1120s in England

Events from the 1120s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry I

1120
- 25 November – sinking of the White Ship in the English Channel off Barfleur. King Henry I of England's only legitimate son, William Adelin, is among 300 who drown.^[1]
1121
- 24 January – Henry I marries Adeliza of Louvain at Windsor Castle.^[2]
- June – Reading Abbey founded by Henry I.^[3]
1122
1123
- 18 February – William de Corbeil enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 26 August – first Bishop of Bath (Godfrey) consecrated.^[2]
- Louis VI of France supports rebels against English rule in Normandy.^[2]
- St Bartholomew's Hospital in London founded^[1] by Rahere.
1124
- Henry I unsuccessfully invades the Kingdom of France, having defeated rebels in Normandy.^[2]
- Christmas – moneyers punished by castration following runaway inflation.^[2]^[4]
1125
- William of Malmesbury completes his histories of England, Gesta Regum Anglorum and Gesta Pontificum Anglorum.^[2]
1126
- Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York declared equal.^[2]
- 25 December – Henry I asks his nobles to recognise Empress Matilda as his heir.^[5]
1127
- 1 January – English nobles accept Matilda as heir.^[2]
1128
- 17 June – Matilda marries Geoffrey Martel, heir to the Count of Anjou.^[2]
- Foundation of the first Cistercian abbey in England, at Waverley in Surrey.^[6]
1129
- 4 October – Henry of Blois becomes Bishop of Winchester, an office which he will hold until his death in 1171.^[2]

1120
- 25 November – White Ship
  - William Adelin, son of Henry I (born 1103)
  - Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester, Anglo-Norman noble and soldier (born 1094)
  - Matilda FitzRoy, Countess of Perche, illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England
1122
- 20 October – Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
1124
- 15 March – Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (born 1040, France)
1126
- Edgar Ætheling, last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house (born 1052)
1128
- 5 September – Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham
1129
- January – Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester (born 1074, France)
- Symeon of Durham, chronicler

^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 118–120. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ "Reading Abbey". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
^ "British History Timeline, Norman Britain". BBC History. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
^ "Waverley Abbey". English Heritage. Retrieved 2007-12-19.