1458 in England

Events from the year 1458 in England.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry VI
• Lord Chancellor – William Waynflete
• Lord Privy Seal – Lawrence Booth

Events

• 25 March – The Love Day is staged in London, by which Henry VI of England attempts to unite the warring factions who have triggered the Wars of the Roses
• 15 July – foundation of Magdalen College, Oxford.
• May – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats a Spanish fleet in the English Channel.

Births

• Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (died 1483)
• Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (died 1527)
• Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, noblewoman (died 1497)

Deaths

• Thomas Gascoigne, theologian (born 1404)
• Thomas de Courtenay, Earl of Devon, nobleman (born 1414)
• Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, nobleman (born 1425)
• John Shillingford, politician (unknown year of birth)
• Thomas Rempston, soldier (unknown year of birth)

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