a port are enhanced. A cliff collapses at Hastings, ending its role as a trade harbour and demolishing part of Hastings Castle. New Winchelsea is established on higher ground. 8 June – rebellion in south Wales by Rhys ap Maredudd begins. 14 December – St. Lucia's flood: a North Sea storm surge devastates the Norfolk coast and The Fens; Spalding and Boston in Lincolnshire are badly affected. 1288 January – Welsh rebellion suppressed following a siege of Newcastle Emlyn castle. Barmote Courts established. 1289 6 November – Treaty of Salisbury: Edward agrees to help Margaret, Maid of Norway, in her bid for the Scottish throne. Births 1281 Richard De Bury, statesman (died 1345) Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (died 1345) 1282 7 August – Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I (died 1316) 1284 25 April – King Edward II of England (died 1327) 1285 1 May – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, politician (died 1326) 1286 30 June – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, politician (died 1347) Hugh the younger Despenser (died 1326) 1287 24 January – Richard Aungerville, writer and bishop (died 1345) 25 April – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (died 1330) Deaths 1280 22 July – Walter Branscombe, Bishop of Exeter 1282 25 August – Thomas de Cantilupe, politician and priest (born c. 1218) 27 October – Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer (born 1231) 11 December – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales (born c. 1223) 1284 19 August – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (born 1273) 1285 13 May – Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros (born c. 1213) 1286 16 June – Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely (year of birth unknown) 9 November – Roger Northwode, statesman (born 1230) William of Moerbeke, Dominican classicist (born 1215) References