| Year |
Events |
| 1151 |
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| 1152 |
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| 1153 |
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| 1154 |
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| 1155 |
Hubert de St. Clare, constable of Colchester castle, killed at battle of Bridgnorth defending Henry II |
| 1156 |
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| 1157 |
May: Henry II held a court at Colchester, attended by Thomas à Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1158 |
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| 1159 |
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| 1160 |
(circa) Moot Hall built; the most ornate building of its type in England with carved doorway and windows similar to Rochester cathedral |
| 1161 |
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| 1162 |
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| 1163 |
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| 1164 |
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| 1165 |
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| 1166 |
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| 1167 |
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| 1168 |
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| 1169 |
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| 1170 |
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| 1171 |
St. Giles' church founded |
| 1172 |
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| 1173 |
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| 1174 |
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| 1175 |
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| 1176 |
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| 1177 |
(circa) St. Botolph's Priory church dedicated |
| 1178 |
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| 1179 |
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| 1180 |
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| 1181 |
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| 1182 |
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| 1183 |
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| 1184 |
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| 1185 |
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| 1186 |
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| 1187 |
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| 1188 |
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| 1189 |
Earliest known charter, granted to the Borough by Richard I |
| 1190 |
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| 1191 |
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| 1192 |
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| 1193 |
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| 1194 |
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| 1195 |
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| 1196 |
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| 1197 |
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| 1198 |
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| 1199 |
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| 1200 |
(circa) St. John's Abbey rebuilt 1180/1220 |
| The History of Colchester : 1051-1100 : 1101-1150 :: 1201-1250 : 1251-1300
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