1050s in England
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Events from the 1050s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Edward the Confessor
Events
- 1050
- The Norman bishop Robert of Jumièges appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury.[1]
- First Bishop of Exeter consecrated.[1]
- Sweyn Godwinson pardoned for murdering his cousin.[1]
- 1051
- Robert of Jumièges refuses to consecrate Spearhafoc as his successor as the Bishop of London. William the Norman is appointed instead.
- September - Following a rebellion, King Edward the Confessor exiles Godwin, Earl of Wessex to Flanders.[1]
- 1052
- Prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn of Wales raids Hertfordshire.[1]
- 14 September - Godwin, Earl of Wessex returns to England from exile. He sails a large fleet into London forcing King Edward to reinstate him.[1]
- Three bishops appointed by King Edward — Robert of Jumièges; Ulfus Normanus, Bishop of Dorchester, and William the Norman, Bishop of London — flee the country.[1]
- Stigand enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.[1]
- William, Duke of Normandy visits King Edward and may have been promised the throne after Edward's death.[2]
- 1053
- 15 April - Godwin dies and is succeeded by his son Harold Godwinson as the Earl of Wessex.[2]
- 1054
- 27 July - Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against King Macbeth.[2]
- 1055
- Siward dies; Tostig Godwinson becomes Earl of Northumbria.[1]
- 24 October - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and Ælfgar, exiled son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, raid England, and sack Hereford.[1]
- Harold Godwinson makes peace with Ælfgar, who returns from exile.[1]
- 1056
- 17 June - Battle of Glasbury: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn raids England again, and kills Leofgar of Hereford.[2] Gruffydd's forces burn down Hereford Cathedral.
- 1057
- Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, returns to England, but dies shortly after.[1]
- Leofric, Earl of Mercia dies, and his son Ælfgar is again exiled for treason.[1]
- 1058
- Aelfgar, supported by the Welsh and Norwegians, unsuccessfully attacks the English coast; he is nonetheless re-instated as Earl of Mercia.[1]
- 1059
- Malcolm III of Scotland pays homage to King Edward.[1]
Births
- 1050
- 1051
- Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned King of England (died c. 1126)
Deaths
- 1050
- 29 October - Edsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1051
- 22 January - Aelfric Puttoc, archbishop of York
- 1052
- Emma of Normandy, consort of Ethelred the Unready and Canute the Great (born c. 985)
- 1053
- 15 April - Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1001)
- 1055
- Goda of England, princess (born 1004)
- 1056
- 10 February - Athelstan II, Bishop of Hereford
- 16 June - Leofgar of Hereford, Bishop of Hereford
- 1057
- February - Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II of England (born 1016)
- 31 August - Leofric, Earl of Mercia (born 968)
- 1058
- Alfwold, Bishop of Sherborne