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England in 1341

Historical records for England in 1341, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
6Events
4Named people
4Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

4 January 1341Birth of Walter Wat TylerWalter "Wat" Tyler

Warfare / Military

Birth of Walter "Wat" Tyler

June

5 June 1341Birth of Edmund of LangleyPhilippa of Hainault

Kings Langley · House / House of Plantagenet

Gives birth to Edmund of Langley

October

October 1341Brittany Succession SupportedEdward III

Brittany · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Supports John de Montfort in the Breton succession dispute

Other Events

1341Birth of Edmund of LangleyEdmund of Langley

Kings Langley · House / House of Plantagenet

Birth of Edmund of Langley, 4th son of Edward III

1341Birth of Edmund of LangleyPhilippa of Hainault

Kings Langley · House / House of Plantagenet

Gives birth to Edmund of Langley, 4th son of Edward III

1341Capture of NewcastleEdward III

Newcastle · Warfare / England War

The Scots capture Newcastle

1341Queens CollegePhilippa of Hainault

Oxford · House / House of Plantagenet

The Queen's College, Oxford is named after Philippa. It was founded in 1341 by one of her chaplains, Robert de Eglesfield, in her honour

1341Rule of BrittanyEdward III

Brittany · Warfare / Hundred Years War

The Duke of Brittany dies leading to a war of succession. Edward III supports John de Montfort, Philip VI supports Charles de Blois

Names involved

Edmund of LangleyEdward IIIPhilippa of HainaultWalter "Wat" Tyler

Places involved

BrittanyKings LangleyNewcastleOxford

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.