1270s in England

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Events from the 1270s in England.

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

Incumbents

Monarch - King Henry III (to 16 November 1272), King Edward I

Events

1270
- April - Parliament levies a property tax to support the Eighth Crusade.^[1]
- 9 September - William Chillenden elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 20 August - Prince Edward participates in the Eighth Crusade.^[2]
- Army of Connaught routs English army near Carrick-on-Shannon.^[1]
1271
- Prince Edward reaches Acre during the Ninth Crusade.^[1]
1272
- Summer - Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 11 October - Robert Kilwardby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 16 November - King Henry III dies; Prince Edward succeeds him as Edward I of England.^[2]
- Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice.^[1]
- The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in London.
1273
- Edward pays homage to Philip III of France.^[1]
1274
- 2 August - Edward I returns to England from the Ninth Crusade.^[1]
- 19 August - Coronation of Edward I.^[2]
- The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.^[2]
- Merton College, Oxford receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so.^[1]
1275
- 25 April - Edward I's first parliament meets.^[1]
- May - Parliament imposes the first regular customs duty on wool and leather.^[1]
- Parliament passes the first Statute of Westminster, defining legal privileges.^[2]
- Llywelyn the Last refuses to pay homage to Edward I.^[1]
- New statute forbids Jews from charging interest on loans.^[1]
1276
- November - Edward I invades Wales.^[1]
1277
- 9 November - Treaty of Aberconwy: Llywelyn to retain control of Gwynedd in return for paying homage to England; Edward to rule the remainder of Wales.^[2]
1278
- June or July - Robert Burnell elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 7 August - Statute of Gloucester defines competences of local courts and establishes legal procedures for claiming a right to privileges.^[1]
- 17 November - All Jews in England imprisoned on suspicion of coin clipping.^[3]
1279
- January - Pope Nicholas III quashes the election of Robert Burnell to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 25 January - John Peckham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.^[1]
- The first of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.^[2]
- December - New coinage issued, including the first groats and round farthings and a new silver halfpenny.^[1]
- Itinerant royal judges are ordered to inquire into confederacies against justice, thus effectively making conspiracy a crime.^[4]
- The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year.^[5]
- Further round of Hundred Rolls commissioned.

Births

1271
- May - Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I (died 1307)
1273
- 24 November - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I (died 1284)
1274
- Adam Murimuth, ecclesiastic and chronicler (approximate date; died 1347)
1275
- Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere (died 1322)
1276
- Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (died 1322)

Deaths

1270
- 18 July - Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, (born c. 1217)
- Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (born 1212)
1271
- 13 March - Henry of Almain, crusader (born 1235)
- Richard de Grey, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (year of birth unknown)
1272
- 18 March - John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (born 1246)
- 2 April - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (born 1209)
- 16 November - King Henry III (born 1207)
- Bartholomeus Anglicus, Franciscan monk and encyclopedia author (born before 1203)
1275
- 26 February - Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and consort of Alexander III of Scotland (born 1240)
- 13 April - Eleanor of England (born 1215)
- 24 September - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (born 1208)
1277
- 27 October - Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor and founder of Merton College, Oxford (born c. 1205)
1279
- 11 September - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1215)
- Walter Giffard, Lord Chancellor and archbishop (year of birth unknown)

References

^ ^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. 88–90. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 146–148. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "Medieval English Hammered Farthings - Edward I - intro". http://hammered_farthings.tripod.com/edward-i-farthings/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
^ Gillingham, John; Griffiths, Ralph A. (2000). Medieval Britain: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-285402-5.
^ "The Royal Mint at the Tower of London". http://www.royalmint.gov.uk/Corporate/AboutUs/History/Toweroflondon.aspx. Retrieved 2007-12-03.

1270s in England

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Births

Deaths

References

See also