| -110000000 | Collision of African & Indian plates with Eurasia results in formation of Himalayas, Alps and downland hills in SE England | bg | -110000000 |
| -105000000 | Close to W end of narrow island reaching E to present day Vienna | bg | -105000000 |
| -100000000 | During late cretaceous period, inundated for c25m years by 900ft sea level rise, resulting in present chalk landscape. | bg | -100000000 |
| -6200 | Doggerland is submerged by rising sea levels, cutting pedestrian access to European mainland | bg | -6200 |
| -4000 | Start of 1500 year period of Neolithic migration from Europe, introducing settled agriculture. Ickleton accessible via ridgeway track (Icknield Way) from both directions, also N & S via Cam valley, viz: Chesterford Rd.-Tin Alley-Duxford, etc. | bg | -4000 |
| -4000 | After. Probable habitation N. of Abbey farm. Tumulus built above Valance Farm | bg | -4000 |
| -2500 | {c.} BRONZE AGE starts | bg | -2500 |
| -2100 | Onwards. New waves of immigration arrive in England (Beaker culture). Bronze increasingly replaces flint. Round barrow tradition established. | bg | -2100 |
| -800 | (c.) IRON AGE starts | bg | -800 |
| -600 | (c.) Iceni tribe arrive in area from N.Europe | bg | -600 |
| -150 | (c.) Catevellauni Belgic tribe drive Iceni out of south Cambs area and into Norfolk | bg | -150 |
| -100 | By this time, Britain is divided into tribal kingdoms. Ickleton borders Trinovantes(Essex) / Catuvellauni(centred on Wheathampstead, Herts) / ??(Cambs) | bg | -100 |
| -55 | Cassivellaunus (local) king of the Catuvellauni is principal opponent to Roman invasion (Julius Caesar) | bg | -55 |
| -55 | Caesar invades Britannia | mon | -55 |
| -20 | Tasciovanus king of Catuvellauni now based in St.Albans (Verulanium) | bg | -20 |
| 10 | Trinovantes apparently conquered by Catevellauni - Ickleton no longer on frontier | bg | 10 |
| 43 | Roman invasion (Claudius) creating 'Pax Romana'. Safer & stable | bg | 43 |
| 43 | Roman conquest begins | mon | 43 |
| 61 | Boudiccan rebellion. Marches on St Albans - i.e. probably via Ickleton | bg | 61 |
| 61 | Boadicea & Iceni rebel | mon | 61 |
| 62 | Roman camp at Chesterford built as part of plan to control any future insurrection in East Anglia. Surrounded by probable territorium extending c. 3 miles = approx 25 sq miles. | bg | 62 |
| 63 | After. Roads from Chesterford to Colchester, Braughing, Norwich | bg | 63 |
| 64 | After. Strethall -> Duxford / Cambridge? road evolves, providing link to Londinium | bg | 64 |
| 117 | Built after 117 AD. Large villa on Church Platt, Frogge St. Track from Chesterford Romano-British town appears to lead direct to it. Farm N of Royston Way? | bg | 117 |
| 122 | Hadrians Wall built | mon | 122 |
| 212 | Emperor Antonius bestows Roman citizenship on every freeborn subject | mon | 212 |
| 286 | (-296) Britain independent under Carausius & Allectus | mon | 286 |
| 306 | Constantine the Great proclaimed emperor at York | mon | 306 |
| 360 | Picts, Irish & Saxons invade | mon | 360 |
| 380 | (c.) Chesterford becomes strongly fortified civilian town. Garrisoned by Saxon mesrcenary soldiers (foederati), as had long been the case under the Romans. | bg | 380 |
| 383 | Roman legions begin to withdraw | mon | 383 |
| 410 | Romans finally leave ushering in period of stability for 20 years. | bg | 410 |
| 410 | Rome sacked by Alaric | mon | 410 |
| 411 | Pro tem. life continues as usual. No Roman taxes. Many wealthy Brits with large villas. Could one have been on the church site? Was Church Platt villa still standing? | bg | 411 |
| 430 | Stability ends. Saxon mercenaries rebel, initially in Kent, citing lack of provisions by British 'hosts'. Over next years, incoming groups take land and settle, in East Anglia and further west. Most Roman towns abandoned as inhabitants move to the country. However, during this period, it is thought that Chesterford discourages Saxon advance locally and through North Hertfordshire. | bg | 430 |
| 450 | Icel (if he existed) born. Son of Eomer, king of Angles, later claimed as the basis of the Mercian Iclinga dynasty | bg | 450 |
| 457 | Anglo Saxons defeat British at Crayford | mon | 457 |
| 477 | Kingdom of Sussex founded | mon | 477 |
| 480 | Battle of Mons Badonicus (WIltshire?) stalls Saxon advance | bg | 480 |
| 495 | Kingdom of Wessex founded | mon | 495 |
| 520 | Saxon advance resumes | bg | 520 |
| 537 | King Arthur killed at battle of Camlan (maybe) | mon | 537 |
| 542 | Justinian Plague | bg | 542 |
| 550 | Around. Constuction of Devil's Dyke | bg | 550 |
| 584 | Kingdom of Mercia founded | mon | 584 |
| 596 | Pope despatches Augustine to convert Britain to christianity | bg | 596 |
| 603 | Augustine establishes archbishopric of Canterbury | mon | 603 |
| 632 | Christianization of East Anglia begins | bg | 632 |
| 645 | (c.) Penda defeats Ecgric & Siebehrt making E.Anglia a Mercian client state | bg | 645 |
| 650 | Say... E.Anglians advance to line of Cam. In conjunc with building of Pampisford / Flint Cross dykes, was this the time when Iclingas established - or renamed village as Iclington? | bg | 650 |
