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The tower and nort transept at Carlisle were begun in 1400 and were completed...(more)

Building work on the East Window of York Minster until 1405....(more)

Chapter House at Canterbury building work by Stephen Lote....(more)

Henry Yeveley, one of the greatest late medieval architects died in 1400. His...(more)

Jan Supporters of Richard II planned to attack king Henry during a tournament held...(more)

Feb Richard II died some time between the 9th and 17th of February 1400 while being...(more)

Aug What started as a land dispute between Owen Glendower, a wealthy land owner in...(more)

Aug To stop the Scots raiding the northern borders of England Henry took an army...(more)

Sep Glendower's revolt spread and he proclaimed himself the Prince of Wales. He was...(more)

Oct Henry IV moved into North Wales to try and stop the rebellion but he was not...(more)

Oct 25 Geoffrey Chaucer died.\n...(more)

The statute called De heretico comburendo was passed by Henry IV allowing...(more)

Henry IV gave his son Prince Henry, the future Henry V, the task of defeating...(more)

Mar William Sawtrey was a follower of John Wycliffe....(more)

Jun After accusing the king of not paying his army, Hotspur resigned his...(more)

The king assembled an army at Shrewsbury Castle in preparation to fight Owen...(more)

Jun 22 Edmund Mortimer's army met Owen Glendower at Pilleth near Whitton in central...(more)

Sep 14 The armies of the Percies and the Scots met at Homildon Hill near Wooler in...(more)

Owen Glendower's forces attacked Kidwelly Castle managing to set fire to the...(more)

The Norman Llansteffan Castle was attacked by Owen Glendower. Glendower may...(more)

The castle at Abergavenny was attacked and burnt by Owen Glendower....(more)

Prince Henry, now sixteen, took control of this army in Wales. He took his...(more)

The Percies, led by the Earl of Northumberland and Hotspur announced their...(more)

Jul 21 Henry IV managed to reach Shrewsbury just before Hotspur arrived and the rebel...(more)

Aug Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland (Hotspur's father) had not managed to reach...(more)

Owen Glendower captured the town of Aberystwyth and its castle after a lengthy...(more)

Owen Glendower attacked and captured the town of Cardiff and its castle....(more)

The Welsh captured Harlech Castle and the fortess became the base for Owen's...(more)

Work began on the north and south cloisters of Worcester Cathedral. Until 1432....(more)

May Owen Glendower called a Parliament where he declared himself to be the true...(more)

Sep 27 William of Wykeham the Bishop of Winchester died in this year. He was replaced...(more)

Feb Owen Glendower, Edmund Mortimer and the Earl of Northumberland combine forces...(more)

Spring English forces fought and defeated Welsh forces in two battles at Grosmont and...(more)

Apr Richard Scrope colluded with the Earl of Northumberland to overthrow Henry IV....(more)

May The Archbishop's revolt was crushed with the aid of the Nevilles and the king...(more)

Mar Robert III had fled from the Duke of Albany to Rothesay Castle and had...(more)

Apr Robert III, King of Scotland died at Rothesay Castle. His son James, although...(more)

Apr With the death of Robert III, King of the Scots, James I was the new King of...(more)

The English besiege the Welsh in Harlech Castle....(more)

Prince Henry laid siege to the castle at Aberystwyth in an attempt to remove...(more)

Building work on the central tower of York Minster until 1423....(more)

Feb The end of the Percy's revolt came at the battle of Bramham Moor where the Earl...(more)

Autumn The Welsh surrender the castle at Aberyswyth. They had held out for a year....(more)

Winter The King's mysterious illness had resurfaced and he was extremely ill and close...(more)

Mar The Welsh in Harlech Castle surrender to the English and the revolt of Welsh...(more)

St. Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland....(more)

Sep 21 Richard, Duke of York, was born on the 21st of September. His father was...(more)

Jan Joan is born at Domremy....(more)

