William Caxton publishes The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, the first English edition of the tale,[2] and also his 1480 translation of Mirrour of the Worlde, the first book printed in England to include
woodcut illustrations.
1481 or 1482 –
Thomas de Littleton's Treatise on Tenures published posthumously, the first ever printed text on
English law.
9 April – following the death of
Edward IV, his son, the 12-year-old
Edward V becomes king with his uncle the Duke of Gloucester acting as
Lord Protector;[6] the new king is proclaimed on 11 April.
14 April – news of his father's death and his own accession reaches Edward V at
Ludlow Castle.[7] He leaves for London on 24 April.
^Powicke, F. Maurice; Fryde, E. B., eds. (1961). Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed.). London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. p. 38.
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