1280s in England
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Events from the 1280s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Edward I of England
[edit] Events
- 1280
- University College, Oxford established.[1]
- 1281
- 1282
- 21 March - Dafydd ap Gruffydd leads rebellion in Wales.[1]
- 11 December - The English defeat the Welsh at the Battle of Orewin Bridge.[2]
- First Trial of the Pyx, a procedure for measuring the standard of minted coins, held.[3]
- 1283
- 25 April - The last independent Welsh stronghold, Bere Castle, falls to the English.[1]
- 3 October - The Welsh Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd executed in Shrewsbury.[2]
- A Parliament assembles in Acton Burnell, Shropshire and is the first to include commoners.[2]
- 1284
- 3 March - the Statute of Rhuddlan extends English law to Wales.[2]
- The first "Round Table" tournament held, at Nefyn.[1]
- Peterhouse, the oldest college of the University of Cambridge, established.[2]
- 1285
- The writ of Circumspecte Agatis establishes which issues may be tried in ecclesiastical courts.
- Easter - Enactment of the second of the Statutes of Westminster, defining inheritance laws, and containing the clause de donis conditionalibus.[4]
- September - Statute of Winchester introduces new measures against crime and re-defines the right to bear arms.[1]
- 1286
- 5 June - Edward I of England pays homage to Philip IV of France.[1]
- 1287
- Rebellion in south Wales.[1]
- The town of Old Winchelsea destroyed in flooding.
- The town of New Winchelsea is established 12 miles away on higher ground.
- 1288
- Welsh rebellion suppressed.[1]
- 1289
- 6 November - Treaty of Salisbury: Edward agrees to help Margaret, Maid of Norway in her bid for the Scottish throne.[1]
[edit] Births
- 1281
- Richard De Bury, statesman (died 1345)
- Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (died 1345)
- 1282
- Marguerite of France, daughter of Philip III of France and Queen consort of Edward I of England (died 1317)
- 1284
- 25 April - King Edward II of England (died 1327)
- 1285
- 1 May - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, politician (died 1326)
- 1286
- 30 June - John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, politician (died 1347)
- Hugh the younger Despenser (died 1326)
- 1287
- 24 January - Richard Aungerville, writer and bishop (died 1345)
- 25 April - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (died 1330)
[edit] Deaths
- 1282
- 25 August - Thomas de Cantilupe, politician and priest (born c. 1218)
- Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore (born 1231)
- 1284
- 19 August - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (born 1273)
- 1285
- 13 May - Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros (born c. 1213)
- 1286
- 9 November - Roger Northwode, statesman (born 1230)
- Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely (year of birth unknown)
- William of Moerbeke, Dominican classicist (born 1215)
- 1288
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 90-91. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 148–150. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Trial of the Pyx, The Royal Mint website. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
- ^ Official text of The Statute of Westminster the Second (De Donis Conditionalibus) 1285 (c. 1) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database retrieved on 3 December 2007
