1100s in England
Events from the 1100s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch — William II (until 2 August 1100), Henry I
Events
- 1100
- 1101
- 1102
- Henry I has a series of charges drawn up against the rebel Robert of Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury (particularly relating to unlicensed castle building), and, when Robert refuses to answer to them, persuades Robert's former vassal and ally Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, prince of Powys, to besiege and capture Robert's castles in Shropshire.[4] The king deprives Robert of his English lands and titles, besieges and takes his castle at Arundel and banishes him and his brothers from England, so he returns to Normandy[5] where he continues his rebellion.[3] Bridgnorth becomes a royal borough. Robert's brother Arnulf of Montgomery, lord of Pembroke, being banished from England and Wales, goes to serve his father-in-law, Muirchertach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland.[6]
- Gerald de Windsor is appointed by the king as Constable of Pembroke Castle and lord of the manor of Moulsford.
- Council of London reforms the clergy and prohibits homosexuality.[3]
- The tomb of Edward the Confessor is opened and the body is found to be perfectly preserved.[7]
- 1103
- 27 April - Investiture Controversy: Anselm goes into exile after a dispute with Henry I.[1]
- 10 August - A huge storm devastates crops.[2]
- Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, prince of Powys, having been insufficiently rewarded for his actions the previous year, again rebels against Henry I and is arraigned before a royal tribunal at Shrewsbury, convicted and imprisoned.[3]
- 1104
- 1105
- 1106
- 1107
- 1108
- 1109
Births
- 1100
- 1102
- 1103
- William Adelin, son of Henry I (died 1120)
- Adeliza of Leuven, wife of Henry I (died 1151)
- 1104
- 1105
Deaths
- 1100
- 1101
- 1104
- 1106
- 1107
- 1108
- 21 May - Gerard, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
- 1109
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 58–60. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Crouch, David (2007). The Normans; The History of a Dynasty. London: Hambledon Continuum. p. 175.
- ↑ Cokayne, George Edward (1949). White, Geoffrey H., ed. The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times XI. London: St. Catherine Press. p. 693.
- ↑ Moody, T. W. et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- ↑ "Icons, a Portrait of England". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ↑ Hollister, C. Warren; Frost, Amanda Clark, ed. (2001). Henry I. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 0-300-08858-2.
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ "Chichester Cathedral website". Archived from the original on 2007-11-25. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
See also
1100s in England: