1130s in England
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Events from the 1130s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Henry I (to 1 December 1135), Stephen
Events
- 1130
- New choir of Canterbury Cathedral completed.[1]
- 1131
- 8 September - The barons swear allegiance to Matilda as the true heir of Henry I of England.[2]
- Cistercians found Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire.[1]
- Gilbertine Order of nuns founded by Gilbert of Sempringham in Lincolnshire, the only completely English religious order.[3]
- 1132
- Benedictines found Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire.[4]
- 1133
- August - King Henry I leaves England for the last time for Normandy.
- A royal charter establishes the first annual Bartholomew Fair at Smithfield, London; later to become England's largest cloth fair.[1]
- First Bishop of Carlisle (Æthelwold) consecrated.[1]
- Rebuilt Exeter Cathedral consecrated.
- 1134
- Byland Abbey founded by the Congregation of Savigny.[5]
- 1135
- 1 December - King Henry I dies (at Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy) having nominated Matilda as his heir.[2]
- 22 December - Stephen of Blois, nephew of Henry I, claims the throne.[2]
- 26 December - Coronation of Stephen of England at Westminster Abbey.[2]
- A fire in London seriously damages St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge.[6]
- Bruton Abbey and Buildwas Abbey founded.
- 1136
- 1 January - Revolt in Wales; Welsh capture Swansea and Cardigan from the Normans.[1]
- 4 January - Henry I is buried in his foundation, Reading Abbey (tomb dedicated 1 December).
- 5 February - By the Treaty of Durham, Stephen concedes Cumberland to David I of Scotland.[1]
- Hospital of St Cross, an almshouse in Winchester, is established by Bishop Henry of Blois; it will still be functioning in the 21st century.
- Geoffrey of Monmouth writes Historia Regum Britanniae.[1]
- 1137
- March - Stephen fails in his attempt to re-capture Normandy from Matilda.[1]
- June - York Minster and city are severely damaged by a fire, but the Minster is soon rebuilt.
- Rochester Cathedral is severely damaged by a fire, but is soon rebuilt.
- 1138
- January–February - King David I of Scotland raids Northumberland, taking the Bishop of Durham's Norham Castle (garrisoned only by nine), and besieges the castle at Wark on Tweed.[7]
- May - The Anarchy: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, leads a rebellion against King Stephen in favour of his half-sister Matilda.[2]
- 10 June - Battle of Clitheroe: Having harried Craven in Yorkshire, David I of Scotland's nephew William fitz Duncan meets and defeats an English force on the edge of the Bowland Fells.[7]
- 22 August - Battle of the Standard: English army defeats that of David I of Scotland at Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire.[1]
- Alcester Abbey and Bourne Abbey established.
- 1139
- 8 January - Theobald of Bec enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 9 April - The second Treaty of Durham between King Stephen of England and David I of Scotland; David's son Earl Henry takes control of most of Northumberland, excluding Bamburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.[1]
- June - Stephen orders the arrest of Roger of Salisbury, Justiciar and Bishop of Salisbury, and Alexander of Lincoln, Bishop of Lincoln.[2]
- 30 September - The Anarchy: Empress Matilda lands near Arundel to begin her campaign to regain the throne from Stephen.[2]
- 7 November - The Anarchy: Gloucester's army sacks Worcester.[1]
Births
- 1130
- 1133
- 5 March - King Henry II of England (died 1189)
- 1136
- William of Newburgh, historian (died c. 1198)
Deaths
- year unknown, after 1130
- 1130
- Maud, Countess of Huntingdon (born 1074)
- 1134
- 28 March - Stephen Harding, saint and abbot
- Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, earliest known conjoined twins (born 1100)
- 1135
- 1 December - King Henry I of England (born 1068/1069)
- 1136
- 15 April - Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (born 1094)
- 21 November - William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1070)
- 1137
- c.26 September - William Warelwast, Bishop of Exeter and diplomat
- 1138
- 1139
- 11 December - Roger of Salisbury, bishop and Lord Chancellor
References
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