Events from the 1270s in England. Incumbents Monarch – Henry III (to 16 November 1272), Edward I Events 1270 April – Parliament levies a property tax to support the Eighth Crusade. 9 September – William Chillenden elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. 20 August – Prince Edward sets out on Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth) with his wife Eleanor of Castile. Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, donates to the Cistercian Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire (his father's foundation) a phial held to contain the Blood of Christ, acquired in the Holy Roman Empire; this becomes such a magnet for pilgrimage that within 7 years the monks are able to rebuild their abbey on a magnificent scale. Battle of Áth-an-Chip: The army of the Irish Kingdom of Connacht routs the English army near Carrick-on-Shannon. 1271 9 May – Prince Edward arrives in Acre, starting Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth) against Mamluk sultan Baibars. 1272 12 May – Lord Edward's crusade is concluded by the Treaty of Caesarea. June – an attempt is made on the life of Prince Edward at Acre; he kills the would-be assassin but receives a festering wound from a poisoned dagger. Summer – Pope Gregory X sets aside the election of William Chilldenden to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. 24 September – Prince Edward leaves Acre for Sicily. 11 October – Robert Kilwardby enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. 16 November – King Henry III dies; Prince Edward (at this time in Sicily) succeeds him as Edward I of England and is proclaimed king. Court of Common Pleas established as a permanent body, and receives its first chief justice (Gilbert of Preston). Worshipful Company of Cordwainers and Curriers granted rights to regulate the leather trade in the City of London; Fishmongers Company chartered. 1273 Edward, making a protracted return from Sicily, visits Pope Gregory X and pays homage to Philip III of France. 1274 2 August – Edward I returns to England from his crusade. 19 August – coronation of Edward I at Westminster Abbey. August – Merton College, Oxford, receives its statutes, the first English university college to do so. The Hundred Rolls are commissioned, enquiring into the rights of English landowners. 1275 22 April – Edward I's first parliament meets and passes the first Statute of Westminster, codifying the existing law in England, in 51 chapters of Norman French, and defining legal privileges. May – Parliament imposes