1457 in England

Events from the year 1457 in England.

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See also:	Other events of 1457

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry VI
• Lord Chancellor – William Waynflete
• Lord Privy Seal – Lawrence Booth

Events

• 1 January – Osmund of Salisbury (died 1099) is canonised, the last English saint created until the 20th century. His remains are translated from Old Sarum to Salisbury Cathedral on 23 July.
• 28 January – Margaret Beaufort gives birth to Henry Tudor the future King at Pembroke Castle in Wales
• 28 August – French under Pierre de Brézé raiders sack Sandwich, Kent.
• Unknown – Robert Sturmy sails from Bristol on his unsuccessful attempt to break the Italian monopoly on trade in the Eastern Mediterranean

Births

• 28 January – King Henry VII of England (died 1509)
• George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (died 1483)
• Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (died 1525)

Deaths

• Robert Neville, bishop (born 1404)