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 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''King William Ruffus '''was murdered leaving no heir to the throne.&nbsp; Henry Plantagent was brought from France to be the next King with Eleanor&nbsp;as his wife.&nbsp; The Knights Templar returned from&nbsp;Jerusalem&nbsp;to England and built castles and churches.&nbsp; They were good businessmen and established businesses in England.
-'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta 1216 King John and the Magna Carter]&nbsp;'''&nbsp;King John replaced Henry and ruled by absolute monarchy.&nbsp; King John retained all the land and power unto himself.&nbsp; The barons, viscounts,&nbsp;and earls who officated over the shires rebelled against King John.&nbsp; The Lords of the shires all met and wrote up the Magna Carter.&nbsp; By signing the Magna Carter in 1216, King John was force to give up land and power to the Lords of the shires. The Magna Carter gave representation into parilament from each shire.
+'''1216&nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta King John and the Magna Carter]&nbsp;'''&nbsp;King John replaced Henry and ruled by absolute monarchy.&nbsp; King John retained all the land and power unto himself.&nbsp; The barons, viscounts,&nbsp;and earls who officated over the shires rebelled against King John.&nbsp; The Lords of the shires all met and wrote up the Magna Carter.&nbsp; By signing the Magna Carter in 1216, King John was force to give up land and power to the Lords of the shires. The Magna Carter gave representation into parilament from each shire.
 '''&nbsp;Parilament.&nbsp; '''The Lords of the shires established parilament as the House of the Lords.&nbsp; The House of Commons was established giving the gentry class two representatives from each shire.&nbsp; These representatives were usually knights or esquires.&nbsp; Pariliament would meet every twenty years or as needed with their elected counterparts.&nbsp; The Parliament building&nbsp;was eventually built from&nbsp;Coteswold stone in&nbsp;Westminister.
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 '''1538 King Henry VIII ordered parishes to begin keeping vital records within their parishes.&nbsp; '''Not all the churches started keeping christenings, marriage, and burial records.
 '''1542 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell,_1st_Earl_of_Essex Thomas Cromwell] '''established the Church of England as the state religion by overthrowing the Catholic Church.&nbsp; King Henry VIII had killed any one who opposed him including the Earl of Montgomery and&nbsp;the Abbott of Glastonbury.&nbsp; The king&nbsp;ordered all the statues of saints destroyed, did away with priories, nunneries, monks, nuns, established divorce and created his new church&nbsp;called the Church of England.&nbsp; King Henry had his wives killed who bore him daughters and Thomas Cromwell beheaded for finding him a wife who bore a girl.&nbsp; King Henry's only son Henry died at the age of 18 leaving Mary(Catholic) and Elizabeth(Church of England) to fight over the throne.&nbsp; After years of fighting, Elizabeth became the Queen of England.&nbsp; Mary fled to Scotland where she was known as Mary Queen of Scots.&nbsp; She had a son&nbsp;James before being killed.&nbsp;&nbsp;James became King of England and Scotland in 1603.
-'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan 1584 Puritan Movement:]'''&nbsp; The Puritain Relgions flurished and their leaders established Emanuel College in 1584 at Cambridge University.&nbsp; Emanuel College taught&nbsp; Protestant doctrine and men to be ministers like Benjamin Childe.
+'''1584&nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan Puritan Movement:]'''&nbsp; The Puritain Relgions flurished and their leaders established Emanuel College in 1584 at Cambridge University.&nbsp; Emanuel College taught&nbsp; Protestant doctrine and men to be ministers like Benjamin Childe.
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585) '''1588-89 War with Spain'''.]&nbsp; England defeated Spains naval "Armada" making England the ruling power of the world.
+'''1588-89'''&nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585) '''War with Spain'''.]&nbsp; England defeated Spains naval "Armada" making England the ruling power of the world.
 '''1611 King James '''had the bibical scholars of the world translate the manuscripts of the Greek Bible into the King James Version of the Bible.