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Note: All entries in this colour cover other areas as well as Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely and can be regarded as general historic information.
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25 Oct 1154 |
Stephen's reign of England ends. |
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19 Dec 1154 |
Henry
II becomes King of England. During Henry II's reign Ely Cathedral added to of which the Prior's Door and South Transept still remain. |
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1159 |
Denny Abbey begins as a Benedictine cell. |
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1170 |
Denny Abbey transferred to the Knights Templar as a hospital. After the suppression of the Templars the abbey passed to an order of Fransiscan Minoresses |
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1174 |
Geoffrey Ridel made Bishop of Ely |
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6 Jul 1189 |
Henry II's reign of England ends. |
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3 Sep 1189 |
Richard I the Lionheart becomes King of England. |
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1189 |
William Longchamp made Bishop of Ely |
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1190 |
Richard I the Lionheart departs on crusade. |
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1198 |
Eustace made Bishop of Ely |
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6 Apr 1199 |
Richard I the Lionheart's reign of England ends. |
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27 May 1199 |
John becomes King of England. |
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