1240s in England

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Events from the 1240s in England.

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

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry III of England

Events

1240
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, pays homage to King Henry, and agrees to arbitration over the right to rule Wales.^[1]
1241
- 1 February - Boniface of Savoy, the Queen's uncle, enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- October - After defeat in a military campaign, Dafydd ap Llywelyn makes Henry his heir.^[1]
1242
- May - English army supports rebels in Poitou against French rule.^[1]
1243
- September - England signs a truce with France.^[1]
1244
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn forms alliance of minor Welsh rulers in Wales and begins revolt against English rule.
- August - Henry blockades Scotland and musters an army at Newcastle upon Tyne after Scots threaten the border.^[1]
- November - Bishops and barons refuse to pay taxes demanded by King Henry, and insist on administrative reforms.^[2]
1245
- English army campaigns in north Wales to subdue Dafydd ap Llywelyn. A truce is agreed in the autumn, and Henry returns to England.^[1]
- The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey in Gothic style begins.^[2]
1246
- Cistercians, together with the King's brother, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, found Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire.^[1]
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn, who had lately claimed the title of prince of Wales, dies and the resistance of the Welsh against English forces in Wales collapses.
1247
- April - Treaty of Woodstock: Dafydd ap Llywelyn's successors, the Welsh princes Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Owain ap Gruffudd acknowledge Henry as their overlord.^[1]
- 13 June - Coinage reform introduces a new silver coin and establishes seventeen local mints.^[1]
- Romford established as a market town.^[3]
- The Bethlem Royal Hospital founded in London.^[4]
1248
- 11 March - Richard of Cornwall presides at the first Trial of the Pyx to determine the purity of coinage.^[1]
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester appointed as governor of Gascony, but soon proves unpopular.^[1]
1249
- University College, Oxford established.^[2]

Births

1240
- 29 September - Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and consort of Alexander III of Scotland (died 1275)
1241
- Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (died 1290)
1243
- 2 September - Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, politician (died 1295)
1245
- 16 January - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (died 1296)
1246
- 14 September - John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (died 1272)
1247
- Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (died 1255)
1249
- Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (died 1297)

Deaths

1240
- Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1175)
- William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
1241
- 1 December - Isabella of England, princess (born 1214)
1242
- 26 March - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (year of birth unknown)
1243
- 12 May - Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (born c. 1165)
1245
- 21 August - Alexander of Hales, theologian
1246
- 31 May - Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John of England (born c. 1187)
- Richard Fitz Roy, illegitimate son of King John (born c. 1190)
1247
- William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (born c. 1168)
1249
- William of Sherwood, logician (born 1190)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 82–84. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 139–141. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "'Romford: Economic history', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 (1978), pp. 72-76". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42817. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
^ The London Encyclopaedia, Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8

1240s in England

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Births

Deaths

References

See also