1250s in England
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Events from the 1250s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Henry III of England
[edit] Events
- 1250
- Gascons revolt against English governor Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.[1]
- First written reference to Summer is icumen in, one of the oldest known English song lyrics.[2]
- 1251
- May - de Montfort suppresses the revolt in Gascony.[1]
- 26 December - King Alexander III of Scotland marries Margaret, daughter of King Henry III of England, precipitating a power struggle between the two monarchs.[2]
- 1252
- September - Henry receives a gift of a polar bear from Norway, which he allows to swim in the Thames.[2]
- Gascon leaders travel to England to put their case against Simon de Montfort, who eventually resigns.[2]
- 1253
- 6 August - Expedition to Gascony to repel a rumoured invasion from Castile.[2]
- de Montford returns to England where he allies himself with barons who oppose Henry III.[1]
- The Domus Conversorum established in London for Jewish converts to Christianity.
- 1254
- 11 February - Parliament is summoned, for the first time including elected representatives; two knights from each shire.[2]
- 1 April - Treaty of Toledo ensures peace between England and Castile.[2]
- 26 April - a Parliament assembles which refuses to grant a subsidy to Henry III.[1]
- 10 October - Edward Plantagenet marries Eleanor of Castile. His father Henry III had demanded the marriage in exchange of ending the war with her brother Alfonso X of Castile.
- 1255
- Llewelyn the Last becomes sole ruler of northern Wales.[2]
- August - Henry III has his supporters put in control of the Scottish regency council.[2]
- Nineteen Jews executed in Lincoln, on suspicion of being involved in a boy's murder.[2]
- King Louis IX of France gifts Henry with an elephant, which he keeps in the Tower of London.[2]
- 1256
- 1257
- 13 January - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall elected King of the Romans.[1]
- August - A gold penny is introduced, but swiftly withdrawn when it proves too valuable to use.[2]
- 1258
- 2 May - Simon de Montfort, together with six other barons, forces King Henry III to accept legal reforms.[1]
- 12 June - Provisions of Oxford enacted, creating an elected Council of barons to advise the King.[2]
- 27 October–4 November - the Oxford Parliament assembles.
- Irish, assisted by Scottish gallowglasses, halt the English advance westward through Ireland.[2]
- Consecration of the newly rebuilt Salisbury Cathedral.[2]
- 1259
- 1 August - Henry III makes peace with Llywelyn the Last, now claiming the title "Prince of Wales".[1]
- 13 October - The Provisions of Westminster enacted, reforming the legal system.[1]
- 4 December - By the Treaty of Paris, Henry III renounces his claim to Normandy to Louis IX of France.[1]
[edit] Births
- 1252
- Eleanor de Montfort, princess of Wales (died 1282)
[edit] Deaths
- 1250
- 8 February - William II Longespee, crusader (born c. 1212)
- 1253
- 9 October - Robert Grosseteste, statesman and theologian (born c. 1175)
- Saint Richard of Chichester (born 1197)
- 1254
- William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (born 1193)
- Silvester de Everdon, bishop (year of birth unknown)
- 1255
- 1 May - Walter de Gray, prelate and statesman (year of birth unknown)
- Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (born 1247)
- 1256
- William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)
- Johannes de Sacrobosco, scholar (born c. 1195)
- 1259
- 18 November - Adam Marsh, scholar and theologian (born c. 1200)
- Matthew Paris, chronicler (born c. 1200)
