1500s in England

Events from the 1500s in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry VII (until 21 April 1509), then Henry VIII
• Regent – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (starting 21 April, until 28 June 1509)

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.
• 26 April – Henry Deane elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury.
• 2 October – Catherine of Aragon first sets foot in England, at Plymouth; on 4 November she meets her intended spouse, Arthur, Prince of Wales, for the first time, at Dogmersfield in Hampshire.
• 14 November – Marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales to Catherine of Aragon at St Paul's Cathedral in London by the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a public bedding.
• 1502
• 24 January – Treaty of Perpetual Peace between Scotland and England is signed at Richmond Palace.
• 2 April – Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales of fever, at Ludlow Castle, aged 15. He is buried in Worcester Cathedral.
• 6 May – James Tyrrell executed for allegedly murdering the Princes in the Tower.
• 19 June – Treaty between England and the Holy Roman Empire signed at Aachen.
• 26 December – Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, is proclaimed an outlaw at Ipswich on suspicion of plotting against the King.
• Bristol merchants return from Newfoundland carrying three native people and cod from the Grand Banks.
• Macclesfield Grammar School is founded by Sir John Percyvale.
• 1503
• 24 January – construction of Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey begins.
• 8 August – marriage of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII's daughter, Margaret Tudor.
• 19 November – William Warham enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1504
• 18 February – Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales.
• March – private liveried retainers banned.
• Silver shilling is the first English coin to be minted bearing a recognisable portrait of the King.
• 1505
• 28 June – planned marriage of Henry Tudor and Catherine of Aragon postponed when the dowry fails to arrive from Spain.
• Christ's College, Cambridge is granted a royal charter at the instigation of Lady Margaret Beaufort, the King's mother, refounding it under its present name.
• 1506
• 16 January – Duke Philip IV of Burgundy lands at Melcombe Regis after the fleet carrying him to Castile (where he is to take the crown) runs into a violent storm.
• 9 February and 20 March – Treaties of Windsor ally England, Burgundy, and the Habsburgs against France.
• 24 April – Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, imprisoned as a rival claimant to the throne.
• 30 April – Malus Intercursus, a treaty between Henry VII and Philip of Burgundy, is signed at Melcombe Regis.
• 1507
• 21 December – Henry VII arranges a marriage between his younger daughter, Mary Tudor and Habsburg Archduke Charles.
• 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.
• 1509
• 22 April – the 17-year-old Henry VIII becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry VII; he will reign for 38 years. His grandmother Lady Margaret Beaufort serves as regent until her death on 29 June.
• 11 June – Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, his brother's widow.
• 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.
• 29 June – death of Lady Margaret Beaufort initiates foundation of St John's College, Cambridge (charter 1511).
• November – Court chaplain Thomas Wolsey becomes royal almoner.
• Formation of the Troop of Gentlemen as a royal escort, origin of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
• Desiderius Erasmus writes The Praise of Folly while staying with Thomas More.
• St Paul's School, London, is founded by John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.
• Royal Grammar School, Guildford, is founded under the will of Robert Beckingham.
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, is founded.

Births

• 1500
• 12 March – Reginald Pole, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1558)
• 1501
• 16 January – Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
• 21 March – Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham, born Anne Braye (died 1558)
• 18 September – Henry Stafford, nobleman (died 1563)
• approximate date
• Anne Boleyn, second queen consort of Henry VIII of England (executed 1536)
• Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (died 1578)
• 1502 – approximate date
• Elizabeth Blount, mistress of King Henry VIII of England (died 1540)
• Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, courtier (died 1537)
• 1503
• 13 September (?) – John Leland, antiquarian (died 1552)
• John Frith, Protestant priest and martyr (died 1533)
• Approximate date – Thomas Wyatt, lyric poet and diplomat (died 1542)
• 1504
• 6 August – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574)
• c. December – Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster (died 1556)
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (executed 1553)
• 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
• Elizabeth Barton, nun (died 1534)
• Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543)
• William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (died 1563)
• 1507
• Ralph Sadler, statesman (died 1587)

Deaths

• 1500
• 29 May – Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (born 1423)
• 19 June – Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, son of Henry VII (born 1499)
• 15 September – John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1420)
• 1 October – John Alcock, Bishop of Ely (born c. 1430)
• 1501
• April – John Doget, diplomat (year of birth unknown)
• 20 September – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born c. 1453)
• 1502
• 2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales (born 1486)
• 6 May – James Tyrrell, knight, 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)
• 16 March – Edward Story, Bishop of Carlisle and Chichester (year of birth unknown)
• 24 June – Reginald Bray, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and architect (born 1440)
• 23 November – Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (born 1446)
• Richard Amerike, merchant and patron of John Cabot (born 1445)
• 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, 10th Baron de Ros, politician (born 1446)
• 1509
• 29 April – King Henry VII of England (born 1457)
• 29 June – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII (born 1443)

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