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** 17 March - [[Edward, the Black Prince]] is created [[Duke of Cornwall]], becoming the first English [[Duke]],<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> and is granted the [[Forest of Dartmoor]], much of which remains as part of the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] into the 21st century. |
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Events from the 1330s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Edward III
Events
- 1330
- 19 October - King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer.[1]
- 29 November - Execution of Mortimer.[2]
- Approximate date of completion of the tower and spire of Salisbury Cathedral.[3]
- 1331
- Butchers' Guild granted the right to regulate the meat trade in the City of London.
- 1332
- 10 August–11 August - Second War of Scottish Independence: Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne, and his English allies defeat troops loyal to Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Dupplin Moor.
- 12 December - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol forced to flee to England.[1]
- 1333
- 25 March - Second War of Scottish Independence: An English victory over the Scots at the Battle of Dornock.
- May - Second War of Scottish Independence: David II of Scotland flees to France allowing his rival Balliol to recognise Edward III as overlord. Balliol cedes Berwick-upon-Tweed and eight Southern Scottish counties to Edward.[2]
- May - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol, with English support, besieges Berwick.[1]
- 8 June - Edward III seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control.[2]
- 19 July - Second War of Scottish Independence: A decisive English victory over the Scots is won at the Battle of Halidon Hill, and Berwick falls.[4]
- 3 November - John de Stratford enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- November - Following violence between masters at the University of Oxford, a group of them migrate to Stamford, Lincolnshire, and attempts to set up a university there. In August 1334, the Chancellor of Oxford obtains a royal writ to suppress it, and it is closed in summer 1335.[5]
- 1334
- February - Second War of Scottish Independence: Edward Balliol cedes Berwick to England.[1]
- June - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol cedes the counties of southern Scotland to England and recognises Edward III as his overlord.[1]
- September - Second War of Scottish Independence: English armies enter southern Scotland to put down rebellions.[1]
- 1335
- 30 July - Second War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Boroughmuir.
- 30 November - Second War of Scottish Independence: Robert the Bruce loyalists win a victory over Edward Balliol and his English allies at the Battle of Culblean.
- Parliament meets in York; subsequently it will normally meet at Westminster (London).
- John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter, establishes The King's School, Ottery St Mary (Devon) as a College of Secular Canons.
- 1336
- 1337
- 17 March - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke,[4] and is granted the Forest of Dartmoor, much of which remains as part of the Duchy of Cornwall into the 21st century.
- 24 May - Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control.[1]
- August - English forces relieve Stirling Castle, ending Edward III's last Scottish campaign.[1]
- October - Edward III formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360).[1][2]
- November - Battle of Cadsand: English troops raid the Flemish island of Cadzand.
- Bisham Priory founded.
- Rebuilding of Gloucester Abbey in perpendicular style begins.[1]
- 1338
- July - Edward III issues the Walton Ordinances at Walton-on-the-Naze, giving emergency powers to royal officials in order to raise funds for the war effort.[1]
- 5 September - Hundred Years' War: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor appoints Edward III a vicar-general of the Holy Roman Empire. Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne under the terms of the Treaty of Koblenz.[2]
- Philip VI of France's navy attacks and burns Portsmouth.[2]
- 1339
- Hundred Years' War: French fleet raids Dover and Folkestone.[1]
- 3 December - Hundred Years' War: England allies with Flanders against the French.[1]
Births
- 1330
- 15 June - Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (died 1376)[4]
- John Gower, English poet (died 1410)
- 1332
- William Langland, poet (died 1400)
Deaths
- 1330
- 19 March - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I and brother of Edward II, (executed by Roger Mortimer) (born 1301)
- 29 November - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (born 1287)
- 1332
- 20 July - Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
- Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford
- 1336
- 23 May - Richard of Wallingford, mathematician and Abbot of St. Albans (born 1292)
- 1339
- Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1260)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 159–161. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ "History of Salisbury Cathedral". Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Lawrence, C. H. (1984). "The University in State and Church". In Aston, T. H.; Catto, J. I. ed. (ed.). The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press.
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