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. Bridgnorth becomes a royal borough. Robert's brother Arnulf de Montgomery, lord of Pembroke, being banished from England and Wales, goes to serve his father-in-law, Muirchertach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland. Gerald de Windsor is appointed by the king as Constable of Pembroke Castle and lord of the manor of Moulsford. Council of London reforms the clergy and prohibits homosexuality. The tomb of Edward the Confessor is opened and the body is found to be perfectly preserved. 1103 27 April – Investiture Controversy: Anselm goes into exile after a dispute with Henry I. 10 August – a huge storm devastates crops. Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, prince of Powys, having been insufficiently rewarded for his actions the previous year, again rebels against Henry I and is arraigned before a royal tribunal at Shrewsbury, convicted and imprisoned. 1104 Henry I attempts to restore order in Normandy. 3 September – St. Cuthbert is reburied in Durham Cathedral and the St. Cuthbert Gospel of St. John removed. 1105 Henry I invades Normandy. Henry captures Bayeux and Caen. 1106 28 September – Henry I defeats his brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebray, and imprisons him in Devizes castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner. 1107 11 August – Investiture Controversy: reconciliation of Henry I and Anselm is marked by the mass consecration of bishops by Anselm at the royal Palace of Westminster: William Giffard to Winchester, Roger to Salisbury, Reynelm to Hereford, William Warelwast to Exeter and Urban to Llandaff. Roger of Salisbury is also appointed Justiciar of England this year. Autumn – the Norwegian king Sigurd the Crusader overwinters in England on the first stage of the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine. Tower of Winchester Cathedral collapses. Rebuilding commences the following year. 1108 Consecration of Chichester Cathedral. Construction of Southwell Minster begins. Walcher of Malvern produces his first lunar tables. 1109 21 April (Holy Wednesday) – death of Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury. Ralph d'Escures, Bishop of Rochester, who is at his deathbed, acts as administrator of the see of Canterbury until appointed Anselm's successor in 1114. First Bishop of Ely (Hervey le Breton) enthroned.
Births 1100 Biddenden Maids, supposed earliest known conjoined twins (died 1134) Approximate date Nicholas Breakspear, Pope Adrian IV (died 1159 in Holy Roman Empire) Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1148) 1102 c. 7 February – Empress Matilda, Queen of the Romans and claimant to the throne of England (died 1167 in Normandy) 1103 5 August – William Adelin, son of Henry I (died 1120 in the White Ship) Approximate date – Adeliza of Louvain, wife of Henry I (died 1151 in Brabant) 1104 Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester (died 1168) 1105 Approximate date – Matilda of Boulogne, sovereign Countess of Boulogne and wife of Stephen of England (died 1152)
Deaths 1100 2 August – William II of England (born c. 1056 in Normandy) 18 November – Thomas of Bayeux, Archbishop of York 1101 27 July – Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, magnate (born c. 1047 in Normandy) 1102 15 July – Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham, Anglo-Norman magnate 1103 Osbern FitzOsbern, bishop of Exeter 1104 Serlo, abbot of Gloucester 1106 28 September (doubtful date) – Robert Malet, baron 1107 March – Robert Fitzhamon, Norman baron of Gloucester 8 September – Richard de Redvers, warrior and baron (born c. 1066 in Normandy) 9 September – Roger Bigod of Norfolk, Norman knight 26 September – Maurice, bishop of London and Lord Chancellor 1108 7 March – Gundulf, bishop of Rochester (born c.1024 in Normandy) 21 May – Gerard, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor Summer – Urse d'Abetot, Norman Sheriff of Worcestershire 1109 21 April – Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1033 in Italy) 16 November – Ingulf, Benedictine abbot of Crowland
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