Monarchs of Britain

Great House
Start

End
Name of Monarch
Reign

Years

House of Wessex
802

-

839
Egbert
37

839

-

855
Aethelwulf
16

855

-

860
Aethelbald
5

860

-

866
Aethelbert
6

866

-

871
Aethelred I
5

871

-

899
Alfred the Great
Newenden
28

899

-

925
Edward I, the Elder
26

925

-

940
Athelstan
15

940

-

946
Edmund I
6

946

-

955
Eadred
9

955

-

959
Eadwig (Edwy)
4

959

-

975
Edgar
16

975

-

978
Edward II, the Martyr
3

978

-

1016
Aethelred II, the Unready
38

1016

-

1016
Edmund II, Ironside
1

Danish Line
1014

-

1014
Svein I, Forkbeard
1

1016

-

1035
Canute I
19

1035

-

1040
Harald I, Harefoot
5

1040

-

1042
Canute II, Hardicanute
2

House of Wessex, Restored
1042

-

1066
Edward III, the Confessor
24

1066

-

1066
Harold II
Battle
Sedlescombe
Whatlington
1

Norman Line
1066

-

1087
William I, the Conqueror
Battle
Burwash
21

1087

-

1100
William II, Rufus
13

1100

-

1135
Henry I
35

1135

-

1141
Stephen
6

1141

-

1141
Empress Matilda
1

1141

-

1154
Stephen
13

Plantagenet, Angevin Line
1154

-

1189
Henry II
35

1189

-

1199
Richard I
Robertsbridge
Salehurst
10

1199

-

1216
John
17

1216

-

1272
Henry III
Flimwell
Hurst Green
Robertsbridge
56

1272

-

1307
Edward I
35

1307

-

1327
Edward II
Robertsbridge
20

1327

-

1377
Edward III
50

1377

-

1399
Richard II
22

Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line
1399

-

1413
Henry IV
14

1413

-

1422
Henry V
9

1422

-

1461
Henry VI
39

1461

-

1470
Edward IV
9

1470

-

1471
Henry VI
1

1471

-

1483
Edward IV
12

1483

-

1483
Edward V
1

1483

-

1485
Richard III
Bodiam
2

House of Tudor
1485

-

1509
Henry VII
24

1509

-

1547
Henry VIII
Battle
Salehurst
38

1547

-

1553
Edward VI
6

1553

-

1553
Lady Jane Grey
1

1553

-

1558
Mary I
5

1558

-

1603
Elizabeth I
Northiam
45

House of Stuart
1603

-

1625
James I
22

1625

-

1649
Charles I
24

The Commonwealth
1649

-

1658
Oliver Cromwell
9

1658

-

1660
Richard Cromwell
2

House of Stuart, Restored
1660

-

1685
Charles II
25

1685

-

1689
James II
4

House of Orange and Stuart
1689

-

1702
William III, Mary II
13

House of Stuart
1702

-

1714
Anne
12

House of Brunswick
1714

-

1727
George I
13

1727

-

1760
George II
33

1760

-

1820
George III
60

1820

-

1830
George IV
10

1830

-

1837
William IV
7

1837

-

1901
Victoria
64

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
1901

-

1910
Edward VII
9

House of Windsor
1910

-

1936
George V
26

1936

-

1936
Edward VIII
1

1936

-

1952
George VI
16

1952

-

1999
Elizabeth II
47

Aldington - (The Aldington Gang)

Appledore - (Danes invade England)

Ashburnham - (Last iron furnace in Sussex)

Battle - (William the Conqueror prevails)

Beckley - (Alfred the Great and Guns !)

Benenden - (One of Englands Top Girls Schools)

Berwick - (Sharpen your arrows on the Church)

Biddenden - (The Maids of Biddenden)

Bishopstone - (Largest Tide-Mill in Sussex)

Brasted - (Doctor to King George III)

Brede - (Edward I inspects the Channel Fleet)

Brenchley - (A beautiful Kent village)

Brenzett - (St Eanswyth a Saxon princess)

Buxted - (The first Iron Cannon in England)

Camber - (Sands and Holidays)

Chelwood Gate - The Forest entrance and President Kennedy

Chiddingly - (Walking on Cheese ??)

Colemans Hatch - (Church on the edge of the forest)

Cranbrook - (Christmas Cards and Union Mill)

Denton - (Earl Godwins Manor)

East Dean - (Fishing and Wrecking)

Eridge Green - (The home of the Neville Family)

Exceat - (Alfred the Great's Naval Base?)

Fletching - (Simon de Montfort and Jack Cade)

Flimwell - (300 local people beheaded)

Folkington - (Teasles and Badgers)

Forest Row - (The Kings hunting party)

Framfield - (380 years without a church tower)

Frant - (King Johns hunting lodge)

Frittenden - (The Search for the Treacle Mines)

Goudhurst - (Smugglers, Iron and Forests)

hastings Bulverhythe - (Landing place of the citizens)

Hastings Old Town - (The ancient Cinque Port)

St Leonards on Sea - (an Edwardian family's gentile resort)

Hastings West Hill - (Ancient Norman Castle)

Headcorn - (King Johns Oak)

Hellingly - (Only remaining Ciric in Sussex)

Herstmonceux - (Castle and Observatory)

Horsmonden - (The largest Wealden Iron Works)

Hurst Green - (The Youngest Highwayman on record)

Isfield - (Simon de Montfort and the Lavender Line)

Kilndown - (Charcoal for the Furnace)

Marden - (Broadcloth and Agriculture)

Newenden - (Alfred the Great's Fort)

Newick - (Killer Cricket and Dirk Bogarde)

Pevensey - (Ancient Roman Fortification)

Rye - (On the Island)

Sandhurst - (Escape from the Great Plague)

Seaford - (The cormorants or shags)

Staplehurst - (Charles Dickens train crash)

Sutton Valence - (seized from Simon de Montfort)

Tarring Neville - (The Chest from the Spanish Armarda)

Tenterden - (Centre of the Broadcloth industry)

Upper & Lower Dicker - (Michelham Priory)

Wadhurst - (Last bare fisted Prize-Fight in England)

Warehorne - (A good place to explore the Marshes)

West Dean - (Alfred the Great's Palace)

Westham - (Enclosure for the Castle)

Winchelsea - (Inland Cinque Port !!)

Wittersham - (Park your Airship here ?)

(802AD - Present )