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1456 in England

Events from the year 1456 in England.

Incumbents

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

Events

25 February – Richard, Duke of York is dismissed as Lord Protector, effectively regent for the King, for the second time.
April – A mutiny by the garrison of English Calais ends when wool merchants agree to back the garrison's pay.
17 August – 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

"Henry VI". [[Encyclopædia Britannica]].

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