1160s in England
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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.[1]
- 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.[1]
- c. April - Bartholomew becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- 1162
- 3 June - Thomas Becket consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury and resigns as Lord Chancellor.[2]
- Becket decrees that Trinity Sunday should henceforth be celebrated in England.[1]
- King Henry II raises the Danegeld (by now, merely a royal tax) for the last time.[2]
- 1163
- January - Henry II suppresses a revolt in Wales, and captures Prince Rhys ap Gruffydd.[1]
- 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]
- 1 October - Becket resists Henry II's demands to extend the jurisdiction of secular courts to the clergy.[2]
- 13 October - The bones of Edward the Confessor are translated to Westminster Abbey.[1]
- John of Salisbury completes his Life of Anselm.[1]
- 1164
- January - Henry II enacts the Constitutions of Clarendon (at Clarendon Palace in Wiltshire) in an attempt to restore royal jurisdiction over the Church.[2]
- 2 November - Becket found guilty of contempt of court and exiled to France.[2]
- 1165
- July - Henry II fails to quell a rebellion in Wales.[2]
- 1166
- July - Henry II conquers Brittany, granting the territory to his son Geoffrey.[1]
- Henry enacts the Assize of Clarendon, reforming the law, underpinning the importance of jury trial and defining the legal duties of sheriffs.[2]
- William Marshal is knighted.[3]
- 1167
- The exiled King of Leinster, Diarmait Mac Murchada, having paid homage to Henry, begins to recruit Norman knights for an invasion of Ireland.[1][4]
- Increased enrolment at the University of Oxford after English students are barred from attending Paris University.[1]
- 1168
- 1 February - Henry II's daughter, Matilda, marries Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony.[2]
- 1169
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)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 67–69. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 125–126. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ L'histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal.
- ↑ Foster, R. F. (1989). The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198229704.
See also
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