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In addition to this timeline I am constructing pages the cover the History of Belchamp Walter by Century.
List of Monarchs.
List of BW Centuries in table format.

The Romans in Belchamp Walter and surrounding area.

Belchamp Walter in The Dark Ages (whenever that was exactly!)

C10 - Tenth Century and before

Pre-Conquest and Norman-Saxon

• 735 - Saint Bede, the Venerable died
• 869 - Saint Edmund the Martyr - King of East Anglia died.
• 904 Date on Belchamp Walter village sign
• 927 Æthelstan
• 937 Scotish Invasion of England - Battle of Brunanburh - Æthelstan
• 939 Æthelstan died - Edmund I succeeded
• 946 Edmund I died
• 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
• 1096 - Start of First Crusade

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
• 1162 - Becket - nominated as Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1170 - Thomas Becket - assassinated
• 1186 - Little Maplestead given to Knights Hospitaler by the lady Juliana and her husband (daughter of Robert Doisnel)
• 1189 - Henry II died and Richard I (The Lionheart) 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 succeeded by Henry III
• 1239 - Edward I born - 3rd son of Henry III
• 1254 - Prince Edward (Edward I) marries Eleanor of Castile
• 1265 - Battle of Evesham - William de Beauchamp's death (1264)
• 1265 - Sir John de Botetourt and Sir Roger de Bures born.
• 1266 - Dictum of Kennelworth - 31 October 1266
• 1271 - Start of Lord Edward's Crusade
• 1272 - Edward I becomes king - after Henry III dies, but the then Prince Edward was on crusade
• 1274 - Edward I crowned
• 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 (died) - Simon de Pateshull (married) (Isabell de Mowbray, spouse) - "held lands in Belchamp Walter"

C14 - Belchamp Walter in the 14th Century

• 1300 - Approx date of the marriage of Walter de Tey to Isabel de Steyngrave.
• 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
• 1315/17 - Great Famine of 1315–1317 - bad weather in Europe - spring 1315
• 1322 - The Battle of Boroughbridge - 16 March 1322
• 1324-1325 Sir John de Botetourt died
• 1327 Edward III becomes king
• 1337 Start of the Hundred Years War - Botetourt in Gascony?
• 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 (aged 10)
• 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
• 1431 Joan of Arc tried and burned alive in Rouen.
• 1433 Joan Gernon dies (daughter of John Gernon)
• 1442 Edward IV born (France)
• 1452 Richard III born
• 1453 End of the Hundred Years War.
• 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
• 1483 Princes in the Tower - Edward IV and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
• 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 Clarks's blog (F&LDHS) 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
• 1536 - 1541 - Dissolution of the monasteries
• 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)
• 1583 The estate of Earl Colne sold by Edward de Vere (17th Earl of Oxford) to Harlakenden
• 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 - 1642 - 1651
• 1649 St. Mary's Chantry Chapel to Sir John de Botetourt and Maud (nee Fitz-Otes) further defaced (actually the chapel was removed in 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
• 1632 (1678) - Francis (wife of Oliver) (daughter of Lady 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 - 1714 to 1830–1837   
• 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 - reign 1760-1820 (60 Years)
• 1767 Samuel Senior died.
• 1773 Boston Tea Party - pre-cursor to the American War of Independance - East India Company and the sale of tea from China.
• 1775 American War of Independence Starts
• 1788 Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald married Isabella, daughter of Samuel Senior
• 1799 - Siege of Seringapatam - Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu died. Colonel Valentine Blacker and the French marble statue of Diana and Actaeon was "captured" and is now in Belchamp Hall

C18 - Belchamp Walter in the 18th Century    

C19 - Belchamp Walter in the 19th Century    

• 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
• 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) - 1714 to 1830–1837
• 1831/36 Thomas Wright's History and Topography of the county of Essex written.
• 1837 Queen Victoria, Queen at age of 15<.a> - 1837-1901 (67 years)
• 1850's - Belchamp Walter in the 1850's
• 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)
• 1867 Canada Confederated - 1 July 1867 (Canada Day)
• 1872 New School House - (now Village Hall) opened
• 1876 George Washington Brownlow died - Buried in St Mary's Churchyard.
• 1889 - Battle Abbey Roll
• 1893 Reverend John Mayne St. Clere Raymond 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
• 1928 Fictional date of Tom Branson's wedding in Downton - A New Era
• 1936 Edward VIII - Mrs Simpson
• 1936 George VI - Liz's Dad
• 1952 Elizabeth II - 1953-2023 (70 years)
• 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
• 2017 - The "New School House" - Village Hall was sold to the Parish Council
• 2023 - Queen Elizabeth II dies and Charles III King.