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.^[1]
  • June - Henry VI of England establishes his court in Rouen in preparation for his coronation as King of France.^[2]
• 1431
  • May - Duke of Gloucester crushes a Lollard uprising in Oxfordshire, led by 'Jack Sharp'.^[2]
  • 30 May - Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake following her trial.^[1]
  • 16 December - Henry VI crowned King of France in Paris.^[1]
• 1432
  • 9 February - Financial crisis following the expense of two coronations.^[2]
• 1433
• 1434
  • 23 November - The River Thames freezes between London Bridge and Gravesend, Kent.^[3]
  • Revolts against English rule in Normandy.^[2]
• 1435
  • 21 September - Hundred Years' War: After the Congress of Arras, England's alliance with Burgundy against France comes to an end.^[1]
• 1436
  • 13 April - Hundred Years' War: the French retake Paris from the English.^[1]
  • 10 September - Scottish defeat the English at the Battle of Piperdean.
• 1437
  • 12 February - Hundred Years' War: English forces under John Talbot capture Pontoise.^[2]
  • 13 November - King Henry VI comes of age, and takes over the rule of England and its possessions.^[2]
• 1438
  • Margery Kempe writes the first known English autobiography.^[2]
  • Foundation of All Souls' College, Oxford.^[2]
• 1439
  • 2 July - Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations at Gravelines fail when Henry continues to insist on his right to the French throne.^[2]
  • 13 September - Hundred Years' War: Meaux surrenders to the French.^[2]
  • 12 November - Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by Parliament.

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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