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 1100 Carisbrooke Castle given to de Redvers
Construction of Carew Castle
  Theodoric became the Antipope
Jul 13 Abbey Church at Gloucester dedicated
Jul 18   Godfrey of Bouillon dies
Aug William buried at Winchester
Qtr 3 Anselm recalled from exile
Aug 2 William II (Rufus) is killed while hunting
 
The reign of Plantagenet, Henry (I, King of England 1100-1135)
Aug 5 Henry I succeeds
Nov 11 Henry I marries Matilda of Scotland
Dec 25   Baldwin I becomes king of Jerusalem
 
 1101 Arundel Castle siege
Roger Bigod granted lands at Framlingham
  Albert elected Antipope
Feb Robert attempts to take the Crown
Apr 2 Henry I appoints Roger, a Norman Monk, as Chancellor
Jul The Treaty of Alton
 
 1102 Earl Robert of Belleme
Henry captures castle at Bridgnorth
 
 1103 Henry let off paying Robert of Normandy
Crops do badly
Conflicts between Church and State
Aug 10 Strong winds damage crops
 
 1104   Port of Acre captured by the Crusaders
Nicholas I becomes King of Denmark
 
 1105 Henry attacks his brother
  Sylvester IV becomes the Antipope
 
 1106 A comet passes by
Construction of Kidwelly Castle
Jan   Venice hit by a series of disasters
Sep 28 Henry attacks his brother again
Oct 17 St. Etheldreda's Day
 
 1107 FitzHamon dies
Construction of Llandaff Cathedral
Alexander I becomes King of the Scots
Jan 8 Alexander I becomes king of the Scots
 
 1108   Louis VI becomes King of France
Winchester Cathedral tower
Southwell Cathedral nave
Death of Gundulf
 
 1109 Church at Ely becomes seat of bishop
Abduction of Princess Nest
Apr 21 Archbishop Anselm dies
Jul 12   Fall of Tripoli
 

 1110 Construction of Aberystwyth Castle
Windsor Castle becomes a royal residence
  Birth of Geoffrey Plantagenet
Haughmond Abbey Founded
 
 1111 Severe winter
Founding of Neath Abbey
 
 1112 Construction of new cathedral at Exeter
Mar   Bernard of Clairvaux reaches Citeaux
 
 1113   Knights Hospitallers Recognised
Jun Worcester Cathedral damaged by fire
 
 1114   Count of Champagne travels to the Holy Land
Chichester Cathedral fire
Jan Matilda marries an Emperor
Nov   Earthquake
 
 1115   Count of Champagne donates land to St. Bernard
  Clairvaux Abbey founded
Nave of Rochester Cathedral
St. Albans consecrated
 
 1116 Fire destroys Peterborough Abbey
Welsh attack Norman castles
 
 1117 Peterborough Cathedral choir and transept
Berkeley castle construction
 
 1118   Baldwin II becomes King of Jerusalem
Earthquake
  Gregory VIII becomes the Antipope
  Gelasius II becomes Pope
Apr 14   Baldwin II crowned
May 1 Queen Matilda dies
 
 1119   Knights Templar in Jerusalem
  Knights Templar order founded in Jerusalem
  Hughes de Payen: Master of the Temple
William Adelin marries Matilda
Roger de Newburgh 2nd Earl of Warwick
  Calixtus II becomes Pope
Jun   Field of Blood
 

 1120 Worcester Cathedral Chapter-house
Norwich castle keep
Dedication of Llandaff Cathedral
Kenilworth Castle constructed
Construction of Sherborne Castle
 
Episode: Stephen's succession to the throne
Nov William Adelin is drowned
 
 1121 Norwich Cathedral nave and tower
Henry I marries Adeliza
Reading Abbey founded
 
 1122 Kenilworth Abbey Founded
Gloucester fire
Aug   Venetians besiege Corfu
 
 1123 Foundation of Inchcolm Abbey
Apr   Baldwin II is captured
May   Egyptian navy destroyed off Ascalon
Oct 23 Tewkesbury Abbey consecrated
 
 1124 Unity of Scotland restored under David I
Louis prevents war
Furness Abbey founded
  Agreement with Venice
  Celestine II is elected Antipope
  Honorius II becomes Pope
Feb   Siege of Tyre
 
 1125   Hugh of Champagne joins the Templars
 
 1126   Hughes de Payen travels West
Construction of Rochester Castle
Shrewsbury Castle granted to Adeliza
Henry of Blois at Glastonbury
Dec Henry holds a council at Woodstock
 
 1127 Charter for Glastonbury fair
Jan Barons swear allegiance to Matilda
Qtr 4   Templars are donated land near Troyes
 
 1128 Hughes de Payen visits Scotland and England
Templar Church in London
First Cistercian Abbey in Britain
The nave at Durham is vaulted
Matilda marries Geoffrey Plantagenet
Lichfield regains Bishop's seat
Construction of new church at Dunfermline Abbey
Jan Council of Troyes takes place
Apr Hugh de Payen visits Fulk of Anjou
 
 1129 Arundel Castle building work
Fulk V marries Melisende
Apr 14   Coronation of Philip of France
 

 1130 Fire at Rochester
Canterbury choir dedication
  Anacletus II becomes the Antipope
  Innocent II becomes Pope
Dec Henry spends Christmas at Woodstock
 
 1131   Knights Templars in Spain
Rievaulx Abbey founded
Gilbertines founded
Basingwerk Abbey founded
Fulk V becomes King of Jerusalem
 
 1132Winter Monks visit Ripon
 
 1133 Foundation of Garendon Abbey
Durham Cathedral Chapter house
Combermere Abbey founded
Augustinians at Porchester
Mar 25 Future king Henry II is born
Aug 2 Eclipse
Aug 4 Earthquake
 
 1134 Death of Robert Curthose
Fountains Abbey Founded
Calder Abbey first founded
  Erik II Emune becomes King of Denmark
 
 1135 Stephen at Hereford
Buildwas Abbey founded
Dec 1 Henry I dies
 
The reign of Stephen (of Blois, king of England 1135-1154)
Dec 22 Stephen succeeds Henry I
Dec 26 Coronation of Stephen of Blois
 
 1136 Hughes de Payen dies
Baldwin de Redvers flees to Carisbrooke
Castle at Banbury is built
Buckfast Abbey founded
Forde Abbey founded
London Bridge damaged by fire
Construction of a castle at Scarborough
 
Episode: Civil War Stephen and Matilda
King Stephen captures Bampton
Battle of Crug Mawr
Jan A fire at St. Paul's
Feb Treaty of Durham
Easter Stephen and the Court at Oxford
 
 1137 York Minster damaged by fire
  Louis VII becomes King of France
Bath Abbey fire
Apr   Stephen goes to Normandy
 
 1138 Cressing Temple Site
Theobald becomes Archbishop
Foundation of Bordesley Abbey
Start of Civil War
Arundel Castle siege
Exeter castle building work
Calder Abbey attacked by the Scots
Shrewsbury Castle captured by Stephen
Dudley castle attacked by Stephen
Ludlow castle siege
Gilbert de Clare becomes Earl of Pembroke
  Victor IV becomes the Antipope
Jan The Scots invade Northumbria
Feb Stephen marches north
May Robert sides with Matilda
Qtr 2 The Scots invade Northumberland
Aug 22 Battle of 'the Standard'
 
 1139 Papal Bull by Pope Innocent II
Matilda arrives in England
Wallingford Castle siege
Kingswood Abbey founded
Kirkstead Abbey founded
Corfe Castle siege
Leeds Castle siege
Jun Roger, Bishop of Salisbury is arrested
 

 1140 Abbey Church of St Denis begun
Foundation of Augustinian canons at Bristol
Building of original Bristol church
Castle at Sherriff Hutton
Coggeshall Abbey founded
Construction of Framlingham Castle
Whitland Abbey foundation
Construction of Hedingham Castle
Castle Rising Construction
Woodstock held by Matilda
Mar 20 Eclipse
Dec Stephen besieges Lincoln
 
 1141 Lincoln Cathedral damaged by fire
Winchester Castle burns down
Feb 2 Battle of Lincoln
Apr Matilda is elected Queen
Jun Matilda enters London
Sep 14 Rout of Winchester
Nov Exchange of King Stephen and Gloucester
 
 1142 Henry (II) spends a year in England
Calder Abbey founded
Dundrennan Abbey founded
Mandeville and Matilda
Cistercians in Ireland
Oct Oxford siege and Matilda's escape
 
 1143 Whitland Abbey founded
Revesby Abbey founded
Boxley Abbey founded
  Celestine II becomes Pope
  Baldwin III becomes king of Jerusalem
Sep Mandeville is arrested
 
 1144 Construction of Faringdon Castle
  Geoffrey Plantagenet captures Normandy
  Lucius II becomes Pope
 
Episode: The Second Crusade
Dec 24   Capture of Edessa
 
 1145 Stephen takes Farringdon Castle
Woburn Abbey founded
Jervaulx Abbey founded
Construction of Brightwell Castle
  Eugenius III becomes Pope
Dec 1   First formal Bull of crusade
 
 1146   Knights Templars adopt cross pattee
Llansteffan Castle captured
Mar 1   Pope reissues Papal Bull for a Crusade
Mar 31 Sermon at Vézelay
Christmas Stephen's Crown Wearing
Dec 25   Diet of Spires
 
 1147 Pevensey Castle siege
Foundation of Biddlesden Abbey
Henry arrives in England
Bruern Abbey founded
The Savigny order joins the Cistercians
Dore Abbey founded
Kirkstall Abbey founded
May   The start of the Second Crusade
Jun   Louis VII joins the Crusade
Oct 31 Robert, Earl of Gloucester dies
 
 1148 Consecration at Bristol
Lilleshall Abbey Founded
Feb Matilda leaves England
Jun 24   Damascus attacked
Sep   Conrad III leaves the Holy Land
 
 1149May 22 Henry (II) knighted by David
 

 1150 Fountains Abbey cloisters rebuilt
Rochester Cathedral West Front
Henry becomes Duke of Normandy
Combe Abbey founded
Kinloss Abbey founded
Worcester siege
Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 1151 War in Normandy
Foundation of Flaxley Abbey
Sep Geoffrey dies
 
 1152 William Marshal as hostage
Death of Ranulf, Earl of Chester
Newbury Castle Siege
Henry captures Malmesbury
  Baldwin III demands self rule
Mar 11 Divorce of Louis VII and Eleanor
Apr 6 Theobald refuses to crown Eustace
May Henry marries Eleanor
Qtr 3 Henry defends his position
 
 1153 Reading Castle destroyed
Richard de Lucy becomes Constable of the Tower
Nottingham Castle attacked
  Anastasius IV becomes Pope
Jan Henry invades England
Jun Malcolm IV becomes King of the Scots
Aug 17 Stephen's son Eustace dies
Aug 20 Death of Bernard of Clairvaux
Nov 6 Treaty of Wallingford
 
 1154 Berkeley Castle changes hands
Chapter House at Bristol
Ripon Cathedral rebuilt
Last entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
  Adrian IV becomes Pope
Jan Meeting at Oxford
Spring Henry returns to Normandy
Oct 25 Stephen dies
Dec Henry II succeeds Stephen
Dec 8 Henry lands in England
 
The reign of Henry (II, King of England 1154-1189)
Dec 19 Henry crowned at Westminster Abbey
 
 1155 Knights Templar build Temple in Fleet Street
Plan for the conquest of Ireland approved
Henry takes Scarborough Castle and Bridgnorth
Peterborough Cathedral Nave
Bridgnorth castle surrendered to Henry
Farnham Castle demolished
Feb 28 Henry the Young King is born
Spring Repairs to Westminster Palace
 
 1156 Henry captures Anjou
  Kremlin built at Moscow
 
 1157 Malcolm IV surrenders land to Henry
Basingwerk Castle is built
Devizes Castle passed to the Crown
Construction of Harbottle Castle
Wark Castle refortified
Sep 9 Richard (I) born at Oxford
 
 1158   Knights Templars present in Italy
Dieulacres Abbey founded
Cardiff Castle attack
Spring Henry visits Wulfstan's Shrine
Sep 23 Birth of Geoffrey Plantagenet
 