Mar 20 Henry IV died in the Palace of Westminster. The mysterious disease he had...(more)

Apr 9 Henry V was crowned at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was marked by a very bad...(more)

Autumn As the leader of the Lollards, the friend of the King was arrested and sent to...(more)

Dec In an act of respect to Richard II, Henry had the dead king's body moved to its...(more)

Jan 9 A meeting of the Lollards was stormed by the King's troops and many were...(more)

Summer France was in the midst of a civil war between the Burgundians and the...(more)

Spring As negotiations were underway in France, England was preparing for the invasion...(more)

Aug 1 Led by Richard Earl of Cambridge, Henry's cousin, a plot to assasinate the King...(more)

Aug 11 Preparations for war were complete and Henry's army set sail from Southampton...(more)

Aug 16 Henry's army landed on the north bank of the Seine estuary near to the town of...(more)

Sep 22 The town held out for five weeks in which time the English soldiers were...(more)

Oct 8 Henry's plans for invading France had been dented by the time it took to...(more)

Oct 19 Henry's plan was to get across the Somme at its estuary where it was relatively...(more)

Oct 25 The English army met the French army near the town of Agincourt. Although the...(more)

Nov After a few weeks recovering in Calais from their ordeal, Henry and the English...(more)

A French fleet laid siege to Harfleur, the French port captured by Henry, and...(more)

Aug 15 An English fleet commanded by John Duke of Bedford attacked and defeated the...(more)

Dec 14 Sir John Oldcastle executed.\n...(more)

May 21 Henry V pledged to recover all the lands of the dauphin Charles and (24.5)...(more)

Jun 2 The marriage of Henry and Catherine the daughter of Charles VI king of France...(more)

Feb 23 Queen Catherine was crowned at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Dec 6 Prince Henry (later Henry VI) was born at Windsor....(more)

May The French town of Meaux finally fell to the English besiegers. This being...(more)

Aug 31 Henry had fallen ill during the previous winter and had not recovered during...(more)

Sep 1 Henry VI became king of England upon the death of his father. Henry was less...(more)

Oct 21 Charles VI of France died and was buried in the Saint Denis Basilica. Henry VI...(more)

English defeat the French at Cravant...(more)

Canterbury South West Tower building work by Thomas Mapilton....(more)

Dec Treaty allowing James I, of Scotland to be freed from his prison where he had...(more)

The English defeat the French at Verneuil...(more)

May James I, King of Scotland was crowned at Scone Abbey....(more)

The North-west tower of Wells Cathedral was constructed during this time....(more)

Oct The Duke of Bedford led an English army to surround the French town of Orleans...(more)

It is believed that Owen Tudor and Catherine were secretly married in this year...(more)

Feb Joan was granted an audience with the dauphin at Vaucouleurs. At the meeting...(more)

Apr Charles gave Joan a small army and she sets of to free Orleans from the...(more)

Apr 29 Joan reached Orleans and managed to get past the English to enter the town....(more)

May 8 Joan of Arc had tried to negotiate with the English without success. More...(more)

Jun 18 The French defeat the English....(more)

Jul 17 Joan of Arc and the dauphin entered Rhiems. Charles was crowned in the...(more)

Nov Although Henry was still too young to reign he was crowned as Henry VI, King of...(more)

May 23 Joan's main objective was to liberate Paris from the Burgundians, but first she...(more)

Jan Joan's trial began....(more)

May 30 Joan was burnt at the stake in Rouen in the Old Market Square....(more)

Dec Henry was crowned King of France in Paris....(more)

Building work on the south-west tower of York Minster until 1456....(more)

Sep John, Duke of Bedford, died in Rouen. Henry was still too young to rule and...(more)

May 1 Richard, Duke of York, is appointed lieutenant-general in France by the king,...(more)

Jan 3 Catherine died in this year after retiring to Bermondsey Abbey. Some reports...(more)

Mar 25 After the death of his father, James II became the King of the Scots....(more)

