1050s in England

Events from the 1050s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward the Confessor

Events

* 1050
** The Norman bishop Robert of Jumièges appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** First Bishop of Exeter consecrated.
** Sweyn Godwinson pardoned for murdering his cousin.
* 1051
** Robert of Jumièges refuses to consecrate Spearhafoc as his successor as the Bishop of London. William the Norman is appointed instead.
** September - Following a rebellion, King Edward the Confessor exiles Godwin, Earl of Wessex to Flanders.
* 1052
** Prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn of Wales raids Hertfordshire.
** 14 September - Godwin, Earl of Wessex returns to England from exile. He sails a large fleet into London forcing King Edward to reinstate him.
** Three bishops appointed by King Edward — Robert of Jumièges; Ulfus Normanus, Bishop of Dorchester, and William the Norman, Bishop of London — flee the country.
** Stigand enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** William, Duke of Normandy visits King Edward and may have been promised the throne after Edward's death.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=109–111]
* 1053
** 15 April - Godwin dies and is succeeded by his son Harold Godwinson as the Earl of Wessex.
* 1054
** 27 July - Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against King Macbeth.
* 1055
** Siward dies; Tostig Godwinson becomes Earl of Northumbria.
** 24 October - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and Ælfgar, exiled son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, raid England, and sack Hereford.
** Harold Godwinson makes peace with Ælfgar, who returns from exile.
* 1056
** 17 June - Battle of Glasbury-on-Wye: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn raids England again, and kills Leofgar of Hereford. Gruffydd's forces burn down Hereford Cathedral.
* 1057
** Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, returns to England, but dies shortly after.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 51-52|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** Leofric, Earl of Mercia dies, and his son Ælfgar is again exiled for treason.
* 1058
** Aelfgar, supported by the Welsh and Norwegians, unsuccessfully attacks the English coast; he is nonetheless re-instated as Earl of Mercia.
* 1059
** Malcolm III of Scotland pays homage to King Edward.

Births

* 1050
** Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria (died 1076)
* 1051
** Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned King of England (died c. 1126)

Deaths

* 1050
** 29 October - Edsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
* 1051
** 22 January - Aelfric Puttoc, archbishop of York
* 1052
** Emma of Normandy, consort of Ethelred the Unready and Canute the Great (born c. 985)
* 1053
** 15 April - Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1001)
* 1055
** Goda of England, princess (born 1004)
* 1056
** 10 February - Athelstan II, Bishop of Hereford
** 16 June - Leofgar of Hereford, Bishop of Hereford
* 1057
** February - Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II of England (born 1016)
** 31 August - Leofric, Earl of Mercia (born 968)
* 1058
** Alfwold, Bishop of Sherborne

References

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