| 650 | Around this time, three further dykes built across the Icknield way at Flint Cross, Pampisford and Fulbourn, adding to the pre-existing Devils Dyke bewteen Reach and Woodditton: At intervals of about 7 miles, they were possibly individually land holdings, but assumed to be intended for defence of East Anglian Saxon fiefdom from potential Mercian incursion? Suggests continuing instability. | bg | 650 |
| 654 | Penda, king of Mercia killed. Succeeded by Wulfhere. | bg | 654 |
| 700 | (c.) Border of Mercia & East Anglia. Increasing stability of kingdom improves safety, Chesterford declines. Recognizable village possibly including a church starts to develop in this period, although settlement almost certainly already existed trading and subsistence farming. | bg | 700 |
| 716 | ETHELBALD of Mercia, king of all England except Northumbria | mon | 716 |
| 730 | (before). Felix writes life of St. Guthlac, an Iclingan nobleman, who became a recluse and dedicated his life to God after a youth spent fighting on the Mercian / E. Anglian border. | bg | 730 |
| 757 | OFFA king of Mercia | bg | 757 |
| 773 | Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor | mon | 773 |
| 793 | Aethelbert II of E. Anglia captured and murdered by Offa. East Anglia, falls under total Mercian control. | bg | 793 |
| 802 | (-839). Egbert of Wessex. | bg | 802 |
| 825 | E. Anglia temporarily regains independence. Beornwulf K of Mercia killed | | 825 |
| 829 | Egbert of Wessex annexes Mercia | bg | 829 |
| 836 | Danes sack London | mon | 836 |
| 865 | Danish army conquers East Anglia, Ickleton area once again frontier country. This time on border of Mercia / Danelaw. | bg | 865 |
| 873 | Danes advance west to beyond Leicester and south to the Thames. Local area now solidly under Danish control | bg | 873 |
| 878 | Alfred the Great of Wessex, defeats the Danes at battle of Edington. Treaty of Wedmore. Danes retreat to East Anglia and Essex. Peace reigns! Ickleton once again on the border. | bg | 878 |
| 899 | (-925). Wessex gains control. Over next 25 years, the shire system, already established in Wessex, progressively introduced by Edward / Athelstan | bg | 899 |
| 912 | Between 912 and 918, Danes expelled from East Anglia. Peace for next 60 years. | bg | 912 |
| 924 | ATHELSTAN | mon | 924 |
| 939 | EDMUND I | mon | 939 |
| 946 | EADRED | mon | 946 |
| 955 | EDWY | mon | 955 |
| 959 | EDGAR | mon | 959 |
| 969 | AETHELRED II | mon | 969 |
| 975 | Danish raids restart. | bg | 975 |
| 975 | EDWARD THE MARTYR | mon | 975 |
| 989 | EDMUND II | mon | 989 |
| 1000 | (around). One hide (100 acres) devised to Elfhelm of Wratting | estates | 1000 |
| 1016 | After ineffectual resistance by Ethelred the Unready, Sweyn Forkbeard and his son Canute retake most of England. Ethelred deposed, Canute crowned king. Peace reigns for 50 years, until ... | bg | 1016 |
| 1016 | CANUTE | mon | 1016 |
| 1035 | HAROLD I | mon | 1035 |
| 1042 | EDWARD THE CONFESSOR | mon | 1042 |
| 1066 | (before Hastings) Alsi Squitrebil a thane to Edward held 19½ of the 20 hides (2000 acres) in Ickleton from the king. He had other significant holdings in the area. . | estates | 1066 |
| 1066 | (before Hastings) Estred held half a hide in Ickleton | estates | 1066 |
| 1066 | HAROLD II | mon | 1066 |
| 1066 | WILLIAM I | mon | 1066 |
| 1067 | 50 acres (Half a hide]) given to Hardwin de Scalers, a notorious baron, who may have had a castle at Reed. His Ickleton land was held by a man named Durand. | estates | 1067 |
| 1067 | Ickleton given with other lands to Eustace, Count of Boulogne by William | estates | 1067 |
| 1082 | Eustace succeeded by his son - also Eustace, who held 19½ hides. | estates | 1082 |
| 1086 | Domesday Book. Population perhaps 200 based on 43 tenants / households | pop | 1086 |
| 1087 | WILLIAM II | mon | 1087 |
| 1100 | Church built c. 1100 although not found in records before the 14th century, it has been dated by architecture. | church | 1100 |
| 1100 | HENRY I | mon | 1100 |
| 1135 | STEPHEN | mon | 1135 |
| 1141 | Ickleton given by king to Geoffrey de Mandeville. | estates | 1141 |
| 1143 | Geoffrey de Mandeville mounts challenge to the king, is charged with treason and his possessions including Ickleton and castle at Saffron Walden reclaimed by King. Saffron Walden castle is demolished. Geoffrey subsequently flees with his supporters and becomes a notorious outlaw known as the Scourge of the Fens. | estates | 1143 |
| 1150 | (c.) Priory founded, prob by the de Valognes family, who also founded E. Anglian priories at Hickling, Leiston, Butley & Campsey. The church becomes appropriated to the Prioress. | church | 1150 |
| 1150 | Ickleton Given to Eufeme, second wife of Aubrey de Vere, earl of Oxford, on her marriage. | estates | 1150 |
| 1153 | Eufeme gave ú5 worth of land to Colne priory. | estates | 1153 |
| 1154 | HENRY II | mon | 1154 |
| 1162 | Grant of an estate at Ickleton to the hospital of Montmorillon in Central France. | estates | 1162 |
| 1180 | Priory Manor, largest in Ickleton had probably over 700 acres, may have included the original holding of Colne Priory. | estates | 1180 |
