1190s in England

Events from the 1190s in England.

Incumbents

Events

  • 1190
    • 6 February – massacre of almost all Jews in Norwich.
    • 7 March – massacre of Jews at Stamford Fair.
    • 16 March – a mob besieges 150 Jews in York Castle, killing those who do not commit suicide.[1]
    • 18 March – massacre of 57 Jews at Bury St. Edmunds.
    • 4 July – Kings Richard I of England and Philip II of France set out from France to join the Third Crusade.[2]
    • Summer – William Longchamp arrests his co-regent Hugh de Puiset and rules alone as Lord Chancellor, Justiciar, and papal legate.[1]
    • First known foreign scholar commences study at what will become the University of Oxford, Emo of Friesland.
  • 1191
  • 1192
    • 5 August – Third Crusade: Richard defeats Saladin at the Battle of Jaffa.[2]
    • 2 September – Treaty of Jaffa between Richard and Saladin allows Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem and ends the Third Crusade. Richard leaves the Holy Land in October.
    • 11 December – returning from the Crusade, Richard is taken prisoner by Leopold V, Duke of Austria, and secured at Dürnstein.
    • Prince John recognised as heir to the throne, and takes control of the royal castles at Windsor and Wallingford.[1]
    • Rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral begins.[4]
    • Richard of Devizes composes Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi Primi.
  • 1193
  • 1194
    • 4 February – Richard I ransomed from captivity.
    • c. 10 February – Henry Marshal is nominated Bishop of Exeter.
    • 12 March–28 March – Richard returns to England and besieges Nottingham Castle to reclaim it from his brother John.[2]
    • 17 April – second coronation of Richard I at Winchester.[1]
    • 2 May – Portsmouth granted a Royal Charter; dock ordered to be built here.
    • 12 May – after settling affairs in England, Richard I leaves for Barfleur in Normandy to reclaim lands lost to Philip II of France.[2]
    • 3 July – Battle of Fréteval: Richard I reconquers his French fiefdoms from Philip II.[2]
    • Hubert Walter appointed as Justiciar.[5]
    • September: Articles of Eyre proclaimed. Hubert Walter establishes the office of coroner.[1]
    • Ordinance of the Jewry: for taxation purposes, records are to be kept of financial transactions. England elects to be served financially by Jews, hence the eponym.
  • 1195
  • 1196
    • Spring – in London, a popular uprising of the poor against the rich is led by William Fitz Osbern.
    • Assize of Measures establishes the ell as the standard English measure, and regulates the production of cloth.[1]
  • 1197
  • 1198
  • 1199

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 73–75. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 129–131. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  4. ^ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
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