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1160s 1160s in England Events from the 1160s in England.-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.* 1161** Canonisation of Edward the Confessor....  | 1170s 1170s in England Events from the 1170s in England.-Events:* 1170** April - Henry holds an inquiry into the financial dealings of his sheriffs.** 14 June - Coronation of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England, by Roger, Archbishop of York....  | 1180s | 1190s 1190s in England Events from the 1190s in England.-Incumbents:Monarch – King Richard I , King John-Events:* 1190** 6 February - Massacre of almost all Jews in Norwich.** 7 March - Massacre of Jews at Stamford Fair....  | 1200s 1200s in England Events from the 1200s in England.-Events:* 1200** 22 May - Treaty of Le Goulet signed by John of England and Philip II of France, confirming John as ruler of parts of France, in return for some exchange of territory....

Incumbents

Events

• 1180
  • September - King Henry II
    Henry II of England
    Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
    
     renews the Pact of Ivry with the newly crowned King Philip II of France
    Philip II of France
    Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII and his third wife, Adela of Champagne...
    
    .
  • Construction of Wells Cathedral
    Wells Cathedral
    Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....
    
     begins.
  • Ranulf de Glanvill writes the first known treatise on English law.
  • Coinage reform: new silver coins minted.
  • Approximate completion date of synagogue
    Synagogue
    A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
    
    s at Jew's Court
    Jew's Court
    Jews' Court is the Oldest synagogue in the British Isles. A Norman building on Steep Hill in Lincoln, immediately above Jew's House, it is dated to between 1150 and 1180...
    
    , Lincoln, and in Guildford
    Guildford Synagogue
    Guildford Synagogue refers both to a probably medieval synagogue and to a modern congregation in Guildford, England.-Medieval synagogue:The Jews probably arrived in Guildford during the 12th Century. It is widely believed that they built a synagogue in the High Street, on a site that is now owned...
    
    .
• 1181
  • December - Baldwin of Exeter
    Baldwin of Exeter
    Baldwin of Forde was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1185 and 1190. Son of a clergyman, he studied both canon law and theology at Bologna and was tutor to Pope Eugene III's nephew before returning to England to serve successive bishops of Exeter...
    
     enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
    
    .
  • A dispute arises between Henry II's sons Richard
    Richard I of England
    Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...
    
     and Henry the Young King
    Henry the Young King
    Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine but the first to survive infancy. He was officially King of England; Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.-Early life:Little is known of the young prince Henry before the events...
    
     over lands in Aquitaine
    Aquitaine
    Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
    
    .
  • Assize of Arms
    Assize of Arms
    The Assize of Arms of 1181 was a proclamation of King Henry II of England concerning the obligations of certain classes of persons to have arms, and of their obligation to swear allegiance to the king....
    
     enacts military reform.
• 1182
  • Henry the Young King leads a rebellion against his father in Aquitaine.
• 1183
  • February - Geoffrey of Brittany allies with Henry the Young King against Henry II and Richard.
  • Henry the Young King dies, ending the fighting in Aquitaine.
• 1184
  • Assize of the Forest codifies laws protecting royal forest
    Royal forest
    A royal forest is an area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland; the term forest does not mean forest as it is understood today, as an area of densely wooded land...
    
    s.
  • Henry II's sons Richard and John
    John of England
    John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...
    
     dispute Aquitaine.
  • A fire destroys Glastonbury Abbey
    Glastonbury Abbey
    Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The ruins are now a grade I listed building, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument and are open as a visitor attraction....
    
    .
  • Gerald of Wales writes Topographica Hibernica.
• 1185
  • 29 January - Henry declines an offer to become King of Jerusalem
    Kingdom of Jerusalem
    The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Catholic kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. The kingdom lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, was destroyed by the Mamluks, but its history is divided into two distinct periods....
    
    .
  • 10 February - Knights Templar
    Knights Templar
    The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
    
     consecrate Temple Church
    Temple Church
    The Temple Church is a late-12th-century church in London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built for and by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. In modern times, two Inns of Court both use the church. It is famous for its effigy tombs and for being a round church...
    
     in London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
    
    .
  • Henry's estranged wife Queen Eleanor
    Eleanor of Aquitaine
    Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. As well as being Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, she was queen consort of France and of England...
    
     takes control of Aquitaine
    Aquitaine
    Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
    
    .
  • 11 April - An earthquake
    Earthquake
    An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
    
     destroys Lincoln Cathedral
    Lincoln Cathedral
    Lincoln Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Lincoln in England and seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 249 years . The central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt...
    
    .
  • 25 April - John appointed as Lord of Ireland.
  • December - John recalled from Ireland after antagonising both English lords and Irish chiefs.
• 1186
  • Henry restores Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
    
     to William I of Scotland
    William I of Scotland
    William the Lion , sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214...
    
