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| 1392 |
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| 1393 |
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| 1393 |
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| 1394 |
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| 1394 |
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Mary Bohun, wife of Henry Bolingbroke, dies. |
| 1394 |
28 March |
Opening of St. Mary's College, Oxford. |
| 1394 |
7 June |
Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II, dies. |
| 1395 |
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| 1396 |
April |
Jean de Nevers, on his father Philippe the Bold's behalf, leaves to lead the crusade to Hungary. |
| 1396 |
31 October |
Richard II of England marries Isabella, daughter of King Charles VI of France. She is 6 at the time. |
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| 1397 |
17 September |
The Earls of Arundel and Warwick, and the Duke of Glouchester are accused of treason. |
| 1397 |
21 September |
Execution of Richard, Earl of Arundel. |
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The Earl of March, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and heir presumptive to the throne of England is ambushed and killed near Kells by an army of O'Tooles and O'Brians. |
| 1398 |
22 February |
Jean de Nevers returns to Dijon. |
| 1398 |
22 March |
Jean de Nevers joins his father Philippe the Bold, duke of Burgundy for a joint tour of the towns of Flanders and Brabant. |
| 1398 |
16 September (St. Lamberts Day) |
Richard II of England puts a stop to the scheduled judicial tourney between Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, and Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Bolingbroke is banished from England for 10 years, and Mowbray for life. |
| 1398 |
October |
Henry of Monmouth is summoned to the court of Richard II. Though he is given an income of £500 per year by gift of the king, this does little to conceal the fact that he is held as a hostage against the good behavior of his recently banished father, Henry Bolingbroke. |
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A son is born to the King of France, the future Charles VII |
| 1399 |
3 February |
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, dies at Leicester Castle. |
| 1399 |
18 March |
Richard II of England announces that the lands, titles and possessions of the late Duke of Lancaster were forfeit, and property of the Crown. This despite assurances to Henry Bolingbroke, Gaunt's eldest son, that he would be allowed to inherit. Richard also announces that Bolingbroke's banishment is for life, not the previously stated 10 years. |
| 1399 |
May/June |
Richard II of England goes on campaign in Ireland, leaving his uncle, Edmund, Duke of York behind as Keeper of England. |
| 1399 |
4 July |
Henry Bolingbroke lands at Ravenspur, in Yorkshire. He is met there by former officers of his father, John of Gaunt, and soon joined by his brother-in-law, Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. |
| 1399 |
27 July |
Edmund Langley, Duke of York allies himself with Henry Bolingbroke against Richard II. |
| 1399 |
28 July |
Henry Bolingbroke and his allies enter Bristol and arrest many of Richard II's most unpopular councilors, including his treasurer, William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire |
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Richard II of England leaves Ireland. |
| 1399 |
10 August |
Richard II of England surrenders to the Earl of Northumberland at Conway Castle. |
| 1399 |
19 August |
Richard II of England is delivered to Henry Bolingbroke at Flint Castle. |
| 1399 |
29 September |
Richard II of England abdicates his throne while being held prisoner in the Tower of London. |
| 1399 |
30 September |
Parliament hears articles of accusation against Richard II, after which it declares him deposed, and renounces its fealty to him. Henry Bolingbroke announces his claim to the throne through Henry III and Edmund Crouchback (a claim which contemporary lawyers had rejected as a fabrication...), is led to the throne by Bishop Arundel, and proclaimed king of England and France. |
| 1399 |
12 October |
Henry of Monmouth, recently returned from captivity in Ireland, is knighted (a second time) by his father, Henry Bolingbroke, along with his brother and 45 squires. |
| 1399 |
13 October |
Coronation of Henry Bolingbroke as King Henry IV. There are several bad omens during the ceremony, Henry's head, when being anounted, was swarming with lice, and he drops the gold noble he was supposed to give to the offeratory. It rolls away and is lost. |
| 1399 |
15 October |
Henry of Monmouth, by assent of Parliament, is made Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester |
| 1399 |
22 October |
Henry, Prince of Wales, is made Duke of Aquitaine. Parliament petitions that, due to his tender years, he not be sent there just yet. |
| 1399 |
28 October |
Disguised as a forester, Richard II is smuggled out of the tower to Leeds castle, in Kent, then moved to Pontefract Castle, in Yorkshire. According to the chronicler Adam of Usk 'The lord Richard, late king, after his deposition was carried away on the Thames in the silence of dark midnight, weeping and loudly lamenting he had ever been born.' |
| 1399 |
10 November |
Henry, Prince of Wales is made Duke of Lancaster. |
| 1399 |
December |
The Earls of Salisbury, Kent, Huntingdon, and Rutland, at the invitation of the Abbot, meet at Westminster with other supporters of the deposed Richard II. They plan to meet at Kingston-on-Thames on 4 January, Ride by night to Windsor, and kill Henry IV and his sons. They are betrayed at the last minute by the Earl of Rutland. |
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| 1400 |
5-12 January |
The uprising led by the Earls of Salisbury, Kent and Huntingdon is put down by Henry IV. The rebels had seized Windsor Castle, from which Henry had fled, and proclaimed Richard II as king, but fled westward when Henry IV arrived with 20,000 troops. There is some minor skirmishing before the Earls' army deserts and they are captured and hung. |
| 1400 |
14 February |
Richard II is murdered in Pontefract Castle, either starved or smothered. Rumors persist into the reign of Henry V that he is not in fact dead. |
| 1400 |
August |
Henry IV of England leads an expedition to Scotland to attempt to force the King of the Scots to swear fealty. It is a failure |
| 1400 |
16 September |
Owain Glyn Dwr proclaims himself Prince of Wales and sacks Ruthin. |
| 1400 |
25 October |
Geoffrey Chaucer dies in London |