Qtr 2 After the death of Catherine of France Owen Tudor was summonsed by Henry VI....(more)

Nov Henry VI takes control of England when he is declared old enough to rule...(more)

Qtr 1 Somehow Owen escaped from the Newgate prison along with his priest and servant...(more)

Jul Owen Tudor was pardoned for all crimes he had been accused of and released from...(more)

Construction of the brick Herstmonceux castle took place around this time....(more)

Construction of the brick tower at Tattershall took place around this time....(more)

Summer Richard, Duke of York was re-appointed lieutenant-general of France and...(more)

Summer Although Richard, Duke of York, had been appointed governor of France and...(more)

Apr 28 Edward was born on April 28th in Rouen in Normandy. His father was Richard,...(more)

Apr A peace treaty signed between Henry VI of England and Charles VII of France....(more)

Apr 23 The marriage of the King of England to Margaret of Anjou had been arranged as...(more)

Edmund Beaufort was appointed lieutenant of France. Richard of York had wanted...(more)

Feb 23 Humphrey the Duke of Gloucester died....(more)

Qtr 4 Richard, Duke of York, had previously been the Lieutenant of France and...(more)

Richard Neville married Anne Beauchamp who was the heiress to the Warwick...(more)

The West window of Southwell Cathedral was begun in this year....(more)

Jan The Duke of Suffolk was accused by Parliament of using his position close to...(more)

May William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk was accused by Parliament of being the...(more)

May Jack Cade was the leader of a rebellion that began in Kent and the south east...(more)

Sep As a possible heir to throne of England, Richard, Duke of York returned from...(more)

Thomas Young, the member of Parliament for Bristol stood up and declared that...(more)

Founded in 1451, Glasgow University is one of the oldest universities in the...(more)

Jun 30 The port city of Bordeaux fell to the French and English control was lost....(more)

Oct 2 Richard, the future King of England, was born in Fotheringay Castle in...(more)

Nov The two sons of Owen Tudor, Edmund and Jasper were made Earls. Edmund became...(more)

Turks established in Constantinople...(more)

Jul Sir John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his army were totally destroyed by the...(more)

Aug From August 1453 until the end of 1454, the King's mental health was such that...(more)

Oct King Henry's only son was born....(more)

Nov ....(more)

Mar 27 With the King unable to govern, the queen with the support of the powerful...(more)

Apr 2 With Richard, Duke of York running the country, several changes were made, one...(more)

Dec Henry returned to health and Edward, the Duke of York was removed from the...(more)

Edmund Tudor married Margaret Beaufort, the heiress of the Duke of Somerset....(more)

Feb With Henry back in power the Duke of Somerset was released from captivity....(more)

Mar Henry's return to sanity swung the balance of power back to favour the Duke of...(more)

May 21 A council was called and the Edward and Warwick were summoned to attend....(more)

May 22 The King had by his side at St. Albans the Dukes of Somerset and Buckingham,...(more)

Summer Edmund Tudor Earl of Richmond is captured....(more)

Nov Edmund the Earl of Richmond died in captivity in Carmathen Castle. His thirteen...(more)

Dec After the death of Edmund Tudor his brother Jasper Tudor Earl of Pembroke moved...(more)

Jan 28 The future king of England, Henry VII, was born at Pembroke Castle. His father...(more)

Mar 24 In an attempt to bring both Yorkists and Lancastrians together in peace, King...(more)

Jun 24 A council at Coventry decided that the Yorkists should be brought under control...(more)

Sep 23 Led by Richard Earl of Salisbury the Yorkists in the north mobilised an army...(more)

Oct 12 The Earl of Warwick with a force from Calais reached Ludlow and the combined...(more)

Nov At a Parliament called in Coventry the Yorkists are condemned as rebels and...(more)

Jun After the defeat at Ludford Bridge the Yorkists had dispersed. Having had time...(more)

Jun 26 Once the Yorkist army had secured Sandwich the Earls of March and Warwick...(more)

