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1300s 1300s in England Events from the 1300s in England.-Events:* 1300** 10 March - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent...  | 1310s 1310s in England Events from the 1310s in England.-Events:* 1310** 16 March - Edward II of England agrees to the election of a committee of twenty-one barons as "Lord Ordainers" to reform the government....  | 1320s | 1330s 1330s in England Events from the 1330s in England.-Events:* 1330** 19 October - King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer.** 29 November - Execution of Mortimer....  | 1340s 1340s in England Events from the 1340s in England.-Events:* 1340** 25 January - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.** 24 June - Hundred Years' War: The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of England and France...

Incumbents

Events

• 1320
  • Walter de Stapledon
    Walter de Stapledon
    Walter de Stapledon , English bishop, was born at Annery in North Devon.On 13 March 1307 Stapledon was chosen Bishop of Exeter, and was consecrated on 13 October 1308. He went on errands to France for both Edward I and Edward II, and attended the councils and parliaments of his time...
    
     appointed as Lord High Treasurer
    Lord High Treasurer
    The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Act of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third highest ranked Great Officer of State, below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President...
    
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• 1321
  • March - Marcher lords seize the lands of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
    Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
    Hugh le Despenser , sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England....
    
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  • 28 June - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster holds an assembly at Sherburn-in-Elmet
    Sherburn-in-Elmet
    Sherburn-in-Elmet is a town and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, situated close to Selby. It is one of only three places in the area to be explicitly associated with the ancient Celtic kingdom of Elmet via featuring the kingdom's title in its name, the others being...
    
     demanding administrative reforms and denouncing Hugh le Despenser.
  • 19 August - Edward II of England
    Edward II of England
    Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
    
     forced to banish his most loyal baron, Hugh le Despenser, and his son Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser , also referred to as "the younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester , and Isabella daughter of William, 9th Earl of Warwick.-Titles and possessions:Hugh Despenser the younger was knight of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire,...
    
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  • Construction of the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
    
     begins.
  • First recorded tower clock
    Clock
    A clock is an instrument used to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". A silent instrument missing such a mechanism has traditionally been known as a timepiece...
    
     in England constructed, at Norwich Cathedral
    Norwich Cathedral
    Norwich Cathedral is a cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Formerly a Catholic church, it has belonged to the Church of England since the English Reformation....
    
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• 1322
  • 16 March - At the Battle of Boroughbridge
    Battle of Boroughbridge
    The Battle of Boroughbridge was a battle fought on 16 March 1322 between a group of rebellious barons and King Edward II of England, near Boroughbridge, northwest of York. The culmination of a long period of antagonism between the king and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, his most powerful subject, it...
    
    , King Edward II
    Edward II of England
    Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
    
     defeats rebellious barons.
  • 14 October - First War of Scottish Independence
    First War of Scottish Independence
    The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from the invasion by England in 1296 until the de jure restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328...
    
    : Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Old Byland
    Battle of Old Byland
    The Battle of Old Byland was a significant encounter between Scots and English troops in Yorkshire in October 1322, forming part of the Wars of Scottish Independence...
    
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  • The central tower of Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral
    Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
    
     collapses.
• 1323
  • March - Edward II makes a 15-year truce with Scotland
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
    
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  • Walter de Stapledon conducts a major re-organisation of government records and financial rolls.
• 1324
  • War of Saint-Sardos
    War of Saint-Sardos
    The War of Saint-Sardos was a short war fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France in 1324. The war was a clear defeat for the English, and led indirectly to the overthrowing of Edward II of England...
    
    : France invades Gascony
    Gascony
    Gascony is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution. The region is vaguely defined and the distinction between Guyenne and Gascony is unclear; sometimes they are considered to overlap, and sometimes Gascony is considered a...
    
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  • William of Ockham
    William of Ockham
    William of Ockham was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of...
    
     summoned before the Papal court at Avignon
    Avignon
    Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
    
     on charges of heresy.
• 1325
  • 9 March - Edward II's wife, Isabella of France
    Isabella of France
    Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre...
    
    , travels to France to negotiate a truce with Charles IV of France
    Charles IV of France
    Charles IV, known as the Fair , was the King of France and of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the senior Capetian lineage....
    
