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1456 in England
Events from the year
1456
in
England
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Henry VI
Lord Chancellor
âÂÂ
William Waynflete
Lord Privy Seal
âÂÂ
Lawrence Booth
Events
25 February âÂÂ
Richard, Duke of York
is dismissed as
Lord Protector
, effectively
regent
for the King, for the second time.
April â A mutiny by the garrison of
English Calais
ends when
wool
merchants agree to back the garrison's pay.
17 August â Due to the political turbulence, the court moves to
Coventry
;
Kenilworth Castle
is strengthened as the King's principal residence.
Births
Anne Neville
, queen of Richard III (died
1485
)
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
, nobleman (died
1499
)
Roger Lupton
, royal chaplain (died
1539
William Brandon
, soldier (died
1485
)
Deaths
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
, father of King
Henry VII of England
(born c.
1430
)
Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell
, soldier and diplomat (born
1393
)
Robert Dingley
, politician (born
1377
)
References