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 10 year overview for 1200 to 1209
 1200 Rochester Cathedral Presbytery and Choir
Lincoln Cathedral Great transept
  Fire destroys the cathedral at Rouen
John divorces Isabella of Gloucester
Jan 2 Annular Eclipse of the moon
May 22 Philippe and John sign a treaty
Aug 24 John marries Isabella of Angouleme
Sep 8 John and Isabella are crowned
Nov 22 William does homage to John
 
 1201 Banbury Castle strengthened
Dunkeswell Abbey founded
Valle Crucis Abbey founded
May John sails to Normandy
Jun Philippe entertains John in Paris
Jun Storms do much damage
 
 1202 The Fourth Crusade
Winchester Cathedral Retrochoir and Lady Chapel
Worcester Cathedral fire
Spring Philippe sides with the Lusignans
Apr 28 John fails to attend a summons to Philippe's court
Jul Arthur knighted
Aug 1 Battle of Mirabeau
 
 1203 Beaulieu Abbey founded
Apr 3 Arthur is murdered
 
 1204 Goodrich given to William Marshal
William Marshall captures Cilgerran
Dublin Castle construction started
Spring Peace negotiations with France
Apr 1 Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Jun   Normandy is taken by Philippe
 
 1205Jan River Thames freezes
Feb Philippe plans invasion
Jun John prepares invasion
Summer   More castles fall to the French
 
Episode: Excommunication of King John
 Timeline of episode: Excommunication of King John
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Jul 13 Hubert Walter dies
Dec John forces election of De Gray
 
 1206Jun John defends Aquitaine
Oct 26 Philippe and John reach a truce
Dec The Pope chooses Stephen Langton for Canterbury
 
 1207 Stephen Langton becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Earl of Leicester loses land
Odiham Castle built
Marshall inherits the lands of Leinster in Ireland
Aberystwyth Castle demolished
John introduces the first income tax
Aug The Pope threatens an Interdict
Oct Birth of Henry III
Christmas John at Worcester
 
 1208   West front of Notre Dame
  Peter of Castelnau is murdered
Spring Interdict served by the Pope
 
 1209 Langton lands at Dover
Cambridge University founded
Jul 22   Albigensians massacred
Aug John prepares to invade Scotland
Nov John excommunicated by the Pope
 
 10 year overview for 1210 to 1219
 1210 Kenilworth Castle defences improved
Fountains Abbey rebuilding work
Haverfordwest Castle hosts King John
Katla Volcano Eruption
Jun 10 John lands in Ireland
Nov 1 Arrest of Wealthy Jews
 
 1211 Barbican built at Bridgnorth Castle
  Rheims Cathedral destroyed by fire
Summer Excommunication served
Jul Peace with Wales
 
 1212 John extorts money from the barons
William gives son as hostage
A Great fire of London
Straw roofs to be replaced by tiles
Children's Crusade
Nov John accepts Pope's demands
 
 1213Mar John prepares against invasion
Spring   French plan invasion
May 30   French fleet defeated
Jul Excommunication lifted
Sep 26 Pope's envoy arrives in England
Nov John meets the Barons
 
 1214 Foundation of Deer Abbey
Dieulacres Abbey moved
Feb 1 Peter Des Roches becomes Justiciar
Feb 2 John sails for France
Jun 29 Interdict lifted
Jul 27 Battle of Bouvines
 
Episode: The First Barons' War
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Oct 15 John returns from France
Dec 4 William the Lyon of Scotland dies
Dec 5 Alexander II became King of the Scots
 
 1215 Colchester Castle occupied by the French
Wallingford Castle fortified
Llewellyn captures Abervagenny Castle
Llewellyn captures Cilgerran Castle
Jan John meets the Barons in London
Mar 4 John takes oath for Crusade
Apr 1 Pope sides with John
May 17 London falls to the Rebels
May 27 A truce is sought
Jun 15 John's Great Charter (the Magna Carta)
Aug 24 The Magna Carta is annulled
Oct Baron's war
 
 1216 Beaudesert castle inner bailey
  Honorius III becomes Pope
Jan King John attacks Berwick
Feb King John puts down revolt
Feb Small French fleet land in London
May 18 A storm hits John's fleet
May 21 Prince Louis of France claims English Throne
Jun Prince Louis advances across England
Jul 18 Honorius III elected as the new Pope
Sep William of Cassingham
Oct Death of King John
Oct King John buried at Worcester
Oct 19 King John dies
 
The reign of HENRY (III, King of England 1216-1272)
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Oct 28 King Henry III Crowned
Nov Llewelyn divides Wales
Nov 12 Revision to the Magna Carta
 
 1217 Porchester castle captured
Foundation of Culross Abbey
Apr Siege of Mountsorrel Castle
May 20 Battle of Lincoln
Aug 24 Battle off Sandwich
Sep 12 Treaty of Kingston
 
 1219   The Fifth Crusade (1219-21)
William Marshal dies
Foundation of Deer Abbey
 
 10 year overview for 1220 to 1229
 1220 Salisbury Cathedral rebuilding started
Work on the Lady Chapel of Salisbury Cathedral
Chapter-house of Lincoln Cathedral
Grosmont Castle building work
Lady Chapel at Oxford
Henry III's improvements at the Tower
Llewelyn raids Pembrokeshire
Tower Collapse at St. David's
May Coronation of Henry III
Jul 7 Stephen Langton returns to England
 
 1221 Hubert de Burgh
Joan marries Alexander II
 
 1222 William the younger retakes his castles
 
 1223   Louis VIII becomes King of France
Cilgerran Castle recaptured
Earls deprived of their castles
Fire at Pershore Abbey
 
 1224 London Fog
Qtr 1 Henry reclaims castles
Jun Bedford Castle siege
 
 1225 Beeston Castle begun
Salisbury Choir
 
 1226 York Minster South Transept
Grace Dieu Abbey founded
Lady Chapel at Hereford
  Louis IX becomes King of France
Blance of Castile rules France
 
 1227 Balmerino Abbey founded
  Gregory IX becomes Pope
 
 1228 The Sixth Crusade (1228-9)
Stephen Langton dies
Henry III visits Woodstock.
 
 10 year overview for 1230 to 1239
 1230 Wells Cathedral West Front Started
Wells Cathedral West Front
Rievaulx Abbey rebuilding work
 
 1231 Tattershall Castle construction
Qtr 1 Hubert de Burgh in Wales
Aug 13 Simon de Montfort takes possession of his land
 
 1232 Henry III removes Hubert de Burgh
Peter des Rievaulx becomes treasurer
Oaks given to Gloucester
Lacock Abbey founded
 
 1233 Earl of Pembroke's revolt
Qtr 1 Baronian rebellion
Nov Rout of Henry's army
 
 1235 Henry III at Woodstock
Leopards at the Tower
 
 1236 Canterbury Cloister building work
The Pope condemns links to the Assassins
Wisbech Castle damaged by storm
Jan 4 Henry marries
 
 1237 Beeston Castle claimed by Henry
Transepts and Nave of Salisbury Cathedral
Lincoln tower collapses
 
 1238Jan Simon marries Henry's sister
 
 1239 Theobald of Champagne's Crusade
Wells Cathedral dedication of church
Jun Edward (I) is born
 
 10 year overview for 1240 to 1249
 1240 North Transept of Rochester Cathedral
Building work at St. Paul's complete
Chapter-house as Lichfield
 
 1241 Henry entertains at Woodstock
Mar 24   Krakow falls to the Mongol army
Oct   Celestine IV becomes Pope
 
 1242 Henry's finances are criticised
Henry tries to retake Poitou
Chapel of the Nine Altars
York Minster North Transept
Oct Earl Richard's vow
 
 1243   Innocent IV becomes Pope
Spring Simon de Montfort gets custody of Kenilworth castle
 
 1244 Bishop of Bath and Wells
Aug Jerusalem falls.
 
 1245 Carpini, the Christian envoy, travels to the Mongol Empire
Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey
Carlisle Cathedral building work
Bigods take Chepstow Castle
Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 1246 Hailes Abbey begun
Peter de Savoy granted Pevensey Castle
Beaulieu Abbey dedicated
 
 1247 Henry receives a relic
 
 1248 The Seventh Crusade (1248-54)
Bath Lady Chapel
Blance of Castile rules France
 
 1249Jul 8 Alexander II of Scotland dies
Jul 9 Alexander III became King of the Scots
 
