Events January—Byland Abbey is founded. December 1 – Stephen succeeds his uncle Henry I as king of England. Matilda, daughter of Henry I and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, opposes Stephen and claims the throne as her own. The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks ends. The first records of the Manor of Cramlington come into existence. The Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary and St. Chad is founded by Roger de Clinton, bishop of Coventry (1129–48). A fire in London seriously… (More on 1135)