1279 In England

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.
** 9 September – William Chillenden elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
** 20 August – Prince Edward sets out on Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth) 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.
** Battle of Áth-an-Chip: The army of the Irish Kingdom of Connacht routs the English army near Carrick-on-Shannon.
* 1271
** 9 May – Prince Edward arrives in Acre, starting Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth) against Mamluk sultan Baibars.
* 1272
** 12 May – Lord Edward's crusade is concluded by the Treaty of Caesarea.
** 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.
** 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 and is proclaimed king.
** Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice (Gilbert of Preston).
** 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.
* 1274
** 2 August – Edward I returns to England from his crusade.
** 19 August – coronation of Edward I at Westminster Abbey.
** August – Merton College, Oxford, receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so.
** The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.
* 1275
** 22 April – Edward I's first parliament meets and passes the first Statute of Westminster, codifying the existing law in England, in 51 chapters of Norman French, and defining legal privileges.
** May – Parliament imposes the first regular customs duty on wool and leather.
** 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; 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.
** Statute of the Jewry forbids Jews from charging interest on loans.
* 1276
** November – Edward I invades Wales.
** Merton College, Oxford, is first recorded as having a collection of books, making its Library the world's oldest in continuous daily use.
* 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.
**St George's Cross is first recorded in use as the national flag of England.
* 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.
** 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.
* 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.
** The first of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
** December – new coinage issued, including the first groats and round farthings and a new silver halfpenny.
** Itinerant royal judges are ordered to inquire into confederacies against justice, thus effectively making conspiracy a crime.
** The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year.
** 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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