1271 – Nottingham Whitefriars Carmelite Monastery is established by Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton on the site of what is now The Bell Inn, Nottingham.The barons who had rebelled against Henry III and taken possession of Nottingham Castle under Simon de Monfort were expelled from it.During the Second Barons' War, rebels attacked the Jewish community of Nottingham.It later fell into disuse and was much demolished by 1540. It stood 26 ft high and took 60 years to build. 1260 – Construction starts on a new town wall, built with local sandstone.1252 – Henry III ordered the Outer Bailey of the castle, the defences of which still consisted of a timber palisade, to be rebuilt in stone and the twin-drum gatehouse was probably started at this time.1240 – Ye Olde Salutation Inn is founded.1224 – Greyfriars, Nottingham]] founded their Franciscan friary on a site that is now occupied by the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre.In the same year he ordered 28 Welsh hostages to be hung from the battlements as their fathers had rebelled against him. He made major upgrades including adding a stone built Keep within the existing Shell Keep. 1212 – King John I spends Christmas at Nottingham.Parliament is held here in the same year. 1194 – On returning from the Third Crusade and his imprisonment by Leopold of Austria, Richard the Lionheart recaptures the Castle from supporters of his brother, King John I, after a bloody three day siege.1189 – Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem public house is founded.1178 – Henry II spent Christmas at Nottingham Castle.1174 – Nottingham was seized during the barons rebellion against Henry II.This Bridge was known as the "Heth Beth" bridge and would act as the link between north and south of the river for the next 700 years. Trent Bridge is rebuilt in stone, replacing the original Norman structure.1155 – Nottingham is granted a charter (a document giving the townspeople certain rights).1153 – Fire destroyed much of the city including St. Though he failed to take the castle, hundreds of civilians were slaughtered, many sheltered at St Peter's Church, Nottingham and were massacred. 1140 – During the Anarchy between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, Nottingham was captured and burnt by Ralph Paganell.1102 – Lenton Priory is founded by William Peverel.1086 – "Snotingeham" is referenced in the Doomsday book.1067 – The first wooden motte and bailey Nottingham Castle built by William Peverel on Castle Rock, in the new French borough (to the west of the Saxon borough).1013 – The town submitted to Sweyn Forkbeard.941 – The town was retaken from the Danes by Saxons under Edmund.924 – The town was further fortified on its south side but this did not prevent its recapture by the Danes shortly afterwards.920 – Edward the Elder built fortifications on the south bank of the Trent along with a wooden bridge in an attempt to prevent access by the Danes.His use of the old Brythonic language suggests that the settlement could likely have been named as such by the Celtic Britons who inhabited the area prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion. This translates as "cavey dwelling", probably in reference to the innumerable ancient cave houses dug out of the sandstone bedrock which the city stands on. 893 – In "The Life of King Alfred", Asser, a Welsh monk and cleric records the settlement as "Tig Guocabauc" in Old Brythonic.After negotiations the Danes returned North. 868 – King of Wessex, Aethelred I, and his brother (later to be known as Alfred the Great) arrive at Nottingham with their armies following a request from their brother-in-law Burgred of Mercia.867 – The Great Heathen Army winters at the town after being driven from York by the Kingdom of Northumbria.600 – An Anglian tribe, the Snotingas, found the settlements of modern Nottingham (Snotingaham) and Sneinton.530 – Flooding of the low land extending from the Leen river to the River Trent.410 – After the Roman withdrawal from Britain, the site is covered by the Brythonic Kingdom of Elmet.Artifacts and earthworks have been excavated in the City dating from the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Pre-Roman Nottingham was settled after the end of the Paleolithic period.
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