1300s in England

Events from the 1300s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward I of England (to 7 July, 1307), Edward II of England

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. [cite web|url=http://www.herefordcathedral.org/mappa_mappa.asp|title=The Mappa Mundi, Hereford Cathedral website|accessdate=2007-08-05]
* 1301
** 7 February - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** 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. ["1303." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 10 May, 2007]
** 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.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=152–154]
** 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
** January - Order of the Knights Templar dissolved in England; Edward II appropriates their lands.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 93-96|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** 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.

Births

*1300
** 1 June - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338)
** Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352)
*1301
** 5 August - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330)
** 24 September - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372)
** William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died 1344)
*1304
** William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon

Deaths

*1302
** 9 March - Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (born 1267)
*1304
** 27 September - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English soldier
*1306
** Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (born 1270)
*1307
** 7 April - Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England (born 1271)
** 7 July - King Edward I of England (born 1239)

References

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