1240s in England

Events from the 1240s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry III of England

Events

* 1240
** Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, pays homage to King Henry, and agrees to arbitration over the right to rule Wales.
* 1241
** 1 February - Boniface of Savoy, the Queen's uncle, enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** October - After defeat in a military campaign, Dafydd ap Llywelyn makes Henry his heir.
* 1242
** May - English army supports rebels in Poitou against French rule.
* 1243
** September - England signs a truce with France.
* 1244
** August - Henry blockades Scotland and musters an army at Newcastle upon Tyne after Scots threaten the border.
** November - The Bishops and barons refuse to pay taxes demanded of them by King Henry, and insist on administrative reforms.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=139–141]
* 1245
** English army campaigns in north Wales to subdue local princes.
** The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey in Gothic style begins.
* 1246
** Cistercians, together with the King's brother, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, found Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire.
* 1247
** April - Treaty of Woodstock: Welsh princes acknowledge Henry as their overlord.
** 13 June - Coinage reform introduces a new silver coin and establishes seventeen local mints.
** Romford established as a market town. [cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42817|title='Romford: Economic history', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 (1978), pp. 72-76|accessdate=2007-12-08]
** The Bethlem Royal Hospital founded in London."The London Encyclopaedia", Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8]
* 1248
** 11 March - Richard of Cornwall presides at the first Trial of the Pyx to determine the purity of coinage.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 82-84|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester appointed as governor of Gascony, but soon proves unpopular.
* 1249
** University College, Oxford established.

Births

* 1240
** 29 September - Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and consort of Alexander III of Scotland (died 1275)
* 1241
** Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (died 1290)
* 1243
** 2 September - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, politician (died 1295)
* 1245
** 16 January - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (died 1296)
* 1246
** 14 September - John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (died 1272)
* 1247
** Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (died 1255)
* 1249
** Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (died 1297)

Deaths

* 1240
** Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1175)
** William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
* 1241
** 1 December - Isabella of England, princess (born 1214)
* 1242
** 26 March - William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (year of birth unknown)
* 1243
** 12 May - Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (born c. 1165)
* 1245
** 21 August - Alexander of Hales, theologian
* 1246
** 31 May - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England (born c. 1187)
** Richard Fitz Roy, illegitimate son of King John (born c. 1190)
* 1247
** William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (born c. 1168)
* 1249
** William of Sherwood, logician (born 1190)

References

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