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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 sets out on Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth)[2] with his wife Eleanor of Castile.
- Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, donates to the Cistercian Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire (his father's foundation) a phial held to contain the Blood of Christ, acquired in the Holy Roman Empire; this becomes such a magnet for pilgrimage that within 7 years the monks are able to rebuild their abbey on a magnificent scale.[3]
- Battle of Áth-an-Chip: The army of the Irish Kingdom of Connacht routs the English army near Carrick-on-Shannon.[1]
- 1271
- 9 May – Prince Edward arrives in Acre, starting Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth) against Mamluk sultan Baibars.[1]
- 1272
- 12 May – Lord Edward's crusade is concluded by the Treaty of Caesarea.[4]
- June – an attempt is made on the life of Prince Edward at Acre; he kills the would-be assassin but receives a festering wound from a poisoned dagger.[5]
- Summer – Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 24 September – Prince Edward leaves Acre for Sicily.
- 11 October – Robert Kilwardby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 16 November – King Henry III dies; Prince Edward (at this time in Sicily) succeeds him as Edward I of England[2] and is proclaimed king.
- Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice (Gilbert of Preston).[1]
- Worshipful Company of Cordwainers and Curriers granted rights to regulate the leather trade in the City of London; Fishmongers Company chartered.
- 1273
- Edward, making a protracted return from Sicily, visits Pope Gregory X and pays homage to Philip III of France.[1]
- 1274
- 2 August – Edward I returns to England from his crusade.[1]
- 19 August – coronation of Edward I at Westminster Abbey.[2]
- August – Merton College, Oxford, receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so.[1]
- The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.[2]
- 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 – an earthquake in southern England damages churches at Glastonbury and is felt across the country.
- 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
- 1277
- 9 November – Treaty of Aberconwy by which Llywelyn was to retain control of Gwynedd in return for paying homage to England while Edward was to rule the remainder of Wales.[2]
- St George's Cross is first recorded in use as the national flag of England.[7]
- 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.[8]
- 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 against the wishes of the King.[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.[9]
- The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year.[10]
- Further round of Hundred Rolls commissioned.
Births[]
- 1270
- Approximate date – Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, military leader (executed 1323)
- 1272
- April – Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I (died 1307)
- 1273
- 24 November – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I (died 1284)
- 1274
- Approximate date – Adam Murimuth, ecclesiastic and chronicler (died 1347)
- 1275
- 15 March – Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant, daughter of King Edward I (died after 1333)
- 18 August – Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere (died 1322)
- Approximate date – Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1324)
- 1276
- Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (died in battle 1322)
- 1278
- 11 March – Mary of Woodstock, daughter of King Edward I, nun (died by 1332)
- Approximate date – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, politician (executed 1322)
- 1279
- Approximate date – Marguerite of France, daughter of Philip III of France and Queen consort of Edward I of England (died 1318)
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 friar 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)
- John of Howden, canon and poet writing in Norman French and Latin
- 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[]
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- ^ a b c d e f g Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 146–148. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Historic England. "Hailes Abbey (328158)". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ Baldwin, Philip Bruce (2014). Pope Gregory X and the Crusades. Boydell Press. p. 43.
- ^ Slack, Corliss (2009). The A to Z of the Crusades. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-8108-6815-1.
- ^ "Library & Archives – History". Oxford: Merton College. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. 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 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-12-03.