1322 in England - Events

Events

• 1320
  • Walter de Stapledon appointed as Lord High Treasurer.
• 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.
  • 23 September - An army led by Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer lands in Suffolk.
  • 15 October - Walter de Stapledon murdered 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.
  • 25 January - Edward II deposed, Edward III becomes King. Isabella and Mortimer rule as regents.
  • 1 February - Coronation of Edward III.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• 1329
  • Establishment of the predecessor of The King's School, Grantham.
  • Establishment of Kilve Chantry in Somerset.