History and chronology of Abdication in England

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Abdication History of England


0688	Caedwalla
Wessex Abdicates the throne in order to make a pilgrimage to Rome
0688	Ine
Wessex Caedwalla abidicates & is succeeded by Ine
0704	Athelred I
Bardney Abdicates in order to enter the monastery at Bardney where Osthtyth is buried
0709	Cenred
Rome Abdicates in order to journey to Rome
0726	Ine
Ine abdicates & retires to Rome as a pilgrim
0737	Ceolwulf
Northumbria Abdicates as King of Northumbria
0764	Ealhmund
Kent Offa invades Kent, Ealhmund is deposed
0765	Aethelwald
30th Oct Northumbria Deposed by Alhred who claims to be a descendant of Ida
0765	Athelwold
Northumbria Forced to abdicate by a council of elders
0774	Alred
Northumbria Deposed by a council after conflict with Athelbert, Archbishop of York
0790	Osred II
Northumbria Forced to abdicate by the nobles who elected him
0796	Osbald
24th April Northumbria Forced to abdicate in favour of Eardwulf
0806	Eardwulf
Northumbria Forced to abdicate
0806	Elfwald II
Northumbria Successfully deposes Eardwulf
0823	Ceolwulf I
Mercia Deposed by Beornwulf
0844	Redwulf
Northumbria Usurps the throne from Athelred II
0866	Aelle
Northumbria Becomes sole ruler of Nortumbria after the abdication of Osbert
0866	Osbert
Lindesfarne Deposed after capturing Lindesfarne from the Church
0874	Burgred
Mercia The Danes occupy Mercia with little resistance, Burgred abdicates
1065	Tostig
28th Oct Oxford At a general Witen Tostig's laws are anulled & Tostig is deposed
1263	Edmund
London Renounces title as King of Sicily because Henry III cannot provide funds & manpower
1296	Edward I
Declares himself King of Scotland after forcing Balliol to abdicate
June Montrose John Balliol surrenders to the English
11th July Brechin John Balliol renounces his crown & kingdom in front of Edward I
1327	Edward II
15th Jan London The Archbishop of Canterbury announces in Westminster hall that Edward II is deposed
20th Jan Kenilworth Edward II agrees to abdicate from the throne after pressure from Parliament
1327	Mortimer, Roger
Defeats the Despensers & forces Edward II to abdicate in favour of Edward III
1399	Henry IV
29th Sep Tower of London Richard II abidicates, Henry IV becomes the 1st Lancastrian monarch
1399	Richard II
29th Sep Tower of London Abdicates under pressure from the nobles in the Tower of London
29th Sep Tower of London Forced to abdicate by the Earl of Hereford, son of John of Gaunt, who claims the crown
30th Sep London Parliament accepts Richard's abdication & declares Bolingbroke Henry IV
1471	Edward IV
3rd Oct London Edward IV is deposed
1471	Henry VI
London Abdicates for a 2nd time
1483	Edward V
25th June London Parliament deposes Edward V
25th June Bath The Bishop of Bath claims Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville is invalid
25th June Bath The Bishop of Bath claims Edward V is illegitimate
1567	Elizabeth I
24th July Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate & name James her succesor