29 July – remaining
Knights Templar in England are dispersed to do penance.[2]
16 August – Parliament presents the
Ordinances of 1311 to the King (document dated 5 October; published on 11 October); these substitute the Lord Ordainers for the King as the effective government of the country.[1]
13 January – royal favourite
Piers Gaveston, having returned from two months exile on the continent, is reunited, probably at
Knaresborough Castle, with Edward II, who on 18 January restores all Gaveston's confiscated lands to him. Edward moves his court to
York and prepares to fight rebellious barons.[1]
c. March – the barons, meeting in London, where Gaveston is excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, plan to capture Gaveston and prevent him from fleeing to Scotland.[4]
4 May – Edward, Isabella and Gaveston are at
Newcastle upon Tyne, pursued by
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and his followers. The royal party flee by ship and land at
Scarborough, where Gaveston (with some royal treasure) stays while Edward and Isabella return to York.[4]
19 May – After a 2-week siege of
Scarborough Castle, Gaveston surrenders to the earls of Pembroke and
Surrey, on the promise that he would not be harmed.[4]
19 June – Lancaster orders the execution of Gaveston.[1]
22 December – Lancaster and his supporters refuse an offer of pardon from Edward II.[1]
Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce raid as far as
Durham.[1]
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.[1]
Robert the Bruce retakes the
Isle of Man from the English.[5]
9 August –
Treaty of Leake between Edward II and Earl of Lancaster, agreeing on control of administration.[1]
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.[5]
^Nicholson, Helen J. (2009). The Knights Templar on Trial: The Trial of the Templars in the British Isles, 1308-11. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 186–7.
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