1440s in England

1440s in England

Events from the 1440s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry VI of England

Events

* 1440
** 7 July - Hundred Years' War: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury recaptures Harfleur from the French.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=177–178]
** 12 September - King Henry VI founds Eton College.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 1441
** 2 April - King Henry VI founds King's College, Cambridge.
** 19 September - Hundred Years' War: French capture Pontoise and Ile-de-France.
* 1442
** 19 January - Eleanor Cobham, wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, convicted of treason and witchcraft.
** 11 June - Hundred Years' War: France invades Gascony.
* 1443
** 23 April - Perpetual truce signed with Burgundy.
** 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.
* 1444
** 28 May - Hundred Year's War: Truce of Tours between England and France.
** A serious fire occurs at St Paul's Cathedral in London. [cite book |title=The London Encyclopaedia|author=Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert|publisher= Macmillan|year= 1995|isbn =0-333-57688-8|pages=287]
* 1445
** 23 April - Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou.
** 14 July - Hundred Years' War: Negotiations for a peace treaty begin in London.
* 1446
** 26 June - Hundred Year's War: Henry re-asserts his claim over Brittany.
** Construction of the chapel at King's College, Cambridge begins.
* 1447
** 18 February - Duke of Gloucester arrested for treason. He dies five days later.
** 9 December - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York appointed as the King's representative in Ireland.
* 1448
** 11 March - Hundred Years' War: England cedes Maine to France.
** 16 March - Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations break down over the issue of English control over Brittany.
** 23 October - Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Sark.
** Queen Margaret of Anjou founds Queen's College, Cambridge.
* 1449
** 24 March - Hundred Years' War: English capture Fougeres in Brittany.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 123-125|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** July - Hundred Years' War: French invade Normandy.
** 29 October - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to the French.

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 (d. 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
** John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1476)
* 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)
* 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 Cardinal Beaufort, Lord Chancellor (born 1377)
** John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)
* 1449
** Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (born 1443)

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