- 1380s in England
Events from the
1380s inEngland .Incumbents
Monarch -
Richard II of England Events
* 1380
**16 January - Parliament declares Richard II of age to rule.
** July to September -Hundred Years' War : The King's uncle,Thomas of Woodstock , raidsFrance .
** November - Newpoll tax imposed.
**John Wycliffe begins to translate theBible into English.
* 1381
** January - Hundred Years' War:Brittany surrenders to France, although England retains control of Brest.
**13 June -English peasants' revolt of 1381 : Rebels fromKent andEssex , led byWat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath. There, the rebels are encouraged by a sermon by renegade priest, John Ball.
**14 June - Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroyJohn of Gaunt 'sSavoy Palace and storm theTower of London , killing theArchbishop of Canterbury and theLord Chancellor . King Richard meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition ofserfdom .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=169–170]
**15 June - Peasants' Revolt: During further negotiations, Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed and Richard revokes his concessions.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|accessdate=2007-09-04]
** Late June to July - Peasant revolts spread toSt Albans andEast Anglia , but are quickly suppressed.
**30 July -William Courtenay enthroned asArchbishop of Canterbury .
** Parliament passes the firstNavigation Act .
* 1382
**14 January - Marriage of King Richard II andAnne of Bohemia .
**Archbishop of Canterbury William Courtenay attacks the Lollard movement led by John Wycliffe.
**Winchester College is founded.
**Geoffrey Chaucer writes "Parliament of Fowls ".
* 1383
**16 May -Bishop of Norwich leads a crusade against supporters of the Avignon Pope inFlanders .
** October - Bishop of Norwich impeached, against the wishes of Parliament.
* 1384
** January - Hundred Years' War: John of Gaunt makes a temporary truce with France.
** AlchemistJohn Dombleday writes "Stella Alchimiae".
* 1385
**14 August - Portuguese troops and their English allies defeat those of Castile at theBattle of Aljubarrota .
**31 August - King Richard II begins an invasion ofScotland .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** August - English burnHolyrood andEdinburgh , but return home without a decisive battle.
** King Richard II tries to rule the country without Parliament.
**Bodiam Castle is built inEast Sussex .
* 1386
**8 March - Richard recognises John of Gaunt as King of Castile, by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371, and grants him control of all royal lands inIreland ..
**9 May - KingJohn I of Portugal and King Richard II ratify theTreaty of Windsor .
** July - John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile.
** October - theWonderful Parliament is held, and appoints a commission to oversee the court and government.
* 1387
**24 March -Hundred Years' War : A Franco-Castilian fleet is defeated offMargate .
**14 November - A group of powerful nobles known asLords Appellant raise arms against the King, demanding the arrest of members of the royal court.
**20 December -Battle of Radcot Bridge : Lords Appellant defeat Richard's army. The king is imprisoned until he agrees replace all the councillors in his court.
** Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing "The Canterbury Tales ".
* 1388
**3 February - The entire court of King Richard II are convicted of treason by theMerciless Parliament , under the influence of theLords Appellant , and are all either executed or exiled. Richard II effectively becomes a puppet of the Lords Appellant.
**5 August -Battle of Otterburn : a Scottish army, led by James Douglas, defeats an English army, capturing the their leader, Harry Hotspur. Douglas is killed during the battle.
** The completion of the Wyclif Bible byJohn Purvey and the beginning of prosecution of Wyclif's followers, known as theLollards .
** John of Gaunt makes peace with Castile and gives up his claim to the Castilian throne by allowing his daughterKatherine of Lancaster to marry Prince Henry, the eldest son ofJohn I of Castile .
* 1389
**3 May - King Richard retakes control of the government.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 109-113|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
**Hundred Years' War : England andFrance sign a truce, ending the second phase of the war.Births
* 1380
**John de Sutton V , nobleman (died1406 )
* 1381
**13 October -Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel , politician (died1415 )
* 1382
**Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (died1439 )
* 1383
**Anne of Gloucester , noblewoman (died1438 )
* 1385
**John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (died1421 )
**Margaret Holland , noblewoman (died1429 )
* 1387
**9 August - King Henry V (died1422 )
* 1388
**29 September -Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence , second son of King Henry IV (d.1421 )
**Juliana Berners , writer
**Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (died1428 )
* 1389
**20 June -John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford , regent (d.1435 )Deaths
* 1381
**14 June -Simon Sudbury ,Archbishop of Canterbury
**15 June -John Cavendish , Lord Chief Justice
**15 June -Wat Tyler , rebel
**15 July - John Ball, renegade priest
**27 December -Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March , politician
* 1383
**8 June -Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros , Crusader (born1338 )
* 1384
**31 December -John Wycliffe , theologian, Bible translator and Catholic reform campaigner (born 1320s)
* 1385
**Joan of Kent , wife ofEdward, the Black Prince (born1328 )
* 1386
**James Audley , knight
**William Langland , poet (born1332 )
* 1387
**Peter de la Mare , politician
* 1388
**Simon de Burley , Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
**Thomas Usk , authorReferences
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