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The first record is dated c.1020, but by the time of the [[Norman Conquest]] it was a flourishing embarkation point in the Anglo-Irish slave trade. A key strategic site, a castle was built there shortly after the Conquest. In the civil war in the 1100s Earl Robert of Gloucester was based there supporting his half-sister [[Matilda]] against [[Stephen (King of England)|Stephen]].
The first record is dated c.1020, but by the time of the [[Norman Conquest]] it was a flourishing embarkation point in the Anglo-Irish slave trade. A key strategic site, a castle was built there shortly after the Conquest. In the civil war in the 1100s Earl Robert of Gloucester was based there supporting his half-sister [[Matilda]] against [[Stephen (King of England)|Stephen]].
By the beginning of the reign of [[Henry III]] Bristol was prosperous enough to elect its own mayor; and ,a few years later, to improve its port by diverting the River Frome. Throughout the [[Middle Ages]] grew steadily – by 1377 it ranked third behind London and York, [[Edward III]] having excised it from its neighbouring counties and given it its own [[Charters|Charter as a body corporate. Its trade during these centuries was mainly with [[Ireland]], the [[Iberian Peninsular]], and [[Gascony]] – it was the chief port for the arrival of [[Bordeaux]] wines.
By the beginning of the reign of [[Henry III]] Bristol was prosperous enough to elect its own mayor; and ,a few years later, to improve its port by diverting the River Frome. Throughout the [[Middle Ages]] grew steadily – by 1377 it ranked third behind London and York, [[Edward III]] having excised it from its neighbouring counties and given it its own [[Charters|Charter]] as a body corporate. Its trade during these centuries was mainly with [[Ireland]], the [[Iberian Peninsular]], and [[Gascony]] – it was the chief port for the arrival of [[Bordeaux]] wines.
In 1497 [[John Cabot]] sailed from Bristol to explore North America.
In 1497 [[John Cabot]] sailed from Bristol to explore North America.