HISTORY OF ENGLAND
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND AND THE HISTORY OF LONDON.
There are several legends relating to the foundation of London, but these have all been discounted as being just that, Legends, which are popular stories handed down from earlier times, the truths of which, have not, or cannot be verified. Read More....
London's Medieval Guilds, or Medieval Trade Guilds played an enormous part in the everyday lives of London's citizens during the Middle Ages. They eventually held more power in the city than the Medieval Kings themselves. These Guilds, were associations of artisans or craftsmen, who were united in a common purpose, which was to maintain the highest standards of skill and fairness practiced within their trade and to look after their members, in times of sickness and also death, where help would be given in times of need to the families of deceased or ailing members of that particular guild. Read More....
Bartholomew Fair, was one of London's most important Charter Fairs. Commencing in the year 1133 when King Henry I granted a charter to Rahere, it continued to be a great annual event taking place on 24th August, the Feast Day of St.Bartholomew the Apostle until 1855, the year in which it was finally suppressed. Read More....
With King Baldwin of Jerusalem near death, Heraclius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, was in London to ask Henry II to succeed Baldwin as the new King of Jerusalem. While in London he consecrated the new Temple Church. Known originally as the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Soloman, they began their lives in London in 1128 with the visit to England of the Grand Master and founder of the order of the Knights Templar, Hughes de Payens, a French nobleman, who had come with the aim of raising funds and men for the Crusades. Read More.... SEE ALSO: MORE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HISTORY - THE BEGINNING OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR RECRUITMENT TO THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. THE DECLINE OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
St. Bartholomew the Great, is a rare survivor of the great priories, from london's medieval past, which once dominated the pre-Reformation medieval City of London. This Church has one of the finest Norman interiors to be found anywhere, and exudes all the qualities of a Cathedral. It should be up there with the main Tourist Attractions in London. Read More....
An incident involving the Archbishop of Canterbuty occurred in 1250 at St. Bartholomew the Great, which resulted in the Bishop of London and the clergy of St. Bartholomew's being excommunicated. The friars protesting at the Archbishop's visit, pointed out that they had a Bishop of their own. Being offended by the remark, the Archbishop struck the old sub-prior and floored him. This resulted in an unseemly brawl between the friars and the Archbishop's attendants. Read More....
In 1087 a devastating fire occurred which consumed much of the city of London. In the widespread destruction that followed, St.Pauls Cathedral London, was the most significant building to be destroyed. Maurice, the Chaplain and Chancellor of William the Conqueror, (who had nominated him for the bishopric of London on Christmas Day 1085), had been consecrated by Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury on 5th April 1086. Read More....
Yet the air of devotion which William Rufus put on, when he exempted all the vessels from tolls and custom, which entered the River Fleet from the River Thames, all heavily laden with materials for the construction of St Pauls Cathedral London, did nothing to stop the dislike his subjects had for him, from turning into intense hatred. Read More....
In 1135 another fire devastated the City of London, and almost immediately after his appointment, Henry de Blois found himself having to deal with its aftermath. Starting at London Bridge, the fire had severely damaged both the bridge and the partially built St.Pauls Cathedral. A great deal had been lost from the Church, as the flames of the raging inferno, completely engulfed it. Read More....
From the mid fourteenth century to the latter part of the fifteenth, English history records two subjects of major significance to the country as a whole, but which also has a place in the history of St.Pauls Cathedral London. These were Lollardism and the Wars of the Roses. It was also in this period, (between 1381 and 1404), that the first historical reference to "Paul's walk", was recorded. It was used in describing the nave, as a marketplace and general meeting area. Read More....
He was made Dean of St. Pauls in 1504 by King Henry VII and in 1509, used much of the wealth he inherited from his father, in re-founding St. Pauls Cathedral school. The original school, which had been founded in 1109 by Richard de Belmeis (Beauvais) had declined. This new school occupied a plot of land in St.Pauls Churchyard. Read More....
Cardinal Wolsey came to St.Pauls Cathedral in 1518 and sang High Mass in celebration of the eternal peace which now emerged between England, Spain and France, following the signing of The Treaty of London, that year. Wolsey was by now full of hope of becoming Pope. Accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham, Wolsey returned to the Cathedral in state on May 12th 1521, to hear Bishop John Fisher denounce Martin Luther at Paul's Cross. He was received along with most of the Bishops of the realm in procession, and with the accompanying ceremonies, was censed by Richard Pace, who, on the death of the previous Dean, John Colet, had been made Dean of St.Pauls Cathedral London, by King Henry VIII. Read More....
KING HENRY VIII PROCLAIMS ENGLISH BIBLES ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN CHURCHES. Reformists would deliver their sermons here at Pauls Cross, within the Cathedral grounds. These sermons were then usually printed and redistributed to a wider audience. Read More....
King Edward VI in whose reign a large amount of wanton destruction was carried out both inside and outside St. Paul's Cathedral London, was ten years of age when he ascended the throne on 28th January 1547 and for two or three months all was relatively quiet. There was no sign of the great destruction which was to follow. Read More....
The bells of St Pauls Cathedral, pealed out the Te Deum in triumph on the 6th July 1553 when Queen Mary of England acceeded to the throne. London and the whole nation rejoiced. While the bells of St Pauls Cathedral London were ringing in jubilation, amid the enthusiasm and unrestrained delight being shown by the citizens of London at Mary's accession to the throne, a Dutchman climbed to the very top of the lofty steeple. Read More....
