Pembroke History Timeline
Otherwise, scroll down the Timeline of History where you will find Pembroke's history set against national events. Click on the links (on the right hand column) to discover more.
10-4000 BC |
Middle Stone Age |
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4000-2500BC |
New Stone Age
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2,500-800BC |
Bronze Age Stone Henge |
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Evidence of settlements, burial barrows & standing stones.
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800BC- 43AD |
Iron Age Celts |
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43 AD |
Roman Invasion of Britain |
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No evidence of Roman occupation but Roman coins found in the Castle
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446 AD |
Roman rule ends Age of Saints |
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1066 |
William I The Conqueror |
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1087 |
William II |
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1093 Rhys killed & Arnulph de Montgomery establishes Pembroke Castle |
1100- |
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1135 |
Stephen v Matilda Civil War in England |
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1138 Earldom of Pembroke created - Gilbert de Clare created first Earl |
1154
1170 |
Henry II
Murder of Becket |
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1154 Henry II grants Pembroke new charter The Lord Rhys received by Henry at Pembroke |
1170 |
Conquest of Ireland |
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1189 |
Richard ! (Lionheart) |
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1199
1215 |
John
Magna Carta |
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1199 Grants new charter to Pembroke |
1216
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Henry III
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1219 Death of William Marshall - succeeded by son William Marshall II
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1264 |
Simon de Montfort- forces Henry to summon parliament |
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1272 1283
1305 |
Edward I Llewellyn murdered-end of Welsh Wars William Wallace executed |
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1282-3 - De Valence commands theKings army in West Wales
1296 Death of Willam - Joan administers Earldom until her death |
1307 1314
1327 |
Edward II Robert the Bruce defeats English in Scotland Edward mudered |
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1307 Aymer de Valence becomes Earl of Pembroke 1314 Aymer commands English forces in Scotland - defeated at Bannockburn |
1327
1346
1348 |
Edward III Battle of Crecy - Hundred Years War The Black Death |
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1339 Lawrence Hastings becomes Earl |
1377
1381
1399 |
Richard III Peasants Revolt
Richard murdered in Pontefract Castle |
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1399
1400 |
Henry IV Henry Bolingbroke Owen Glyndwr's Revolt |
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1413 1415 1422 |
Henry V Battle of Agincourt Henry dies leaving infant son |
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1422 1452 1461
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The Wars of the Roses Henry deposed - Yorkist Edward proclaimed King |
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Queen Catherine marries Owen Tudor |
1461 1470 1471 |
Edward IV Henry VI restored Battle of Tewkesbury - Edward IV triumphant Henry murdered. |
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1461 Earldom granted to William Herbert |
1483
1485 |
seizes power & puts Princes in the Tower Battle of Bosworth |
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1485 Richard grants Pembroke new charter instituting a mayor and corporation 1485 Henry Tudor returns with an army landing at Dale, Pembrokeshire |
1485 |
Henry VII The Tudor Age |
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1485 The Ealdom of Pembroke again granted to Jasper Henry Tudor, later Henry VIII, inherits Earldom on Jasper'd death |
1509 1536
1536 |
Henry VIII Act of Union of England & Wales Dissolution of the monasteries |
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1543 |
2nd Act of Union
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Haverfordwest granted county status & effectivley becomes County Town Loss of of Pembroke's privieged position meant years of decline during Tudor times |
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1603 |
The Stuart Dynasty leads to the United Kingdom |
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1625 1642 1646 |
Charles I Civil War End of First Civil War |
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Pembroke, led by its Mayor John Poyer, declares for Parliament |
1648
1649 |
Second Civil War
Execution of Charles I |
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1648 Poyer delivers first shots of Second Civil War Cromwell supervises the siege of Pembroke
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1649 1653 |
The Interregnum Cromwell becomes Lord Protector |
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1660
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The Restoration of the Monarchy |
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Pembroke never again plays a prominent part in national affairs. During the peace which follows Pembroke gradually benefits from the growth in trade
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1700
1797 |
The Last Invasion |
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Daniel Defoe visits Pembroke "A prosperous port .." Owens of Orielton & 1710 Election |
1800
1834 1837 |
New Poor Law Queen Victoria crowned |
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1814 Founding of Pembroke Dock 1829 Turner paints Pembroke Castle 1839 Pembroke Union Workhouse built 1863 Pembroke & Tenby Railway Act
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1900 |
Moden Times |
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