1630s in England explained
Events from the 1630s in England.
Incumbents
Events
- 1630
- 8 April – Winthrop Fleet: The ship Arbella and three others set sail from the Solent with 400 passengers under the leadership of John Winthrop headed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America as part of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640); seven more, with another 300 aboard, follow in the next few weeks. The colonists begin to land at Salem in June and go on to found Boston.
- June – Scottish-born Presbyterian Alexander Leighton is brought before Archbishop William Laud's Star Chamber court for publishing the seditious pamphlet An Appeale to the Parliament, or, Sions Plea Against the Prelacy (printed in the Netherlands, 1628). He is sentenced to be pilloried and whipped, have his ears cropped, one side of his nose slit, and his face branded with "SS" (for "sower of sedition"), to be imprisoned, and be degraded from holy orders.[1]
- Thomas Middleton's satirical comedy A Chaste Maid in Cheapside published posthumously.
- The central square of Covent Garden in London is laid out and a market begins to develop there.
- 1631
- 1632
- 1633
- 1634
- 1635
- 1636
- 1637
- 1638
- 1639
Births
- 1630
- 1631
- 1632
- 1633
- 1635
- 1636
- 1637
- 1638
- 1639
Deaths
- 1630
- 1631
- 1632
- 1633
- 1634
- 1635
- 1636
- 1637
- 1638
- 1639
Notes and References
- Frances. Condick. Leighton, Alexander (c.1570–1649). 2004. Online. 2013-03-20. 10.1093/ref:odnb/16395.
- Cynthia B.. Herrup. Cynthia Herrup. Touchet, Mervin, second earl of Castlehaven (1593–1631). 2004. Online. 2014-01-17. 10.1093/ref:odnb/66794.
- Book: Trevor-Roper, H. R.. Hugh Trevor-Roper. Archbishop Laud, 1573–1645. registration. Phoenix Press. 2000. 254–257.
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 253–257.
- Book: Groom, Nick. The Union Jack: the story of the British flag. London. Atlantic Books. Paperback. 2007. 978-1-84354-337-4. 139–140.
- Web site: Bristol Education. The Great Reading Adventure. Bristol Cultural Development Partnership. 2008-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080530154842/http://www.bristolreads.com/downloads/readers_guide/bristol_education.pdf. 2008-05-30.
- Thrush. Andrew. 29322. Whitson, John (1558–1629).
- Web site: A Short History of Oxford University Press. Oxford University Press. 2012. 2013-07-30.
- Web site: 1638, British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638–60. 2007-11-23. 2007-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210909/http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1638.htm. dead.
- Display captions at house, October 2016.
- Book: Palmer. Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 177–178. 0-7126-5616-2.
- Web site: 1639, British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-60. 2007-11-23. 2007-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024605/http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1639.htm. dead.
- Book: O'Day . Rosemary . The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age . 26 July 2012 . Routledge . 978-1-136-96253-0 . 1585 . en.