1430s in England

Events from the 1430s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry VI of England

Events

* 1430
** 23 May - Hundred Years' War: Following the Siege of Compiègne, Joan of Arc is captured and imprisoned.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
** June - Henry VI of England establishes his court in Rouen in preparation for his coronation as King of France.
* 1431
** May - Duke of Gloucester crushes a Lollard uprising in Oxfordshire, led by 'Jack Sharp'.
** 30 May - Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake following her trial.
** 16 December - Henry VI crowned King of France in Paris.
* 1432
** 9 February - Financial crisis following the expense of two coronations.
* 1433
* 1434
** 23 November - The River Thames freezes between London Bridge and Gravesend, Kent.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** Revolts against English rule in Normandy.
* 1435
** 21 September - Hundred Years' War: After the Congress of Arras, England's alliance with Burgundy against France comes to an end.
* 1436
** 13 April - Hundred Years' War: the French retake Paris from the English.
** 10 September - Scottish defeat the English at the Battle of Piperdean.
* 1437
** 12 February - Hundred Years' War: English forces under John Talbot capture Pontoise.
** 13 November - King Henry VI comes of age, and takes over the rule of England and its possessions.
* 1438
** Margery Kempe writes the first known English autobiography.
** Foundation of All Souls' College, Oxford.
* 1439
** 2 July - Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations at Gravelines fail when Henry continues to insist on his right to the French throne.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 121-123|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** 13 September - Hundred Years' War: Meaux surrenders to the French.

Births

* 1430
** 28 October - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, politician (died 1475)
* 1431
** William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (died 1483)
** John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, politician (died 1471)
* 1435
** Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (died 1504)
* 1436
** 26 January - Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Lancastrian military commander during the Wars of the Roses (died 1464)
* 1437
** Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England (died 1492)
* 1438
** Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, nobleman and military commander during the Wars of the Roses (died 1471)

Deaths

* 1430
** 18 August - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, soldier and politician (b. 1406)
** Thomas FitzAlan, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
* 1432
** 19 October - John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, politician (born 1392)
* 1435
** 12 June - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, military leader (born 1408)
** 9 September - Sir Robert Harling, Knight under the Duke of Bedford (year of birth unknown)
** 14 September - John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of Henry VI in France (born 1389)
* 1437
** 3 January - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (born 1401)
* 1438
** 24 April - Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (born 1429)
** 16 October - Anne of Gloucester, noblewoman (born 1383)
* 1439
** 30 April - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, military leader (born 1382)

References

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