1320s in England

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Events from the 1320s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward II (to 25 January 1327), Edward III

Events

• 1320
  • Walter de Stapledon appointed as Lord High Treasurer.
  • Many horses die of a disease called "Ffarsine".
• 1321
  • March - Marcher lords seize the lands of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester.
  • 28 June - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster holds an assembly at Sherburn-in-Elmet demanding administrative reforms and denouncing Hugh le Despenser.
  • 19 August - Edward II is forced to banish his most loyal baron, Hugh le Despenser, and his son Hugh the younger.
  • Construction of the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral begins.
  • First recorded tower clock in England constructed, at Norwich Cathedral.
• 1322
  • 12/13 February - The central tower of Ely Cathedral collapses.
  • 10 March - Battle of Burton Bridge, part of the Despenser War: Edward II drives off rebel forces.
  • 16 March - At the Battle of Boroughbridge, Edward II defeats rebellious barons.
  • 14 October - First War of Scottish Independence - Battle of Old Byland: Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats English troops near Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire.
• 1323
  • March - Edward II makes a 15-year truce with Scotland.
  • Walter de Stapledon conducts a major re-organisation of government records and financial rolls.
  • Northallerton Free School founded.
• 1324
  • War of Saint-Sardos: France invades Gascony.
  • William of Ockham summoned before the Papal court at Avignon on charges of heresy.
• 1325
  • 9 March - Edward II's wife, Isabella of France, travels to France to negotiate a truce with Charles IV of France.
  • 21 September - Edward of Windsor goes to France to pay homage for Gascony, and remains there with his mother.
• 1326
  • Isabella of France arranges the betrothal of Edward of Windsor to Philippa of Hainault, in return for military support in her planned invasion of England.
  • 19 January - Roger Bellers, a Baron of the Exchequer, is murdered by the Folville gang.
  • 23 September - An army led by Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer lands in Suffolk.
  • 15 October - Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter (a supporter of the king) is murdered by the mob in London. Edward II flees to Gloucester.
  • 27 October - Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, hanged, drawn and quartered at Bristol.
  • 16 November - Edward II captured at Neath Abbey.
  • 26 November - Hugh Despenser the Younger hanged, drawn and quartered at Hereford.
  • Richard of Wallingford constructs a great public clock at St. Albans.
  • Probable foundation of Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire.
• 1327
  • January - Outbreak of rioting against monastic establishments in St Albans and Bury St Edmunds; extends to Abingdon in April.
  • 20 January - Edward II, incarcerated at Kenilworth Castle, abdicates. This is announced in London on 24 January.
  • 25 January - The 14-year-old Edward III is proclaimed King in London in place of his father, Edward II. His mother Isabella and Mortimer rule as regents.
  • 1 February - Coronation of Edward III at Westminster Abbey.
  • 31 March - Charles IV of France (Isabella's brother) makes peace with Edward III, returning Gascony to English control.
  • 4 August - First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces defeat the English at the Battle of Stanhope Park.
  • 10 August - John Grandisson nominated as Bishop of Exeter (consecrated 18 October); he will serve for more than forty years.
  • 21 September - Death of Edward II at Berkeley Castle, later rumoured to be murdered.
  • De Officiis Regum written by Walter de Millinate; the oldest known text to include an illustration of a cannon.
• 1328
  • 24 January - Marriage of Edward III to Philippa of Hainault at York Minster.
  • 1 May - By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • 5 June - Simon Mepeham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 12 June - Edward III's sister Joan marries David Bruce, son of the Scottish King.
  • October - Mortimer proclaims himself Earl of March.
  • Willam of Ockham flees Avignon and seeks refuge with the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria.
  • Reconstruction of Exeter Cathedral in the Decorated Gothic style begins.
  • A storm surge on the Suffolk coast chokes the harbour of Dunwich and sweeps away the village of Newton.
  • St. Catherine's Oratory lighthouse on the Isle of Wight is completed.
• 1329
  • Establishment of the predecessor of The King's School, Grantham.
  • Establishment of Kilve Chantry in Somerset.

Births

• 1320
  • John Hawkwood, mercenary (died 1394)
  • William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (died 1404)
• 1325
  • William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros (died 1352)
• 1328
  • 25 June - William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, military leader (died 1397)
  • 29 September - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (died 1385)
  • Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (died 1360)

Deaths

• 1321
  • Walter Langton, bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England
• 1322
  • 16 March - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, soldier (born 1276)
  • 22 March - Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, politician (born 1278)
  • 14 April - Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, soldier (born 1275)
  • Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (born 1282)
• 1323
  • Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, military leader (born c. 1276)
• 1324
  • John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle (year of birth unknown)
  • Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (born 1270)
• 1326
  • 15 October - Walter de Stapledon, bishop and Lord High Treasurer (born 1261)
  • 27 October - Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, chief adviser to Edward II (born 1262)
  • 17 November - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, politician (born 1285)
  • 26 November - Hugh the younger Despenser, knight (born 1286)
• 1327
  • 21 September - King Edward II of England (born 1284)
  • Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury