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Any settlements in the Sheffield area were likely destroyed in the harrying of the North.
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Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton and Lord of the manor of Hallam, was executed.
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A party of barons, led by John de Eyvill, marching from north Lincolnshire to Derbyshire passed through Sheffield and destroyed the town, burning the church and castle.
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Thomas de Furnival is given licence to crenellate and subsequently builds a large stone castle to replace the wooden castle destroyed in 1266
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In the Quo Warranto enquiries, Thomas de Furnival claims the right to hold a market in Sheffield, to hunt, and to enforce the death penalty
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A new church was consecrated by William II Wickwane the Archbishop of York.
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In further Quo Warranto enquiries, Thomas de Furnival claims the right to hold a Sunday market and a fair on the eve and day of Holy Trinity.
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On 12 November, Sheffield is granted a royal charter to hold a weekly market and a three-day annual fair around Holy Trinity.[8] The first reference to Sheffield's Town Mill appears.
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Robert the Cutler" is recorded in a tax return, the earliest surviving reference to the manufacture of cutlery in Sheffield.
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Thomas de Furnival grants a charter to the people of Sheffield establishing the Burgery of Sheffield.