Timeline 1066 to 1649
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World History |
Morley History | |
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Battle of Hastings |
1066 |
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1086 |
37 Towns recorded in Morley Wapentake by Domesday Book |
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1100 |
King Henry I granted Woodkirk the Right to hold Fairs twice a year | |
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Magna Carta |
1215 |
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1314 |
Harvest failed and Scots attacked Morley twice, staying once. | |
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1322 |
St Mary's Chapel destroyed by the Scots | |
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Wars of the Roses began |
1455 |
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Columbus discovers America |
1492 |
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1539 |
The Cell of Woodkirk sold by King Henry VIII | |
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Francis Drake completes world voyage |
1580 |
Howley Hall Is built by Sir John Savile where he lives till his death |
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Defeat of Spanish Armada |
1588 |
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Death of Queen Elizabeth I |
1603 |
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Gunpowder plot |
1605 |
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Death of William Shakespeare |
1616 |
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English Civil War began |
1642 |
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1643 |
Royalists besiege Howley Hall and defeat Roundheads at Battle of Adwalton Moor. |