1220s in England

Events from the 1220s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry III of England

Events

* 1220
** 17 May - Second coronation of King Henry III at Westminster Abbey. Pope Honorius III had deemed that Henry's first coronation at Gloucester in 1216 had not been carried out in accordance with church rites. [cite web|url=http://www.archontology.org/nations/england/king_england/henry3.php|title=Henry III, Archonotology.org|accessdate=2007-12-10]
** May - Construction of the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey begins.
** Re-building of Salisbury Cathedral in Gothic style begins. [cite web|url=http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/history.cathedral.php|title=History of the Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral website|accessdate=2007-12-10]
** Re-building of Beverley Minster in Gothic style begins. [cite web|url=http://www.beverleyminster.org/|title=Official Site for Beverley Minster|accessdate=2007-12-10]
* 1221
** August - Arrival of first Dominican friars in England.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=135–137]
** 15 August - Dominicans found Blackfriars, Oxford.
** Henry's sister, Joan of England, marries King Alexander II of Scotland.
* 1222
** 15 July - Rioting after London defeats Westminster in an annual wrestling contest; ring-leaders hanged or mutilated in punishment.
* 1223
** Henry III given limited powers of governance, although not yet fully of age.
** William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke seizes Carmarthen Castle and Cardigan Castle from Llywelyn the Great.
** Justiciar Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent occupies Montgomeryshire.
* 1224
** 5 May - War between France and England breaks out when Louis VIII of France attacks Poitou and northern Gascony.
** 10 September - Arrival of the first Franciscan friars in England.
* 1225
** Magna Carta affirmed by Henry III, in return for issuing a property tax.
** "King Horn", the oldest known English verse romance, written.
** Franciscan house founded at Greyfriars.
* 1226
** Cardigan Castle and Carmarthen Castle become royal castles.
* 1227
** January - Henry III declares himself to be of age.
** March - England makes a truce with France.
* 1228
** 3 August - Walter d'Eynsham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** Hubert de Burgh leads an unsuccessful military campaign in south Wales.
* 1229
** 10 June - Richard le Grant enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** October - Planned campaign in France delayed; Henry blames Hubert de Burgh.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 79-81|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** Franciscan school of theology established at Oxford University; Robert Grosseteste is the first master.
** Beverston Castle founded.

Births

* 1222
** 4 August - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, soldier (died 1262)
* 1223
** John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (died 1267)
** Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (died 1265)

Deaths

* 1220
** Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (born 1176)
* 1221
** Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk (year of birth unknown)
* 1225
** Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (born 1186)
* 1226
** 7 March - William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, military leader (born c. 1176)
** 11 December - Robert de Ros, baron (born 1177)
* 1228
** 9 July - Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1150)

References

ee also