Hundred Years War Timeline 1401

1401
1401	January	In response to the Lollards, Parliament passes the statute 'De Heretico Comburendo' which provides for the religious authorities the ability to hand stubborn heretics over to the temporal authorities to be burned.
1401	February	The House of Commons warns that a full scale rebellion was threatening in Wales, and that bards were spreading tales that Glyn Dwr's coming was prophesied by Merlin.
1401	March	The first Lollard is burned at the stake.
1401	1 April	Owain Glyn Dwr seizes Conway Castle
1401	late May	Henry, Prince of Wales and Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy retake Conway Castle. Nine Welshmen are immediately executed as traitors, in a grim fashion.
1401	June	Edmund Mortimer, brother-in-law to Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, is defeated at Pilleth, near Kingston, by Rhys Gethin. He is taken prisoner to Glyn Dwr. King Henry IV of England makes no attempt to ransom him, and forbids any attempts to do so, as he's not completely unhappy to have the man who was Richard II's heir out of the way, but it causes friction with the Percys, to the extent that when Henry 'Hotspur' Percy suggests doing so Henry IV calls him a traitor and strikes him.
1401	2 November	Owain Glyn Dwr attempts to lay siege to Caernarfon Castle, but is driven off by the garrison and townsmen.
1402
1402		The title of Duc de Guyenne is bestowed on the infant son of Charles IV. This is an insult to Henry IV, as he had already bestowed it on the Prince of Wales.
1402	April	Henry IV of England marries Joan of Navarre, widow of Duke John IV of Brittany, and sister of Charles III of Navarre.
1402	July	Blanche, daughter of Henry IV of England, marries Louis of Bavaria, King of the Romans, son of Rupert, the Duke of Bavaria.
1402	August	A large army of Scots crosses the border into England. They are defeated by the Percys at Homildon Hill. Five Scottish earls are captured, but Henry IV gives orders that they are not to be ransomed. This angers the Percys, to whom he already owes £10,000, as it deprives them of a good bit of money, and adds to their general dissatisfaction with Henry IV's rule.
1402	Autumn	Owain Glyn Dwr goes on a campaign through South Wales, attacking Abergavenny, Caerleon, Usk, Newport and Cardiff. In response King Henry IV of England raises an enormous army, 100,000 troops according to some chroniclers, and marches into Wales. The expedition accomplishes nothing, with the army mostly being destroyed due to the cold and other bad weather.
1402	7 September	A huge wind blows down King Henry IV's tent, inflicting such damage that had the king not been sleeping in his armor he would have been killed. By the end of the month he has returned to London, abandoning his campaign against the Welsh, and leaving Owain Glyn Dwr effective ruler of Wales.
1402	December	Sir Edmund Mortimer, disgusted with Henry IV of England's failure to ransom him, allies himself with Owain Glyn Dwr, marrying his daughter Catrin, and sending a letter to his tenants in Maelienydd saying that he supports Richard II, if he's still alive, or his nephew (also Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March) if he is not, and that Owain should be Prince of Wales.
1403
1403	March	Henry, Prince of Wales, is appointed the King's Lieutenant of the Marches of Wales.
1403	15 May	Henry, Prince of Wales, writes a letter to the Royal Council giving a status report for his campaign in Wales, saying he'd burnt Owain's house at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy, and had captured and executed one of Glyn Dwr's lieutenants.
1403	Early July	Owain Glyn Dwr takes Caermarthen and Emlyn.
1403	12 July	King Henry IV of England receives news of the plot by sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, his father the earl of Northumberland, and his uncle, the earl of Worcester to overthrow him. Guessing (correctly) that they will make for Shrewsbury, he marches there with an army.
1403	12 July	Owain Glen Dwr is defeated by English forces at Carmarthen, forcing him to postpone his invasion of England in support of the rebellion of sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and the earl of Worcester.
1403	15 July	King Henry IV of England arrives at Shrewsbury, having covered more than 60 miles in the three days.
1403	20 July	Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy and the earl of Worcester arrive at Shrewsbury, and are stunned to see the king's banner flying from the walls. Both sides are nervous, and King Henry offers sir Henry Percy embarrassingly easy terms if he will abandon his rebellion. Hotspur refuses them, telling Henry that he is not the rightful heir, and is not to be trusted.
1403	21 July	Battle of Hayteley Field. Despite initial success in destroying King Henry's vanguard, led by the earl of Stafford, the battle goes against the rebels after sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy drops dead for no apparent reason in the middle of the battle. His men flee, and the earls of Worcester and Douglas are taken prisoner.
1403	23 July	The earl of Worcester is beheaded. The earl of Northumberland is pardoned, on the grounds that he had not actually fought the king.