The death of Queen Mary of England in 1558 and the accession of Queen Elizabeth 1 to the throne. The Connection that St Pauls Cathedral London has with modern football and its place in the History of Soccer. On Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne, she did not interfere immediately with the actions Mary had taken in restoring England to the Roman Catholic Faith. However, by the time a solemn Requiem Mass was sung at St Pauls Cathedral London in July 1559 for the repose of the soul of Henry II of France, all of the restored images had been removed. Read More....
The Peasants Revolt, was the most severe and widespread rebellion by Medieval Peasants in England's history. It took place in June 1381, and although the revolt failed, it brought attention to their abject misery and plight, with which they had been burdened, as a result of their enforced slavery. Read More....
The king summoned parliament in 1351 to enact the Statute of Labourers Act which made it illegal for employers to pay wages above the level they were at in 1346 and it also restricted the mobility of the peasants. This law of course, tended to be ignored by not a few employers, who were desperately short of a workforce. Read More....
Between January and March in 1377, the Hilary Parliament (the Hilary Term being the first Sunday to the ninth Sunday after the feast day of St. Hilary of Poitiers which falls on 14th January) was summoned and at the request of John of Gaunt, who was now the de facto head of government, levied a poll tax, to finance the continuing wars against France. This tax involved nearly two thirds of the population, which entrapped far more people within it's net than any previous form of taxation. It was levied three times, 1377, 1379 and 1381. Read More....
The Peasants Revolt was finally triggered by events which took place in the Essex villages of Fobbing and Brentwood on 30th May 1381, when Thomas Bampton tried to collect the poll tax from the villagers of Fobbing. Thomas Baker, a local landowner himself, led the villagers in telling Bampton that they would give him nothing, forcing him to leave the village empty handed. Read More....
The following day the rebels crossed London Bridge and converged on the heart of the city. They had been allowed into the city by sympathiers (and there were many of them) who had opened the city gates for them. It is very unclear as to how much King Richard II was involved in negotiations as he was still only fourteen years of age, but while he was sheltering within the Tower of London along with his counsellors, it was agreed that the only option open to them was to negotiate with the rebels. Read More....
The Poll Tax, no longer being enforced, was withdrawn and no later medieval parliament ever dared to try to impose one again. The Peasants Revolt had shown the government, the extent of the dissatisfaction felt by the serfs and lower classes and the havoc they were capable of wreaking. Quite a large section of the nobility had given substantial support to the peasants, for it had not entirely been confined to the serfs and lower classes. The Peasants Revolt, although it had failed in it's immediate aims, was certainly the beginning of the end of feudalism and the bondage of serfdom. Read More....
Medieval Peasants, accounted for the majority of people in medieval times. They lived a rural, agrarian life under a Feudal System in which they would form communities. They ate well, for although their food was basic, it was good. Medieval Peasant Clothing was also quite sufficient for their needs, but we will go into more detail of diet and clothing a little later. At the centre of each of these communities was the village, which usually comprised of several, small one roomed dwellings, with a church and a mill, blacksmith, baker, butcher, a brewer and possibly one or two other necessary vendors. Read More....
Village life for Medieval Peasants, tended to be quite a thriving existance, everyone moving about enegetically, busily engaged in some activity or other. All this hustle and bustle was caused primarily with the close proximity of the buildings to each other. Their dwellings were built to house not only themselves, but their animals also. This was necessary during the middle ages, for wolfpacks were still plentiful and their forest habitats were still widespread across the whole of England. Read More....
The Bubonic Plague in Europe, arrived on the shores of Italy in the year 1348. The most devastating manifestation of the Plague ever known. It is believed to have originated in the Gobi Desert, travelling quickly along the trade routes, killing unknown thousands every day. Carried by fleas, which lived on rats, it arrived in Western Europe, having already carved a deadly swathe via the Crimea and Constantinople, aquiring the fearful name of the Black Death as it made it's way westwards. Read More....
The Great Fire of London, was a major conflagration which destroyed the medieval city of London within the boundary of the old Roman wall and an area outside the wall, stretching from the western access to the city at Ludgate as far as Fetter Lane to the west and from the river Thames at the southern end to Smithfield and Holborn in the north. The fire was a legacy of the neglect during Medieval Times in London of not expanding outside the city walls. The resultant overcrowding also encouraged the spread of Bubonic Plague. Read More....
The Fire of London, started at sometime between midnight and 2 am on Sunday 2nd September 1666, when a fire broke out in a shop belonging to the baker Thomas Farriner ( or Farynor ) in Pudding Lane, situated on the north side of the River Thames and close to London Bridge. Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn the two Diarists, recorded this Great London Fire, which in just four days, destroyed threequarters of the buildings that dated from the Medieval Times in London. Read More....
MONDAY, 3RD SEPTEMBER 1666. The Second Day of The Great Fire of London. The turbulence created in the Great Fire of London firestorm, was pushing the fire further north and south than the previous day. It had also begun to move eastwards, against the wind, but the main directions were still to the north and the west. The River Thames, of course was acting as a natural firebreak to the south, halting the fire dead in its tracks. Read More....
It was hoped the River Fleet would form a natural firebreak at the western end of the City, preventing the Great Fire of London from advancing along the Strand to Whitehall and Westminster. It had reached Baynard's Castle on the previous night and was still burning. The easterly gale was still raging, Read More....
On wednesday morning the wind which had subsided the previous evening, turned upon itself. With no more fuel in its path and no wind to provide the necessary oxygen, the firestorm ceased. At last conditions were in the firefighters favour. They were able to get near enough to douse the weakened flames Read More.... FOR SIGHTSEEING TOURS OF LONDON AND THINGS TO DO IN LONDON CLICK HERE How to Link to This PageIt will appear on your page as: FOR MORE INFO. ON THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FOLLOW THIS LINK
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