1350s in England
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Events from the 1350s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - King Edward III
Events
- 1350
- 29 August - Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer off Winchelsea: An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet.[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, codifying the offence.[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 - St. Scholastica riot breaks out in Oxford leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.[1]
- August - Battle of Nesbit Moor: Scottish army decisively defeats the English.
- 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]
- Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd abandoned following flooding.[4]
- 1358
- April - "Round Table" tournament held at Windsor Castle, attracting contestants from across Europe.[1]
- Hundred Years' 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 164–166. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Although unrepealed as of 2011 it has no remaining effects in the United Kingdom."Treason Act 1351". The UK Statute Law Database. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ↑ Sheeran, George (1998). Medieval Yorkshire Towns. Edinburgh University Press. p. 24. ISBN 1-85331-242-8.
See also
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