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Reign of Henry IIIReign of Edward I
Work began on the Lincoln Cathedral's main West transept, or Great transept in...(more)

Building work on eastern area of the Cathedral began in around 1200 and...(more)

May 22 At le Goulet on the River Seine Philippe II signed a peace treaty with John...(more)

Aug John and Isabella returned to England and were crowned at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Aug 24 Eager to make peace with the count of Angouleme, John marries his only...(more)

Nov 22 During a tour of the Midlands, John received homage from William the Lyon, King...(more)

The abbey in North Wales was founded in 1201 by Madog ap Gruffuud Maelor....(more)

This Cistercian abbey in Devon was founded by William Brewer. Brewer was a...(more)

Work on improving Banbury Castle continued between 1201 and 1207....(more)

May In France the Lusignans were causing problems still angry over John's marriage...(more)

Jun Even though Philippe was hearing complaints from the Lusignans about John's...(more)

Work began on the retrochoir (area to the east of the presbytery) and the Lady...(more)

The Fourth Crusade....(more)

Spring John charged the Lusignans with treason. The Lusignans went to Philippe for...(more)

Apr 28 Failing to attend the court of Philippe II, John was declared to be a rebel and...(more)

Jul Philippe of France knignts Arthur of Britanny....(more)

Aug 1 Arthur of Brittany was captured at the town of Mirebeau by William de Broase...(more)

Founded by King John who wanted to become an object of prayer by the Cistercian...(more)

Apr 3 Arthur was moved to Rouwn from Falaise where he was being held. There it is...(more)

William Marshall captured the Welsh castle at Cilgerran in Pembrokeshire from...(more)

King John gave Goodrich castle to William Marshal on his marriage to the...(more)

Spring After losing Normandy to the French, John sent an embassy to France to...(more)

Apr 1 Eleanor, Henry II's wife and John's mother died....(more)

Jun Philippe II, King of France won control of Rouen, the capital of Normandy and...(more)

Jan The winter of 1204/05 was so cold that the River Thames froze over and the cold...(more)

Feb Philippe II of France held a meeting in Normandy to discuss invading England....(more)

Jun Worried by rumours of an invasion from Philippe of France, led by heirs of king...(more)

Summer The castles at Chinon and Loches both fell to to French as Philippe...(more)

Jul 13 Hubert Walter the Archbishop of Canterbury and King John's most important...(more)

Dec When Hubert Walter died in July a dispute began between King John and the monks...(more)

Jun After Philippe failed to invade England the year earlier, John took to...(more)

Oct 26 A two year truce is agreed between the Kings of England and France....(more)

Dec Although the monks of Canterbury wanted their own sub-prior for the post of...(more)

As Earl of Pembroke, William Marshall inherits the lands of Leinster in...(more)

At a cost of £1200, King John built the castle of Odiham....(more)

King John took the land of the Earl of Leicester (father of Simon de Montfort)...(more)

Stephen Langton was chosen as Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Innocent III....(more)

Aug The Pope threatened King John with the sentence of Interdict unless he accepted...(more)

Spring With King John still refusing to accept Langton as Archbishop the Pope served...(more)

The university at Cambridge was founded by scholars from Oxford who left the...(more)

Stephen Langton landed in England from France to see King John and take the...(more)

Aug John mobilized an army with the help of Llewelyn of Gwynedd a Welsh chieftan...(more)

Nov King John is excommunicated by Pope Innocent III....(more)

King John used Haverfordwest Castle as a staging post before and after...(more)

Rebuilding work of the eastern parts at Fountains Abbey....(more)

King John spent time and money on the castle at Kenilworth, building outer...(more)

Jun 10 John landed at Waterford looking for the rebel baron William de Broase who had...(more)

Work was carried out on the outer defences at Bridgnorth....(more)

Summer In Northampton the Papal legate Pandulf served King John with his...(more)

