1040s in England

1040s in England

Events from the 1040s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Harold Harefoot (to 17 March 1040), Harthacanute (to 8 June 1042), Edward the Confessor

Events

* 1040
** 17 March - Harold Harefoot dies.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=108–109]
** June - Harthacanute lands at Sandwich, Kent, and becomes King of England.
* 1041
** Rebellion in Worcester against Harthacanute's naval taxes.
** Edward the Confessor returns from exile to become the heir of Harthacanute.
* 1042
** 8 June - Harthacanute dies and is succeeded by Edward the Confessor as King.
** "Encomium Emmae", a biography of Queen Emma of Normandy completed.
* 1043
** 3 April - Coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Cathedral.
** 16 November - Queen Emma accused of treason and her ally Stigand, Bishop of East Anglia dismissed.
** Earl Leofric of Mercia founds Coventry Abbey; according to legend, his wife Godiva rides naked through the town in protest at taxes to fund the abbey.
* 1044
** King Edward pardons Emma and Stigand.
* 1045
** Marriage of King Edward and Edith of Wessex.
* 1046
** Earl Sweyn Godwinson is exiled after kidnapping the Abbess of Leominster during an invasion of south Wales.
** "Exeter Book" of poetry completed.
* 1047
* 1048
** Last viking raid on England; unsuccessful raiders flee to Flanders.
** King Edward goes to war against Flanders, blockading the English Channel with a fleet based at Sandwich.
* 1049
** Sweyn Godwinson returns from exile, murders his cousin, and is exiled again.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 50-51|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Births

* Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile
* 1045
** Saint Margaret of Scotland daughter of Edgar Ætheling (died 1093)

Deaths

* 1040
** 17 March - King Harold Harefoot (born c. 1015)
* 1042
** 8 June - King Harthacanute (born 1018)

References

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