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The Treaty of Wallingford, also known as the Treaty of Winchester or the Treaty of Westminster, was an agreement reached in England in the summer of 1153. It effectively ended a civil war known as the Anarchy (1135–54), caused by a dispute over the English crown between King Stephen and Empress Matilda .
Treaty of Westminster (1153), also known as the Treaty of Wallingford; Treaty of Westminster (1462), also known as the Treaty of Westminster-Ardtornish; Treaty of Westminster (1511), an alliance during the War of the League of Cambrai; Treaty of Westminster (1527), an alliance during the War of the League of Cognac; Treaty of Westminster (1654 ...
Treaty of Westminster (1756) Treaty of neutrality between Prussia and the British Empire. 1757 Treaty of Alinagar: Between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal, India. 1758 Treaty of Easton: Native Americans agree not to fight the British during the French and Indian War. 1761 Treaty of El Pardo (1761)
See English language word origins and List of English words of French origin. Although English is a Germanic language, it has a deep connection to Romance languages. The roots of this connection trace back to the Conquest of England by the Normans in 1066.
The Treaty of Westminster, concluded between the Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth, Oliver Cromwell, and the States General of the United Netherlands, was signed on 5/15 April 1654. [ 1 ] : 7 The treaty ended the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654).
17 November – the Treaty of Westminster signed between England and Spain forming an alliance against France. [5] Archery Act 1511 (3 Hen. 8. c. 3) attempts to ensure competence in use of the English longbow by most adult males. Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, begins reconstruction of Thornbury Castle in South Gloucestershire as a ...
The Scottish crown in the minority of James III of Scotland had taken the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses by welcoming the fugitive Henry VI of England.Edward IV was forming new alliances with disaffected English and Scottish nobles to reduce the threat posed by the exiled former king, now in the hands of James III's mother Mary of Guelders.
20 March – establishment of Commission of Triers which will fill empty Anglican benefices with Puritan ministers. [1] [2]5 April – signing of the Treaty of Westminster ends the First Anglo-Dutch War, and the Dutch agree to observe the Navigation Acts.