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England in 1437

Historical records for England in 1437, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

16Records
13Events
9Named people
4Places
6Categories

Historical records

January

3 January 1437Death of Catherine of ValoisCatherine of Valois

House / House of Lancaster

Death of Catherine of Valois. Shortly after childbirth

January 1437BurialCatherine of Valois

Westminster Abbey · House / House of Lancaster

Buried in Westminster Abbey

February

27 February 1437Assassination of James IWalther Stewart Atholl

London · House / House of Stewart

Leads a plot to assassinate James I

27 February 1437Death of Walther StewartWalther Stewart Atholl

London · House / House of Stewart

Leads a plot to assassinate James I

May

May 1437PeaceHenry VI

Yors · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Agrees to marry Margaret of Anjou in return for a two year truce with France

August

12 August 1437SuccessionHenry VI

London · House / House of Lancaster

Assumes full power as the King of England, declared to be of age

Other Events

1437Birth of Elizabeth WoodwvileJacquetta of Luxembourg

Grafton Regis · House / House of York

Birth of Elizabeth Woodwvile, Daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg

1437Birth of Elizabeth WoodwvileElizabeth Woodville

Grafton Regis · House / House of York

Birth of Elizabeth Woodwvile, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. The first-born child of a socially unequal marriage that had briefly scandalised the English court. Her father, Sir Richard Woodville, was merely a knight at the time of her birth

1437Death of Robert GrahamRobert Graham

London · House / House of Stewart

Executed for assassinating James I. Death of Robert Graham, executed for assassinating James I

1437Death of Walther StewartWalther Stewart Atholl

London · House / House of Stewart

Executed for leading a plot which assassinates James I

1437DismissalRichard York, 3rd

Warfare / Military

Replaced by Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, when Henry VI comes to the throne

1437ExecutionRobert Graham

London · House / House of Stewart

Executed for assassinating James I

1437ExecutionWalther Stewart Atholl

London · House / House of Stewart

Executed for leading a plot which assassinates James I

1437GovernorArchibald Douglas Douglas, 5th

Government / Government of England

Appointed Governor of Scotland, during the minority of James II

1437LieutenantRoger de Beauchamp Warwick, 13th

Warfare / Military

Appointed Lieutenant of France

1437President of the CouncilRichard York, 3rd

House / House of York

Henry VI excludes Richard from the Council, an insult to the house of York

Names involved

Archibald Douglas Douglas, 5thCatherine of ValoisElizabeth WoodvilleHenry VIJacquetta of LuxembourgRichard York, 3rdRobert GrahamRoger de Beauchamp Warwick, 13thWalther Stewart Atholl

Places involved

Grafton RegisLondonWestminster AbbeyYors

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.