The English king, Richard II, commissions a diptych (the Wilton Diptych) showing himself being presented to the Virgin and Child

Richard II cedes his crown to Bolingbroke, as Henry IV, and a few months later dies in Pontefract castle - probably starved to death

The followers of Wycliffe, after his death, become known as Lollards or 'mutterers'

The English mystery cycles are performed by trade guilds, on carts pulled from audience to audience around the city

The Welsh rise against the English and proclaim Owain Glyn Dwr as their own prince of Wales

Owain Glyn Dwr captures Aberystwyth and Harlech from the English and sets up an independent Welsh administration

On the death of his father, Robert III, James I becomes king of Scotland

Driven from Aberystwyth and Harlech, Owain Glyn Dwr loses support - and the last Welsh rebellion fades away

Soon after his accession Henry V begins construction of a new royal palace at Richmond

Henry V succeeds his father, Henry IV, as king of England

Sir William de Milbourne, the first known resident of Milbourne House, dies and is buried in the Barnes parish church of St Mary’s

The treaty of Troyes, between the English and the Burgundian faction, grants Henry V the status of heir to the French throne

Henry V marries Catherine, daughter of the French king and sister of the rightful heir to the kingdom, the dauphin, who is on the opposing side

Henry VI, son of Henry V and Catherine of France, is king of England and theoretically king of France before his first birthday

On the death of his father, James I, James II becomes king of Scotland

An engagement at St Albans is the first battle in the 30-year struggle between the white and red roses of York and Lancaster

On the death of his father, James II, James III becomes king of Scotland

The first success in the Wars of the Roses goes to the white rose, with the Yorkist prince crowned as Edward IV

Sir John Saye, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV, becomes the first recorded resident of Barn Elms, the manor house of Barnes

Thomas Malory, in gaol somewhere in England, compiles Morte d'Arthur – an English account of the French tales of King Arthur

Edward IV, landing at Calais with a large army, is bought off at Picquigny with a bribe - ending his attempt to revive the Hundred Years' War

Caxton establishes the first English printing press in London, after working in the new trade in Bruges

The English king Edward IV dies and his succeeded by his 12-year-old son as Edward V

The two royal princes, Edward V and his younger brother, are confined in the Tower of London by their uncle - soon to be Richard III

Richard III has himself proclaimed king by a parliament held at Westminster, and begins a short reign of only two years