1460s in England:

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1440s 1440s in England Events from the 1440s in England.-Events:* 1440** 7 July - Hundred Years' War: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury recaptures Harfleur from the French.** 12 September - King Henry VI founds Eton College.* 1441...  | 1450s 1450s in England Events from the 1450s in England.-Events:* 1450** 7 February - John de la Pole marries Lady Margaret Beaufort.** 15 April - Hundred Years' War: French defeat the English at the Battle of Formigny....  | 1460s | 1470s 1470s in England Events from the 1470s in England.-Incumbents:Monarch - King Edward IV , King Henry VI , King Edward IV-Events:* 1470...  | 1480s 1480s in England Events from the 1480s in England.-Incumbents:Monarch - King Edward IV , King Edward V , King Richard III , King Henry VII-Events:* 1480...

Events

• 1460
  • 15 January - French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
    
     raid Sandwich, Kent
    Sandwich, Kent
    Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the Non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England. It has a population of 6,800....
    
     and capture the royal fleet.
  • 10 July - Wars of the Roses
    Wars of the Roses
    The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...
    
    : At the Battle of Northampton
    Battle of Northampton (1460)
    The Battle of Northampton was a battle in the Wars of the Roses, which took place on 10 July 1460.-Background:The Yorkist cause seemed finished after the previous disaster at Ludford Bridge...
    
    , Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
    Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
    Richard Neville KG, jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury and 8th and 5th Baron Montacute , known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, and military commander...
    
     and Edward, Earl of March
    Edward IV of England
    Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
    
     defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry VI
    Henry VI of England
    Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars...
    
    .
  • 10 October - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Richard Plantagenêt, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, and 7th Earl of Ulster, conventionally called Richard of York was a leading English magnate, great-grandson of King Edward III...
    
     claims the throne in London.
  • 24 October - Parliament passes the Act of Accord
    Act of Accord
    The Act of Accord was passed by the English Parliament on 25 October 1460, fifteen days after Richard, Duke of York had entered the Council Chamber and laid his hand on the empty throne. Under the Act, King Henry VI of England was to retain the crown for life but York and his heirs were to succeed....
    
    , proclaiming Richard of York as the heir to the throne.
  • 30 December - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield
    Battle of Wakefield
    The Battle of Wakefield took place at Sandal Magna near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire in Northern England, on 30 December 1460. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses...
    
    , a decisive Lancastrian victory is won and Richard of York is killed.
• 1461
  • 2 February - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Mortimer's Cross
    Battle of Mortimer's Cross
    The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought on 2 February 1461 near Wigmore, Herefordshire . It was part of the Wars of the Roses....
    
    , Yorkist troops led by Edward, Earl of March defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor
    Owen Tudor
    Sir Owen Meredith Tudor was a Welsh soldier and courtier, descended from a daughter of the Welsh prince Rhys ap Gruffudd, "Lord Rhys". However, Owen Tudor is particularly remembered for his role in founding England's Tudor dynasty – including his relationship with, and probable secret marriage to,...
    
     and his son Jasper.
  • 17 February - Wars of the Roses: At the Second Battle of St Albans
    Second Battle of St Albans
    The Second Battle of St Albans was a battle of the English Wars of the Roses fought on 17 February, 1461, at St Albans. The army of the Yorkist faction under the Earl of Warwick attempted to bar the road to London north of the town. The rival Lancastrian army used a wide outflanking manoeuvre to...
    
    , Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret
    Margaret of Anjou
    Margaret of Anjou was the wife of King Henry VI of England. As such, she was Queen consort of England from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471; and Queen consort of France from 1445 to 1453...
    
    , who recovers control of her husband.
  • 4 March - Edward, Earl of March proclaimed as King Edward IV of England
    Edward IV of England
    Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
    
     in London.
  • 28 March - Wars of the Roses: The indecisive Battle of Ferrybridge
    Battle of Ferrybridge
    The Battle of Ferrybridge, 28 March 1461, was a small engagement between the houses of York and Lancaster before the larger battle of Towton, during the period known as the Wars of the Roses....
    
     is fought.
  • 29 March - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Towton
    Battle of Towton
    In 1461, England was in the sixth year of the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster over the English throne. The Lancastrians backed the reigning King of England, Henry VI, an indecisive man who suffered bouts of madness...
    
