| 1170 | Henry II - Inquiry into government of sheriffs by travelling judges |
| 1174 | Rebellion against Henry II |
| 1189 | Death of Henry II, succession of Richard I |
| 1194 | Capture of Richard I |
| 1199 | Death of Richard I |
| 1204 | King John defeated by Louis Augustus - lost Normandy |
| 1212 | Inquiry into tenures by John |
| 1215 | Magna Carta |
| 1216 | Death of John, succession of Henry III aged 9 - William the Marshall |
| 1219 | William the Marshall died |
| 1221 | Henry III crowned |
| 1228 | Death of Stephen Langton - Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1230? | Odiham given to Eleanor by Henry III |
| 1231 | Lands in Leics, Hants, Dorset, Wilts., given to Simon de Montfort |
| 1232 | Peter de Rievaulx keeper of the king's wardrobe, Hubert de Burgh - justiciar - driven from power by Peter de Roches |
| 1236 | Marriage of Henry III at Canterbury |
| 1238 | Simon de Montfort marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III |
| 1240? | Henry III defeated by French at Saintes |
| 1248 | Simon governor of Gascony |
| 1250 | Simon returns |
| 1258 | Simon hands back to Henry III castles of Kenilworth and Odiham, receives Winchester. Parliament called |
| 1259 | Provisions of Westminster |
| 1260 | Earl of Gloucester goes over to royal side, leaves Simon de Montfort |
| 1261 | Great Council at Westminster, 3 knights from each Sheriff |
| 1263 | Simon asked to return to England by barons, starts rebellion - at Hereford, Reading, Guildford, Reigate, Dover, London. Attacks Rochester Castle but fails to take it. Men of Weald support Simon |
| 1264 | Parliament to meet in London |
| 1265 | Peace - barons and vassals who defied Henry III were received back as his men. Earl of Gloucester defects. Simon defeated at Evesham. De Montfort family and partisans outlawed and property confiscated |