1290s in England

Events from the 1290s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward I of England

Events

* 1290
** 21 May - The statute of quo warranto establishes the concept of time immemorial in English law, dating it to the accession of Richard I of England in 1189.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=150–152]
** 8 July - The statute Quia Emptores is passed, reforming the feudal system of land leases and allowing the sale of fee simple estates.
** 18 July - The Edict of Expulsion is issued expelling all the Jews from England.
** The second of the Statutes of Mortmain are passed under king Edward I of England, which prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
* 1291
** 10 May - At Norham Castle, Edward forces the Scottish nobles to recognise his right to determine the succession to the throne of Scotland.
** 8 August - Twelve applicants submit their claims to the Scottish throne to Edward I.
** The Eleanor crosses are erected at Charing Cross and across England marking the route of the funeral procession Edward I's Queen, Eleanor of Castile.
** Construction of the nave of York Minster begins.
* 1292
** 17 November - Edward I places John Balliol on the Scottish throne.
** Edward I reforms and standardises the system of legal education.
* 1293
** 15 May - English fleet defeats a French force and sacks La Rochelle.
** Robert Winchelsey enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
* 1294
** January - War breaks out between England and France when Philip IV of France attempts to seize Gascony from English control.
** 14 May - Philip formally announces the confiscation of Gascony.
** June - Edward I takes direct control of the English wool trade (until 1297).
** 24 August - Treaty of Nuremberg: England allies with the Holy Roman Empire against France.
** September - Madog ap Llywelyn leads a Welsh revolt against English rule.
** 9 October - Delayed by the Welsh revolt, an English army finally leaves to invade France.
** Strand Inn established; the first Inn of Chancery.
* 1295
** 5 March - Battle of Maes Moydog: English defeat Welsh rebels.
** 5 July - Scotland and France form the Auld Alliance against England.
** 13 November - Edward I summons the Model Parliament, the constitution of which served as a model for all later parliaments.
* 1296
** 30 March - Edward I takes the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
** 27 April - At the Battle of Dunbar, the English defeat the Scots.
** August - Edward takes the Stone of Scone from Scotland to London.
** 28 August - Scottish assembly pays homage to Edward at Berwick. Edward establishes a system of English rule over Scotland.
* 1297
** 30 January - Edward I outlaws the clergy who have refused to pay his taxes due to an edict of Pope Boniface VIII.
** 24 February - A Parliament assembled at Salisbury refuses to endorse Edward's war in Gascony.
** May - William Wallace begins a Scottish rebellion against English rule.
** 24 August - Edward I leaves England to support an invasion of France by the Flemish Count Guy of Dampierre.
** 11 September - At the Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Scots under William Wallace defeat an English army.
** 7 October - a truce is signed between England and France.
** 10 October - Confirmation of Charters: Edward issues a statute reconfirming Magna Carta.
* 1298
** 22 July - At the Battle of Falkirk, Edward I defeats the Scottish army led by William Wallace.
** Rebuilding of Sainr Stephen's Chapel at Westminster begins.
* 1299
** 4 September - Edward I marries Marguerite, sister of King Philip IV.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 91-94|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** A fire damages the Palace of Westminster."The London Encyclopaedia", Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8, page 287]

Births

* 1292
** Henry Burghersh, statesman (died 1340)
** Eleanor de Clare, noblewoman (died 1337)
* 1293
** Margaret de Clare, noblewoman (died 1342)
* 1295
** 16 September - Elizabeth de Clare, noblewoman (died 1360)
** Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (died 1361)
* 1297
** Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (died 1349)

Deaths

* 1290
** 28 November - Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (born 1241)
* 1291
** 26 June - Eleanor of Provence, queen of Henry III of England (born c. 1223)
* 1292
** 25 October - Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)
** 8 December - John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1230)
* 1294
** Roger Bacon, philosopher and scientist (born c. 1214)
* 1295
** 7 December - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, politician (born 1243)
* 1296
** May - William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke (year of birth unknown)
** 5 June - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (born 1245)
* 1297
** 11 September - Hugh de Cressingham, treasurer (year of birth unknown)
** 31 December - Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, soldier (born 1249)

References

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