1330s in England

Events from the 1330s in England.

1330s in England
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Incumbents

Events
  • 1330
  • 1331
    • Butchers' Guild granted the right to regulate the meat trade in the City of London.
  • 1332
    • 14 January – Sir Richard de Willoughby, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, is captured in the East Midlands and ransomed by the Coterel and Folville gangs.
    • 10–11 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.
    • 16 December – Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol forced to flee to England after the Battle of Annan.[1]
    • Knelle Dam diverts course of River Rother, East Sussex, north of the Isle of Oxney.
  • 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 migrates 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
    • 21–22 July – English troops burn Aberdeen in Scotland.[6]
    • August – England bans wool exports to Flanders.[1]
    • September – Parliament votes for taxes to fund a war against France.[1]
    • Sumptuary law regulates dress according to the wearer's social class.
  • 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 first phase of the Hundred Years' War.[1][2]
    • November – Battle of Cadzand: English troops raid the Flemish island of Cadzand.
    • Bisham Priory founded.
    • Rebuilding of Gloucester Abbey in perpendicular style begins.[1]
  • 1338
    • 24 March – Hundred Years' War: English Channel naval campaign, 1338–1339 – Philip VI of France's navy under Nicolas Béhuchet attacks and burns Portsmouth.[2]
    • 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]
    • 5 October – Hundred Years' War: English Channel naval campaign, 1338–1339 – The French and their allies attack and burn Southampton.
  • 1339
    • The French fleet raids Dover and Folkestone.[1]
    • 3 December – Hundred Years' War: England allies with Flanders against the French.[1]

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References
  1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 159–161. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. "History of Salisbury Cathedral". Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  4. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  5. Lawrence, C. H. (1984). "The University in State and Church". In Aston, T. H.; Catto, J. I. (eds.). The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press.
  6. "Battles in Aberdeenshire". The Doric Columns. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
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