1070s in England
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Events from the 1070s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - William I
Events
- 1070
- Winter of 1069–1070 - Harrying of the North: King William I quells rebellions in the North of England following an invasion by Sweyn II of Denmark. Widespread famine follows the devastation wrought.[1]
- Spring - King Sweyn II of Denmark joins English rebels, led by Hereward the Wake, and captures the Isle of Ely in The Fens of eastern England.[2]
- 11 April - Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand deposed.
- 1 June - Hereward plunders Peterborough Abbey.[2]
- June - Denmark signs a treaty with England; Sweyn and his forces leave the country.[2]
- 15 August - Lanfranc appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.[3]
- Invasion of England by Malcolm III of Scotland repelled.[2]
- Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, the first Marcher Lord, invades Wales, capturing parts of Gwynedd.[2]
- Osmund succeeds Herfast as Lord Chancellor; Herfast becomes Bishop of Elmham.
- Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral following a fire.[4]
- Rebuilding of York Minster begins.[2]
- Construction of Dudley Castle in the west midlands by Ansculf de Picquigny begins.
- Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire by Alan Rufus begins.
- Jews from Rouen, in Normandy, settle in England at the invitation of the King.[5]
- 1071
- William defeats Hereward the Wake's rebellion on the Isle of Ely.[3]
- Edwin, Earl of Mercia, again rebels against William but is betrayed and killed, leading to the re-distribution of land within Mercia to William's subjects.
- 1072
- 27 May - The Accord of Winchester establishes the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York in the Church of England.[2]
- August - William invades Scotland, reaching the River Tay.[2]
- At Abernethy, King Malcolm III of Scotland submits to William.[2]
- Bishop of Lincoln raised to diocesan status.[2] Construction of Lincoln Cathedral begins.[6]
- 1073
- Rebuilding of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.[3]
- 1074
- Roger de Montgomerie is created Earl of Shrewsbury, and invades Wales, reaching as far as Powys.[2]
- 1075
- Revolt of the Earls: Three earls rebel against William in the last serious act of resistance to the Norman conquest of England.[3]
- August (approx. date) - Council of London reforms Church administration in England. It approves union of the dioceses of Ramsbury and Sherborne into a new Diocese of Salisbury with a new cathedral at Old Sarum, Herman becoming first Bishop of Salisbury.[2]
- First Bishop of Chichester (Stigand of Selsey) consecrated.[2]
- 1076
- April - Council of Winchester confirms ecclesiastical authority, insists on celibacy of the clergy and marriage within church.[2]
- 31 May - Execution of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, for his part in the Revolt of the Earls.[1]
- Approximate date of the Trial of Penenden Heath to settle a land dispute between King William and his half-brother Odo of Bayeux.
- 1077
- The Bayeux Tapestry completed depicting the Norman conquest of England.
- William's son Robert Curthose stages an insurrection against him in Normandy.[2]
- Construction of St Albans Cathedral begins under Abbot Paul of Caen.[7]
- Foundation of the first Cluniac abbey in England, at Lewes.[2]
- First recorded Trial by combat in England.
- 1078
- 3 June (approx. date) - Consecration of Osmund as Bishop of Salisbury. He will introduce the Sarum Rite.
- (approx. date) - Construction of the White Tower (Tower of London) begins[2] under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
- Construction of Colchester Castle begins[2] under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
- 1079
- January - Robert unhorses William in battle in Normandy.[3]
- William creates the New Forest as a hunting ground.[8]
- Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begins.[9]
Births
- 1075
- Orderic Vitalis, chronicler (died c. 1142)
Deaths
- 1072
- 1075
- 19 December - Edith of Wessex, queen of Edward the Confessor (born c. 1029)
- 1076
- 31 May - Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, last of the Anglo-Saxon earls (born 1050)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ "The History of Canterbury Cathedral". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ↑ William of Malmesbury.
- ↑ "Lincoln Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ↑ "St Albans Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ↑ "New Forest website". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ↑ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
See also
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