c. Summer – A group of Anglo-Norman independent crusaders led by William and Ralph Vitalus help King Afonso I Henriques of Portugal in a failed Siege of Lisbon before continuing on their way to the Holy Land.[2]
26 September – The Anarchy: Stephen captures Oxford, and besieges Matilda inside the castle.[1]
December – The Anarchy: Matilda escapes from Oxford Castle across the snow in a white cape for camouflage[3] and safely reaches Abingdon. The next day Oxford Castle surrenders to Stephen and Matilda rides with an escort to Wallingford Castle where she seeks refuge.[4]
11 February – Robert of Chester completes the translation of Book on the Composition of Alchemy from Arabic to Latin. It is the first book in Europe to describe alchemy.[6]
The Anarchy: Ranulf of Chester is captured, but released after surrendering his castles.[1]
1147
The Anarchy: 14-year-old Henry arrives in England with a small force to fight for his mother Matilda and penetrates as far as Wiltshire, but is defeated in skirmishes, and, with intervention by Stephen, returns to Normandy.[1]
The Anarchy: Ranulf of Chester lays waste to the land around Coventry, but fails to capture the city itself.[1]
Late Spring – An expedition of Crusaders leaves from Dartmouth, Devon, for the Second Crusade[1] to the Holy Land, Englishmen together with forces from Flanders, Frisia, Scotland and some German polities. Leadership is provided by Hervey de Glanvill, a Norman nobleman and constable of Suffolk, who leads a fleet of some 200 ships. Bad weather forces them to take refuge at the mouth of the Douro in Portugal on 16 June.
February – The Anarchy: Empress Matilda is forced to return to Normandy.[1]
1149
22 May – King David I of Scotland knights his great-nephew Henry (who has returned from Normandy), and cedes northern Lancashire to Ranulf of Chester, in return for control of Carlisle.[1]
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