1270s in England
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Events from the 1270s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Henry III (to 16 November 1272), 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]
- Battle of Áth-an-Chip: The army of the Irish Kingdom of Connacht routs the 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 (Gilbert of Preston).[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
- 22 April - Edward I's first parliament meets[1] and passes the first Statute of Westminster, codifying the existing law in England, in 51 chapters of Norman French, and defining legal privileges.[2]
- May - Parliament imposes the first regular customs duty on wool and leather.[1]
- 11 September - Earthquake in southern England damages churches at Glastonbury.
- Llywelyn ap Gruffudd refuses to pay homage to Edward I;[1] Llywelyn's proxy bride Eleanor de Montfort (Edward's cousin) is captured at sea off the south-west of England and held prisoner at Windsor Castle as a bargaining counter for Llywelyn's compliance.
- New statute forbids Jews from charging interest on loans.[1]
- 1276
- November - Edward I invades Wales.[1]
- Merton College, Oxford, is first recorded as having a collection of books, making its Library the world's oldest in continuous daily use.[3]
- 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]
- St George's Cross is first recorded in use as the national flag of England.[4]
- 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]
- 13 October - The King allows his cousin Eleanor de Montfort to marry Llywelyn ap Gruffudd at Worcester Cathedral.
- 17 November - All Jews in England imprisoned on suspicion of coin clipping.[5]
- 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.[6]
- The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year.[7]
- 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)
- Approximate date - William of Sherwood, logician (born c.1200)
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 88–90. 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. 146–148. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ "Library & Archives - History". Oxford: Merton College. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ Perrin, W. G. (1922). British Flags. Cambridge University Press. p. 37.
- ↑ "Medieval English Hammered Farthings - Edward I - intro". 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". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
See also
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