{"slug": "taunton", "label": "Taunton", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845619", "qid": "Q845619", "description": "town and civil parish in Somerset, England", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [710, 1685], "span_label": ["710 CE", "1685 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ine-of-wessex", "label": "Ine of Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canterbury", "label": "Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diocese-of-bath-and-wells", "label": "Diocese of Bath and Wells", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "devon", "label": "Devon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dumnonia", "label": "Dumnonia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Kings Ine of Wessex and Nothhelm of Sussex fight against King Geraint of Dumnonia, who dies in battle. Ine's advance brings him control of what is now Devon; he establishes a fortress at Taunton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Britain", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 722, "year_label": "722 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ine of Wessex attempts a takeover of Dumnonia, but his armies are crushed, and he is forced to withdraw. Queen Æthelburg, wife of Ine, destroys the royal castle of Taunton, to prevent its seizure by rebels under Ealdbert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808641#Britain", "title": "722", "revid": 1340808641, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1205, "year_label": "1205 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "William of Wrotham, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, oversees a reform of English currency. In keeping with other high-ranking bureaucrats of his time, this is just one of Wrotham's many offices. He is also \"keeper of ports\", the forerunner of the First Lord of the Admiralty, supervisor of the mints of Canterbury and London, ward of the vacant Diocese of Bath and Wells and archdeacon of Taunton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357624697#England", "title": "1205", "revid": 1357624697, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1497, "year_label": "1497 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Leaders of the Second Cornish Uprising surrender to the King at Taunton; the following day, Warbeck, having deserted his army, is captured at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372862240#October–December", "title": "1497", "revid": 1372862240, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – John Stawell, English Member of Parliament and governor of Taunton (d. 1662)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#July–September", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1685, "year_label": "1685 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Monmouth Rebellion: James, Duke of Monmouth declares himself at Taunton to be King, and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland, and James VII of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369485499#April–June", "title": "1685", "revid": 1369485499, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}