1330s in England

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Events from the 1330s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward III

Events

• 1330
  • 19 October - King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer.^[1]
  • 29 November - Execution of Mortimer.^[2]
  • Approximate date of completion of the tower and spire of Salisbury Cathedral.^[3]
• 1331
  • Butchers' Guild granted the right to regulate the meat trade in the City of London.
• 1332
  • 10 August–11 August - Second War of Scottish Independence: Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne, and his English allies defeat troops loyal to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Dupplin Moor.
  • 12 December - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol forced to flee to England.^[1]
• 1333
  • 25 March - Second War of Scottish Independence: An English victory over the Scots at the Battle of Dornock.
  • May - Second War of Scottish Independence: David II of Scotland flees to France allowing his rival Balliol to recognise Edward III as overlord. Balliol cedes Berwick-upon-Tweed and eight Southern Scottish counties to Edward.^[2]
  • May - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol, with English support, besieges Berwick.^[1]
  • 8 June - Edward III seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control.^[2]
  • 19 July - Second War of Scottish Independence: A decisive English victory over the Scots is won at the Battle of Halidon Hill, and Berwick falls.^[4]
  • 3 November - John de Stratford enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • November - Following violence between masters at the University of Oxford, a group of them migrate to Stamford, Lincolnshire, and attempts to set up a university there. In August 1334, the Chancellor of Oxford obtains a royal writ to suppress it, and it is closed in summer 1335.^[5]
• 1334
  • February - Second War of Scottish Independence: Edward Balliol cedes Berwick to England.^[1]
  • June - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol cedes the counties of southern Scotland to England and recognises Edward III as his overlord.^[1]
  • September - Second War of Scottish Independence: English armies enter southern Scotland to put down rebellions.^[1]
• 1335
  • 30 July - Second War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Boroughmuir.
  • 30 November - Second War of Scottish Independence: Robert the Bruce loyalists win a victory over Edward Balliol and his English allies at the Battle of Culblean.
  • Parliament meets in York; subsequently it will normally meet at Westminster (London).
  • John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter, establishes The King's School, Ottery St Mary (Devon) as a College of Secular Canons.
• 1336
  • English troops burn Aberdeen in Scotland.
  • August - England bans wool exports to Flanders.^[1]
  • September - Parliament votes for taxes to fund a war against France.^[1]
  • Sumptuary law regulates dress according to the wearer's social class.
• 1337
  • 17 March - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke,^[4] and is granted the Forest of Dartmoor, much of which remains as part of the Duchy of Cornwall into the 21st century.
  • 24 May - Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control.^[1]
  • August - English forces relieve Stirling Castle, ending Edward III's last Scottish campaign.^[1]
  • October - Edward III formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360).^[1][2]
  • November - Battle of Cadsand: English troops raid the Flemish island of Cadzand.
  • Bisham Priory founded.
  • Rebuilding of Gloucester Abbey in perpendicular style begins.^[1]
• 1338
  • July - Edward III issues the Walton Ordinances at Walton-on-the-Naze, giving emergency powers to royal officials in order to raise funds for the war effort.^[1]
  • 5 September - Hundred Years' War: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor appoints Edward III a vicar-general of the Holy Roman Empire. Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne under the terms of the Treaty of Koblenz.^[2]
  • Philip VI of France's navy attacks and burns Portsmouth.^[2]
• 1339
  • Hundred Years' War: French fleet raids Dover and Folkestone.^[1]
  • 3 December - Hundred Years' War: England allies with Flanders against the French.^[1]

Births

• 1330
  • 15 June - Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (died 1376)^[4]
  • John Gower, English poet (died 1410)
• 1332
  • William Langland, poet (died 1400)

Deaths

• 1330
  • 19 March - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I and brother of Edward II, (executed by Roger Mortimer) (born 1301)
  • 29 November - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (born 1287)
• 1332
  • 20 July - Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
  • Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford
• 1336
  • 23 May - Richard of Wallingford, mathematician and Abbot of St. Albans (born 1292)
• 1339
  • Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1260)

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 159–161. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
3. "History of Salisbury Cathedral". Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
4. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
5. Lawrence, C. H. (1984). "The University in State and Church". In Aston, T. H.; Catto, J. I. ed. The History of the University of Oxford 1. Oxford University Press.

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