| 1180 | Ickleton priory for Benedictine nuns, founded in mid 12th century, probably by member of Valognes family. | estates | 1180 |
| 1183 | Largest part of Ickleton held by Roger de Lucy - A northern nobleman and sometime crusader | estates | 1183 |
| 1189 | RICHARD I | mon | 1189 |
| 1199 | Estate of Hamon Walters granted to West Dereham Abbey. DURHAMS manor probably comprised c. 100 acrea. | estates | 1199 |
| 1199 | JOHN | mon | 1199 |
| 1200 | Richard de Lucy succeeds Roger as largest Ickleton land holder. Land remains in his family for the next 150 years | estates | 1200 |
| 1213 | Cistercian abbey of Calder received lands from Richard de Lucy. Probably about 100 acres. Known as CALDREES manor | estates | 1213 |
| 1215 | Magna Carta | mon | 1215 |
| 1216 | HENRY III | mon | 1216 |
| 1222 | Thomas Brito holds tenancy in Ickleton. His daughter married to Robert Hovel, inherits 400 acres. | estates | 1222 |
| 1231 | Henry III confirmed land in Ickleton and Brookhampton including shares in two water mills to Caldrees Manor. | estates | 1231 |
| 1251 | By this date, 140 acres of Robert Hovel's estate had been given to the Cistercian abbey of Tilty (Essex). The abbey's manor, known as HOVELLS, covered c.190 a. in 1279, and mostly held from Robert Hovel | estates | 1251 |
| 1266 | Priory was attacked by landholders and their tenants dispossessed following defeat of Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham | estates | 1266 |
| 1272 | EDWARD I | mon | 1272 |
| 1279 | Thirty a. held of Dereham abbey by the heirs of William de Beauchamp of Bedford, descended through a female heir to the Mowbrays, to create MOWBRAYS manor. | estates | 1279 |
| 1279 | An estate including c. 60 a. of demesne was held by Roger de Neville under Thomas de Multon of the honor of Boulogne. William Boys as life-tenant. Another 127 a. held of Neville by Roger Barbedor probably descended with Barbedors manor in Hinxton. | estates | 1279 |
| 1279 | Land in Ickleton was held by John le Bray, possibly a descendant of William Brito whose name was also written le Breton or le Bret. | estates | 1279 |
| 1279 | Thomas de Multon, grandson of Richard de Lucy becomes mesne lord | estates | 1279 |
| 1279 | Population perhaps 600 based on 115 tenants / households | pop | 1279 |
| 1294 | Thomas's grandson, also Thomas succeeds to holding of "half a knight's fee". A vague measure, maybe 250 acres. (Watfordmanors.com) | estates | 1294 |
| 1300 | Aymer de Valence grants VALENCE manor for life to Sir John Wollaston. | estates | 1300 |
| 1300 | Hospital of Montmorillon licensed to convey its estate to Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke. Buried in Westminster Abbey and remembered for foundation of Pembroke College, Cambridge. | estates | 1300 |
| 1302 | Knight's fee in Ickleton was held by Philip de Neville passed by 1316 to Sir John Limbury as LIMBURYS manor, which included buildings. | estates | 1302 |
| 1302 | John le Bray held BRAYS manor of the honor of Boulogne in 1302. | estates | 1302 |
| 1306 | (c) Philip appointed Vicar | church | 1306 |
| 1306 | (c) Peter appointed Vicar | church | 1306 |
| 1307 | EDWARD II | mon | 1307 |
| 1324 | Valence manor-house, in use until at least 1726, on the south side of Mill Lane. A tiled building with six rooms on the ground floor, two solars above, and a thatched range of out-buildings including a gatehouse. | estates | 1324 |
| 1324 | After Aymer de Valence's death in 1324, Valance manor assigned to Elizabeth Comyn, younger daughter of his sister Joan. Elizabeth married Richard Talbot, with whom she leased the manor to Richard's brother John for life in 1330. | estates | 1324 |
| 1327 | EDWARD III | mon | 1327 |
| 1332 | Valence Manor conveyed to Richard of Barking, a London merchant. | estates | 1332 |
| 1333 | Barking sells Valence Manor to William le Waleys, Queen Isabel's tailor | estates | 1333 |
| 1334 | Valence sold to Thomas of Lavenham and Ralph Mendham, rector of Hargham (Norf.). | estates | 1334 |
| 1335 | Sir John Limbury held 100 a. in Ickleton of the Multons when sheriff of Cambridgeshire. | estates | 1335 |
| 1335 | South Street (later Paddock Street, then Frog(ge) Street) is mentioned | places | 1335 |
| 1342 | William de Kirkeby appointed Vicar by Prioress | church | 1342 |
| 1343 | Gillian Limbury in possession by 1343. Between 1346 and 1367 she was succeeded by Sir Philip Limbury, perhaps her son, who died at Constantinople in 1367. | estates | 1343 |
| 1344 | Ralph conveys Valence manor to John Illegh, rector of Icklingham (Suff.), and Thomas Keningham, a fellow and later master of Michaelhouse, Cambridge. | estates | 1344 |
| 1345 | Illegh grants Valence manor in 1345 to Michaelhouse, for his earlier foundation of two poor scholars and a chantry priest. | estates | 1345 |
| 1346 | John de Illega appointed Vicar | church | 1346 |
| 1346 | (by) Brays manor passed to John Sawston | estates | 1346 |
| 1349 | Black Death. Around 50% of British population die, causing labour shortages and uninhabited areas. Possibly the time when Brookhampton was abandoned. | bg | 1349 |
| 1353 | William appointed Vicar | church | 1353 |