Jul 2 The Yorkists marched first to Canterbury where the officers in charge of...(more)

Jul 10 The Lancastrian's Court was in Coventry at the time of the Yorkist rebels...(more)

Jul 30 Now that the Yorkists had control of the King, they started moves to regain...(more)

Aug 3 Whilst besieging Roxburgh Castle, James II, King of the Scots was killed by one...(more)

Sep Richard, Duke of York returned from Ireland arriving somewhere near Chester....(more)

Oct Richard, Duke of York returned from Ireland to claim the throne of England as a...(more)

Dec 30 Queen Margaret had been building an army in the North and started attacking...(more)

Feb 2 Edward Earl of March, now the heir to the English throne, showed off his...(more)

Feb 17 The Lancastrians army led by the Queen met the Yorkist army led by Warwick at...(more)

Feb 27 Edward and Warwick were allowed to enter the city of London. The citizens of...(more)

Mar 4 Edward, the Earl of March, was crowned Edward IV of England at London by the...(more)

Mar 13 Edward IV with a large army left London to march north and face the...(more)

Mar 29 This was the bloodiest battle of the War of the Roses and was fought in a...(more)

Jun 28 Edward takes part in the crown-wearing ceremonies....(more)

Aug Edward began a tour of the the south and west of England visiting the Welsh...(more)

Aug 15 Louis and his wife were crowned at Rhiems Cathedral....(more)

Nov William Herbert was given the castle at Pembroke in recognition of his...(more)

Nov Richard (III) was give the title of Duke of Gloucester....(more)

Jun 28 Queen Margaret of England and Louis XI of France sign a treaty. Margaret...(more)

Oct 25 Queen Margaret landed near Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast with a...(more)

Nov 13 Edward acted quickly to Queen Margaret's arrival in the north. He raised a...(more)

Dec The Earl of Warwick was put in charge of capturing the castles from the...(more)

Mar Sir Ralph Percy, the constable in charge of Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh castles,...(more)

Summer Her invasion plans in ruin, Margaret decided to return to France. She took...(more)

Jul Queen Margaret, Henry VI and Scottish support besieged the castle at Norham....(more)

Oct Edward agreed a treaty with France in which both sides promising not to assist...(more)

Dec Edward agreed a truce with Scotland, signed at York. Edward spent Christmas in...(more)

Dec Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Lancastrian supporters rebelled against...(more)

Apr Battle of Hedgeley Moor...(more)

May The Nevilles defeated the last of the Lancastrian forces near Hexham. The...(more)

May Edward married Elizabeth Woodville (Wydville) secretly during a hunting trip....(more)

Jun Anglo-Scots truce signed at York....(more)

Sep 14 Great Council at Reading Abbey; Edward IV announced his marriage and (29.9 -...(more)

May 26 Elizabeth Woodville was finally crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Summer Henry had been helped by Lancastrian supporters in the north but was finally...(more)

Feb 11 First daughter, Elizabeth, born to Edward IV and Elizabeth; a second daughter,...(more)

The islands of Orkney were pledged to James III of Scotland in part payment of...(more)

Canterbury Lady Chapel Vault built....(more)

Summer Edward arranged for his sister Margaret to marry Charles the Duke of Burgundy....(more)

Qtr 4 Warwick was unhappy with the marriage of Edward and Elizabeth Woodville and he...(more)

Qtr 1 A rebellion began early in the year started by a mysterious person calling...(more)

Jun Edward and the Duke of Gloucester took a small army in search of the rebels in...(more)

Jul Warwick and the Duke of Clarence travelled to France where Clarence was married...(more)

Jul 26 Edward's army was insufficient to deal with the rebels alone and he had moved...(more)

Jul 29 After the defeat of William Herbert at Edgecote, Edward was left without a...(more)

Aug While Edward was imprisoned, Warwick captured the Queen's father (Earl Rivers)...(more)

