1457 in England
# 1457 in England

Events from the year 1457 in England.

## 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)
