1360-1369 Black Monday Hailstorm

In 1360 King Edward III of England (age 47) created new Garter Knights:

31st Thomas Ughtred 1st Baron Ughtred (age 68).

32nd Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny (age 50).

33rd Frank Hale.

34th Thomas Ufford (age 27).

On 8th May 1360 King Edward III of England (age 47) and King John "The Good" II of France (age 41), and their eldest sons Edward "Black Prince" (age 29) and the future King Charles V of France (age 21), ratified the Treaty of Brétigny at Calais [Map]. Louis Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou (age 20) and John Valois 1st Duke Berry (age 19) were given as hostages.

Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy (age 18) was ransomed. The treaty confirmed lands held by King Edward III of England including Aquitaine.

King John "The Good" II of France was ransomed for three million écus being released after the payment of the first third.

Bishop William of Wykeham (age 40) was present.

The Treaty was signed on 24th October 1360 at Calais.

Froissart Book 2 Chapter 211. [8th May 1360] The king turned himself towards the church of Our Lady at Chartres, and religiously vowed to the Virgin, as he has since confessed, that he would accept of terms of peace. He was at this time lodged in a small village, near Chartres, called Bretigny ; and there wen then committed to writing, certain rules and ordinances for peace, upon which the following articles were drawn out. To follow up this, and more completely to treat of it, the counsellors and lawyers of the king of England drew up a paper called the Charter of Peace, with great délibération and much prudence, the tenor of which follows.

On 30th June 1360 King John "The Good" II of France (age 41) left the Tower of London [Map] and proceeded to Eltham Palace, Kent [Map] where Queen Philippa (age 46) had prepared a great farewell entertainment. Passing the night at Dartford, Kent [Map], he continued towards Dover, Kent [Map], stopping at the Maison Dieu of St Mary at Ospringe, and paying homage at the shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury [Map] on 4th July 1360. He dined with the Black Prince (age 30) at Dover Castle [Map], and reached English-held Calais [Map] on 8th July 1360.

In 1361 King Edward III of England (age 48) created three of his sons as Garter Knights ...

35th Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence (age 22).

36th John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 20).

37th Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 19).

38th Edward Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Baron Burghesh (age 25).

On 4th October 1361 John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 50) died of plague. His son John (age 21) succeeded 4th Baron Mowbray.

On 5th October 1361 Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham (age 66) died of plague at Lingfield, Surrey. He was buried at Lingfield, Surrey. His son Reginald (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baron Cobham.

On 7th September 1362 Joan of the Tower Queen Consort Scotland (age 41) died of plague at Hertford Castle [Map]. She was buried at either Christ Church, Greyfriars [Map] or Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].

On 23rd March 1361 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 51) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].

Duke Lancaster, Earl Lincoln extinct.

Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 18) succeeded 5th Countess Lancaster and 2nd Countess Derby. John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 21) by marriage Earl Lancaster, Earl Derby.

Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 20) succeeded 5th Countess of Leicester.

On 10th October 1361 Edward "Black Prince" (age 31) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 33) were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. His first wife, her second (or third depending on how you count them) husband. She had four children already. They had known each other since childhood. Thirty-one and thirty-three respectively. A curious choice for the heir to the throne; foreign princesses were usual. They were married nearly fifteen years and had two children. She the daughter of Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and Margaret Wake Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward III of England (age 48) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 47). They were half first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1362 the Pleading in English Act 36 Edward III c 15 required Parliamentary and judicial business to be conducted in English rather than Norman French.

Around 16th January 1362 St Marcellus' Flood was an intense extratropical cyclone, coinciding with a new moon, which swept across the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark causing at least 25,000 deaths. In England the town of Dunwich, Suffolk was destroyed.

On 6th April 1362 at the Battle of Brignais ...

Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu (age 43) was killed. His son Jean (age 18) succeeded I Count La Marche. His son Pierre Bourbon (age 20) was killed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23rd August 1662. Anon come the King (age 32) and Queen (age 23) in a barge under a canopy with 10,000 barges and boats, I think, for we could see no water for them, nor discern the King nor Queen. And so they landed at White Hall Bridge, and the great guns on the other side went off: But that which pleased me best was, that my Baroness Castlemaine's (age 21) stood over against us upon a piece of White Hall, where I glutted myself with looking on her. But methought it was strange to see her Lord (age 28) and her upon the same place walking up and down without taking notice one of another, only at first entry he put off his hat, and she made him a very civil salute, but afterwards took no notice one of another; but both of them now and then would take their child, which the nurse held in her armes, and dandle it.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 23rd August 1662. So we parted, and Mr. Creed by appointment being come, he and I went out together, and at an ordinary in Lombard Street [Map] dined together, and so walked down to the Styllyard [Map], and so all along Thames-street, but could not get a boat: I offered eight shillings for a boat to attend me this afternoon, and they would not, it being the day of the Queen's (age 23) coming to town from Hampton Court [Map].

On 13th November 1362, his fiftieth birthday, King Edward III of England (age 50) created two sons as Dukes ...

Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence (age 23) was created 1st Duke Clarence. Elizabeth Burgh Duchess of Clarence (age 30) by marriage Duchess Clarence.

John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 22) was created 1st Duke Lancaster. Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 20) by marriage Duchess Lancaster.

On 1st July 1364 King John "The Good" II of France was informed that his son had escaped from his captivity. John announced he would return to England as a matter of honour. He left around Dec 1363 arriving in London to parades and feasts.

On 8th April 1364 King John "The Good" II of France died at Savoy Palace [Map]. His son Charles (age 25) succeeded V King France: Capet Valois.

On 23rd April 1366 King Edward III of England (age 53) created new Garter Knights:

42nd Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons (age 26).

43rd Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 24).

In 1368 King Edward III of England (age 55) created new Garter Knights:

44th Ralph Basset 3rd Baron Basset Drayton (age 33).

45th Richard Pembridge (age 48).

On 23rd April 1369 King Edward III of England (age 56) created new Garter Knights

46th John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby (age 32).

47th Robert Dampierre (age 46).

48th John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 21). Some sources say 1370 but that would be inconsistent with the numbering?

49th Thomas Grandison 4th Baron Grandison (age 30).

50th Guy de Bryan (age 50). Possibly on 31st December 1369?.