1480s in England

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Events from the 1480s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Tudor period.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Edward IV (until 9 April 1483), Edward V (9 April to 26 June 1483), Richard III (26 June 1483 to 22 August 1485), then Henry VII
  • Regent – Richard, Duke of Gloucester (starting 30 April, until 26 June 1483)[1]
  • Parliament – (starting 20 January, until 18 February 1483), (starting 23 January, until 20 February 1484), (starting 7 November 1485, until c. 4 March 1486), (starting 9 November, until c. 18 December 1487), (starting 13 January 1489)

Events[]

  • 1480
    • 1 August – Treaty of Perpetual Friendship between England and Burgundy.[2]
    • Magdalen College School, Oxford, established by William Waynflete.[3][4]
  • 1481
    • William Caxton publishes The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, the first English edition of the tale,[2] and also his 1480 translation of Mirrour of the Worlde, the first book printed in England to include woodcut illustrations.
    • 1481 or 1482 – Thomas de Littleton's Treatise on Tenures published posthumously, the first ever printed text on English law.
  • 1482
    • June – Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland and captures Edinburgh.[2]
    • 24 August – capture of Berwick: Scots surrender Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign;[2] the town remains permanently English hereafter.
    • Act concerning Swans sets out that swans are the property of the monarch (or those given permission by him to own them).
  • 1483
    • January – Act of Apparel, a sumptuary law, is passed.[5]
    • 9 April – following the death of Edward IV, the 12-year-old Edward V becomes king with his uncle the Duke of Gloucester acting as Lord Protector.[6]
    • 13 June – summary execution at the Tower of London of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings for allegedly conspiring against the new Protector's life.
    • 26 June – Richard becomes Richard III after Edward V is declared to be illegitimate by Parliament.[6]
    • 6 July – coronation of Richard III at Westminster Abbey following a procession on the Thames.[7]
    • Late Summer – disappearance of the Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York.[6]
    • 8 September – Edward of Middleham is invested as Prince of Wales[2] by his father the king at the Archbishop's Palace in York.
    • October – a rebellion by Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham is crushed by Richard III.[2]
    • 2 November – Henry Stafford executed at Salisbury.[2]
    • William Caxton publishes his English translation of the Golden Legend, his most popular publication.
  • 1484
  • 1485
    • 31 July – Thomas Malory's 1470 book Le Morte d'Arthur published by Caxton.[6][7]
    • August – start of serious outbreak of sweating sickness.
    • 22 August
      • Wars of the Roses: Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III and rival claimant to the throne Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry becomes King Henry VII of England, ending the Middle Ages in England and beginning of the Tudor dynasty.[6]
      • Creation of the Yeomen of the Guard.[10]
    • 30 October – coronation of Henry VII at Westminster Abbey.[6]
  • 1486
    • 18 January – marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.[2]
    • April – Henry defeats the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion.[2]
    • 20 September – birth of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York's eldest son Arthur at Winchester.
    • 6 October – John Morton enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
    • The Book of Saint Albans is published.
    • First recorded use of the word 'football' to describe a game in which the ball is kicked.[2]
  • 1487
  • 1488
  • 1489
    • 14 February – Treaty of Redon: England allies with Brittany against France.[2]
    • 26 March – the Treaty of Medina del Campo between England and Spain includes provision for a marriage between Arthur, the son of King Henry VII, and Princess Catherine of Aragon.
    • 28 April – Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland murdered by protesters against new war tax; revolt quickly suppressed.[2]
    • 13 June – : Anglo-Habsburg victory over France.[2]
    • 29 November – Arthur Tudor is named Prince of Wales.
    • The Gold Sovereign is first issued.
    • King Henry VII gives a city charter to Southwold.

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References[]

  1. ^ Powicke, F. Maurice; Fryde, E. B., eds. (1961). Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed.). London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. p. 38.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 132–135. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  3. ^ Stanier, R. S. (1958). Magdalen School: a history of Magdalen College School, Oxford (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
  4. ^ Clarke, D. L. L. (1980). Magdalen School: Five Hundred Years On. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-12516-7.
  5. ^ Sylvester, Louise M.; Chambers, Mark C.; Owen-Cocker, Gale R., eds. (2014). Medieval Dress and Textiles in Britain. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. p. 210. ISBN 9781322201160.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 187–189. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  7. ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  8. ^ "Richard III – A Man and his Times". The Richard III Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  9. ^ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  10. ^ "The Monarchy Today > Ceremony and symbol > Ceremonial bodies > Yeomen of the Guard". Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  11. ^ "Margaret of Anjou | queen of England". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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