1210s in England

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Events from the 1210s in England.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References
6 See also

Incumbents

Monarch - John of England (to 19 October 1216), Henry III of England

Events

1210
- 20 June - King John of England lands at Waterford. He later builds castles, including the first stone castle at Dublin, and appoints Justiciars over Ireland.^[1]
1211
- June - King John campaigns against Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great.^[2]
- English occupy Ceredigion and build Aberystwyth Castle.^[1]
1212
- June - Welsh rebels burn Aberystwyth Castle.^[1]
- 10 July - The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
- November - John sends a peace mission to Pope Innocent III in a dispute over who would become the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
1213
- At Rochester, Kent, King John becomes the first English monarch recorded as giving gifts of Royal Maundy money to the poor.^[3]^[4]
- 13 May - King John's dispute with the Pope ends when John accepts Stephen Langton.^[2]
- 30 May - Battle of Damme: English fleet under William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury destroys a French fleet off the Flemish port of Damme.^[1]
- 3 June - King John and Llywelyn the Great sign a truce.^[2]
- 15 November - A council of knights is held in Oxford.^[2]
1214
- 15 February - John lands an invasion force at La Rochelle.^[1]
- 27 July - at the Battle of Bouvines, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury is captured by the French.^[1]
- 18 September - Treaty of Chinon signed by John and Philip II of France recognising the Capetian gains from the Angevin Empire.^[1]
- 15 October - John returns to England.^[1]
- December - Llywelyn the Great captures Shrewsbury.^[1]
- Papal ordinance defines the rights of the scholars at Oxford University.^[1]
1215
- 3 May - Barons led by Robert Fitzwalter renounce their allegiance to the King and attack Northampton.^[1]
- 17 May - Rebellious barons occupy London.^[2]
- 19 June - Barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede, confirming their rights and those of the towns and Church, and confirming the status of trial by jury.^[2]
- 24 August - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid by papal bull triggering the First Barons' War.^[2]
- September - First Barons' War: Rebels capture Rochester.^[1]
- 11 October–30 November - First Barons' War: King John besieges Rochester Castle and starves the rebels into surrender.
- December - First Barons' War: Alexander II of Scotland invades northern England.^[1]
1216
- January - First Barons' War: English army sacks Berwick-on-Tweed and raids southern Scotland.^[1]
- February - First Barons' War: Rebellion in East Anglia quickly suppressed.^[1]
- 21 May - First Barons' War: Louis, Count of Artois invades England in support of the barons and is proclaimed, but not crowned, King of England.^[1]
- 11 October - First Barons' War: Retreating from the French invasion, King John loses the Crown Jewels in The Wash.^[5]
- 18 October or 19 October - John dies; he is succeeded by his son Henry III of England, with William Marshall as regent.^[2]
- 28 October - The infant Henry III crowned at Gloucester.^[2]
- 12 November - Henry's regents affirm Magna Carta.^[2]
1217
- 20 May - First Barons' War: The French defeated at the Battle of Lincoln.^[1]
- 21 August - First Barons' War: The French fleet defeated at the Battle of Dover.
- 23 August - First Barons' War: The French fleet destroyed at the Battle of Sandwich.^[2]
- 12 September - Treaty of Kingston-upon-Thames ends the First Barons' War: French and Scots to leave England, amnesty granted to rebels.^[1]
- 20 September - Treaty of Lambeth signed ratifying the Kingston treaty.
- 6 November - Charter of the forest issued to supplement Magna Carta.^[6]
1218
- March - Treaty of Worcester recognises the Llywelyn the Great as regent of south Wales.^[7]
1219
- May - Llywelyn ravages Pembrokeshire after the death of William Marshall.^[1]

Births

1210
- 22 July - Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (died 1238)
1214
- Isabella of England, daughter of John of England (died 1241)
- possible date - Roger Bacon, philosopher (died 1294)
1218
- Sir Maurice de Berkeley, knight (died 1281)

Deaths

1212
- 12 December - Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (born 1152)
1213
- Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex (born c. 1162)
1214
- 31 October - Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (born 1162)
- John de Gray, bishop of Norwich (year of birth unknown)
1215
- 3 February or 4 February - Eustace, Dean of Salisbury, Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)
1216
- 18 October or 19 October - John of England (born 1166)
1217
- 10 September - William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
- 14 October - Isabel of Gloucester, wife of King John of England (born c. 1173)
- Alexander Neckam, scholar and teacher (born 1157)
1218
- 30 December - Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, politician (born 1162)
1219
- 3 November - Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, rebel baron (born 1155)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 133–135. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Lobel, Richard (1999). Coincraft's 2000 Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date. Standard Catalogue Publishers Ltd. p. 623. ISBN 0952622882.
^ Robinson, Brian (1977). The Royal Maundy. Kaye and Ward. p. 25. ISBN 0718211510.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
^ "The Charter of the Forest of King Henry III". http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/forests/Carta.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
^ "BBC Wales History". Archived from the original on 2007-11-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20071125170839/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/nation/pages/principality01.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-10.

1210s in England

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Births

Deaths

References

See also