1300s in England
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Events from the 1300s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Edward I of England (to 7 July, 1307), Edward II of England
[edit] Events
- 1300
- 10 March - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. It is generally agreed that creag was an early form of cricket.
- 28 March - Edward I agrees to the issuing of "Articles of the Charters", establishing punishments for infringing the Magna Carta.[1]
- April - Sterling confirmed as the only official coin of the realm; Royal mint moved to the Tower of London.[1]
- 10 October - First War of Scottish Independence: At the urging of the Pope, Edward I makes a temporary truce with Scotland.[1]
- Around this date, the Hereford Mappa Mundi is prepared in Hereford Cathedral.[2]
- 1301
- 7 February - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.[3]
- First War of Scottish Independence: England secures control of Scotland south of the River Forth.
- 1302
- 26 January - Robert I of Scotland makes a truce with Edward I.[1]
- 1303
- 1 February - Edward I issues the Carta Mercatoria, allowing foreign merchants free entry and departure with their goods.[4]
- 24 February - First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory at the Battle of Roslin.
- 20 May - Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to England from France.[3]
- First War of Scottish Independence: Edward I reconquers Scotland.
- 1304
- March - Scottish Parliament submits to English rule.[1]
- 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
- 1305
- 5 August - English troops capture William Wallace, leader of the resistance to the English occupation of Scotland.
- 23 August - Wallace executed in London.[5]
- September - Edward I issues ordinances for the government of Scotland.[1]
- Edward I issues the first commission of Trailbaston.[5]
- 1306
- May - Hugh the younger Despenser, favourite of Edward of Caernarvon, is married to heiress Eleanor de Clare.
- May - Great festival at Westminster to celebrate the knighthood of Edward of Caernarvon.[1]
- 19 June - Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven.[5]
- In London, a city ordinance decrees that heating with coal is forbidden when parliament is in session. The ordinance is not particularly effective.
- Completion of Wells Cathedral chapter house, in Decorated Gothic style.[1]
- 1307
- January - Statute of Carlisle forbids religious foundations from sending money to their mother houses abroad.[1]
- 10 May - Battle of Loudon Hill: Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat an English army.[1]
- 7 July - Edward II becomes King of England following the death of Edward I whilst campaigning in Scotland.[5]
- 6 August - Edward II's alleged lover Piers Gaveston is made Earl of Cornwall.[1]
- 1308
- January - Order of the Knights Templar dissolved in England; Edward II appropriates their lands.[1]
- 25 January - King Edward II marries Isabella of France.[5]
- 25 February - Coronation of King Edward II.[3]
- 18 May - Edward forced to banish Piers Gaveston by his barons.[5]
- 1309
- 27 July - Parliament allows Gaveston to return in exchange for an agreement to reform the royal administration.[1]
- Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, bought by the Percy family, later Earls of Northumberland.
[edit] Births
- 1300
- 1 June - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338)
- Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352)
- 1301
- 5 August - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330)
- 24 September - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372)
- William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died 1344)
- 1304
[edit] Deaths
- 1302
- 1304
- 27 September - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
- 1306
- 1307
- 7 April - Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England (born 1271)
- 7 July - King Edward I of England (born 1239)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 93-96. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ The Mappa Mundi, Hereford Cathedral website. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ a b c d (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ "1303." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 10 May, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 152–154. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
