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1505 in England


Events from the year 1505 in England.

Incumbents

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

Events

  • 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.

Births

  • 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)

Deaths

  • George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, nobleman and soldier (born 1554)
  • Robert Wydow, poet and church musician (born 1446)
  • Sir Richard Pole, courtier (born 1462)
  • William Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London (born 1451)
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