1110s in England

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry I

Events

• 1110
  • Roger of Salisbury creates the exchequer as a separate governmental department.
  • Royal park at Woodstock walled to allow for hunting and keeping exotic animals.
• 1111
  • Robert of Bellême leads a rebellion in Normandy; Henry I launches a military campaign in response.
• 1112
  • Robert of Bellême captured, ending the rebellion.
  • Count of Anjou agrees to do homage to Henry I.
• 1113
  • Treaty of Gisors: France recognises English rule over Maine and Brittany.
  • Scottish noble David, Prince of the Cumbrians, marries Anglo-Saxon heiress Maud, Countess of Huntingdon.
• 1114
  • 7 January – Matilda, daughter of Henry I, marries Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • April – Ralph d'Escures enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Summer – Henry I invades Wales.
  • Roger of Salisbury introduces the first pipe rolls, as a record of exchequer accounts.
• 1115
  • Henry I creates his nephew Stephen count of Mortain in Normandy.
• 1116
  • Henry I launches a military campaign against France, Anjou, and Flanders.
  • A fire destroys Peterborough Cathedral.
• 1117
  • 3 May – Merton Priory in Surrey is consecrated.
• 1118
  • Peace with Flanders agreed.
  • Reconstruction of Peterborough Cathedral begins.
• 1119
  • June – Henry I's son, William Adelin, marries Matilda of Anjou, securing peace with Anjou.
  • 20 August – Henry I defeats Louis VI of France at the Battle of Bremule in Normandy, ending the campaign in France.
  • 19 September – A severe earthquake hits Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.
  • Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, founds Gisborough Priory and grants the church of St Hilda of "Middleburg" (Middlesbrough) to Whitby Abbey.
  • Construction of Leeds Castle (Kent) in stone begins.

Births

• 1110
  • Aelred of Rievaulx, abbot (died 1167)
• 1111
  • Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (died 1171)
  • Josceline de Bohon, religious leader (died 1184)
• 1115
  • Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford (died 1153)
• 1116
  • Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (died 1173)
• 1118
  • 21 December – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1170)

Deaths

• 1118
  • 1 May – Matilda of Scotland, Queen of Henry I (born , Scotland)
  • 5 June – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, (born 1049, Normandy)
• 1119
  • 20 June – Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick

References

References

1. "British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC".
2. "Peterborough Cathedral website".
3. "Merton Priory". Merton Priory Trust.
4. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
5. Stratton, J. M.. (1969). "Agricultural Records". John Baker.