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The Ordinances of 1311 (The New Ordinances, Norman: Les noveles Ordenances) were a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the English monarch. [a] The twenty-one signatories of the Ordinances are referred to as the Lords Ordainers, or simply the Ordainers.
February – Earl of Lancaster becomes Chief Councillor to Edward II, who confirms the Ordinances of 1311. [1] 18 March – Llywelyn Bren surrenders to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, at Ystradfellte. 1317. April – Baron Roger Mortimer, newly appointed Justiciar of Ireland drives Scottish raiders back to the north of Ireland. [1] 1318
The Ordinances of 1311 were provisions imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the king. Edward's victory against his political opposition at the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322, and the execution of the Earl of Lancaster 6 days later, gave him a large amount of freedom, and Parliament was summoned to meet at York on 2 ...
It seems to me that the lead says a lot about the historical circumstances of and the people involved in the Ordinances, but it tells nothing about what they entailed, except that they "eatured a new concern with fiscal reform, specifically redirecting revenues from the king's household to the exchequer".
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October 11 – The Ordinances of 1311 are published in England by King Edward II, restricting the power of the monarchs of England. [ 8 ] October 16 – Council of Vienne : Pope Clement V convokes the 15th Ecumenical Council at Vienne , France, in the presence of 20 cardinals, about 100 archbishops and bishops, and a number of abbots and priors.
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