 10 year overview for 1250 to 1259
 1250Qtr 4 Earthquake shakes St. Albans Abbey
 
 1251Nov 5 Dedication of Hailes Abbey
Dec 26 Margaret marries Alexander III
 
 1252 Shrine to St. Ethelreda installed at Ely
 
 1254 Edward marries
Henry gives Edward his own lands
  Alexander IV becomes Pope
 
 1255 Abundant Harvest
Angel Choir at Lincoln
Llewelyn rules North Wales
Oct Edward and Eleanor return to England
 
 1256 Harvest lost
Sep The Welsh invade the coastal plains
 
 1257 Henry and Edward reclaim the Lost Territories
Floods and famine
Building work at St. Albans
 
 1258 The West Front of Salisbury Cathedral
Exeter rebuilding work
Barons confront Henry
 
Episode: The Second Barons' War
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Qtr 1 The year starts badly
Mar Llewelyn becomes 'Prince of Wales'
Apr Henry asks for money
Apr 12 Henry is opposed by the Barons
May 11   Treaty of Corbeil
Jun Provisions of Oxford
Jun Odiham and Kenilworth handed over to the King
Oct 5   The death of Philippe III
 
 1259Oct 13 Provisions of Westminster
Dec 4 Treaty of Paris
 
 10 year overview for 1260 to 1269
 1260 Tenby Castle attacked
 
 1261   Urban IV become Pope
Qtr 1 Absolved from the Provisions of Oxford
May Henry back in control
May 25   Death of Pope Alexander IV
Aug 16 Henry appoints new ministers
 
 1262 Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 1263 Edward joins Simon de Montfort
Edward raids the Temple in London
Salisbury Cathedral Cloisters
First Oxford University college founded
Feb Edward returns to England
Jun Simon's forces do much damage
Oct 1 The Battle of Largs
 
 1264 Pevensey Castle siege
Army at Barham Down
Possible comet sighting
Siege of Rochester Castle
Beeston Castle occupied
Jan 23 The Mise of Amiens
Apr Northampton captured by the King
Apr Warwick castle attacked and destoyed
May Henry's war with the Barons
May 14 Battle of Lewes
Jun Haco of Norway attacks Scotland
Jun Simon summons Parliament
Summer Edward moved to Kenilworth
 
 1265 Work begins on the Lady Chapel at Chester.
Hawaden Castle attacked by the Welsh
  Clement IV becomes Pope
Jan 20 Ordinary people's Parliament
Feb The Barons split
May 28 Edward escapes
Summer Armies march
Aug 1   Younger Simon attacked at Kenilworth
Aug 4 Battle of Evesham
Sep 16 Peace with the Barons
 
 1266 Alexander III acquires the Hebrides
Jul 2 Treaty of Perth
Oct Mise of Kenilworth
 
 1267 Treaty of Shrewsbury
 
 1268 Caerphilly Castle construction
Jun Edward take the cross
 
 1269   Magnetism Experiments
Oct 13 Edward the Confessor moved
 
 10 year overview for 1270 to 1279
 1270 Tintern Abbey begun
Caerphilly Castle attacked
Jul Prince Edward leaves for the Holy Land
Jul 20   The Eighth Crusade
Sep 14 Relic given to Hailes Abbey
 
 1271   Marco Polo leaves Venice at the age of eighteen
Edward's Crusade
  Gregory X becomes Pope
May Edward reaches Acre
 
 1272 Peterborough Cathedral's Lady Chapel
Nov 16 Henry III dies
 
The reign of EDWARD (I, King of England 1272-1307)
 Information about this person
Nov 23 Edward chosen as King
 
 1273 Foundation of Sweetheart Abbey
Feb Edward visits the Pope
 
 1274 Vale Royal Abbey founded
Investigation into land ownership
May Little battle of Chalons
Jul 11 Birth of Robert the Bruce
Aug 2 Edward arrives home
Aug 19 Edward I crowned at Westminster
 
 1275 Chapter-house at Salisbury
 
Episode: Edward I and Wales
 Timeline of episode: Edward I and Wales
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Revolt of Llewelyn of Wales
Major rebuilding work at the Tower of London
Jews forbidden to lend money
Death of Margaret
Earthquake destroys Tor church
May Statute of Westminster
 
 1276 Edward's war with the Welsh begins
Jan   Innocent V was Pope between January and July
Jul   Adrian V was Pope bewteen July and August
Sep   John XXI becomes Pope in September
 
