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1484 Grantham granted charter by Richard III
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Town given right to Wednesday market and mid-Lent fair
1450 | -1500 | Building flourished. Interior walls were plastered and richly painted with bible scenes, characters, symbols and designs. | ||
1454 | -1459 | Dom. William Barneswell, prof - Vicar of North Grantham | ||
1459 | -1486 | Dom. Richard Dawes, prof. - Vicar of North Grantham | ||
1469 | Fight in churchyard at night - Thomas Wortley, a tanner and Edward Syngar,a minister | |||
1473 | -1474 | Dom Richard Wytham - Vicar of South Grantham | ||
1474 | -1476 | Dom Thomas Dalby, priest - Vicar of South Grantham | ||
1476 | -1478 | Dom Edmund Coynson - Vicar of South Grantham | ||
1478 | -1500 | Mag. Thomas Isham - Vicar of South Grantham | ||
1479 | Henry Curteys' Chantry | |||
1486 | -1511 | Dom. William Spenser - Vicar of North Grantham | ||
1490 | 1490s St Katharyn's Chantry Chapel endowed and owned by Thomas Hall of Hall Place (Grantham House). Built on the North side of the church with a private entrance for the Hall family; carved heads probably those of Thomas Hall and his wife. | |||
1500 | -1501 | William Marshall - Vicar of South Grantham |
1450 | Town owned by the Crown so supported Yorkists during Wars of the Roses | |||
1450 | Angel Inn partially rebuilt | |||
1461 | Town pillaged by Lancastrian troops | |||
1463 | Town granted first Royal charter by Edward IV | |||
1463 | Grantham's Charter of Incorporation - Grantham becomes a Borough | |||
1466 | Richard Plantagenet's funeral passes through Grantham en route to Fotheringhay | |||
1469 | Fight in churchyard at night - Thomas Wortley, a tanner and Edward Syngar,a minister | |||
1484 | Grantham granted charter by Richard III More info | |||
1484 | Richard III stayed at the Angel Inn; signed death warrant of the Duke of Buckingham | |||
1485 | Henry VII's wife, Elizabeth of York, held Grantham |
1452 | -1519 | Leonardo da Vinci, Artist, scholar, architect 'Mona Lisa' and 'Vitrunian Man' | ||
1453 | Henry VI ;sought peace, encouraged trade, specially in wool, and created prosperity | |||
1453 | English driven out of France - end of the 100 years war | |||
1455 | First battle of the Wars of the Roses | |||
1461 | -1483 | Edward IV | ||
1476 | William Caxton - first printing press in England. Books at reasonable price increased literacy | |||
1483 | Richard III | |||
1483 | -1483 | Edward V | ||
1485 | -1509 | Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III killed, Henry Tudor became king - Henry VII | ||
1492 | Christopher Columbus discovered Americas |
Edward IV | Crowned | 1461 | Died | 1483 | 1470-1471 Henry VI briefly became king again | York |
Edward V | Crowned | 1483 | Died | 1483 | One of the little princes in the Tower | York |
Richard III | Crowned | 1483 | Died | 1485 | 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field | York |
Henry VII | Crowned | 1485 | Died | 1509 | 1483 Henry VII married Elizabeth of York | Tudor |