Jul John and Llewelyn the Great of Wales reached an agreement and a peace treaty...(more)

William, King of the Scots was prepared to give John his eldest son, Alexander...(more)

Obsessed with regaining the Angevin empire, John tried all means to get money...(more)

Nov Taking the advice of William Marshal John accepted the demands of the Pope and...(more)

Mar At a camp near Canterbury called Barham Down King John mobilized an army...(more)

Spring Because King John had been excommunicated by the Pope the French king,...(more)

May 30 The English fleet defeated the French fleet off Damme, Flanders and the French...(more)

Jul When King John agreed to meet Stephen Langton at Winchester he was absolved...(more)

Sep 26 Cardinal Nicholas De Romanis arrived in England to prepare for the settlement...(more)

Nov John met the Barons at Wallingford in an attempt to prevent them from rebelling...(more)

A new location for this Cistercian abbey was found near Leek in Staffordshire....(more)

This Cistercian abbey near Peterhead in Scotland was founded by monks from...(more)

Feb 1 John elects Peter Des Roches, the Bishop of Winchester as his Justiciar. Des...(more)

Feb 2 John's conflict with Philippe of France started again with John's departure...(more)

Jun 29 At St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, the Interdict was finally lifted....(more)

Jul 27 English forces under the control of Emperor Otto IV were defeated by Philip II...(more)

Oct 15 Upset by demands for higher taxes and less control over affairs in England, the...(more)

Dec 4 William the Lyon of Scotland dies...(more)

Dec 5 Alexander was crowned at Scone....(more)

Llewellyn's fight against the Normans continued with the capture of Cilgerran...(more)

The castle at Abervagenny was captured from King John's forces by Llewellyn....(more)

The fortifications at Wallingford castle were strengthened at this time....(more)

An invasion force from France under direction of Philippe II, the king of...(more)

Jan Promising the Barons safe passage, John met them in London to discuss their...(more)

Mar 4 Hoping to gain the support of the Pope against the Barons, John took the oath...(more)

Apr 1 Pope Innocent III sent a letter to the Barons asking them to halt their actions...(more)

May 12 The civil war between King John and the Barons started again, when John did not...(more)

May 17 The gates to London were opened by a supporter of the rebellious Barons and the...(more)

May 27 Stephen Langton and William Marshall attempted to get the Barons and John to...(more)

Jun 17 A large number of barons, led by Stephen Langton the archbishop of Canterbury...(more)

Peter de Montfort rebuilt the inner bailey of Beaudesert Castle in stone, of...(more)

Feb A small French army landed in London. The Commander informed the Barons that...(more)

Feb King John put down a revolt in East Anglia. The Barons and the French kept hold...(more)

May 18 John's fleet of ships was badly damaged by storms as they prepare to defend...(more)

May 21 Invited by the barons opposed to king John, Prince Louis of France landed in...(more)

Jun Kings John fights rebels in East Anglia....(more)

Oct King John attacked Berwick and forced the Scots to leave. He also raided the...(more)

Oct King John died at Newark from excessive eating and drinking. Protestant...(more)

Oct 19 King John died at Newark. This was shortly after he lost his baggage train in...(more)

Oct 28 King John's eldest son Henry was crowned King Henry III at the abbey church of...(more)

Nov Llewelyn of Wales divided south Wales amongst the native princes....(more)

Nov 12 John's Charter was revised at King Henry's Council at Bristol....(more)

Louis captures and almost destroyed the castle at Porchester....(more)

Hubert de Burgh, King Henry III's justiciar, won several battles against Louis...(more)

May 20 Henry III's supporters defeated the forces belonging to the future King of...(more)

May 20 Rebels were defeated at Lincoln by William Marshal and the Bishop of...(more)

Aug 24 The French were defeated off Sandwich....(more)

Sep 12 At the Treaty of Kingston Prince Louis of France agreed to pay 10,000 marks to...(more)

