1070s in England

Events from the 1070s in England.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – William I

Events

 * 1070
 * Winter of 1069–1070 – Harrying of the North: King William I quells rebellions in the North of England following an invasion by Sweyn II of Denmark. Widespread famine follows the devastation wrought.
 * Spring – King Sweyn II of Denmark joins English rebels, led by Hereward the Wake, and captures the Isle of Ely in The Fens of eastern England.
 * 11 April – Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand deposed at the Council of Winchester.
 * 1 June – Hereward plunders Peterborough Abbey.
 * June – Denmark signs a treaty with England; Sweyn and his forces leave the country.
 * 15 August – Lanfranc appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
 * Invasion of England by Malcolm III of Scotland repelled.
 * Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, the first Marcher Lord, invades Wales, capturing parts of Gwynedd.
 * Osmund succeeds Herfast as Lord Chancellor; Herfast becomes Bishop of Elmham.
 * Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral following a fire.
 * Rebuilding of York Minster begins.
 * Construction of Dudley Castle in the west midlands by Ansculf de Picquigny begins.
 * Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire by Alan Rufus begins.
 * Jews from Rouen, in Normandy, settle in England at the invitation of the King.
 * 1071
 * William defeats Hereward the Wake's rebellion on the Isle of Ely.
 * Edwin, Earl of Mercia, again rebels against William but is betrayed and killed, leading to the re-distribution of land within Mercia to William's subjects.
 * 1072
 * 27 May – the Accord of Winchester establishes the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York in the Church of England.
 * August – William invades Scotland, reaching the River Tay.
 * At Abernethy, King Malcolm III of Scotland submits to William.
 * Remigius de Fécamp moves the seat of his diocese from Dorchester on Thames to Lincoln, becoming first Bishop of Lincoln, and construction of Lincoln Cathedral begins.
 * 1073
 * Rebuilding of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.
 * 1074
 * Roger de Montgomerie is created Earl of Shrewsbury, and invades Wales, reaching as far as Powys.
 * 1075
 * Revolt of the Earls: three earls rebel against William in the last serious act of resistance to the Norman conquest of England.
 * August (approx. date) – Council of London reforms Church administration in England. It approves union of the dioceses of Ramsbury and Sherborne into a new Diocese of Salisbury with a new cathedral at Old Sarum, Herman becoming first Bishop of Salisbury.
 * First Bishop of Chichester (Stigand of Selsey) consecrated.
 * 1076
 * April – Council of Winchester confirms ecclesiastical authority, insists on celibacy of the clergy and marriage within church.
 * 31 May – execution of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, for his part in the Revolt of the Earls.
 * Approximate date of the Trial of Penenden Heath to settle a land dispute between King William and his half-brother Odo of Bayeux.
 * 1077 
 * The Bayeux Tapestry completed depicting the Norman conquest of England.
 * William's son Robert Curthose stages an insurrection against him in Normandy.
 * Construction of St Albans Cathedral begins under Abbot Paul of Caen.
 * Foundation of the first Cluniac abbey in England, at Lewes.
 * First recorded Trial by combat in England.
 * 1078
 * 3 June (approx. date) – consecration of Osmund as Bishop of Salisbury. He will introduce the Sarum Rite.
 * (approx. date) – construction of the White Tower (Tower of London) begins under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
 * Construction of Colchester Castle begins under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
 * 1079
 * January – Robert unhorses William in battle in Normandy.
 * William creates the New Forest as a hunting ground.
 * Rebuilding of Winchester Cathedral begins under the direction of Bishop Walkelin of Winchester.

Births

 * 1075
 * 16 April – Orderic Vitalis, Benedictine chronicler (died c. 1142)
 * Approximate date – Gerald de Windsor, noble (died 1135)

Deaths

 * 1072
 * 10–11 February – Leofric, first Bishop of Exeter
 * c. 21–22 February – Stigand, deposed Archbishop of Canterbury
 * 1075
 * 19 December – Edith of Wessex, queen of Edward the Confessor (born c. 1029)
 * 1076
 * 31 May – Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, last of the Anglo-Saxon earls (born 1050)