Events from the 1480s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Tudor period. Incumbents Monarch – Edward IV (until 9 April 1483), Edward V (9 April to 26 June 1483), Richard III (26 June 1483 to 22 August 1485), then Henry VII Regent – Richard, Duke of Gloucester (starting 30 April, until 26 June 1483) Parliament – 6th of King Edward IV (starting 20 January, until 18 February 1483), King Richard III (starting 23 January, until 20 February 1484), 1st of King Henry VII (starting 7 November 1485, until c. 4 March 1486), 2nd of King Henry VII (starting 9 November, until c. 18 December 1487), 3rd of King Henry VII (starting 13 January 1489) Events 1480 1 August – Treaty of Perpetual Friendship between England and Burgundy. Magdalen College School, Oxford, established by William Waynflete. 1481 William Caxton publishes The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, the first English edition of the tale, 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. 1482 June – Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland and captures Edinburgh. 24 August – capture of Berwick: Scots surrender Berwick-upon-Tweed to Richard, ending his campaign; the town remains permanently English hereafter. Act concerning Swans sets out that swans are the property of the monarch (or those given permission by him to own them). 1483 January – Act of Apparel, a sumptuary law, is passed. 9 April – following the death of Edward IV, the 12-year-old Edward V becomes king with his uncle the Duke of Gloucester acting as Lord Protector. 13 June – summary execution at the Tower of London of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings for allegedly conspiring against the new Protector's life. 26 June – Richard becomes Richard III after Edward V is declared to be illegitimate by Parliament. 6 July – coronation of Richard III at Westminster Abbey following a procession on the Thames. Late Summer – disappearance of the Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York. 8 September – Edward of Middleham is invested as Prince of Wales by his father the king at the Archbishop's Palace in York. October – a rebellion by Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham is crushed by