1504 in England

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry VII
• Lord Chancellor – William Warham
• Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe
• Secretary of State – Thomas Ruthall

Events

• 18 February – Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales following the death of his elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales two years earlier
• March – 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
• Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician

Deaths

• Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
• John Paston, soldier and public official
• William Danvers, judge