1424. The duke of Bedford gained a great victory over the French at Verneuil (Aug. 17).
1428. Orleans besieged by the English; one of the first sieges in which cannon were found to be of importance.
1429. The French, endeavouring to intercept supplies for the English army, were defeated at Rouvrai (the Battle of Herrings, Feb. 12). SIEGE RAISED BY JOAN OF ARC (May). The English defeated at Patay (June 18). Charles VII. crowned at Rheims.
1430. Joan of Arc captured at the siege of Compiègne, and burnt, the next year, at Rouen for sorcery and witchcraft.
1435. Treaty of Arras: the duke of Burgundy withdrew from the English alliance. Death of Bedford.
1436. Paris recovered by Charles VII. Richard, duke of York, became regent of France, but was recalled the next year, and succeeded by Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. He died in 1439, and York became regent a second time.
1440. John Beaumont created viscount, being the first of that title in England.
1441. Eleanor Cobham, duchess of Gloucester, prosecuted for witchcraft and treason, and condemned to do public penance.
1445. Maine and Anjou, the keys of Normandy, ceded to the queen’s father on her marriage with Henry.
1447. Death of the duke of Gloucester,—said by most historians to have been assassinated. Death of his rival, Cardinal Beaufort. Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, succeeded the duke of York as regent in France.