    , the bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil, the Earl of March defeats Queen Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne.
  • 25 April - Henry cedes Berwick upon Tweed to Scotland
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
    
    .
  • 28 June - Coronation of King Edward IV.
• 1462
  • 25 October - Queen Margaret leads an abortive invasion of northern England with French support.
• 1463
  • 8 October - Truce of Hesdin ends French support for the Lancastrians.
  • Importation of foreign playing card
    Playing card
    A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games...
    
    s banned to protect English manufacturers.
• 1464
  • 25 April - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Hedgeley Moor
    Battle of Hedgeley Moor
    The Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 25 April 1464, was a battle of the Wars of the Roses. It was fought at Hedgeley Moor, north of the village of Glanton in Northumberland, between a Yorkist army led by John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and a Lancastrian army led by the Duke of Somerset...
    
    , Yorkist forces under John Neville
    John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
    John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu KG was a Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, best-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England....
    
     defeat Lancastrians under Sir Ralph Percy
    Ralph Percy
    Sir Ralph Percy was a knight, a Governor of Bamburgh Castle and a supporter of the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses. Percy was the grandson of Sir Harry Percy.Percy married, firstly, Eleanor Acton and they had four children:...
    
    , who is killed.
  • 1 May - Edward IV secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville
    Elizabeth Woodville
    Elizabeth Woodville was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483. Elizabeth was a key figure in the series of dynastic civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. Her first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans...
    
    . He keeps the marriage a secret until 14 September.
  • 15 May - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Hexham
    Battle of Hexham
    The Battle of Hexham marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV....
    
    , Neville defeats the Lancastrian army.
  • 11 June - Fifteen year-truce with Scotland signed.
• 1465
  • May - Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen Consort.
  • 24 July - Former King Henry VI
    Henry VI of England
    Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars...
    
     is captured by Yorkist forces and imprisoned in the Tower of London
    Tower of London
    Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
    
    .
  • Reform of the coinage, including introduction of the Angel
    Angel (coin)
    The Angel is a gold coin introduced into England by Edward IV in 1465 as a new issue of the Noble, thus is was first called the "angel-noble". It is based off the French coin known as the Angelot or Ange, which had been issued since 1340. It varied in value between that period and the time of...
    
     and the Rose Noble
    Noble (English coin)
    The Noble was the first English gold coin produced in quantity, having been preceded by the Gold penny and the Florin earlier in the reigns of King Henry III and King Edward III, which saw little circulation....
    
    .
  • Re-foundation of Queen's College, Cambridge by Queen Elizabeth.
• 1466
• 1467
  • Archbishop George Neville dismissed as Chancellor of England.
• 1468
  • 3 July - marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
    Duchy of Burgundy
    The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...
    
     to Margaret of York
    Margaret of York
    Margaret of York – also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy – was Duchess of Burgundy as the third wife of Charles the Bold and acted as a protector of the Duchy after his death. She was a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of...
    
    , sister of Edward IV.
  • 29 July - Hansa merchants expelled from London; Anglo-Hanseatic War
    Anglo-Hanseatic War
    The Anglo-Hanseatic War lasted from 1470-1474 between England and the Hanseatic League led by the cities of Danzig and Lübeck. Causes of the war include increasing English pressure against the trade of the Hanseatic cities on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.The war was fought mainly by the...
    
     breaks out with the Hanseatic League
    Hanseatic League
    The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
    
    .
  • First recorded English use of the rack
    Rack (torture)
    The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one, or both, ends, having at one end a fixed bar to which the legs were fastened, and at the other a movable bar to which the hands were tied...
    
     in torture
    Torture
    Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain as a means of punishment, revenge, forcing information or a confession, or simply as an act of cruelty. Throughout history, torture has often been used as a method of political re-education, interrogation, punishment, and coercion...
    
