1020s in England

Events from the 1020s in England.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Canute

Events

 * 1020
 * Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed.
 * Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
 * 1021
 * 1022
 * 1023
 * Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.
 * Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.
 * 1024
 * 1025
 * King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.
 * 1026
 * The Battle of the Helgeå is fought off the coast of Sweden: naval forces of Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.
 * 1027
 * Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome where at Easter (26 March) he attends the coronation of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * Cnut invades the Kingdom of Scotland, forcing Malcolm II to pay homage.
 * Approximate date – Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock.
 * 1028
 * Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.
 * 1029

Births

 * 1022
 * King Harold Godwinson (died 1066)
 * 1026
 * Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (died 1066)
 * 1027/28
 * King William I of England (died 1087)

Deaths

 * 1020
 * 12 June – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
 * 1023
 * 28 May – Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York