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 1300May Edward starts another Scottish campaign
Jul Caerlaverock Castle siege
Aug The Pope Intervenes
Oct 30 Truce with the Scots
 
 1301Feb Edward (II) invested as Prince of Wales
May 20 Treaty finally signed
Summer Edward advances into Scotland
 
 1302Spring Treaty is signed
 
 1303 Treaty of Paris
Edward takes Urquhart Castle
  Baltic Sea Freezes over
  Benedict XI becomes Pope
Feb 24 Battle of Roslin
Spring John Comyn is appointed regent
May Edward's last campaign in Scotland
Jun Edward I reaches Perth
Oct 11 Death of Boniface VIII
Dec Edward stays at Dunfermline Abbey
 
 1304 Canterbury Screen of choir and chapter house building work
Spring Edward besieges Stirling Castle
Jul Stirling Castle surrenders
 
 1305 William Wallace captured
'Captivity of the Popes'
  Clement V becomes Pope
Aug Wallace executed
 
 1306 Philippe confiscates Italian bankers' goods
Feb 10 John Comyn murdered by Robert Bruce
 
Episode: Robert the Bruce
Mar 25 Robert Bruce is crowned Robert I of Scotland
 
 1307 Philippe adds Bigorre to his territories
May 10 Battle of Loudoun Hill
Jul 7 Death of Edward I
 
The reign of EDWARD (II, King of England 1307-1327)
Jul 8 Edward II becomes king
Oct 13   Knights Templar are arrested
 
 1308 Bruce takes Urquhart Castle
Rebuilding work at Exeter Cathedral
 
Episode: Edward II and Piers Gaveston
Jan 25 Edward marries
Feb 25 Edward's Coronation
Jun Gaveston banished
 
 1309 Robert Bruce recognised as King
  Clement V moves Papacy to Avignon
 

 1310 Wells Cathedral Lady Chapel
Sep Edward campaigns in Scotland
 
 1311 Bruce attacks the north
Lancaster's marriage provides more power
Jan Katla Volcano Eruption
Qtr 1 The rise of Thomas Earl of Lancaster
Qtr 1 Lancaster pays homage
Jul Edward returns to England
Aug Ordinances
Sep 27 Ordinances Proclaimed
Nov 3 Gaveston leaves
 
 1312Qtr 1 Edward looks to Scotland for help
May Gaveston surrenders
Jun 19 Gaveston executed
Nov Future Edward III is born
 
 1313 Montagne and Tournai fall to Philippe
The Scots regain ground
Construction of Dunstanburgh Castle
Jun Stirling Castle Siege
Dec 23 Edward prepares for invasion
 
 1314 Bruce orders destruction of castles
Old St. Paul's Cathedral completed
Mar 18 Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charney burnt at the stake.
Apr 20 Pope Clement V dies
Jun 17 Edward leaves Berwick
Jun 24 Battle of Bannockburn
Sep Edward loses power to Lancaster
Nov 29 Philippe IV, the Fair dies, and is succeeded by Louis X
Dec Gaveston buried
 
 1315 Wells Cathedral Central Tower
A year of flood, famine and disease
Lancaster in power
Edward Bruce invades Ireland
Aug Birth of John of Eltham
 
 1316   Philippe V becomes King of France
More famines and floods.
  John XXII becomes Pope
Nov 15   Birth of John I King of France
Nov 20   Death of King John of France
 
 1318Aug Hugh Despenser is made Chamberlain
Aug 9 Treaty of Leake
Oct Battle of Faughart
 
 1319Jun Edward marches to free Berwick
Sep 20 Battle of Myton
 

 1320Apr Declaration of Arbroath
 
 1321 Lady Chapel construction at Ely
Qtr 1 Despenser and the Marcher Lords
May 24 Meeting at Pontefract
Jul Parliament at Westminster
Aug The Despensers are banished
Oct Siege of Leeds Castle
 
 1322   Charles IV becomes King of France
Collapse of central tower at Ely Cathedral
Jan The Despensers return
Qtr 1 Edward attacks the Marcher Lords
Mar 16 Battle of Boroughbridge
Mar 22 Lancaster Executed
May Parliament at York
Jul The Scots invade
Aug Edward advances into Scotland
Oct Edward almost captured
 
 1323 Sections of St. Alban collapses
Mar Peace negotiations
May Treaty signed
Autumn Mortimer escapes from the Tower
 
 1324 Extensive repairs to Bath Abbey
Mar 5 David (II) born
 
 1325 Peterborough's Central Tower
 
Episode: Isabella, She-Wolf of France and death of Edward II
Mar Isabella leaves for France
Sep Prince Edward in France
Sep 21 Prince Edward is captured
Nov Edward commands Isabella to return
 
 1326 Oriel College Oxford founded
Clare College Cambridge founded
Threat of invasion
Spring Marriage arranged between Edward and Philippa
Sep Isabella and Mortimer land to take the throne
Oct Prince Edward is declared Keeper of the Realm
Nov Edward captured
 
 1327Jan Edward III takes the throne
 
The reign of EDWARD (III, King of England 1327-1377)
Apr Edward II is imprisoned
Sep Edward II murdered at Berkeley Castle
 
 1328   Nicholas V becomes the Antipope
Jan 24 Edward III marries
Feb 1   Charles IV of France Dies, followed by Philippe VI
May Treaty of Northampton
Summer David (II) marries Joan
 
 1329 Edward agrees to do homage to Philippe
Jun 7 David II becomes king of Scotland
 

 1330 York Minster West Window
Sherborne Castle is given to the Earl of Salisbury
Mar Execution of Edmund, Earl of Kent
Jun 15 Edward (the Black Prince) is born
Oct 19 Arrest of Mortimer
Nov 29 Execution of Roger Mortimer
 
 1331Apr 4 Meeting between Edward III and Philippe VI
Nov 24 David II is crowned
 
 1332Jun 16 Isabella born
Aug 12 Battle of Dupplin Moor
Sep 24 Balliol crowned king of Scotland
Dec Balliol overthrown
 
 1333 Isle of Man comes under English control
Mar 18 Earl of Chester
Jul 19 Battle of Halidon Hill
Jul 20 Berwick surrenders to the English
 
 1334 The spire of Salisbury Cathedral
  Benedict XII becomes Pope
Jun England takes control of parts of Scotland
 
 1335Qtr 2 Edward attacks the Scots
 
 1336 Bampton Castle rebuilding work
Aug 12 Exports of Wool Stopped
 
 1337 1st Duke of Cornwall
Qtr 2 Cardinals sent to Europe
Jun A comet is seen over France
Aug Edward rescues Stirling Castle
Aug 14 Robert III is born at Scone
 
Episode: Edward III - The Hundred Years War
Oct Start of the Hundred Years' War
 
 1338 Wells Cathedral scissor arches
Construction of Ford Castle
Qtr 1 French attack English ports
Apr A comet seen in Europe
Jul Edward invades France
Oct French attacks continue on the south coast
Nov 29 Lionel born to Queen Philippa
 
 1339Mar 12 French attack Jersey
Mar 23 French plan invasion
Jul French attack Dover
Sep Edward in Northern France
 

 1340 Universal Crop Failure
Battle of the Salado River
Queen's College Oxford founded.
Building work at Windsor Castle
Jan 25 Edward declares himself King
Mar 29 Edward raises taxes
Jun 24 Battle of Sluys
Jul Siege of Tournai
Sep 25 Treaty of Esplechin
Nov Edward dismisses his Chancellor
 
 1341Spring Edward raises funds
Jun David II returns to Scotland
Jul Edward goes north
 
 1342   Clement VI becomes Pope
Jan Truce agreed with David II
Oct Edward and Brittany
Dec Siege of Vannes
 
 1343 Rochester Cathedral Tower
Jan Treaty of Malstroit
May 12 The Black Prince becomes Prince of Wales
 
 1344 Construction of Chillingham Castle
Jan 19 First Round Table at Windsor
 
 1346 Maxstoke Castle licence to crenellate
Jan 1 Edward III orders an invasion fleet
Jul 5 Edward departs from Southampton
 
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The invasion route into France taken by Edward III in 1346
 
Jul 12 Edward III lands in Normandy
Jul 17 Devastation of Normandy
Aug Edward III crosses the Seine
Aug 26 Battle of Crecy
Sep 4 Siege of Calais
Oct 17 Scots defeated at Neville's Cross
 
 
Episode: The Black Death
 1347 The Black Death
Aug Calais captured by the English
Sep Edward accepts truce
 
 1348 Founding of the Order of the Garter
Construction of Maxstoke Castle
Water gate built at Tower of London
Apr 23 Creation of the Order of the Garter
Jun The Plague reaches England
 
 1349 Meaux Abbey hit by epidemic
Earthquake
Summer The Plague is at its peak
Qtr 3 Spanish fleet sail up English Channel
 

 1350   John II becomes King of France
Aug Edward III attacks the Spanish fleet
 
 1351 Statute of Labourers
Statutes of Provisors
Henry of Gosmont becomes Duke of Lancaster
Eastminster Abbey founded
 
 1352 Corpus Christi College founded
  Innocent VI becomes Pope
 
 1354 Statute of Staples
 
 1355 Bishops of Salisbury regains Sherborne Castle
Carisbrooke Castle passes to Isabel
Jan 7 Birth of Thomas of Woodstock
Oct Edward III travels to Calais
Oct The Black Prince starts his chevauchée
 
 1356Jan Edward Balliol gives up Scottish throne
Sep 17 English and French armies meet
Sep 18 Papal mission
Sep 19 Battle of Poitiers
Oct King John at St. Albans
 
 1357 Katla Volcano Eruption
Mar Truce with France
Apr John brought to England
Oct 3 Treaty of Berwick
 
 1358Apr 23 A Splendid Tournament at Windsor
Aug 23 Death of Queen Isabella
 

 1360 Winchester Cathedral West Front
May Treaty of Bretigny
Oct Treaty agreed
 
 1361 Another outbreak of the plague
John of Gaunt owns Kenilworth
New choir built at York
 
 1362 John becomes Duke of Lancaster
  Urban V becomes Pope
Jan Hurricane damages spire at Norwich
Jul The Black Prince is given Gascony
 
 1363 Construction of the Chantry Chapel at Canterbury
Canterbury Black Prince chantry in crypt built
Carlisle Cathedral work on the choir
 
 1364   Charles V becomes King of France
 
 1365 Wells Cathedral South-west Tower
 
 1366Oct Wykeham becomes Bishop
 
 1367Mar Henry (IV) future king of England in born
Apr Wykeham becomes Chancellor
Apr 3 Battle of Nájera in Spain
 
 1369 Again England is hit by the plague
Beaudesert Castle passes to Warwick
Jun 3 Edward III restates claim for French throne
Jul John of Gaunt in northern France
Aug Queen Philippa dies
 

 1370   Gregory XI becomes Pope
Aug The French reclaim Limoges
Sep 18 Limoges falls to the Black Prince
 
 1371 Wykeham asks for war supplies
Feb David II dies and is succeeded by Robert II
Mar 27 Robert II is crowned at Scone
 
 1372 Canterbury Crypt Lady Chapel building work
 
 1373 Nunney Castle construction begins
 
 1375 Simon Sudbury becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Worcester Cathedral major building work
Galilee porch as Peterborough
Construction of Bolton Castle
 
 1376Jun Death of the Black Prince
 
 1377 Building work at Gloucester Cathedral
Carisbrooke defended against the French
Construction of Farleigh Hungerford Castle
  Clement VII becomes the Antipope
  Gregory XI becomes Pope
Feb Wycliffe tried for heresy
Jun 21 Edward III Dies
 
The reign of RICHARD (II, King of England 1377-1399)
Jun 23 Richard II becomes king
Jul 16 Richard II crowned
 
 1378 Canterbury Cathedral rebuilding work
  Urban VI becomes Pope
Feb Wycliffe again tried for heresy
Oct Parliament at Gloucester
 
 1379 New College Oxford founded
Canterbury Nave and South Transept
Canterbury Cloisters
 

 1380 Richard takes control
Construction of Wressle Castle
  Death of Charles V and accession of Charles VI
 
 1381 Construction of Raby Castle
 
Episode: Peasants Revolt
May Start of the Peasant's Revolt
Jun 7 Peasant's Revolt reaches Maidstone
Jun 10 William Courtenay becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Jun 10 Peasant's Revolt reaches Canterbury
Jun 11 Rebels move towards London
Jun 12 Rebels reach London
Jun 13 Rebels enter London
Jun 14 Richard meets the rebels
Jun 15 Watt Tyler killed
Jun 16 Rebellion elsewhere
Jun 17 Rebellion again
 
 1382 Founding of Winchester College
A new castle at Sherriff Hutton is begun
Jan 14 Richard marries
May 21 Earthquake
 
 
Episode: Lords Appellant
 1384Apr Criticism of Richard
Dec 31 Death of John Wycliffe
 
 1385 Licence granted to crenellate at Donnington
Richard leads army to North
Richard make his uncles Dukes
 
Episode: Richard II - The Hundred Years War
Qtr 2 French prepare for invasion
 
 1386 Licence granted to crenellate at Bodiam
Richard makes de Vere more powerful
Spring Gaunt and the Castilian throne
Summer French fleet mass at Sluys
Summer Commission appointed
Jul 8 John of Gaunt leaves Plymouth
 
 1387 The Canterbury Tales
Apr Future Henry V born
Dec Invasion threat from France
Dec 19 Battle of Radcot Bridge
 
 1389   Boniface IX becomes Pope
May Richard II declared his intention to rule freely
 

 1390 Construction of Lumley Castle
Apr 19 Robert III becomes King of the Scots
 
 1391   Manuel II becomes the Byzantine Emperor
 
 1393 Construction of Wardour Castle
 
 1394 Winchester Cathedral rebuilding work
Queen Anne dies
Winchester College opens
  Benedict XIII becomes teh Antipope
 
 1395 Guy's Tower completed at Warwick Castle
 
 1396 Richard II marries Isabella
 
 1397 Wilton Diptych painted
Thomas Arundel exiled
 
 1398 Urquhart Castle becomes the King's property
Sep 16 Bolingbroke exiled
 
 1399 Treasure found at Beeston Castle
Feb Death of John of Gaunt
Mar Bolingbroke's land confiscated
Summer Richard goes to Ireland
Jul Bolingbroke returns to England
Aug Richard is captured
Sep Bolingbroke accepted by Parliament
 
The reign of HENRY (IV, King of England 1399-1413)
Oct 13 Henry IV becomes king
Oct 15 A new Prince of Wales


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