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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF HASTINGS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
I gratefully acknowledge the assistance rendered by Mr. Alfred Bryant (a native of Hastings), living at Enfield, in the compilation of this portion. Author.
| 55 B.C. | Landing of Caesar. 50 A.D. Arvirgus fortifies Hastings (Dover Chron.). |
| 755. | First mention of Hastings in history in a Charter granted by Offa. |
| 924. | Mint established by Athelstan, discontinued about the time of Stephen. |
| 1066. | Battle of Hastings. The Castle either built at this time, or re-fortified. Robert Count of Eu appointed Governor. |
| 1087. | Consecration of Battle Abbey. |
| 1094. | William II. assembled 20,000 men at Hastings for an expedition against France ; the design being abandoned, the men were dispersed. |
| 1191. | Priory of Austin Canons of the Holy Trinity founded about this time |
| 1200. | Winchelsea and Rye added to the Cinque Ports, under the style of "Antient Towns." Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen founded about this time, and greatly enlarged in 1292 by Petronilla de Cham. Her deed of gift of land is the oldest document possessed by the Corporation. |
| 1225. | Castle and Rape of Hastings given to Peter Count of Savoy. |
| 1226. | Expedition of Hubert de Burgh, Warden of the Ports, against the French. |
| 1260. | Battle of St. Mahe, a Naval Tournament between the seamen of the Cinque Ports and the French. |
| 1264. | Cinque Ports Barons in Parliament. |
| 1264. | Serious disturbances between the Portsmen and the men of Yarmouth. |
| 1287. | Winchelsea destroyed by the sea. |
| 1294. | Expedition to recover Guienne from Philip, King of France. |
| 1300. | All Saints Church built about this time on what is supposed to have been the site of an older church. |
| 1325. | Great inundation of the sea, by which the parishes of St. Michael's and St. Peter's are supposed to have been overwhelmed. |
| 1329. | First serious descent of the French on the coast since the period of the Norman Conquest ; the town plundered and burnt. |
| 1331. | The Castle having been abandoned as a place of defence, the Dean and Chapter of St. Mary's obtain permission to enclose and build their dwellings within it. |
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