1484 in History

Richard's niece Anne de la Pole marries James III's son. A 3-year truce is agreed

Anne de la Pole's planned marriage into the Scottish royal family supports a temporary Anglo-Scottish settlement.

Innocent VIII is elected pope after the death of Sixtus IV.

Richard III opens his first Parliament and seeks statutory recognition of his title.

A 3-year truce follows the marriage of Richard's niece Anne de la Pole & James III's son

A 3-year truce follows the marriage of Richard's niece Anne de la Pole & James III's son

Edward of Middleham, Richard III's only legitimate son, dies at Middleham Castle.

Without an heir & a wife who cannot have children support rallies to Henry Tudor

Elizabeth Woodville and her daughters came out of sanctuary after Richard III publicly swore an oath that her daughters would not be harmed or molested and that they would not be imprisoned in the Tower of London or in any other prison. He also promised

to provide them with marriage portions and to marry them to "gentlemen born". The family returned to Court, outwardly reconciled to Richard III

Elizabeth Woodville leaves sanctuary after Richard III promises protection and marriage portions for her daughters.

Elizabeth and her daughters came out of sanctuary and return to court

After the death of her only son, Anne Neville effectively adopted Edward, Earl of Warwick, the mutual nephew of Richard III and Anne Neville. Richard III made the boy his heir presumptive, probably in deference to Anne Neville's wishes

Richard III's first Parliament of January 1484 stripped Elizabeth Woodville of all the lands given her during Edward IV's reign

Its direct purport was to ratify the powers already conferred upon Henry Institoris and James Sprenger, to deal with witchcraft as well as heresy, and it called upon the Bishop of Strasbourg to lend the inquisitors all possible support

The bull sought to remedy this jurisdictional dispute by specifically identifying the dioceses of Mainz, Cologne, Trier, Salzburg, and Bremen. Issues a bull against witchcraft. Innocent's Bull enacted nothing new.

The bull was written in response to the request of Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer for explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany, after he was refused assistance by the local ecclesiastical authorities, who maintained that as the letter of deputation did not specifically mention where

the inquisitors may operate, they could not legally exercise their functions in their areas.

Heinrich Kramer receives papal support for inquisitorial authority against suspected witchcraft in German dioceses.

Jacob Sprenger is named with Heinrich Kramer in the papal bull supporting witchcraft prosecutions.

Richard III's first Parliament confirms the Titulus Regius, declaring Edward IV's children illegitimate and strengthening Richard's claim.

Avoids war on 2 fronts with Scotland & the Lancastrian invasion force of Henry Tudor

James III accepts a truce with England connected to marriage negotiations involving Anne de la Pole.

Death of Edward, Richard III & Anne's only son, at Middleham Castle

Death of Edward Prince of Wales, Richard's only son & heir

Anne Neville suffers the death of her only son, Edward of Middleham, weakening the Yorkist succession.

Death of Edward Prince of Wales, Richard's only son & heir

Innocent VIII is crowned pope in Rome after his election.