1100s in England
overview of England-related events during the 1100s
Events from the 1100s in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
Monarch – William II (until 2 August 1100), then Henry I
Events
1100
2 August – King William II dies in a hunting accident in the New Forest; his brother Henry I claims the throne.
5 August – coronation of Henry I at Westminster Abbey. He issues the Charter of Liberties to mark his coronation.
23 September – Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm returns from exile at the invitation of Henry I.
11 November – Henry I marries Matilda of Scotland, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland, at Westminster Abbey.
1101
3 February – Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham, escapes from the Tower of London and flees to Normandy where he joins Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, who has just returned from the Crusades.
20 July – Robert Curthose lands at Portsmouth to claim the English throne.
2 August – By the Treaty of Alton, ratified at Winchester, Robert recognises his younger brother Henry I as King of England.
1102
Henry I has a series of charges drawn up against the rebel Robert of Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury (particularly relating to unlicensed castle building), and, when Robert refuses to answer to them, persuades Robert's former vassal and ally Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, prince of Powys, to besiege and capture Robert's castles in Shropshire. The king deprives Robert of his English lands and titles, besieges and takes his castle at Arundel and banishes him and his brothers from England, so he returns to Normandy where he continues his rebellion.
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