1360s in England

Events from the 1360s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Edward III

Events

1360

January – Hundred Years' War: Edward III marches on Paris.^[1]
15 March – The town of Winchelsea in East Sussex is attacked and burned by an expeditionary force from France.^[2]
April – Hundred Years' War: English forces leave the vicinity of Paris after laying waste to the countryside.^[1]
8 May – Hundred Years' War: the Treaty of Brétigny is signed, marking the end of the first phase of the War. Under its terms, Edward III gives up his claim to the French throne and releases King John II of France in return for French land, including Calais and Gascony.^[3]
24 October – Hundred Years' War: Treaty of Calais ratifies the earlier Treaty of Brétigny, but omits mention of claims to the French throne.^[1]
Completion of nave vault at York Minster.

1361

Spring – outbreak of plague.^[1]
10 October – marriage of Edward, the Black Prince and Joan of Kent^[1] at Windsor Castle.
Justices of the Peace Act 1361 introduces the title of Justice of the peace. Portions of the Act will still be in force more than 650 years later.
The Hart Dyke family settle at Lullingstone Castle in Kent, where they will still be in residence in the 21st century.

1362

16 January – Grote Mandrenke storm sweeps across England: Salisbury and Norwich Cathedrals and St Albans Abbey are damaged and the Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd is obliterated.^[4]
June – under the terms of the will of Sir John de Wingfield (d. 1361), the church of St Andrew and a college of priests are founded in Wingfield, Suffolk.
22 June – alliance between England and Castile.^[1]
November – Lionel of Antwerp, son of Edward III, is created Duke of Clarence.
The Pleading in English Act makes English rather than Law French the official language in law courts.^[1]^[5]
The English Hospice of the Most Holy Trinity and St Thomas is established in Rome to provide accommodation for pilgrims from England.^[6]
Approximate date – spire added to Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

1363

29 June – Hundred Years' War: Edward, the Black Prince takes control of Aquitaine.^[1]
November – David II of Scotland makes an agreement for Edward III to succeed him as King of Scotland.^[1]
Parliament opened in English for the first time.^[1]
Royal decree prohibits all forms of Sunday recreation other than practice with the English longbow.
Sumptuary law regulates dress according to the wearer's social class.

1364

4 March – Scottish Parliament rejects Edward's right to rule Scotland.^[1]
Ranulf Higden completes the Polychronicon, a work of world history.^[1]

1365

Parliament passes the second Statute of Praemunire, forbidding appeals to the Pope.^[1]

1366

May – William Edington elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury but declines the position due to ill-health.
24 July – Simon Langham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Edward III grants a charter to the Kent port of Queenborough, named in honour of his consort.
Statutes of Kilkenny forbid contact between 'obedient English' and 'Irish enemies' in Ireland.^[1]

1367

February – Castilian Civil War – English forces led by Edward, the Black Prince side with Pedro of Castile against Pedro's brother Henry II of Castile.^[3]
3 April – Castilian Civil War: English defeat Franco-Castilian forces at the Battle of Nájera.^[1]
William Langland begins work on the poem The Vision of Piers Plowman.^[3]

1368

30 January – Hundred Years' War: barons in English-controlled territory in France object to new taxes, and appeal to King Charles V of France.^[1]
12 September – Death of Plantaganet heiress Blanche of Lancaster (first wife of John of Gaunt) at Tutbury Castle aged (probably) 26 (perhaps of the Black Death), inspiring Geoffrey Chaucer's first major poem, The Book of the Duchess.
11 October – William Whittlesey enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Powers of Justices of the Peace legally established.^[1]

1369

21 May – Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France renounces the Treaty of Brétigny and declares war on England.^[3]
3 June – Hundred Years' War: Edward III once again formally claims the throne of France.^[1]
August – Alice Perrers gains influence at court following the death of Queen Philippa of Hainault.^[1]
September – Hundred Years' War: French burn Portsmouth;^[7] English raids on Picardy and Normandy.^[1]
30 November – Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France recaptures most of Aquitaine from the English.^[1]
December – Financed by Charles V of France, Owain Lawgoch launches a Welsh invasion fleet against the English in an attempt to claim the throne of Wales, but a storm causes him to abandon the invasion.
14-year truce between England and Scotland signed.^[1]

Births

1361

John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (died 1396)

1363

Thomas Langley, cardinal bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor (died 1437)

1364

30 November – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel (died 1390)

1365

John de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros (died 1394)

1366

22 March – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (died 1399)
Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (died 1425)

1367

6 January – Richard II of England (died 1400)
3 April – Henry IV of England (died 1413)
Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (died 1415)

1368

Thomas Hoccleve, poet (died 1426)

1369

William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, Lord High Treasurer (died 1414)
John Dunstaple, composer (died 1453)

Deaths

1360

26 February – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, military leader (born 1328)
26 December – Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, nobleman and military commander (born c. 1314)
Geoffrey the Baker, chronicler
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, nobleman and military commander (born c. 1310)

1361

Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (born c. 1306)
Richard Badew, Chancellor of Cambridge University
John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset
Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (born c. 1295)

1362

10 April – Maud, Countess of Leicester (born 1339)

1363

Ranulf Higden, chronicler (born c. 1299)

1364

January – Edward Balliol (born c. 1283 in Scotland)

1366

Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury

1368

29 November – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (born 1338)

1369

16 July – John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter (born 1292)
15 August – Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III (born c. 1314)
12 September – Blanche of Lancaster (born 1345)
13 November – Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (born 1313)
31 December – John Chandos, knight (born c. 1320)
James Audley, knight (born c. 1318)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 06–108. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ "French Invade Sussex". Information Britain. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 166–168. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Simons, Paul (2008). Since Records Began. London: Collins. pp. 178–80. ISBN 978-0-00-728463-4.
^ "Statute of Pleading". Language and Law.org. 1362. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ "History of the VEC". Rome: Venerable English College. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^ "Dockyard Timeline". Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[CBH-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 06–108. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

[2] "French Invade Sussex". Information Britain. Retrieved 2022-09-10.

[Cassell's_Chronology-3] Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 166–168. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[4] Simons, Paul (2008). Since Records Began. London: Collins. pp. 178–80. ISBN 978-0-00-728463-4.

[5] "Statute of Pleading". Language and Law.org. 1362. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

[6] "History of the VEC". Rome: Venerable English College. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

[7] "Dockyard Timeline". Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

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