1120s in England

Events from the 1120s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry I of England

Events

* 1120
** 25 November - Sinking of the "White Ship" in the English Channel. King Henry I of England's only legitimate son, William Adelin, drowns.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=118–120]
* 1121
** Henry I marries Adeliza of Louvain.
** Reading Abbey re-founded. [cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12673a.htm|title=Reading Abbey article in the Catholic Encyclopedia|accessdate=2007-12-19]
* 1122
* 1123
** 18 February - William de Corbeil enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** Louis VI of France supports rebels against English rule in Normandy.
** St Bartholomew's Hospital in London founded.
** First Bishop of Bath consecrated.
* 1124
** Henry I unsuccessfully invades France, having defeated rebels in Normandy.
** Moneyers punished by castration following run-away inflation.
* 1125
** William of Malmesbury completes his histories of England, "Gesta Regum Anglorum" and "Gesta Pontificum Anglorum".
* 1126
** Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York declared equal.
** 25 December - Henry I asks his nobles to recognise Empress Matilda as his heir. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/normanbritain_timeline_noflash.shtml|title=British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC History|accessdate=2007-12-19]
* 1127
** 1 January - English nobles accept Matilda as heir.
* 1128
** 17 June - Matilda marries Geoffrey Martel, heir to the Count of Anjou.
** Foundation of the first Cistercian abbey in England, at Waverley. [cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.15106|title=Waverley Abbey, English Heritage|accessdate=2007-12-19]
* 1129
** Henry of Blois becomes Bishop of Winchester.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 60-62|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Births

* 1125
** Renaud de Courtenay, noble (died 1194)

Deaths

* 1120
** 25 November - William Adelin, son of Henry I (born 1103)
* 1122
** 20 October - Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
* 1124
** 15 March - Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (born 1040, France)
* 1126
** Edgar Ætheling, last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house (born 1052)
* 1128
** 5 September - Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham
* 1129
** January - Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester (born 1074, France)
** Symeon of Durham, chronicler

References

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