1240s in England
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Events from the 1240s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Henry III of England
[edit] Events
- 1240
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, pays homage to King Henry, and agrees to arbitration over the right to rule Wales.[1]
- 1241
- 1 February - Boniface of Savoy, the Queen's uncle, enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- October - After defeat in a military campaign, Dafydd ap Llywelyn makes Henry his heir.[1]
- 1242
- 1243
- September - England signs a truce with France.[1]
- 1244
- August - Henry blockades Scotland and musters an army at Newcastle upon Tyne after Scots threaten the border.[1]
- November - The Bishops and barons refuse to pay taxes demanded of them by King Henry, and insist on administrative reforms.[2]
- 1245
- English army campaigns in north Wales to subdue local princes.[1]
- The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey in Gothic style begins.[2]
- 1246
- Cistercians, together with the King's brother, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, found Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire.[1]
- 1247
- 1248
- 11 March - Richard of Cornwall presides at the first Trial of the Pyx to determine the purity of coinage.[1]
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester appointed as governor of Gascony, but soon proves unpopular.[1]
- 1249
- University College, Oxford established.[2]
[edit] Births
- 1240
- 29 September - Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and consort of Alexander III of Scotland (died 1275)
- 1241
- Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (died 1290)
- 1243
- 2 September - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, politician (died 1295)
- 1245
- 16 January - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (died 1296)
- 1246
- 1247
- Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (died 1255)
- 1249
[edit] Deaths
- 1240
- 1241
- 1 December - Isabella of England, princess (born 1214)
- 1242
- 26 March - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (year of birth unknown)
- 1243
- 12 May - Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (born c. 1165)
- 1245
- 21 August - Alexander of Hales, theologian
- 1246
- 31 May - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England (born c. 1187)
- Richard Fitz Roy, illegitimate son of King John (born c. 1190)
- 1247
- William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (born c. 1168)
- 1249
- William of Sherwood, logician (born 1190)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 82-84. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 139–141. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ 'Romford: Economic history', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 (1978), pp. 72-76. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia, Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8
