1290s in England
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Events from the 1290s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Edward I of England
[edit] Events
- 1290
- 21 May - The statute of quo warranto establishes the concept of time immemorial in English law, dating it to the accession of Richard I of England in 1189.[1]
- 8 July - The statute Quia Emptores is passed, reforming the feudal system of land leases and allowing the sale of fee simple estates.[2]
- 18 July - The Edict of Expulsion is issued expelling all the Jews from England.[1]
- The second of the Statutes of Mortmain are passed under king Edward I of England, which prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
- 1291
- 10 May - At Norham Castle, Edward forces the Scottish nobles to recognise his right to determine the succession to the throne of Scotland.[2]
- 8 August - Twelve applicants submit their claims to the Scottish throne to Edward I.[2]
- The Eleanor crosses are erected at Charing Cross and across England marking the route of the funeral procession Edward I's Queen, Eleanor of Castile.[1]
- Construction of the nave of York Minster begins.[1]
- 1292
- 17 November - Edward I places John Balliol on the Scottish throne.[1]
- Edward I reforms and standardises the system of legal education.[2]
- 1293
- 15 May - English fleet defeats a French force and sacks La Rochelle.[2]
- Robert Winchelsey enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1294
- January - War breaks out between England and France when Philip IV of France attempts to seize Gascony from English control.[1]
- 14 May - Philip formally announces the confiscation of Gascony.[2]
- June - Edward I takes direct control of the English wool trade (until 1297).[2]
- 24 August - Treaty of Nuremberg: England allies with the Holy Roman Empire against France.[2]
- September - Madog ap Llywelyn leads a Welsh revolt against English rule.[1]
- 9 October - Delayed by the Welsh revolt, an English army finally leaves to invade France.[2]
- Strand Inn established; the first Inn of Chancery.[2]
- 1295
- 5 March - Battle of Maes Moydog: English defeat Welsh rebels.[2]
- 5 July - Scotland and France form the Auld Alliance against England.[1]
- 13 November - Edward I summons the Model Parliament, the constitution of which served as a model for all later parliaments.[1]
- 1296
- 30 March - Edward I takes the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.[1]
- 27 April - At the Battle of Dunbar, the English defeat the Scots.[1]
- August - Edward takes the Stone of Scone from Scotland to London.[1]
- 28 August - Scottish assembly pays homage to Edward at Berwick. Edward establishes a system of English rule over Scotland.[2]
- 1297
- 30 January - Edward I outlaws the clergy who have refused to pay his taxes due to an edict of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]
- 24 February - A Parliament assembled at Salisbury refuses to endorse Edward's war in Gascony.[1]
- May - William Wallace begins a Scottish rebellion against English rule.[2]
- 24 August - Edward I leaves England to support an invasion of France by the Flemish Count Guy of Dampierre.[1]
- 11 September - At the Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Scots under William Wallace defeat an English army.[1]
- 7 October - a truce is signed between England and France.[1]
- 10 October - Confirmation of Charters: Edward issues a statute reconfirming Magna Carta.[1]
- 1298
- 22 July - At the Battle of Falkirk, Edward I defeats the Scottish army led by William Wallace.[1]
- Rebuilding of Sainr Stephen's Chapel at Westminster begins.[2]
- 1299
- 4 September - Edward I marries Marguerite, sister of King Philip IV.[2]
- A fire damages the Palace of Westminster.[3]
[edit] Births
- 1292
- Henry Burghersh, statesman (died 1340)
- Eleanor de Clare, noblewoman (died 1337)
- 1293
- Margaret de Clare, noblewoman (died 1342)
- 1295
- 16 September - Elizabeth de Clare, noblewoman (died 1360)
- Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (died 1361)
- 1297
[edit] Deaths
- 1290
- 28 November - Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I of England (born 1241)
- 1291
- 26 June - Eleanor of Provence, queen of Henry III of England (born c. 1223)
- 1292
- 25 October - Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)
- 8 December - John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1230)
- 1294
- Roger Bacon, philosopher and scientist (born c. 1214)
- 1295
- 7 December - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, politician (born 1243)
- 1296
- May - William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke (year of birth unknown)
- 5 June - Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England (born 1245)
- 1297
- 11 September - Hugh de Cressingham, treasurer (year of birth unknown)
- 31 December - Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, soldier (born 1249)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 150–152. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 91-94. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia, Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8, page 287
