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| Date |
Event |
| 1066 |
Norman Conquest. Anglo-Saxon aristocracy replaced by Norman (French-speaking) aristocracy |
| c.1175 |
Grant by Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford to Colne Priory, for the salvation of souls (Me 3 D 2) |
| 1175-1225 |
Breviary created (WLC/LM/1) |
| 1200-1250 |
'Le Roman de Silence' and 'La Veuve' composed |
| 1200-1250 |
Volume of French romances and fabliaux created, including 'Le Roman de Silence' and 'La Veuve' (WLC/LM/6) - one of the earliest examples of an illustrated French text |
| 1200-1250 |
'L’Estoire del Saint Graal' composed |
| 1200-1250 |
Volume containing 'L’Estoire del Saint Graal' written (WLC/LM/7) |
| 1215 |
Magna Carta issued by King John |
| 1215 |
Requirement that people make annual confession to their parish priest: genre of devotional literature gains popularity |
| c.1220-1240 |
'Le Manuel des Péchés' composed by William of Waddington |
| c.1250 |
'Mirur' composed by Robert of Gretham |
| 1240-1260 |
Volume containing 'Mirur' created (WLC/LM/3) |
| 1250-1300 |
Volume containing 'Mirur', and 'Le Manuel des Péchés' created (WLC/LM/4) |
| 1275-1300 |
'South English Legendary' composed |
| 1281 |
Lambeth Constitutions of Archbishop John Peckham, requiring priests to instruct their parishioners four times a year: works of instruction and catechism gain popularity |
| 1300-1325 |
Volume containing the 'South English Legendary' created, including a folio from the story of St Bridget, now present in fragment form (WLC/LM/38) |
| 1300-1325 |
Lease of lands and tenements in Skegby (Me D 4/5) |
| 1300-1400 |
Gradual with notation created (later used in WLC/LM/7 binding) |
| 1300-1354 |
'Speculum Vitae' composed |
| c.1340 |
Extent of the manor of Langar and Barnstone written (MS 66/1) |
| 1349 |
Peak year of the 'Black Death' in England |
| 1357 |
John Gaytryge composed 'The Lay Folks’ Catechism' |
| 1362 |
English replaced French as the language of the law courts in England |
| 1380 |
Deed relating to land in Bunny and Bradmore (Pa D 29) |
| 1388 |
Gift of commercial property in St Clement Danes, London (Ne D 4716) |
| 1375-1400 |
John Gower composed 'Traitié…pour essampler les amantz marietz' and 'Carmen super multiplici viciorum pestilencia' |
| 1375-1400 |
John Gower composed 'Confessio Amantis'. The second recension was written c.1393 |
| 1405 |
Grant of land in Bunny (Pa D 35) |
| 1417 |
Agreement relating to dower (Ne D 742) |
| 1400-1425 |
Volume containing 'Speculum Vitae' and 'The Lay Folks’ Catechism' created (WLC/LM/9) |
| c.1425 |
Volume containing John Gower’s 'Confessio Amantis', 'Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz' and 'Carmen super multiplici viciorum pestilencia' created (WLC/LM/8) |
| c.1430 |
Wollaton Antiphonal created (MS 250) |
| 1436 |
Marriage settlement between Philip Boteler and Isabel Willoughby (Mi D 4792) |
| 1442 |
Inquisition into Markyate Priory (Lincoln Record Society 21) |
| 1450-1500 |
St Zita alabaster created |
| 1450-1475 |
English Life of St Zita written, of which one leaf now survives (WLC/LM/37) |
| 1450-1475 |
Prayer book created and bound (WLC/LM/11) |
| 1456-1500 |
Bill of complaint of Elizabeth Whitfield, née Swillington (Pa L 2) |
| 1462 |
Will of Sir William Cantelowe of London (Ne D 4632) |
| 1476 |
Agreement before the marriage of Henry Stanhope and Jane Rochford (Ne D 1903) |
| 1485 |
Bill of complaint relating to the abduction and forced marriage of Jane Sacheverell (Mi 5/168/23/1) |
| 1487 |
Abduction of women made a felony rather than a mere trespass in law |
| 1521-1526 |
Household expenditure account of John Levissey, servant to Sir Henry Willoughby, including payments associated with celebrating Saints’ days (Mi A 6) |
| 1534 |
Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII proclaims himself, rather than the Pope, to be the head of the Church of England |
| 1536-1541 |
Dissolution of the Monasteries |
| 1547-1553 |
Reign of Edward VI: destruction of altars, stained glass, shrines and Catholic service books |
| 1591 |
Archdeaconry of Nottingham penance issued to Margery Billage (AN/PN 352/20) |
| 1596 |
'Pleasant Quippes for Upstart Newfangled Gentlewomen' published by Stephen Gosson (Special Collection PR1105.P4/30) |
| 1729 |
'A view of ancient laws against immorality and profaneness' published by John Disney (Medical Chir. Society Over.X WZ250.D46 DIS) |
| 1733 |
Abolition of the use of Latin in legal documents produced in England |
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