1400s in England

Events from the 1400s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry IV of England

Events

* 1400
** January - Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury and the Baron le Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II restored as King.
** 14 February - Death of the deposed Richard II in Pontefract Castle.
** August - England invades Scotland, capturing Edinburgh.
** 16 September - Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers and begins attacking English strongholds in north-east Wales.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=171–172]
** 24 September - Welsh rebels invade England, but are turned back at Welshpool.
** October - Henry launches a punitive campaign against north Wales.
** Scotland resists an English invasion led by Harry Hotspur.
* 1401
** Passing of the De heretico comburendo Act — the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry IV into outlawing as heretics anyone owning an English translation of the Bible.
** 2 March - William Sawtrey, a Lollard, is the first person to be burned at the stake at Smithfield.
** June - English Pale in Ireland reduced to Dublin, County Kildare, County Louth, and County Meath.
** December - Glyndŵr firmly establishes control over northern Wales.
* 1402
** 22 June - Battle of Bryn Glas: Welsh rebels defeat the English on the England/Wales border.
** August - Glamorgan joins Glyndŵr's revolt.
** 14 September - Battle of Humbleton Hill: Northern English nobles led by Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy, defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas.
* 1403
** 7 February - King Henry IV of England marries Joanna of Navarre, the daughter of Charles II of Navarre.
** 21 July - Battle of Shrewsbury - King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by "Hotspur" Percy who has allied with the Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr. Percy is killed in the battle by an arrow in his face.
** The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (better known as the Stationers' Company) is founded. It is currently one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
* 1404
** 14 January - Henry grants Parliament the power to appoint Royal Councillors and hold them to account for expenditure.
** 10 May - Glyndŵr holds a Parliament at Dolgellau.
** 14 June - Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies with the French against the English.
** 6 October - Parliament meets at Coventry; Henry withdraws its powers of oversight over the Royal Council.
* 1405
** 11 March - Battle of Grosmont: English defeat Welsh rebels.
** April - Archbishop of York Richard Scrope leads a rebellion in northern England.
** 5 May - Battle of Usk: English defeat Welsh rebels.
** 8 June - Richard Scrope and other rebel leaders executed after their revolt collapses.
** August - Welsh rebels, assisted by the French, unsuccessfully attack Worcester.
** Hundred Years' War: French attack Aquitaine.
** John Thornton of Coventry constructs the largest medieval window in England, at York Minster.
* 1406
** 1 March - Parliament meets, and continues to sit until December, when it finally achieves its aims of nominating and ensuring the payment of members of the Royal Council.
** 30 March - The heir to the Scottish throne, Prince James captured and imprisoned in England.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006|pages=91]
** Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London.
** Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV.
** Richard, Earl of Cambridge, marries Anne de Mortimer.
* 1407
** October - Henry, Prince of Wales besieges Welsh rebels at Aberystwyth.
* 1408
** 19 February - Battle of Bramham Moor: Sheriff of Yorkshire suppresses northern rebellion.
** September - Henry, Prince of Wales retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
* 1409
** 28 February - Henry, Prince of Wales appointed Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 115-117|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** March - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.

Births

* 1400
** 25 December - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487)
** James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley (died 1459)
** Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician (died 1460)
* 1401
** 26 November - Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (died 1418)
* 1402
** 15 August - Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (died 1460)
* 1403
** Robert Wingfield, politician (died 1454)
* 1404
** 25 March (baptism) - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, military leader (died 1444)
* 1406
** 26 September - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, soldier and politician (died 1430)
* 1407
** Thomas de Littleton, judge (born c. 1407)
* 1408
** 23 April - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (died 1462)
** John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (died 1435)

Deaths

* 1400
** 5 January
*** John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, politician (executed) (born 1350)
*** Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, politician (executed) (born 1374)
** 13 January - Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, politician (executed) (born 1373)
** 16 January - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, politician (executed) (born c. 1352)
** 14 February - King Richard II (possibly murdered) (born 1367)
** 25 October - Geoffrey Chaucer, poet (born c. 1343)
** Ralph Strode, scholar (born 1350)
* 1401
** March - William Sawtrey, Lollard martyr (burned at the stake) (year of birth unknown)
** 8 April (or 8 August) Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (born 1338)
* 1402
** 1 August - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III (born 1341)
* 1403
** 10 May - Katherine Swynford, widow of John of Gaunt (born c. 1350)
** 12 May - William de Lode, prior (year of birth unknown)
** 21 July
*** Henry Percy, soldier (killed in battle) (born 1364/1366)
*** Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (killed in battle) (born 1378)
** 23 July - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, rebel (executed) (born 1343)
* 1404
** 27 September - William of Wykeham, bishop and statesman (born 1320)
* 1405
** 12 January - Eleanor Maltravers, noblewoman (born 1345)
** 17 August - Thomas West, 1st Baron West (born 1335)
* 1406
** 6 January - Roger Walden, bishop (year of birth unknown)
* 1408
** 20 February - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, statesman (born 1342)
** Elizabeth le Despenser, noblewoman (year of birth unknown)
* 1409
** 22 May - Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (born 1392)
** Thomas Merke, bishop (year of birth unknown)
** Edmund Mortimer, rebel (born 1376)

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