1280s in England

Events from the 1280s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward I of England

Events

• 1280
  • University College, Oxford established.^[1]
• 1281
• 1282
  • 21 March - Dafydd ap Gruffydd leads rebellion in Wales.^[1]
  • 11 December - The English defeat the Welsh at the Battle of Orewin Bridge.^[2]
  • First Trial of the Pyx, a procedure for measuring the standard of minted coins, held.^[3]
• 1283
  • 25 April - The last independent Welsh stronghold, Bere Castle, falls to the English.^[1]
  • 3 October - The Welsh Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd executed in Shrewsbury.^[2]
  • A Parliament assembles in Acton Burnell, Shropshire and is the first to include commoners.^[2]
• 1284
  • 3 March - the Statute of Rhuddlan extends English law to Wales.^[2]
  • The first "Round Table" tournament held, at Nefyn.^[1]
  • Peterhouse, the oldest college of the University of Cambridge, established.^[2]
• 1285
  • The writ of Circumspecte Agatis establishes which issues may be tried in ecclesiastical courts.
  • Easter - Enactment of the second Statute of Westminster, defining inheritance laws, and containing the clause de donis conditionalibus.^[4]
  • September - Statute of Winchester introduces new measures against crime and re-defines the right to bear arms.^[1]
• 1286
  • 5 June - Edward I of England pays homage to Philip IV of France.^[1]
• 1287
  • Rebellion in south Wales.^[1]
  • The town of Old Winchelsea destroyed in flooding.
  • The town of New Winchelsea is established 12 miles away on higher ground.
• 1288
  • Welsh rebellion suppressed.^[1]
• 1289
  • 6 November - Treaty of Salisbury: Edward agrees to help Margaret, Maid of Norway in her bid for the Scottish throne.^[1]

Births

• 1281
  • Richard De Bury, statesman (died 1345)
  • Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (died 1345)
• 1282
  • Marguerite of France, daughter of Philip III of France and Queen consort of Edward I of England (died 1317)
• 1284
  • 25 April - King Edward II of England (died 1327)
• 1285
  • 1 May - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, politician (died 1326)
• 1286
  • 30 June - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, politician (died 1347)
  • Hugh the younger Despenser (died 1326)
• 1287
  • 24 January - Richard Aungerville, writer and bishop (died 1345)
  • 25 April - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (died 1330)

Deaths

• 1282
  • 25 August - Thomas de Cantilupe, politician and priest (born c. 1218)
  • Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore (born 1231)
• 1284
  • 19 August - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (born 1273)
• 1285
  • 13 May - Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros (born c. 1213)
• 1286
  • 9 November - Roger Northwode, statesman (born 1230)
  • Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely (year of birth unknown)
  • William of Moerbeke, Dominican classicist (born 1215)
• 1288
  • Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford (born 1222)

References

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