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  • 21 September - Edward of Windsor
    Edward III of England
    Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...
    
     goes to France to pay homage for Gascony, and remains there with his mother.
• 1326
  • Isabella of France arranges the betrothal of Edward of Windsor to Philippa of Hainault
    Philippa of Hainault
    Philippa of Hainault, or, Philippe de Hainaut was the Queen consort of King Edward III of England. Edward, Duke of Guyenne, her future husband, promised in 1326 to marry her within the following two years...
    
    , in return for military support in her planned invasion of England.
  • 23 September - An army led by Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer lands in Suffolk
    Suffolk
    Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
    
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  • 15 October - Walter de Stapledon murdered in London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
    
    . Edward II flees to Gloucester
    Gloucester
    Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
    
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  • 27 October - Execution of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
    Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
    Hugh le Despenser , sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England....
    
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  • 16 November - Edward II captured at Neath Abbey
    Neath Abbey
    Neath Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located near the present-day town of Neath in southern Wales, UK.It was once the largest abbey in Wales. Substantial ruins can still be seen, and are in the care of Cadw...
    
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  • 26 November - Execution of Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser , also referred to as "the younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester , and Isabella daughter of William, 9th Earl of Warwick.-Titles and possessions:Hugh Despenser the younger was knight of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire,...
    
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  • Richard of Wallingford
    Richard of Wallingford
    Richard of Wallingford was an English mathematician who made major contributions to astronomy/astrology and horology while serving as abbot of St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire.-Biography:...
    
     constructs a great public clock at St. Albans.
• 1327
  • January - Outbreak of rioting against monastic establishments in St Albans
    St Albans
    St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...
    
     and Bury St Edmunds; extends to Abingdon
    Abingdon, Oxfordshire
    Abingdon or archaically Abingdon-on-Thames is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town, with...
    
     in April.
  • 25 January - Edward II deposed, Edward III
    Edward III of England
    Edward III was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe...
    
     becomes King. Isabella and Mortimer rule as regents.
  • 1 February - Coronation of Edward III.
  • 31 March - Charles IV of France (Isabella's brother) makes peace with Edward III, returning Gascony to English control.
  • 4 August - First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces defeat the English at the Battle of Stanhope Park
    Battle of Stanhope Park
    The Battle of Stanhope Park, part of the First War of Scottish Independence, took place during the night of 3-4 August 1327. The Scots under James Douglas led a raid into Weardale, and Roger Mortimer, accompanied by the newly crowned Edward III on his first campaign, led an army to drive them back...
    
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  • 21 September - Death of Edward II at Berkeley Castle
    Berkeley Castle
    Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK . The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.The castle has remained within the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the...
    
    , later rumoured to be murdered.
  • De Officiis Regum written by Walter de Millinate; the oldest known text to include an illustration of a cannon
    Cannon
    A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellents to launch a projectile. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees,...
    
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• 1328
  • 24 January - Marriage of Edward III to Philippa of Hainault.
  • 1 May - By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton
    Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton
    The Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton was a peace treaty, signed in 1328 between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. It brought an end to the First War of Scottish Independence, which had begun with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296...
    
    , England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • 5 June - Simon Mepeham
    Simon Mepeham
    Simon Mepeham was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1328 to 1333.-Early Ministry:The Archbishop was educated at Oxford between the years 1290 through 1296 at Merton College where he devoted himself to the study of theology and was ordained priest on 21 September 1297 by Archbishop Robert Winchelsey in...
    
     enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
    
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  • 12 June - Edward III's sister Joan
    Joan of The Tower
    Joan of England , known as Joan of The Tower, was the first wife and Queen consort of king David II of Scotland.-Birth:...
    
     marries David Bruce
    David II of Scotland
    David II was King of Scots from 7 June 1329 until his death.-Early life:...
    
    , son of the Scottish King.
  • October - Mortimer proclaims himself Earl of March
    Earl of March
    The title The Earl of March has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of England. The title derived from the "marches" or boundaries between England and either Wales or Scotland , and was held by several great feudal families which owned lands in those border...
    
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  • Willam of Ockham flees Avignon and seeks refuge with the Holy Roman Emperor
    Holy Roman Emperor
    The Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope...
    
     Louis IV of Bavaria.
  • Reconstruction of Exeter Cathedral
    Exeter Cathedral
    Exeter Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon in South West England....
    
     in the Decorated Gothic style begins.
• 1329

Births

• 1320
  • John Hawkwood
    John Hawkwood
    Sir John Hawkwood was an English mercenary or condottiero who was active in 14th century Italy. The French chronicler Jean Froissart knew him as Jean Haccoude and Italians as Giovanni Acuto...
    