 1277 Construction of Builth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle rebuilt
  Nicholas III becomes Pope
Jun Feudal levies
Jul Construction of Flint Castle begun
Jul Edward reaches Worcester
Aug Reconstruction of Rhuddlan Castle begun
Aug 13 Vale Royal Abbey foundation stone laid
Nov 10 Edward defeats Llewelyn
 
 1278 Buckland Abbey founded
Many Jews executed
Easter King Arthur's remains reburied
Oct 13 Llewelyn marries Eleanor
 
 1279 Recoinage
Nov Statute of Mortmain
 
 10 year overview for 1280 to 1289
 1280 South Transept at Rochester
 
 1281 Beauchamp Tower at Tower of London built
  Martin IV becomes Pope
 
 1282 Construction of Denbigh Castle
Aberystwyth Castle damaged
Easter Another Welsh Uprising
Mar Hawarden Castle captured by the Welsh
Aug Feudal levy gather at Rhuddlan
Nov 6 English defeated
Dec 11 Llewelyn killed
 
 1283 Dolwyddelan Castle captured
Construction of Conway Castle begun
Construction of Caernarvon Castle
Mar Castle Criccieth captured
Apr Birth of Margaret, Maid of Norway
May Harlech Castle begun
Jun David of Wales captured
Oct 3 David ap Gruffydd is executed
 
 1284 'Round Table' event in Nefyn
Rebuilding work at Aberystwyth
First college at Cambridge University founded
Mar Statute of Wales/Rhuddlan
Apr 25 Edward (II) is born
 
 1285   Honorius IV becomes Pope
Oct 14 Alexander III remarries
 
 1286 Edward and Gascony
York Minster Chapter-house
Edward and Eleanor go to France
 
Episode: Edward I and Scotland
 Timeline of episode: Edward I and Scotland
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Mar 19 Alexander III of Scotland dies
 
 1288   Lucia arrives in Tripoli
 
 1289   Philippe obtained the area of Quercy
Norwich Cathedral Chapter-house
Aug Edward returns to England
 
 10 year overview for 1290 to 1299
 1290 Quia Emptores
Jul 18 Treaty of Brigham
Sep Margaret, 'Maid of Norway' dies on voyage
Nov 28 Eleanor of Castile dies
Dec The 'Eleanor Crosses'
 
 1291 Beaugency is bought by Philippe
York Minster Nave and West Front
Licence to crenelate at Stokesay
  Fall of Acre
May 10 Edward I meets Scottish Claimants
 
 1292 English and Norman sailor fight
Carlisle Cathedral damaged by fire
Rebuilding work at Carlisle Cathedral
Rebuilding work at Exeter Cathedral
Nov 17 John Balliol chosen by Edward I as Scottish King
Nov 30 John Balliol become King of the Scots
 
 1293 Wells Cathedral chapter House begun
  Philippe obtains Maguellone and Montpellier
 
 1294 Edward Balliol asks for resources
Outrage at Philippe's actions
Commercial treaty with Portugal
  Boniface VIII becomes Pope
  Celestine V was Pope between July and December
May Philippe IV confiscates Gascony
Qtr 3 Caernarfon Castle attacked
Oct 30 A Welsh rebellion
 
 1295 Southwell Cathedral Chapter-house
Jan Edward besieged at Conway
Apr Beaumaris Castle begun
Apr Edward occupies Anglesey
Oct Treaty Auld Alliance
Nov The first Model Parliament
 
 1296 Edward captures Urquhart Castle
Apr Balliol: Renounces homage to England
Apr 27 Battle of Dunbar
Summer Philippe IV threatens Edward
Jul Balliol: Surrenders at Stracathro, Edward takes the Stone of Scone
Aug The First Interregnum
 
 1297 Norwich Cathedral cloisters
Jan Marriage proposal
Feb Edward is deserted by the Barons
Apr 14 Edward appeals for support
Jul Confederacy formed and destroyed
Aug Confirmation of the Charters
Aug Edward sails for Flanders
Aug   Louis IX is canonised
Sep 11 Battle at Stirling Bridge
Winter Edward accepts Truce
 
 1298May Edward at York
Jul 22 Battle of Falkirk
 
 1299Mar Edward evades Parliament
Sep Edward marries


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