1230s in England

Events from the 1230s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - King Henry III

24 September - Ralph Neville enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Henry fights a campaign against Llywelyn the Great in Wales.^[2]
June - Llywelyn captures Cardigan Castle and defeats the English, forcing a truce.^[1]
Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, negotiates a 3-year truce with France.^[1]

Pope Gregory IX quashes the election of Ralph Neville as Archbishop of Canterbury.
16 March - John of Sittingbourne elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
12 June - John of Sittingbourne's election to the Archbishopric of Canterbury quashed.
29 July - Henry III dismisses justiciar and regent Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and replaces him with his Poitevin royal favourites Peter de Rivaux and Peter des Roches.^[3]
26 August - John Blund elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
10 November - Hubert de Burgh is stripped of his offices and imprisoned for life.^[1]

Peter des Roches takes control of the exchequer and the kingdom's finances.^[1]
1 June - John Blund's election to the Archbishopric of Canterbury quashed.
August - Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke allies with Llywelyn against Henry III.^[3]
Stow Fair, Lincolnshire inaugurated

2 April - Pope Gregory IX consecrates Edmund Rich as Archbishop of Canterbury.
16 April - Richard Marshal murdered, defending his estates against Henry's supporters.^[1]
Peter de Rivaux and Peter des Roches fall from power.^[3]
July - Llywelyn makes peace with Henry, retaining control of Cardiganshire.^[1]

15 July - marriage of Isabella of England to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.^[3]
England conquers Connaught.^[1]
August - Five-year truce with France signed.^[1]

14 January - Henry III marries Eleanor of Provence.^[3]
Statute of Merton: The first English statute, clarifies property rights and empowers secular courts to determine issues of legitimacy.^[1]

January - At the insistence of the barons, Henry enlarges the royal Council, in return for the imposition of a new tax.^[1]
25 September - Treaty of York signed between Scotland and England establishes the border between the two countries.^[3]
Henry III installs a leopard house at the Tower of London.^[1]

1237 or 1239 - The main tower of Lincoln Cathedral collapses.^[3]^[4]

7 January - Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III.^[3]
22 February - Henry promises to make reforms demanded by the barons.^[1]

1231
- John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (died 1304)
- Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore (died 1282)
1238
- November - Henry de Montfort, son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (died 1265)
1239
- 17 June - King Edward I of England (died 1307)

1230
- 25 October - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, soldier (born 1180)
1231
- 6 April - William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (born 1190)
1234
- 16 April - Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (year of birth unknown)
1236
- 6 May - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler (year of birth unknown)
1237
- 15 April - Richard Poore, ecclesiastic (year of birth unknown)
1238
- 4 March - Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland (born 1210)
- Hugh le Despenser I, noble (year of birth unknown)
- Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester (year of birth unknown)

^ ^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. pp. 80–82. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Carpenter, David. The Reign of Henry III. p. 50. http://books.google.com/books?id=lugwRi4JhBwC&dq. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 138–139. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "Lincoln Cathedral". TimeRef.com. http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/hpl270.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
^ "History". Wells Cathedral. http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/history/archaelogy/wellscathedral.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-10.