9 September –William Chillenden is elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
10 November – The Lord Edward arrives inTunis a fortnight after theTreaty of Tunis has ended fighting in the Eighth Crusade. He eventually decides to continue to theKingdom of Jerusalem.
16 June – an attempt is made on the life of The Lord Edward at Acre; he kills the would-be assassin but receives a festering wound from a poisoned dagger.[5]
Summer –Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
24 September – The Lord Edward leaves Acre for Sicily.
Merton College, Oxford, is first recorded as having a collection of books, making itsLibrary the world's oldest in continuous daily use.[6]
1277
9 November –Treaty of Aberconwy by whichLlywelyn is to retain control only of the western part ofGwynedd (although retaining the title of Prince of Wales) in return for paying homage to England; the remainder of Gwynedd is split betweenEdward andDafydd ap Gruffydd (Llywelyn's brother, who has remained loyal to Edward).[2]
17 November – allJews in England are imprisoned on suspicion ofcoin clipping.[8]
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 theKing.[1]
December – new silver coinage issued, including the firstgroats and roundfarthings and a newhalfpenny.[1] The cutting of pennies into halves and quarters is prohibited but the practice continues for many years.[9] TheRoyal Mint has moved to theTower of London by this time.[10]
The first of theStatutes of Mortmain prevents land from passing into possession of the church.[2]
Itinerant royaljudges are ordered to inquire into confederacies against justice, thus effectively makingconspiracy a crime.[11]
^Peck, C. Wilson (1960).English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558–1958. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 2.OCLC906173180.
