Events from the1300s inEngland.

• Monarch –Edward I (to 7 July 1307), thenEdward II

1300

• 10 March –Wardrobe accounts ofKingEdward I of England ("Edward Longshanks") include a reference to a game calledcreag being played at the town ofNewenden inKent. It is generally agreed thatcreag is an early form ofcricket.
• 28 March – Edward I agrees to the issuing of "Articles of the Charters", establishing punishments for infringing theMagna Carta.^[1]
• April –sterling confirmed as the only officialcoin of the realm;Royal mint moved to theTower of London.^[1]
• 10 October –First War of Scottish Independence: At the urging of thePope, Edward I makes a temporary truce withScotland.^[1]
• Approximate date – theHereford Mappa Mundi is prepared inHereford Cathedral.^[2]

1301

• 7 February – Edward ofCaernarvon (later KingEdward II of England) becomes the first EnglishPrince of Wales.^[3]
• First War of Scottish Independence: England secures control of Scotland south of theRiver Forth.

1302

• 26 January –Robert the Bruce makes a truce with Edward I.^[1]

1303

• 1 February – Edward I issues theCarta Mercatoria, allowing foreign merchants free entry and departure with their goods.^[4]
• 24 February – First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory at theBattle of Roslin.
• 20 May –Treaty of Paris restoresGascony to England fromFrance.^[3]
• Winter –Wars of Scottish Independence: Edward I resumes his campaign againstWilliam Wallace and others inScotland, holding court inDunfermline Abbey.
• Approximate date – the Avoirdupois system of weights and measures comes into use.

1304

• February –John "Red" Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, negotiates a peace with England in theWars of Scottish Independence at Strathord nearPerth.
• March – Scottish Parliament submits to English rule.^[1]
• 20 July –fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I takes the last rebel stronghold in theWars of Scottish Independence.

1305

• 5 August –William Wallace, leader of the resistance to the English occupation ofScotland, is handed over to English troops.
• 23 August – Wallacehanged, drawn and quartered inLondon following a treason trial inWestminster Hall.^[5]
• September – Edward I issues ordinances for the government of Scotland.^[1]
• Edward I issues the first commission ofTrailbaston.^[5]

1306

• 1 February –Pope Clement V confirmsRalph Baldock as Bishop of London.^[6]
• May –Hugh the younger Despenser,favourite of Edward, Prince of Wales, is married to heiressEleanor de Clare.
• May – great festival atWestminster to celebrate the knighthood of Edward of Caernarvon.^[1]
• 19 June – forces ofEarl of Pembroke defeatBruce's Scottish rebels at theBattle of Methven.^[5]
• InLondon, a city ordinance decrees that heating with coal is forbidden when parliament is in session. The ordinance is not particularly effective.
• Completion ofWells Cathedral chapter house, inDecorated Gothic style.^[1]

1307

• January –Statute of Carlisle forbids religious foundations from sending money to their mother houses abroad.^[1]
• 13 March –Walter de Stapledon is appointedBishop of Exeter.
• 10 May –Battle of Loudon Hill:Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat an English army.^[1]
• 7 July – Edward I dies atBurgh by Sands in the far northwest of England while campaigning against the Scots. By 11 July word reachesEdward II in London that he has succeeded his father as King of England.^[5]
• 6 August – Edward II's alleged loverPiers Gaveston is madeEarl of Cornwall.^[1]

1308

• 9–11 January –Knights Templar arrested in England;^[7] Edward II appropriates their lands.^[1]
• 25 January – King Edward II marriesIsabella of France (aged about 12) atBoulogne-sur-Mer.^[5]
• 25 February – coronation of King Edward II atWestmister Abbey.^[3]
• April –Keldholme Priory election dispute begins in Yorkshire.
• 18 May – Edward forced to banish Piers Gaveston by his barons.^[5]

1309

• 27 July – Parliament allows Gaveston to return in exchange for an agreement to reform the royal administration.^[1]
• Sumptuary law attempts to curb conspicuous consumption of food by the nobility.
• Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, bought by the Percy family, laterEarls of Northumberland.

1300

• 1 June –Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son ofEdward I of England (died 1338)
• Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352)

1301

• 5 August –Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330)
• 24 September –Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372)
• William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died 1344)

1304

• William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon

1307

• John Arderne, surgeon (died 1392)

1302

• 9 March –Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel (born 1267)

1304

• 27 September –John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, English soldier

1305

• 23 August –William Wallace (born c.1270 in Scotland)

1306

• Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (born 1270)

1307

• 7 April –Joan of Acre, daughter of KingEdward I of England (born 1271)
• 7 July – KingEdward I of England (born 1239)^[3]

• 1300s in England

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