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1430s in England

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Events from the 1430s in England.

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Events

  • 1430
  • 23 May – Hundred Years' War: following the Siege of Compiègne, Joan of Arc is captured and imprisoned.{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}
  • June – Henry VI of England establishes his court in Rouen in preparation for his coronation as King of France.
  • The right to vote in elections to the House of Commons of England in the shires is restricted to Forty Shilling Freeholders, which remains the sole qualification in England until 1832.{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=119–123|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
  • 1431
  • May – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, crushes a Lollard uprising in Oxfordshire, led by 'Jack Sharp'.
  • 30 May – Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake in Rouen following her trial.
  • 16 December – Henry VI crowned King of France in Paris.
  • 1432
  • 9 February – financial crisis following the expense of two coronations.
  • 1433
  • Winter – much of the town of Alnwick in Northumbria is burnt by a Scottish raiding party.
  • 1434
  • 23 November – the River Thames freezes between London Bridge and Gravesend, Kent.{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
  • Revolts against English rule in Normandy.
  • 1435
  • 21 September – Hundred Years' War: after the Congress of Arras, England's alliance with Burgundy against France comes to an end.
  • Enea Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, is sent by Cardinal Albergati on a secret mission to Scotland and the north of England.
  • 1436
  • 13 April – Hundred Years' War: the French retake Paris from the English.
  • 25 June – The Incorporated Guild of Smiths in Newcastle upon Tyne is founded.
  • 10 September – Scottish defeat the English at the Battle of Piperdean.
  • 1437
  • 12 February – Hundred Years' War: English forces under John Talbot capture Pontoise.
  • 16 November – King Henry VI comes of age and takes over the rule of England and its possessions.
  • Almshouses and school established at Ewelme in Oxfordshire by William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Alice (née Chaucer). By the 21st century this will form the earliest school building in the United Kingdom still in use as a local authority school.{{cite web|url=http://www.ewelme.oxon.sch.uk/|title=Sapere Aude – Dare to be Wise|publisher=Ewelme C. E. Primary School|year=2014|access-date=2016-08-19}}
  • 1438
  • 10 February – Foundation of All Souls' College, Oxford, as a graduate institution.
  • 28 April – Completion of Margery Kempe's The Book of Margery Kempe, the first known English autobiography, begins (by dictation).
  • 1439
  • 2 July – Hundred Years' War: peace negotiations at Gravelines fail when Henry continues to insist on his right to the French throne.
  • 13 September – Hundred Years' War: Meaux surrenders to the French.
  • 12 November – Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by Parliament.

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