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Papal Bull

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1154–1517Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1154

Henry II1154

Government / Government of England

Adrian IV Issues a Papal Bull giving Ireland to Henry II of England

1215

JohnJune 1215

Runnymede · Government / Government of England

John gets Pope Innoccent III to issue a Papal bull against the Magna Carta. John gets Pope Innoccent III to issue a Papal bull against the Magna Carta

1262

Henry III1262

Government / Government of England

Henry obtained a papal bull in 1262 exempting him from his oath and both sides began to raise armies

1517

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st1517

Rome · Government / Government of England

Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo X a Papal Bull of Indulgence for the town of Boston in Lincolnshire

Names involved

Henry IIHenry IIIJohnThomas Cromwell Essex, 1st

Provenance

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