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 Plantagenet, Henry (I, King of England 1100-1135)
1130 Fire at Rochester
  Canterbury choir dedication
  Anacletus II becomes the Antipope
  Innocent II becomes Pope
 Dec Henry spends Christmas at Woodstock
1131 Knights Templars in Spain
  Rievaulx Abbey founded
  Gilbertines founded
  Basingwerk Abbey founded
  Fulk V becomes King of Jerusalem
1132Winter Monks visit Ripon
1133 Foundation of Garendon Abbey
  Durham Cathedral Chapter house
  Combermere Abbey founded
  Augustinians at Porchester
 Mar 25 Future king Henry II is born
 Aug 2 Eclipse
 Aug 4 Earthquake
1134 Death of Robert Curthose
  Fountains Abbey Founded
  Calder Abbey first founded
  Erik II Emune becomes King of Denmark
1135 Stephen at Hereford
  Buildwas Abbey founded
 Dec 1 Henry I dies
 Dec 22 Stephen succeeds Henry I
 Dec 26 Coronation of Stephen of Blois

 Stephen (of Blois, king of England 1135-1154)
1135 Stephen at Hereford
  Buildwas Abbey founded
 Dec 1 Henry I dies
 Dec 22 Stephen succeeds Henry I
 Dec 26 Coronation of Stephen of Blois
1136 Hughes de Payen dies
  Baldwin de Redvers flees to Carisbrooke
  Castle at Banbury is built
  Buckfast Abbey founded
  Forde Abbey founded
  London Bridge damaged by fire
  Construction of a castle at Scarborough
  King Stephen captures Bampton
  Battle of Crug Mawr
 Jan A fire at St. Paul's
 Feb Treaty of Durham
 Easter Stephen and the Court at Oxford
1137 York Minster damaged by fire
  Louis VII becomes King of France
  Bath Abbey fire
 Apr Stephen goes to Normandy
1138 Cressing Temple Site
  Theobald becomes Archbishop
  Foundation of Bordesley Abbey
  Start of Civil War
  Arundel Castle siege
  Exeter castle building work
  Calder Abbey attacked by the Scots
  Shrewsbury Castle captured by Stephen
  Dudley castle attacked by Stephen
  Ludlow castle siege
  Gilbert de Clare becomes Earl of Pembroke
  Victor IV becomes the Antipope
 Jan The Scots invade Northumbria
 Feb Stephen marches north
 May Robert sides with Matilda
 Qtr 2 The Scots invade Northumberland
 Aug 22 Battle of 'the Standard'
1139 Papal Bull by Pope Innocent II
  Matilda arrives in England
  Wallingford Castle siege
  Kingswood Abbey founded
  Kirkstead Abbey founded
  Corfe Castle siege
  Leeds Castle siege
 Jun Roger, Bishop of Salisbury is arrested
Other Key People 
 David (I, King of Scotland 1124-1153)
 Ranulf (Earl of Chester 1129-53)
 Fulk (V, of Anjou)
 Baldwin (II, King of Jerusalem)
 Melisende (of Jerusalem)
 Robert (II, Duke of Normandy 1087-1106)
 Payens, Hugh de
 Henry (Earl of Huntingdon)
 Louis (VI, The Fat, King of France 1108-1137)
 Louis (VII, The Young, King of France, 1137-1180)
 Eustace (IV, Count of Boulogne)
 Geoffrey (Plantagenet, 'The Fair', Count of Anjou)
 Theobald (of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury)
 Robert (Earl of Gloucester)
 Bernard (of Clairvaux)
 Roger (of Caen)
Episodes 
 Civil War Stephen and Matilda
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1136 King Stephen captures Bampton
  Feb Treaty of Durham
1138 Ludlow castle siege
  Dudley castle attacked by Stephen
  Shrewsbury Castle captured by Stephen
  Arundel Castle siege
  Start of Civil War
  May Robert sides with Matilda
  Aug 22 Battle of 'the Standard'
1139 Leeds Castle siege
  Corfe Castle siege
  Jun Roger, Bishop of Salisbury is arrested
  Wallingford Castle siege
  Matilda arrives in England
1138 Jan The Scots invade Northumbria
  Feb Stephen marches north

 Stephen's succession to the throne
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1135 Dec 1 Henry I dies
  Dec 22 Stephen succeeds Henry I
  Dec 26 Coronation of Stephen of Blois
Religious Building Construction 
1130 Canterbury choir dedication
1133 Durham Cathedral Chapter house
1137 York Minster damaged by fire
Military Building Construction 
1136 Castle at Banbury is built
  Construction of a castle at Scarborough
1138 Exeter castle building work
Battles 
1136 Battle of Crug Mawr
1138Aug 22 Battle of 'the Standard'
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