1040s in England

Events from the 1040s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Harold Harefoot (to 17 March 1040), Harthacanute (to 8 June 1042), Edward the Confessor

1040
- 17 March - Harold Harefoot dies.^[1]
- June - Harthacanute lands at Sandwich, Kent, and becomes King of England.^[2]
1041
- Rebellion in Worcester against Harthacanute's naval taxes.
- Edward the Confessor returns from exile to become the heir of Harthacanute.^[2]
1042
- 8 June - Harthacanute dies and is succeeded by Edward the Confessor as King.^[1]
- Encomium Emmae, a biography of Queen Emma of Normandy completed.^[2]
1043
- 3 April - Coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Cathedral.^[1]
- 16 November - Queen Emma accused of treason and her ally Stigand, Bishop of East Anglia dismissed.^[2]
- Earl Leofric of Mercia founds Coventry Abbey; according to legend, his wife Godiva rides naked through the town in protest at taxes to fund the abbey.^[2]
1044
- King Edward pardons Emma and Stigand.^[2]
1045
- Marriage of King Edward and Edith of Wessex.^[2]
1046
- Earl Sweyn Godwinson is exiled after kidnapping the Abbess of Leominster during an invasion of south Wales.^[2]
- Exeter Book of poetry completed.^[2]
1047
1048
- Last viking raid on England; unsuccessful raiders flee to Flanders.^[2]
- King Edward goes to war against Flanders, blockading the English Channel with a fleet based at Sandwich.^[2]
1049
- Sweyn Godwinson returns from exile, murders his cousin, and is exiled again.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

Years in the Kingdom of England (927–1706)

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