    .
• 1469
  • June - A Lancastrian revolt led 'Robin of Redesdale
    Robin of Redesdale
    Robin of Redesdale, sometimes called "Robin Mend-All", was the leader of an insurrection against King Edward IV of England. His true identity is unknown, but it is thought he could have been either Sir John Conyers of Hornby or his brother Sir William Conyers of Marske...
    
    ' spreads from Yorkshire
    Yorkshire
    Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
    
     to Lancashire
    Lancashire
    Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
    
    .
  • July - Earl of Warwick joins the rebels.
  • 26 July - Wars of the Roses: Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Edgecote Moor
    Battle of Edgecote Moor
    The Battle of Edgecote Moor took place 6 miles northeast of Banbury , England on 26 July 1469 during the Wars of the Roses. The site of the battle was actually Danes Moor in Northamptonshire, at a crossing of a tributary of the River Cherwell. The battle pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th...
    
    .
  • 29 July - King Edward arrested and imprisoned after his army abandons him.
  • September - Edward released following widespread rioting.

Births

• 1460
  • Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley
    Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley
    Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley was an English nobleman, the son of Edmund de Sutton, Knight of Dudley Castle and Gatescombe, and Joyce de Tiptoft, daughter of Sir John de Tibetot and Joyce de Cherleton...
    
     (died 1532)
  • Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
    Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
    Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester was the legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill.-Biography:He was born around 1460 to Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill...
    
     (died 1526)
• 1461
  • Nicholas West
    Nicholas West
    Nicholas West , English bishop and diplomatist, was born at Putney, and educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1486....
    
    , bishop and diplomat (died 1533)
• 1462
  • Edmund Dudley
    Edmund Dudley
    Edmund Dudley was an English administrator and a financial agent of King Henry VII. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the King's Council. After the accession of Henry VIII, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed the next year on a treason charge...
    
    , minister of Henry VII (died 1510)
• 1465
  • William Cornysh
    William Cornysh
    William Cornysh the Younger was an English composer, dramatist, actor, and poet.-Life:...
    
    , composer (died 1523)
• 1466
  • 11 February - Elizabeth of York
    Elizabeth of York
    Elizabeth of York was Queen consort of England as spouse of King Henry VII from 1486 until 1503, and mother of King Henry VIII of England....
    
    , queen of Henry VII
    Henry VII of England
    Henry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor....
    
     (died 1503)
• 1467
  • January - John Colet
    John Colet
    John Colet was an English churchman and educational pioneer.Colet was an English scholar, Renaissance humanist, theologian, and Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. Colet wanted people to see the scripture as their guide through life. Furthermore, he wanted to restore theology and rejuvenate...
    
    , churchman and educational pioneer (died 1519)
  • 11 August - Mary of York
    Mary of York
    Mary of York was the second daughter of Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.-Family:...
    
    , daughter of King Edward IV (d. 1482)
  • John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
    John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
    John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners was a statesman and translator, born at Sherfield, Hertfordshire, England, to Sir Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney, and educated at Oxford University. He held various Offices of State, including that of Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Henry VIII, and...
    
    , translator (died 1553)
  • John Yonge
    John Yonge
    John Yonge , English ecclesiastic and diplomatist, was born at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he became a fellow in 1485. Probably the son of John Yonge, Lord Mayor of London...
    
    , ecclesiastic and diplomatist (died 1516)
  • William Latimer
    William Latimer
    William Latimer was an English clergyman and scholar of Ancient Greek.Latimer studied at Oxford University, attaining the degree of Bachelor of Arts before being admitted as a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1489...
    
    , churchman and scholar (died 1545)
• 1469
  • 20 March - Cecily of York
    Cecily of York
    Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort, née Lady Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers.-Birth and Family:Cecily was born in Westminster Palace...
    
    , princess (died 1507)

Deaths

• 1460
  • 10 July (at the Battle of Northampton
    Battle of Northampton (1460)
    The Battle of Northampton was a battle in the Wars of the Roses, which took place on 10 July 1460.-Background:The Yorkist cause seemed finished after the previous disaster at Ludford Bridge...
    
    )
    • Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
      Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham
      Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham KG , an English nobleman, great grandson of King Edward III on his mother's side, was best known as a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and in the Wars of the Roses....
      
