1410s in England

Events from the 1410s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry IV (to 20 March 1413), then Henry V

Events

1410
- Owain Glyndŵr continues his rebellion against England,^[1] although a costly English raid into rebel-held Shropshire is believed to have led to the capture of a number of rebel leaders.
1411
- 30 November – Henry IV dismisses Henry, Prince of Wales and his allies from the royal council.^[1]
1412
- May – England allies with the Armagnac party in return for help in regaining control of Aquitaine.^[1]
- Owain Glyndŵr cuts through the King's men and captures, later ransoming, a leading Welsh supporter of King Henry's, Dafydd Gam, in an ambush in Brecon. However, this is the last time that Owain is seen by his enemies.
1413
- 21 March – Henry V becomes King following the death of his father Henry IV^[2] in the "Jerusalem" chamber of Westminster Abbey.
- 9 April – coronation of King Henry V^[1] at Westminster Abbey in a snowstorm.
- December – body of Richard II of England re-interred at Westminster Abbey as a gesture of reconciliation.^[1]
1414
- 9 January – a Lollard rebellion in London is suppressed.^[2]
- 27 April – Henry Chichele enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- August – Henry V claims the throne of France.^[1]
- Durham School is founded as a grammar school by Thomas Langley, Prince-Bishop of Durham.
1415
- 5 August – Southampton Plot to depose Henry V in favour of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March fails and the ringleaders are executed.^[1]
- 13 August – Hundred Years' War: Henry V begins an invasion of Normandy.^[2]
- 22 September – Hundred Years' War: English capture Harfleur.^[1]
- 25 October – Hundred Years' War: Henry V is victorious over the French at the Battle of Agincourt.^[2]
- Henry V offers a pardon to the fugitive Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, but it is refused.^[2]
- Twickenham Monastery founded; the last new English monastery of the Middle Ages.^[1]
1416
- 1 May – Hundred Years' War: French fleet blockades Harfleur.^[1]
- 15 August – Hundred Years' War: Harfleur relieved, following a naval battle in the estuary of the Seine.^[1]
1417
- 23 July – Hundred Years' War: Henry V leads an army of 12,000 men on a new invasion of Normandy.^[1]
- 12 August – Henry V begins writing his official correspondence in English, marking the beginning of its restoration as the official language of Government in England.^[1]
- 8 September – Hundred Years' War: English capture Caen.^[1]
- 14 December – Lollard leader John Oldcastle captured and executed.^[1]
- John Capgrave writes Chronicle, a history of England since the creation.^[1]^[3]
1418
- 18 February – Hundred Years' War: English capture Falaise.^[1]
- 30 July – Hundred Years' War: English Siege of Rouen begins.^[1]
- 22 August – Hundred Years' War: English capture Cherbourg.^[1]
1419
- 19 January – Hundred Years' War: Rouen falls to the English, who take control of Normandy.^[1]
- 30 July – Hundred Years' War: English capture Pontoise.^[1]
- 13 October – Richard Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London for the last time.
- 25 December – Hundred Years' War: Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, allies with England against France.^[1]

Births

1411
- 21 September – Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the throne (died 1460)
1415
- 3 May – Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1495)
- 12 September – John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Duke (died 1461)
- William Worcester, topographer, antiquary and chronicler (died c. 1482)
1416
- 26 October – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (died 1490)
1417
- 23 November – William FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, politician (died 1487)

Deaths

1410
- 16 March – John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (born c. 1373)
- 13 September – Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (born 1389, France)
- John Badby, martyr (year of birth unknown)
- John Gower, poet (born c. 1330)
1411
- September – Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge (born 1390)
1412
- Walter Froucester, Abbot of Gloucester
1413
- 25 January – Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford (born 1345)
- 20 March – King Henry IV (born 1367)
1414
- 19 February – Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1353)
- 1 September – William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer (born 1369)
1415
- 19 July – Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (plague) (born 1359)
- 5 August – Southampton Plot ringleaders (executed)
  - Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (born c. 1375)
  - Thomas Grey (born 1384)
  - Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (born c. 1376)
- August or September – Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (killed in battle) (born 1367)
- 13 October – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (born 1381)
- 25 October (Battle of Agincourt)
  - Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (born 1394)
  - Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (born 1373)
1417
- 4 September – Robert Hallam, Bishop of Salisbury (year of birth unknown)
- 14 December – John Oldcastle, Lollard leader (year of birth unknown)
1418
- 25 November – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (born 1401)
1419
- 3 September – Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter and Lord Chancellor of England (born 1344)
- 17 December – William Gascoigne, Chief Justice (born c. 1350)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 173–174. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Now in Cambridge University Library.

[CBH-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

[Cassell's_Chronology-2] Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 173–174. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[3] Now in Cambridge University Library.

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