| | | | Aethelstan
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Edmund
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Edgar
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Aethelred
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Knut
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Edward the Confessor
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William the Conqueror
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| | 1085 | Dec 25 | Domesday Book
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| | | | At the Christmas Council William ordered the creation of survey of property with their values and populations county by county covering most of England. Commissioners were sent all over England, apart from the far north, to make a record of the population, value, state and ownership of the land. The book consisted of two volumes and was completed by 1088. |
William Rufus
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Henry I
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| | 1103 | | Crops do badly
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| | | | Cattle as well as corn and fruit crops did badly this year. |
| | | | Strong winds damage crops
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| | | | On the morning of mass day of St. Lawrence, strong winds did more damage that anyone could remember. |
Stephen
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Henry II
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Richard the Lionheart
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John
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Henry III
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Edward I
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Edward II
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Edward III
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| | 1340 | | Universal Crop Failure
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| | | | Thousands die of starvation. |
| | 1347 | | The Black Death
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| | | | Kipchak Mongols besieging a Genoese trading centre on the Crimean coast catapulted their own dead into the city. The cause of death was a mysterious disease. The Genoese escaped by sea taking the 'Black Death' with them. They landed at Messina in Sicily. Bubonic plague, which the Black Death was, was spread by the rat flea. The name Black Death came from the colour of the swelling in the groin, armpit or neck. The person suffering went into a coma and dies soon after. In Europe an estimated 25 million people died. The plague reached Britain in 1348 and again in 1360 and the population may have been reduced by a half. |
| | 1348 | Jun | The Plague reaches England
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| | | | The plague reached the shores of England first at Melcombe Regis in Dorset. By winter of the year, the plague had reached London. |
| | 1349 | Summer | The Plague is at its peak
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| | | | The peak of the plague was reached in the summer of 1349. Estimates of a third of the population dying from the infection have been made but being accurate is very difficult. |
| | 1361 | | Another outbreak of the plague
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| | | | Another outbreak of the plague takes its tool. |
| | 1369 | | Again England is hit by the plague
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| | | | Another outbreak of the plague affects England. |
Richard II
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Henry IV
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Henry V
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Henry VI
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Edward IV
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Edward V
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Richard III
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Henry VII
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Henry VIII
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Edward VI
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Mary
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Elizabeth I
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