      , military leader (born 1402)
    • John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
      John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
      John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, KG was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud Nevill, 6th Baroness Furnivall...
      
       (born c. 1413)
  • 30 December - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Richard Plantagenêt, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, and 7th Earl of Ulster, conventionally called Richard of York was a leading English magnate, great-grandson of King Edward III...
    
    , claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (born 1411)
  • 31 December
    • Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
      Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
      Richard Neville, jure uxoris 5th Earl of Salisbury and 7th and 4th Baron Montacute, KG, PC was a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses.-Background:...
      
      , politician (executed) (born 1400)
    • Edmund, Earl of Rutland
      Edmund, Earl of Rutland
      Edmund, Earl of Rutland was the fifth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville...
      
      , brother of Kings Edward IV of England
      Edward IV of England
      Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
      
       and Richard III of England
      Richard III of England
      Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
      
       (executed) (born 1443)
  • Reginald Pecock
    Reginald Pecock
    Reginald Pecock was an English prelate, Scholastic, and writer.-Life:Pecock was probably born in Wales, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford....
    
    , prelate and writer (born c. 1395)
• 1461
  • 28 March - John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford
    John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford
    John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford, also 9th Lord of Skipton was a Lancastrian military leader during the Wars of the Roses...
    
     (in battle) (born 1435)
  • 29 March (at the Battle of Towton
    Battle of Towton
    In 1461, England was in the sixth year of the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster over the English throne. The Lancastrians backed the reigning King of England, Henry VI, an indecisive man who suffered bouts of madness...
    
    )
    • Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
      Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
      Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort.-Family:...
      
       (born 1421)
    • Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
      Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
      Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, KG was an English nobleman and soldier. He was killed fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Towton.-Life:Born about 1405, he was son of Eudo de Welles by Maude de Greystoke...
      
       (born 1406)
  • John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
    John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
    Sir John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk KG, Earl Marshal was an important player in the Wars of the Roses.He was the son of John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Lady Katherine Neville...
    
     (born 1415)
• 1462
  • 26 February - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
    John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
    John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford , was the son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford , and his second wife, Alice Serjeaux...
    
     (born 1408)
• 1464
  • 15 May - Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
    Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset
    Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses. He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Duke of Somerset, since the title was re-created for his father after his uncle died...
    
     (executed) (born 1436)
  • 17 May - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros
    Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros
    Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros of Helmsley was a follower of the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses.-Family:...
    
    , politician (executed) (born 1427)
  • John Capgrave
    John Capgrave
    John Capgrave was an English historian, hagiographer and scholastic theologian-Schooling:Capgrave was born in Bishop's Lynn, now King's Lynn, Norfolk – "My cuntre is Northfolke, of the town of Lynne"...
    
    , historian and theologian (born 1393)
• 1465
  • 14 January - Thomas Beckington
    Thomas Beckington
    Thomas Beckington was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and King's Secretary in medieval England.-Life:...
    
    , statesman and prelate (born c. 1390)
  • John Hardyng
    John Hardyng
    John Hardyng , English chronicler, was born in the north.As a boy he entered the service of Sir Henry Percy , with whom he was present at the Battle of Shrewsbury . He then passed into the service of Sir Robert Umfraville, under whom he was constable of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland, and Kyme...
    
    , chronicler (born 1378)
• 1468
  • 14 June - Margaret Beauchamp
    Margaret Beauchamp
    Margaret Beauchamp, Countess of Shrewsbury was the eldest daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley...
    
    , Countess (born 1404)
  • 30 June - Lady Eleanor Talbot
    Lady Eleanor Talbot
    Lady Eleanor Talbot was a daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. Her alleged pre-contract of marriage with King Edward IV of England was of great significance to the final fate of the Plantagenet dynasty and outcome of the Wars of the Roses.-Marriage:In 1449, 13-year-old Eleanor married...
    
     (year of birth unknown)
• 1469
  • 12 August - Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
    Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
    Richard Woodville , 1st Earl Rivers, KG was an English nobleman, best remembered as the father of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV....
    
     (executed) (born 1412)