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Gloucester also had a large fishing industry at that time. In 1222, a massive fire destroyed part of Gloucester. One of the most significant periods in Gloucester's history began in 1378 when Richard II convened Parliament in the city. Parliaments were held there until 1406 under Henry IV of England.
21 mag 2024 · Gloucester was the Roman colonia of Glevum, founded by the emperor Nerva (reigned 96–98 ce). The foundation of the abbey of St. Peter by King Osric of Northumbria in 681 favoured the town’s growth, and it became the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
25 mag 2024 · Home. A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester. The volume takes both a chronological and a thematic approach to the history of the City from before the Norman Conquest to the twentieth century. Victoria County History - Gloucestershire. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1988.
TitlePage (s)xiii-xivxvxvi-xviiixix-xxiiiHistory of Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire in 1832. The region now known as Gloucestershire was originally inhabited by Brythonic peoples (ancestors of the Welsh and English and other Romano-British peoples) in the Iron Age and Roman periods.
5 giorni fa · Gloucester, which was the shire town of Gloucestershire from the late Anglo-Saxon period, was sometimes styled civitas in the 11th and 12th centuries. Later it was always styled a town or borough until 1541, when on the founding the see of Gloucester, it was made a city by charter.
4 giorni fa · Gloucester and Cirencester were Roman towns of note, and there were numerous villas and military camps within the historic county. Following the departure of the Romans, the Saxon Hwicca tribe conquered the area from the Britons, the ancestors of the Welsh, and the area became part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia .
King Stephen imprisoned in Gloucester: AD 1155: Gloucester’s oldest known Charter from Henry 11: AD 1216: Henry 111 crowned at St Peters Abbey: AD 1239: Blackfriars founded: AD 1327: Edward 11 murdered at Berkley Castle and buried in St Peters Abbey making Gloucester the 15th wealthiest town in England: AD 1378
