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1420 • 14 February –
Lollard William Taylor is acquitted of charges of heresy in a trial before the
Archbishop of Canterbury,
Henry Chichele. Taylor will in 1423 be convicted of heresy and burned at the stake. • 21 May –
Henry V of England and
Charles VI of France sign the
Treaty of Troyes, making Henry heir to the French throne. • 2 June – Henry marries
Catherine of Valois, Charles's daughter. • 2 December – the 9th Parliament of King Henry V of England (summoned on 21 October) is opened at Westminster, and selects
Roger Hunt as
Speaker of the House of Commons. • Henry's flagship, the
Grace Dieu, makes her only known service voyage, across
The Solent, occasioning mutinies. •
1421 • 23 February – coronation of Catherine of Valois as
queen consort in Westminster Abbey. • 10 June – one year after returning home for his marriage, Henry V sails back to France with new troops to continue fighting in the Hundred Years War. • 1 December – the 11th and last Parliament of Henry V (summoned on 20 October) assembles at Westminster and elects
Richard Baynard as Speaker of the House of Commons. •
Collegiate church licensed in
Manchester, the origin of
Manchester Cathedral. •
1422 • 10 May – Hundred Years' War:
Siege of Meaux –
Meaux surrenders to the English. • 9 November – at the opening of the English Parliament (summoned on 29 September by the regent
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford), the House of Commons elects
Roger Flower as its speaker. • 9 December –
Regency government, 1422–1437: the Regency Council of the infant Henry VI assembles for the first time with 18 nobles, led by
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, the uncle of the King and the brother of the late King Henry V. Because Bedford serves primarily in France to command English forces there in the ongoing war, another uncle,
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, leads the regency most of the time during the King's minority. • 18 December – as Parliament closes, the regents for King Henry VI give royal assent to new legislation that has been passed during the 39-day session, including the Irishmen Act setting requirements for "What sort of Irishmen only may come to dwell in England"; the
Purveyance Act 1422 ("All the statutes of purveyors shall be proclaimed in every county four times in the year") relating to the royal household's purchase of provisions at a regulated price and the requistioning of horses and vehicles for royal use; and for "A certain allowance made to those which were retained to serve King Henry V. in his wars". •
1423 • 13 April – Hundred Years' War:
Treaty of Amiens – England allies with
Burgundy and
Brittany against France. • 28 September – the English nobility swear their loyalty to the infant king. • 17 November – three weeks before his second birthday, Henry VI is brought before the assembled members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons for the first time. •
1424 • 12 February – while negotiating his release from captivity in England, King
James I of Scotland is married to English noblewoman
Joan Beaufort in
Southwark Priory. • 28 March – James I of Scotland is released after having been held captive in England since 1406 and after putting his royal seal on a ransom treaty of £40,000, secured by Scottish hostages taking his place, as agreed at
Durham. • 5 April – James I returns to Scotland, being escorted to the border along with his wife by English and Scottish nobles. • 18 February – the Parliament of England (summoned on 7 January) is opened by the infant King Henry VI at
Leicester Castle. This becomes known as the
Parliament of Bats because
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the king's uncle and regent, prohibits the members from carrying swords (because of tensions with Henry Beaufort) and they arm themselves with
clubs to defend themselves. The House of Commons elects
Richard Vernon as its speaker. • 6 March – Hundred Years' War: After being besieged since February 27 in
Saint-James (near
Avranches in Normandy), a 600-strong force of English knights led by
Sir Thomas Rempston routs a 16,000-strong French and Breton force under
Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France, in the
Battle of Saint-James. This forces the Duke of Brittany (Richemont's brother) to offer a truce and on September 8 to acknowledge Henry VI's suzerainty over France. • 12 March – Henry Beaufort resigns at the Parliament of Bats as
Lord Chancellor and leaves the country, •
1427 • 15 July–5 September – Hundred Years' War:
Siege of Montargis – The French rout an English force led by
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. • 13 October •
Lincoln College, Oxford, is founded by
Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln. • Parliament assembles at Westminster after being summoned on 15 July by the Regency Council.
John Tyrrell is elected as Speaker of the House of Commons. •
1428 • 12 October – Hundred Years' War: English commence the
Siege of Orléans. • Cardinal
Henry Beaufort returns to England and preaches a
crusade against the
Hussites. • The remains of theologian
John Wycliffe (died 1384 and declared a
heretic in 1415) are exhumed from his burial place in
Lutterworth, burned and the ashes thrown in the
River Swift. •
1429 • 12 February – Hundred Years' War: at the
Battle of the Herrings, English forces under Sir
John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army of
William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at
Orléans from attack by the
Comte de Clermont and John Stuart. • 8 May – Hundred Years' War: the French under
Joan of Arc lift the Siege of Orléans. ==Births==