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1328
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Thomas Foxley is appointed
Constable of Windsor Castle by Queen Isabella and her boyfriend, the
Earl of March. Edward III is still too young to rule by himself.
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1329
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1330
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Edward III takes full control of
the country. He lets Foxley stay on as Constable of Windsor Castle.
The King meets with French Ambassadors at the Castle. They want him to
accept the King of France as his 'overlord'.
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1331
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Foxley arranges repairs at the
Castle. Queen Philippa lives there for a while.
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1332
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1333
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Edward III returns to Windsor
Castle for a well deserved rest after his war with the Scots.
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1334
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1335
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1336
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At Windsor Castle, Foxley is put
in charge of prisoners from the Scottish War. He later has to transfer
one, the Earl of Moray, to Winchester Castle.
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1337
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1338
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Edward III starts his war against
the French. Windsor Castle is garrisoned by 10 soldiers and 20 archers
while he is abroad.
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1339
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1340
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Edward
III
holds a tournament at Windsor Castle.
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1341
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1342
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1343
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1344
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The King
holds a very big tournament at Windsor Castle. The Earl
of Salisbury is killed there. The King promises to set up an Order of the Round
Table, like King
Arthur. He has a huge 'Round Table Building' put up in the Castle. Another
tournament is held later on.
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1345
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The King
makes Windsor Castle his main home. The Royal family move in. He holds another
tournament there.
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1346
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There are
huge preparations for the war with France. Everywhere, there are knights
practice fighting, horses arriving, weapons and armour being made, bags being
packed, carts being loaded and messengers coming and going.
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1347
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There is a
fabulous feast to celebrate the English victories in France, especially the
Battle of Crecy. After an embarrassing incident during the dancing, the King
announces he is founding the Order of the
Garter instead of the Round Table.
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1348
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The King sets
up the Order. Building work begins on a new home for the knights: St.
George's Chapel and buildings for its canons. Building work temporarily
stops because of the Black Death. Another tournament is held at the castle
(after an earlier one in Reading). There are
magnificent celebrations at the Castle after the birth of Prince
William. The King's prisoner, King David II
of Scotland, joins the festivities. He stays and the Castle becomes his new
prison.
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1349
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Another
tournament is held at Windsor Castle.
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1350
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1351
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William of
Wykeham does up the Round Tower for the King and Queen to move into while the
Royal apartments are rebuilt.
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1352
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Wykeham
starts a huge rebuilding programme throughout the Castle. including the
towers. The Round Table building is pulled down. Men are 'press-ganged'
into working there from all over the country. Building work carries on for the
next 17 years. It costs £51,000 (that's £18.5 million today!)
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1353
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1354
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The King
gives St. George's Chapel a holy relic called the 'Cross of Gneth'. Pilgrims
flock there in droves.
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1355
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There are
huge preparations for war with France again. There is lots of activity like
before. king David II of Scotland is transferred to a new prison at Odiham
Castle.
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1356
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King John II
of France becomes a prisoner at the castle after the Battle of Poitiers.
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1357
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1358
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A Royal
tournament is held at the Castle to impress the King of France (and another in 1361).
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1359
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1360
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Sir Thomas Foxley dies.
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