- 1470s in England
Events from the
1470s inEngland .Incumbents
Monarch -
Edward IV of England (to 31 October 1470),Henry VI of England (to 11 April 1471), Edward IV of EnglandEvents
* 1470
**12 March -Wars of the Roses :House of York defeats theHouse of Lancaster at theBattle of Lose-coat Field .
**20 March - TheBattle 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 allyRichard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces the King to flee England and seek support from his brother-in-lawCharles the Bold ofBurgundy . Warwick releases Henry VI from theTower of London .
**31 October - Warwick restores Henry VI to the throne.
* 1471
**14 March - Edward lands with a small force atRavenspur inYorkshire .
**11 April - London surrenders to Edward.
**14 April - Wars of the Roses: At theBattle 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 theBattle 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 ofYork 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 raidsEssex coastline, in support of the Lancastrians.
**30 September - Earl of Oxford capturesSt Michael's Mount inCornwall .
* 1474
** February - Earl of Oxford surrenders, and is pardoned but imprisoned anyway.
** July -Treaty of London - England allies withBurgundy againstFrance .
** September -Peace of Utrecht negotiates trade concessions between England and theHanseatic League .
* 1475
**4 July -Burgundian Wars : Edward IV lands inCalais in support of Burgundy against France.
**29 August - By theTreaty 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, byWilliam Caxton inBruges .
** Construction begins on the new hall ofEltham Palace .
* 1476
**William Caxton sets up the firstprinting press in England atWestminster .
* 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 aball 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-oldAnne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk .
**18 February -George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence , convicted oftreason against his older brotherEdward IV of England , is privately executed in theTower of London on the order of his other brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
** Chapel and cloister ofMagdalen College, Oxford completed, by architectWilliam 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 ".
* 1479Births
* 1470
**7 April -Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)
**4 November - KingEdward V of England , one of thePrinces 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 thePrinces in the Tower (died 1483?)
**Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , Tudor politician (died 1555)
**Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales , only son ofRichard 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 ofHenry 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 - KingHenry 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 ofEdward IV of England andRichard III of England (executed) (born 1449)References
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