1250s in England

Events from the 1250s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry III of England

Events

* 1250
** Gascons revolt against English governor Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=141–144]
** First written reference to "Summer is icumen in", one of the oldest known English song lyrics.
* 1251
** May - de Montfort suppresses the revolt in Gascony.
** 26 December - King Alexander III of Scotland marries Margaret, daughter of King Henry III of England, precipitating a power struggle between the two monarchs.
* 1252
** September - Henry receives a gift of a polar bear from Norway, which he allows to swim in the Thames.
** Gascon leaders travel to England to put their case against Simon de Montfort, who eventually resigns.
* 1253
** 6 August - Expedition to Gascony to repel a rumoured invasion from Castile.
** de Montford returns to England where he allies himself with barons who oppose Henry III.
** The Domus Conversorum established in London for Jewish converts to Christianity.
* 1254
** 11 February - Parliament is summoned, for the first time including elected representatives; two knights from each shire.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 84-86|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** 1 April - Treaty of Toledo ensures peace between England and Castile.
** 26 April - a Parliament assembles which refuses to grant a subsidy to Henry III.
** 10 October - Edward Plantagenet marries Eleanor of Castile. His father Henry III had demanded the marriage in exchange of ending the war with her brother Alfonso X of Castile.
* 1255
** Llewelyn the Last becomes sole ruler of northern Wales.
** August - Henry III has his supporters put in control of the Scottish regency council.
** Nineteen Jews executed in Lincoln, on suspicion of being involved in a boy's murder.
** King Louis IX of France gifts Henry with an elephant, which he keeps in the Tower of London.
* 1256
* 1257
** 13 January - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall elected King of the Romans.
** August - A gold penny is introduced, but swiftly withdrawn when it proves too valuable to use.
* 1258
** 2 May - Simon de Montfort, together with six other barons, forces King Henry III to accept legal reforms.
** 12 June - Provisions of Oxford enacted, creating an elected Council of barons to advise the King.
** 27 October–4 November - the Oxford Parliament assembles.
** Irish, assisted by Scottish gallowglasses, halt the English advance westward through Ireland.
** Consecration of the newly rebuilt Salisbury Cathedral.
* 1259
** 1 August - Henry III makes peace with Llywelyn the Last, now claiming the title "Prince of Wales".
** 13 October - The Provisions of Westminster enacted, reforming the legal system.
** 4 December - By the Treaty of Paris, Henry III renounces his claim to Normandy to Louis IX of France.

Births

* 1252
** Eleanor de Montfort, princess of Wales (died 1282)

Deaths

* 1250
** 8 February - William II Longespee, crusader (born c. 1212)
* 1253
** 9 October - Robert Grosseteste, statesman and theologian (born c. 1175)
** Saint Richard of Chichester (born 1197)
* 1254
** William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (born 1193)
** Silvester de Everdon, bishop (year of birth unknown)
* 1255
** 1 May - Walter de Gray, prelate and statesman (year of birth unknown)
** Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (born 1247)
* 1256
** William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)
** Johannes de Sacrobosco, scholar (born c. 1195)
* 1259
** 18 November - Adam Marsh, scholar and theologian (born c. 1200)
** Matthew Paris, chronicler (born c. 1200)

References

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