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John Wyclif.
Chronology
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| CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH WYCLIFF | ||||||
| a.d. | Facts in Wyclif's Life | Kings of England | Archbishops of Canterbury | Popes | Kings of France | Contemporary Events |
| 1372 to 1375 |
Edward III. | W. Whittlesea. | Gregory XI. | 1372. English navy destroyed. | ||
| 1373. Mission to Avignon about provisions, etc. Courtenay in Convocation demands relief for the Church. Commission on alien incumbents. | ||||||
| 1374. Appointed by Crown to living of Lutterworth.
Appointed on Commission to to confer with Papal legates at Bruges. |
1374. Peace with France: mediation of Pope. | |||||
| 1375. Resides at Bruges as Commissioner, fifty days.
Refuses the prebend of Aust. |
1375. S.Sudbury. | 1375. Conferences at Bruges, political and ecclesiastical. Compromises effected in both cases.
Senility of the King. Great influence of Alice Perrers. Parliament not summoned this year. Courtenay Bishop of London.
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| 1376 to 1377 |
1376. Complaints of Wyclif made by the friars to the English bishops, and then to Rome. | 1376. Good Parliament. Ecclesiastics recalled. Prince of Wales dies. Parliament overruled. Wykeham disgraced and Speaker imprisoned. Pope excommunicates the Florentines. Attacks on foreigners in England. | ||||
| 1377. Summoned to St. Paul's by Courtenay; attended by Lancaster and Percy. Citizens break up the meeting. | 1377. Richard II. | 1377. Courtenay demands the restoration of Wykeham. Commons packed by John of Gaunt. Attempt to curtail the privileges of the City. Riots in London and Westminster.
First poll-tax. Death of Edward III. War renewed with France. In residence at Black Hall, Oxford. Five Papal bulls against Wyclif, who makes his defence at Oxford and in Parliament. Wyclif, consulted by Parliament as to payment of Peter's Pence, refutes the claim, but declines to advise non-payment. | ||||
