16 March - King Edward II agrees to the election of a committee of twenty-one barons as "Lord Ordainers" to reform the government.
October - English army raids southern Scotland, but fails to reach the north.
The first purpose-built accommodation for students (Mob Quad) completed in Merton College, Oxford.
1311
29 July - Remaining Knights Templar in England are dispersed to do penance.
August - Parliament completes the Ordinances of 1311, published in 11 October, substituting the Lord Ordainers for the King as the effective government of the country.
Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce raid Northumberland and burn Corbridge.
Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster.
Completion of Lincoln Cathedral.
1312
January - Edward II moves his court to York and prepares to fight rebellious barons.
19 June - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, leader of rebels, orders the execution of royal favourite Piers Gaveston.
Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce raid as far as Durham.
22 December - Earl of Lancaster and his supporters refuse an offer of pardon from Edward II.
Walter of Guisborough writes Cronica, a history of England from 1066.
1313
13 January - Robert the Bruce expels English troops from Perth, Scotland.
20 May - Ordinance of the Staple establishes specific depots through which the English wool trade to Europe must pass.
28 May - Thomas Cobham elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
1 October - Pope Clement V dismisses the election of Thomas Cobham to the Archbishopric of Canterbury having been petitioned to do so by King Edward II. Walter Reynolds enthroned as the Archbishop.
October - Edward II pardons rebellious barons after they publicly apologise.
Robert the Bruce retakes the Isle of Man from the English.
1314
4 April - Exeter College, Oxford founded by Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter.
May - English forces enter Scotland intending to break the Scottish siege of Stirling Castle.
24 June - Battle of Bannockburn: Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeat Edward II of England, securing de facto independence for Scotland. Stirling Castle is surrendered to the Scots, who raid England as far south as Yorkshire.
June–September - Welsh revolt in Glamorgan.
Completion of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Ban on the playing of violent ball games (precursors of football) is instituted and widely ignored.
1315
February - Earl of Lancaster takes control of administration, removing the last of the King's supporters from the Royal Council.
26 May - Opening of Bruce campaign in Ireland by Edward Bruce, partly intended to create a second front in the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
25 October - Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle.
The Borough of Liverpool, along with Liverpool Castle, is granted to Robert de Holland.
Widespread famine after heavy rain destroys the harvest; lasts until 1317.
1316
28 January - Welsh revolt against English rule in Glamorgan led by Llywelyn Bren breaks out with an attack on Caerphilly Castle.
February - Earl of Lancaster becomes Chief Councillor to Edward II, who confirms the Ordinances of 1311.
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.
1318
8 April - Berwick-upon-Tweed is retaken by the Scottish from the English.
9 August - Treaty of Leake between Edward II and Earl of Lancaster, agreeing on control of administration.
14 October - Anglo-Irish forces defeat a Scots-Irish army at the Battle of Faughart in Ireland. Edward Bruce, brother of Robert the Bruce, is killed in the battle.
Hugh Despenser the Younger has Llywelyn Bren hanged, drawn and quartered at Cardiff Castle without authority.
1319
20 September
A siege of Berwick-upon-Tweed to recapture it from the Scottish occupation is abandoned.
First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish victory at the Battle of Myton.
Births
1311
24 June - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England (died 1369)
1312
13 November - King Edward III of England (died 1377)
1313
20 July - John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot, (died 1367)
1314
Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (died 1369)
1317
Michael 2nd Baron Poynings, Knight (died 1369)
1318
8 June - Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England
Eleanor of Lancaster (died 1372)
1319
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, military leader (died 1360)
Deaths
1311
Antony Bek, bishop of Durham (year of birth unknown)
1312
19 June - Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II of England (born c. 1284)
1313
11 May - Robert Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1245)
John Schorne, rector of North Marston in the county of Buckinghamshire (year of birth unknown)
1314
Henry de Bohun, killed by Robert the Bruce during the Battle of Bannockburn
Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, killed during English defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn (born 1291)
Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, killed during English defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn (born 1274)
1315
10 August - Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
1317
14 February - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (born 1282)
