1270s in England
England-related events during the 1270s
Events from the 1270s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch – Henry III (to 16 November 1272), Edward I
Events
1270
April – Parliament levies a property tax to support a Crusade.
20 August – The Lord Edward, heir to the throne, sets out from Dover to join the Eighth Crusade in what becomes known as Lord Edward's crusade (sometimes the Ninth Crusade); he is accompanied throughout by his wife Eleanor of Castile.
9 September – William Chillenden is elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
10 November – The Lord Edward arrives in Tunis a fortnight after the Treaty of Tunis has ended fighting in the Eighth Crusade. He eventually decides to continue to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, donates to the Cistercian Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire (his father's foundation) a phial held to contain the Blood of Christ, acquired in the Holy Roman Empire; this becomes such a magnet for pilgrimage that within 7 years the monks are able to rebuild their abbey on a magnificent scale.
Battle of Áth an Chip: The army of the Irish Kingdom of Connacht routs the English army near Carrick-on-Shannon.
1271
9 May – Lord Edward's crusade: The Lord Edward arrives in Acre, causing the Mamluk sultan Baibars to withdraw his siege of the city.
1272
12 May – Lord Edward's crusade is concluded by the Treaty of Caesarea.
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