Cambridge in the Thirteenth Century
Twelfth Century <- Time Thread -> Fourteenth Century
1201-1210
King John was in dispute with the Pope around this time, which had a number of consequences.
It meant that clergy were less likely to claim "benefit of the clergy" successfully - protection from civil authority - which
had an impact upon the disturbances in Oxford in 1209.
Also the King was short of money and granted many town charters as an easy source of funds.
- 1201: Town Charter
- 1208: St Francis founded the Franciscan order of friars
- 1209: The Origin of Cambridge University - earliest recorded existence
1211-1220
- 1215: Magna Carta
- 1216: King Henry III
- 1217: St Dominic founded the Dominican order of friars
1221-1230
1231-1240
1241-1250
1251-1260
- 1258: Sack Friars established
- 1258: First Parliament convened
1261-1270
1271-1280
1281-1290
- 1284: Wales annexed
- 1284: The town is allowed its first Members of Parliament.
This may have led to Cambridge merchants winning the contracts for most of the royal fish supply for the next three centuries
- c1290: Austin Friars established
- 1290: Gilbertine Canons established
1291-1300
- c1291: The Chancellor audits pavage tax
- 1294: Philosopher Roger Bacon died (b. 1214)
- 1295: Two Members of Parliament for the borough
- 1297: William Wallace's uprising in Scotland
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