Timeline 2

TIMELINE
The second millennium

1000
1003. Sweyn of Denmark (Swan the Forkbeard) invaded England.
1013. Swan acknowledged as King of England.
1066. The Norman Conquest.
1066-1087. King William I
1086. The Domesday Book. Population of England one and a quarter million.
1086. Swan of Essex, listed with many land holdings in Huntingdon & Essex.
1087-1100. King William the Second.
1090. Motte and Bailey Castle built by Swan at Rayliegh, Essex.
1096. The first Crusade. Craft Guilds begin.
1100
1100 .Saxon or Viking Noble, Swan of Essex whose father had built the castle at Clavering.

1100-1135. King Henry the First.

1135-1154. King Stephen.

1154-1189. King Henry the Second.

1189-1199. King Richard the First.

1199-1216. King John.
1200
1207. Saint Francis of Assissi.
1215. Magna Carta signed. Population of England & Wales two & a half million.
1216-1272. King Henry the Third.
1227. William Manderville died, last of hie direct line. William’s nephew Humphrey de Bohun the First Earl of Essex of the Bohun line, whose badge was a SWAN
1272-1307. King Edward the First.
1300

1307-1327. King Edward the Second.

1327-1377. King Edward the Third.
1338. The 100 years war.

1340. The building of Thaxted Church commenced.

Population of England and Wales estimated at between 5 & 6 million.

1348-50. The Black Death sweeps the land.

1377-1399. King Richard the Second.
1380. Population down to between 2.5 & 3 million.
1381. The peasants revolt.
1399-1413. King Henry the Fourth.
1400