1440s in England
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Events from the 1440s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - King Henry VI
Events
- 1440
- 7 July - Hundred Years' War: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury recaptures Harfleur from the French.[1]
- 12 September - King Henry VI founds Eton College.[2]
- 1441
- 2 April - King Henry VI founds King's College, Cambridge.[3]
- 19 September - Hundred Years' War: French capture Pontoise and Ile-de-France.[3]
- 1442
- 19 January - Eleanor Cobham, wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, convicted of treason and witchcraft.[3]
- 11 June - Hundred Years' War: France invades Gascony.[3]
- 1443
- 23 April - Perpetual truce signed with Burgundy.[3]
- 13 May - John Stafford enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- August - Hundred Years' War: 8,000 strong expeditionary force under John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset lands at Cherbourg.[3]
- 1444
- 22 May - The Treaty of Tours, signed between England and France, secures a truce in the Hundred Years' War for 5 years.[3]
- A serious fire occurs at St Paul's Cathedral in London.[4]
- 1445
- 23 April - Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou.[1]
- 14 July - Hundred Years' War: Negotiations for a peace treaty begin in London.[3]
- 1446
- 26 June - Hundred Years' War: Henry re-asserts his claim over Brittany.[3]
- 25 July - Henry lays the foundation stone of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.[3]
- 1447
- 18 February - Duke of Gloucester arrested for treason. He dies five days later.[3]
- 9 December - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York appointed as the King's representative in Ireland.[3]
- 1448
- 11 March - Hundred Years' War: England cedes Maine to France.[3]
- 16 March - Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations break down over the issue of English control over Brittany.[3]
- 23 October - Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Sark.
- Queen Margaret of Anjou founds Queens' College, Cambridge.[3]
- 1449
- 24 March - Hundred Years' War: English capture Fougeres in Brittany.[3]
- July - Hundred Years' War: French invade Normandy.[3]
- 29 October - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to the French.[3]
- Earliest known grant of a patent in England, by Henry VI to John of Utynam for the introduction of coloured glass manufacture.[5][6]
Births
- 1440
- approximate Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1503)
- 1442
- 28 April - King Edward IV of England (died 1483)
- 27 September - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (died 1491)
- Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (died 1483)
- 1443
- 17 May - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1460)
- 31 May - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (died 1509)
- John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, Lancastrian leader (died 1513)
- Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (died 1449)
- 1444
- 1446
- Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, politician (died 1508)
- William Grocyn, scholar (died 1519)
- 1449
- 21 October - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (died 1478)
Deaths
- 1440
- 30 September - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, soldier and politician (born c. 1362)
- 13 November - Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland (born c. 1379)
- 1443
- 12 April - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1364), having served since 1414, the longest ever in this office
- 1444
- 27 May - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, military leader (born 1404)
- 1445
- 5 June - Leonel Power, composer (year of birth unknown, between 1370–1385)
- 11 June - Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (born 1424)
- 1447
- 23 February - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)
- 11 April - Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor (born 1377)
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)
- 1449
- Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (born 1443)
References
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Palmer, Alan (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 123–125. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
- ^ "United Kingdom Patent Applications". LexisNexis. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ Gomme, Allan (1927). "Early British Patent Grants". Nature. 119 (2996): 494–494. doi:10.1038/119494b0. Retrieved 2011-11-17.