Ireland

John of Gaunt, son of Edward III attacks Scotland.

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt’s royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest men of his era, and was an influential figure during the reigns of both his father and his nephew, Richard II.

Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, sudden death in Cork leaves the power vacuum

Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was an English magnate who was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland but died after only two years in the post.

Edmund Mortimer, 6th Earl of Ulster, holds a parliament at Dublin, which confirms the Statutes of Kilkenny

Parliament held by King Robert II at Scone, resolved that his son, the Earl of Carrick should succeed his father as King

Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

King David II, son of King Robert the Bruce, died

David II was the son of King Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh. He was only five and was crowned at Scone Abbey in November 1331, with the Earl of Moray acting as his regent.

King Robert III married Annabel Drummond.

Lionel of Clarence, leaves Ireland

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, (29 November 1338 – 17 October 1368) was an English prince who served as Lieutenant of Ireland from 1361 to 1366. The third son, but the second to survive infancy, of King Edward III and his wife Philippa of Hainault, he was named after his birthplace at Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant.

The Statute of Kilkenny

The English parliament, alarmed at the apparent undermining by native influences of the settler populations Englishness, passes the Statute of Kilkenny, the name given to a body of laws promulgated in 1366 with the object of strengthening the English authority in Ireland. This aims to halt the widespread adoption by the Norman-Irish, especially in frontier

The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed

The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed in an attempt to prevent Norman settlers becoming more Irish than the Irish themselves

Lionel returns to England, leaving Ormond as his deputy

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, (Norman: Leonell Duc de Clarence; 29 November 1338 – 17 October 1368), was an English prince, Earl of Ulster jure uxoris from 1347, Duke of Clarence from 1362, Guardian of England in 1345-1346, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1361-1366, Knight of the Garter from 1361, second surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was named after his birthplace, at Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant.