1130s in England

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Events from the 1130s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - King Henry I (to 1 December 1135), King Stephen

Events

1130
- New choir of Canterbury Cathedral completed.^[1]
1131
- 8 September - The barons swear allegiance to Matilda as the true heir of Henry I of England.^[2]
- Cistercians found Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire.^[1]
- Gilbertine Order of nuns founded by Gilbert of Sempringham in Lincolnshire, the only completely English religious order.^[3]
1132
- Benedictines found Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire.^[4]
1133
- A royal charter establishes the first annual Bartholomew Fair at Smithfield, London; later to become England's largest cloth fair.^[1]
- First Bishop of Carlisle (Æthelwold) consecrated.^[1]
- Rebuilt Exeter Cathedral consecrated.
1134
- Byland Abbey founded by the Congregation of Savigny.^[5]
1135
- 1 December - King Henry I dies (at Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy) having nominated Matilda as his heir.^[2]
- 22 December - Stephen of Blois, nephew of Henry I, claims the throne.^[2]
- 26 December - Coronation of Stephen of England at Westminster Abbey.^[2]
- A fire in London seriously damages St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge.^[6]
- Bruton Abbey and Buildwas Abbey founded.
1136
- 1 January - Revolt in Wales; Welsh capture Swansea and Cardigan from the Normans.^[1]
- 4 January - Henry I is buried in his foundation, Reading Abbey (tomb dedicated 1 December).
- 5 February - By the Treaty of Durham, Stephen concedes Cumberland to David I of Scotland.^[1]
- Hospital of St Cross, an almshouse in Winchester, is established by Bishop Henry of Blois; it will still be functioning in the 21st century.
- Geoffrey of Monmouth writes Historia Regum Britanniae.^[1]
1137
- March - Stephen fails in his attempt to re-capture Normandy from Matilda.^[1]
1138
- January–February - King David I of Scotland raids Northumberland, taking the Bishop of Durham's Norham Castle (garrisoned only by nine), and besieges the castle at Wark on Tweed.^[7]
- May - The Anarchy: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, leads a rebellion against King Stephen in favour of his half-sister Matilda.^[2]
- 10 June - Battle of Clitheroe: Having harried Craven in Yorkshire, David I of Scotland's nephew William fitz Duncan meets and defeats an English force on the edge of the Bowland Fells.^[7]
- 22 August - Battle of the Standard: English army defeats that of David I of Scotland at Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire.^[1]
- Alcester Abbey and Bourne Abbey established.
1139
- 8 January - Theobald of Bec enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 9 April - The second Treaty of Durham between King Stephen of England and David I of Scotland; David's son Earl Henry takes control of most of Northumberland, excluding Bamburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.^[1]
- June - Stephen orders the arrest of Roger of Salisbury, Justiciar and Bishop of Salisbury, and Alexander of Lincoln, Bishop of Lincoln.^[2]
- 30 September - The Anarchy: Empress Matilda lands near Arundel to begin her campaign to regain the throne from Stephen.^[2]
- 7 November - The Anarchy: Gloucester's army sacks Worcester.^[1]

Births

1130
- Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1176)
1133
- 5 March - King Henry II of England (died 1189)
1136
- William of Newburgh, historian (died c. 1198)

Deaths

year unknown, after 1130
- Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (born 1052)
1130
- Maud, Countess of Huntingdon (born 1074)
1134
- 28 March - Stephen Harding, saint and abbot
- Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, earliest known conjoined twins (born 1100)
1135
- 1 December - King Henry I of England (born 1068/1069)
1136
- 15 April - Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (born 1094)
- 21 November - William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1070)
1137
- c.26 September - William Warelwast, Bishop of Exeter and diplomat
1138
- William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
1139
- 11 December - Roger of Salisbury, bishop and Lord Chancellor

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 61–63. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 120–122. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ Golding, Brian (1995). Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertine Order. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820060-9.
↑ "Fountains Abbey website". Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
↑ "Byland Abbey, Cistercians in Yorkshire Project". Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Richard of Hexham (1853-58). Stevenson, Joseph, ed. De Gestis Regis Stephani. Church Historians of England, vol. 4, pt 1. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-29. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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