 1159   Alexander III becomes Pope
  Victor IV becomes the Antipope
Summer Henry II moves on Toulouse
 

 1160   Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France
 
 1161 Knights Templars move London Temple
Coupar Angus Abbey founded
 
 
Episode: Henry II and Thomas Becket
 1162 Thomas Becket becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Eleanor gives birth in Rouen
Feb 10   Death of Baldwin III
 
 1163   Notre Dame in Paris
Trial by combat
Jan Henry II returns to England
Jul Council at Woodstock
Oct Henry II puts plans of reform to Council of Westminster
 
 1164 Templars attempt a reconciliation
An Airburst Meteor?
Foundation of Strata Florida Abbey
  Paschall III becomes the Antipope
Jan 30 Constitutions of Clarendon
Jan 30 William of Paitin dies
Apr 19 Reading Abbey consecrated
Oct 6 Council of Northampton
Nov 2 Becket flees to France
 
 1165 Eleanor moves back to Aquitaine
Hugh Bigod buys back Framlingham
Aug 21   Birth of Philip Augustus
Dec William I 'the Lion' becomes king of the Scots
 
 1166 Building of Orford Castle
Assize of Clarendon
Building work at Bridgnorth Castle
Becket excommunicates his enemies
 
Episode: Conquest of Ireland
Dermot exiled from Ireland
 
 1167 Construction of Wallingford Castle
University of Paris ban
Aug Dermot returns to Ireland
Dec 24 John, the future king of England is born
 
 1168 Reconstruction of Dover Castle
  Calixtus III becomes the Antipope
 
 1169Jan 6 Becket submits to Henry
May Dermot retakes Leinster
 

 1170 The Galilee porch at Durham is built
Construction of Middleham Castle
Fire damages Norwich Cathedral
Kingswood Abbey Founded
May Raymond de Gros lands in Ireland
Jun 14 Henry II coronation of Prince Henry
Jun 29   Eastern Mediterranean earthquake
Jul 22 Becket and Henry at Freteval
Aug Ireland attacked by Earl of Pembroke
Sep 21 Dublin Captured by the Normans
Winter The Earl at Dublin
Dec 1 Thomas Becket returns to England
Dec 25 Becket excommunicates his enemies
Dec 29 Thomas Becket is murdered
 
 1171 Bindon Abbey founded
Construction of Bowes Castle
York Minster construction work
Cardiganshire granted to Lord Rhys
Jan 1 Henry II told of the murder of Becket
Spring Death of Dermot, King of Leinster
Jul Henry plans invasion of Ireland
Aug 6 Henry II returns to England
Aug 8 Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, dies
Oct 17 Henry lands at Waterford in Ireland
 
 1172May 21 Compromise of Avranches
Aug The Young King is crowned
 
 
Episode: Rebellion against Henry II
 1173 Baronial rebellion
Henry called as arbitrator
Wallingford Castle repairs
Remodelling of Windsor Castle
Henry takes control of Kenilworth
Feb 21 Becket canonised
 
 1174 Canterbury Cathedral fire
Construction of Bolebec Castle
William of Scotland held prisoner
May Richard (I) seizes the town of Saintes from his father, Henry II
Jun 13 The Battle of Alnwick
Jul 7 Whipping of Henry II
Aug Siege of Rouen
Oct 11 Henry II reaches a peace agreement
Nov 4 An aurora is seen across Europe
Dec 8 William I of Scotland signs Treaty of Falaise
 
 1175 Canterbury Choir building work
Murder of Sitsyllt ap Dwfnwal
Aug Joan travels to Sicily
Oct 6 Treaty of Windsor
 
 1176 Croxden Abbey founded
Construction work at Arundel
Cwmhir Abbey is founded
Peveril Castle Keep
Work begins on new London Bridge
Assize of Northampton
Summer Death of Strongbow in Ireland
 
 1177 Henry as arbitrator
Byland Abbey founded
Henry II refounds Amesbury Abbey
Construction of Carrickfergus Castle
Katla Volcano Eruption
Feb The conquest of Ulidia (Ulster)
Feb 13 Joan becomes the Queen of Sicily
May Council at Oxford
Jun Courcy becomes lord of Ulidia
 
