1520s in England

Events from the 1520s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry VIII of England

Events

• 1520
  • 26 May–31 May - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits King Henry VIII at Dover and Canterbury.^[1]
  • 7 June–24 June - King Henry VIII and King Francis I of France meet at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.^[1]
• 1521
  • 17 May - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.^[1]
  • 25 September - Secret Treaty of Bruges signed by Emperor Charles V and Cardinal Wolsey agreeing to declare war on France in 1523.^[1]
  • 11 October - Pope Leo X bestows Henry VIII with the title Defender of the Faith for his work Assertio Septem Sacramentorum (The Assertion of the Seven Sacraments) attacking the teachings of Martin Luther.^[1]
• 1522
  • May - England declares war on France and Scotland.^[2]
  • 19 June - Charles V visits England and signs the Treaty of Windsor pledging a joint invasion of France.^[1]
• 1523
  • April - Thomas More elected Speaker of the House of Commons.^[1]
  • Thomas Howard raids Scotland, sacking Kelso and Jedburgh.^[2]
  • Anthony Fitzherbert publishes Diversité de courtz et leur jurisdictions, The Boke of Surveyinge and Improvements and The Boke of Husbandrie (the first work on agriculture published in England).
• 1524
  • 25 May - Henry VIII and Charles V form an alliance to support Charles III, Duke of Bourbon in his dispute with Francis I of France.^[1]
• 1525
  • June - The Amicable Loan, a form of poll tax imposed without the consent of Parliament, abandoned.^[2]
  • June - Cardinal Wolsey gives Henry the lease of Hampton Court.^[2]
  • 16 June - Henry VIII creates his 6-year old illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
  • 14 August - Peace is agreed between England and France.^[1]
  • The New Testament translated into English by William Tyndale.^[1]
  • Wolsey founds Cardinal College, Oxford.^[2]
  • Hops first cultivated in Kent.^[2]
• 1526
  • The first of several debasements of coinage, reducing the size of silver coins, and raising the value of the gold sovereign.^[2]
  • William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible, printed in Germany, reaches England.^[2]
  • German artist Hans Holbein the Younger visits England.^[1]
• 1527
  • 30 April - By the Treaty of Westminster, Cardinal Wolsey signs an alliance between England and France.^[1]
  • 17 May - Archbishop William Warham holds a secret inquiry into the legality of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.^[2]
  • Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, is founded by Bishop John Vesey.
• 1528
  • 22 January - Henry VIII and Francis I of France declare war on Emperor Charles V.^[1]
  • March - Trade suspended between England and the Netherlands because of the war with the Holy Roman Empire.^[1]
  • June - Unrest in England caused by economic difficulties due to the war forces the government to seek a truce with the Empire.^[1]
  • July - Major outbreak of sweating sickness in London.^[2]
  • St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, completed.
  • The King's School, Ipswich, is founded by Cardinal Wolsey.
• 1529
  • May to July - Wolsey presides over a legatine court at Blackfriars, London to rule on the legality of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.^[2]
  • 27 August - Henry VIII accedes to the Treaty of Cambrai.^[1]
  • 26 October - Cardinal Wolsey falls from power due to his failure to prevent Habsburg expansion in Europe and obtain a divorce for Henry VIII. Thomas More succeeds him as Lord Chancellor.^[1]
  • 4 November–17 December - First sitting of the Reformation Parliament.^[1]
  • Aylesbury is made the county town of Buckinghamshire by the King.

Births

• 1520
  • 13 September - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, statesman (died 1598)
• 1521
  • Anne Askew, Protestant martyr (died 1546)
  • John Aylmer, divine (died 1594)
  • Thomas Chaloner, statesman and poet (died 1565)
  • Philippe de Monte, composer (died 1603)
  • Thomas Wyatt the younger, rebel (died 1554)
• 1522
  • 24 May - John Jewel, bishop (died 1571)
• 1523
  • Richard Edwards, poet (died 1566)
• 1524
  • Thomas Tusser, poet and farmer (died 1580)
• 1525
  • 25 September - Steven Borough, explorer (died 1584)
  • Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (died 1586)
• 1526
  • 4 March - Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died 1596)
  • Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (died 1563)
• 1527
  • 13 July - John Dee, mathematician, astronomer, and geographer (died 1608)
  • Lawrence Humphrey, clergyman and educator (died 1590)
• 1528
  • George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, statesman (died 1590)
  • John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (died 1554)
• 1529
  • Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (died 1586)

Deaths

• 1521
  • 17 May - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (executed) (born 1478)
  • Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (born 1459)
  • Stephen Hawes, poet (born 1502)
• 1522
  • 25 February - William Lilye, classical scholar (born c. 1468)
  • Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, nobleman (born 1479)
• 1523
  • 24 May - Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney, politician (born 1447)
  • October - William Cornysh, composer (born 1465)
• 1524
  • 21 May - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, soldier and statesman (born 1443)
  • 24 August - William Scott of Scott's Hall, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (year of birth unknown)
  • 20 December - Thomas Linacre, humanist and physician (born 1460)
• 1525
  • 24 February - Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the throne (killed in battle) (year of birth unknown)
  • 22 July - Richard Wingfield, diplomat (born c. 1456)
• 1526
  • 1 February - Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (born 1460)
• 1527
  • May - Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1458)
  • 15 November- Catherine of York Aunt of Henry VIII (born 1479)
  • Jane Shore, mistress of King Edward IV of England (born c. 1445)
• 1528
  • 5 October - Richard Foxe, churchman (born c. 1448)
• 1529
  • 21 June - John Skelton, English poet (born c. 1460)

References

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