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| 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... | 1350s 1350s in England Events from the 1350s in England.-Events:* 1350** 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer.... | 1360s | 1370s 1370s in England Events from the 1370s in England.-Incumbents:Monarch - Edward III of England , Richard II of England-Events:* 1370** 19 September - Edward, the Black Prince besieges Limoges in France.... | 1380s 1380s in England Events from the 1380s in England.-Events:* 1380** 16 January - Parliament declares Richard II of age to rule.** July to September - Hundred Years' War: The King's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, raids France.** November - New poll tax imposed.... |
Events from the 1360s in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Events
- 1360
- January - Hundred Years' WarHundred Years' WarThe Hundred Years' War was a series of separate wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings...
: Edward IIIEdward III of EnglandEdward 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...
marches on ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. - April - Hundred Years' War: English forces leave the vicinity of Paris after laying waste to the countryside.
- 8 May - Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of BrétignyTreaty of BrétignyThe Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty signed on May 9, 1360, between King Edward III of England and King John II of France. In retrospect it is seen as having marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War —as well as the height of English hegemony on the Continent.It was signed...
is signed, marking the end of the first phase of the War. Under its terms, Edward III gives up his claim to the FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
throne and releases King John II of FranceJohn II of FranceJohn II , called John the Good , was the King of France from 1350 until his death. He was the second sovereign of the House of Valois and is perhaps best remembered as the king who was vanquished at the Battle of Poitiers and taken as a captive to England.The son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame,...
in return for French land, including CalaisCalaisCalais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
and GasconyGasconyGascony 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...
. - 24 October - Hundred Years' War: Treaty of Calais ratifies the earlier Treaty of BrétignyTreaty of BrétignyThe Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty signed on May 9, 1360, between King Edward III of England and King John II of France. In retrospect it is seen as having marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War —as well as the height of English hegemony on the Continent.It was signed...
, but omits mention of claims to the French throne. - Completion of naveNaveIn Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
vaultVault (architecture)A Vault is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. The parts of a vault exert lateral thrust that require a counter resistance. When vaults are built underground, the ground gives all the resistance required...
at York MinsterYork MinsterYork Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by...
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- January - Hundred Years' War
- 1361
- Spring - Outbreak of plague.
- 10 October - Marriage of Edward, the Black PrinceEdward, the Black PrinceEdward 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....
and Joan of KentJoan of KentJoan, Countess of Kent , known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first English Princess of Wales...
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- 1362
- 16 January - Grote MandrenkeGrote MandrenkeThe Grote Mandrenke was the name of a massive southwesterly Atlantic gale which swept across England, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Schleswig around January 16, 1362, causing at minimum 25,000 deaths. January 16 is the feast day of St...
storm sweeps across England. - 22 June - Alliance between England and CastileCrown of CastileThe Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...
. - EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
first used as the official language in law courts.
- 16 January - Grote Mandrenke
- 1363
- 29 June - Hundred Years' War: Edward, the Black Prince takes control of AquitaineAquitaineAquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
. - November - David II of ScotlandDavid II of ScotlandDavid II was King of Scots from 7 June 1329 until his death.-Early life:...
makes an agreement for Edward III to succeed him as King of ScotlandScotlandScotland 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...
. - Parliament opened in English for the first time.
- 29 June - Hundred Years' War: Edward, the Black Prince takes control of Aquitaine
- 1364
- 4 March - Scottish Parliament rejects Edward's right to rule Scotland.
- Ranulf Higden completes the Polychronicon, a work of world history.
- 1365
- Parliament passes the second Statute of PraemunirePraemunireIn English history, Praemunire or Praemunire facias was a law that prohibited the assertion or maintenance of papal jurisdiction, imperial or foreign, or some other alien jurisdiction or claim of supremacy in England, against the supremacy of the Monarch...
, forbidding appeals to the Pope.
- Parliament passes the second Statute of Praemunire
- 1366
- May - William Edington elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury but declines the position due to ill-health.
- 24 July - Simon Langham enthroned as Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of CanterburyThe 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...
. - Statutes of KilkennyStatutes of KilkennyThe Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty-five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1366, aiming to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland.-Background to the Statutes:...
forbid contact between 'obedient English' and 'Irish enemies' in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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- 1367
- February - Castilian Civil WarCastilian Civil WarThe Castilian Civil War lasted three years from 1366 to 1369. It became part of the larger conflict then raging between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France: the Hundred Years' War...