1403	Autumn	French troops arrive to support Owan Glyn Dwr.
1403	November	French ships, supporting Owain Glyn Dwr, blockade the Irish Sea, and attack Kidwelly Castle.
1404
1404		Louis, Duc de Orleans, with the approval of the French Council, begins a campaign of conquest in Guyenne, taking several castles. Henry IV is only able to respond by sending Lord Berkeley, with a small force.
1404	January	The French ship cannon to the siege of Conwy Castle.
1404	January	Owain Glyn Dwr is crowned Prince of Wales, and holds the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth.
1404	Spring	Owain Glen Dwr captures Harlech, which becomes his principal residence, and Aberystwyth, which becomes his administrative center.
1404	April	Philippe the Bold, duke of Burgundy, begins negotiations with Joan, Duchess of Brabant concerning her abdication in favor of Philippe's son Antoine. During these negotiations Philippe contracts a serious illness.
1404	27 April	Philippe the Bold, duke of Burgundy, dies at Stag Hall near Brussels. He is succeeded by his son Jean sans Peur (the Fearless).
1404	May	Ambassadors from Owain Glyn Dwr, Prince of Wales, are received by Charles VI of France. He presents them with a golden helmet, a sign of sovereignty, as a present for Glyn Dwr.
1404	1 May	Philippe the Bold's funeral cortège leaves Hal, traveling through Courtrai, Oudenaarde and Lille on it's way to Dijon
1404	7 May	Joan, Duchess of Brabant transfers her Duchy to Philippe the Bold's widow, Marguerite de Male.
1404	19 May	Marguerite de Male appoints her son Antoine governor of Brabant.
1404	28 May	Philippe the Bold's cortège arrives at the abbey of St. Seine in Burgundy, where it waits nearly three weeks while Jean, duke of Burgundy conducts pressing business in Paris, including the dismissal of the late Duc's household.
1404	June	The ambassadors of Owain Glyn Dwr conclude an alliance with Charles VI of Franceagainst 'Henry of Lancaster'.
1404	June	Henry, Prince of Wales, warns his father, Henry IV of England, that the Welsh are planning to attack Herefordshire. He also writes to the council, saying he needs money, or he will have to leave Wales
1404	16 June	Philippe the Bold's cortège is met at Val-Suzon, ten miles north of Dijon by the mayor and aldermen of Dijon as well as 100 burgesses and 100 poor men arrayed in black, who escort the body to it's interrement.
1404	July	Charles VI concludes an alliance with Owain Glyndwr, recognising him as the Prince of Wales.
1404	2 September	Joan, formerly Duchess of Brabant, grants the title of Duc de Limbourg to Antoine, son of Philippe the Bold.
1405
1405		In a concerted invasion on the Duchy of Guyenne, the Constable, Charles d'Albret attacks from the northern borders, the Comte de Clermont crosses over the Dordogne, and the Comte d'Armagnac advances across the Garonne to threaten Bordeaux itself.
1405	21 March	Marguerite de Male, Comtesse de Flandres, Artois and Bourgogne, widow of Philippe the Bold, dies in her hôtel in Arras.
1405	25 March	Marguerite de Male is buried next to her father in St. Peter's Church. Her sons begin to negotiate the inheritance.
1405	11 April	A partition treaty made between the sons of Mauguerite de Male is published. Jean, duke of Burgundy inherits the Counties of Flanders, Burgundy and Artois, Philippe is invested with the County of Nevers, and Antoine inherits a yearly payment of 32,800 crowns until such time as he is invested as Duke of Brabant. They also make arrangements to defray the heavy financial considerations owed to Joan for the cession of Brabant to Philippe the Bold, and to sell off part of the family jewelry.
1405	15 June	Jean, duke of Burgundy, appoints a commission of *réformateurs généraux* to supplement the ordinary judicial administration. Antoine Chuffaing, bailiff of Dijon, is appointed its president.
1405	28 July	Jean, duke of Burgundy, agrees to protect the city of Besançon, an imperial city in the County of Burgundy, in return for 500 francs a year.
1405	December	An *aide* of 36,000 francs is voted by the duchy for the duke of Burgundy.
1406
1406		Guillaume de Vienne blockades Calais.
1406		The new bishop of Besançon, Thibaud de Rougemont, Falls afoul of the city. As a result of a judical result he flees to his fortress of Gy, and excommunicates the magistrates of the city after they confiscate his share of the lordship of the city.
1406	March	The proceeds of judicial fines, confiscations pardons, legitimizations and ennoblements in the Duchy of Burgundy are allocated to the repair and upkeep of the ducal castles.
1406	6 July	Antoine Chauffaing, president of the Burgundian commission of *réformateurs généraux* dies.
