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| 0626 | Edwin |  |
| Northumbria Survives an assassination attempt by a West Saxon agent |
| 0697 | Athelred I | |
| Mercia Athelred's Queen is assassinated by Mercian nobles for the murder of Peada 40 yrs ago |
| 0697 | Osthryth | |
| Mercia Athelred's Queen is assassinated by Mercian nobles for the murder of Peada 40 yrs ago |
| 0721 | Ine | |
| Ine assassinates Cynewulf |
| 0757 | Aethelbald | |
| Mercia Leads to a civil war which results in Offa taking the throne of Mercia |
| 0757 | Ethelbald | |
| Mercia Ethelbald's assassination leads to civil War In Mercia, causing its loss of supremacy |
| 0759 | Athelwold | |
| Northumbria Involved in the assassination of Oswulf |
| 0759 | Oswulf | |
| 24th July Market Weighton Assassination of Oswulf |
| 0788 | Aelfwald I | |
| 23rd Sep Hexham Killed & buried in Hexham Church |
| 0788 | Elfwald | |
| Chesters Elfwald is assassinated by Sicga at Chesters -on-the-Wall |
| 0792 | Athelred I | |
| Northumbria Osred is recaled to the throne but is assassinated instead |
| 0793 | Offa | |
| Tamworth Ethelbyrht is killed in Offa's court while selecting 1 of Offa's daughters as a bride |
| 0796 | Aethelred I | |
| 26th May Aethelred I is assassinated |
| 0796 | Athelred I | |
| Northumbria Assassinated by Ealdred, a supporter of Osbald |
| 0849 | Redwulf | |
| Northumbria Assassinated by supporters of Osbert |
| 0946 | Edmund I | |
| 26th May Wessex Dies rescuing an officer attacked by a felon with a dagger at a banquest |
| 0978 | Edward the Martyr | |
| 18th Mar Corfe Castle Stopped by his stepmother's henchmen & hacked to death |
| 0978 | Elfrida | |
| 18th Mar Corfe Castle Orders the assassination of her step-son, Edward the Martyr |
| 0978 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Corfe Castle Edward is assassinated by Ethelred's supporters |
| 1011 | , Alfege | |
| Greenwich A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfege's blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London |
| Greenwich At a feast on Easter Day Alfege is bludgeoned with ox bones and the hafts of their axes until one of the Danes,out of compassion, kill him by a single blow to the head with his axe |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| 1012 | Alphege | |
| 19th April Canterbury Killed by the Danes during a drunken feast in Greenwich |
| 1012 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Canterbury Archbishop Alphege is killed before the Danes leave England |
| 1036 | Edward the Confessor | |
| Wessex Edward's brother Alfred is murdered, probably at the instructions of Earl Godwin |
| 1064 | Tostig | |
| Orders the assassination of Gospatric after he complains about Tostig's high taxes |
| 1069 | William I the Conqueror | |
| Robert de Commines, a Norman Governor, is murdered with 500 of his men |
| 1093 | Mowbray | |
| London Kills Malcolm of Scotland |
| 1170 | Becket, Thomas a | |
| Canterbury Possible excommunication leads Henry to say "who will rid me of this turbulent priest" |
| 29th Dec Canterbury Murdered by 4 of Henry II's knights at the alter of St Benedict, Canterbury cathedral |
| 1170 | Brito, Richard de | |
| 29th Dec London 1 of the 4 Norman knights who murdered Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral |
| 1170 | Henry II | |
| Canterbury Thomas Becket is murdered by 4 of Henry's knights |
| London Thomas Becket is murdered by four of Henry's knights |
| 1170 | Tracey, William de | |
| 29th Dec Canterbury 1 of 4 knights who assassinate Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral |
| 29th Dec London 1 of the four 4 who assassinate Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral |
| 1172 | Henry II | |
| Canterbury Absolved of the murder of Thomas a Becket by Pope Alexander III |
| 1174 | Henry II | |
| Canterbury Makes a public penance for Becket's murder |
| 1199 | Richard I the Lionheart | |
| 6th April Chalus Killed in a minor skirmish at Chalus Castle in the Limousin by a mercenary crossbowman |
| 1202 | John | |
| Aug Rouen After the battle of Mirabeau rumour circulates that, drunk & possessed, John had slain Arthur & thrown his body into the Seine |
| 1203 | John | |
| 3rd April Rouen John has Arthur of Britanny killed to prevent Arthur from claiming the English throne |
| 1216 | John | |
| 19th Oct Newark Death of John, poisoned by his own supporters |
| 1265 | Edward I | |
| 4th Aug Evesham Kills the elder Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham |
| 1271 | Henry of Almain | |
| 13th Mar Simon de Montfort kills Edward I's cousin Henry of Almain in revenge for his disinheritence & father's death |
| 1271 | Henry of Almayne | |
| 13th Mar Viterbo Assassinated by Guy de Montfort |
| 1271 | Montfort | |
