1500s in England

Events from the 1500s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry VII of England (to 21 April 1509), Henry VIII of England

Events

• 1500
  • Publication of This is the Boke of Cokery, the first known printed cookbook in English.
• 1501
  • 27 January – Archbishop of Canterbury-elect Thomas Langton dies before his consecration.
  • March – First royal court held at the new Richmond Palace.^[1]
  • 26 April – Henry Deane elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
  • 14 November – marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales to Catherine of Aragon.
• 1502
  • 2 April – Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales, at Ludlow.^[1]
  • 6 May – James Tyrrell executed for allegedly murdering the Princes in the Tower.^[1]
  • 19 June – Treaty of Aachen between England the Holy Roman Empire.^[2]
  • The Treaty of Perpetual Peace between Scotland and England is signed.^[3]
  • Macclesfield Grammar School is founded by Sir John Percyvale.
• 1503
  • 24 January – Construction of Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey begins.^[1]
  • 8 August – Marriage of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII's daughter, Margaret Tudor.^[1]
  • 19 November – William Warham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.^[1]
• 1504
  • 18 February – Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales.^[4]
  • March – Private liveried retainers banned.^[1]
  • Silver shilling is the first English coin to be minted bearing a recognisable portrait of the King.^[1]
• 1505
  • 28 June – Planned marriage of Henry Tudor and Catherine of Aragon postponed when the dowry fails to arrive from Spain.^[1]
  • Christ's College, Cambridge founded.
• 1506
  • 9 February and 20 March – Treaties of Windsor ally England, Burgundy, and the Habsburgs against France.^[1]
  • 24 April – Edmund de la Pole imprisoned as a rival claimant to the throne.^[1]
• 1507
  • 21 December – Henry VII arranged a marriage between his younger daughter, Mary Tudor and Habsburg Archduke Charles.^[1]
• 1508
  • December – Formation of the League of Cambrai between France and the Habsburgs results in the wedding between Mary Tudor and Archduke Charles being called off.^[1]
• 1509
  • 22 April – Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.^[2]
  • 11 June – Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.^[2]
  • 19 June – Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is founded by Sir Richard Sutton (lawyer), of Prestbury, Cheshire, and the Bishop of Lincoln, William Smyth.
  • 24 June – Coronation of Henry VIII.^[5]
  • November – Court chaplain Thomas Wolsey becomes royal almoner.^[1]
  • Desiderius Erasmus writes The Praise of Folly.^[1]
  • St John's College, Cambridge is founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort.^[1]
  • St Paul's School (London) is founded by John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.^[1]
  • Royal Grammar School, Guildford, is founded by Robert Beckingham.
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, is founded.

Births

• 1500
  • Reginald Pole, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1558)
• 1501
  • 16 January – Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
  • Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (approximate date; died 1578)
• 1502
  • 13 September – John Leland, antiquarian (died 1552)
  • Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, courtier (died 1537)
  • Elizabeth Blount, mistress of King Henry VIII (died 1540)
  • Stephen Hawes, poet (died c. 1521)
• 1503
  • John Frith, Protestant priest and martyr (died 1533)
• 1504
  • 6 August – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574)
  • John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (died 1553)
  • Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster (died 1556)
• 1505
  • William Cavendish, courtier (died 1557)
  • Philip Hoby, politician (died 1558)
  • Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, politician (died 1550)
  • Thomas Tallis, composer (died 1585)
  • Christopher Tye, composer and organist (died 1572)
• 1506
  • William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (died 1563)
  • Elizabeth Barton, nun (died 1534)
  • Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543)
• 1507
  • Ralph Sadler, statesman (died 1587)
• 1509
  • Nicholas Bacon, politician (died 1579)

Deaths

• 1500
  • 29 May – Thomas Rotherham, cleric and minister (born 1423)
  • 19 June – Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (born 1499)
  • 15 September – John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1420)
  • 1 October – John Alcock, English churchman (born c. 1430)
• 1501
  • Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
  • John Doget, diplomat (year of birth unknown)
• 1502
  • 2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Henry VII of England (born 1486)
  • 6 May – James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower (executed) (born c. 1450)
• 1503
  • 11 February – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (born 1466)
  • 15 February – Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1440)
  • 23 November – Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
  • Richard Amerike, merchant and patron of John Cabot (born 1445)
  • Reginald Bray, courtier (born 1440)
  • Edward Story, Bishop of Carlisle and Chichester (year of birth unknown)
• 1504
  • 29 July – Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
• 1507
  • 24 August – Cecily of York, princess (born 1469)
• 1508
  • 13 October – Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, politician (born 1446)
• 1509
  • 21 April – King Henry VII of England (born 1457)
  • 29 June – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII (born 1443)

References

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