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|  10 year overview for 1100 to 1109 |
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| 1100 | | Carisbrooke Castle given to de Redvers
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| Jul 13 | Abbey Church at Gloucester dedicated
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| Aug | William buried at Winchester
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| Aug 2 | William II (Rufus) is killed while hunting
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| Aug 5 | Henry I succeeds
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| Nov 11 | Henry I marries Matilda of Sctoland
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| 1101 | | Roger Bigod granted lands at Framlingham
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| | Arundel Castle siege
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| Feb | Robert attempts to take the Crown
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| Apr 2 | Henry I appoints Roger, a Norman Monk, as Chancellor
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| Jul | The Treaty of Alton
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| 1102 | | Henry captures castle at Bridgnorth
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| | Earl Robert of Belleme
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| 1103 | | Crops do badly
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| | Henry let off paying Robert of Normandy
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| | Strong winds damage crops
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| 1105 | | Henry attacks his brother
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| 1106 | | Construction of Kidwelly Castle
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| | A comet passes by
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| Sep 28 | Henry attacks his brother again
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| 1107 | | Alexander I becomes King of the Scots
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| | Construction of Llandaff Cathedral
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| | FitzHamon dies
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| Jan 8 | Alexander I becomes king of the Scots
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| 1108 | | Southwell Cathedral nave
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| | Winchester Cathedral tower
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| 1109 | | Church at Ely becomes seat of bishop
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| Apr 21 | Archbishop Anselm dies
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| 10 year overview for 1110 to 1119 |
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| 1111 | | Severe winter
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| 1112 | | Construction of new cathedral at Exeter
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| Jun | Worcester Cathedral damaged by fire
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| 1114 | | Chichester Cathedral fire
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| Jan | Matilda marries an Emperor
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| 1115 | | Nave of Rochester Cathedral
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| 1116 | | Fire destroys Peterborough Abbey
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| 1117 | | Berkeley castle construction
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| | Peterborough Cathedral choir and transept
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| 1118 | | Earthquake
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| May 1 | Queen Matilda dies
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| 1119 | | Roger de Newburgh 2nd Earl of Warwick
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| | William Audelin marries Matilda
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| 10 year overview for 1120 to 1129 |
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| 1120 | | Construction of Sherborne Castle
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| | Kenilworth Castle formed
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| | Dedication of Llandaff Cathedral
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| | Norwich castle keep
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| | Worcester Cathedral Chapter-house
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| Nov | William Audelin is drowned
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| 1121 | | Reading Abbey founded
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| | Henry I marries Adeliza
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| | Norwich Cathedral nave and tower
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| 1123 | Oct 23 | Tewkesbury Abbey consecrated
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| 1124 | | Furness Abbey founded
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| | Louis prevents war
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| | Unity of Scotland restored under David I
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| 1126 | | Shrewsbury Castle granted to Adeliza
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| | Construction of Rochester Castle
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| Dec | Henry holds a council at Woodstock
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| 1127 | | Charter for Glastonbury fair
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| Jan | Barons swear allegiance to Matilda
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| 1128 | | Lichfield regains Bishop's seat
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| | Matilda marries Geoffrey
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| | The nave at Durham is vaulted
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| | First Cistercian Abbey in Britain
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| | Templar Church in London
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| | Hugues de Payen visits Scotland and England
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| Jan | Council of Troyes takes place
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| Apr | Hugh de Payen visits Fulk of Anjou
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| 1129 | | Arundel Castle building work
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| 10 year overview for 1130 to 1139 |
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| 1130 | | Fire at Rochester
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| Dec | Henry spends Christmas at Woodstock
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| 1131 | | Fulk of Anjou becomes King of Jerusalem
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| | Basingwerk Abbey founded
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| | Gilbertines founded
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| | Rievaulx Abbey founded
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| 1132 | Winter | Monks visit Ripon
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| 1133 | | Augustinians at Porchester
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| | Combermere Abbey founded
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| | Durham Cathedral Chapter house
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| | Foundation of Garendon Abbey
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| Mar 25 | Future king Henry II is born
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| Aug 2 | Eclipse
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| Aug 4 | Earthquake
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| 1134 | | Calder Abbey first founded