William Marshal is succeeded by Peter de Roches, Bishop of Winchester and...(more)

The Fifth Crusade....(more)

Henry III made large alterations to the Tower of London including new curtain...(more)

Work began on the Lady Chapel at Oxford Cathedral. The chapel was incorporated...(more)

Hubert de Burgh improved the defences at Grosmont Castle, including the...(more)

Lincoln's Chapter-house was constructed between 1220 and 1235....(more)

The Lady Chapel of Salisbury Cathedral appears to be the starting point of the...(more)

A new site 2 miles from the original site at Old Sarum was chosen for the new...(more)

May At his coronation in Westminster Abbey, Henry was reminded of his duties at...(more)

Jul 7 Stephen Langton returned to England and resumed the role of Archbishop of...(more)

At York Minster, king John's daughter Joan married Alexander II, the king of...(more)

Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, travelled to Rome and left Hubert de...(more)

William Marshall, the younger, recaptured the castle at Cilgerran from Llewelyn...(more)

Louis VIII became king of France, upon the death of his father Philippe...(more)

A 60 day siege of Bedford Castle by Henry's forces. The castle was badly...(more)

From the Chronicles of Meaux Abbey came the report saying 'A London fog...(more)

Qtr 1 All those castles that had been taken from King John were claimed back by...(more)

Work on the Choir at Salisbury Cathedral started in 1225 and lasted until 1237....(more)

returning from a spell crusading, Ranulf, the fifth Earl of Cheshire starts the...(more)

At twelve years old, upon the death of his father, Louis IX became king of...(more)

From around 1226 until 1246, construction of the Lady Chapel at Hereford...(more)

This was a daughter house of the Cistercian abbey at Dore near Hereford. The...(more)

Building work on the South Transept of York Minster until 1241....(more)

The Scottish Cistercian abbey built by monks from Melrose abbey. The abbey is...(more)

Henry spent time at the Palace of Woodstock....(more)

On the death of Stephen Langton, the archbishop of Canterbury, the Pope,...(more)

The Sixth Crusade was won with diplomacy by Frederick II, who had married the...(more)

Rebuilding work commenced at Rievaulx Abbey....(more)

Work commenced on the West Front of Wells Cathedral....(more)

Building of the West Front of Wells Cathedral was begun....(more)

Construction of the castle at Tattershall....(more)

Qtr 1 Hubert de Burgh had become a powerful Lord in the Welsh Marshes, controlling...(more)

Aug 13 Henry III ordered the sheriffs of Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire to give Simon...(more)

Henry III donated one hundred and ten oaks from the forest of Dean to help in...(more)

Peter des Rievaulx, the nephew of the Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester,...(more)

Henry III was persuaded to remove Hubert de Burgh. Hubert escaped from prison...(more)

Richard, Earl of Pembroke in alliance with Llewelyn of Wales join forces to...(more)

Qtr 1 With the introduction of Peter de Roches as justiciar and the removal of Hubert...(more)

Nov Henry III's army was camped at Grosmont Castle when they were attacked in the...(more)

Henry spent time at the Palace of Woodstock....(more)

Pope Gregory IX condemned the links the both the Knights Templar and Knights...(more)

Canterbury Cloister building work....(more)

Jan 4 Henry married Eleanor, one of four daughters of Raymond count of Provence....(more)

During a sermon by one of the canons of the cathedral, the newly finished...(more)

Constrution of the major transept and nave of Salisbury Cathedral started in...(more)

With the death of the last male heir of the Earldom of Cheshire, the earldom...(more)

Jan Simon de Montfort married Henry III's sister, Eleanor secretly. She had been...(more)

The church at Wells was dedicated in this year, but did not get its status as a...(more)

The Crusade of Theobald of Champagne and the King of Navarre was a French...(more)

Jun Simon de Montfort is godfather....(more)

The Chapter-house at Lichfield has two storeys, the lower one for the meetings...(more)

