1207 in England

1270s in England

Events from the 1270s in England.

Summer - Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
11 October - Robert Kilwardby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
16 November - King Henry III of England dies; Prince Edward succeeds him as Edward I of England.
Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice.
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers receives the right to regulate the leather trade in London.

2 August - Edward I returns to England from the Ninth Crusade.
19 August - Coronation of Edward I.
The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners.
Merton College, Oxford receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so.

25 April - Edward I's first parliament meets.
May - Parliament imposes the first regular customs duty on wool and leather.
Parliament passes the first of the Statutes of Westminster, defining legal privileges.
Llywelyn the Last refuses to pay homage to Edward I.
New statute forbids Jews from charging interest on loans.

9 November - Treaty of Aberconwy: Llywelyn to retain control of Gwynedd in return for paying homage to England; Edward to rule the remainder of Wales.

June or July - Robert Burnell elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
7 August - Statute of Gloucester defines competences of local courts and establishes legal procedures for claiming a right to privileges.

January - Pope Nicholas III quashes the election of Robert Burnell to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
25 January - John Peckham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
The first of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
December - New coinage issued, including the first groats and round farthings and a new silver halfpenny.
The Royal Mint moves to the Tower of London by this year.