1130s in England

Events from the 1130s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry I of England (to 1 December, 1135), Stephen of England

Events

* 1130
** New choir of Canterbury Cathedral completed.
* 1131
** 8 September - The barons swear allegiance to Matilda as the true heir of Henry I of 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=120–122]
** Cistercians found Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire.
* 1132
** Benedictines found Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. [cite web|url=http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk/estate/history1b.html|title=Fountains Abbey website|accessdate=2007-12-19]
* 1133
** A royal charter establishes the first annual St Bartholomew Fair at Smithfield; later to become England's largest cloth fair.
** First Bishop of Carlisle consecrated.
* 1134
** Byland Abbey founded. [cite web|url=http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/byland/|title=Byland Abbey, Cistercians in Yorkshire Project|accessdate=2007-12-19]
* 1135
** 1 December - King Henry I dies having nominated Matilda as his heir.
** 22 December - Stephen of Blois, nephew of Henry I, claims the throne.
** 26 December - Coronation of Stephen of England.
** A fire in London seriously damages St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge."The London Encyclopaedia", Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8, page 287]
** Buildwas Abbey founded.
* 1136
** 1 January - Revolt in Wales; Welsh capture Swansea and Cardigan from the Normans.
** 5 February - By the Treaty of Durham, Stephen concedes Cumberland to David I of Scotland.
** Geoffrey of Monmouth writes "Historia Regnum Britanniae"'.
* 1137
** March - Stephen fails in his attempt to re-capture Normandy from Matilda.
* 1138
** May - The Anarchy: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester leads a rebellion against King Stephen in favour of his half-sister Matilda.
** 22 August - Battle of the Standard: English army defeats that of David I of Scotland at Cowton Moor.
* 1139
** 8 January - Theobald of Bec enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 9 April - The second Treaty of Durham between King Stephen of England and David I of Scotland; David's son Earl Henry takes control of most of Northumberland, excluding Bamburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 61-63|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** June - Stephen orders the arrest of Roger of Salisbury, Justiciar and Bishop of Salisbury, and Alexander of Lincoln, Bishop of Lincoln.
** 30 September - The Anarchy: Empress Matilda lands near Arundel to begin her campaign to regain the throne from Stephen.
** 7 November - The Anarchy: Gloucester's army sacks Worcester.

Births

* 1130
** Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1176)
* 1133
** 5 March - King Henry II of England (died 1189)
* 1136
** William of Newburgh, historian (died c. 1198)

Deaths

* "year unknown, after 1130"
** Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (born 1052)
* 1130
** Maud, Countess of Huntingdon (born 1074)
* 1134
** 28 March - Stephen Harding, saint and abbot
** Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, earliest known conjoined twins (born 1100)
* 1135
** 1 December - King Henry I of England (born 1068/1069)
* 1136
** 15 April - Richard de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (born 1094)
** 21 November - William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1070)
* 1138
** William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
* 1139
** 11 December - Roger of Salisbury, bishop and Lord Chancellor

References

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