The central tower and the choir had been rebuilt during the first part of the...(more)

Work on the north transept between 1240 and 1255....(more)

Henry spent time at Woodstock and entertained Alexander. King of the Scots and...(more)

Building work on the North Transept of York Minster until 1255....(more)

The Chapel of the Nine Altars in built on the east end of Durham Cathedral...(more)

Isabella, Henry's mother persuaded Henry to mount an expedition to retake...(more)

Simon de Montfort is one a twelve man council who met to work out Henry's...(more)

Oct During a violent storm at sea, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, vowed to build a...(more)

Spring Henry III bestowed the custody of Kenilworth castle to Simon de Montfort....(more)

The Pope decreed that Wells should be reinstated as a Cathedral and the Bishop...(more)

Aug With the fall of Jerusalem and the crushing defeat of the Christian armies at...(more)

When Maud, the last of the Marshal line, died in 1245 Chepstow Castle was...(more)

Work on the choir, aisles and arcading began and construction lasted until 1292...(more)

Henry started the work of rebuilding Westminster Abbey as a tribute to Edward...(more)

Carpini, a Christian envoy traveled to the seat of the Mongol Emperor at...(more)

Henry III granted Pevensey castle to the Queen's uncle, Peter de Savoy, Earl of...(more)

Twenty monks and ten lay brothers (monks who performed manual tasks) arrived at...(more)

Henry received a relic from the patriarch of Jerusalem consisting of a portion...(more)

Construction of the Lady Chapel between 1248 to 1264....(more)

After the Christians were defeated at Gaza in 1244, Louis IX of France (St....(more)

Jul 8 Alexander II of Scotland dies...(more)

Jul 9 Alexander was crowned at Scone....(more)

Qtr 4 Matthew Paris, the medieval historian, reported that an earthquake shook and...(more)

Nov 5 The King and Queen, with Richard, Earl of Cornwall (the King's brother) were at...(more)

Dec 26 Henry III's daughter Margaret married Alexander III, king of the Scots, at York...(more)

A shrine to St. Ethelreda was installed in the retrochoir of the cathedral. The...(more)

Henry III granted Edward (I) areas of land including Crown lands in Wales,...(more)

Edward (I) at the age of fifteen travels from Portsmouth with his mother and...(more)

Llewelyn ap Gruffudd declared himself ruler of North Wales....(more)

Work began on the construction of the Angel Choir at Lincoln Cathedral in order...(more)

The harvest for this year was so good that some of it was sold off cheaply. The...(more)

Oct After the marriage at a Cistercian convent in Castile, Edward and Eleanor...(more)

Hay and corn crops were lost this year....(more)

Sep Under their leader, Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, the welsh invaded the northern...(more)

Sections of the Norman apses at the eastern end of the church were damaged...(more)

Rainy weather in the early part of this year and serious flooding destroyed...(more)

Henry III relents to his son's demands for assistance to fight the Welsh and...(more)

Major rebuilding work began from 1258 under the control of Bishop Bronescombe...(more)

Work on the excellent West Front of Salisbury Cathedral began around 1258 and...(more)

 The seven were joined by many more Barons and Knights and they confronted Henry...(more)

Qtr 1 Because of a series of bad harvests, a wet winter and a late frost, crops were...(more)

Mar Llewelyn received the support of the native lords in Wales and declared himself...(more)

Apr The Pope offered the Sicilian crown for Henry's youngest son Edmund. The pope...(more)

Apr 12 For many years, Henry had been living beyond the means of the country and with...(more)

Jun As an act of faith, Simon de Montfort handed over his castles at Odiham and...(more)

Jun The barons and Henry III met at Oxford where fully armed, the barons showed...(more)

Oct 13 These were a series of reforms made by the council of fifteen created in 1258...(more)

Dec 4 Also known as the treaty of Abbeville. A treaty between Louis IX of France and...(more)

Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, the 'Prince of Wales' attacked the castle at Tenby....(more)

