Kings - Queens of England

Time Line - Monarchs and their reigns   NORMANS William I The Conqueror  1066-1087 William II  1087-1100 Henry I  1100-1135 Stephen  1135-1154 PLANTAGENETS Henry II   1154-1189 Richard I Coeur de Lion  1189-1199 John  1199-1216 Henry III   1216-1272 Edward I  1272-1307 Edward II   1307-1327 Edward III   1327-1377 Richard II   1377-1399 (deposed) LANCASTRIANS Henry IV  1399-1413 Henry V   1413-1422 Henry VI   1422-1461 (deposed) YORKISTS Edward IV   1461-1483 Edward V   1483-1483 Richard III   1483-1485   TUDORS Henry VII   1485-1509 Henry VIII   1509-1547 Edward VI   1547-1553 Jane Lady Jane Grey  1553-1553 Mary I  1553-1558 Elizabeth I  1558-1603 STUART James I James VI of Scotland  1603-1625 Charles I   1625-1649 (executed) COMMONWEALTH  1649-1653 THE PROTECTORATE Oliver Cromwell  1653-1658 Richard Cromwell  1658-1659 STUARTS (restored) Charles II   1660-1685 James II   1685-1688 (deposed) William III (ruled jointly)  1689-1702 Mary II (ruled jointly)  1689-1694 Anne   1702-1714 HANOVERIANS George I   1714-1727 George II   1727-1760 George III   1760-1820 George IV   1820-1830 William IV   1830-1837 Victoria    1837-1901 SAXE-COBURG Edward VII   1901-1910 WINDSORS George V   1910-1936 Edward VIII later styled Duke of Windsor  1936-1936 (abdicated) George VI   1936-1952 Elizabeth II   1952 - present See Buckingham Palace        St. James's Palace        Tower of London         Kensington Palace

Royal Houses

London Under The Normans Importance of Westminster confirmed London merchants organised into guilds to protect their interests Huge influx of immigrant workers settled in London Domesday (Book) survey was  ordered by the government in1085 London Under the Plantagenets and Lancastrians System of law with trial by jury established Inns of Court built  between the City of London and Westminster for the training of law students French  remained the language of polite society in London London Under the Tudors London's  population was around 33.000 at the start of the Tudor Reign Palaces and inns along the Strand link the City of London with the Westminster Court Religious Buildings in London were converted to mansions for favoured courtiers of the King London Bridge was so popular with Londoners that it was heavily congested most of the time London's first ever planning law was proclaimed in 1580 to deal with London's rapidly increasing population