1270s in England
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Events from the 1270s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Henry III of England (to 16 November, 1272), Edward I of England
[edit] Events
- 1270
- April - Parliament levies a property tax to support the Eighth Crusade.[1]
- 9 September - William Chillenden elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 20 August - Prince Edward participates in the Eighth Crusade.[2]
- Army of Connaught routs English army near Carrick-on-Shannon.[1]
- 1271
- Prince Edward reaches Acre during the Ninth Crusade.[1]
- 1272
- Summer - Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 11 October - Robert Kilwardby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 16 November - King Henry III of England dies; Prince Edward succeeds him as Edward I of England.[2]
- Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice.[1]
- The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in London.
- 1273
- Edward pays homage to Philip III of France.[1]
- 1274
- 2 August - Edward I returns to England from the Ninth Crusade.[1]
- 19 August - Coronation of Edward I.[2]
- The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.[2]
- Merton College, Oxford receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so.[1]
- 1275
- 25 April - Edward I's first parliament meets.[1]
- May - Parliament imposes the first regular customs duty on wool and leather.[1]
- Parliament passes the first of the Statutes of Westminster, defining legal privileges.[2]
- Llywelyn the Last refuses to pay homage to Edward I.[1]
- New statute forbids Jews from charging interest on loans.[1]
- 1276
- 1277
- 9 November - Treaty of Aberconwy: Llywelyn to retain control of Gwynedd in return for paying homage to England; Edward to rule the remainder of Wales.[2]
- 1278
- June or July - Robert Burnell elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 7 August - Statute of Gloucester defines competences of local courts and establishes legal procedures for claiming a right to privileges.[1]
- 1279
- January - Pope Nicholas III quashes the election of Robert Burnell to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 25 January - John Peckham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.[1]
- The first of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.[2]
- December - New coinage issued, including the first groats and round farthings and a new silver halfpenny.[1]
- The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year.[3]
[edit] Births
- 1271
- May - Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England (died 1307)
- 1273
- 24 November - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (died 1284)
- 1274
- Adam Murimuth, ecclesiastic and chronicler (approximate date; died 1347)
- 1275
- 1276
[edit] Deaths
- 1270
- 18 July - Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, (born c. 1217)
- Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (born 1212)
- 1271
- 13 March - Henry of Almain, crusader (born 1235)
- Richard de Grey, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (year of birth unknown)
- 1272
- 18 March - John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (born 1246)
- 2 April - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (born 1209)
- 16 November - King Henry III of England (born 1207)
- Bartholomeus Anglicus, Franciscan monk and encyclopedia author (born before 1203)
- 1275
- 26 February - Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and consort of Alexander III of Scotland (born 1240)
- 13 April - Eleanor of England (born 1215)
- 24 September - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (born 1208)
- 1277
- 27 October - Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor and founder of Merton College, Oxford (born c. 1205)
- 1279
- 11 September - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1215)
- Walter Giffard, Lord Chancellor and archbishop (year of birth unknown)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 88-90. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 146–148. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ The Royal Mint at the Tower of London. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
