Isabella, Queen of Edward II, and Earl Mortimer invade England; the King is captured and imprisoned in Kenilworth castle.
1327. King Edward II is deposed by parliament; Edward III, his son, succeeds. Edward II is brutally murdered by his keepers.
Louis V, the Bavarian, of Germany heads an expedition into Italy; he proclaims the deposition of Pope John XXII; he is forced to retreat after being crowned in Rome.
1328. Independence of Scotland recognized by Edward III of England.
Accession of Philip VI of France, the first of the house of Valois.
Birth of Chaucer.[88]
1329. Death of Robert Bruce; his infant son, David, succeeds to the Scotch throne.
1330. Orkham, Sultan of the Turks, captures Nicæa.
Queen Isabella and Mortimer are surprised in Nottingham castle[89]; he is executed at Tyburn; Isabella is confined during her life at Castle Rising.
1331. John Kempe takes his servants and apprentices from Flanders to join the weaving colony already founded at Norwich, England.