1330s in England

Events from the1330s inEngland.

Incumbents

• Monarch–Edward III

Events

• 1330
  • 19 March –Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kentis executed on the orders of the regentRoger Mortimerbecause he plotted to free the former KingEdward II of England(who is dead since September 1327).
  • 19 October – KingEdward III of Englandstarts his personal reign, arresting his regentRoger Mortimer.
  • 29 November – execution ofRoger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.
  • Approximate date of completion of the tower and spire ofSalisbury Cathedral.
• 1331
  • Butchers' Guildgranted the right to regulate the meat trade in theCity of London.
• 1332
  • 14 January – SirRichard de Willoughby,Chief Justice of the King's Bench,is captured in theEast Midlandsand ransomed by theCoterelandFolville gangs.
  • 10–11 August –Second War of Scottish Independence:Edward Balliol,pretender to theScottishthrone, and his English allies defeat troops loyal toRobert the Bruceat theBattle of Dupplin Moor.
  • 16 December – Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol forced to flee to England after theBattle of Annan.
  • Knelle Dam diverts course ofRiver Rother, East Sussex,north of theIsle of Oxney.
• 1333
  • 25 March – Second War of Scottish Independence: An English victory over the Scots at theBattle of Dornock.
  • May – Second War of Scottish Independence:David II of Scotlandflees toFranceallowing his rival Balliol to recognise Edward III as overlord. Balliol cedesBerwick-upon-Tweedand eight Southern Scottish counties to Edward.
  • May – Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol, with English support, besiegesBerwick.
  • 8 June – Edward III seizes theIsle of Manfrom Scottish control.
  • 19 July – Second War of Scottish Independence: A decisive English victory over the Scots is won at theBattle of Halidon Hill,and Berwick falls.
  • 3 November –John de Stratfordenthroned asArchbishop of Canterbury.
  • November – following violence between masters at theUniversity of Oxford,a group of them migrates toStamford, Lincolnshire,and attempts to set upa university there.In August 1334, the Chancellor of Oxford obtains a royal writ to suppress it, and it is closed in summer 1335.
• 1334
  • February – Second War of Scottish Independence: Edward Balliol cedes Berwick to England.
  • June – Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol cedes the counties of southern Scotland to England and recognises Edward III as his overlord.
  • September – Second War of Scottish Independence: English armies enter southern Scotland to put down rebellions.
• 1335
  • 30 July – Second War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory over the English at theBattle of Boroughmuir.
  • 30 November – Second War of Scottish Independence: Robert the Bruce loyalists win a victory over Edward Balliol and his English allies at theBattle of Culblean.
  • Parliament meets inYork;subsequently it will normally meet atWestminster(London).
  • John Grandisson,Bishop of Exeter,establishesThe King's School, Ottery St Mary(Devon) as a College of Secular Canons.
• 1336
  • 21–22 July – English troops burnAberdeenin Scotland.
  • August – England banswoolexports toFlanders.
  • September – Parliament votes for taxes to fund a war against France.
  • Sumptuary lawregulates dress according to the wearer's social class.
• 1337
  • 17 March –Edward, the Black Princeis createdDuke of Cornwall,becoming the first EnglishDuke,and is granted theForest of Dartmoor,much of which remains as part of theDuchy of Cornwallinto the 21st century.
  • 24 May –Philip VI of FranceconfiscatesGasconyfrom English control.
  • August – English forces relieveStirling Castle,ending Edward III's last Scottish campaign.
  • October – Edward III formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating the first phase of theHundred Years' War.
  • November –Battle of Cadzand:English troops raid theFlemishisland ofCadzand.
  • Bisham Prioryfounded.
  • Rebuilding ofGloucester Abbeyinperpendicular stylebegins.
• 1338
  • 24 March – Hundred Years' War:English Channel naval campaign, 1338–1339–Philip VI of France's navy underNicolas Béhuchetattacks and burnsPortsmouth.
  • July – Edward III issues theWalton OrdinancesatWalton-on-the-Naze,giving emergency powers to royal officials in order to raise funds for the war effort.
  • 5 September – Hundred Years' War:Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperorappoints Edward III a vicar-general of theHoly Roman Empire.Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne under the terms of theTreaty of Koblenz.
  • 5 October – Hundred Years' War: English Channel naval campaign, 1338–1339 – The French and their allies attack and burnSouthampton.
• 1339
  • The French fleet raidsDoverandFolkestone.
  • 3 December – Hundred Years' War: England allies withFlandersagainst the French.

Births

• 1330
  • 15 June –Edward, the Black Prince,son ofEdward III of England(died 1376)
  • 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 ofScotland
  • Adam de Brome,founder ofOriel College,Oxford
• 1336
  • 23 May –Richard of Wallingford,mathematician and Abbot of St. Albans (born 1292)
• 1338
  • August –Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk(b. 1300)
• 1339
  • Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham,Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1260)