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| | Fountains Abbey Founded
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| | Death of Robert Curthose
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| 1135 | | Buildwas Abbey founded
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| | Stephen at Hereford
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| Dec 1 | Henry I dies
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| Dec 22 | Stephen succeeds Henry I
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| 1136 | | King Stephen captures Bampton
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| | Construction of a castle at Scarborough
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| | London Bridge damaged by fire
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| | Forde Abbey founded
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| | Buckfast Abbey founded
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| | Castle at Banbury is built
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| | Baldwin de Redvers flees to Carisbrooke
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| | Hugues de Payen dies
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| Jan | A fire at St. Paul's
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| 1137 | | Bath Abbey fire
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| | York Minster damaged by fire
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| 1138 | | Gilbert de Clare becomes Earl of Pembroke
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| | Ludlow castle siege
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| | Dudley castle attacked by Stephen
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| | Shrewsbury Castle captured by Stephen
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| | Calder Abbey attacked by the Scots
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| | Exeter castle building work
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| | Arundel Castle siege
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| | Start of Civil War
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| | Foundation of Bordesley Abbey
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| | Theobald becomes Archbishop
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| | Cressing Temple Site
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| Qtr 2 | The Scots invade Northumberland
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| May | Robert sides with Matilda
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| Aug 22 | Battle of 'the Standard'
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| 1139 | | Corfe Castle siege
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| | Robert, Bishop of Salisbury is arrested
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| | Kirkstead Abbey founded
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| | Kingswood Abbey founded
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| | Wallingford Castle siege
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| | Matilda arrives in England
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| | Papal Bull by Pope Innocent II
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| 10 year overview for 1140 to 1149 |
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| 1140 | | Woodstock held by Matilda
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| | Castle Rising Construction
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| | Construction of Hedingham Castle
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| | Whitland Abbey foundation
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| | Construction of Framlingham Castle
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| | Coggeshall Abbey founded
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| | Castle at Sherriff Hutton
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| | Building of original Bristol church
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| | Foundation of Augustinian canons at Bristol
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| | Abbey Church of St Denis begun
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| Mar 20 | Eclipse
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| 1141 | | Winchester Castle burns down
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| | Lincoln Cathedral damaged by fire
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| Feb 2 | Battle of Lincoln
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| Apr | Matilda is elected Queen
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| Jun | Matilda enters London
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| Sep 14 | Rout of Winchester
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| Nov | Exchange of King Stephen and Gloucester
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| 1142 | | Cistercians in Ireland
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| | Mandeville and Matilda
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| | Dundrennan Abbey founded
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| | Calder Abbey founded
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| | Henry (II) spends a year in England
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| 1143 | | Boxley Abbey founded
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| | Revesby Abbey founded
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| | Whitland Abbey founded
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| Sep | Mandeville is arrested
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| 1144 | | Construction of Faringdon Castle
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| 1145 | | Construction of Brightwell Castle
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| | Jervaulx Abbey founded
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| | Woburn Abbey founded
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| | Stephen takes Farringdon Castle
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| 1146 | | Llansteffan Castle captured
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| Mar 31 | Sermon at Vezelay
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| Christmas | Stephen's Crown Wearing
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| 1147 | | Kirkstall Abbey founded
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| | Dore Abbey founded
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| | The Savigny order joins the Cistercians
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| | Bruern Abbey founded
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| | Henry arrives in England
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| | Foundation of Biddlesden Abbey
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| | Pevensey Castle siege
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| Oct 31 | Robert, Earl of Gloucester dies
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| 1148 | | Consectration at Bristol
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| Feb | Matilda leaves England
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| 1149 | May 22 | Henry (II) knighted by David
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| 10 year overview for 1150 to 1159 |
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| 1150 | | Kinloss Abbey founded
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| | Combe Abbey founded
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| | Henry becomes Duke of Normandy
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| | Rochester Cathedral West Front
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| | Fountains Abbey cloisters rebuilt
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| 1151 | | Foundation of Flaxley Abbey
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| | War in Normandy
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| Sep | Geoffrey dies
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| 1152 | | Newbury Castle Siege
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| | Death of Ranulf, Earl of Chester
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| | William Marshal as hostage
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| Apr 6 | Theobald refuses to crown Eustace
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| May | Henry marries Eleanor
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| Qtr 3 | Henry defends his position
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| 1153 | | Richard de Lucy becomes Constable of the Tower
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| | Reading Castle destroyed
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| Jan | Henry invades England
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| Jun | Malcolm IV becomes King of the Scots
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| Aug 17 | Stephen's son Eustace dies
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| Nov 6 | Treaty of Wallingford
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| 1154 | | Ripon Cathedral rebuilt
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| | Chapter House at Bristol
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| | Berkeley Castle changes hands
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| Spring | Henry returns to Normandy
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| Oct 25 | Stephen dies
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| Dec | Henry II succeeds Stephen
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| Dec 8 | Henry lands in England
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| Dec 19 | Henry crowned at Westminster Abbey
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| 1155 | | Farnham Castle demolished
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| | Bridgnorth castle surrendered to Henry
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| | Peterborough Cathedral Nave
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| | Henry takes Scarborough Castle and Bridgnorth
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| | Plan for the conquest of Ireland approved
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| | Knights Templar build Temple in Fleet Street
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| Feb 28 | Henry the Young King is born
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| Spring | Repairs to Westminster Palace
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| 1157 | | Wark Castle refortified
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| | Construction of Harbottle Castle
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| | Devizes Castle passed to the Crown
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| | Basingwerk Castle is built
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| | Malcolm IV surrenders land to Henry
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| Sep 9 | Richard (I) born at Oxford
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| 1158 | | Cardiff Castle attack
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| | Dieulacres Abbey founded
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| Spring | Henry visits Wulfstan's Shrine
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| Sep 23 | Birth of Geoffrey Plantaganet
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| 10 year overview for 1160 to 1169 |
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| 1161 | | Coupar Angus Abbey founded
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| | Knights Templars move London Temple
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| 1162 | | Thomas Becket becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
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| Jul | Council at Woodstock
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| Oct | Henry II puts plans of reform to Council of Westminster
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| 1164 | | Foundation of Strata Florida Abbey
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| | A meteor ?
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| | Templars attempt a reconciliation
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| Jan 30 | William of Paitin dies
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| Jan 30 | Constitutions of Clarendon
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| Apr 19 | Reading Abbey consecrated
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| Oct 6 | Council of Northampton
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| Nov 2 | Becket flees to France
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| 1165 | | Hugh Bigod buys back Framlingham
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| | Eleanor moves back to Aquitaine
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| Dec | William I 'the Lion' becomes king of the Scots
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| 1166 | | Becket excommunicates his enemies
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| | Building work at Bridgnorth Castle
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| | Assize of Clarendon
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| | Building of Orford Castle
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| 1167 | | University of Paris ban
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| | Construction of Wallingford Castle
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| Dec 24 | John, the future king of England is born
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| 1168 | | Reconstruction of Dover Castle
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| 1169 | Jan 6 | Becket submits to Henry
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| 10 year overview for 1170 to 1179 |
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| 1170 | | Fire damages Norwich Cathedral
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| | Construction of Middleham Castle
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| | The Galilee porch at Durham is built
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| | Ireland attacked by Earl of Pembroke
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| Jun 14 | Henry II coronation of Prince Henry
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| Jul 22 | Becket and Henry at Freteval
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| Dec 1 | Thomas Becket returns to England
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| Dec 29 | Thomas Becket is murdered
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| 1171 | | Construction of Bowes Castle
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| | Bindon Abbey founded
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| Jan 1 | Henry II told of the murder of Becket
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| Aug 8 | Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, dies
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| Oct 17 | Henry lands at Waterford in Ireland
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| 1172 | May 21 | Compromise of Avranches
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| 1173 | | Murder of Sitsyllt ap Dwfnwal
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| | Henry takes control of Kenilworth
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| | Remodelling of Windsor Castle