Around this time building work at Warwick replaced the wooden motte and bailey...(more)

The cloisters at Salisbury Cathedral were started around 1263 and the work on...(more)

At this time, Edward (to become Edward I), met up with Simon de Montfort and...(more)

Obtaining a papel bull to absolve himself from the Provision of Oxford, Henry...(more)

On the pretence of removing his mother's jewels, Edward (I) entered the Knights...(more)

Feb Edward and his wife returned to England...(more)

Jun Moving firstly westward from the stonghold of one of Henry's supporters to...(more)

Oct 1 Alexander III of Scotland attacked the Viking army led by King Haakon IV of...(more)

From the Chronicles of Meaux Abbey came the report of the siting of a comet...(more)

At a camp near Canterbury, called Barham Down, the supporters of Simon de...(more)

Following the defeat at the Battle of Lewes, Henry III's supporters fled and...(more)

Jan 23 Louis IX held a court at Amiens to decide if Henry should be freed from the...(more)

Apr Henry and Edward captured the castle at Northampton where the sons of Simon de...(more)

May The civil war between Henry III and the barons. The barons wanted to limit...(more)

May 14 Simon de Montfort surprises Henry III and Edward (I), with early movements of...(more)

Jun From a provisional administration consisting of Simon himself, the Earl of...(more)

Jun Haco of Norway and his troops landed at the mouth of the Clyde after taking a...(more)

Summer Edward (I) was held captive at Wallingford Castle but after an escape attempt...(more)

Work is begun on the Lady Chapel at Chester Cathedral....(more)

Jan 20 Simon calls a Parliament where for the first time ordinary people were brought...(more)

Feb The Earl of Gloucester, Gilbert de Clare organised a tournament where Simon's...(more)

May Left in custody at Hereford, Edward (I) was rescued and joined Roger Mortimer...(more)

Summer Simon's son was sent to London to raise money and troops. He diverted back...(more)

Aug 4 Using the banners of Simon's son captured forces at Kenilworth, Edward (I)...(more)

Sep 16 After the defeat of Simon de Montfort at Evesham, a limited agreement of peace...(more)

Alexander, the King of the Scots exchanged his daughter in marriage to Eric,...(more)

Jul 2 The Herbrides and Isle of Man were given to the Scots by the Magnus IV of...(more)

Oct The rebel barons were given the option by Edward to buy back their properties....(more)

Agreement between Henry III and Llewelyn, Prince of Wales. Henry recognised...(more)

Construction of the castle at Caerphilly was begun in 1268 under the control of...(more)

Jun Edward (I) took the cross in preparation for a Crusade from Ottobuono Fieschi,...(more)

Oct 13 Henry had Edward the Confessor's remains moved from behind the alter to a newly...(more)

The Welsh attacked the castle during its construction and set it alight. It...(more)

Building work begins on Tintern Abbey....(more)

Jul Prince Edward (I), his wife Eleanor, his cousin Henry (son of the King of the...(more)

Jul 20 Louis IX once again set out on Crusade, not to the east but towards Tunis....(more)

Sep 14 A phial containing the blood of Jesus was presented to abbey of Hailes by the...(more)

The Crusade of Edward, King of England....(more)

Marco Polo left Venice on a trading adventure with his father Nicolo and uncle...(more)

May The Sultan of Babylon abandoned plans to attack Acre at the arrival of Edward...(more)

The Lady Chapel of the Cathedral at Peterborough was constructed between 1272...(more)

Nov 16 Henry was buried in the church of St. Peter's at Westminster (which he had...(more)

Nov 23 The Council met at the Temple in London and drafted a letter to Prince Edward...(more)

Feb Edward met the Pope in Rome....(more)

Edward ordered an investigation into the rights of ownership of the land owners...(more)

The foundation of this abbey in Cheshire was a result of an almost disastrous...(more)

