1140s in England
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Events from the 1140s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Stephen (to 8 April 1141), Matilda (to 1 November 1141), Stephen
Events
- 1140
- December - The Anarchy: Earl Ranulf of Chester captures Lincoln.[1]
- Dryburgh Abbey founded.[1]
- 1141
- 2 February - The Anarchy: At the First Battle of Lincoln, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the throne from King Stephen.[1]
- 8 April - The Anarchy: Stephen captured and Matilda proclaimed "Lady of the English".[1]
- 24 June - The Anarchy: Matilda is forced to flee Westminster during a royal banquet, and flees to Oxford.[1]
- July - The Anarchy: Matilda I of Boulogne, wife of Stephen, recaptures London.[1]
- 14 September - The Anarchy: Rout of Winchester: Robert of Gloucester captured by forces loyal to Stephen during fighting at Winchester.[1]
- 1 November - The Anarchy: Stephen and Robert exchanged as prisoners ending the reign of Matilda.[1]
- 1142
- Matilda grants the church of Oakley, Buckinghamshire, with its chapels of Brill, Boarstall and Addingrove, to the monks of the Priory of St Frideswide, Oxford.
- Matilda's son Henry comes to England for the first time.[1]
- 26 September - The Anarchy: Stephen captures Oxford, and besieges Matilda inside the castle.[1]
- December - The Anarchy: Matilda escapes from Oxford Castle across the snow in a white cape for camouflage, according to Henry of Huntingdon.[2]
- 1143
- The Anarchy: Geoffrey de Mandeville, a supporter of Matilda, is deprived of his castles in Essex, but subsequently captures Ely and campaigns in Cambridgeshire.[1]
- Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.[3]
- 1144
- 11 February - Robert of Chester completes the translation of Book of the Composition of Alchemy from Arabic to Latin. It is the first book in Europe to describe alchemy.[4]
- 22 March - A young apprentice, William of Norwich, is murdered, a crime attributed to the Jews by the Norwich mob, the first known medieval accusation of blood libel against Jews.
- 28 November - 24 December - The Siege of Edessa by Muslims led by Imad ad-Din Zengi eliminates the Crusader principality of Outremer, the news causing the pope to preach a new Crusade.
- Matilda's husband Geoffrey V of Anjou, completes the conquest of Normandy.[1]
- 1145
- The Anarchy: Stephen captures Faringdon Castle.[1]
- Woburn Abbey founded.[5]
- Robert of Chester makes the first translation of an algebra text from Arabic into Latin.[1]
- 1146
- The Anarchy: Ranulf of Chester is captured, but released after surrendering his castles.[1]
- Many knights and barons leave England to take part in the Second Crusade.[1]
- 1147
- 1148
- 1149
- 22 May - King David I of Scotland knights Henry, and cedes northern Lancashire to Ranulf of Chester, in return for control of Carlisle.[1]
- King David I of Scotland attempts to wrest control of the Bishopric of Durham and the Archbishopric of York from Stephen, but fails.
Births
- 1140
- William FitzRalph, future Sheriff of Nottingham and seneschal of Normandy
- 1146
- William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, soldier and statesman (died 1219)
- 1147
Deaths
- 1140
- 6 February - Thurstan, Archbishop of York (born c. 1070 in Normandy)
- 1141
- Aubrey de Vere, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1062)
- 1142
- Orderic Vitalis, chronicler (born 1075)
- 1143
- William of Malmesbury, historian (born 1080)
- 1144
- 1147
- 31 October - Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, politician (born c. 1090)
- 1148
- 3 January - Anselm of St Saba, abbot of Bury St Edmunds (born 1136 in Italy)
- 6 January - William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey (born 1119; killed on crusade)
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born c. 1100)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 63–65. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ King, Edmund. The Anarchy of King Stephen's Reign. p. 5. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Holmyard, Eric John. Alchemy. p. 106. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "Woburn Abbey website". Retrieved 2007-12-18.