08 Aug is in August.
On 08 Aug 869 Lothair II King Lotharingia (age 34) died.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 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. 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.
On 08 Aug 1086 Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg died.
On 08 Aug 1171 Bishop Henry of Blois (age 73) 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 2C 1299.
On 08 Aug 1493 Christoph Duke Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 44) died. His great uncle William Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria succeeded III Duke Bavaria. Margarethe La Marck Duchess Bavaria by marriage Duchess Bavaria.
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. NOTEXT
Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn (age 27) was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.
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.
On 08 Aug 1553 King Edward VI of England and Ireland (deceased) was buried at Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map].
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.
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.
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 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 1C 1321.
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.
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.
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.NOTEXT
On 08 Aug 1684 George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 61) died at Dunham Massey [Map]. His son Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Delamer 1C 1661, 3rd Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey.
On 08 Aug 1689 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell (age 48) died at Low Ham. His son John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset 1C 1683. Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 17) by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
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 1716 Thomas Foley 1st Baron Foley was born to Thomas Foley (age 21).
On 08 Aug 1730 Dean Robert Booth (age 68) 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 3C 1675, 3rd Earl March 4C 1675, 3rd Baron Settrington.
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 1771 Henry Boyle 3rd Earl Shannon was born to Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Shannon (age 44) and Catherine Ponsonby Countess Shannon.
On 07 Mar 1779 Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire (age 39) died at Bath [Map]. He was buried at Charlton, Wiltshire. On 08 Aug 1779 his postumous son His son Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire succeeded 13th Earl Suffolk 4C 1603, 6th Earl Berkshire 2C 1626 although he died two days later.NOTEXT
On 08 Aug 1779 Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire was born to Henry Howard 12th Earl Suffolk 5th Earl Berkshire and Charlotte Finch Countess Suffolk and Berkshire (age 25). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%. NOTEXT
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 1788 Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (age 57) died. His son Richard Wingfield 4th Viscount Powerscourt (age 25) succeeded 4th Viscount Powerscourt 3C 1744.
On 08 Aug 1803 Thomas Fitzmaurice 5th Earl Orkney was born to John Fitzmorris (age 24).
On 08 Aug 1814 William Francis Spencer Ponsonby 1st Baron de Mauley (age 27) and Barbara Ashley-Cooper Baroness Mauley were married. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury and Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough (age 56) and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough (age 53).
On 08 Aug 1826 Henry Benedict Arundell 11th Baron Arundel (age 21) and Lucy Smythe Baroness Arundel Wardour were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel Wardour in Wiltshire.
On 08 Aug 1836 James Blackwood 2nd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 81) died. His brother Hans Blackwood 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down (age 78) succeeded 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh in County Down, 4th Baronet Blackwood of Killyleagh in County Down.
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).
On 08 Aug 1872 George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds (age 70) died. His son George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds (age 43) succeeded 9th Duke Leeds, 9th Earl of Danby 2C 1674, 9th Viscount Osborne, 9th Viscount Latimer, 9th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 10th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 3rd Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire. Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds (age 35) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 08 Aug 1885 Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax (age 84) died. His son Charles Lindley Wood 2nd Viscount Halifax (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Halifax 2C 1866, 4th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in Yorkshire. Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay Viscountess Halifax (age 47) by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 08 Aug 1894 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton (age 62) and Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 47) were married.
On 08 Aug 1896 William Pery 3rd Earl of Limerick (age 56) died.
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 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).
On 08 Aug 1941 Denzil George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue (age 48) and Sybil Mary Hardinge Countess Fortescue (age 42) were married. She by marriage Countess Fortescue. He the son of Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue and Emily Ormsby-Gore Countess Fortescue.
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 1C 1529.
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.
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.
William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton: On 28 Feb 1611 he was born to John Bererton (age 20) and Anne Fitton (age 17). Before 04 May 1631 William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton (age 20) and Elizabeth Goring Baroness Brereton were married. She the daughter of George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 46) and Mary Neville (age 41). They were half fourth cousins. On 01 Oct 1631 William Brereton 1st Baron Brereton (age 81) died. His grandson William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire. Elizabeth Goring Baroness Brereton by marriage Baroness Brereton. Evelyn's Diary. 15 Sep 1659. Came to see me Mr. Brereton (age 28), a very learned gentleman, son to my Lord Brereton (age 48), with his wife and divers other ladies. Also, Henry Howard of Norfolk (age 31), since Duke of Norfolk. In Apr 1664 William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton (age 53) died. His son William Brereton 3rd Baron Brereton (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire. Frances Willoughby Baroness Brereton (age 39) by marriage Baroness Brereton.
