14th century in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the century 1300 - 1399 to Wales and its people.

Contents 1 Princes of Wales 2 Princesses of Wales 3 Events 4 Births 5 Deaths

Princes of Wales

• Edward of Caernarfon (later King Edward II) (1301-1307)
• Edward, the Black Prince (1343-1376)
• Richard of Bordeaux (later King Richard II) (1376-77)
• Henry of Monmouth (later King Henry V) (from 1399)

Princesses of Wales

• Joan of Kent (1361-1376)

Events

1301

• February 7 - Edward, son and heir of King Edward I of England, is invested as Prince of Wales.
• May - Eleanor de Clare marries Hugh Despenser the Younger at Westminster.

1307

• October - Margaret de Clare marries Piers Gaveston.

1308

• September 30 - Elizabeth de Clare marries John de Burgh.

1314

• A revolt breaks out in Glamorgan.

1315

• King Edward II of England, as guardian of the three heiresses of the estate of Gilbert de Clare, appoints Payn de Turberville of Coity as administrator.

1316

• January 28 - Llywelyn Bren, a nobleman of Glamorgan, leads a revolt, attacking Caerphilly Castle.
• February - Widowed heiress Elizabeth de Clare is abducted from Bristol Castle by Theobald II de Verdun, whom she subsequently marries. A few months later, she is widowed for a second time.
• March - In a brief battle at Castell Mor Graig, Llywelyn Bren and his men are forced to break off their six-week siege of Caerphilly.
• March 18 - Llywelyn Bren surrenders unconditionally to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford.

1317

• Hugh Despenser the Younger becomes Lord of Glamorgan in the right of his wife Eleanor de Clare.

1318

• Llywelyn Bren is unlawfully executed at Cardiff Castle.

1323

• June 20 - John de Egglescliffe, Bishop of Connor, is translated to the diocese of Llandaff.

1326

• October 9 - King Edward II of England arrives in Gloucester; from here he flees into Wales.
• November 16 - King Edward II is captured by rebel forces at Pantybrad in South Wales. His favourite Hugh Despenser the Younger is also captured and imprisoned; ten days later he is tried and executed for treason. Hugh's wife, Eleanor de Clare, is placed in confinement in the Tower of London.

1327

• January 25 - King Edward II of England is forced to abdicate.

1328

• April - Eleanor de Clare is allowed to take possession of her own lands in Wales.

1329

• February - Following her elopement with (or abduction by) William de la Zouche, Eleanor de Clare, is again imprisoned in the Tower of London.

1330

• December - Eleanor de Clare, widow of Hugh Despenser the Younger, is given permission to bury her husband's remains on the family estate in Gloucestershire.

1343

• May 12 - Edward, the Black Prince, is invested as Prince of Wales.
• Llywelyn ap Gwilym, uncle of the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, is appointed constable of Newcastle Emlyn.

1346

• John Trevor becomes Bishop of St Asaph.

1347

• September 23 - John of Thoresby is consecrated Bishop of St David's.

1349

• Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, becomes Lord of Glamorgan.
• The Black Death arrives in Carmarthen. Eleven of the twelve gafol-men (castle tenants) are dead by 1350.

1361

• October 10 - Edward, the Black Prince, marries his cousin, Joan of Kent, who becomes Princess of Wales.

1369

• Owain Lawgoch launches an unsuccessful invasion attempt on Wales.

1372

• May - In Paris, Owain Lawgoch announces his intention of claiming the throne of Wales.
• Owain Lawgoch and his invasion force arrive in Guernsey.

1375

• November 11 - At the age of two, Thomas le Despenser succeeds his father as Lord of Glamorgan.

1376

• November 20 - Prince Richard, grandson of King Edward III, is invested as Prince of Wales.

1377

• Rumours spread of a third invasion attempt by Owain Lawgoch.

1384

• Owain Glyndŵr enters the army of King Richard II of England.

1386

• Owain Glyndŵr is a witness in the Scrope v. Grosvenor trial at Chester.

1397

• November 11 - Guy Mone is consecrated Bishop of St David's.

1399

• October 15 - Henry of Monmouth is invested as Prince of Wales.

Births

1330

• June 15 - Edward, the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)

1374

• April 11 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Marcher Lord and heir presumptive to Richard II
• probable - Constance of York, Countess of Gloucester, descendant of Llywelyn Fawr (d. 1416)

1376

• November 9 - Edmund Mortimer, claimant to the English throne and son-in-law of Owain Glyndŵr (d. c.1409)

1391

• November 6 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, claimant to the English throne and nephew of Edmund Mortimer (d. 1425)

Deaths

1304

• July 17 - Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore, Marcher lord, 53

1314

• June 24 (Battle of Bannockburn) - Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, Marcher lord, 23

1315

• probable - Rhodri ap Gruffudd, grandson of Llywelyn Fawr

1326

• November 24 - Hugh Despenser the Younger, Lord of Glamorgan (executed)

1327

• October 11 (probable) - King Edward II of England, 43

1337

• June 7 - Gwenllian, only child of Llywelyn the Last, 54
• June 30 - Eleanor de Clare, heiress, 44

1342

• April - Margaret de Clare, heiress, 48

1347

• date unknown - John de Egglescliffe, Bishop of Llandaff

1349

• September 29 - Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell, direct descendant of Llywelyn the Great and mother of the Princess of Wales, ?52

1352

• December 26 - John, 3rd Earl of Kent and Baron Wake, brother of the Princess of Wales, 22

1360

• February 26 - Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, Marcher lord
• November 4 - Elizabeth de Clare, heiress, 65
• December 26 - Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, first husband of Joan of Kent

1370 1363

• date unknown - Tomas ap Rhodri, grandson of Llywelyn the Great and father of Owain Lawgoch
• probable - Dafydd ap Gwilym, poet

1372

• date unknown - Edward of Angoulême, elder son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 6

1373

• January 16 - Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, Marcher lord, 30

1376

• June 8 - Edward, the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, 45

1378

• July - Owain Lawgoch, claimant to the principality of Wales (assassinated), ?48

1381

• probable - Sir Hywel ap Gruffydd ("Syr Hywel y Fwyall"), soldier in the service of King Edward III of England

1383

• January 16 - Thomas Rushhook becomes Bishop of Llandaff.

1385

• August 7 - Joan of Kent, Dowager Princess of Wales, 56

1387

• date unknown - Sir David Hanmer, judge

1390

• date unknown - Nicholas Carew, Lord Privy Seal

1394

• June 4 - Mary de Bohun, mother of the future King Henry V

1398

• July 20 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Marcher lord, 24
• date unknown - Iolo Goch, bard