1320s in England

Events from the 1320s in England.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 1320
 * Walter de Stapledon appointed as Lord High Treasurer.
 * Many horses die of a disease called "Ffarsine".
 * 1321
 * May – Marcher lords seize the lands of Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester.
 * 28 June – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster 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 – Battle of Burton Bridge, part of the Despenser War: Edward II drives off rebel forces.
 * 16 March – at the Battle of Boroughbridge, Edward II defeats rebellious barons.
 * 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 de 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 de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter (a supporter of the king) is murdered by the mob in London.
 * 27 October – Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, hanged, drawn and quartered at Bristol.
 * 16 November – Edward II captured at Neath Abbey.
 * 24 November – Hugh Despenser the Younger 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 (born 1276)
 * 22 March – Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, politician (born 1278)
 * 14 April – Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, soldier (born 1275)
 * 3 December – Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (born 1282)
 * 1323
 * 3 March – Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, military leader (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 de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter and Lord High Treasurer (born 1261)
 * 27 October – Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, chief adviser to Edward II (born 1261)
 * 17 November – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, politician (born 1285)
 * 24 November – Hugh the younger Despenser, knight (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