These regions remained under Chola control until the reign of King Vijayabahu I (1055-1100).

The abbey church was rebuilt on a large scale during the reign of King Edward I and completed in around 1310.

It was built during the reign of King Yasovarman I (889-910 AD).

The first Lusignan castle was built during the reign of King Henry I, 1211.

There was a late flowering during the reign of King Dinis I (1261-1325), a very learned man, whose output is the largest preserved (137 texts).

He was a Jacobite during the first few years of the reign of King George I (1714-1727).

It was long considered that the first silver farthings were produced in the reign of King Edward I (1272-1307).

It was during the reign of King James I (1603-1625) that copper coinage was introduced.

The monastery was rebuilt during the reign of King Wenceslas I (1230-53), and again at the end of the fifteenth century.

Some time after 1086, probably in the reign of King Henry I, the royal household moved upstream to the recently-built castle.