| 1367 | After Sir Philip Limbury's death, his widow Joan, who afterwards married Sir John Clinton, held the manor (fn- 169) until her death | estates | 1367 |
| 1367 | Anthony de Lucy, Lord of Ickleton | estates | 1367 |
| 1368 | John Mowbray of Axholme (Lincs.) died holding 30 a. at Ickleton of the honor of Boulogne. | estates | 1368 |
| 1375 | John Quaille appointed Vicar | church | 1375 |
| 1377 | John Dilley appointed Vicar | church | 1377 |
| 1377 | John Smith appointed Vicar | church | 1377 |
| 1377 | RICHARD II | mon | 1377 |
| 1381 | During the Peasants' Revolt, James Hog forced his way into the priory and burnt its muniments. | | 1381 |
| 1383 | John Mowbray's eldest son John died under age and was succeeded by his younger brother Thomas later duke of Norfolk. | estates | 1383 |
| 1388 | Limburys included two messuages. The site of one was perhaps the close called Old Limburys, north-west of Caldrees Manor. | estates | 1388 |
| 1388 | Estate passed to Elizabeth Limbury, wife of Sir Thomas Trivet (d. 1388). | estates | 1388 |
| 1391 | Limburys manor settled on Elizabeth and her second husband Sir Thomas Swinburne who still held lands in Ickleton at his death in 1412. | estates | 1391 |
| 1394 | John Rande appointed Vicar | church | 1394 |
| 1399 | Thomas Mowbray died in banishment. Though Thomas had settled his estate on his eldest son Thomas's marriage to Constance Holland. His widow Elizabeth was granted dower. | estates | 1399 |
| 1399 | HENRY IV | mon | 1399 |
| 1413 | HENRY V | mon | 1413 |
| 1422 | HENRY VI | mon | 1422 |
| 1425 | Elizabeth Mowbray died. Mowbrays reverted after her death in 1425 to her daughter-in-law Constance, whose husband had been executed in 1405. | estates | 1425 |
| 1428 | Brays manor divided between John Pauly and Thomas Andrew. | estates | 1428 |
| 1431 | Green Street (later Church Street), mentioned | places | 1431 |
| 1432 | First mention of Mill Lane - then called Fulling Mill Street | places | 1432 |
| 1437 | Paul Grene appointed Vicar | church | 1437 |
| 1437 | On Constance Mowbray's death, the manor passed to her husband's nephew, John, duke of Norfolk. | estates | 1437 |
| 1438 | Mowbrays has a site of 3 a. and probably a house. (fn- 209) | estates | 1438 |
| 1445 | John Steymour appointed Vicar | church | 1445 |
| 1450 | (+-50 yrs) Mowbrays (The present house), built just outside the south-west wall of the churchyard when it had a central hall and two cross-wings. | estates | 1450 |
| 1450 | During the 15th century, Hovells, Norman Hall, Frog Hall, the Mowbrays, and several existing cottages originally built | places | 1450 |
| 1453 | John Crowche appointed Vicar | church | 1453 |
| 1456 | Following Elizabeth's death, Limburys sold with c. 80 a. to Clare Hall, Cambridge, by her executor Nicholas Wimbish, a Chancery clerk. | estates | 1456 |
| 1461 | On death of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, the manor passed to his son John. | estates | 1461 |
| 1461 | EDWARD IV | mon | 1461 |
| 1469 | John Mowbray and his wife Elizabeth conveyed Mowbrays with many other lands to feoffees, including Thomas Hoo, possibly succeeded by the four daughters of his half-brother Lord Thomas Hoo, including Anne, the younger of two daughters of that name and wife of Roger Copley. | estates | 1469 |
| 1470 | HENRY VI | mon | 1470 |
| 1471 | EDWARD IV | mon | 1471 |
| 1483 | RICHARD III | mon | 1483 |
| 1483 | EDWARD V | mon | 1483 |
| 1485 | (before). New vicarage built S of Green near river | church | 1485 |
| 1485 | HENRY VII | mon | 1485 |
| 1490 | A William Copley died, leaving his brother Lionel heir to a manor in Ickleton held of the earls of Oxford, perhaps that called Copleys. | estates | 1490 |
| 1496 | Robert Burton Vicar. Camb graduate. Left money to asst priest and his 'poor scholar' | church | 1496 |
| 1509 | HENRY VIII | mon | 1509 |
| 1510 | Richard Carewe thought to have descended from Lord Hoo, through his dughter Eleanor and to have held Mowbrays, died around this year. | estates | 1510 |
| 1516 | By a composition the prioress received both great and small tithes, | estates | 1516 |
| 1522 | A prosperous village. Five inhabitants required to contribute to the loan of 1522. | places | 1522 |
| 1523 | Richard Bendyshe of Steeple Bumpstead (Essex) died leaving Brays to his only son John, a minor. | estates | 1523 |
| 1524 | Population perhaps ? based on 86 people assessed for subsidy | pop | 1524 |
| 1527 | Vicarage was a good house with a wellfurnished hall. ( | church | 1527 |
| 1527 | Robert Davey Vicar. Chaplain to Lord Mountjoy. Prob lived in Ickleton | church | 1527 |
| 1528 | Brookhampton Street - known as such by 1432 | places | 1528 |
| 1530 | Bishop of Ely granted Priory plus Ickleton lands of the dissolved abbeys of West Dereham, Calder, and Tilty, in exchange for the manor of Hatfield (Herts.). | estates | 1530 |
| 1536 | Church Advowson (right to appoint clergy) passes to crown | church | 1536 |
| 1536 | Ickleton rectory which had been appropriated to the priory, probably from the priory's foundation, passed to the Crown. The priory's lands thereafter were treated as a single manorial estate, and the rectory therefore consisted only of tithes. | estates | 1536 |
