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1504 in England
Events from the year
1504
in
England
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Henry VII
Lord Chancellor
âÂÂ
William Warham
Lord Privy Seal
âÂÂ
Richard Foxe
Secretary of State
âÂÂ
Thomas Ruthall
Events
18 February âÂÂ
Henry Tudor
created
Prince of Wales
following the death of his elder brother
Arthur, Prince of Wales
two years earlier
March â Private
liveried
retainers banned as part of a clampdown on the
feudal
tradition
Silver
shilling
is the first English coin to be minted bearing a recognisable portrait of the King.
Births
Matthew Parker
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
(died
1574
)
Nicholas Udall
, playwright and schoolmaster (died
1556
)
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
,
Tudor
nobleman and politician (executed
1553
)
Deaths
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
(born
1435
)
John Paston
, soldier and public official (born
1444
)
William Danvers
, judge (born
1428
)