner 4th Baronet (age 37).

On 08 Aug 1867 Rachel Anne Gurney Countess Dudley was born to Charles Henry Gurney (age 33) and Alice Maria Prinsep (age 23).

On 08 Aug 1871 Olga de Meyer was born at 14 William Street Lowndes Square. Possibly a daughter of the Prince of Wales (age 29).

On 08 Aug 1880 Corisande Emma Louise Ida de Gramont was born to Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 28) and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 24).

On 08 Aug 1906 Peter Ross was born to Arthur John Ross and Una Mary Dawson 25th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley (age 26).

On 08 Aug 1909 Charles Lyttelton 10th Viscount Cobham was born to John Cavendish Lyttelton 9th Viscount Cobham (age 27) and Violet Leonard Viscountess Cobham.

On 08 Aug 1914 Unity Valkyrie Mitford was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 36) and Sydney Bowles (age 34).

On 08 Aug 1929 Michael Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 5th Viscount Combermere was born to Francis Stapleton-Cotton 4th Viscount Combermere (age 42) and Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond (age 36).

Marriages on the 8th August

On 08 Aug 1503 King James IV of Scotland (age 30) and Margaret Tudor (age 13) were married at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 28) were present. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 46) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn (age 27) was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.

Around 08 Aug 1587 Andrew Stewart 1st Baron Castle Stuart (age 27) and Margaret Kennedy Baroness Castle Stuart were married. She by marriage Baroness Castle Stuart of County Tyrone.

Before 08 Aug 1637 Richard Vaughan 2nd Earl Carbery (age 37) and Bridget Lloyd Countess Carbery were married. She by marriage Countess Carbery. He the son of John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery.

On 08 Aug 1637 Richard Vaughan 2nd Earl Carbery (age 37) and Frances Altham Countess Carbery (age 16) were married at Acton. She by marriage Countess Carbery. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of John Vaughan 1st Earl Carbery.

On 08 Aug 1650 John Hotham 2nd Baronet (age 18) and Elizabeth Beaumont (age 25) were married.

Before 08 Aug 1670 William Walter 2nd Baronet (age 35) and Mary Tufton were married. She the daughter of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet (age 56).

On 08 Aug 1677 Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk (age 22) and Mary Mordaunt Duchess Norfolk (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough (age 55) and Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough (age 55). He the son of Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk (age 49) and Anne Somerset Countess Norfolk.

On 08 Aug 1695 Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell (age 30) and Meliora Coningsby (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby (age 38) and Barbara Gorges (age 38).

On 08 Aug 1719 Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe (age 19) and Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Howe.

On 08 Aug 1756 Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden (age 26) and Letitia Vernon were married.

On 08 Aug 1759 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot were married.

On 08 Aug 1769 Frederick Evelyn 3rd Baronet (age 35) and Mary Turton Lady Evelyn (age 24) were married at St Marylebone Church. She by marriage Lady Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey. There was no issue from the marriage.

On 08 Aug 1863 William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley (age 28) and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley (age 59).

Before 08 Aug 1870 Charles Henry John Anderson 9th Baronet (age 65) and Emma Foljambe Lady Anderson (age 66) were married. She by marriage Lady Anderson of Broughton in Lincolnshire.

On 08 Aug 1901 Philip Wilbraham Baker Wilbraham 6th Baronet (age 25) and Joyce Christabel Kennaway Lady Wilbraham (age 24) were married.

On 10 Jun 1920 Denzil George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue (age 26) and Marjorie Ellinor Trotter Countess Fortescue (age 26) were married. They were divorced before 08 Aug 1941. He the son of Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue (age 66) and Emily Ormsby-Gore Countess Fortescue (age 60).

Deaths on the 8th August

On 08 Aug 1086 Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg died.

On 08 Aug 1309 John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 56) died at Walton. His son John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Knockin (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baron Strange Knockin.

On 08 Aug 1482 Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 72) died.

On 08 Aug 1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello (age 57) died.

On 08 Aug 1607 Richard Power 4th Baron Power (age 54) died.

On 08 Aug 1616 Henry Lennard 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 46) died. His son Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 20) succeeded 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland.

On 08 Aug 1667 Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon (age 50) died. She was buried in the Hyde Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey.

On 08 Aug 1672 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 52) died. His son John Borlase 2nd Baronet (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Borlase of Bockmer in Buckinghamshire

On 08 Aug 1706 John Kaye 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. His son Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Kaye of Woodsome Hall in Yorkshire.

On 08 Aug 1725 Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis (age 46) died.

On 08 Aug 1736 William Byron 4th Baron Byron (age 66) died. His son William Byron 5th Baron Byron (age 13) succeeded 5th Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.

On 08 Aug 1750 Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 49) died. His son Charles Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 15) succeeded 3rd Duke Richmond, 3rd Earl March, 3rd Baron Settrington.

On 08 Aug 1757 Mary Palmer Countess Winchelsea and Nottingham (age 44) died.

On 07 Mar 1779 Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 39) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at All Saints Church, Charlton-All-Saints [Map]. On 08 Aug 1779 his postumous son His son Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire succeeded 13th Earl Suffolk, 6th Earl Berkshire although he died two days later.

On 08 Aug 1858 Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 75) died.

On 08 Aug 1862 Colonel Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet (age 64) died. Baronet MacNab of Dundurn Castle extinct.

On 08 Aug 1870 Emma Foljambe Lady Anderson (age 66) died.

On 08 Aug 1896 William Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick (age 56) died. His son William Pery 4th Earl of Limerick (age 32) succeeded 4th Earl Limerick.

On 08 Aug 1940 Richard Kay-Shuttleworth 2nd Baron Shuttleworth (age 26) was killed in action when his Hawker Hurricane went missing during a battle over a convoy in the English Channel, south of the Isle of Wight. He was a Flying Officer with 145 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Service No: 70356. His brother Ronald (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe in Lancashire.

On 08 Aug 1957 Judith Blunt-Lytton 16th Baroness Wentworth (age 84) died. Her son Noel Lytton 4th Earl of Lytton (age 57) succeeded 17th Baron Wentworth.

On 08 Aug 1972 Henry Nelson 7th Earl Nelson (age 78) died. His brother George Nelson 8th Earl Nelson (age 67) succeeded 8th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 8th Viscount Merton.

On 08 Aug 1976 Leila Cecilia Clayton Lady Clayton (age 94) died.

On 08 Aug 2010 Martha Butler Lady Ponsonby (age 84) died.