1406	December	Joan of Brabant dies. After a formal renunciation by Jean, duke of Burgundy to the Estates of Brabant of any claims to the Duchy, his brother Antoine is invested as Duke of Brabant.
1406	Winter	Louis de Chalon, Comte de Tonnerre, driven by passion, breaks into the apartments of the Duchess of Burgundy and carries off one of her ladies-in-waiting, one Juana de Perellos, from Aragon. He brings her to his castle of Maulne, in Tonnerre and makes her his mistress, he already being marries to Marie de la Trémoille.
1407
1407	27 January	Antoine, Duke of Brabant, cedes the County of Rethel to his brother Philippe de Nevers.
1407	13 March	After three summonses fail to produce a response, Jean, duke of Burgundy, orders the confiscation of Louis de Chalon's lands in the Duchy of Burgundy.
1407	Summer	Philippe de Charolais, son of Jean, duke of Burgundy, is sent by his father's orders to Burgundy to 'enjoy better air and nourishment, which they would not have in Flanders, and also to enable our aforesaid son to get to know the nobles of Burgundy'. He is accompanied by his four unmarried sisters.
1407		Louis de Chalon's properties in the County of Burgundy are confiscated, and he is banished from the county. He responds by appealing to the Papal court for an annulment from his wife, and raising money through the sale of his lands.
1407	17 July	The allocation of the proceeds of judicial fines, confiscations pardons, legitimizations and ennoblements for the repair and upkeep of the ducal castles in Burgundy is confirmed, and Nicolas le Vaillant, one of the maitres de comptes at Dijon is commissioned to oversee the funds are used properly.
1407	12 October	Jean duke of Burgundy accepts the lordship of Besançon from the magistrates of the city. In return he agrees to set up both a parlement and a chambre des comptes in the city.
1407	8 October	Philippe de Charolais attends a meeting of the Parlement of Beaune.
1407	20 November	Jean, duke of Burgundy and Louis d'Orleans, in a show of reconciliation, take communion together.
1407	23 November	Louis, Duc d'Orleans, is ambushed and assassinated on the rue Vieille-du-Temple in Paris. His left hand was chopped off, for fear he would raise the devil with it, and his brains were knocked out onto the road. Jean de Bourgogne is distraught, weeping at the funeral.
1407	25 November	Jean de Bourgogne, realizing that his assassins are about to be discovered, admits to one of his uncles that he ordered the Murder of Louis d'Orleans. 'I did it; the Devil tempted me'. He fled from Paris, to Flanders. France is divided into two camps, the Burgundians and the Armagnacs.
1408
1408		Jean duke of Burgundy, with a Sorbonne theologian to justify his assassinating Louis d'Orleans on the grounds that he had been a tyrant, returns to Paris and extracts a pardon from the King.
1408	28 February	Wenzel, one of the Kings of the Romans and an aspirant to the Imperial title, confirms Jean de Bourgogne's lordship of Besançon.
1408	June	Philippe de Charolais mediates a disputed mayoral election in Beaune.
1408	19 July	An *ordonnance* is promulgated setting up the governmental institutions for the County of Burgundy, as seperate from the Duchy, with a parlement, council and chancery, all under the presidency of Guy Armenier. Besançon becoming the capital.
1408	31 August	A defense *ordonnance* is issued in the Duchy of Burgundy, which, amongst other things, details the circumstances and manner in which inhabitants could use castles as places of retreat.
1408		Ducal officers in Burgundy are warned not to hinder the inhabitants of the duchy from carrying arms.
1408	2 October	Philippe de Charolais recieves the lordship if Besançon on behalf of his father Jean, duke of Burgundy.
1409
1409	6 January	Jehan Bonost, newly appointed máitre of the Besançon chambre des comptes moves to Besançon with his wife and children.
1409	March	Jean, duke of Burgundy, orders all Burgundian receivers and other accounting officers with accounts unaudited since January 1408 suspended from their offices until their accounts are made up, and audited by the chambre des comptes. At least 22 of his officers are subsequently suspended.
1409	24 April	Eight of the leading councillors of the Duchy of Burgundy submit a memorandum to Jean de Bourgogne protesting the Besançon arrangement.
1409	May	Jean, duke of Burgundy, installs his wife Marguerite as governor of Burgundy, transferring his son Philippe de Charolais to Ghent.
1409		Jean duke of Burgundy gives way to his councillors in the Duchy of Burgundy. The *ordonnance* of 1408 is repealed and a treaty with Thibaud de Rougemont is negotiated, dividing the lordship of Besançon between the Duc and the Archbishop, and leaving the magistrates and citizens in an unfortunate position.
1410
1410		Louis de Chalons is pardoned by Jean duke of Burgundy. Louis remains bitter, however, and becomes one of the principal supporters of the Armagnac cause in the duchy and county of Burgundy.
1410