Sep With the king in custody there began a series of riots around the country...(more)

Qtr 4 Richard (III) was given the role of Constable of England and was given Sudeley...(more)

The book about the legend of King Arthur called ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ was written...(more)

Building work on the north-west tower of York Minster until 1474....(more)

Mar 12 A rebellion had begun in Lincolnshire early in the year and had been mostly...(more)

May After their treachery had been uncovered, the Earl of Warwick and Duke of...(more)

Jul 22 Louis XI, the French King devised a plan to remove Edward IV from the English...(more)

Jul 31 Warwick promised to restore Henry VI to the English throne, and he betrothed...(more)

Sep 13 The Earl of Warwick landed at Dartmouth in Devon accompanied by the Lancastrian...(more)

Qtr 4 Edward IV had taken refuge with his brother-in-law Charles, the Duke of...(more)

Qtr 4 Edward IV's wife Elizabeth gave birth to her first son. Elizabeth had taken...(more)

Oct Henry VI was released from the Tower of London by the Earl of Warwick and...(more)

Oct 2 Warwick did not need to fight the King. Edward was outnumbered and was almost...(more)

Jan Edward IV and Charles of Burgundy met at Aire where an agreement was reached on...(more)

Mar 14 With a small combined force of English and Burgundians, Edward landed on the...(more)

Apr 4 George, Duke of Clarence deserted the Earl of Warwick and joined his brothers...(more)

Apr 11 The Earl of Warwick was in Coventry and apparently unwilling to confront...(more)

Apr 14 Queen Margaret (wife of Henry VI) and her son Edward the prince of Wales landed...(more)

Apr 14 The Earl of Warwick had left Coventry to confront Edward. The armies met at...(more)

May A group of men from Kent attacked London but left the city before the...(more)

May 4 The Yorkists led by Edward and Richard met the Lancastrians at Tewkesbury....(more)

May 21 Edward arrived back in London and that night Henry VI was murdered at the Tower...(more)

Qtr 3 Richard (III) was given the task of bringing the north of the country under...(more)

The young Prince of Wales and his brother lived at Ludlow Castle....(more)

Jul Richard III married Anne the widow of Edward Prince of Wales who died in 1471...(more)

Oct James III of Scotland agreed that his new born son, James, should marry Edward...(more)

Jul Treaty of London between Edward IV and Charles the Bold of Burgundy against...(more)

Jul Edward's plans to unseat the King of France led to his invasion of France with...(more)

Aug Louis and Edward agreed to a peace treaty to last seven years. The Treaty of...(more)

Dec Isabel, the wife of George, Duke of Clarence died a few months after giving...(more)

William Caxton set up a printing press near Westminster and printed the first...(more)

Edward IV bought Beaudesert Castle....(more)

The construction of the massive church at Windsor Castle was begun by Edward...(more)

Jun George Duke of Clarence was accused of being involved in a plot to kill Edward...(more)

Jan 15 Richard, duke of York, married Anne Mowbray, daughter of the dke of Norfolk, at...(more)

Feb 7 Clarence was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. The trial was...(more)

Feb 18 The Duke of Clarence was privately put to death within the walls of the Tower...(more)

Work began on the castle guarding the Dartmouth harbour in Devon. A chain was...(more)

Apr Edward IV declared that Richard should be made Protector of England as the...(more)

Apr 9 Upon the death of the King Edward IV, his son Edward V became King of England....(more)

Apr 29 The 4th of May had been set as the coronation date for Edward V, the new king....(more)

Apr 30 Richard, assisted by the Duke of Buckingham rode to Stony Stratford where they...(more)

Jun 13 Lord Hastings had supported Richard against the Woodvilles and had hoped to...(more)

Jun 22 To become king Richard had to remove Edward V. Richard declared that Edward IV...(more)

Jun 25 Anthony Woodville was executed at Pontefract Castle....(more)

Jun 25 After the children of Edward IV were declared illegitimate the Duke of...(more)

