1270s in England

Edward pays homage to Philip III of France.[1]

Events from the 1270s in England.

1274

Incumbents

2 August - Edward I returns to England from

the Ninth Crusade.[1]

Monarch - Henry III (to 16 November 1272), Edward I

19 August - Coronation of Edward I.[2]

The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.[2]

Events

Merton College, Oxford receives its statutes,

the rst English university college to do so.[1]

1270

1275

April - Parliament levies a property tax to support the Eighth Crusade.[1]

22 April - Edward Is rst parliament meets[1]

and passes the rst Statute of Westminster,
codifying the existing law in England, in 51
chapters of Norman French, and dening legal privileges.[2]

9 September - William Chillenden elected to

the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
20 August - Prince Edward participates in
the Ninth Crusade[2] with his wife Eleanor of
Castile.

May - Parliament imposes the rst regular

customs duty on wool and leather.[1]

Battle of th-an-Chip: The army of the Irish

Kingdom of Connacht routs the English army
near Carrick-on-Shannon.[1]

11 September - Earthquake in southern England damages churches at Glastonbury.

Llywelyn ap Gruudd refuses to pay homage
to Edward I;[1] Llywelyns proxy bride Eleanor
de Montfort (Edwards cousin) is captured at
sea o the south-west of England and held
prisoner at Windsor Castle as a bargaining
counter for Llywelyns compliance.

1271
Prince Edward reaches Acre during the Ninth
Crusade.[1]
1272

New statute forbids Jews from charging

interest on loans.[1]

Summer - Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.

1276

24 September - Prince Edward leaves Acre at

the end of the Ninth Crusade for Sicily.

November - Edward I invades Wales.[1]

Merton College, Oxford, is rst recorded
as having a collection of books, making its
Library the worlds oldest in continuous daily
use.[3]

11 October - Robert Kilwardby enthroned as

Archbishop of Canterbury.
16 November - King Henry III dies; Prince
Edward succeeds him as Edward I of
England.[2]

1277

Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its rst chief justice
(Gilbert of Preston).[1]

9 November - Treaty of Aberconwy: Llywelyn to retain control of Gwynedd in return for

paying homage to England; Edward to rule the
remainder of Wales.[2]

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in
London.

St Georges Cross is rst recorded in use as the

national ag of England.[4]

1273

1278
1

5
June or July - Robert Burnell elected to the
Archbishopric of Canterbury.
7 August - Statute of Gloucester denes competences of local courts and establishes legal
procedures for claiming a right to privileges.[1]
13 October - The King allows his cousin
Eleanor de Montfort to marry Llywelyn ap
Gruudd at Worcester Cathedral.
17 November - All Jews in England imprisoned on suspicion of coin clipping.[5]
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.[1]
The rst of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the
church.[2]
December - New coinage issued, including the
rst groats and round farthings and a new silver
halfpenny.[1]
Itinerant royal judges are ordered to inquire
into confederacies against justice, thus eectively making conspiracy a crime.[6]
The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London
by this year.[7]
Further round of Hundred Rolls commissioned.

Births
1271
May - Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward
I (died 1307)
1273
24 November - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son
of Edward I (died 1284)
1274
Adam Murimuth, ecclesiastic and chronicler
(approximate date; died 1347)
1275
Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron
Badlesmere (died 1322)
1276
Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
(died 1322)

REFERENCES

4 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 monk 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)
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 Giard, Lord Chancellor and archbishop (year of birth unknown)

5 References
[1] Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology
of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 8890.
ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
[2] Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassells Chronology of World
History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 146148.
ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[3] Library & Archives - History. Oxford: Merton College.

Retrieved 2012-05-08.
[4] Perrin, W. G. (1922). British Flags. Cambridge University Press. p. 37.
[5] Medieval English Hammered Farthings - Edward I - intro. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
[6] Gillingham, John; Griths, Ralph A. (2000). Medieval
Britain: a very short introduction. Oxford University
Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-285402-5.
[7] The Royal Mint at the Tower of London. Archived from
the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-1203.

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