1500s in England

Events from the 1500s in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

Monarch – Henry VII, then Henry VIII
Regent – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby

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 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 dynasty|Tudor, Queen of France|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.
*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
1501
*16 January – Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England
*21 March – Anne Brooke, Baroness Cobham, born Anne Braye
*18 September – Henry Stafford, nobleman
*approximate date
**Anne Boleyn, second queen consort of Henry VIII of England
**Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
1502 – approximate date
*Elizabeth Blount, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
*Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, courtier
1503
*13 September – John Leland, antiquarian
*John Frith, Protestant priest and martyr
*Approximate date – Thomas Wyatt, lyric poet and diplomat
1504
*6 August – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
*c. December – Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster
*John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician
1505
*William Cavendish, courtier
*Philip Hoby, politician
*Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, politician
*Thomas Tallis, composer
*Christopher Tye, composer and organist
1506
*Elizabeth Barton, nun
*Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn
*William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman
1507
*Ralph Sadler, statesman

Deaths

1500
*29 May – Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
*19 June – Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, son of Henry VII
*15 September – John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
*1 October – John Alcock, Bishop of Ely
1501
*April – John Doget, diplomat
*20 September – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England
1502
*2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales
*6 May – James Tyrrell, knight, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower
1503
*11 February – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England
*15 February – Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury
*16 March – Edward Story, Bishop of Carlisle and Chichester
*24 June – Reginald Bray, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and architect
*23 November – Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy
*Richard Amerike, merchant and patron of John Cabot
1504
*29 July – Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
1507
*24 August – Cecily of York, princess
1508
*13 October – Edmund de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, politician
1509
*29 April – King Henry VII of England
*29 June – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII