Events from the 1360s in England.

Incumbents

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

Events

1360 * January –

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...

marches on Paris. * 15 March – The town of Winchelsea in

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is attacked and burned by an expeditionary force from France. * April – Hundred Years' War: English forces leave the vicinity of Paris after laying waste to the countryside. * 8 May – Hundred Years' War: the Treaty of Brétigny is signed, marking the end of the first phase of the War. Under its terms,

gives up his claim to the French throne and releases King John II of France in return for French land, including

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and

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. * 24 October – Hundred Years' War:

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ratifies the earlier Treaty of Brétigny, but omits mention of claims to the French throne. * Completion of nave vault at York Minster. 1361 * Spring – outbreak of plague. * 10 October – marriage of Edward, the Black Prince and Joan of Kent at Windsor Castle. * Justices of the Peace Act 1361 introduces the title of

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. 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

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are damaged and the Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd is obliterated. * June – under the terms of the will of Sir

John de Wingfield {{no footnotes, date=August 2019 Sir John de Wingfield (died c. 1361) of Wingfield Castle in Suffolk was chief administrator to Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376). He and both his brothers fought at Crécy in 1346. He fought in the Normandy cam ...

(d. 1361), the church of St Andrew and a college of priests are founded in Wingfield, Suffolk. * 22 June – alliance between England and Castile. * 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. * 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. * November – David II of Scotland makes an agreement for Edward III to succeed him as King of Scotland. * Parliament opened in English for the first time. * Royal decree prohibits all forms of Sunday recreation other than practice with the

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. *

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regulates dress according to the wearer's social class. 1364 * 4 March – Scottish Parliament rejects Edward's right to rule Scotland. * Ranulf Higden completes the ''Polychronicon'', a work of world history. 1365 * Parliament passes the second Statute of ''

Praemunire In English history, ''praemunire'' or ''praemunire facias'' () refers to a 14th-century law that prohibited the assertion or maintenance of papal jurisdiction, or any other foreign jurisdiction or claim of supremacy in England, against the suprema ...

'', forbidding appeals to the Pope. 1366 * May – William Edington elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury but declines the position due to ill-health. * 24 July –

Simon Langham Simon de Langham (1310 – 22 July 1376) was an English clergyman who was Archbishop of Canterbury and a cardinal. Life Langham was born at Langham in Rutland. The manor of Langham was a property of Westminster Abbey, and he had become a mo ...

enthroned as

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. * Statutes of Kilkenny forbid contact between 'obedient English' and 'Irish enemies' in Ireland. 1367 * February – Castilian Civil War – English forces led by Edward, the Black Prince side with

Pedro of Castile Peter ( es, Pedro; 30 August 133423 March 1369), called the Cruel () or the Just (), was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for ...

against Pedro's brother Henry II of Castile. * 3 April – Castilian Civil War: English defeat Franco-Castilian forces at the Battle of Nájera. * William Langland begins work on the poem '' The Vision of Piers Plowman''. 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. * 12 September – Death of Plantaganet heiress Blanche of Lancaster at Tutbury Castle aged (probably) 26 (perhaps of the

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), inspiring

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'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. 1369 * 21 May – Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France renounces the Treaty of Brétigny and declares war on England. * 3 June – Hundred Years' War: Edward III once again formally claims the throne of France. * August – Alice Perrers gains influence at court following the death of Queen Philippa of Hainault. * September – Hundred Years' War: French burn Portsmouth; English raids on

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and Normandy. * 30 November – Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France recaptures most of Aquitaine from the English. * 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.

Births

1361 * John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (died 1396) 1363 *

Thomas Langley Thomas Langley ( – 20 November 1437) was an English prelate who held high ecclesiastical and political offices in the early to mid-15th century. He was Dean of York, Bishop of Durham, twice Lord Chancellor of England to three kings, a ...

, 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 Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father die ...

(died 1400) * 3 April –

Henry IV of England Henry IV ( April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413. He asserted the claim of his grandfather King Edward III, a maternal grandson of Philip IV of France, to the Kingdom of F ...

(died 1413) *

Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1367 – 17 September 1415) was an English nobleman who supported Henry IV (reigned 1399–1413) against Richard II (reigned 1377–1399) during the turmoils of the late 14th century. He died during ...

(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 Richard Badew (died 1361) was a Vice Chancellor and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in the 14th century. He was responsible for the foundation of University Hall, Cambridge A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) e ...

, 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,

1368 * 29 November – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (born 1338) 1369 * 16 July – John Grandisson,

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(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)

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