| 1536 | Priory dissolved. 716 acres | estates | 1536 |
| 1538 | Church Advowson (right to appoint clergy) passed to Bishop of Ely - apparently by an oversight | church | 1538 |
| 1540 | John Bendyshe conveyed Brays manor to his father-in-law Thomas Crawley. The manor later came to John Trigge, whose son John, a yeoman of Ickleton, succeeded him. | estates | 1540 |
| 1540 | William Copley and his wife conveyed Mowbrays manor to John Hinde, who probably sold it soon afterwards. | estates | 1540 |
| 1543 | John Crudd buys part of Mowbrays estate from George Rolle. | estates | 1543 |
| 1544 | Richard's Carewes daughter Margaret and husband William Morris, sell further part of Mowbrays estate to John Crudd. | estates | 1544 |
| 1545 | The Town Lands (bequeathed to and administered by the parish for charity) amounted to 40 acres | charity | 1545 |
| 1545 | (by) The site of the manor of Brays was a pasture full of bushes with a stream running through it, in the south-east angle of Brookhampton Street. | estates | 1545 |
| 1545 | Limbutys farmstead stood on the west side of Frog Street, close to its junction with Abbey Street. | estates | 1545 |
| 1546 | Valence manor passes from Michaelhouse to Trinity College | estates | 1546 |
| 1546 | Clare Hall held Limburys | estates | 1546 |
| 1547 | Rectory granted to Dean and Canons of Windsor | church | 1547 |
| 1547 | The Crown granted the rectory to the dean and canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, who held it until 1867 when their estates were vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. | estates | 1547 |
| 1547 | George Rolle conveyed Mowbrays to John Crudd, one of a large and prosperous yeoman family of Ickleton, who considerably enlarged the manor. | estates | 1547 |
| 1547 | EDWARD VI | mon | 1547 |
| 1550 | (cent) In the 16th century, there were pubs called The Rose and the Bell | places | 1550 |
| 1550 | (cent) Durhams farmhouse dates from 16th century | places | 1550 |
| 1553 | MARY I | mon | 1553 |
| 1558 | ELIZABETH | mon | 1558 |
| 1563 | Population perhaps 400 based on 63 households. Makes Ickleton largest of the 5 villages in the hundred | pop | 1563 |
| 1567 | Robert Proctor vicar. "Not a graduate but learned and a good preacher" | church | 1567 |
| 1575 | (In the later 16th century) A dispute developed between the dean and canons and their farmers, and members of the Wood family, lessees of the former priory demesne. | estates | 1575 |
| 1579 | John and Edward Wood refused to pay tithes from the demesne. A long series of lawsuits and appeals ensued. Edward's son John, eventually lord of Priory manor, was still opposing the dean and canons in 1620. The courts consistently upheld the rectors. | estates | 1579 |
| 1588 | Rector presented by Dean and Canons of Windsor | church | 1588 |
| 1588 | Michael Coule vicar. Non-graduate but well thought of. | church | 1588 |
| 1600 | Ickleton lands returned to Crown, but advowson reserved by Bishop Heton of Ely | church | 1600 |
| 1601 | Schoolmasters were licensed from this time and school lessons conducted in the church after 1638 | schools | 1601 |
| 1603 | JAMES I | mon | 1603 |
| 1604 | Much of Brays land was claimed by John Crudd, to whom five members of the Trigge family sold it. | estates | 1604 |
| 1607 | John Crudd dies after enfeoffing a younger son Daniel of his lands. | estates | 1607 |
| 1612 | Solomon Lacy appointed Vicar | church | 1612 |
| 1612 | Valence manor extended to 307 acres | estates | 1612 |
| 1615 | Vicarage stood south of the green near the river, and had a large hall, a parlour, kitchen, four small chambers and a large one, a buttery and a milkhouse, and a study recently added. There were also farm-buildings, and a gatehouse with a chamber over it. | church | 1615 |
| 1615 | Sir William Byrd, dean of the Arches and son of a Saffron Walden gentleman, leased the rectory as "lay-rector", licensed by the dean & canons of Windsor to collect tithes from the village for his own disposal. Following his tenure in 1624, this post was continuously let until halted by the enclosures. | estates | 1615 |
| 1618 | Vicar collated by Bishop of Ely | church | 1618 |
| 1618 | Thomas Thorold appointed Vicar | church | 1618 |
| 1623 | Ickleton Grange possibly completed by Sir John Wood, who moved a barn from the priory to a site a mile away. | places | 1623 |
| 1625 | CHARLES I | mon | 1625 |
| 1641 | Vicar collated by Bishop of Ely | church | 1641 |
| 1642 | Anthony Andrews appointed Vicar | church | 1642 |
| 1644 | The site of the priory, known as Abbey Farm, was leased with c. 400 acres. | estates | 1644 |
| 1644 | !!!! from Priory book | estates | 1644 |
| 1646 | Daniel Crudd conveys Mowbrays to his kinsman John Crudd. | estates | 1646 |
| 1650 | Arthur Lund vicar? "A man mean of life and conversation"! | church | 1650 |
| 1650 | (cent) Wealthy farmers built Priory Farm, The Grange, Brookhampton Hall, Caldrees. Abbey Farm replaced the decaying Ickleton priory. | places | 1650 |
| 1652 | John Crudd, accused of raising forces for an anti-parliamentarian rising at Linton in 1648, dies before the case was completed. | estates | 1652 |
| 1659 | Richard Swann left one and a quarter acres to the churchwardens for poor widows. At inclosure, the charity was allotted 1 a., yielding by 1865 �1 16s. a year. | charity | 1659 |
| 1660 | Vicar collated by Bishop of Ely | church | 1660 |
| 1660 | CHARLES II | mon | 1660 |
| 1662 | Augustine Rolfe vicar. Also Hinxton curate. Possessed books worth £12 at death. | church | 1662 |
| 1663 | OLIVER CROMWELL | mon | 1663 |
| 1675 | A number of people were non-conformists by this time and although disciplined, numbers grew until 15 years later there were enough to justify attendance by two Cambridge preachers every Sunday. | church | 1675 |
| 1676 | Population perhaps 600 based on 251 adults | pop | 1676 |
| 1678 | Dean & Canons of Windsor reassert theit claim to advowson and appoint vicar | church | 1678 |
| 1678 | Ralph Staunron appointed Vicar | church | 1678 |
| 1684 | Bishop collates his domestic chaplain as Vicar | church | 1684 |
| 1684 | Thomas Johnson appointed Vicar | church | 1684 |
| 1685 | A large estate in the western half of the parish was farmed from the Grange. (364 a. in 1810) | land | 1685 |
| 1685 | JAMES II | mon | 1685 |
| 1688 | John Marshall appointed Vicar | church | 1688 |
| 1689 | Bishop of London presents vicar following concession from Ely | church | 1689 |
| 1689 | Thomas Sages vicar. Lived in Chesterford where his father was vicar | church | 1689 |
| 1689 | WILLIAM III | mon | 1689 |
| 1699 | A pub called the White Lion, south of the green burned down, Replaced by the Chequers and then the Duke of Wellington | places | 1699 |
| 1702 | ANNE | mon | 1702 |
| 1704 | (by) Mowbrays and Brays manors held by Thomas Crudd, who devised both to Anne and then Thomas Hanchett. | estates | 1704 |
| 1704 | Limburys Frog St. site contained only farm-buildings, without a house | estates | 1704 |
| 1705 | Fire destroyed much of vicarage and subsequently described as a mere cottage. (It was unfit for residence by the incumbent throughout the earlier 19th century, and by 1841 part of it had fallen down. | church | 1705 |
| 1707 | Population c,500 - 120 | pop | 1707 |
| 1714 | Thomas Crudd dies unmarried, devising Mowbrays and Brays manors to his sister Anne Hanchett (d. 1721) for life, and then to his nephew Thomas Hanchett, eldest son of his sister Joan. | estates | 1714 |
| 1714 | GEORGE I | mon | 1714 |
| 1715 | A building in the village licensed for non-conformist worship continued in use until mid-19th century | church | 1715 |
| 1727 | GEORGE II | mon | 1727 |
| 1728 | The Lion (later Red Lion, then Ickleton Lion) established | places | 1728 |
| 1744 | Zachary Brooke vicar, also Cambridge prof. Initially lived in Ickleton, later Cambridge. | church | 1744 |
| 1744 | (About) Thomas Hanchett succeeded by his son John ( | estates | 1744 |
| 1750 | (cent) Hill Street (later Butchers Hill) not mentioned before the 18th century. May not have existed in earlier times | places | 1750 |
| 1750 | (cent) Caldrees Manor, enlarged and stone fronted for the resident Lord of the Manor - P.C.Wyndham. | places | 1750 |
| 1759 | (Not later) John Hanchett dies. Half Mowbrays manor settled on Rachel, on her marriage to William Warner, and the other half on Susanna, who in 1765 married Zachary Brooke, vicar of Ickleton. | estates | 1759 |
| 1759 | (about) Brays descended at the death of John Hanchett to his son John by his second marriage | estates | 1759 |
| 1760 | GEORGE III | mon | 1760 |
| 1775 | (By the later 18th century) Tithes had apparently been commuted for money payments. A proposal in 1776 to collect tithes in kind raised 'no small stir' in the parish. | estates | 1775 |
| 1775 | (+-25 yrs) Mowbrays hall was raised to two storeys and another wing added on the west. | estates | 1775 |
| 1778 | Brays sold to Henry Hanchett of Ickleton | estates | 1778 |
| 1780 | (by) The farm-house attached to the Brays estate was the Little Farm, east of the churchyard. | estates | 1780 |
| 1783 | The parish benefited from the charity of Lettice Martin which yielded 13/4d per year and was distributed to the poor every three years | charity | 1783 |
| 1783 | The trustees of the Town Lands, all substantial farmers, were accused by the rural dean of occupying the lands themselves instead of allotting 3 a. to each poor family at a low rent, while the income was no longer distributed among the needy. | charity | 1783 |
| 1788 | George Hewitt appointed Vicar | church | 1788 |
| 1788 | Zachary Brooke dies. | estates | 1788 |
| 1789 | William Warner, who apparently survived his wife, conveyed his part of Mowbrays estate to Susanna Brooke, and released all his rights to Susanna's three children. | estates | 1789 |
| 1789 | 20 houses and outbuildings destroyed by fire which started in Abbey Street maltings. One man killed. | places | 1789 |
| 1791 | John Vicars appointed Vicar | church | 1791 |
| 1793 | Zachary Brooke appointed Vicar | church | 1793 |
| 1795 | Brays inherited by Samuel Hanchett. | estates | 1795 |
| 1801 | Population 493 - 121 families. Largest village in hundred | pop | 1801 |