Jul At some point the yound king Edward V and his brother Richard disappeared....(more)

Jul 6 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was declared the true heir to the English throne...(more)

Aug By the end of July, Richard was travelling around the country meeting his new...(more)

Sep 7 A week of festivities preceded the investiture of Richard's son Edward....(more)

Oct ....(more)

Apr Richard's only son died at Middleham Castle aged only eight. Anne was unable to...(more)

Sep A three year truce was signed at Nottingham Castle by Richard and the Scottish...(more)

Dec Richard was welcomed into London by the Mayor and a procession led him to...(more)

Caxton published ‘Morte d’Arthur’....(more)

Mar Queen Anne died....(more)

Aug 7 Henry Tudor landed at Milford Haven and made his way north....(more)

Aug 22 Richard III is killed in the battle and Henry Tudor is proclaimed king....(more)

Sep The 10 year old Earl of Warwick was arrested and sent to the Tower of London....(more)

Oct 30 Henry Tudor is crowned Henry VII at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Dec 15 Catherine of Aragon is born at Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain. Her father and...(more)

Lord Lovell leads revolt in England. (More information required)...(more)

Jan 18 Henry married Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV, at Westminster Abbey....(more)

Sep Arthur was born several weeks early....(more)

May 24 Lambert Simnel arrived in Ireland claiming to be Edward Earl of Lincoln and...(more)

Jun 16 Henry VII fourght the Earl of Lincoln and Lambert Simnel at Stoke. The English...(more)

Jun 11 James III king of Scotland was killed at or shortly after the battle of...(more)

Jul The battle of St Aubin was fought between an army commanded by Sir Edward...(more)

Nov 25 Elizabeth of York was crowned. This could have been in 1487....(more)

Nov Henry VII's and Elizabeth's second child was born....(more)

Work was carried out on the Lady Chapel of Winchester Cathedral....(more)

Jun 28 The future king of England Henry VIII was born at Greenwich Palace. He was the...(more)

Qtr 4 The pretender to the English throne landed at Cork....(more)

Oct 12 Christopher Columbus landed on what he thought was the east coast of Asia...(more)

Nov 3 The peace treaty signed by Charles VIII and Henry VII. Charles agreed not to...(more)

Dec Christopher Columbus landed at Santo Domingo on the island now known as Haiti...(more)

Henry (VIII) received his first official title before he was 2 years old. It...(more)

Canterbury central tower building work undertaken including strainer arches in...(more)

Apr Although less than two years old Henry (VIII) was given the title of Lord...(more)

Nov 3 Christopher Columbus discovered Dominica island on a Sunday. The name is Latin...(more)

Aberdeen University was found in 1494/5 by William Elphinstone, the bishop of...(more)

Sep Henry was given the title of Lieutentant of Ireland, but his duties were...(more)

Oct Henry was also entered as a knight into the Order of the Bath and the Duke of...(more)

Dec Henry (VIII) was given the title of Warden of the Scottish Marches and entered...(more)

Mar 5 Henry VII granted John Cabot, his sons and heirs the power to explore unknown...(more)

Perkin Warbeck was hiding in Beaulieu Abbey where he was found by Henry VII's...(more)

May 2 Under the English flag, John Cabot left Bristol on his voyage of exploration...(more)

Jun Expecting to find the east coast of Asia Cabot and his fleet of explorers...(more)

Aug 6 John Cabot returned to Bristol after his voyage of discovery....(more)

Dec Vasco de Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope to reach East Asia.\n...(more)

Dec Henry VII had plans to spend Christmas at his royal palace of Sheen but it was...(more)

Apr Charles VIII of France dies. He was followed by Louis XII....(more)

May Cabot and a fleet of five ships sailed for America but were not heard from...(more)

Building work of a new church in the Perpendicular style began at Bath Abbey....(more)

Nov Perkin Warbeck executed at the Tower of London....(more)

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