1200s in England

Events from the 1200s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - John of England

Events

* 1200
** 22 May - Treaty of Le Goulet signed by John of England and Philip II of France, confirming John as ruler of parts of France, in return for some exchange of territory.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=131–133]
** August - King John marries Isabella of Angoulême.
** October - John receives the homage of William I of Scotland at Lincoln.
** Layamon writes "Brut", a history of early Britain, and one of the first works in Middle English.
* 1201
** 10 April - King John permits Jews to live freely in England and Normandy. [cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/kingjohn-jews.html|title=Medieval Sourcebook: King John of England and the Jews|accessdate=2007-12-11]
** 11 July - Llywelyn the Great pays homage to John after his conquest of north Wales.
* 1202
** 30 April - King John fails to attend the court of Philip II to answer complaints of the barons of Poitou. Philip confiscates English lands in France, granting many of them to Arthur of Brittany.
** 1 August - Battle of Mirabeau: John captures Arthur of Brittany.
* 1203
** 3 April - Brittany and Maine rebel following the suspicious death of Arthur of Brittany.
** April - Philip II seizes the Loire Valley from John.
* 1204
** 8 March - French capture Chateau Gaillard from the English.
** 24 June - Philip II takes Rouen ending Plantagenet rule in Normandy.
** Beaulieu Abbey founded in Hampshire. [cite web|url=http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/beaulieuabbey/index.htm|title=Beaulieu Abbey website|accessdate=2007-12-11]
** Jersey, Guernsey and the other Channel Islands become self-governing possessions of the English Crown.
* 1205
** Harsh winter, in which the Thames freezes over, results in widespread famine.
** March - the barons refuse to support John's war in France.
** 13 July - Monks at Canterbury elect their superior as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 11 December - King John forces the election of John de Gray, Bishop of Norwich as Archbishop of Canterbury, contrary to the monks' wishes.
** John begins construction of a royal navy.
* 1206
** 30 March - Pope Innocent III quashes King John's nomination of John de Gray as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 7 June - England invades France to defend Aquitaine; army campaigns in Poitou.
** 26 October - Two-year truce with France agreed.
** December - Monks at Canterbury sent into exile for electing Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury against King John's wishes.
* 1207
** 17 June - Pope Innocent III consecrates Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 28 August - King John issues letters patent establishing the borough of Liverpool.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** John exiles the Archbishop of York and seizes the revenues of Canterbury and York.
* 1208
** 23 May - The Pope bans church services in England; King John confiscates all church property in retaliation.
** Choir of Lincoln Cathedral completed.
* 1209
** August - Scotland buys peace with England after a threatened invasion.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 75-77|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** October - Llywelyn the Great and other Welsh princes pay homage to King John at Woodstock.
** November - The Pope excommunicates King John.
** Dissatisfied students from Oxford found the University of Cambridge.

Births

* 1200
** Adam Marsh, Franciscan (approximate date; died 1259)
** Matthew Paris, Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date; died 1259)
* 1201
** 9 August - Arnold Fitz Thedmar, chronicler (died 1274)
* 1207
** 1 October - King Henry III of England (died 1272)
* 1208
** Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (died 1275)
** Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (died 1265)
* 1209
** 5 January - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (died 1272)

Deaths

* 1202
** 7 May - Hamelin de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1129)
* 1204
** 21 October - Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
* 1205
** 13 July - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (year of birth unknown)
* 1206
** William de Burgh, politician (born 1157)
* 1208
** 22 April - Philip of Poitou, Prince-Bishop of Durham (year of birth unknown)

References

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