1050s in England

Events from the 1050s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward the Confessor

Events

• 1050
  • The Norman bishop Robert of Jumièges appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury.^[1]
  • First Bishop of Exeter consecrated.^[1]
  • Sweyn Godwinson pardoned for murdering his cousin.^[1]
• 1051
  • Robert of Jumièges refuses to consecrate Spearhafoc as his successor as the Bishop of London. William the Norman is appointed instead.
  • September - Following a rebellion, King Edward the Confessor exiles Godwin, Earl of Wessex to Flanders.^[1]
• 1052
  • Prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn of Wales raids Hertfordshire.^[1]
  • 14 September - Godwin, Earl of Wessex returns to England from exile. He sails a large fleet into London forcing King Edward to reinstate him.^[1]
  • Three bishops appointed by King Edward — Robert of Jumièges; Ulfus Normanus, Bishop of Dorchester, and William the Norman, Bishop of London — flee the country.^[1]
  • Stigand enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.^[1]
  • William, Duke of Normandy visits King Edward and may have been promised the throne after Edward's death.^[2]
• 1053
  • 15 April - Godwin dies and is succeeded by his son Harold Godwinson as the Earl of Wessex.^[2]
• 1054
  • 27 July - Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against King Macbeth.^[2]
• 1055
  • Siward dies; Tostig Godwinson becomes Earl of Northumbria.^[1]
  • 24 October - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and Ælfgar, exiled son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, raid England, and sack Hereford.^[1]
  • Harold Godwinson makes peace with Ælfgar, who returns from exile.^[1]
• 1056
  • 17 June - Battle of Glasbury: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn raids England again, and kills Leofgar of Hereford.^[2] Gruffydd's forces burn down Hereford Cathedral.
• 1057
  • Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, returns to England, but dies shortly after.^[1]
  • Leofric, Earl of Mercia dies, and his son Ælfgar is again exiled for treason.^[1]
• 1058
  • Aelfgar, supported by the Welsh and Norwegians, unsuccessfully attacks the English coast; he is nonetheless re-instated as Earl of Mercia.^[1]
• 1059
  • Malcolm III of Scotland pays homage to King Edward.^[1]

Births

• 1050
  • Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria (died 1076)
• 1051
  • Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned King of England (died c. 1126)

Deaths

• 1050
  • 29 October - Edsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1051
  • 22 January - Aelfric Puttoc, archbishop of York
• 1052
  • Emma of Normandy, consort of Ethelred the Unready and Canute the Great (born c. 985)
• 1053
  • 15 April - Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1001)
• 1055
  • Goda of England, princess (born 1004)
• 1056
  • 10 February - Athelstan II, Bishop of Hereford
  • 16 June - Leofgar of Hereford, Bishop of Hereford
• 1057
  • February - Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II of England (born 1016)
  • 31 August - Leofric, Earl of Mercia (born 968)
• 1058
  • Alfwold, Bishop of Sherborne

References

See also