* April 11 – Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England ( b. 1377 )

Despite Robert's further condemnations of his border lords, all the signs were that Robert backed the growing successful Scottish militancy following Edward III's death in 1377.

* Robert Wikeford, Primate of Ireland ( 1377 – 1379 ).

Among eminent men who have been associated with the cathedral – besides those who have already been mentioned – are Robert of Gloucester, the chronicler, prebendary in 1291 ; Nicholas of Hereford, chancellor in 1377, a remarkable man and leader of the Lollards at Oxford ; John Carpenter, town clerk of London who baptized there on December 18, 1378 ; Polydore Vergil, prebendary in 1507, a celebrated literary man, as indeed with such a name he ought to have been ; and Miles Smith, prebendary in 1580, promoted to the See of Gloucester – one of the translators of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

* Anthony Nicholls ( Narrator ), Terence Longdon ( Soldier ), Robert Helpmann ( Devil ), Arthur Leavins ( violin ), Jack Brymer ( clarinet ), Gwydion Brooke ( bassoon ), Richard Walton ( cornet ), Sidney Langston ( trombone ), Edmond Chesterman ( double bass ), Stephen Whittaker ( percussion ), conducted by John Pritchard, based on Glyndebourne Opera production 1954 at Edinburgh Festival ), LP HMV ALP 1377.

* Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford – the first holder of this office ( 1377 –

Between 1374 and 1377 King Robert II confirmed Adam Forester, a burgess of Edinburgh, in the lands of the Lordship of Corstorphine, which had previously been owned by William More of Abercorn.

# Robert of Alençon ( 1344 – 1377 ), Count of Perche, married 5 April 1374 Jeanne, daughter of Viscount John I of Rohan

Coat of arms of the counts of Perche. Robert of Alençon ( 1344 – 1377 ) was the son of Charles II of Alençon and Maria de La Cerda y Lara.

Avignon Pope Clement VII | Robert of Geneva, future Avignon Pope Clement VII, the commander of papal forces until 1377

* Robert Hylton, de jure 3rd Baron Hylton ( 1340 – 1377 )

Pope Gregory XI's return to Rome in 1377, followed by his death and the controversial election of his successor, Pope Urban VI, resulted in the defection of a number of cardinals and the election of a rival pope based at Avignon in 1378.

* 1377 – Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

It was under these conditions that Pope Gregory XI, who in January, 1377, had gone from Avignon to Rome, sent on 22 May five copies of his bull against Wycliffe, dispatching one to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the others to the Bishop of London, King Edward III, the Chancellor, and the university ; among the enclosures were 18 theses of his, which were denounced as erroneous and dangerous to Church and State.

During the period when the papacy resided in Avignon, France ( 1309 – 1377 ), the feudal lords ' power increased due to the absence of the Pope from Rome.

From 1309 to 1377, the pope resided not in Rome but in Avignon.

He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy ( 1309 – 1377 ), elected by a conclave in Lyon assembled by King Philip V of France.

This period from 1309 – 1377 – the Avignon Papacy – was also called the Babylonian Captivity of exile, in reference to the Israelites ' enslavement in biblical times.

Finally, on September 13, 1376 Gregory XI abandoned Avignon and moved his court to Rome ( arriving January 17, 1377 ), officially ending the Avignon Papacy.

From 1309 until 1377, seven Popes reigned in Avignon before the Schism between the Roman and Avignon churches, which led to the creation of rival popes in both places.

The tiara was kept in the Papal Treasury at Avignon until Gregory XI took it back to Rome, which he entered on 17th January 1377.

The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377 during which seven French popes, resided in Avignon.

Although the move had precedent, the Avignon Papacy's ( 1305 – 1377 ) image was damaged by accusations of corruption, favoritism toward the French, and even heresy.

The popes departed Avignon in 1377, returning to Rome, but this prompted the Papal Schism during which time the antipopes Clement VII and Benedict XIII made Avignon their home until 1403.

The practice again increased during the Avignon Papacy ( 1309 – 1377 ) and especially during the Papal Schism ( 1378 – 1417 ), when the papal claimants gave numerous abbeys in commendam in order to increase the number of their adherents.

* Palais des Papes, Avignon, France-used from 1309 to 1377

Following the close of the Avignon papacy in 1377, Urban VI, an Italian, took the reins over a predominantly French college of Cardinals.

She impressed the Pope so much that he returned his administration to Rome in January 1377.

* 1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.

In 1309 the city, still part of the Kingdom of Arles, was chosen by Pope Clement V as his residence, and from 9 March 1309 until 13 January 1377 was the seat of the Papacy instead of Rome.

In 1377, Hawkwood led the destruction of Cesena by mercenary armies, acting in the name of Pope Gregory XI.

In 1309 the city was chosen by Clement V as his residence, and from that time till 1377 was the papal seat.

In the same year, 1377, he crowned his young son John VII as co-emperor.

* Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy, 1st Earl of Bedford ( 1340 – 1397 ) ( resigned in 1377 )

This led to the printing of the Jikji in 1377 — today the oldest extant movable metal print book.

Champa was made into a tributary state of Vietnam in 1312, but ten years later regained independence and Champa troops led by king Chế Bồng Nga ( Cham: Po Binasuor or Che Bonguar ) killed king Trần Duệ Tông in battle and even laid siege to Đại Việt's capital Thăng Long in 1377 AD and again in 1383 AD.

In 1377 the reformer appeared before Archbishop Sudbury and Courtenay, when an altercation between the duke and the bishop led to the dispersal of the court, and during the ensuing riot Lancaster probably owed his safety to the good offices of his foe.

The Cobb has been destroyed or severely damaged by storms several times ; it was swept away in 1377 which led to the destruction of 50 boats and 80 houses.

Bishop Uguccione's castle was destroyed in a revolt in 1377 that led to the subjection of Biella, along with its dependent comuni, to the yoke of the house of Savoy.

It was the failure to report the arrival of an envoy from Champa that led to Hu Weiyong ( 胡惟庸 ), the Ming prime minister from 1377 to 1380, being executed on charges of treason.

In 1377, he followed the crown prince of Srivijaya Parameswara to Temasik when Palembang was overran by the army of Majapahit.