Around 1633 Richard Mason was born.
In or before 1667 Richard Mason [aged 33] and Anna Margaret Long [aged 25] were married.
Around 1667 Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow was born to Richard Mason [aged 34] and [his wife] Anna Margaret Long [aged 26]. She married before 1690 William Brownlow 4th Baronet, son of Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow, and had issue.
Around 1668 Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield was born to Richard Mason [aged 35] and [his wife] Anna Margaret Long [aged 27]. She married 18th June 1683 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield, son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.
In 1673 Richard Mason [aged 40] was elected MP Yarmouth Isle of Wight.
In 1681 Richard Mason [aged 48] was elected MP Bishop's Castle.
On 18th June 1683 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 24] and Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 15] were married. He the son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 65] and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.
On 6th February 1685 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 54] died around midday the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh [aged 69]. His brother James [aged 51] succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland [aged 26] by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch [aged 83], Richard Mason [aged 52] and Archbishop William Sancroft [aged 68] were present.
The time of his death reported differtently by different contemporary sources: John Evelyn's Diary 'at halfe an houre after eleven in the morning', the Anonymous Letter to Reverend Roper: 'Yesterday noon', Ambassador Barillon's Account: 'and at noon, he died without any struggle or convulsion.' and Charl;es Scarburgh's Manuscript: 'He expired on February the Sixth soon after noon'.
According to Mark Bryant's book "Private Lives: Curious Facts about the Famous and Infamous' King Charles is supposed to have said the much repested phrase: "I am sorry, gentlemen, for being such a time a-dying." This doesn't appear to come from a contemporary source. Macaulay in his 'History of England', writing much later has "He apologised to those who had stood round him all night for the trouble which he had caused. He had been, he said, a most unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it." Perhaps the nearest we can find in a contemporary source is the Anonymous Letter to Reverend Roper: 'and beg the pardon of the standers by, and those that were employed about him, that he gave them so much trouble: that he hoped the work was almost over...'
Before 8th March 1685 Jacob Huysmans [aged 52]. Portrait of Richard Mason [aged 52].
On 8th March 1685 Richard Mason [aged 52] died.
Around 1688 Jacob Huysmans [aged 55]. Portrait of Richard Mason.
In 1717 [his former wife] Anna Margaret Long [aged 76] died.