A.D.79-1699
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| 79 |
The Romans establish a fort overlooking the confluence of the rivers Irwell and Medlock.
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| 410 |
The Romans leave the Manchester area.
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| 920 |
Edward the Elder occupies Manchester and 'repairs and mans the fort'.
(Whether this was the old Roman fort or another defensive position in the cathedral area is not certain.)
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| 1086 |
A brief reference to Manchester and its Paris church in the Domesday book.
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| 1222 |
Grant of annual fair to Manchester, to last two days. Extended to three days in 1227.
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| 1301 |
Grant of charter to burgesses by Thomas Grelley.
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| 1322 |
Reference to a fulling mill in Manchester, indicating that there was a textile industry in Manchester.
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| 1359 |
Decision by Duke of Lancaster that Manchester was not a borough but a market town.
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| 1368 |
Earliest reference to the existence of a stone bridge across the river Irwell between Manchester and Salford.
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| 1422 |
Manor house of Grelly family given as home for clergy attached to the parish church. (Later became Chetham's School.)
Collegiation of the parish church and its rededication to St Mary, St Denys and St George. Rebuilding of Collegiate Church commenced and continued for the next 100 years.
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| 1515 |
Manchester Grammar school founded by Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter.
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| 1538 |
Visit of John Leland to Manchester, who described the town as the 'best builded, quickest and most populous tounne in all Lancashire'.
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| 1540 |
Right of Sanctuary granted to Manchester.
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| 1541 |
Right of Sanctuary taken away from Manchester because of damage done to the textile trade by criminals who had come to Manchester to avoid arrest.
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| 1547 |
College of Clergy at Collegiate Church dissolved.
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| 1552 |
Earliest surviving records of the Manchester Court Leet begins.
Reference to 'Manchester Cottons' contained in 'An Act for the true making of woollen cloths'. This act stipulated the dimensions of cloth.
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| 1579 |
West family sell Lordship of Manchester to Richard Lacy, a mercer.
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| 1596 |
Sir Nicolas Mosley, former Lord Mayor of London, purchased Lordship of Manor of Manchester.
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| 1605 |
Outbreak of plague in Manchester.
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| 1642 |
Civil War. Siege of Manchester by Royalists - propably the first siege of the Civil War. The Royalists were trying to capture Manchester as it was regarded as a Parliamentary stronghold, altough the town was not walled.
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| 1644 |
Prince Rupert by-passed Manchester, but sacked Bolton and besieged Liverpool.
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| 1645 |
Outbreak of plague in Manchester. Money raised in London to provide assistance.
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| 1653 |
Death of Humphrey Chetham, who left money to found Chetham's School and Chetham's Library. Established in 1655.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Worsley brought the mace from the Houses of Parliament to Manchester after Cromwell had dissolved Parliament.
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