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| | Wallingford Castle repairs
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| | Henry called as arbitrator
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| | Baronial rebellion
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| Feb 21 | Becket canonised
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| 1174 | | William of Scotland held prisoner
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| | Construction of Bolebec Castle
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| | Canterbury Cathedral fire
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| | William I of Scotland signs Treaty of Falaise
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| May | Richard (I) seizes the town of Saintes from his father, Henry II
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| Jun 13 | The Battle of Alnwick
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| Jul 7 | Whipping of Henry II
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| 1175 | | Canterbury Choir building work
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| Oct 6 | Treaty of Windsor
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| 1176 | | Work begins on new London Bridge
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| | Peveril Castle Keep
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| | Cwmhir Abbey is founded
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| | Construction work at Arundel
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| | Croxden Abbey founded
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| Summer | Death of Stongbow in Ireland
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| 1177 | | Byland Abbey founded
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| | Henry as arbitrator
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| May | Council at Oxford
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| 1178 | | King Arthur found at Glastonbury
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| 1179 | | Rochester fire
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| | Canterbury Trinity Chapel and corona building work
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| | Richard (I) takes the impenetrable fortress town of Taillebourg.
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| 10 year overview for 1180 to 1189 |
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| 1180 | | Construction of Conisbrough Castle
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| | Kenilworth Castle keep
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| | Wells Cathedral building begins
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| Jun 28 | Treaty of Gisors
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| 1181 | | Assize of Arms
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| 1182 | | Dingstow Castle
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| | Abergavenny Castle attacked
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| | Kenilworth Castle becomes the King's property
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| 1183 | Jun | The Young King dies
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| 1185 | | Lincoln Cathedral damaged
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| Apr | John in Ireland
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| Apr | John is knighted
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| May 1 | Eclipse
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| Jul | Treaty of Boves
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| 1186 | | Cleeve Abbey planned
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| | Aberconwy Abbey founded
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| Jul | Geoffrey, son of Henry II dies in a tournament
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| 1187 | | Another fire at Chichester Cathedral
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| | Crusade sermon at Llandaff Cathedral
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| | Henry signs a peace treaty
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| Nov | Richard takes the Cross. The Crusade
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| 1188 | | Cutting of the Elm
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| 1189 | | William Marshal and Chepstow Castle
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| | Teutonic Knights established
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| | John marries Isabella
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| | Building work commences at the Tower
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| Jul 6 | Henry II Dies
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| Aug 3 | Richard returns to England
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| Aug 29 | John marries
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| Sep 3 | Richard I Crowned King
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| Dec | William of Scotland gives Richard 10,000 marks
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| 10 year overview for 1190 to 1199 |
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| 1190 | | Construction on Skenfrith Castle
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| Mar | Massacre of Jews at York
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| Jul 4 | Richard's Crusade starts
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| 1191 | | John opposes William Longchamp
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| | Foundation of Glenluce Abbey
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| Jun 23 | Eclipse
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| Oct 6 | Tower of London siege
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| 1192 | | Llansteffan Castle rebuilt
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| | Rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral
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| Dec | Richard shipwrecked on the way home
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| 1193 | | West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
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| | Saladin dies
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| | Hubert Walter becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
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| Feb | Richard captured by the Emperor of Germany
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| 1194 | | Plans to move Old Sarum cathedral
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| Mar | Richard returns to England
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| Apr 17 | The 'Crown Wearing'
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| Jul 3 | Richard defeats Philippe
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| 1195 | | Alteration to the West End
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| 1197 | | Great Council refuse Richard's request
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| 1198 | | Cymer Abbey founded
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| | Cleeve Abbey colonised
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| 1199 | Feb | Teutonic Knights
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| Mar | Siege at the castle of Chalus, and Richard dies
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| Apr 25 | John is crowned Duke of Normandy
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| May | Important Appointments
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| May | John succeeds Richard I
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| May 27 | John is crowned King
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