1310s in England
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Events from the 1310s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Edward II
Events
- 1310
- 16 March - King Edward II agrees to the election of a committee of twenty-one barons as "Lord Ordainers" to reform the government.[1]
- October - English army raids southern Scotland, but fails to reach the north.[1]
- The first purpose-built accommodation for students (Mob Quad) completed in Merton College, Oxford.
- 1311
- 29 July - Remaining Knights Templar in England are dispersed to do penance.[2]
- August - Parliament publishes the ordinances, substituting the Lord Ordainers for the King as the effective government of the country.[1]
- Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce raid Northumberland and burn Corbridge.[1]
- Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster.
- Completion of Lincoln Cathedral.
- 1312
- January - Edward II moves his court to York and prepares to fight rebellious barons.[1]
- 19 June - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, leader of rebels, orders the execution of royal favourite Piers Gaveston.[1]
- Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce raid as far as Durham.[1]
- 22 December - Earl of Lancaster and his supporters refuse an offer of pardon from Edward II.[1]
- Walter of Guisborough writes Cronica, a history of England from 1066.[1]
- 1313
- 13 January - Robert the Bruce expels English troops from Perth, Scotland.[3]
- 20 May - Ordinance of the Staple establishes specific depots through which the English wool trade to Europe must pass.[1]
- 28 May - Thomas Cobham elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
- 1 October - Pope Clement V dismisses the election of Thomas Cobham to the Archbishopric of Canterbury having been petitioned to do so by King Edward II. Walter Reynolds enthroned as the Archbishop.
- October - Edward II pardons rebellious barons after they publicly apologise.[1]
- Robert the Bruce retakes the Isle of Man from the English.[3]
- 1314
- 4 April - Exeter College, Oxford founded by Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.
- May - English forces enter Scotland intending to break the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle.[1]
- 24 June - Battle of Bannockburn: Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England,[4] securing de facto independence for Scotland.[5] Stirling Castle is surrendered to the Scots, who raid England as far south as Yorkshire.[1]
- June–September - Welsh revolt in Glamorgan.
- Completion of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London.
- Ban on the playing of violent ball games (precursors of football) is instituted and widely ignored.[1]
- 1315
- February - Earl of Lancaster takes control of administration, removing the last of the King's supporters from the Royal Council.[1]
- 26 May - Opening of Bruce campaign in Ireland by Edward Bruce, partly intended to create a second front in the First War of Scottish Independence against England.[6]
- 25 October - Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle.
- The Borough of Liverpool, along with Liverpool Castle, is granted to Robert de Holland.
- Widespread famine after heavy rain destroys the harvest; lasts until 1317.[1]
- 1316
- 28 January - Welsh revolt against English rule in Glamorgan led by Llywelyn Bren breaks out with an attack on Caerphilly Castle.
- February - Earl of Lancaster becomes Chief Councillor to Edward II, who confirms the Ordinances of 1311.[1]
- 18 March - Llywelyn Bren surrenders to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, at Ystradfellte.
- 1317
- April - Baron Roger Mortimer, newly appointed Justiciar of Ireland drives Scottish raiders back to the north of Ireland.[1]
- 1318
- 8 April - Berwick-upon-Tweed is retaken by the Scottish from the English.[3]
- 9 August - Treaty of Leake between Edward II and Earl of Lancaster, agreeing on control of administration.[1]
- 14 October - Anglo-Irish forces defeat a Scots-Irish army at the Battle of Faughart in Ireland. Edward Bruce, brother of Robert the Bruce, is killed in the battle.[3]
- Hugh Despenser the Younger has Llywelyn Bren hanged, drawn and quartered at Cardiff Castle without authority.
- 1319
- 20 September
- A siege of Berwick-upon-Tweed to recapture it from the Scottish occupation is abandoned.[3]
- First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory at the Battle of Myton.[1]
- 20 September
Births
- 1311
- 24 June - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England (died 1369)
- 1312
- 13 November - King Edward III of England (died 1377)
- 1313
- 20 July - John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot, (died 1367)
- 1314
- Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (died 1369)
- 1317
- Michael 2nd Baron Poynings, Knight (died 1369)
- 1318
- 8 June - Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England
- Eleanor of Lancaster (died 1372)
- 1319
- William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, military leader (died 1360)
Deaths
- 1311
- Antony Bek, bishop of Durham (year of birth unknown)
- 1312
- 19 June - Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II of England (born c. 1284)
- 1313
- 11 May - Robert Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1245)
- John Schorne, rector of North Marston in the county of Buckinghamshire (year of birth unknown)
- 1314
- Henry de Bohun, killed by Robert the Bruce during the Battle of Bannockburn
- Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, killed during English defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn (born 1291)
- Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, killed during English defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn (born 1274)
- 1315
- 10 August - Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
- 1317
- 14 February - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (born 1282)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 95–98. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Nicholson, Helen J. (2009). The Knights Templar on Trial: The Trial of the Templars in the British Isles, 1308-11. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 186–7. ISBN 978-0-7509-4681-0.
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 155–157. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Brown, Michael (2008). Bannockburn: the Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307-1323. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-3332-6.
- ^ Mac Annaidh, Séamas, ed. (2001). Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 0717135365.