Events from the year 1458 in England.
Incumbents Monarch – Henry VI Lord Chancellor – William Waynflete Lord Privy Seal – Lawrence Booth
Events 25 March – The Love Day is staged in London, by which Henry VI of England attempts to unite the warring factions who have triggered the Wars of the Roses 15 July – foundation of Magdalen College, Oxford. May – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats a Spanish fleet in the English Channel.
Births Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (died 1483) Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (died 1527) Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, noblewoman (died 1497)
Deaths Thomas Gascoigne, theologian (born 1404) Thomas de Courtenay, Earl of Devon, nobleman (born 1414) Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, nobleman (born 1425) John Shillingford, politician (unknown year of birth) Thomas Rempston, soldier (unknown year of birth)
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