1270s in England

Events from the 1270s in England.

Incumbents

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

Events

* 1270
** April - Parliament levies a property tax to support the Eighth Crusade.
** 9 September - William Chillenden elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
** 20 August - Prince Edward participates in the Eighth Crusade.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=146–148]
** Army of Connaught routs English army near Carrick-on-Shannon.
* 1271
** Prince Edward reaches Acre during the Ninth Crusade.
* 1272
** Summer - Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
** 11 October - Robert Kilwardby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 16 November - King Henry III of England dies; Prince Edward succeeds him as Edward I of England.
** Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice.
** The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in London.
* 1273
** Edward pays homage to Philip III of France.
* 1274
** 2 August - Edward I returns to England from the Ninth Crusade.
** 19 August - Coronation of Edward I.
** The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.
** Merton College, Oxford receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so.
* 1275
** 25 April - Edward I's first parliament meets.
** May - Parliament imposes the first regular customs duty on wool and leather.
** Parliament passes the first of the Statutes of Westminster, defining legal privileges.
** Llywelyn the Last refuses to pay homage to Edward I.
** New statute forbids Jews from charging interest on loans.
* 1276
** November - Edward I invades Wales.
* 1277
** 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.
* 1278
** June or July - Robert Burnell elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
** 7 August - Statute of Gloucester defines competences of local courts and establishes legal procedures for claiming a right to privileges.
* 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.
** The first of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
** December - New coinage issued, including the first groats and round farthings and a new silver halfpenny.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 88-90|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year. [cite web|url=http://www.royalmint.gov.uk/Corporate/AboutUs/History/Toweroflondon.aspx|title=The Royal Mint at the Tower of London|accessdate=2007-12-03]

Births

* 1271
** May - Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England (died 1307)
* 1273
** 24 November - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (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)

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 of England (born 1207)
** Bartholomeus Anglicus, Franciscan monk and encyclopedia author (born before 1203)
* 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 Giffard, Lord Chancellor and archbishop (year of birth unknown)

References

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