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Events from the 1240s in
England .
Incumbents
Events
1240
1241
1242
May – English army supports rebels in
Poitou against French rule.
[1]
Royal troops seize the island of
Lundy , occupied by the fugitive William de Marisco.
1243
September – England signs a truce with France.
[1]
1244
Dafydd ap Llywelyn forms alliance of minor Welsh rulers in Wales and begins revolt against English rule.
August –
Henry blockades Scotland and musters an army at
Newcastle upon Tyne after
Scots threaten the border.
[1]
November – Bishops and barons refuse to pay taxes demanded by
King Henry , and insist on administrative reforms.
[4]
1245
1246
1247
1248
1249
Births
1240
1241
1243
1245
1246
1247
1249
Deaths
1240
1241
1242
1243
1245
1246
1247
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