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.

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