- English forces led by Edward, the Black Prince side with Pedro of CastilePedro of CastilePeter , sometimes called "the Cruel" or "the Lawful" , was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI of Castile and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Afonso IV of Portugal...
against Pedro's brother Henry II of Castile. - 3 April - Castilian Civil War: English defeat Franco-Castilian forces at the Battle of Nájera.
- William LanglandWilliam LanglandWilliam Langland is the conjectured author of the 14th-century English dream-vision Piers Plowman.- Life :The attribution of Piers to Langland rests principally on the evidence of a manuscript held at Trinity College, Dublin...
begins work on the poem The Vision of Piers PlowmanPiers PlowmanPiers Plowman or Visio Willelmi de Petro Plowman is the title of a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in unrhymed alliterative verse divided into sections called "passus"...
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- February - Castilian Civil War
- 1368
- 30 January - Hundred Years' War: Barons in English-controlled territory in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
object to new taxes, and appeal to King Charles V of FranceCharles V of FranceCharles V , called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380 and a member of the House of Valois...
. - 11 October - William WhittleseyWilliam WhittleseyWilliam Whittlesey was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury...
enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. - Powers of Justices of the PeaceJustice of the PeaceA justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
legally established.
- 30 January - Hundred Years' War: Barons in English-controlled territory in France
- 1369
- 21 May - Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France declares war on England.
- 3 June - Hundred Years' War: Edward III once again formally claims the throne of France.
- August - Alice PerrersAlice PerrersAlice Perrers was a royal mistress whose lover and patron was King Edward III of England. She acquired significant land holdings. She served as a lady-in-waiting to Edward's consort, Philippa of Hainault.-Life and Family:...
gains influence at court following the death of Queen Philippa of HainaultPhilippa of HainaultPhilippa 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...
. - September - Hundred Years' War: English raids on PicardyPicardyThis article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France...
and NormandyNormandyNormandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
. - 30 November - Charles V seizes English lands in France.
- 14-year truce between England and Scotland signed.
Births
- 1361
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron BeaumontJohn Beaumont, 4th Baron BeaumontJohn Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont KG served in the Hundred Years' War against the partisans of Pope Clement VII.Beaumont was born in 1361 at the Duchy of Brabant to Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont and Margaret de Vere...
(died 1396)
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont
- 1363
- Thomas LangleyThomas LangleyThomas Langley was an English prelate who held high ecclesiastical and political offices in the early to mid 1400s. He was Dean of York, Bishop of Durham, twice Lord Chancellor of England to three kings, and a Pseudocardinal. In turn Keeper of the King's signet and Keeper of the Privy Seal before...
, cardinal bishop of Durham and Lord ChancellorLord ChancellorThe Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
(died 1437)
- Thomas Langley
- 1364
- 30 November - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 2nd Baron ArundelJohn FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, 3rd Baron Maltravers jure matris ?, also called John de Arundel , of Buckland, Surrey, was the son of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel and Eleanor Maltravers....
(died 1390)
- 30 November - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel
- 1365
- John de Ros, 6th Baron de RosJohn de Ros, 6th Baron de RosJohn de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KB . He took a prominent part in the pageantry at the coronation of the ill-advised, and ill-fated Richard II, then only years old. Following the coronation he was made a Knight of the Bath. While on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem he died in Paphos, Cyprus. His...
(died 1394)
- John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros
- 1366
- 22 March - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of NorfolkThomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of NorfolkThomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG, Lord Marshal and Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.-Life:...
(died 1399) - Lady Elizabeth FitzAlanLady Elizabeth FitzAlanLady Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk was an English noblewoman and the wife of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Through her eldest daughter, Margaret, she was an ancestress of Queens consort Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and the Howard Dukes of Norfolk.-Marriages and children:Lady...
(died 1425)
- 22 March - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
- 1367
- 6 January - Richard II of EnglandRichard II of EnglandRichard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...
(died 1400) - 3 April - Henry IV of EnglandHenry IV of EnglandHenry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...
(died 1413) - Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of SuffolkMichael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of SuffolkMichael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk was an English nobleman who supported Henry IV against Richard II. He died during the Siege of Harfleur in 1415....
