Timeline of Lincolnshire's Radical History
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1072 - 1185
Over the span of more than a hundred years the orginal Lincoln Cathedral is built and lasts until a major earthqauke causes catastrophic damage.
1185 - 1200
A major rebuild of Lincoln Cathedral in the Gothic style takes place and its largely this building that we see standing today.
1366
Katherine Swynford marries John of Gaunt at Lincoln Cathedral.1470
Lincolnshire Rebellion
1536
The Lincolnshire Rising sees the county uproar in protest at Henry VIII's split from the Pope and the Catholic Church.1563
John Foxe publishes his Book of Martyrs1605
Twigmoor Hall near Brigg is one of several meeting points for the conspiritors of the Gunpowder plot1620
The Mayflower sets sail on its iconic voyage.1629
St. Boltoph's Church in Boston becomes the focul point to settle a colony in the New World.1633
The notorious radical preacher Matthew Cotton leaves England to preach in massachusetts.1636 - 1638
Ann Hutchinson and the Antinomian Controversy takes place.1642 – 1651
English Civil War Period