Editing 1307 (section)

===July &ndash; September===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Rudolf I of Bohemia|Rudolf I]], king of Bohemia, dies.<ref name="auto1307">{{cite book |title=Imagining the Past in France: History in Manuscript Painting, 1250-1500 |editor-first1=Elizabeth |editor-last1=Morrison |editor-first2=Anne Dawson |editor-last2=Hedeman |publisher=J. Paul Getty Museum |year=2010 | page=4}}</ref>
* [[July 7]] &ndash; King [[Edward I of England]], known as  Edward Longshanks, dies at [[Burgh by Sands]] after a 34-year reign. He is succeeded by his son 23-year-old [[Edward II of England|Edward II]], who becomes new ruler of [[Kingdom of England|England]]. After his death Edward's body is embalmed and transported to [[Waltham Abbey]] in [[Essex]]. Here it lay unburied for several weeks so that people can come and see the body lying in state. After this, Edward is taken to [[Westminster Abbey]] for a proper burial on [[October 28]].<ref>Philips, Seymour (2011). ''Edward II'', p. 131. New Haven, CT & London. UK: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-17802-9}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Edward II of England: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/e/edwardiiengland.html|language=en|website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; King Edward II travels from [[London]], after he is proclaimed king and continues north into Scotland, where he receives homage from his Scottish supporters at [[Dumfries]].<ref name=SeymourP>Philips, Seymour (2011). ''Edward II'', pp. 126–127. New Haven, CT & London. UK: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-17802-9}}.</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; In the first reorganization of the English government by the new King, Edward II, [[Gilbert Segrave]] replaces Ralph Baldock as [[Lord Chancellor]]
* [[August 4]] &ndash; King Edward II abandons the campaign against Scotland and returns home. He recalls his friend and [[favourite]], [[Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall|Piers Gaveston]], who is in exile, and makes him [[Earl of Cornwall]], before arranging his marriage to the wealthy 13-year-old [[Margaret de Clare]].<ref name=SeymourP/>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; On the question of whether a prayer to the English Bishop [[Thomas de Cantilupe]] led to the miracle of the resurrection of [[William Cragh]] the day after Cragh's execution by hanging on November 27, [[1290]], Cragh himself testifies before a papal commission at a hearing in [[Hereford]]. Of 38 miracles alleged to have been the result of intercession by Cantilupe, the papal commission finds 12 of them doubtful, but accepts another 26 and recommends canonization. [[Pope John XXII]] will formally canonize Bishop Cantilupe on April 17, 1320.<ref name=HangedMan>Robert Bartlett, ''The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages'' (Princeton University Press, 2004) p. 24</ref>
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[John de Benstede]], the English [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] since 1305 when he was appointed by the late King Edward I, is dismissed as by the new and replaced by [[John Sandale]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Walter Reynolds]], [[Bishop of Worcester]], becomes the new [[Lord High Treasurer]] for Edward II, replacing [[Walter Langton]], Bishop of Coventry. The next day, Henry Ludgershall is made the new [[Chamberlain of the Exchequer]].  
* [[August 26]] &ndash; After the restructuring of his government, King Edward II summons his first Parliament, directing members to be elected and to assemble at Northampton on October 13. 
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement V]] issues a papal bull confirming that the island of [[Rhodes]], now one of the [[Dodecanese]] islands of Greece, will be the property of the [[Knights Hospitaller]].<ref>"The Hospitallers at Rhodes, 1306–1421", by Anthony Luttrell, in ''A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries'', ed by. Kenneth M. Setton and Harry W. Hazard (University of Wisconsin Press, 1975) pp. 278–313</ref> 
* [[September 23]] &ndash; A marriage contract is concluded between the [[Otto IV, Count of Burgundy]] and King [[Philip IV of France]] for the marriage of Otto's 11-year-old daughter [[Blanche of Burgundy|Blanche]] to the King's 13-year-old son, [[Charles IV of France|Prince Charles]]. The marriage takes place on February 2, 1308, but will be annulled on May 19, 1322, shortly after Prince Charles assumes the throne as King Charles IV.