Late Medieval Timeline 1066-1485 Alan Payne November 2023
Box[1]
1086 Domesday Book 1120 Farleigh Priory founded 1129 Death of Humphrey Bohun I 1131 Bohun gift of mill to Farleigh Priory witnessed by Bigod 1135 Croke gift of mill to Farleigh Priory 1139 Siege of Trowbridge Castle 1140 Bohun lands restored after Anarchy 1144 Matilda confirmed manorial rights in Bocza to Bohun 1154 Walter Croke of Hazelbury gifted quarry to Stanley Abbey, Chippenham 1158 Humphrey Bohun II lost Wiltshire land to king 1162 Lands restored to Bohuns 1190 XX gifted Hazelbury tithes to Bradenstoke Priory 1190-1219 Gift of Hazelbury land to Boxa Church 1181 Perjury case against lord of Box 1181-82 References to Ebrardo and Radulphus in Boxe and settlements in Hartham and Shockerwick 1190-1220 Reference to Ricardo de Laboxa 1200 Walter Croke gifted quarry to Bradenstoke Priory 1220 Walter Croke gifted land to Box Church 1220 Hazelbury Church granted to Bradenstoke Priory 1227 Box Church gifted to Monkton Farleigh Priory 1227 Reference to Bigod’s hallimot 1231 Henry III gifted building timber & stone from Hazelbury 1240 References to Ashley, Rudloe, Hatt and Alcombe 1240 Death of Bartholomew de Boxa 1240 Accession of Samson de Box 1249 Death of Thomas in a Box quarry 1249 Roger and Everard, quarreurs, in Box 1249 Samson Bigod appointed Justice of Peace in Wiltshire 1249 Reference to Alexandra of Riglay (Rudloe?) 1257 Box super Wedere manor of Ages St Maur 1258 Samson granted Shockerwick to Lady Agnes 1267 Samson gift of Becket’s (?) mill to Farleigh Priory 1273 Samson waived rent for quarry from Bradenstoke Abbey 1306 Theft of cattle of William Holkeber of la Boxe 1332 Wiltshire Tax listed 17 men in Box 1332 Theft of cows in Box 1340 Licence to preach at Chapel Plaister 1341 Bigods sold Box to Moleyns 1345 Sir John Moleyns' assets restored 1346 Hazelbury rector told to pay dues 1348 Black Death arrived 1356 Sir John Moleyns imprisoned 1359 Sir John Moleyns died 1372 Bohuns died out 1377 Poll Tax listed 175 Box people 1381 Sir William Moleyns died 1384 Sir Richard Moleyns died 1384-1396 Box controlled by Duke Gloucester 1390 First known stone building after plague 1395 Demesne farming stopped in Box 1397 Box controlled by king 1398 Majority of Sir William Moleyns II 1425 Sir William Moleyns II died 1425 Box owned by Eleanor Moleyns age 4 1439 Box miller William Pycott fined 1440 Eleanor married Lord Robert Hungerford 1464 Robert Hungerford died; son Thomas acceded 1469 Thomas Hungerford executed; daughter Mary acceded 1470 Chapel Plaister widened 1475 John Bonham married Ann Croke 1476 Hazelbury Church destroyed 1478 Mary Hungerford married Edward Hastings 1503 Will of John Bonham of Hazelbury 1506 Edward Hastings died 1533 Robert Leversage held Rudloe 1536 Dissolution of Farleigh Priory 1540 John Bonham III bought Lacock Abbey 1540 John Leland visited Hazelbury 1544 George Hastings died 1544 John Bonham III bought Farleigh Priory from Sir William Sharington 1580 Sir John Young bought Box manor 1598 John Young left Hazelbury rabbits to wife 1602 Box manor bought by Hugh Speke |
National
1049-1097 Odo, bishop of Bayeux 1066 Accession of William I ???? Harrowing of the North 1075 Canon Law reforms by Pope Gregory VII 1080 William refused to do homage to Pope 1086 Domesday Book compiled 1087 William I died: William (Rufus) II acceded 1091 William II defeated brother Robert in Normandy 1095 First Crusade 1100 William II died; Henry I acceded 1119 Knights Templar founded 1120 Death of only son of Henry I 1131 Cistercians founded Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. 1132 Benedictines founded Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire 1135 Death of Henry I, Matilda nominated heir 1135 Stephen of Blois (nephew of Henry I) claimed throne 1141 Anarchy ended 1154 Death of King Stephen, Henry II acceded 1162 Thomas à Becket became archbishop 1170 Thomas à Becket killed 1189 Death of Henry II; Richard I acceded 1199 Richard I died; John acceded 1209 Pope excommunicated King John 1213 King John paid homage to Pope 1215 Magna Carta 1216 John died; infant Henry III acceded 1221 Friars arrived in England 1235 Statute of Merton 1240s Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey 1258-1265 Simon de Montfort rebellion 1272 Henry III died; Edward I acceded 1279 Statute of Mortmain 1284 Edward I recaptured Wales 1285 Statute of Winchester 1290 Statute of Quia Emptores 1294 War with France 1300 English Law Courts reorganised 1307 Edward I died; Edward II acceded 1308 Templars suppressed in Britain 1314 Scots won Battle of Bannockburn 1315 Start of Great Famine, poor harvests and excessive rain 1327 Edward II killed; Edward III acceded 1337 Seizure of alien priories by king 1337 Hundred Years War started 1347-48 Black Death 1349 Ordinance of Labourers 1351 Stature of Labourers 1361-62 Plague returned 1362 William Langland wrote Piers Plowman 1363 Sumptuary Law 1377 Edward III died: Richard II acceded 1378 Papal Schism 1380 John Wycliff translated Bible 1381 Peasants’ Revolt 1390 Plague again 1390 Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales 1399 Richard II abdicated: Henry IV acceded 1401 Lollards persecuted for heresy 1407 Plague again 1413 Henry IV died; Henry V acceded 1415 Battle of Agincourt 1417-20 English victories in France 1422 Henry V died: Henry VI acceded aged 1 1422 The Paston letters 1431 Joan of Arc burnt as witch 1450 Jack Cade rebellion against Henry VI 1453 Hundred Years War ended 1455 Wars of Roses started 1461 Henry VI deposed: Edward IV acceded 1464 More plague 1470 Edward IV deposed: Henry VI restored 1471 Henry VI murdered: Edward IV restored 1476 Caxton started his printing press 1483 Edward IV died; Edward V acceded 1483 Edward V deposed; Richard III acceded 1485 Richard III killed at Bosworth; Henry VII |
Reference
[1] See also Jane Cox, The Norman Conquest of Box Wiltshire, 2016, Ex-Libris Press, p.100-102
[1] See also Jane Cox, The Norman Conquest of Box Wiltshire, 2016, Ex-Libris Press, p.100-102