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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

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C12- Belchamp Walter in the 12th Century

C13 - Belchamp Walter in the 13th Century

Magna Carter, 1215

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

C18 - Belchamp Walter in the 18th Century

C19 - Belchamp Walter in the 19th Century

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

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