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England in 1142

Name: England in 1142 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for England in 1142, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events

3Named people

2Places

2Categories

Historical records

September

26 September 1142Siege of OxfordMatilda

Oxford · Warfare / War of Succession

King Stephen takes Oxford & besieges the empress in Oxford castle

26 September 1142Siege of OxfordStephen

Oxford · Warfare / War of Succession

King Stephen takes Oxford & besieges Matilda in Oxford castle

Other Events

1142Alliance Stephen falls ill and Matilda and Geoffrey of AnjouMatilda

Warfare / War of Succession

Stephen falls ill & Matilda joins forces with Geoffrey of Anjou

1142EducationHenry II

Bristol · House / House of Plantagenet

At the age of nine, Robert of Gloucester took him to England, where he received education from Master Matthew at Bristol, with the assistance of Adelard of Bath and possibly Geoffrey of Monmouth

Names involved

Henry IIMatildaStephen

Places involved

BristolOxford

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.