1330s in England - Events

Events

  • 1330
    • 19 October - King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer.
    • 29 November - Execution of Mortimer.
    • Approximate date of completion of the tower and spire of Salisbury Cathedral.
  • 1331
    • Butchers' Guild granted the right to regulate the meat trade in the City of London.
  • 1332
    • 10 August–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.
    • 12 December - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol forced to flee to England.
  • 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.
    • May - Second War of Scottish Independence: Balliol, with English support, besieges Berwick.
    • 8 June - Edward III seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control.
    • 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.
    • 3 November - John de Stratford enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 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 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.
  • 1336
    • English troops burn Aberdeen in Scotland.
    • August - England bans wool exports to Flanders.
    • September - Parliament votes for taxes to fund a war against France.
  • 1337
    • 17 March - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke.
    • 24 May - Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control.
    • August - English forces relieve Stirling Castle, ending Edward III's last Scottish campaign.
    • October - Edward III formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating the Hundred Years' War.
    • First phase of the Hundred Years' War.
    • Bisham Priory founded.
    • Rebuilding of Gloucester Abbey in perpendicular style begins.
  • 1338
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Philip VI of France's navy attacks and burns Portsmouth.
  • 1339
    • Hundred Years' War: French fleet raids Dover and Folkestone.
    • 3 December - Hundred Years' War: England allies with Flanders against the French.

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