1080s in England

Events from the 1080s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – William I (to 9 September 1087), William II

1080
- 14 May – William Walcher, Bishop of Durham, is killed by rebel Northumbrians; King William I sends his half-brother Odo of Bayeux to pacify Northumbria.^[1]
- Autumn – William's son Robert Curthose sent to invade Scotland; reaches as far as Falkirk.^[1]
- Robert Curthose builds a castle on the River Tyne; now Newcastle upon Tyne.^[2]
- Osmund (bishop of Salisbury), builds Devizes Castle.
- Gundulf of Rochester begins building of Rochester Cathedral.^[3]
- William I, in a letter, refuses to accept Pope Gregory VII as his overlord.^[2]
1081
- William campaigns in Wales, reaching as far as St David's.^[2]
- Construction of Ely Cathedral begins.^[2]
1082
- Odo of Bayeux arrested, and forfeits his Earldom and estates.^[2]
- Bayeux Tapestry completed.^[2]
1083
- William faces a revolt in the province of Maine in Normandy.^[1]
1084
- Construction of Worcester Cathedral begins.^[2]
1085
- Threatened invasion from Denmark aborted after a rebellion there.^[2]
- 25 December – William commissions the Domesday Book.^[1]
1086
- 1 August – Domesday Book is presented to William at Old Sarum.^[4]

1087
- 9 September – William I dies at Rouen while on campaign in northern France; his first son Robert succeeds him as Robert II, Duke of Normandy whilst his second son succeeds him on the English throne as William II of England.^[1]
- 26 September – coronation of William II at Westminster Abbey.^[1]
- 25 December – Odo of Bayeux re-instated as Earl of Kent.^[2]
- An early fire of London destroys much of the city including St Paul's Cathedral.^[5]
1088
- April – Odo of Bayeux leads the Rebellion of 1088 against his nephew William II.^[1] The church of Gloucester Abbey is among the places laid waste in the rebellion.
- July – William defeats the rebels, and exiles Odo to Normandy.^[2]
- Construction of the White Tower of the Tower of London probably largely completed.^[2]
1089
- May – See of Canterbury left vacant after the death of Lanfranc.^[2]
- Construction begins on Gloucester Cathedral and Tewkesbury Abbey.^[2]

1080
- Adelard of Bath, scholar (died c. 1152)
- Aubrey de Vere II, Lord Great Chamberlain (died 1141)
- Henry of Huntingdon, historian (died 1160)
1083
- Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine Order (died c. 1190)

1080
- 14 May – William Walcher, Bishop of Durham
1083
- 2 November – Matilda of Flanders, wife of King William I of England (born c. 1031, France)
1087
- 9 September – William I of England (born c. 1028, Normandy)
1088
- William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
1089
- 24 May – Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1005, Lombardy)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 113–114. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
↑ "Rochester Cathedral website". Retrieved 2007-12-22.
↑ "Time traveller's guide to Medieval Britain". Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.

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