Hundred Years' War: France and England sign the peace treaty of Bruges, confirming England's rule over Calais, parts of Gascony, and four forts in Brittany.[1]
March – Hundred Years' War: the peace treaty between England and France is extended until April 1377.
28 April – start of the Good Parliament in England, so called because its members attempt to reform the corrupt Royal Council, through the first use of impeachment.[1]
7 June – the dying Prince Edward summons his father Edward III and brother John of Gaunt and makes them swear to uphold the claim to the throne of his son Richard.
10 July – the Good Parliament is dissolved. At this time, it is the longest Parliament to have sat in England.
September – John of Gaunt summons religious reformer John Wycliffe to appear before the Royal Council to defend Gaunt from bishops who have become his enemies.
October – John of Gaunt, through the Royal Council, proceeds to undo the work of the Good Parliament.[3]
25 December – John of Gaunt presents his nephew, Prince Richard of Bordeaux, to the feudatories of the realm and swears to uphold Richard's right to succeed Edward III.
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]
20 February – riots in London after John of Gaunt attacks the privileges of the City.[3]
2 March – the Bad Parliament dissolved.
22 May – Pope Gregory XI issues five Bulls condemning the opinion of John Wycliffe that Catholic priests should live in poverty like the twelve disciples of Jesus.[1]
21 June – Edward III dies of a stroke at age 65, ending his 50-year reign.[1]
March – John Wycliffe tries to promote his ideas for Catholic reform by laying his theses before parliament and making them public in a tract. He is subsequently summoned before Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon of Sudbury, at Lambeth Palace to defend his actions.
July – the English government spy John Lamb assassinates Owain Lawgoch, the Welsh claimant to the title Prince of Wales.
↑Faith, Rosamund (1984). "The 'Great Rumour' of 1377 and Peasant Ideology". In Hilton, R. H.; Aston, T. H. (eds.). The English Rising of 1381. Cambridge University Press. pp.43–73. ISBN0521267439.
↑"Dockyard Timeline". Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
↑Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN0-14-102715-0.
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