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Year 1377 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events. January–December. January – Battle of ...
1377. 27 January – the Bad Parliament begins sitting. Influenced by Prince John of Gaunt, it undoes the work done by the Good Parliament, the previous year, to reduce corruption in the Royal Council. It also introduces a poll tax. Thomas Hungerford is the first Parliamentary spokesman to hold the title of Speaker. [3]
Richard II (6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward, Prince of Wales (later known as the Black Prince), and Joan, Countess of Kent.
1377. January 27 – Frederick the Simple, King of Sicily (b. 1341) March 16 or March 17 – Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke and Foundress of Pembroke College ...
1377: Du Guesclin takes Bergerac. 1377: Edward III dies. His grandson Richard II becomes King of England. 1380: Earl of Buckingham commanded an expedition to France to aid England's ally the Duke of Brittany. The French refused battle so Buckingham forces continued a chevauchée and laid siege to Nantes.
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.
From Popes Clement V to Urban V, the popes of the Avignon Papacy had their reasons to stay in France and not return to Rome. After 68 years of papal rule from France, Gregory XI moved the papacy back to its former seat of power of Rome in 1377. [11] Gregory was constantly receiving pleas from Catherine of Siena through letters. In total, she ...
In 1377, John had another parliament convene, the Bad Parliament. John had the Good Parliament declared unconstitutional [ dubious – discuss ] and its acts removed from the books. Despite this, the public treasured the memory of the reforming parliament, [ citation needed ] and bestowed upon it the name of the Good Parliament.