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Events from the1350s inEngland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1350
- 29 August –Battle of Winchelsea(Les Espagnols sur Mer) off the south coast of England: An English fleet personally commanded by KingEdward IIIdefeats a Castilian fleet.[1]
- 26 October – SirWilliam de Thorpe,Chief Justice of the King's Bench,is imprisoned for taking bribes.
- "Gough Map"of England produced; the first to accurately plot distances and show the true shape of the country.[1]
- 1351
- 14 January –Parliamentpasses theTreason Act,codifying and curtailing the offence.[2]
- February –Statute of Labourersenacted to fix labour costs at 1346 levels due to the increases caused by theBlack Death.[3]
- 26 March –Combat of the Thirty:thirty pickedknightseach from the Kingdoms ofFranceand England fight in Brittany to determine who will rule theDuchy of Brittanyas part of theWar of the Breton Succession;a Franco-Breton victory is secured.
- 8 April –Hundred Years' War:At the Battle ofTaillebourginGascony,the French are defeated by the English.[1][4]
- Statute of Provisionsforbids the Pope from appointing clergy to Englishbenefices.[1]
- 1352
- August – Hundred Years' War: English forces heavily defeat the French at theBattle of MauroninBrittany.[1]
- 7 November –Corpus Christi Collegefounded as aCollege of the University of Cambridgeby the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- 1353
- The first statute ofpraemunireprevents English subjects appealing to foreign courts, especially the RomanCuria.[3]
- Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations with France.[1]
- 1354
- April – resumption of the Hundred Years' War between France and England.[3]
- Scottisharmy capturesBerwick-upon-Tweed.[1]
- TheStatute of the Stapleis enacted, protecting the wool trade.[1]
- Statute makes it illegal for anyone to be executed or deprived of their real property without being given the opportunity to answer their accusers in court.
- 1355
- 10 February –St Scholastica Day riotinOxfordbreaks out leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.[1]
- August –Battle of Nesbit Moor:Scottish army decisively defeats the English.
- 5 October–2 December –Hundred Years' War:Black Prince'schevauchéeof 1355:A large mounted Anglo-Gascon force under the command ofEdward the Black Princemarches fromBordeauxin English-heldGascony300 miles (480 km) south toNarbonneand back, devastating a wide swathe of French territory.[3]
- 1356
- 20 January –Edward Balliolsurrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England.[3]
- 19 September – Hundred Years' War: at theBattle of Poitiers,the English, commanded by theBlack Prince,defeat the French and capture KingJohn II of Francein the process.[3]
- 1357
- 22 March – Hundred Years' War: a two-year truce is declared atBordeauxbetween France and England.[3]
- 6 November – KingDavid II of Scotlandransomed back to Scotland.[1]
- Humberestuary port ofRavenser Oddabandoned following flooding.[5]
- 1358
- April – "Round Table"tournamentheld atWindsor Castle,attracting contestants from across Europe.[1]
- Hundred Years' War: The captive French King John II agrees to restore much of theAngevinlands to England, but this is rejected by his sonDauphin Charles.[3]
- 1359
- 24 March – Hundred Years' War:Second Treaty of Londonsigned between England andFrance,but rejected by theFrench States-Generalon 25 May.[3]
- 4 December –Edward IIIlays siege toRouenin France.[3]
- December – Hundred Years' War: English blockadeRheims.[1]
Deaths
[edit]- 1352
- William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros(born 1325)
- Laurence Minot,poet (born 1300)
- 1353
- Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn(year of birth unknown)
- 1358
- 22 August –Isabella of France,queen ofKing Edward II(born 1295)
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklPalmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History.London: Century Ltd. pp. 104–106.ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
- ^Although unrepealed as of 2021[update]it has no remaining effects in theUnited Kingdom."Treason Act 1351".The UK Statute Law Database.Retrieved2007-12-01.
- ^abcdefghijWilliams, Hywel (2005).Cassell's Chronology of World History.London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp.164–166.ISBN0-304-35730-8.
- ^Rickard, J. (2000-10-03)."Battle of Taillebourg, 8 April 1351".Military History Encyclopedia on the Web.Retrieved2015-03-26.
- ^Sheeran, George (1998).Medieval Yorkshire Towns.Edinburgh University Press. p.24.ISBN1-85331-242-8.