c. 13 October – John returns to England, landing at
Dartmouth.[7]
4 November – John attends a chapter election at
Bury St Edmunds Abbey in an attempt to resolve a dispute over the vacant abbacy there.[8]
20 November – meeting of barons at
Bury St Edmunds Abbey resolves to compel the king to accept the
Charter of Liberties of 1100[9] (There is doubt as to the existence, timing and nature of this meeting.)[10]
21 November – John issues a charter of liberties to the church guaranteeing freedom of
canonical elections.[11]
15 June – barons force King John at
Runnymede to put the
Great Seal of the Realm on a set of articles confirming their rights and those of the towns and Church, and confirming the status of
trial by jury,[3] which on 19 June is confirmed as
Magna Carta.
February – First Barons' War: rebellion in
East Anglia quickly suppressed.[1]
21 May – First Barons' War:
Louis, Count of Artois invades England in support of the barons, landing in
Thanet. Entering London without opposition, he is proclaimed, but not crowned, King of England at
Old St Paul's Cathedral.[1]
9 July – First Barons' War:
Odiham Castle (completed 1214) surrenders to the French after a 2-week siege.
11 October – First Barons' War: retreating from the French invasion, King John loses the
Crown Jewels in
The Wash.[12]
28 October – the nine-year-old Henry III is crowned at
Gloucester;[3] he will reign until his death in 1272.
12 November – Marshal and the
papal legate to England,
Guala Bicchieri, issue a Charter of Liberties, based on Magna Carta, in the King's name from Bristol.[3][13]
20 May – First Barons' War: The French are defeated at the
Battle of Lincoln by forces led by Marshal.[1] Lincoln is pillaged and the French survivors forced to flee south.
21 August – First Barons' War: The French fleet is defeated at the
Battle of Dover.
23 August – First Barons' War: The French fleet is destroyed at the
Battle of Sandwich.[3]
12 September –
Treaty of Kingston upon Thames ends the First Barons' War: French and Scots to leave England, amnesty granted to rebels.[1]
20 September –
Treaty of Lambeth signed ratifying the Kingston treaty.
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