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September – Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York marches an army to London and attacks alleged traitors in the royal government. [2] Extension of Great Malvern Priory begins, with exceptional stained glass windows. [2] 1451. June – at the insistence of Parliament, Henry cancels all land grants made during his reign. [2]
Jack Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months of April and July. It stemmed from local grievances regarding the corruption, maladministration and abuse of power of the king's closest advisors and local officials, as well as recent ...
Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous wars, especially with France, along with the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the Restoration of Charles II, the Glorious Revolution ...
Popery and Politics in England 1660–1688 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973). ISBN 0521202361; The Life and Times of William and Mary (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974). ISBN 0297767607; James II: A Study in Kingship (London: Wayland Publishers, 1978; Methuen, 2nd ed. 1989). ISBN 085340058X, ISBN 0413623408
11 April – Jack Slack (a butcher of Norwich) defeats Jack Broughton to become bare-knuckle boxing Champion of England; 24 June – Iron Act, passed by Parliament, comes into effect, restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies. [2] 5 October – Treaty of Madrid, a commercial treaty with Spain, is signed. [4]
At times England enjoyed huge military success, with the economy buoyed by profits from the international wool and cloth trade, but by 1450 the country was in crisis, facing military failure in France and an ongoing recession. More social unrest broke out, followed by the Wars of the Roses, fought between rival factions of the English nobility.
Elizabeth's government did much to consolidate the work begun under Thomas Cromwell in the reign of Henry VIII, that is, expanding the role of the government and effecting common law and administration throughout England. During the reign of Elizabeth and shortly afterwards, the population grew significantly: from three million in 1564 to ...
An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government, in case the Crown should descend to any of the Children of his late Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales, being under the Age of eighteen Years; and for the Care and Guardianship of their Persons. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59))