1070s in England
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Events from the 1070s in England.
Incumbents
Events
- 1070
- Winter of 1069â1070 â Harrying of the North: King William I quells rebellions in the North of England following an invasion by King Sweyn II of Denmark. Widespread famine follows the devastation wrought.[1]
- Spring â Sweyn II of Denmark joins English rebels led by Hereward the Wake and captures the Isle of Ely in The Fens of East Anglia.[2]
- 11 April â Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand is deposed at the Council of Winchester and imprisoned.
- 1 June â Hereward plunders Peterborough Abbey.[2]
- June â Denmark signs a treaty with England; Sweyn and his forces leave the country.[2]
- 15 August â Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.[3]
- Invasion of England by Malcolm III of Scotland repelled.[2]
- Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, the first Marcher Lord, invades Wales, capturing parts of Gwynedd.[2]
- Osmund succeeds Herfast as Lord Chancellor; Herfast becomes Bishop of Elmham.
- Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral following a fire begins.[4]
- Rebuilding of York Minster begins.[2]
- Construction of Dudley Castle in the west midlands by Ansculf de Picquigny begins.
- Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire by Alan Rufus begins.
- Jews from Rouen, in Normandy, settle in England at the invitation of the King.[5]
- 1071
- William defeats Hereward the Wake's rebellion on the Isle of Ely.[3]
- Edwin, Earl of Mercia, again rebels against William but is betrayed and killed, leading to the redistribution of land within Mercia to William's subjects.
- 1072
- 27 May â the Accord of Winchester establishes the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York in the Church of England.[2]
- August â William invades Scotland, reaching the River Tay.[2]
- At Abernethy, King Malcolm III of Scotland submits to William.[2]
- Remigius de Fécamp moves the seat of his diocese from Dorchester on Thames to Lincoln, becoming first Bishop of Lincoln,[2] and construction of Lincoln Cathedral begins.[6]
- 1073
- Rebuilding of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.[3]
- 1074
- Roger de Montgomerie is created Earl of Shrewsbury, and invades Wales, reaching as far as Powys.[2]
- 1075
- Revolt of the Earls: three earls rebel against William in the last serious act of resistance to the Norman conquest of England.[3]
- August (approx. date) â Council of London reforms Church administration in England. It approves union of the dioceses of Ramsbury and Sherborne into a new Diocese of Salisbury with a new cathedral at Old Sarum, Herman becoming first Bishop of Salisbury.[2]
- First Bishop of Chichester (Stigand of Selsey) consecrated.[2]
- 1076
- April â Council of Winchester confirms ecclesiastical authority, insists on celibacy of the clergy and marriage within church.[2]
- 31 May â execution of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, for his part in the Revolt of the Earls.[1]
- Approximate date of the Trial of Penenden Heath to settle a land dispute between King William and his half-brother Odo of Bayeux.
- 1077
- The Bayeux Tapestry completed depicting the Norman conquest of England.
- William's son Robert Curthose stages an insurrection against him in Normandy.[2]
- Construction of St Albans Cathedral begins under Abbot Paul of Caen.[7]
- Foundation of the first Cluniac abbey in England, at Lewes.[2]
- First recorded Trial by combat in England.[8]
- 1078
- 3 June (approx. date) â consecration of Osmund as Bishop of Salisbury. He will introduce the Sarum Rite.
- (approx. date) â construction of the White Tower (Tower of London) begins[2] under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
- Construction of Colchester Castle begins[2] under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
- 1079
- January â Robert unhorses William in battle in Normandy.[3]
- William creates the New Forest as a hunting ground.[9]
- Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begins[10] under the direction of Bishop Walkelin of Winchester.
Births
- 1075
- 16 April â Orderic Vitalis, Benedictine chronicler (died c. 1142)
- Approximate date â Gerald de Windsor, noble (died 1135)
Deaths
- 1072
- 10â11 February â Leofric, first Bishop of Exeter
- c. 21â22 February â Stigand, deposed Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1075
- 19 December â Edith of Wessex, queen of Edward the Confessor (born c. 1029)
- 1076
- 31 May â Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, last of the Anglo-Saxon earls (born 1050)