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St Albans Cathedral

cathedral in St Albans, England

8 dated entries naming St Albans Cathedral, drawn from 8 separate years between 793 CE and 1877 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as St Albans Abbey in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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8th century

  • 793King Offa of Mercia founds an abbey at St Albans.source
  • 795King Offa of Mercia receives diplomatic gifts from Charlemagne. He re-founds St. Albans Abbey, supposedly in thanks for overrunning East Anglia (approximate date).source

10th century

  • 948St Albans School in Hertfordshire is founded by Wulsin, an abbot of St Alban's Abbey, England.source

11th century

  • 1077Paul of Caen is installed as abbot of St. Albans in England. He commences the building of St. Albans Abbey Church.source

13th century

  • 1236May 6 – Roger of Wendover, English Benedictine monk and chronicler, dies at St Albans Abbey. His chronicle is continued by Matthew Paris.source

16th century

  • 1539Beaulieu Abbey, Bolton Abbey, Colchester Abbey, Newstead Abbey, St Albans Abbey, St Mary's Abbey, York and Hartland Abbey (the last) fall prey to the Dissolution of the monasteries in England.source

17th century

  • 16487–18 November – the New Model Army's General Council, convening at St Albans Abbey, debates and adopts the "Remonstrance of General Fairfax and the Council of Officers", largely drawn up by Henry Ireton, proclaiming the sovereignty of the people and calling for a trial of the King. On 20 November, a delegation of officers present the Remonstrance to Parliament.source

19th century

  • 187730 April – the Diocese of St Albans is founded within the Church of England from part of the Diocese of Rochester. St Albans Abbey, which is undergoing extensive restoration at this time, is elevated to become St Albans Cathedral and on 12 June Thomas Legh Claughton is enthroned first Bishop of St Albans, an office he holds until 1890.source

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