    , mercenary (died 1394)
  • William of Wykeham
    William of Wykeham
    William of Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College, New College, Oxford, New College School, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle.-Life:...
    
    , Bishop of Winchester (died 1404)
• 1325
  • William de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros
    William de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros
    William de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros of Helmsley was a military commander under Edward, the Black Prince. He was knighted by the Black Prince in 1346, having helped raise the siege of Arguillon...
    
     (died 1352)
• 1328
  • 25 June - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
    William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
    Sir William II Montague, alias de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, 4th Baron Montacute, King of Mann, KG was an English nobleman and commander in the English army during King Edward III's French campaigns in the Hundred Years War.He was born in Donyatt in Somerset, the eldest son of William...
    
    , military leader (died 1397)
  • 29 September - Joan of Kent
    Joan of Kent
    Joan, Countess of Kent , known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first English Princess of Wales...
    
    , wife of Edward, the Black Prince
    Edward, the Black Prince
    Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
    
     (died 1385)
  • Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (died 1360)

Deaths

• 1321
  • Walter Langton
    Walter Langton
    Walter Langton was a bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and treasurer of England.He was probably a native of Langton West in Leicestershire....
    
    , bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England
• 1322
  • 16 March - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
    Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
    Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford was a member of a powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches and was one of the Ordainers who opposed Edward II's excesses.-Family background :...
    
    , soldier (born 1276)
  • 22 March - Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, politician (born 1278)
  • 14 April - Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, soldier (b. 1275)
  • Maud Chaworth
    Maud Chaworth
    Maud de Chaworth was an English noblewoman and wealthy heiress. She was the only child of Patrick de Chaworth. Sometime before 2 March 1297, she married Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by whom she had seven children...
    
    , Countess of Leicester (born 1282)
• 1323
  • Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
    Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
    Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle , alternatively Andreas de Harcla, was an important English military leader in the borderlands with Scotland during the reign of Edward II. Coming from a knightly family in Westmorland, he was appointed sheriff of Cumberland in 1311...
    
    , military leader (born c. 1276)
• 1324
  • John de Halton
    John de Halton
    John de Halton , also called John de Halghton, was an English priest and Bishop of Carlisle from 1292 to 1324.-Life:Little is known of Halton's background, but he attended Oxford University. He was a canon and cellerer in Carlisle Cathedral. He was elected bishop on 23 April 1292, and consecrated...
    
    , Bishop of Carlisle
    Bishop of Carlisle
    The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District...
    
     (year of birth unknown)
  • Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
    Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
    Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was a Franco-English nobleman. Though primarily active in England, he also had strong connections with the French royal house. One of the wealthiest and most powerful men of his age, he was a central player in the conflicts between Edward II of England and...
    
     (born 1270)
• 1326
  • 15 October - Walter de Stapledon
    Walter de Stapledon
    Walter de Stapledon , English bishop, was born at Annery in North Devon.On 13 March 1307 Stapledon was chosen Bishop of Exeter, and was consecrated on 13 October 1308. He went on errands to France for both Edward I and Edward II, and attended the councils and parliaments of his time...
    
    , bishop and Lord High Treasurer (born 1261)
  • 27 October - Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
    Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
    Hugh le Despenser , sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England....
    
    , chief adviser to Edward II (born 1262)
  • 17 November - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel
    Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel
    Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between Edward II and his barons. His father, Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel, died in 1302 while Edmund was still a minor. He therefore became a ward of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and married...
    
    , politician (born 1285)
  • 26 November - Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh the younger Despenser
    Hugh Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser , also referred to as "the younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester , and Isabella daughter of William, 9th Earl of Warwick.-Titles and possessions:Hugh Despenser the younger was knight of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire,...
    
    , knight (born 1286)
• 1327
  • 21 September - King Edward II of England
    Edward II of England
    Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
    
     (born 1284)
  • Walter Reynolds
    Walter Reynolds
    Walter Reynolds was Bishop of Worcester and then Archbishop of Canterbury as well as Lord High Treasurer and Lord Chancellor.-Life:...
    
    , Archbishop of Canterbury
    Archbishop of Canterbury
    The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...