    .
  • July - After the death of Geoffrey of Brittany, King Philip II of France claims rule over Brittany
    Brittany
    Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
    
    .
• 1187
  • May - Philip II invades Aquitaine, but makes a truce and agrees to crusade against Saladin
    Saladin
    Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...
    
     with Henry II and Richard instead.
• 1188
  • Henry II imposes the Saladin tithe
    Saladin tithe
    The Saladin tithe, or the Aid of 1188, was a tax, or more specifically a tallage, levied in England and to some extent in France in 1188, in response to the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187.-Background:...
    
     to pay for the planned crusade.
  • 11 November - Henry refuses to name Richard as his heir. Richard pays homage
    Homage (medieval)
    Homage in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position . It was a symbolic acknowledgment to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man . The oath known as...
    
     to King Philip II.
  • Gerald of Wales begins writing Itinerarium Cambriae.
• 1189
  • May - Richard campaigns against Henry II in France.
  • 4 July - Henry II surrenders; agrees to make Richard his heir and pay an indemnity
    Indemnity
    An indemnity is a sum paid by A to B by way of compensation for a particular loss suffered by B. The indemnitor may or may not be responsible for the loss suffered by the indemnitee...
    
    .
  • 6 July - Henry II dies; Richard becomes king.
  • 3 September - Coronation of Richard I. Rising against Jews
    Jews
    The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
    
     in London.
  • 12 December - Richard I embarks on the Third Crusade
    Third Crusade
    The Third Crusade , also known as the Kings' Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin...
    
    , appointing Hugh de Puiset
    Hugh de Puiset
    Hugh de Puiset was a medieval Bishop of Durham and Chief Justiciar of England under King Richard I. He was the nephew of King Stephen of England and Henry of Blois, who both assisted Hugh's ecclesiastical career...
    
     and William Longchamp
    William Longchamp
    William Longchamp , sometimes known as William de Longchamp or William de Longchamps, was a medieval Lord Chancellor, Chief Justiciar, and Bishop of Ely in England. Born to a humble family in Normandy, he owed his advancement to royal favour. Although contemporary writers accused Longchamp's father...
    
     as justiciar
    Justiciar
    In medieval England and Ireland the Chief Justiciar was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. The term is the English form of the medieval Latin justiciarius or justitiarius In...
    
    s in his absence.

Births

• 1180
  • Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford
    Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford
    Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, from whom he inherited the Clare estates. He also inherited from his mother, Amice Fitz William, the estates of Gloucester and the honour of St. Hilary, and from Rohese, an...
    
    , soldier (died 1230)
• 1186
  • Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
    Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
    Hugh Bigod was the eldest son of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, and for a short time the 3rd Earl of Norfolk.In 1215 he was one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta of King John...
    
     (died 1225)

Deaths

• 1180
  • 25 October - John of Salisbury
    John of Salisbury
    John of Salisbury , who described himself as Johannes Parvus , was an English author, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres, and was born at Salisbury.-Early life and education:...
    
    , bishop (born c. 1120)
• 1181
  • 30 June - Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester
    Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester
    Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester was the son of Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester and Maud of Gloucester, daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester .-Early life:He is thought to have been born Kevelioc in Monmouth...
    
    , politician (born 1147)
• 1183
  • 11 June - Henry the Young King
    Henry the Young King
    Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine but the first to survive infancy. He was officially King of England; Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.-Early life:Little is known of the young prince Henry before the events...
    
    , son of Henry II
    Henry II of England
    Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
    
     (born 1155)
  • 23 November - William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
    William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
    William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon.- Lineage :...
    
     (born 1116)
• 1184
  • 16 February - Richard of Dover
    Richard of Dover
    Richard was a medieval Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury. Employed by Thomas Becket immediately before Becket's death, Richard arranged for Becket to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral and eventually succeeded Becket at Canterbury in a contentious election...
    
    , Archbishop of Canterbury (year of birth unknown)
• 1186
  • 19 August - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
    Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
    Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance. Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine.-Family:He was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de...
    
    , son of Henry II (born 1158)
• 1187
  • Gilbert Foliot
    Gilbert Foliot
    Gilbert Foliot was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. Born to an ecclesiastical family, he became a monk at Cluny Abbey in France at about the age of twenty...
    
    , bishop (year of birth unknown)
• 1189
  • 6 July - King Henry II
    Henry II of England
    Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
    
     (born 1133)
  • 13 July - Matilda, Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II (born 1156)
  • 14 November - William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
    William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
    William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex was a loyal councilor of Henry II and Richard I of England.He was the second son of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex and Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex. After his father's death while in rebellion , William grew up at the court of the Count of...
    
     (year of birth unknown)
  • Geoffrey Ridel
    Geoffrey Ridel
    Geoffrey Ridel was the nineteenth Lord Chancellor of England, from 1162 to 1173.Ridel was probably the great-nephew of Geoffrey Ridel, who died in 1120 and was a royal justice. He was a royal clerk by about 1156, when he first starts witnessing charters. He was a king's clerk before he was...
    
    , Lord Chancellor
    Lord Chancellor
    The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
    
    (year of birth unknown)