| 1803 | Nicholas Bull appointed Vicar | church | 1803 |
| 1804 | Nicholas Bull starts a Sunday school which had 100 pupils by 1818 | schools | 1804 |
| 1810 | Valence manor-house had gone by this date. | estates | 1810 |
| 1810 | Clare had 123 a. receiving at inclosure 77½ a., mostly close to the village. | estates | 1810 |
| 1810 | Mrs. Brooke (d. 1812) owner of the Mowbrays estate, had over 280 a. | estates | 1810 |
| 1810 | Enclosure of Ickleton Common Fields | land | 1810 |
| 1812 | Susanna Brookes dies. | estates | 1812 |
| 1814 | Enclosure - children of Susanna Brookes alloted 160 a. lying south of the village. | estates | 1814 |
| 1814 | Enclosure - Trinity received a compact allotment of 243 a. south of the Elmdon road | estates | 1814 |
| 1814 | Enclosure - Samuel Hanchett allotted 106 a. close to the village | estates | 1814 |
| 1814 | Enclosure - the dean and canons of Windsor received 640½ a. in lieu of tithes. By far the largest allotment in Ickleton, it lay in four pieces with the largest covering 438 a. north of Grange Road. | estates | 1814 |
| 1818 | Thomas Fuller, as the dean and canons' lessee, built a farmstead on the large allotment north of Grange Road, but his undertenant was still required to live in Fuller's own farmhouse in the village over a mile away. The rectory's farmstead was known first as Ickleton Farm, and later as Rectory Farm. | estates | 1818 |
| 1818 | Rectory Farm & cottages built | places | 1818 |
| 1819 | Clare bought the lands and farm-house of Mowbrays manor, c. 160 a., of which 30 a. were to endow scholarships. | estates | 1819 |
| 1819 | Mowbrays - extensive improvements and repairs were made to house | estates | 1819 |
| 1819 | Whole Mowbrays estate sold by the Brookes in 1819 to Clare Hall, Cambridge, and still belonged to the college in 1972. | estates | 1819 |
| 1819 | Tenants of Clare Hall's farm occupied the Mowbrays. | estates | 1819 |
| 1820 | GEORGE IV | mon | 1820 |
| 1824 | Two houses, one near the Red Lion and the other in Frog Street, licensed for worship and used by Methodists. Martha Ridding who occupied both houses was their teacher, and they were known as the Old Wesleyan church people. | church | 1824 |
| 1824 | Trinity built a new farm-house and farmstead known as Vallance Farm on the land that it had acquired at inclosure. | estates | 1824 |
| 1824 | Valance Farm built by Trinity College. Old building and material moved from Mill Lane | places | 1824 |
| 1824 | A schoolroom in the church (probably below the tower) was rebuilt. | schools | 1824 |
| 1826 | Thomas Fuller devised his lease of Ickleton / Rectory farm to two trustees, one of whom, James Raymond, held it from this date. | estates | 1826 |
| 1830 | WILLIAM IV | mon | 1830 |
| 1835 | John Hanchett inherits Brays estate. | estates | 1835 |
| 1837 | Over time, various properties kown as Town Lands & houses had been bequeathed to the parish for charitable purposes. By 1837 there were ten cottages let for Γéñ15. The properties were administered together, and the income, amounting to Γéñ148 in 1900, was distributed in food, clothing, and money. | charity | 1837 |
| 1837 | VICTORIA | mon | 1837 |
| 1840 | James Raymond's nephew and heir W. F. Raymond, archdeacon of Northumberland, became lessee of Ickleton / Rectory farm | estates | 1840 |
| 1842 | Congregational chapel was built on the east side of Frog Street. It was twice enlarged between 1876 and 1896, to accommodate 200. It was served by the minister from Duxford once a fortnight. Closed c. 1954 and demolished c. 2010. | church | 1842 |
| 1842 | Methodist Chapel built | places | 1842 |
| 1844 | John Clayton appointed Vicar | church | 1844 |
| 1845 | Railway line opened. Keepers cottage built at the end of Mill Lane. Originally trains may have stopped at "Ickleton Station" here. | places | 1845 |
| 1846 | New Vicarage built on Butchers Hill. | church | 1846 |
| 1846 | Much of the potato crop lost due to the same fungal disease which caused famine in Ireland | land | 1846 |
| 1846 | British School established in Frogge Street Congregational chapel. Average attendance in 1870 was 80, said by the vicar to be mostly children from other parishes. Remained open until at least 1888 | schools | 1846 |
| 1848 | Church School established by W.J.Clayton, the vicar. Held in room on south side of Mill Lane, but sold as part of Hanchett estate in 1867 | schools | 1848 |
| 1848 | Roman villa in Frogge St. discovered and excavated by Ho, R,C, Neville | | 1848 |
| 1850 | (cent) Many small houses built to accommodate expanding population | places | 1850 |
| 1851 | Population 813 | pop | 1851 |
| 1852 | Primitive methodist chapel built on the north side of Abbey Street with seating for 160 people. Closed c.1985 and Converted to a dwelling house in 2018 | church | 1852 |
| 1852 | The patronage of the vicarage was transferred to the bishop of Peterborough | church | 1852 |
| 1860 | W.F. Raymond's nephew, Lt.-Gen. William Inglis, later of Hildersham Hall, succeeded to the property. | estates | 1860 |
| 1861 | R.G.W. Herbert sometime of Caldrees Manor, appointed governor of Queensland, Australia | | 1861 |
