Deaths
- 29 January - Francis Meres, writer (born 1565)
- 12 March - Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (born 1591)
- 29 March - Charls Butler, beekeeper and philologist (born 1560)
- 20 April - Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, politician (born 1593)
- 12 June - Thomas Farnaby, grammarian (born c.1575)
- 7 July - Thomas Hooker, religious and colonial leader (born 1586)
- August - Matthew Hopkins, witchfinder-general (year of birth unknown)
- 24 August - Nicholas Stone, sculptor and architect (born 1586)
- October - Lady Anne Stanley, heir to the throne (born 1580)
- Thomas Abington, antiquarian (born 1550)
- Leonard Calvert, colonial governor (born 1606)
- Ferdinando Gorges, colonial entrepreneur (born 1565)
- Elizabeth Raleigh, wife of Walter Raleigh (born 1565)
- John Saltmarsh, clergyman (year of birth unknown)
- Degory Wheare, academic (born 1573)
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