 1179 Richard (I) takes the impenetrable fortress town of Taillebourg.
Canterbury Trinity Chapel and corona building work
Rochester fire
  Innocent III becomes the Antipope
Nov 1 Philip II of France crowned
 

 1180 Wells Cathedral building begins
Kenilworth Castle keep
Construction of Conisbrough Castle
Jun 28 Treaty of Gisors
Sep 18   Philippe Augustus takes the French throne
 
 1181 Assize of Arms
Sep   Lucius III becomes Pope
 
 1182 Kenilworth Castle becomes the King's property
Abergavenny Castle attacked
Dingstow Castle
  Dedication of Notre Dame Cathedral
 
 1183Jun The Young King dies
 
 1184May Fire destroys Glastonbury Abbey
 
 1185 Lincoln Cathedral damaged
  Earthquake in Sicily
Apr John is knighted
Apr John in Ireland
May 1 Eclipse
Jul Treaty of Boves
Nov   Urban III becomes Pope
 
 1186 Aberconwy Abbey founded
Cleeve Abbey planned
Jul Geoffrey, son of Henry II dies in a tournament
 
 1187 Henry signs a peace treaty
Crusade sermon at Llandaff Cathedral
Another fire at Chichester Cathedral
 
Episode: The Third Crusade
Jul 3   Army of Jerusalem defeated
Sep   Saladin captures Acre
Oct   Gregory VIII was Pope from October to December
Oct 2   Jerusalem falls to the Muslims
Nov Richard takes the Cross. The Crusade
Dec   Clement III becomes Pope
 
 1188 Cutting of the Elm
The 'Saladin Tithe'
 
 1189 Building work commences at the Tower
John marries Isabella
Teutonic Knights established
William Marshal and Chepstow Castle
First Lord Mayor of London
Jul 6 Henry II Dies
Aug 3 Richard returns to England
Aug 29 John marries
 
The reign of Richard (I, King of England 1189-1199)
Sep 3 Richard I Crowned King
Dec William of Scotland gives Richard 10,000 marks
 

 1190 Construction on Skenfrith Castle
Kidwelly Castle rebuilt
London adopts the St. George Cross flag
Mar Massacre of Jews at York
Jun 24 Richard at Tours
Jul 3 Meeting at Vézelay
Jul 4 Richard's Crusade starts
Sep   Messina
Oct   Richard captured Messina
Christmas   Crusaders in Sicily
 
 1191 Foundation of Glenluce Abbey
John opposes William Longchamp
King Arthur found at Glastonbury
  Celestine III becomes Pope
Mar 30   Philippe leaves Sicily
Apr 10   Richard's fleet leave Sicily
Apr 20   Philippe Augustus arrives in Acre
May 6   Richard sails to Cyprus.
May 11   Meeting in Limassol
May 12   Richard marries Berengaria
Jun 1   Richard controls Cyprus
Jun 6   Richard arrives at Tyre and attacks Acre
Jun 23 Eclipse
Jul   Richard takes Acre
Oct 6 Tower of London siege
 
 1192 Rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral choir
Llansteffan Castle rebuilt
Apr 28   Conrad is assassinated
Sep 2   Peace with Saladin
Oct 9   Richard I leaves the Holy Land
Dec Richard shipwrecked on the way home
 
 1193 Hubert Walter becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Saladin dies
West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
Feb Richard captured by the Emperor of Germany
 
 1194 Plans to move Old Sarum cathedral
Siege of Nottingham Castle
Mar Richard returns to England
Apr 17 The 'Crown Wearing'
May Richard leaves England
Jul 3 Richard defeats Philippe
 
 1195 Alteration to the West End
 
 1196 Arthur proclaimed Duke of Brittany
Assize of Measures
 
 1197 Great Council refuse Richard's request
  Building work at Notre Dame
 
 1198 Cleeve Abbey colonised
Cymer Abbey founded
  Innocent III becomes Pope
 
 1199Feb Teutonic Knights
Mar Siege at the castle of Chalus, and Richard dies
Apr 25 John is crowned Duke of Normandy
May Important Appointments
 
The reign of JOHN (King of England 1199-1216)
May 27 John is crowned King
Jun 20 King John leaves England


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