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ST WULFRAM'S EVENTS
1431 -1454 John of Hylle - Vicar of North Grantham
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

GRANTHAM EVENTS

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

EVENTS BEYOND GRANTHAM

1429 Joan of Arc led revolt against Henry.
1431 Joan of Arc burnt at the stake by the English
1440 Gutenberg invents printing by moveable type
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

MONARCHS ON THRONE

Edward IV Crowned 1461 Died 1483 1470-1471 Henry VI briefly became king again York