1251 Wales entirely subdued and subjected to English laws.
1253 Fine linen first made in England.
1255 All possessing £15 per annum, obliged to be knighted, or pay a fine. Tapestry introduced by Eleanor, wife of prince Edward.
1264 There were 700 Jews slain in London, because one of them would have forced a Christian to have paid more than two-pence, for the use of twenty shillings a week.
1269 About this time, Roger Bacon, a divine of Merton College in Oxford, was imprisoned by the Pope, for preaching against the Romish church.
1273 The Scots swear fealty to Edward, June 12.
1275 Jews obliged to wear a badge; usury restrained by the same act of parliament, October 6.
1279 The first statute of Mortmain. 280 Jews hung for clipping and coining.
1282 The Rolls in Chancery-lane given to the Jews. Wales reduced, after having preserved her liberties 800 years.