1402 in England - Events

Events

  • 1400
    • January - Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury and the Baron le Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II restored as King.
    • 14 February - Death of the deposed Richard II in Pontefract Castle.
    • August - England invades Scotland, capturing Edinburgh.
    • 16 September - Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers and begins attacking English strongholds in north-east Wales.
    • 24 September - Welsh rebels invade England, but are turned back at Welshpool.
    • October - Henry launches a punitive campaign against north Wales.
    • Scotland resists an English invasion led by Harry Hotspur.
  • 1401
    • Passing of the De heretico comburendo Act — the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry IV into outlawing as heretics anyone owning an English translation of the Bible.
    • 2 March - William Sawtrey, a Lollard, is the first person to be burned at the stake at Smithfield.
    • June - Battle of Hyddgen; outnumbered three to one, Welsh rebels defeat Anglo-Flemish force near Aberystwyth.
    • June - English Pale in Ireland reduced to Dublin, County Kildare, County Louth, and County Meath.
    • 3 November - Battle of Twthill near Caernarfon; English and Welsh forces both sustain losses with no clear victor.
    • December - Glyndŵr firmly establishes control over northern Wales.
  • 1402
    • 22 June - Battle of Bryn Glas: Welsh rebels defeat the English on the England/Wales border.
    • August - Glamorgan joins Glyndŵr's revolt.
    • 14 September - Battle of Humbleton Hill: Northern English nobles led by Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy, defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas.
  • 1403
    • 7 February - King Henry IV of England marries Joanna of Navarre, the daughter of Charles II of Navarre.
    • 21 July - Battle of Shrewsbury - King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by "Hotspur" Percy who has allied with the Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr. Percy is killed in the battle by an arrow in his face.
    • The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (better known as the Stationers' Company) is founded. It is currently one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
  • 1404
    • 14 January - Henry grants Parliament the power to appoint Royal Councillors and hold them to account for expenditure.
    • 10 May - Glyndŵr holds a Parliament at Dolgellau.
    • 14 June - Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies with the French against the English.
    • 6 October - Parliament meets at Coventry; Henry withdraws its powers of oversight over the Royal Council.
  • 1405
    • 11 March - Battle of Grosmont (Monmouthshire): English defeat Welsh rebels.
    • April - Archbishop of York Richard Scrope joins Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and Lord Bardolf in a rebellion in northern England.
    • 5 May - Battle of Usk: English defeat Welsh rebels.
    • 8 June - Following the collapse of their revolt, Richard Scrope together with Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, and Scrope's nephew, Sir William Plumpton, are tried by a special commission and beheaded at York. Scrope is the first English prelate to suffer judicial execution.
    • August - Welsh rebels, assisted by the French, unsuccessfully attack Worcester.
    • Hundred Years' War: French attack Aquitaine.
    • John Thornton of Coventry constructs the largest medieval window in England, at York Minster.
  • 1406
    • 1 March - Parliament meets, and continues to sit until December, when it finally achieves its aims of nominating and ensuring the payment of members of the Royal Council.
    • 30 March - The heir to the Scottish throne, Prince James, having been captured by English pirates on 22 March, is detained in England.
    • 13 October - Richard Whittington is elected as Lord Mayor of London for his second full term.
    • English ships attack Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran.
    • Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV.
    • Richard, Earl of Cambridge, marries Anne de Mortimer.
  • 1407
    • October - Henry, Prince of Wales, besieges Welsh rebels at Aberystwyth.
    • Central tower of York Minster collapses.
  • 1408
    • February - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and Lord Bardolf advance with troops from exile in Scotland to Thirsk where they issue a proclamation that they have come to relieve the people from unjust taxation.
    • 19 February - Battle of Bramham Moor: Thomas de Rokeby, Sheriff of Yorkshire, suppresses the Percy rebellion in the north, Percy and Bardolf both being killed.
    • September - Henry, Prince of Wales, retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
  • 1409
    • 28 February - Henry, Prince of Wales, appointed Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
    • March - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.

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