1350s in England

Events from the 1350s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward III of 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.^[1]
  • "Gough Map" of England produced; the first to accurately plot distances and show the true shape of the country.^[1]
• 1351
  • 27 March - Breton War of Succession: Combat of the Thirty.
  • Hundred Years' War: English repel French invaders at the Battle of Taillebourg in Gascony.^[1]
  • Statute of Labourers enacted to fix labour costs at 1346 levels due to the increases caused by the Black Death.^[2]
  • Statute of Provisions forbids the Pope from appointing clergy to English benefices.^[1]
  • Parliament passes the Treason Act 1351 which is still in force as of 2008^[update].^[3]
• 1352
  • August - Hundred Years' War: English forces heavily defeat the French at the Battle of Mauron in Brittany.^[1]
  • Corpus Christi College founded as a College of the University of Cambridge by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• 1353
  • The first statute of praemunire prevents English subjects appealing to foreign courts, especially the Roman Curia.^[2]
  • Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations with France.^[1]
• 1354
  • The Statute of the Staple is enacted, protecting the wool trade.^[1]
  • April - Resumption of the Hundred Years' War between France and England.^[2]
  • Scottish army captures Berwick upon Tweed.^[1]
• 1355
  • 10 February - The St. Scholastica's Day riot broke out in Oxford leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.^[1]
  • 5 October - Hundred Years' War: Edward, the Black Prince begins campaigns in southern France.^[2]
• 1356
  • 20 January - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England.^[2]
  • 19 September - Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Poitiers, the English, commanded by the Black Prince, defeat the French and capture King John II of France in the process.^[2]
• 1357
  • 22 March - Hundred Years' War: A two-year truce is declared at Bordeaux between France and England.^[2]
  • 6 November - King David II of Scotland ransomed back to Scotland.^[1]
• 1358
  • April - "Round Table" tournament held at Windsor Castle, attracting contestants from across Europe.^[1]
  • Hundred Year's War: The captive French King John II agrees to restore much of the Angevin lands to England, but this is rejected by his son Dauphin Charles.^[2]
• 1359
  • 24 March - Hundred Years' War: Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on 25 May.^[2]
  • 4 December - Edward III lays siege to Rouen in France.^[2]
  • December - Hundred Years' War: English blockade Rheims.^[1]

Births

• 1350
  • William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; died 1419)
  • Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (died 1397)
  • John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; died 1400)
  • John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; died 1414)
  • Ralph Strode, English scholar (died 1400)
  • Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; died 1403)
  • Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (died 1423)
  • William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (died 1399)
• 1351
  • Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (died 1381)
• 1352
  • John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (approximate date; died 1400)
• 1353
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1413)
  • John Purvey, scholar and Bible translator (died 1428)
• 1355
  • 7 January - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III (died 1397)
• 1358
  • Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (died 1423)
• 1359
  • Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (died 1415)

Deaths

• 1352
  • William de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros (born 1325)
  • Laurence Minot, poet (born 1300)
• 1353
  • Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn (year of birth unknown)
• 1358
  • 22 August - Isabella of France, queen of King Edward II (born 1295)

References

See also