1199
Forty thousand lives lost at sea during the war between King John and the Barons; a great multitude washed ashore on Yarmouth beach.
1204
Monastery of Black Friars founded by St. Dominica.
1205
Yarmouth had three galleys or vessels of war. Two were manned with seven score mariners.
1209
First charter granted by King John, and Yarmouth incorporated as a borough. The document is still preserved (1834).
1216
All vessels in the port with Scottish property on board were arrested.
1257
Henry III. granted certain franchises. In 1261 he granted licenses for fortifying the town; and on Sept. 28th, 1262, granted a Charter for enclosing the town with a wall and moat, so as to resist the power of an invading enemy. (See 1396.)