1500s in England

Incumbents

• Monarch – Henry VII, Henry VIII
• Regent – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
• Parliament – 7th of King Henry VII

  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.
• *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 – Philip 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 imprisoned as a rival claimant to the throne.
• 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, 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.
• *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, lyrical 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