1370-1379 Death of the Black Prince Accession of Richard II
1370-1379 Death of the Black Prince Accession of Richard II is in 14th Century Events.
Battle of Pontvallain
On 04 Dec 1370 the Battle of Pontvallain was a French army under Bertrand du Guesclin heavily defeated an English force at Pontvallain which had broken away from an army commanded by Robert Knollys (age 45).
Thomas Grandison 4th Baron Grandison (age 31) commanded.
Philip Courtenay (age 15) and Hugh Despencer (age 32) were captured.
Alan Buxhull (age 47) fought.
Death of David II of Scotland
On 22 Feb 1371 King David II of Scotland (age 46) died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey. His nephew King Robert II of Scotland (age 54) succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister Marjory Bruce who had married Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.
Coronation of King Robert II of Scotland
On 26 Mar 1371 King Robert II of Scotland (age 55) was crowned King Scotland.
His son David Stewart 3rd Earl Strathearn 1st Earl Caithness (age 15) was created 1st Earl Strathearn on the same day.
Battle of Baesweiler
On 22 Aug 1371 Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny (age 31) was killed at Baesweiler, Aachen aka Aix-le-Chapelle.
Waleran Luxemburg (age 16) was captured.
On 24 Aug 1371 Edward Duke Guelders (age 35) died from wounds..
Battle of Chiset
On 21 Mar 1373 John Devereux 1st Baron Devereux (age 36) was captured during the Battle of Chiset at Chizé at which the English were defeated by the French forces commanded by Bertrand Geusclin (age 53). The battle brought an end to English control in Poitou.
1373 Creation of Garter Knights
In 1373 King Edward III of England (age 60) created two new Garter Knights:
52nd Alan Buxhull (age 50).
53rd Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 34).
Treaty of Bruges
In 1375 the Treaty of Bruges was signed by the French and the English which attempted to define the sovereignty of Aquitaine.
Good Parliament
In 1376 John Savile of Shelley and Golcar (age 51) was elected MP Yorkshire in the Good Parliament. During the Good Parliament, he was sufficiently trusted to conduct Thomas Caterton from Queenborough Castle [Map] for interrogation before Parliament. Caterton had been appealed for treason by Sir John Annesley, and the court party, including Gaunt (age 35), was anxious to protect him from attack. In the event, they were able to hold off the opposition, despite some damning revelations about their conduct of the war-effort. The duke himself was singled out for particular criticism, and during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 he fled into Scotland, leaving his Savoy Palace [Map] to be destroyed by the London mob. Gaunt was, understandably, reluctant to cross the border again without the protection of a sizeable bodyguard. In late Jun 1376, therefore, his leading retainers in the north were instructed to provide an escort for his journey to Knaresborough [Map]. Not only did John Savile of Shelley and Golcar mobilize a personal retinue of ten men-at-arms and 40 archers; he also helped to suppress the rebellion in the north by serving on two commissions for the punishment of insurgents.
After 28 Apr 1376 William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46) impeached (the earliest impeachment in England) during the Good Parliament.
1376 Creation of Garter Knights
On 23 Apr 1376 King Edward III of England (age 63) created a number of new Garter Knights ...
54th John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 37).
55th Thomas Banastre (age 42).
56th William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 37).
57th Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford (age 40).
58th Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 26). He the son of Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 47) whose second husband was Edward III's son Edward "Black Prince" (age 45).
59th Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 33) was appointed 59th. He the son of Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster who was the first cousin of Edward III's father King Edward II of England.
60th William Beauchamp 1st Baron Bergavenny (age 33).
Death of the Black Prince
On 08 Jun 1376 Edward "Black Prince" (age 45) died of dysentery at Westminster Palace [Map]. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son Richard (age 9) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England. His niece Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 5th Countess Ulster (age 20) succeeded Heir to the Throne of England.
1377 Creation of Garter Knights
On 23 Apr 1377 King Edward III of England (age 64) created three new Garter Knights:
61st Richard of Gloucester (age 10) (the future Richard III).
62nd Henry Bolingbroke (age 10) (the future Henry IV).
63rd John Burley (age 52).
Death of King Edward III
On 21 Jun 1377 King Edward III of England (age 64) died of a stroke at Sheen Palace [Map]. He was buried in the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His grandson King Richard II of England (age 10) succeeded II King England.Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 48)
Coronation of Richard II
On 16 Jul 1377 King Richard II of England (age 10) was crowned II King England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Simon Sudbury (age 61).
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl of Arundel (age 31) carried the Crown.
Guichard d'Angle 1st Earl Huntingdon was created 1st Earl Huntingdon for life.
John Mowbray 1st Earl Nottingham (age 11) was created 1st Earl Nottingham.
Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 4) and Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington (age 21) were knighted.
Roger Scales 4th Baron Scales (age 23) attended.