(died 1415)
- 6 January - Richard II of England
- 1368
- Thomas OccleveThomas OccleveThomas Hoccleve or Occleve was an English poet and clerk.-Biography:Hoccleve is thought to have been born in 1368/9 as he states when writing in 1421/2 Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve (c. 1368–1426) was an English poet and clerk.-Biography:Hoccleve is thought to have been born in 1368/9 as he...
(died 1426)
- Thomas Occleve
- 1369
- William de Ros, 7th Baron de RosWilliam de Ros, 7th Baron de RosWilliam de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG was Lord Treasurer of England.He was a son of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros and Beatrice Stafford, daughter of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. He was also a younger brother of John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros.-Career:His older brother died...
, Lord High TreasurerLord High TreasurerThe 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...
(died 1414) - John Dunstaple, composer (died 1453)
- William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros
Deaths
- 1360
- 26 February - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, military leader (born 1328)
- 26 December - Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of KentThomas Holland, 1st Earl of KentThomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, 2nd Baron Holand, KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.-Early Life:...
, nobleman and military commander (born c. 1314) - Geoffrey the BakerGeoffrey the BakerGeoffrey the Baker , English chronicler, is also called Walter of Swinbroke, and was probably a secular clerk at Swinbrook in Oxfordshire....
, chronicler - William de Bohun, 1st Earl of NorthamptonWilliam de Bohun, 1st Earl of NorthamptonWilliam de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG was an English nobleman and military commander.-Lineage:He was the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He had a twin brother, Edward...
, nobleman and military commander (born c. 1310)
- 1361
- Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of LancasterHenry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of LancasterHenry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, KG , also Earl of Derby, was a member of the English nobility in the 14th century, and a prominent English diplomat, politician, and soldier...
(born c. 1306) - Richard BadewRichard BadewRichard Badew was a Vice Chancellor and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in the 14th century. He was responsible for the foundation of University Hall, Cambridge in 1326.-References:...
, Chancellor of Cambridge University - John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de SomersetJohn Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de SomersetJohn de Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset was born at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somersetshire, England to John de Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Somerset and Lady Margaret St. John...
- Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron CobhamReginald de Cobham, 1st Baron CobhamReginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, KG was an English soldier and diplomat.-Life:He was the son of Sir Reginald de Cobham by Joan, the daughter and heir of William de Evere...
(born c. 1295)
- Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
- 1362
- 10 April - Maud, Countess of LeicesterMaud, Countess of LeicesterMaud of Lancaster , also known as Matilda, Countess of Hainault, was a 14th century English noblewoman who married into the Bavarian royal family....
(born 1339)
- 10 April - Maud, Countess of Leicester
- 1363
- Ranulf HigdonRanulf HigdonRanulf Higden was an English chronicler and a Benedictine monk of the monastery of St. Werburgh in Chester....
, chronicler (born c. 1299)
- Ranulf Higdon
- 1366
- Simon IslipSimon IslipSimon Islip was an English prelate. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury between 1349 and 1366.-Lord Privy Seal:In 1347, possibly in September, Simon was appointed keeper of the Privy Seal. Previously he had held the seal of Lionel, who was the regent in England...
, Archbishop of CanterburyArchbishop of CanterburyThe 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...
- Simon Islip
- 1368
- 29 November - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of ClarenceLionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of ClarenceLionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Ulster and 5th Baron of Connaught, KG was the third son, but the second son to survive infancy, of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault...
(born 1338)
- 29 November - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
- 1369
- 15 August - Philippa of HainaultPhilippa of HainaultPhilippa 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...
, Queen consort of Edward III (born c. 1314) - 12 September - Blanche of LancasterBlanche of LancasterBlanche of Lancaster, Duchess of Lancaster was an English noblewoman and heiress, daughter of England's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster...
(born 1345) - 13 November - Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of WarwickThomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of WarwickThomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War...
- John ChandosJohn ChandosSir John Chandos, Viscount of Saint-Sauveur in the Cotentin, Constable of Aquitaine, Seneschal of Poitou, KG was a medieval English knight who hailed from Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire. Chandos was a close friend of Edward, the Black Prince and a founding member and 19th Knight of the Order of the...
, knight
- 15 August - Philippa of Hainault