| Viterbo Assassinates Henry of Almayne, King of Germany & nephew of Henry III |
| 1271 | Montfort, Simon de | |
| Simon de Montfort kills Edward I's cousin Henry of Almain in revenge for his disinheritence & father's death |
| 1306 | Edward I | |
| Dumfries Robert Bruce and a small party of his followers killed John Comyn, also known as the Red Comyn, before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries |
| 1306 | Robert I the Bruce | |
| Mar Greyfriars William Wishart grants absolution to Robert Bruce for his assassination of John Comyn |
| 1327 | Edward II | |
| 21st Sep Berkeley Murdered on Roger de Mortimer's orders at Berkley Castle |
| 1327 | Isabella | |
| Berkeley Mortimer & Isabella become rulers of England after the assassination of Edward II |
| Berkeley Roger Mortimer & Isabella have Edward II assassinated |
| 1327 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Berkeley Helps depose Edward II with the King's wife with whom he is having an affair |
| Berkeley Helps procure the assassination of Edward II |
| Berkeley Mortimer & Isabella become rulers of England after the assassination of Edward II |
| 1381 | Appleton, William | |
| 14th June Tower Hill Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels |
| 1381 | Hales, Robert | |
| 14th June Tower Hill Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels |
| 1381 | Legge, John | |
| 14th June Tower Hill Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels |
| 1381 | Lyon, Richard | |
| June London Killed by the peasants |
| 1381 | Richard II | |
| 14th June Tower Hill Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels |
| 1381 | Sudbury, Simon | |
| 14th June Tower Hill Dragged from the Tower & beheaded on Tower Hill by the rebels |
| 1381 | Tyler, Wat | |
| London Killed by Mayor Walworth while peasant rebels negotiate with Richard II in Mile End |
| 1400 | Richard II | |
| 10th Feb Pontefract Assassinated in Pontefract castle, his body is later displayed in London |
| 1419 | Henry V | |
| 31st July Montereau Assassination of Jean-sans-Peur at Montereau during a meeting with the Dauphin, his successor, Philippe-le-Bon, allies himself with the English |
| 1437 | Stewart | |
| 27th Feb London Leads a plot to assassinate James I |
| 1471 | Henry VI | |
| 21st May London Murdered in the Tower of London, found dead in the oratory |
| 1483 | Edward V | |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 1483 | Richard III | |
| London Has the "Princes of the Tower", Richard Duke of York & Edward V assassinated |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 1483 | Woodville, Elizabeth | |
| Tower of London Death of Richard Duke of York, assasinated, 1 of the 2 "Princes of the Tower" |
| Tower of London Edward V is assasinated by Richard III, 1 of the 2 "Princes of the Tower" |
| Tower of London Richard is assasinated by Richard III, 1 of the 2 "Princes of the Tower" |
| Tower of London The " Princes in the Tower" are killed by Richard III |
| 1546 | Henry VIII | |
| 29th May St Andrews Has Beaton assassinated by Fife Protestants who oppose his pro-French policy |
| 29th May Seymour captures Edinburgh (1544) and Cardinal Beaton is murdered 29 May 1546, but the English are unable to reduce Scotland to obedience |
| 1567 | Elizabeth I | |
| 10th Feb Edinburgh Asassination of Lord Darnley |
| 24th Feb Writes a letter to Mary saying Darnley's assassins should be arrested & punished |
| 1585 | Elizabeth I | |
| William the Silent is assassinated, Elizabeth becomes Protector of the Netherlands |
| 1593 | Frizer, Ingram | |
| 30th May Deptford Murders Chris topher Marlowe after disputing a bill with him in Eleanor Bull's House |
| 1593 | Marlowe, Christopher | |
| 30th May Deptford Murdered in Deptford during a pub brawl under mysterious circumstances |
| 1605 | Catesby, Robert | |
| 8th Nov Holbeche House Death of Robert Catesby, shot by a single bullet |
| 1612 | Crichton, Robert | |
| 29th June Death of Robert Crichton, 8th Earl Crichton of Sanquhar, hanged for his part in the assassination of John Turner, without legitimate issue |
| 1628 | Felton, John | |
| 23rd Aug Portsmouth Assassinated the Duke of Buckingham |
| 23rd Aug Portsmouth Assassinates the Duke of Buckingham, on the eve of the siege of La Rochelle |
| 1628 | Greville, Alan Francis | |
| Killed by a disaffected manservant |
| 1628 | Villiers | |
| 23rd Aug Portsmouth On the eve of an expedition for the relief of La Rochelle by a discontented soldier |
| 1628 | Villiers, George | |
| 23rd Aug Portsmouth On the eve of an expedition for the relief of La Rochelle by a discontented soldier |
| 1683 | Charles II | |
| 21st June London Discovers the Rye House plot to murder Charles II & the Duke of York |
| 1696 | Barclay, George | |
| London Involved in failed attempt to assassinate William III |
