1470s in England

1470s in England

Events from the 1470s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward IV of England (to 31 October 1470), Henry VI of England (to 11 April 1471), Edward IV of England

Events

* 1470
** 12 March - Wars of the Roses: House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Lose-coat Field.
** 20 March - The Battle of Nibley Green is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates.
** 13 September - A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward IV's former ally Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces the King to flee England and seek support from his brother-in-law Charles the Bold of Burgundy. Warwick releases Henry VI from the Tower of London.
** 31 October - Warwick restores Henry VI to the throne.
* 1471
** 14 March - Edward lands with a small force at Ravenspur in Yorkshire.
** 11 April - London surrenders to Edward.
** 14 April - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Barnet, Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick, who is killed.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=185–187]
** 4 May - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Tewkesbury, King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army under Queen Margaret and her son, Edward of Westminster the Prince of Wales, who is killed.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** 21 May - Henry VI is executed in the Tower of London.
** 3 July - Edward's brother, Richard of Gloucester becomes Constable and Admiral of England, with power over the north of the country.
* 1472
** Building of York Minster completed. [cite web|url=http://www.yorkminster.org/general/faqs/|title=York Minster FAQs|accessdate=2007-11-04]
* 1473
** 28 May - John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford raids Essex coastline, in support of the Lancastrians.
** 30 September - Earl of Oxford captures St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.
* 1474
** February - Earl of Oxford surrenders, and is pardoned but imprisoned anyway.
** July - Treaty of London - England allies with Burgundy against France.
** September - Peace of Utrecht negotiates trade concessions between England and the Hanseatic League.
* 1475
** 4 July - Burgundian Wars: Edward IV lands in Calais in support of Burgundy against France.
** 29 August - By the Treaty of Picquigny, France pays England compensation in return for peace.
** "Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
** Construction begins on the new hall of Eltham Palace.
* 1476
** William Caxton sets up the first printing press in England at Westminster.
* 1477
** 18 November - Caxton prints "Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres", the first English book printed on a printing press.
** A new law bans two forms of skittles, and a ball game referred to as 'hand in, hand out'.
* 1478
** 15 January - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged four, is married to five-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk.
** 18 February - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London on the order of his other brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
** Chapel and cloister of Magdalen College, Oxford completed, by architect William Orchard.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 130-133|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** William Caxton publishes the first printed copy of "Canterbury Tales".
* 1479

Births

* 1470
** 7 April - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)
** 4 November - King Edward V of England, one of the Princes in the Tower (died 1483?)
** Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (died 1555)
* 1471
** John Forrest, martyr and friar (died 1538)
* 1472
** 10 December - Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481)
** Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (died 1513)
* 1473
** 14 August - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (died 1541)
** 17 August - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower (died 1483?)
** Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor politician (died 1555)
** Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (died 1484)
* 1474
** Cuthbert Tunstall, church leader (died 1559)
** Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1534)
** John Seymour, courtier (approximate date; died 1536)
** Perkin Warbeck, impostor pretender to the throne(approximate date; died 1499)
* 1475
** 25 February - Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (died 1499)
** Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (died 1554)
** John Stokesley, prelate (died 1539)
* 1477
** 3 February - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (died 1521)
** Lambert Simnel, pretender to the throne (died c. 1534)
** Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, diplomat (died 1539)
* 1478
** 7 February - Thomas More, statesman and humanist (died 1535)
** Thomas Ashwell, composer (approximate date; year of death unknown)
* 1479
** 14 August - Catherine of York Aunt of Henry VIII of England (died 1527)
** Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (died 1523)

Deaths

* 1471
** 14 March - Thomas Malory, author (born c. 1405)
** 14 April
*** John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (born 1431)
*** Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, kingmaker (born 1428)
** 4 May
*** Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (executed) (born 1438)
*** Edward of Westminster (killed in battle) (born 1453)
** 21 May - King Henry VI of England (born 1421)
** Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons (year of birth unknown)
* 1473
** 8 May - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, politician (born 1420)
* 1474
** William Canynge, merchant (born c. 1399
** Walter Frye, composer (year of birth unknown)
* 1475
** 10 March - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (born 1430)
* 1476
** 14 January - John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1444)
** 8 June - George Neville, archbishop and statesman (born c. 1432)
** 22 December - Isabella Neville, duchess (born 1451)
* 1478
** 18 February - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)

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