Thame Local History
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13th Century Dates (1200 - 1299)
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1213 | Bishop Hugh de Welles of Lincoln regained full temporal control of Thame manor. | |
1215 | King John granted market charter for Thame to Bishop Hugh de Welles. | |
1219 |
King Henry III granted Bishop Hugh de Welles the right to divert
the King's highway through Thame market-place. Bishop Hugh de Welles granted timber for the construction of a Court House near what is now Church Row. |
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1224 | The Abbot of Thame Park was exempted from export duty on wool by King Henry III. More | |
1227 | Thame market charter confirmed by King Henry III. | |
1232 | New choir stalls paid for at Thame Park Abbey by King Henry III. More | |
1234 | List of duties of Thame Prebendal monks began. More | |
1236 | More timber supplied to Thame Park Abbey by King Henry III. More | |
1240 | Construction began on Thame's St Mary's Church. | |
1241 |
Chapel within the grounds of Thame Prebendal House rebuilt.
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Bishop Robert Grosseteste in dispute with King Henry III over the granting of the prebend of Thame. |
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1255 | Geoffrey Taylor and others rented shops in the middle of Thame marketplace from the Bishop of Lincoln. | |
1264 | Lord Edward, the future King Edward I, visited Thame. | |
1281 | Rewley Abbey in Oxford founded as daughter house of Thame Park Abbey. | |
1293 | Thame Church attacked and occupied by 200 men in another dispute over Thame prebend. References | |
1294 | Thame and Banbury bailiffs and others blockaded Thame and dug dykes across the roads into the town. References |