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- Henry II Curtmantel (1154 – 1189 AD)
- Richard I Coeur de Lion (1189 – 1199 AD)
- John I Lackland (1199 – 1216 AD)
- Henry III (1216 – 1272 AD)
- Edward I Longshanks (1272 – 1307 AD)
- Edward II (1307-1327 AD)
- Edward III (1327-1377 AD)
- Richard II (1377 – 1399 AD)
- Henry IV (1399 – 1413 AD)
- Henry V (1413 – 1422 AD)
- Henry VI (1422 – 1461 AD)
- Henry VI Restored (October 1470 – April 1471 AD)
- Edward IV (1461-1470 and 1471-1483 AD)
- Richard III (1483 – 1485 AD)
- Henry VII (1485 – 1509 AD)
- Henry VIII (1509 – 1547 AD)
- Edward VI (1547 – 1553 AD)
- Mary (1553 – 1554 AD) ‘Bloody Mary’
- Philip & Mary I (1554 – 1558 AD)
- Elizabeth I (1558 – 1603 AD) The Virgin Queen
- James I coins (1603 – 1625 AD)
- The Commonwealth (A.D. 1649 – 1660)
- Charles II Hammered coins (1660 – 1662)
- Charles I (1625-1649AD)
Plantagenet Kings (1154 – 1399 AD)
Henry III (1216 – 1272 AD)
Henry came to the throne of England at the age of nine, accepted as means of preventing Prince Louis of France’s claim from succeeding. Henry was the son of King John and Queen Isabella, and his regents gained the support of the barons against the French claimant by declaring acceptance of the terms of Magna Carta. The regents retained control until 1227, when the king was twenty years old.
Henry’s later years were marked by the encroaching power of the Scots, and difficult relations with the nobility which culminated in the king bringing legal charges against Simon de Montfort, which the peerage refused to uphold. The division between factions for and against the king reached the point of civil war. Henry was captured by de Montfort’s forces at the Battle of Lewes in 1264 and had to accede to the barons’ demands to reduce royal power. Henry’s son, Edward, was freed by Roger Mortimer who perhaps feared that the de Montfort clan was likely to replace the Plantagenets as monarchs. Edward defeated de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
Henry died in 1272, having enjoyed a fifty-six year reign. He had at least four children with his wife, Eleanor of Provence; there are several other reputed offspring. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward.
