1460s in England

Events from the 1460s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry VI of England (to 4 March 1461), Edward IV of England

Events

* 1460
** 15 January - French raid Sandwich, Kent and capture the royal fleet.
** 10 July - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Northampton, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry VI.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=183–185]
** 10 October - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York claims the throne in London.
** 24 October - Parliament passes the Act of Accord, proclaiming Richard of York as the heir to the throne.
** 30 December - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, a decisive Lancastrian victory is won and Richard of York is killed.
* 1461
** 2 February - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Mortimer's Cross, Yorkist troops led by Edward, Earl of March defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper.
** 17 February - Wars of the Roses: At the Second Battle of St Albans, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who recovers control of her husband.
** 4 March - Edward, Earl of March proclaimed as King Edward IV of England in London.
** 28 March - Wars of the Roses: The indecisive Battle of Ferrybridge is fought.
** 29 March - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Towton, the bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil,cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006|pages=90] the Earl of March defeats Queen Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne.
** 25 April - Henry cedes Berwick upon Tweed to Scotland.
** 28 June - Coronation of King Edward IV.
* 1462
** 25 October - Queen Margaret leads an abortive invasion of northern England with French support.
* 1463
** 8 October - Truce of Hesdin ends French support for the Lancastrians.
** Importation of foreign playing cards banned to protect English manufacturers.
* 1464
** 25 April - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Hedgeley Moor, Yorkist forces under John Neville defeat Lancastrians under Sir Ralph Percy, who is killed.
** 1 May - Edward IV secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville. He keeps the marriage a secret until 14 September.
** 15 May - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Hexham, Neville defeats the Lancastrian army.
** 11 June - Fifteen year-truce with Scotland signed.
* 1465
** May - Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen Consort.
** 24 July - Former King Henry VI is captured by Yorkist forces and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
** Reform of the coinage, including introduction of the Angel and the Rose Noble.
** Re-foundation of Queen's College, Cambridge by Queen Elizabeth.
* 1466
* 1467
** Archbishop George Neville dismissed as Chancellor of England.
* 1468
** 3 July - marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy to Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV.
** 29 July - Hansa merchants expelled from London; war breaks out with the Hanseatic League.
** First recorded English use of the rack in torture.
* 1469
** June - A Lancastrian revolt led 'Robin of Redesdale' spreads from Yorkshire to Lancashire.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 128-131|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** July - Earl of Warwick joins the rebels.
** 26 July - Wars of the Roses: Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Edgecote Moor.
** 29 July - King Edward arrested and imprisoned after his army abandons him.
** September - Edward released following widespread rioting.

Births

* 1460
** Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley (died 1532)
** Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (died 1526)
* 1461
** Nicholas West, bishop and diplomat (died 1533)
* 1462
** Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII (died 1510)
* 1465
** William Cornysh, composer (died 1523)
* 1466
** 11 February - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII (died 1503)
* 1467
** January - John Colet, churchman and educational pioneer (died 1519)
** 11 August - Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV (d. 1482)
** John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, translator (died 1553)
** John Yonge, ecclesiastic and diplomatist (died 1516)
** William Latimer, churchman and scholar (died 1545)
* 1469
** 20 March - Cecily of York, princess (died 1507)

Deaths

* 1460
** 10 July (at the Battle of Northampton)
*** Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, military leader (born 1402)
*** John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (born c. 1413)
** 30 December - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (born 1411)
** 31 December
*** Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, politician (executed) (born 1400)
*** Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1443)
** Reginald Pecock, prelate and writer (born c. 1395)
* 1461
** 28 March - John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (in battle) (born 1435)
** 29 March (at the Battle of Towton)
*** Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (born 1421)
*** Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (born 1406)
** John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (born 1415)
* 1462
** 26 February - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (born 1408)
* 1464
** 15 May - Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (executed) (born 1436)
** 17 May - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, politician (executed) (born 1427)
** John Capgrave, historian and theologian (born 1393)
* 1465
** 14 January - Thomas Beckington, statesman and prelate (born c. 1390)
** John Hardyng, chronicler (born 1378)
* 1468
** 14 June - Margaret Beauchamp, Countess (born 1404)
** 30 June - Lady Eleanor Talbot (year of birth unknown)
* 1469
** 12 August - Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (executed) (born 1412)

References

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