| 1864 | Church re-opens after restoration | church | 1864 |
| 1864 | John Amps appointed Vicar | church | 1864 |
| 1867 | Brays estate sold on behalf of John Hanchett's two daughters. Part was bought by Sir Robert Herbert, but much was again for sale in 1873 with an arable farm of 112 a. formerly held by William Hanchett. | estates | 1867 |
| 1867 | (by) Brays farm-house had been amalgamated with an adjoining tenement to form Norman Hall. After its sale in that year the house was no longer used as a farm-house. The oldest part of the house is a late medieval hall and cross-wing. It was extended and remodelled in the 16th century and again in the 18th. | estates | 1867 |
| 1870 | (c.) Remains of old Vicarage S. of Green demolished | church | 1870 |
| 1871 | School built | places | 1871 |
| 1871 | New school and teachers house built in Frogge Street. Attendance rose to over 100 by 1888 | schools | 1871 |
| 1874 | Patronage transferred from Peterborough to the Lord Chancellor. | church | 1874 |
| 1876 | Clare bought another 9 a. in Ickleton in | estates | 1876 |
| 1877 | Ex-Brays farm, with 8 cottages and 28 a. of arable, was sold yet again in 1877. | estates | 1877 |
| 1882 | Following the death of Ann Jonas, her children purchased Γéñ350 stock in memory of their parents, to be held in trust by the vicar and churchwardens. Payments from the fund were made in clothing until the 1960s. | charity | 1882 |
| 1882 | George Jonas succeeds to Rectory Farm. His father Samuel Jonas of Chrishall Grange had farmed the land from Lt.-Gen. Inglis.) | estates | 1882 |
| 1884 | The New Inn in Brookhampton street which closed 19?? | places | 1884 |
| 1886 | Block of 6 cottages west of Coploe Road erected by 1886 | places | 1886 |
| 1886 | Reading room opened behind Brookhampton Hall | places | 1886 |
| 1894 | Parish Council inaugurated. Sir Robert Herbert elected chairman | | 1894 |
| 1899 | Salvation Army Hall on east side of Brookhampton St. It lasted about 4 years until sold off as Conservative Hall. Became Ickleton Social Club 19?? | church | 1899 |
| 1901 | EDWARD VII | mon | 1901 |
| 1901 | Ickleton New Grange completed by G.W.H.Bowen | places | 1901 |
| 1905 | Lands of Durhams Manor combined with Caldrees Manor by Sir Robert Herbert. | places | 1905 |
| 1909 | Frederick Tackley appointed Vicar | church | 1909 |
| 1910 | GEORGE V | mon | 1910 |
| 1911 | The charities of Lettice Martin, Richard Swan, and the town lands and houses were amalgamated as the Ickleton United Charities. | charity | 1911 |
| 1911 | Population 598 - reduced as poverty causes emigration / migration to towns | pop | 1911 |
| 1912 | Mowbrays - further improvements and repairs made to house | estates | 1912 |
| 1913 | Phillip Cooke appointed Vicar | church | 1913 |
| 1920 | The Ecclesiastical Commissioners sold Rectory farm in 1920 to H. F. Beales, whose executors offered it for sale again with 612 a. in 1927. | estates | 1920 |
| 1927 | Mr. and Mrs. G. W. H. Bowen built and endowed three bungalows in Frog Street for elderly parishioners, with a preference for their former servants. Mrs. Bowen (d. 1967) left Γéñ1,000 to the alms-houses, known as the Gertrude Homes, which were modernized in 1971. A Scheme of 1970 amalgamated the Jonas and Bowen charities with the existing United Charities. | charity | 1927 |
| 1927 | Clare bought 30 a. from the executors of H. F. Beales, the tenant.i | estates | 1927 |
| 1927 | Gertrude Homes built by Mr. & Mrs. G.W.H. Bowen | places | 1927 |
| 1930 | Vicarage of Ickleton held jointly with that of Hinxton, with alternate presentation by Jesus College, Cambridge, and the Lord Chancellor | church | 1930 |
| 1930 | Arthur Penney appointed Vicar | church | 1930 |
| 1936 | GEORGE VI | mon | 1936 |
| 1946 | Trinity's farm at Ickleton, consisting of 340 a., sold to Mrs. E. M. Scales and J. B. Wamsley. | estates | 1946 |
| 1948 | Peter Weir appointed Vicar | church | 1948 |
| 1948 | Nine pairs of semi-detached council houses in Bird's Close erected 1929 & 1948-54 | places | 1948 |
| 1952 | ELIZABETH II | mon | 1952 |
| 1955 | D. Vaughan Edwards appointed Vicar | church | 1955 |
| 1959 | J. Bellamy Hall appointed Vicar | church | 1959 |
| 1961 | Frogge Street School closed. Children moved to Duxford and Sawston. Building converted to village hall. | schools | 1961 |
| 1965 | Houses on Butcher's Hill built | places | 1965 |
| 1967 | Peter B. Bagnall appointed Vicar | church | 1967 |
| 1971 | Population 526 | pop | 1971 |
| 1972 | Clare College still owned Mowbrays Farm and its land. | estates | 1972 |
| 1974 | Robert F. Morgan appointed Vicar | church | 1974 |
| 1976 | Southfields estate built by Plumb Bros | places | 1976 |
| 1980 | Richard A. Birt appointed Vicar | church | 1980 |
| 1989 | Andrew Way appointed Vicar | church | 1989 |
| 1995 | Jane Charman appointed Vicar | church | 1995 |
| 2005 | Andrew Schofield appointed Vicar | church | 2005 |
| 2010 | Jessica Martin appointed Vicar | church | 2010 |
| 2017 | Petra Shakeshaft appointed Vicar | church | 2017 |
| 2021 | Lydia Smith, Vicar | church | 2021 |
| 2022 | CHARLES III | mon | 2022 |