# 1320s in England

Events from the 1320s in England.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Edward II (to 25 January 1327), then Edward III

## Events

* 1320
** Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, is appointed as Lord High Treasurer.
** Many horses die of a disease called "Ffarsine".
* 1321
** May – Marcher lords seize the lands of Hugh Despenser the Elder.
** 28 June – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (a cousin of the king) holds an assembly at Sherburn-in-Elmet demanding administrative reforms and denouncing Hugh le Despenser.
** 14 August – Edward II is forced to banish his most loyal baron, Hugh le Despenser, and his son Hugh the younger.
** Construction of the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral begins.
** First recorded tower clock in England constructed, at Norwich Cathedral.
** Famine recurs.
* 1322
** 12/13 February – the central tower of Ely Cathedral collapses.
** 10 March – Despenser War: Battle of Burton Bridge in Staffordshire – Edward II drives off the forces of the Earl of Lancaster.
** 16 March – Despenser War: Battle of Boroughbridge in Yorkshire – Edward II defeats the rebellious barons led by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, who is captured.
** 22 March – Earl of Lancaster executed in Pontefract.
** 14 October – First War of Scottish Independence: Battle of Old Byland – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats English troops near Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire.
* 1323
** 30 May – Edward II makes a 13-year truce with Scotland.
** 24–30 October – Edward II stays at Liverpool Castle.
** Walter Stapledon conducts a major re-organisation of government records and financial rolls.
** Northallerton Free School founded.
* 1324
** August – War of Saint-Sardos: France invades Gascony.
** William of Ockham summoned before the Papal court at Avignon on charges of heresy.
** Monarch's right to royal fish recognised by statute.
* 1325
** 9 March – Edward II's wife, Isabella of France, travels to France to negotiate a truce with Charles IV of France.
** 24 September – Edward of Windsor goes to France to pay homage for Gascony, and remains there with his mother.
* 1326
** 19 January – Roger de Beler, a Baron of the Exchequer, is murdered by the Folville gang.
** 27 August – Isabella of France arranges the betrothal of Edward of Windsor to Philippa of Hainault in return for military support in her planned invasion of England.
** 24 September – an army led by Isabella and Roger Mortimer lands in Suffolk.
** 2 October – Edward II flees to Gloucester.
** 15 October – Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter and Lord High Treasurer, is murdered by the mob in London.
** 27 October – Hugh Despenser the Elder is hanged, drawn and quartered at Bristol.
** 16 November – Edward II captured at Neath Abbey.
** 24 November – Hugh Despenser the Younger is hanged, drawn and quartered at Hereford.
** Richard of Wallingford constructs a great public clock at St. Albans.
** Probable foundation of Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire.
* 1327
** 7 January–9 March – Parliament of 1327, sitting at the Palace of Westminster, is instrumental in the transfer of the crown.
** January – outbreak of rioting against monastic establishments in St Albans and Bury St Edmunds; extends to Abingdon in April.
** 20 January – Edward II, incarcerated at Kenilworth Castle, abdicates. This is announced in London on 24 January.
** 25 January – the 14-year-old Edward III is proclaimed King in London in place of his father, Edward II. His mother Isabella and Mortimer rule as regents.
** 1 February – coronation of Edward III at Westminster Abbey.
** 31 March – Charles IV of France (Isabella's brother) makes peace with Edward III, returning Gascony to English control.
** 4 August – First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces defeat the English at the Battle of Stanhope Park.
** 10 August – John Grandisson nominated as Bishop of Exeter (consecrated 18 October); he will serve for more than forty years.
** 21 September – death of Edward II at Berkeley Castle, later rumoured to be murdered.
** De Officiis Regum written by Walter de Milemete; the oldest known text to include an illustration of a cannon.
* 1328
** 24 January – marriage of Edward III to Philippa of Hainault at York Minster.
** 1 May – by the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence.
** 5 June – Simon Mepeham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
** 17 July – Edward III's sister Joan marries David Bruce, son of the Scottish King.
** October – Mortimer proclaims himself Earl of March.
** Willam of Ockham flees Avignon and seeks refuge with the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria.
** Reconstruction of Exeter Cathedral in the Decorated Gothic style begins.
** A storm surge on the Suffolk coast chokes the harbour of Dunwich and sweeps away the village of Newton.
** St. Catherine's Oratory lighthouse on the Isle of Wight is completed.
* 1329
** Establishment of the predecessor of The King's School, Grantham.
** Establishment of Kilve Chantry in Somerset.

## Births

* 1320
** John Hawkwood, mercenary (died 1394)
** William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (died 1404)
** John Chandos, knight (died 1369)
* 1323
* 30 October- Lady Seraphia Greystone Of Yorkshire (died 1399
* 1325
** William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros (died 1352)
* 1328
** 25 June – William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, military leader (died 1397)
** 29 September – Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (died 1385)
** 11 November – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (died 1360)

## Deaths

* 1321
** 9 November – Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England
* 1322
** 16 March – Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, soldier, killed in action (born 1276)
** 22 March – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, rebel leader, executed (born 1278)
** 14 April – Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, soldier, executed (born 1275)
** 3 December – Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (born 1282)
* 1323
** 3 March – Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, military leader, executed (born c. 1276)
* 1324
** 23 June – Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (born c. 1275)
** 1 November – John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle (year of birth unknown)
* 1326
** 14 October – Walter Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter and Lord High Treasurer, murdered (born 1261)
** 27 October – Hugh Despenser the Elder, chief adviser to Edward II, executed (born 1261)
** 17 November – Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd Earl of Arundel, politician, executed (born 1285)
** 24 November – Hugh Despenser the Younger, knight, executed (born 1286)
* 1327
** 24 June – James Berkeley, Bishop of Exeter
** 21 September – King Edward II of England (born 1284)
** 16 November – Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury