1020s in England

Template:Short description Events from the 1020s in England.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Canute

Events

• 1020
  • Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed.
  • Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1021
• 1022
• 1023
  • Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.
  • Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.
• 1024
• 1025
  • King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.
• 1026
  • The Battle of the Helgeå is fought off the coast of Sweden: naval forces of Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.
• 1027
  • Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome where at Easter (26 March) he attends the coronation of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Cnut invades the Kingdom of Scotland, forcing Malcolm II to pay homage.
  • Approximate date – Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock.
• 1028
  • Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.
• 1029

Births

• 1022
  • King Harold Godwinson (died 1066)
• 1026
  • Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (died 1066)
• 1027/28
  • King William I of England (died 1087)

Deaths

• 1020
  • 12 June – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1023
  • 28 May – Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York