Economy & Finance in the 14th century

17 sourced entries, 1306 CE to 1397 CE, oldest first. Also see Economy & Finance across every century or everything else in the 14th century.

• 1306June 8 – After bringing the Flemish War to a victorious conclusion, King Philip IV of France orders the silver content of new livre coins to be raised back to the 1285 level of 3.96 grams of silver, and orders the devaluation of the coins of 1303, 1304 and 1305 to one-third of their face value. The economic decree leads to rioting.source
• 1306July 22 – The Great Exile of 1306: King Philip IV of France turns his attentions to Italian bankers and orders the Jews to be exiled in France. The Jewish quarter in Paris is cleared and goods are confiscated – to regain money spent on expanding the domains of Flanders and Gascony. Meanwhile, rumors of a secret initiation ceremony of the Knights Templar create distrust, and Philip – while being deeply in debt to the Order for loans from his war against England, uses this distrust for political and religious motivations against the Templars.source
• 1306In London, a city ordinance decrees that heating with coal is forbidden when Parliament is in session (the ordinance is not particularly effective).source
• 1315Dundalk was sacked by Edward De BruceIrelandsource
• 1316The Pound sterling experiences the greatest year of inflation in its history, at 100.04 percent, losing over half its value.source
• 1317April 11 – In Italy's Republic of Massa, coinage is resumed by arrangement of the Republic and of the Benzi family.source
• 1329Wiesbaden is granted the right of coinage by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.source
• 134123 January – Ross loses its rights as an open port.Irelandsource
• 1344The Compagnia dei Bardi in Florence goes bankrupt, along with the Peruzzi Bank and the Acciaiuoli Bank.source
• 1366The Den Hoorn brewery is founded at Leuven in the Low Countries. In 1717 this will be renamed the Brouwerij Artois, and later releases a beer in 1926 named Stella Artois.source
• 1369June 27 – Thomas de Brantingham succeeds John Barnet as the Lord High Treasurer of England.source
• 1373August 8 – Bristol perambulation: Bristol is made a county corporate, the first town in he Kingdom of England outside London to be granted this status.source
• 1380The Companhia das Naus is founded by King Ferdinand I of Portugal.source
• 1381February 1 – Sir Robert Hales is appointed by King Richard II of England as the new Lord High Treasurer, replacing Thomas de Brantingham in an office that will eventually cost him his life. Because Hales administers the collection of taxes, including the new poll tax passed into law by Brantingham,source
• 1393February 27 – The Senate of the Republic of Venice secretly directs Paolo Foscari to seek an alliance with Nerio I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens and Theodore I Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea, against the mercenary Navarrese Company.source
• 1394The Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day Germany.source
• 1397Tran Thuan Tong, the Vietnamese Emperor of Dai Viet since 1388, moves the imperial capital from Thang Long to Thanh Hóa.source