June 8th, 1333
Edward III (13 November 1312 ? 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. His fifty-year reign began when his father, Edward II of England, was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. Among his immediate predecessors, only Henry III ruled as long, and it would be over 400 years before another monarch would occupy the throne for that duration.[1] Edwards reign was marked by an expansion of English territory through wars in Scotland and France. Edwards parentage and his prodigious offspring provided the basis for two lengthy and significant events in European and British history, the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, respectively.
The reign of Edward III was marked by continued war with Scotland, but much more by the war with France. His first major military success was the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, which he won in support of his puppet, the new Scottish king, Edward Balliol, and to the detriment of his own brother-in-law David II of Scotland, the Bruce, claimant and husband of Edwards sister Joan of the Tower, princess of England.
Edward III on May 30th, at Tweedmouth, orders possession to be taken of the Isle of Man by William Taylor, of Carlisle, and William MStephen. (Rymer, Foedera, vol. v. p. 558.) The same year, June 08, he gives the Isle of Man to Sir William Montacute, to hold for one year, from the Feast of St. Michael; to pay the proceeds thereof into the Exchequer.
