1510s in England

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Events from the 1510s in England.

Incumbents[]

Monarch – Henry VIII
Regent – Catherine, Queen Consort (starting 30 June, until 22 October 1513)^[1]
Parliament – (starting 21 January, until 23 February 1510), (starting 4 February 1512, until 4 March 1514), (starting 5 February, until 22 December 1515)

Events[]

1510
- c. January – Erasmus begins his period of residence in Cambridge.^[2]
- 21 January – Parliament grants Henry VIII generous tax subsidies.^[3]
- 31 January – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to her first child, a stillborn daughter.
- 17 August – Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley executed for 'constructive treason'.^[3]
1511
- 9 April – St John's College, Cambridge, receives its charter.
- July – Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose launched at Portsmouth.
- 13 November – War of the League of Cambrai: Henry joins the Holy League against France.^[4]
- 17 November – the Treaty of Westminster signed between England and Spain forming an alliance against France.^[4]
- