30 Jan is in January.
Florence of Worcester Continuation. 30 Jan 1121. On the fourth of the calends of February (30th January) the maiden (age 18) already mentioned as selected for queen was married to the king (age 53) by William, bishop of Winchester, at the command of Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury; and on the following day, the third of the calends of February (30th January), she was consecrated and crowned as queen by the archbishop in person.
Note. Some sources say 24 Jan 1121.
On 30 Jan 1164 William Plantagenet (age 27) died at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] said to have been of a broken heart since he was unable to marry Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey (age 27) as a result of Archbishop Thomas Becket (age 44) refusing to grant the necessary dispensation.
On 30 Jan 1272 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was born to William Ferrers (age 32) and Anne Despencer (age 20) at Yoxall.
Before 30 Jan 1352 Alice Plantagenet (age 28) died at Bungay. She had been assaulted by her husband Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu for which he was indicted.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. From the 30th of January to the 2nd of February, the Comte de Tancarville continues again a visitor at the Castle; and on the 1st of February, the Earl of Richmond, John (age 17), son of Edward III., dined with the Queen (age 63), his grandmother.
On 30 Jan 1384 Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders (age 53) died. His daughter Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy (age 36) succeeded III Countess Flanders.
On 30 Jan 1429 Humphrey Fitzalan 15th Earl Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 14th Earl Arundel (age 20) and Maud Lovell Countess Arundel.
Chronicle of Gregory 1442. 30 Jan 1442. Ande the xxx day of Janyver was certayne poyntys of armys done in Smethefylde [Map] by twyne a knyght of Catelan and a Engelysche squyer, i-callyde Syr John Ascheley; of the whiche tyme the sone of the sayde knyght, in presens of alle the pepylle there, was made knyght opynly by the kyngys (age 20) owne hondys. And the sayde John Ayschelay also was made knyght att the same tyme.
On 30 Jan 1450 Henry Hussey 6th Baron Hussey (age 63) died. His son Nicholas Hussey 7th Baron Hussey (age 33) succeeded 7th Baron Hussey 1C 1295.
On 30 Jan 1486 Giacomo or Jacques Savoy Count Romont (age 35) died.
On 30 Jan 1493 Thomas Brugge 5th Baron Chandos (age 66) died. His son Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos (age 31) succeeded 6th Baron Chandos 1C 1337. Isabel Baynham Baroness Chandos (age 18) by marriage Baroness Chandos.
On 30 Jan 1495 Robert Tailboys 8th Baron Kyme (age 45) died. His son George Tailboys 9th Baron Kyme (age 28) de jure 9th Baron Kyme.
On 30 Jan 1531 Robert Brudenell (age 70) died. Monument to Robert Brudenell (age 70) and his two wives: Margaret Entwhistle and Philippa Power in St Peter's Church, Deene [Map]. The incription reads: Of your charite pray for the soules of Syr Robert Brudenell, Knight, late Chief Justice of the Kyngg's Common Bench at Westm. And Margaret, and Dame Philippe his wyves. Syr Robert dyed the xxx daye of Januaris, Anno Domini M[C/V]XXXI, and the said dame Philippe dyed xxviii daye of March, Anno Domini M[C/V]XXXII, and lye here, on whose soulles Jhu have mercy. Chunky Lions Mane. Swirling Tail.
Margaret Entwhistle: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5 Gartree Hundred: Stonton Wyville. The under-tenant in 1086 was another Hugh, founder of the family of Widville or Wyville from which the village took its name. His descendants held the manor until 1494 when the last William Wyville died, leaving a widow Margaret and the manor of Stonton in the hands of trustees. William's heir was his niece Katherine Warde, a child of eleven, who married Thomas Entwistle, the son of one of her uncle's trustees. The manor was leased from Thomas and Katherine by Sir Robert Brudenell, who married William Wyville's widow very shortly after her first husband's death, and in 1499 he purchased its reversion from them. The Brudenells did not obtain full possession of the manor until 1533, after Sir Robert's death. It descended in the Brudenell family, and was usually leased to a younger branch until the early 18th century. A lease for 61 years was made in 1582 and in 1635 the manor-house and demesne were leased, each time to Edmund Brudenell. In 1957 the owner was Mr. George Brudenell of Deene (Northants.). she was born to Thomas Entwhistle. In 1485 Robert Brudenell (age 24) and she were married. In 1502 she died. Adeline Horsey Recollections. The Brudenells have been landowners in Northamptonshire since the time of Henry III, and in 1518 Sir Robert Brudenell, a Justice of the King's Bench, bought Deene from William Litton. Robert Brundenell made a large fortune, and his wife, Margaret Entwyssel, became heiress to her brother's estates of Staunton Wyvile, which naturally added to the wealth of the family. In 1520 Sir Robert settled Deene on his eldest son, Thomas, and eleven years later he died and was buried in the transept of Deene Church.
Philippa Power: In 1505 Robert Brudenell (age 44) and she were married. On 28 Mar 1532 she died.
On 30 Jan 1540 Anne of Cleves (age 24) arrived at Blackheath [Map]. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 23) carried the Sword of State. William Holles Lord Mayor (age 69), Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 56), Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 57), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 69), John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 24), Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 20) were present.
On 30 Jan 1573 George Hay 7th Earl Erroll (age 65) died. His son Andrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll (age 42) succeeded 8th Earl Erroll. Agnes Sinclair Countess Erroll by marriage Countess Erroll.
On 30 Jan 1606 Everard Digby (age 28) and Robert Wintour (age 38) were hanged, drawn and quartered at Old St Paul's Cathedral Churchyard [Map]
On 30 Jan 1607 around midday the Bristol Channel suffered from unexpectedly high floodings that broke the coastal defences in several places devastings significant areas of South-Wales and Somerset. It is estimated that 2,000 or more people were drowned, houses and villages were swept away, an estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) of farmland inundated, and livestock destroyed, wrecking the local economy along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary. The coast of Devon and the Somerset Levels as far inland as Glastonbury Tor, 14 miles (23 km) from the coast, were also affected. The sea wall at Burnham-on-Sea [Map] gave way, and the water flowed over the low-lying levels and moors.
On 30 Jan 1617 Archbishop William Sancroft was born in Ufford Hall Fressingfield.
On 30 Jan 1649 Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart was born to Lionel Tollemache 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Murray Duchess Lauderdale (age 22).
On 30 Jan 1649 Charles I (age 48) was beheaded with one clean stroke outside the Banqueting House [Map]. He put his head on the block and, after saying a prayer, he signalled the executioner when he was ready by stretching out his hands.
After 30 Jan 1652. Memorial at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map] to Sara Voysin, wife of Richard Pollard. She a member of the Earl of Westmorland's household who followed the newlywed Lady Rachel Fane (age 39) to the Earl of Bath's household.
M: S: Here under Lieth the Remains of Sara the Wife of Richard Pollard Gent: Educated in the French and English Courts, And thought Worthy to attend on the Right Hon: the Countisse of Westmoreland, And by her, Recommended to wait on her most dear Daughter Lady Rachel Countisse of Bathe.
This Sara Was Daughter to Monsr: Voysin, a Syndique of Gineva, Who most Honorably lost his Life in defence of that free City, Her Grandfather was the learned Henricus Stephanus, And Isaac Causabon was her Uncle. She died 30th: Jan: MDCLII.
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Jan 1661. This day (Oh, the stupendous and inscrutable judgments of God!) were the carcasses of those arch-rebels, Cromwell, Bradshawe (the judge who condemned his Majesty (age 30)), and Ireton (son-in-law to the Usurper), dragged out of their superb tombs in Westminster [Map] among the Kings, to Tyburn [Map], and hanged on the gallows there from nine in the morning till six at night, and then buried under that fatal and ignominious. Monument in a deep pit; thousands of people who had seen them in all their pride being spectators. Look back at October 22 1658, and be astonished! and fear God and honor the King (age 30); but meddle not with them who are given to change!
Pepy's Diary. 30 Jan 1661. So I went home, and there understand that my mother is come home well from Brampton, and had a letter from my brother John (age 20), a very ingenious one, and he therein begs to have leave to come to town at the Coronacion. Then to my Lady Batten's; where my wife and she are lately come back again from being abroad, and seeing of Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw hanged and buried at Tyburn [Map]. Then I home1.
Note 1. "Jan. 30th was kept as a very solemn day of fasting and prayer. This morning the carcases of Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw (which the day before had been brought from the Red Lion Inn, Holborn), were drawn upon a sledge to Tyburn [Map], and then taken out of their coffins, and in their shrouds hanged by the neck, until the going down of the sun. They were then cut down, their heads taken off, and their bodies buried in a grave made under the gallows. The coffin in which was the body of Cromwell was a very rich thing, very full of gilded hinges and nails".-Rugge's Diurnal.
On 30 Jan 1661 the remains of Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton and John Bradshaw were exhumed from and mutilated in a posthumous execution.
Before 30 Jan 1670 Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle was born to Oswald Keppel.
On 28 Jan 1678 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 26) was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map] by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 47) "for uttering such horrid and blasphemous words, and other actions proved upon oath, as are not fit to be repeated in any Christian assembly". He was released two days later on 30 Jan 1678.
On 30 Jan 1680 Clement Spelman Judge (age 72) died. He was buried at All Saints Church Narborough [Map] apparently having requested to be buried upright.
Clement Spelman Judge: Around 1608 he was born to Clement Spelman of Narborough and Ursula Willoughby (age 15).
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Jan 1689. The anniversary of King Charles I's MARTYRDOM; but in all the public offices and pulpit prayers, the collects, and litany for the King (age 38) and Queen (age 30) were curtailed and mutilated. Dr. Sharp (age 43) preached before the Commons, but was disliked, and not thanked for his sermon.
On 30 Jan 1692 William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath was born to Charles Granville 2nd Earl Bath (age 30) and Isabella van Nassau (age 24).
Evelyn's Diary. 30 Jan 1698. The Czar of Muscovy being come to England, and having a mind to see the building of ships, hired my house at Sayes Court [Map], and made it his court and palace, newly furnished for him by the King (age 47).
On 30 Jan 1723 Mundeford Spelman (age 82) died. He was buried at All Saints Church Narborough [Map].
Mundeford Spelman: On 01 Aug 1640 he was born to John Spelman (age 33) and Anne Heveningham. Before 28 Sep 1691 Mundeford Spelman (age 51) and Anna Walpole (age 35) were married.
On 30 Jan 1744 Thomas Lyttelton 2nd Baron Lyttelton was born to George Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton (age 35) and Lucy Fortescue (age 26).
On 30 Jan 1745 Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Duke Frederick III of Saxe Coburg Altenburg III (age 45) and Luise Dorothea Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 34) at Gotha.
On 30 Jan 1771 Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon (age 77) died. His grandson Arthur Hill-Trevor 2nd Viscount Dungannon (age 7) succeeded 2nd Viscount Dungannon.
On 30 Jan 1784 Henry Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 76) died without male issue. Baron Ravensworth 1C 1747 extinct. His nephew Henry George Liddell 5th Baronet (age 34) succeeded 5th Baronet Liddell of Ravensworth Castle.
On 30 Jan 1795 Newton Wallop aka Fellowes 4th Earl of Portsmouth (age 22) and Frances Sherard were married. He the son of John Wallop 2nd Earl Portsmouth (age 52) and Urania Fellowes (age 53).
On 30 Jan 1797 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans (age 29) and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (age 27) were married at Trentham, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 75) and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford.
On 30 Jan 1806 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 80) died. His son John Cocks 1st Earl Somers (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baron Somers 2C 1784.
On 30 Jan 1819 Richard Butler 1st Earl Glengall (age 43) died.
On 30 Jan 1830 Thomas Fremantle 2nd Baron Cottesloe was born to Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe (age 31) and Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe (age 27).
On 30 Jan 1849 James Carnegie 5th Baronet (age 50) died. His son James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk (age 21) de jure 9th Earl Southesk, succeeded 5th Baronet Carnegie of Pittarrow in Kincardine.
On 30 Jan 1851 Francis Thompson 7th Baronet (age 69) died. His brother Paul Thompson 1st Baron Wenlock (age 66) succeeded 8th Baronet Lawley of Spoonhill in Shropshire.
On 30 Jan 1856 Hugh Amherst 4th Earl Amherst was born to William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 50) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 41) at Mayfair.
