Addem's World

Timeline

 * November 7, 1153: Henry FitzEmpress and Stephen of Blois seal the Treaty of Wallingford, which ends the Anarchy.
 * March 17, 1154 (Point of Divergence): The English archer Harry de Randel is knighted and given one knight's fee by Geoffrey II de Torrington, the Baron of Great Torrington, following the end of the Anarchy.
 * March 24, 1154: Harry arrives at his new fief, which he names Ranton.
 * April - October, 1154: A few peasant families settle at previously uninhabited Ranton, bringing the total population of the manor to sixteen.
 * October 25, 1154: Stephen, King of England dies of a stomach disorder.
 * December 4, 1154: Cardinal-Bishop Nicholas Breakspear of Albano is unanimously elected Pope, and takes the name Adrian IV. He is the first (and perhaps only?) English pope.
 * December 19, 1154: Henry FitzEmpress is coronated as King Henry II of England at Westminster Abbey.
 * January 12, 1155: Thomas Becket is appointed Lord Chancellor of England by King Henry II.