Events from the 1270s in England.
- 1270
- 1271
- 1272
- 1273
- 1274
- 1275
- 1276
- 1277
- 1278
- 1279
- January – Pope Nicholas III quashes the election of Robert Burnell to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 25 January – John Peckham is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury against the wishes of the King.[1]
- December – new silver coinage issued, including the first groats and round farthings and a new halfpenny.[1] The cutting of pennies into halves and quarters is prohibited but the practice continues for many years.[9] The Royal Mint has moved to the Tower of London by this time.[10]
- The first of the Statutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.[2]
- Itinerant royal judges are ordered to inquire into confederacies against justice, thus effectively making conspiracy a crime.[11]
- Further round of Hundred Rolls commissioned.
- 1270
- 1272
- 1273
- 1274
- 1275
- 1276
- 1278
- 1279
- 1270
- 1271
- 1272
- 1275
- 1277
- 1279
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Baldwin, Philip Bruce (2014). Pope Gregory X and the Crusades. Boydell Press. p. 43.
Peck, C. Wilson (1960). English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558–1958. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 2. OCLC 906173180.