{"slug": "hereford", "label": "Hereford", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereford", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204720", "qid": "Q204720", "description": "cathedral city and county town of Herefordshire, England", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [760, 1645], "span_label": ["760 CE", "1645 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "gruffydd-ap-llywelyn", "label": "Gruffydd ap Llywelyn", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gloucester", "label": "Gloucester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "river-severn", "label": "River Severn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "harold-godwinson", "label": "Harold Godwinson", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-powys", "label": "Kingdom of Powys", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwent", "label": "Kingdom of Gwent", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 760, "year_label": "760 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Hereford: The Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog, Gwent and Powys defeat the Mercians under King Offa at Hereford. They free themselves from the influence of the Anglo-Saxons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358120145#Britain", "title": "760", "revid": 1358120145, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 914, "year_label": "914 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Vikings devastate the Welsh coast and move up the Severn River. They capture Bishop Cyfeilliog of Ergyng, and he is ransomed by King Edward the Elder. The Vikings are defeated by levies from Hereford and Gloucester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643516#Britain", "title": "914", "revid": 1355643516, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1055, "year_label": "1055 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, is outlawed by the witan (\"meeting of wise men\"). In revenge he builds a force and allies himself with the Welsh king Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. After defeating Ralph the Timid (a nephew of King Edward the Confessor), they attack Hereford and raid the church – taking everything of value, leaving the building on fire. The rebels also attack Leominster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301978694#England", "title": "1055", "revid": 1301978694, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1056, "year_label": "1056 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – In response to the attack on Hereford Cathedral in 1055, Leofgar the bishop of Hereford takes an army into Wales to deal with the Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. He along with a large number of English troops is killed in battle at Glasbury-on-Wye by the Welsh. Earl Harold Godwinson raises an army to take revenge, but comes to peaceful terms with Gruffydd.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365382431#Britain", "title": "1056", "revid": 1365382431, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1307, "year_label": "1307 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – On the question of whether a prayer to the English Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe led to the miracle of the resurrection of William Cragh the day after Cragh's execution by hanging on November 27, 1290, Cragh himself testifies before a papal commission at a hearing in Hereford. Of 38 miracles alleged to have been the result of intercession by Cantilupe, the papal commission finds 12 of them doubtful, but accepts another 26 and recommends canonization. Pope John XXII will formally canonize Bishop Cantilupe on April 17, 1320.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332007828#July_–_September", "title": "1307", "revid": 1332007828, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1326, "year_label": "1326 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – After eight days, the castle of Bristol is captured by Queen Isabella, and Hugh Despenser the elder is taken captive. With Bristol secured, Isabella moves her base of operations to Hereford, near the Welsh border. There, she orders Henry of Lancaster to locate and arrest Edward II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367237136#October_–_December", "title": "1326", "revid": 1367237136, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – English Civil War: The Royalist stronghold of Hereford is seized in a swift attack by Parliamentary forces under John Birch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#October–December", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}