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1380
16 January – Parliament declares Richard II of age to rule.
July to September – Hundred Years' War: The King's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, raids France.
November – the second of a series of three poll taxes designed to help pay for the war against France.
1381
January – Hundred Years' War: Brittany surrenders to France, although England retains control of Brest.
Spring – the third and final of a series of poll taxes designed to help pay for the war against France. This tax is highly unpopular, with many people blaming Simon Sudbury, at this time both Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury.
30 May – Peasants' Revolt breaks out when the attempts of an official (John Brampton) to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood, Essex, ends in violent confrontation.
12 June – Peasants' Revolt: Rebels from Kent and Essex, led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath, London, where they are encouraged by a sermon from renegade Lollard priest John Ball.
14 June – Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroy John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace and storm the Tower of London, finding and beheading Simon Sudbury, and also Robert Hales, Lord High Treasurer. King Richard (age 14) meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.
15 June – Peasants' Revolt: During further negotiations, Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army, the rebel leaders are captured and executed and Richard revokes his concessions.
Late June to July – Peasant revolts spread to St Albans and East Anglia, but are quickly suppressed. Norfolk rebels are defeated at the Battle of North Walsham (25 or 26 June).
15 July – John Ball is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of the King at St Albans for his part in the Peasants' Revolt.
30 July – William Courtenay enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
In response to the Peasants' Revolt, Parliament passes the Treason Act making the starting of a riot high treason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1380s_in_England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax#14th_century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Sudbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Archbishops_of_Canterbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Tyler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Straw_(rebel_leader)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollardy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_(priest)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Gaunt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_High_Treasurer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_North_Walsham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Courtenay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason_Act_1381 . 
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