1410s in England
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Events from the 1410s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Henry IV (to 21 March 1413), Henry V
Events
- 1410
- Owain Glyndŵr continues his rebellion against England,[1] although a costly English raid into rebel-held Shropshire is believed to have led to the capture of a number of rebel leaders.
- 1411
- 30 November - Henry IV dismisses Henry, Prince of Wales and his allies from the royal council.[1]
- 1412
- May - England allies with the Armagnac party in return for help in regaining control of Aquitaine.[1]
- Owain Glyndŵr cuts through the King's men and captures, later ransoming, a leading Welsh supporter of King Henry's, Dafydd Gam, in an ambush in Brecon. However, this is the last time that Owain is seen by his enemies.
- 1413
- 21 March - Henry V becomes King following the death of his father Henry IV[2] in the "Jerusalem" chamber of Westminster Abbey.
- 9 April - Coronation of King Henry V[1] at Westminster Abbey in a snowstorm.
- December - Body of Richard II of England re-interred at Westminster Abbey as a gesture of reconciliation.[1]
- 1414
- 9 January - A Lollard rebellion in London is suppressed.[2]
- 27 April - Henry Chichele enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- August - Henry V claims the throne of France.[1]
- Durham School is founded as a grammar school by Thomas Langley, Prince-Bishop of Durham.
- 1415
- 5 August - Southampton Plot to depose Henry V in favour of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March fails and the ringleaders are executed.[1]
- 13 August - Hundred Years' War: Henry V begins an invasion of Normandy.[2]
- 22 September - Hundred Years' War: English capture Harfleur.[1]
- 25 October - Hundred Years' War: Henry V is victorious over the French at the Battle of Agincourt.[2]
- Henry V offers a pardon to the fugitive Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, but it is refused.[2]
- Twickenham Monastery founded; the last new English monastery of the Middle Ages.[1]
- 1416
- 1417
- 23 July - Hundred Years' War: Henry V leads an army of 12,000 men on a new invasion of Normandy.[1]
- 12 August - Henry V begins writing his official correspondence in English, marking the beginning of its restoration as the official language of Government in England.[1]
- 8 September - Hundred Years' War: English capture Caen.[1]
- December - Lollard leader John Oldcastle captured and executed.[1]
- John Capgrave writes Chronicle, a history of England since the creation.[1][3]
- 1418
- 1419
- 19 January - Hundred Years' War: Rouen falls to the English, who take control of Normandy.[1]
- 30 July - Hundred Years' War: English capture Pontoise.[1]
- 13 October - Richard Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London for the last time.
- 25 December - Hundred Years' War: Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, allies with England against France.[1]
Births
- 1411
- 21 September - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the throne (died 1460)
- 1415
- 3 May - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1495)
- 12 September - John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Duke (died 1461)
- 1416
- 26 October - Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (died 1490)
- 1417
- 23 November - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, politician (died 1487)
Deaths
- 1410
- 16 March - John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (born c. 1373)
- 13 September - Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (born 1389, France)
- John Badby, martyr (year of birth unknown)
- John Gower, poet (born c. 1330)
- 1411
- September - Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge (born 1390)
- 1413
- 20 March - King Henry IV (born 1367)
- 1414
- 19 February - Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1353)
- 1 September - William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer (born 1369)
- 1415
- 19 July - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (plague) (born 1359)
- 5 August (Southampton Plot ringleaders)
- Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (executed) (born c. 1375)
- Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (executed) (born c. 1376)
- Thomas Grey (executed) (born 1384)
- August or September - Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (killed in battle) (born 1367)
- 13 October - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (born 1381)
- 25 October (Battle of Agincourt)
- 1417
- 4 September - Robert Hallam, Catholic bishop (year of birth unknown)
- 14 December - John Oldcastle, Lollard leader (year of birth unknown)
- 1418
- 25 November - Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (born 1401)
- 1419
- 17 December - William Gascoigne, Chief Justice (born c. 1350)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 173–174. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Now in Cambridge University Library.
See also