1379 Every person in the kingdom taxed, April 25.
1381 Bills of Exchange first used. Wat Tyler’s rebellion begun May 3. 1506 rebels hung, July 2.
1385 The French land in Scotland, in order to invade England, whereupon king Richard went to fight them, and put Edinburgh into flames, but they refusing to fight, he returns.
1386 Linen-weavers company first settled.
1387 The first high-admiral of England appointed. William of Wickham, bishop of Winchester, and lord treasurer, and chancellor of England, laid the foundation of the college in Winchester, as a nursery for his college in Oxford.
1388 Bombs invented.
1391 A great plague and famine. Cards invented for the King of France. Charles VI.
1392 Thirteen counties charged with treason, and obliged to purchase their pardons. Provision seized, without payment, for the army. Duke of Lancaster landed, and declared his pretensions to the crown, July 4. Richard confined in the tower, August 20. Resigned his crown, September 29. In this reign piked shoes were worn tied with ribands and chains of silver to the knees. Ladies began to ride on side saddles, before which time they used to ride astride like men.
1399 Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet, died. A conspiracy formed to restore Richard.
1400 Richard II murdered in Pontefract Castle. Emperor of Constantinople visited England.