1160s In England

Events from the 1160s in England.

Incumbents

*Monarch – Henry II

Events

* 1160
** 2 November – marriage of Henry the Young King and Marguerite, daughter of Louis VII of France; King Henry II takes control of Norman Vexin.
** The island of Lundy is granted to the Knights Templar by Henry II.
** Approximate date – Derby School is founded by Walkelin de Derby in Derby; it will survive until 1989.
* 1161
** 5 January – canonisation of Edward the Confessor.
** c. April – Bartholomew becomes Bishop of Exeter.
* 1162
** 3 June – Thomas Becket consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury and resigns as Lord Chancellor.
** Becket decrees that Trinity Sunday should henceforth be celebrated in England.
** King Henry II raises the Danegeld (by now, merely a royal tax) for the last time.
* 1163
** January – Henry II suppresses a revolt in Wales, and captures Prince Rhys ap Gruffydd.
** 6 March – Gilbert Foliot is translated from Hereford to become Bishop of London, an office which he will hold until his death in 1187.
** 1 July – Henry calls the Welsh princes and King Malcolm IV of Scotland to do homage at Woodstock Palace; the Welsh rebel.
** 1 October – Becket resists Henry II's demands to extend the jurisdiction of secular courts to the clergy.
** 13 October – the bones of Edward the Confessor are translated to Westminster Abbey.
** John of Salisbury completes his ''Life of Anselm''.
* 1164
** 30 January – Henry II enacts the Constitutions of Clarendon (at Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire) in an attempt to restore royal jurisdiction over the Church.
** 2 November – Becket found guilty of contempt of court and goes into exile to the Continent.
* 1165
** July – Henry II fails to quell a rebellion in Wales.
* 1166
** July – Henry II conquers Brittany, granting the territory to his son Geoffrey.
** Henry enacts the Assize of Clarendon, reforming the law, underpinning the importance of jury trial and defining the legal duties of sheriffs.
** Anglo-Norman soldier William Marshal is knighted while on campaign in Normandy; he will be described as "the greatest knight that ever lived".''L'histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal''.
* 1167
** The exiled King of Leinster, Diarmait Mac Murchada, having paid homage to Henry, begins to recruit Norman knights for an invasion of Ireland.
** Increased enrolment at the University of Oxford after English students are barred from attending Paris University.
** Earliest likely date for construction of building much later known as Marlipins Museum in Shoreham-by-Sea commencing, one of the earliest surviving secular buildings in England.
* 1168
** 1 February – Henry II's daughter, Matilda, marries Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony.
* 1169
** January – Treaty of Montmirail: Henry II agrees to divide his French territories amongst his sons; Aquitaine to Richard, Brittany to Geoffrey, and the remainder to Henry.
** 1 May – Norman barons land an invasion force at Wexford in support of Dermot.

Births

* 1162
** 13 October – Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214)
** Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford (died 1218)
* 1165
** October – Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, daughter of Henry II of England (died 1199)
* 1166
** 24 December – John of England (died 1216)
** William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (died 1240)

Deaths

* 1161
** 18 April – Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1090)
* 1166
** c. 27 December – Robert de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln
* 1167
** 12 January – Aelred of Rievaulx, abbot (born 1110)
** 27 February – Robert of Melun, theologian and bishop (born c. 1100)
** 10 September – Empress Matilda, first female ruler of England (born 1102)
* 1168
** 5 April – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, Justiciar (born 1104)
* 1169
** July – Hilary of Chichester, bishop (born c. 1110)

References

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