May While staying in Guienne in France, Edward (I) was challenged to a duel by the...(more)

Aug 2 Edward (I) landed at Dover to be crowned king. (Why did it take him so long to...(more)

Aug 19 Seventeen days after returning from the Crusade, Edward was crowned King of...(more)

Margaret, the wife of Alexander III, died in this year....(more)

Edward I ordered the Jews to stop lending money and charging high rates of...(more)

Edward I spent large sums of money improving the fortifications at the Tower of...(more)

Llewelyn had consistently failed to do homage to Edward. He had been paying...(more)

The Chapter-house at Salisbury Cathedral was begun in 1275....(more)

May The Statute of Westminster, drawn up between Parliament and Edward I, defined...(more)

Before the main army could be assembled Edward ordered that the Marchers and...(more)

Reconstruction of the castle at Aberystwyth was begun by the English during...(more)

Edward I orders improvements to be made to the castle at Builth....(more)

Jul Joined by a force of some 800 cavalry and 2500 infantry at Worcester, Edward...(more)

Jul As part of the plans to defeat Llewelyn Edward I ordered the construction of...(more)

Aug Leaving work on Flint Castle underway Edward I moved on up the coast to...(more)

Aug 13 Edward and his wife Eleanor of Castile laid the foundation stone of the...(more)

Nov 10 Llewelyn was cut off from supplies and an escape route so had to accept defeat....(more)

Many Jews were arrested in London for coin clipping and almost 300 of them were...(more)

This Cistercian abbey in Devon was colonised by monks from the abbey on the...(more)

Oct 13 With peace between Edward and Llewelyn, the marriage between Llewelyn and...(more)

Edward I had new coins minted. (To help fund Welsh campaings?). The coins were...(more)

Nov Edward I was concerned that the Church was becoming too wealthy at the expense...(more)

Work on the South Transept and nave commenced in 1280....(more)

Edward I was responsible for the construction of the Beauchamp Tower on the...(more)

The Welsh attacked and burnt the castle at Aberystwyth and its town....(more)

Another castle was built by Edward I's master castle builder, James of St....(more)

Mar David ap Gruffydd attacked and took control the castle at Hawarden. The...(more)

Easter David, Llewelyn's brother, rose up in revolt. Llewelyn, eventhough he had sworn...(more)

Dec 11 Whilst fighting in the south of Wales Llewelyn was killed and the uprising of...(more)

Edward and his master castle builder started the reconstruction of a new castle...(more)

After capturing Dolwyddelan, Edward moved up the river Conway to its mouth and...(more)

After the death of Lleweyln Edward was free to occupy all the previous...(more)

Mar Edward moved around the Welsh coast to attack and capture the Welsh castle at...(more)

Apr The birth of a daughter called Margaret to Eric, the young Norwegian King, and...(more)

May Work began on Harlech Castle. Money for the construction being moved from Cymer...(more)

Jun David the brother of Llewelyn was handed over to the king by his own supporters...(more)

Edward I ordered reconstruction work at Aberystwyth Castle after it had been...(more)

Edward arranged a 'Round Table' event and tournament at Nefyn in Wales. He...(more)

Mar After the second Welsh rebellion Edward decided to bring Wales under direct...(more)

Apr 25 Edward, the future king of England was born at Caernarvon Castle on the 25th...(more)

Oct 14 Because all of Alexander's sons had died there was a threat that a fight would...(more)

Edward I and his wife Eleanor of Castile travelled to France and were away from...(more)

Building work on the Chapter-house of York Minster until 1296....(more)

Edward I travelled around his duchy of Gascony between 1286 and 1289 rebuilding...(more)

Mar 19 Alexander III of Scotland died leaving no male heir. Margaret 'Maid of Norway'...(more)

The Chapter-house at Norwich Cathedral was under construction between 1289 and...(more)

Expanding his territories, Philippe obtained Quercy in exchange for a yearly...(more)

