1390s in England

Events from the 1390s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Richard II of England (to 29 September 1399), Henry IV of England

Events

* 1390
** Parliament passes a statute forbidding retainers to wear livery whilst off-duty.
** Statute of Provisors prohibits clergy from accepting benefices from the Pope.
* 1391
** Parliament re-asserts royal prerogatives.
* 1392
** King Richard II retakes control of London.
** Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester created Lieutenant of Ireland but forbidden to actually travel there.
** Penistone Grammar School, which was later to be one of the first coummunity comprehensive schools in England, is founded near Barnsley.
* 1393
** Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations between England and France at Calais.
** Rebellion in northern England protesting at peace negotiations with France is quickly suppressed.
** Statute of "Praemunire" makes it an offence to promote Papal Bulls or excommunications.
** Julian of Norwich writes "Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love" about her mystical visions.
* 1394
** 2 October - King Richard leads an expedition to Ireland to enforce his rule there.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=170–171]
** 25 December - Richard defines the borders of English rule in Ireland; later to become known as the English Pale.
* 1395
** 15 May - Richard leaves Ireland, having achieved his objectives.
** Lollard manifesto "The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards" attached to the doors of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.
* 1396
** 9 March - Hundred Years' War: 28-year truce signed with France.
** 31 October - Marriage of Richard II of England and Isabella of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI of France.
* 1397
** 10 February - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset.
** 25 September - Thomas Arundel succeeds William Courtenay as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 29 September - John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is created Duke of Exeter by his half-brother Richard II.
** 8 November - Roger Walden enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury after Thomas Arundel is banished from the realm by King Richard II.
** Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, John's brother is created Duke of Surrey by King Richard.
** Richard II attempts to reassert authority over his kingdom by arresting members of a group of powerful barons known as the Lords Appellant.
** September - Parliament condemsn the Lords Appellant, impeaching Duke of Gloucester, Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick.
** Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London.
* 1398
** 27 January - Parliament meets at Shrewsbury and annuls the acts of the 1388 Parliament.
** 16 September - King Richard stops a duel between his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, and Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
** King Richard II exiles both Henry Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk for ten years in order to end their feud.
** Mount Grace Priory is established in Yorkshire.
* 1399
** 3 February - Death of John of Gaunt, uncle of King Richard II and father of Henry Bolingbroke.
** 18 March - Richard II cancels the legal documents allowing the exiled Henry Bolingbroke to inherit his father's land.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 112-115|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** 1 June - Richard travels to Ireland to suppress a rebellion.
** July - Henry Bolingbroke, with exiled former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Arundel as an advisor, returns to England and begins a military campaign to reclaim his confiscated land.
** August - Having returned from Ireland, Richard is taken prisoner by Henry's followers at Conway Castle.
** 29 September - Abdication of Richard II, the first for an English monarch.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** 30 September - Parliament accepts Henry Bolingbroke as the new king.
** 13 October - Coronation of Henry IV of England.
** 21 October - Thomas Arundel is restored as Archbishop of Canterbury, replacing Roger Walden.

Births

* 1390
** 27 December - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the throne (died 1411)
** John Dunstaple, composer (died 1453)
** Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)
* 1391
** 6 November - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, politician (died 1425)
** Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (died 1415)
* 1392
** 3 February - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (died 1455)
** John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (died 1432)
* 1394
** Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, (died 1415)
* 1395
** 18 March - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, military leader (died 1447)
** 7 September - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, politician (died 1427)
** William Waynflete, Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (died 1486)
* 1396
** 16 October - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (died 1450)
** John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (died 1421)
* 1399
** William Canynge, merchant (approximate date; died 1474)

Deaths

* 1390
** 14 August - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, soldier (born 1364)
* 1394
** 4 June - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV (born c. 1369)
** 7 June - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II (plague) (born 1366)
** John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (born 1365)
** John Devereux, 2nd Baron Devereux (year of birth unknown)
** John Hawkwood, mercenary (born 1320)
* 1396
** 31 July - William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1342)
** 29 November - Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (born 1373)
** John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (born 1361)
* 1397
** 3 June - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, military leader (born 1328)
** 15 September - Adam Easton, Catholic Cardinal (year of birth unknown)
** 21 September - Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, military leader (executed) (born 1346)
** Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (born 1350)
* 1398
** 24 March - Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of Norfolk (born c. 1320)
** 20 July - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (born 1374)
* 1399
** 3 February - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (born 1340)
** 22 September - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, politician (born 1366)
** William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (born 1350)

References

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