Richard III. 2 November – Henry Stafford executed at Salisbury. William Caxton publishes his English translation of the Golden Legend, his most popular publication. 1484 January – Parliament passes the act Titulus Regius. 2 March – a royal charter is granted to the College of Arms, the official English heraldic authority, established in London. 26 March – William Caxton publishes his English translation of Aesop's Fables. July – Richard III establishes a judicial Council of the North. 21 September – Treaty of Nottingham: three-year truce between England and Scotland signed. 1485 31 July – Thomas Malory's 1470 book Le Morte d'Arthur published by Caxton. August – start of serious outbreak of sweating sickness. 22 August Wars of the Roses: Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III and rival claimant to the throne Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Richard dies in battle and Henry becomes King Henry VII of England, ending the Middle Ages in England and beginning of the Tudor dynasty. Creation of the Yeomen of the Guard. 30 October – coronation of Henry VII at Westminster Abbey. 1486 18 January – marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York. April – Henry defeats the Stafford and Lovell Rebellion. 20 September – birth of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York's eldest son Arthur at Winchester. 6 October – John Morton enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. The Book of Saint Albans is published. First recorded use of the word 'football' to describe a game in which the ball is kicked. 1487 24 May – Lambert Simnel is crowned King "Edward VI of England" in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. He claims to be Edward, Earl of Warwick and on 5 June lands in Furness with an army to challenge Henry VII for the throne. 16 June – Wars of the Roses: at the Battle of Stoke Field, the final battle of the conflict, the rebellion of pretender Lambert Simnel, led by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln and Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell, is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII. 25 November – coronation of Elizabeth of York as Queen consort of England. 1488 The price of knitted woollen hats is fixed by law. 1489 14 February – Treaty of Redon: England allies with Brittany against France. 26 March – the Treaty of Medina