1300s in England - Events

Events

• 1300
  • 10 March - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. It is generally agreed that creag was an early form of cricket.
  • 28 March - Edward I agrees to the issuing of "Articles of the Charters", establishing punishments for infringing the Magna Carta.
  • April - Sterling confirmed as the only official coin of the realm; Royal mint moved to the Tower of London.
  • 10 October - First War of Scottish Independence: At the urging of the Pope, Edward I makes a temporary truce with Scotland.
  • Around this date, the Hereford Mappa Mundi is prepared in Hereford Cathedral.
• 1301
  • 7 February - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
  • First War of Scottish Independence: England secures control of Scotland south of the River Forth.
• 1302
  • 26 January - Robert I of Scotland makes a truce with Edward I.
• 1303
  • 1 February - Edward I issues the Carta Mercatoria, allowing foreign merchants free entry and departure with their goods.
  • 24 February - First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory at the Battle of Roslin.
  • 20 May - Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to England from France.
  • First War of Scottish Independence: Edward I reconquers Scotland.
• 1304
  • March - Scottish Parliament submits to English rule.
  • 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
• 1305
  • 5 August - English troops capture William Wallace, leader of the resistance to the English occupation of Scotland.
  • 23 August - Wallace executed in London.
  • September - Edward I issues ordinances for the government of Scotland.
  • Edward I issues the first commission of Trailbaston.
• 1306
  • May - Hugh the younger Despenser, favourite of Edward of Caernarvon, is married to heiress Eleanor de Clare.
  • May - Great festival at Westminster to celebrate the knighthood of Edward of Caernarvon.
  • 19 June - Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven.
  • In London, a city ordinance decrees that heating with coal is forbidden when parliament is in session. The ordinance is not particularly effective.
  • Completion of Wells Cathedral chapter house, in Decorated Gothic style.
• 1307
  • January - Statute of Carlisle forbids religious foundations from sending money to their mother houses abroad.
  • 10 May - Battle of Loudon Hill: Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat an English army.
  • 7 July - Edward II becomes King of England following the death of Edward I whilst campaigning in Scotland.
  • 6 August - Edward II's alleged lover Piers Gaveston is made Earl of Cornwall.
• 1308
  • 9–11 January - Knights Templar arrested in England; Edward II appropriates their lands.
  • 25 January - King Edward II marries Isabella of France.
  • 25 February - Coronation of King Edward II.
  • 18 May - Edward forced to banish Piers Gaveston by his barons.
• 1309
  • 27 July - Parliament allows Gaveston to return in exchange for an agreement to reform the royal administration.
  • Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, bought by the Percy family, later Earls of Northumberland.