Aug Edward and Eleanor return to England after a three year visit to their foreign...(more)

A statute passed by Edward I putting an end to the practice of...(more)

Jul 18 The agreement of the marriage between Margaret Maid of Norway to the first...(more)

Sep Margaret, the 'Maid of Norway', granddaughter of Alexander III and next in line...(more)

Nov 28 Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I died while travelling in the North...(more)

Dec As Edward travelled with the body of his wife Eleanor from Harby near Lincoln...(more)

Edward I grants Lawrence of Ludlow a licence to fortify his manor house at...(more)

Building work on the Nave and West Front of York Minster until 1345....(more)

Expanding lands once again, Philippe buys Beaugency....(more)

May 10 Edward I met the claimants for the Scottish crown at Norham....(more)

Bishop Bitton rebuilt the choir at Exeter Cathedral between 1292 and 1307....(more)

Work began on rebuilding the choir, piers and east bay of the cathedral after a...(more)

The Cathedral is extensively damaged by fire....(more)

A small scale war breaks out between English and Norman sailors after a Norman...(more)

Nov 17 At Berwick Edward I declared John Balliol to be the new Scottish King....(more)

Nov 30 Balliol was crowned at Scone Abbey on St. Andrew's Day....(more)

Philippe added the bishopric of Maguellone and the east side of Montpellier to...(more)

The Chapter House and the complicated arangement of steps leading to them were...(more)

Diniz, the Farmer King of Portugal, signs a commercial treaty with England,...(more)

Edward I concluded a marriage agreement between his son Edward (II) and...(more)

Edward Balliol arrived in London and asked for men and money for Edward's...(more)

May Philippe IV, king of France confiscated Gascony....(more)

Qtr 3 Madog ap Llewelyn, one of the Welsh rebels, attacked and burnt Caernarfon...(more)

Oct 30 Edward needed an army to fight in France and ordered the Welsh to provide men...(more)

Work began on the Chapter-house of Southwell Cathedral in 1295 and continued...(more)

Jan After spending Christmas at Conway castle Edward's attempts to defeat the Welsh...(more)

Apr Supplies reached Edward at Conway castle and he was able to march against the...(more)

Apr Building work on Beaumaris Castle is begun....(more)

Oct John Balliol went to France and arranged the Treaty Auld Alliance (Content ?)...(more)

Nov Edward called together a parliament consisting of a cross-section of society;...(more)

The castle on Loch Ness fell to the English. Sir William Fitz Warine was left...(more)

Apr In March of 1296 Edward I had attacked and sacked Berwick. Balliol renounced...(more)

Apr 27 John Balliol was defeated at the battle of Dunbar by Edward I....(more)

Summer Philippe the King of France took the opportunity of Edward's troubles in...(more)

Jul The English had taken many castles and in July 1296 Balliol surrendered to...(more)

Aug Edward I created a government for Scotland consisting of John de Warnne, Earl...(more)

Cloisters at Norwich Cathedral were built between 1297 and 1318....(more)

Jan In response to the fear that the King of France would try to take back some of...(more)

Feb Opposed to his plans to invade Flanders and Guienne, the Barons including the...(more)

Apr 14 Outside Westminster Hall, Edward I made an appeal for support for the war in...(more)

Jul In Scotland, a group of nobles form a confederacy (organised by Bishop Wishart...(more)

Aug Leaving an unhappy England behind him, Edward left for France to fight...(more)

Aug Before Edward left for his campaign against the French, he was given a list of...(more)

Sep 11 William Wallace and Andrew De Moray leaders of the Scottish revolt in the South...(more)

Winter A truce proposed by Philippe was accepted by Edward I....(more)

Jul 22 Edward's army defeated Wallace. The battle is dominated by the English and...(more)

Mar Edward I was supposed to appear before Parliament at Westminster where the...(more)

Sep Edward I married Philippe's sister Margaret and his son, Edward (II), married...(more)

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