1637 in England

Events from the year 1637 in England.

Incumbents

18 February – Eighty Years' War: Battle off Lizard Point: off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepts an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by 6 warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
30 April – King Charles issues a proclamation attempting to stem emigration to the North American colonies.{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=177–178|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
27 June – English merchants led by captain John Weddell establish the first trading settlement at Canton.
30 June – William Prynne is branded as a seditious libeller, and sentenced to pillorying and mutilation.{{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|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/253 253–257]}}
13 October – First-rate ship of the line {{ship|English ship|Sovereign of the Seas||2}} is launched at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £65,586, adorned from stern to bow with gilded carvings.
Member of Parliament John Hampden continues to refuse to pay ship money although a 7-5 majority verdict among a group of judges supports its legality.

March – Anne Hyde, first wife of King James II (died 1671)
17 March – Princess Anne (died 1640)
27 August – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of Maryland (died 1715)
6 December – Edmund Andros, colonial administrator (died 1714)