1200s in England

Events from the1200s inEngland.

Incumbents

• Monarch–John

Events

• 1200
  • 22 May –Treaty of Le Gouletsigned byKing JohnandPhilip II of France,confirming John as ruler of parts ofFrance,in return for some exchange of territory.
  • 24 August – King John marries 12-year-oldIsabella of AngoulêmeatBordeaux.
  • 8 October – Isabella is crowned queen consort atWestminster Abbey.
  • October – John receives thehomageofWilliam I of ScotlandatLincoln.
  • LayamonwritesBrut,a history of early Britain, and one of the first works inMiddle English.
• 1201
  • 10 April – King John permits Jews to live freely in England andNormandy.
  • 11 July –Llywelyn the Greatpayshomageto John after Llywelyn has addedEifionyddandLlŷnto his kingdom ofGwyneddin northWales.
  • King John puts an embargo on wheat exported toFlanders,in an attempt to force an allegiance between the states. He also puts a levy of a fifteenth on the value of cargo exported toFranceand disallows the export of wool to France without a special license. The levies are enforced in each port by at least six men – including one churchman and one knight.
  • King John affirms that judgments made by the court ofWestminsterare as valid as those made "before the king himself or his chief justice".
  • Series ofPatent Rollsis begun inChancery.
• 1202
  • 30 April – King John fails to attend the court of Philip II to answer complaints of the barons ofPoitou.Philip confiscates English lands in France, granting many of them toArthur of Brittany.
  • July – King John rescues his mother,Eleanor of Aquitaine,from near capture by the rebellious forces ofArthur I, Duke of Brittany.
  • 1 August –Battle of Mirebeau:John captures Arthur andEleanor of Brittany.
• 1203
  • 3 April –BrittanyandMainerebel following the suspicious death of Arthur of Brittany.
  • April – Philip II seizes theLoire Valleyfrom John.
• 1204
  • 8 March – French captureChâteau Gaillardfrom the English.
  • 24 June – Philip II takesRouenendingPlantagenetrule inNormandy.
  • Beaulieu Abbeyfounded inHampshire.
  • King John frees all ofDevonexceptDartmoorandExmoorfromroyal forestlaw.
  • Jersey,Guernseyand the otherChannel Islandsbecome self-governing possessions of the English Crown.
• 1205
  • Harsh winter, in which theThamesfreezes over, results in widespreadfamine.
  • March – barons refuse to support John's war inFrance.
  • 13 July – monks atCanterburyelect their superior as the newArchbishop of Canterbury.
  • 11 December – King John forces the election ofJohn de Gray,Bishop of Norwichas Archbishop of Canterbury, contrary to the monks' wishes.
  • John begins construction of a royalnavy.
  • TheCanterbury election of 1205.
• 1206
  • 30 March –Pope Innocent IIIquashes King John's nomination of John de Gray as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 7 June – England invades France to defendAquitaine;army campaigns in Poitou.
  • 26 October – two-year truce with France agreed.
  • December – monks at Canterbury sent into exile for electingStephen Langtonas Archbishop of Canterbury against King John's wishes.
• 1207
  • 17 June – Pope Innocent III consecrates Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 28 August – King John issuesletters patentestablishing the borough ofLiverpool.
  • Charter establishes the borough ofLeeds.
  • John exiles theArchbishop of Yorkand seizes the revenues of Canterbury and York.
• 1208
  • 23 May –Papal Interdictimposed on England, prohibiting certain church rituals; King John confiscates all church property in retaliation.
  • Choir ofLincoln Cathedralcompleted.
• 1209
  • Easter Monday –Black Monday:a group of 500 settlers recently arrived inDublinfromBristolare massacred without warning by warriors of the Gaelic O'Byrne clan.
  • August –Scotlandbuys peace with England after a threatened invasion.
  • October – Llywelyn the Great and other Welsh princes pay homage to King John atWoodstock
  • November – the PopeexcommunicatesKing John.
  • Dissatisfied students from Oxford found theUniversity of Cambridge.

Births

• 1200
  • Adam Marsh,Franciscan (approximate date; died1259)
  • Matthew Paris,Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; died1259)
  • William of Sherwood,logician (approximate date; died c.1272)
• 1201
  • 9 August –Arnold Fitz Thedmar,chronicler (died1274)
• 1207
  • 1 October – KingHenry III of England(died1272)
• 1208
  • Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford,Constable of England (died1275)
  • Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester(died1265)
• 1209
  • 5 January –Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall(died1272)

Deaths

• 1200
  • William FitzRalph,seneschalofNormandy.
• 1201
  • Walchelin de Ferriers,Anglo-Norman nobleman, soldier and courtier
• 1202
  • 7 May –Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey(born1129)
• 1204
  • 21 October –Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester,nobleman (year of birth unknown)
• 1205
  • 13 July –Hubert Walter,Archbishop of Canterbury(year of birth unknown)
• 1206
  • William de Burgh,politician (born1157)
• 1208
  • 22 April –Philip of Poitou,Prince-Bishop of Durham (year of birth unknown)