1200s in England
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Events from the 1200s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - John of England
[edit] Events
- 1200
- 22 May - Treaty of Le Goulet signed by John of England and Philip II of France, confirming John as ruler of parts of France, in return for some exchange of territory.[1]
- August - King John marries Isabella of Angoulême.[2]
- October - John receives the homage of William I of Scotland at Lincoln.[2]
- Layamon writes Brut, a history of early Britain, and one of the first works in Middle English.[2]
- 1201
- 1202
- 1203
- 1204
- 8 March - French capture Chateau Gaillard from the English.[2]
- 24 June - Philip II takes Rouen ending Plantagenet rule in Normandy.[1]
- Beaulieu Abbey founded in Hampshire.[4]
- Jersey, Guernsey and the other Channel Islands become self-governing possessions of the English Crown.
- 1205
- Harsh winter, in which the Thames freezes over, results in widespread famine.[2]
- March - the barons refuse to support John's war in France.[1]
- 13 July - Monks at Canterbury elect their superior as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]
- 11 December - King John forces the election of John de Gray, Bishop of Norwich as Archbishop of Canterbury, contrary to the monks' wishes.[2]
- John begins construction of a royal navy.[2]
- 1206
- 30 March - Pope Innocent III quashes King John's nomination of John de Gray as Archbishop of Canterbury.[2]
- 7 June - England invades France to defend Aquitaine; army campaigns in Poitou.[2]
- 26 October - Two-year truce with France agreed.[2]
- December - Monks at Canterbury sent into exile for electing Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury against King John's wishes.[2]
- 1207
- 17 June - Pope Innocent III consecrates Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 28 August - King John issues letters patent establishing the borough of Liverpool.[5]
- John exiles the Archbishop of York and seizes the revenues of Canterbury and York.[2]
- 1208
- 23 May - The Pope bans church services in England; King John confiscates all church property in retaliation.[2]
- Choir of Lincoln Cathedral completed.[2]
- 1209
- August - Scotland buys peace with England after a threatened invasion.[2]
- October - Llywelyn the Great and other Welsh princes pay homage to King John at Woodstock.
- November - The Pope excommunicates King John.[2]
- Dissatisfied students from Oxford found the University of Cambridge.[2]
[edit] Births
- 1200
- Adam Marsh, Franciscan (approximate date; died 1259)
- Matthew Paris, Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; died 1259)
- 1201
- 9 August - Arnold Fitz Thedmar, chronicler (died 1274)
- 1207
- 1 October - King Henry III of England (died 1272)
- 1208
- Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (died 1275)
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (died 1265)
- 1209
- 5 January - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (died 1272)
[edit] Deaths
- 1202
- 1204
- 21 October - Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
- 1205
- 13 July - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (year of birth unknown)
- 1206
- William de Burgh, politician (born 1157)
- 1208
- 22 April - Philip of Poitou, Prince-Bishop of Durham (year of birth unknown)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 131–133. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 75-77. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Medieval Sourcebook: King John of England and the Jews. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- ^ Beaulieu Abbey website. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
