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Events from the 1240s in England. IncumbentsMonarch – Henry IIIEvents- 1240
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, pays homage to King Henry III and agrees to arbitration over the right to rule Wales.[1]
- Old St Paul's Cathedral in London is consecrated.
- First perambulation of Dartmoor.[1][2]
- 1241
- 1 February – Boniface of Savoy, the Queen's uncle, is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 10 August – Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany dies captive at Bristol, ending the senior line of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany.
- October – After defeat in a military campaign, Dafydd ap Llywelyn makes Henry his heir.[1]
- 1242
- May – English army supports rebels in Poitou against French rule.[1]
- Royal troops seize the island of Lundy, occupied by the fugitive William de Marisco.
- 1243
- September – England signs a truce with France.[1]
- 1244
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn forms alliance of minor Welsh rulers in Wales and begins revolt against English rule.
- August – Henry blockades Scotland and musters an army at Newcastle upon Tyne after Scots threaten the border.[1]
- November – Bishops and barons refuse to pay taxes demanded by King Henry, and insist on administrative reforms.[3]
- 1245
- English army campaigns in north Wales to subdue Dafydd ap Llywelyn. A truce is agreed in the autumn, and Henry returns to England.[1]
- The rebuilding of Westminster Abbey in Gothic style begins.[3]
- 1246
- Cistercians, together with the King's brother, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, found Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire.[1]
- Dafydd ap Llywelyn, who had lately claimed the title of prince of Wales, dies and the resistance of the Welsh against English forces in Wales collapses.
- 1247
- April – Treaty of Woodstock: Dafydd ap Llywelyn's successors, the Welsh princes Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Owain ap Gruffudd acknowledge Henry as their overlord.[1]
- 13 June – Coinage reform introduces a new silver coin and establishes seventeen local mints.[1]
- Romford established as a market town.[4]
- The Bethlem Royal Hospital founded in London.[5]
- 1248
- 11 March – Richard of Cornwall presides at the first Trial of the Pyx to determine the purity of coinage.[6]
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester appointed as governor of Gascony, but soon proves unpopular.[6]
- 1249
- Spring – Bequest of William of Durham for the support of scholars in the University of Oxford, considered as the establishment of University College there.[3]
Births- 1240
- 29 September – Margaret of England, daughter of Henry III of England and consort of Alexander III of Scotland (died 1275)
- 1241
- Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (died 1290)
- 1243
- 2 September – Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, politician (died 1295)
- 1245
- 16 January – Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (died 1296)
- 1246
- 14 September – John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel (died 1272)
- 1247
- Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (died 1255)
- 1249
- Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford (died 1297)
Deaths- 1240
- Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1175)
- William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166)
- 1241
- 10 August – Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, daughter of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (born 1184)
- 1 December – Isabella of England, princess (born 1214)
- 1242
- 26 March – William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (year of birth unknown)
- 1243
- 12 May – Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (born c. 1165)
- 1245
- 21 August – Alexander of Hales, theologian
- 1246
- 31 May – Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John of England (born c. 1187)
- Thomas De Melsonby, last hermit of the Farne Islands[7]
- Richard Fitz Roy, illegitimate son of King John (born c. 1190)
- 1247
- William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (born c. 1168)
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.shareyouradventure.com/map/44964/MoorlandWalker/1240-Dartmoor-Forest |title=Dartmoor: The Perambulation of 1240 |accessdate=11 April 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/peram_bulat.htm |title=Legendary Dartmoor Mystery & History |first=Tim |last=Sandles |accessdate=11 April 2017}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=139–141}}
4. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42817|chapter=Romford: Economic history|title=A History of the County of Essex|volume=7|year=1978|pages=72–76|accessdate=2007-12-08}}
5. ^{{cite book|title=The London Encyclopaedia|first1=Ben|last1=Weinreb|first2=Christopher|last2=Hibbert|publisher=Macmillan|year=1995|isbn=0-333-57688-8}}
6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=82–84|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=8298|title=Monument No. 8298|publisher=English Heritage|work=PastScape|accessdate=2014-07-03}}
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