On 30 Jan 1865 Randal Mowbray Thomas Berkeley 8th Earl of Berkeley was born to George Lennox Fitzhardinge Berkeley 7th Earl of Berkeley (age 37).
On 30 Jan 1880 Henry Paget 3rd Marquess Anglesey (age 58) died without issue at Albert Mansions Victoria Street. His brother Henry Paget 4th Marquess Anglesey (age 44) succeeded 4th Marquess Anglesey, 5th Earl Uxbridge 2C 1784, 7th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.
On 30 Jan 1883 Victor George Conyngham 5th Marquess Conyngham was born to Henry Conyngham 4th Marquess Conyngham (age 25) and Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de-Moleyns Marchioness Conyngham.
On 30 Jan 1893 John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry (age 28) and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 21) were married. She the daughter of George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 48) and Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 44). He the son of William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 61) and Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 56). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 30 Jan 1894 William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley was born to William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley (age 26).
On 30 Jan 1897 George Hay-Drummond 12th Earl Kinnoull (age 69) died at The Bungalow Torquay, Devon.
On 30 Jan 1901 Francis Hastings 16th Earl Huntingdon was born to Warner Hastings 15th Earl Huntingdon (age 32) and Maud Margaret Wilson Countess Huntingdon (age 33).
On 30 Jan 1906 William Hozier 1st Baron Newlands (age 80) died. His son James Hozier 2nd Baron Newlands (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baron Newlands of Newlands and Barrowfield in City of Glasgow and of Mauldslie Castle in Lanarkshire. Mary Louisa Cecil Baroness Newlands by marriage Baroness Newlands of Newlands and Barrowfield in City of Glasgow and of Mauldslie Castle in Lanarkshire.
On 30 Jan 1925 Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 73) died. His son Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont (age 45) succeeded 12th Duke Gramont. Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont (age 42) by marriage Duchess Gramont.
On 30 Jan 1933 William Waldegrave 10th Earl Waldegrave (age 50) died unmarried. His uncle Henry Waldegrave 11th Earl Waldegrave (age 78) succeeded 11th Earl Waldegrave 1C 1729, 12th Baron Waldegrave Chewton Somerset 1C 1686, 15th Baronet Waldegrave of Hever Castle.
On 30 Jan 1934 Bishop Edward Stuart Talbot (age 89) died.
On 30 Jan 1939 Colwyn Philipps 3rd Viscount St Davids was born to Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps 2nd Viscount St Davids (age 21).
On 30 Jan 1951 Edward Nelson 5th Earl Nelson (age 90) died. His son Albert Nelson 6th Earl Nelson (age 60) succeeded 6th Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 6th Viscount Merton.
On 30 Jan 1953 Ernest Augustus Hanover Duke Brunswick (age 65) died.
On 30 Jan 1958 Maurice Egerton 4th Baron Egerton (age 83) died.
On 30 Jan 1978 William Bingham Compton 6th Marquess Northampton (age 92) died. His son Spencer Compton 7th Marquess of Northampton (age 31) succeeded 7th Marquess Northampton 2C 1812, 15th Earl of Northampton 5C 1618, 7th Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 7th Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex.
On 30 Jan 1994 Oswald Phipps 4th Marquess Normanby (age 81) died. His son Constantine Phipps 5th Marquess of Normanby (age 39) succeeded 5th Marquess Normanby, 6th Earl Mulgrave 2C 1812, 8th Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and 6th Baron Mulgrave 2C 1794.
On 30 Jan 1997 Henry Charles Bentinck 11th Earl of Portland (age 77) died. His son Timothy Charles Noel 12th Earl Portland (age 43) succeeded 12th Earl of Portland 2C 1689.
On 30 Jan 2017 John Scott 5th Earl of Eldon (age 79) died. His son John Francis Scott 6th Earl of Eldon (age 55) succeeded 6th Earl Eldon, 6th Viscount Encoumbe of Encombe in Dorest, 6th Baron Eldon of Eldon in County Durham.
On 30 Jan 2021 Edward Stourton 24th Baron Stourton, 26th Baron Segrave, 25th Baron Mowbray (age 67) died. His son James Stourton 25th Baron Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave, 26th Baron Mowbray (age 29) succeeded 25th Baron Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave 1C 1283 and 26th Baron Mowbray 1C 1129.