1390s in England

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Events from the 1390s in England.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References
6 See also

Incumbents

Monarch - Richard II of England (to 29 September 1399), Henry IV of England

Events

1390
- Parliament passes a statute forbidding retainers to wear livery whilst off-duty.^[1]
- Statute of Provisors prohibits clergy from accepting benefices from the Pope.^[1]
1391
- Parliament re-asserts royal prerogatives.^[1]
1392
- King Richard II retakes control of London.^[1]
- Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester created Lieutenant of Ireland but forbidden to actually travel there.^[1]
- Penistone Grammar School, which was later to be one of the first coummunity comprehensive schools in England, is founded near Barnsley.
1393
- Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations between England and France at Calais.^[1]
- Rebellion in northern England protesting at peace negotiations with France is quickly suppressed.^[1]
- Statute of Praemunire makes it an offence to promote Papal Bulls or excommunications.^[1]
- Julian of Norwich writes Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love about her mystical visions.^[1]
1394
- 2 October - King Richard leads an expedition to Ireland to enforce his rule there.^[2]
- 25 December - Richard defines the borders of English rule in Ireland; later to become known as the English Pale.^[1]
1395
- 15 May - Richard leaves Ireland, having achieved his objectives.^[1]
- Lollard manifesto The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards attached to the doors of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.^[1]
1396
- 9 March - Hundred Years' War: 28-year truce signed with France.^[1]
- 31 October - Marriage of Richard II of England and Isabella of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI of France.
1397
- 10 February - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset.
- 25 September - Thomas Arundel succeeds William Courtenay as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 29 September - John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is created Duke of Exeter by his half-brother Richard II.
- 8 November - Roger Walden enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury after Thomas Arundel is banished from the realm by King Richard II.
- Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother is created Duke of Surrey by King Richard.
- Richard II attempts to reassert authority over his kingdom by arresting members of a group of powerful barons known as the Lords Appellant.
- September - Parliament condemsn the Lords Appellant, impeaching Duke of Gloucester, Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick.^[1]
- Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1398
- 27 January - Parliament meets at Shrewsbury and annuls the acts of the 1388 Parliament.^[1]
- 16 September - King Richard stops a duel between his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, and Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.^[1]
- King Richard II exiles both Henry Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk for ten years in order to end their feud.^[1]
- Mount Grace Priory is established in Yorkshire.

1399
- 3 February - Death of John of Gaunt, uncle of King Richard II and father of Henry Bolingbroke.^[1]
- 18 March - Richard II cancels the legal documents allowing the exiled Henry Bolingbroke to inherit his father's land.^[1]
- 1 June - Richard travels to Ireland to suppress a rebellion.^[1]
- July - Henry Bolingbroke, with exiled former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Arundel as an advisor, returns to England and begins a military campaign to reclaim his confiscated land.^[2]
- August - Having returned from Ireland, Richard is taken prisoner by Henry's followers at Conway Castle.^[1]
- 29 September - Abdication of Richard II, the first for an English monarch.^[3]
- 30 September - Parliament accepts Henry Bolingbroke as the new king.^[1]
- 13 October - Coronation of Henry IV of England.^[3]
- 21 October - Thomas Arundel is restored as Archbishop of Canterbury, replacing Roger Walden.

Births

1390
- 27 December - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the throne (died 1411)
- John Dunstaple, composer (died 1453)
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)
1391
- 6 November - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, politician (died 1425)
- Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (died 1415)
1392
- 3 February - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (died 1455)
- John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (died 1432)
1394
- Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, (died 1415)
1395
- 18 March - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, military leader (died 1447)
- 7 September - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, politician (died 1427)
- William Waynflete, Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (died 1486)
1396
- 16 October - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (died 1450)
- John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (died 1421)
1399
- William Canynge, merchant (approximate date; died 1474)

Deaths

1390
- 14 August - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, soldier (born 1364)
1394
- 4 June - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV (born c. 1369)
- 7 June - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II (plague) (born 1366)
- John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (born 1365)
- John Devereux, 2nd Baron Devereux (year of birth unknown)
- John Hawkwood, mercenary (born 1320)
1396
- 31 July - William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1342)
- 29 November - Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (born 1373)
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (born 1361)
1397
- 3 June - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, military leader (born 1328)
- 15 September - Adam Easton, Catholic Cardinal (year of birth unknown)
- 21 September - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, military leader (executed) (born 1346)
- Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (born 1350)
1398
- 24 March - Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of Norfolk (born c. 1320)
- 20 July - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (born 1374)
1399
- 3 February - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (born 1340)
- 22 September - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, politician (born 1366)
- William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (born 1350)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 112–115. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 170–171. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.

1390s in England

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Births

Deaths

References

See also