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