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In addition to this timeline I am constructing pages the cover the History of Belchamp Walter by Century.

The Romans in Belchamp Walter and surrounding area.

C10

Pre-Conquest and Norman-Saxon

• 904 Date on Belchamp Walter village sign
• 927 Æthelstan
• 937 Scotish Invasion of England - Battle of Brunanburh - Æthelstan
• 965 (1025) Birth of Unknown father of Aubrey De Vere (Normandy)
• 991 Battle of Maldon

C11 - Belchamp Walter in the 11th Century

Conquest, Domesday, William I,

• 1030 - Aubrey de Vere, Sheriff of Berkshire - born? 1st Earl of Oxford
• 1042 - Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066)
• 1056 - William II born - 3rd Son of William the Conqueror
• 1066 - Battle of Hastings
• 1068 - Henry I born - 4th son of William the Conqueror
• 1070 - Siege of Ely - Sweyn II and Hereward the Wake
• 1086 - The Domesday survey - Thunderlow
• 1087 - 26 September 1087 – William II (Rufus) becomes King of England
• 1090 - Death of Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035 – c. 1090), 1st feudal baron of Clare, Suffolk

Belchamp Walter in the 11th Century

C12- Belchamp Walter in the 12th Century

• 1100 - William II (William Rufus) dies - Henry I becomes king
• 1110 - Roshe de Vere born - married Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex 11??
• 1111 - Colne Priory founded by Aubrey de Vere I and his wife Beatrice
• 1112 - Aubrey de Vere I, Sheriff of Berkshire - died Earls Colne
• 1120 - White Ship Disaster
• 1130 - Roger II crowned King of Scilly - a Norman contemporary of Henry I
• 1135 - King Stephen
• 113? - Geoffrey de Mandeville married Rohese de Vere
• 1135-54 - The civil war called The Anarchy - many Motte and Baily castles built.
• 1154 -Start of Angevin (Plantagenat) Empire
• 1140 - Hedingham Castle Keep built
• 1144 - Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex died. Possibly buried in BW
• 1153 - Treaty of Wallingford - ensuring Henry II became king
• 1154 - Henry II becomes king
• 1189 - Henry II died and Richard I becomes king
• 1199 - John becomes king - Richard I died

C13 - Belchamp Walter in the 13th Century

Magna Carter, 1215

• 1200 - Matthew Paris born - English Benedictine monk, chronicler, artist - first date - St. Albans
• 1214 - End of Angevin (Plantagenat) Empire
• 1215 - Magna Carta signed
• 1216 - King John died and is susceeded by Henry III
• 1239 - Edward I born - 3rd son of Henry III
• 1265 - Battle of Evesham - William de Beauchamp's death (1264)
• 1266 - Dictum of Kennelworth - 31 October 1266
• 1272 - Edward I becomes king - after Henry III dies, but Edward in on crusade
• 1274 - Edward I coronated
• 1274 - Simon de Pateshull - died according to Wikisource.org
• 1281 - Roger de Mowbray "held lands in Belchamp Walter"
• 1284 - Edward II born - 4th Son of Edward I
• 1295/6 - John de Steyngreve - Simon de Pateshull (Isabell de Mowbray, spouse) - "held lands in Belchamp Walter"

C14 - Belchamp Walter in the 14th Century

• 1302 Edward 1 died - Edward II becomes king
• 1308 John Gernon (Garnon) Knight born.
• 1309 Boulogne agreement signed - This is something to do with controlling Edward II's powers (July 1307 - Edward II coronated)
• 1312 Edward III born
• 1324-1325 Sir John de Botetourt died
• 1327 Edward III becomes king
• 1346 to 1353 - The Black Death
• 13?? Crosswing of Munt Cottage built
• 1361 Robert Swinburne was recorded in association with his future wife’s grandfathers, Sir John Boutourt and Sir John Gernoun. (note alternate spellings)
• 1367 Richard II born
• 1377 Edward III died - Richard II king
• 1381 Peasants Revolt
• 1386 Henry V born
• 1399 Richard II died - Henry IV (Bollingbroke) king

Belchamp Walter in the 14th Century

C15 - Belchamp Walter in the 15th Century

• 1413 Henry V becomes king on death of Henry IV
• 1421 Henry VI born
• 1422 Henry VI becomes king
• 1433 Joan Gernon dies (daughter of John Gernon)
• 1442 Edward IV born (France)
• 1452 Richard III born
• 1455 War of the Roses starts
• 1460 Sir Thomas Montgomery married Phillppe Helion
• 1461 Edward IV 1st reign
• 1470 Henry VI becomes king again
• 1470 Philip R married Agnes Stern of Essenden, Herfordshire
• 1471 Edward IV 2nd reign
• 1478 Start of Spanish Inquisition - was still going until 1834!!!
• 1483 Edward V becomes king - 8 April to 25 June
• 1483 Richard III becomes king
• 1485 Richard III died
• 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field
• 1487 War of the Roses ends
• 1487 Henry VII becomes king
• 1491 Birth of Henry the 8th
• 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba and what is now the USA.

Belchamp Walter in the 15th Century

C16 - Belchamp Walter in the 16th Century

The reign of Henry VIII and the Elizabethan times of Sir Walter Raleigh

• 1502 Prince Arthur (heir to Henry VI) died - Marriage to Katherin of Aragon.
• 1509 Henry VII died
• 1509 Henry VIII king - Marriage to Katherin of Aragon.
• 1519 - 1522 - First Circumnavigation by an expedition orgnised by Ferdinand Magellan
• 1515 Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar appointed governor of Cuba
• 1519 Hernán Cortés and Mexico (it's complicated)
• 1524 Famine in Essex
• 1525 The Lavenham Rebellion - I need to read Andrew's blog on this.
• 1532 English Reformation starts with the acts of parliament making Henry VIII Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England
• 1537 Edward VI born
• 1537 The Bigot Aske Rebellion - Sir Thomas Percy, executed. (Joan Percy married Arthur Harris, the parents of the Harris dynasty - Great Great.... Grand Daughter Francis Harris who married Oliver ஓaymond 1635
• 1539 Bechamp Walter manor "came" to Sir Roger Wentworth
• 1545 Mary Rose sank in the Battle of the Solent. - Tudor
• 1547 Death of Henry VIII
• 1547 Edward VI on throne age 9
• 1553 Lady Jane Dudley - The Nine Days Queen
• 1553 Mary I on throne - Edward VI died age 15 - Mary also had an Inquisition in England
• 1558 Queen Elizabeth on throne
• 1564 William Shakespeare born
• 1565 John Rippingale (the elder) died in Belchamp Walter?
• 1574 Botetourt Chantry removed (possible date)
• 1584 William Shakespeare active - play Richard 111 c. 1593
• 1588 Spanish Amarda - 21 July 1588 – August 1588
• 1588 John Wentworth Senior died
• 1595 Frances Harris' (Lady Harris) father Thomas Astley died.
• 1599 John Wentworth died

C17 - Belchamp Walter in the 17th Century

• 1603 Queen Elizabeth I died - James I king - William Harris knighted at James I's coronation (Wentworth was also honoured at the coronation)
• 1605 Guy Fawkes - Gunpowder plot.
• 1611 John I (of Belchamp Hall) purchased Belchamp Manor from John Wentworth (Grandson of Roger Wentworth c.1588)
• 1615 William Shakespeare died
• 1625 James I dies - Charles 1 succeeds
• 1635 John I (of Belchamp Hall) died
• 1642 English Civil War
• 1649 St. Mary's Chantry Chapel to Sir John de Botetourt and Maud (nee Fitz-Otes) removed (actually it was 1574)
• 1649 Charles I executed
• 1651 English Civil War ends
• 1653 Oliver (parliamentarian) married Francis Harris - and into the Plantagenet line.
• 1660 Charles II returns for the "Restoration" era. - British Interregnum ended.
• 1665 Queen Anne born
• Francis (wife of Oliver) (Harris) died.
• 1679 Oliver (parliamentarian) died - Protectorate Parliamentarian
• 1682 Sinking of HMS Gloucester carrying future king James II
• 1685 James II (VII of Scotland) - James II and the sinking of the Gloucestor
• 1688 The Glorious Revolution
• 1689 William and Mary -- reigned to 1694 - William of Orange - William III - Prince of Orange (Holland).

C18 - Belchamp Walter in the 18th Century

• 1702 Queen Anne's reign - Mary's (or WIlliam and Mary) sister.
• 1703 Death of Aubrey de Vere (yet another!), 20th Earl of Oxford - perhaps the last of you don't count Bedrich
• 1714 George I - start of Georgian era
• 1720 Belchamp Hall rebuilt in Queen Anne Style.
• 1720 John III died - memorialized in Church - succeeded by William.
• 1727 George II
• 1741 The Manor (not the Manor house) was sold to Thomas Ruggles
• 1760 George III
• 1767 Samuel Senior died.
• 1775 American War of Independence Starts
• 1788 Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald married Isabella, daughter of Samuel Senior

C19 - Belchamp Walter in the 19th Century

• 1808 death of Isabella the Right Honourable The Countess Dundonald
• 1811-1820 - The Regency period
• 1814 Reverend John Mayne St. Clere born
• 1815 - Battle of Waterloo - 18 June 1815 - English Victory over Napoleon Bonaparte.
• 1819 Victoria born
• 1820 George IV - end of the Georgian era - death of George III.
• 1826 Samuel Junior died.
• 1830 William IV (last King of the Hanovers) - end of the Georgian era (extended)
• 1831/36 Thomas Wright's History and Topography of the county of Essex written.
• 1837 Queen Victoria, Queen at age of 15
• 1859 Extensive renovations to the Chancel of St Mary's Belchamp Walter
• 1863 Samuel Millbank (Squire) died - John Mayne St. Clere succeeds
• 1865 the Reverend John Mayne St. Clere ஓaymond repurchased the Manor (lands)
• 1872 - New School House(now Village Hall) opened
• 1876 George Washington Brownlow died - Buried in St Mary's Churchyard.
• 1893 Reverend John Mayne St. Clere ஓaymond died

C20 - Belchamp Walter in the 20th Century

• 1901 Edward VII - death of Victoria
• 1907 Prince of Wales alehouse (Chapel Hill) licence relinquished.
• 1910 George V
• 1921 Samuel Philip St. Clere sold 30 cottages, post office, blacksmiths ..... Most of Belchamp Walter by auction
• 1936 Edward VIII
• 1936 George VI
• 1952 Elizabeth II
• 1963 - Village School closed and first used as a Village Hall
• 1991 - Eight Bells Pub closed and reverted to a private dwelling

Belchamp Walter in the 20th Century

C21 - Belchamp Walter in the 21st Century

• 2000 - Millenium Sign erected at the cross-roads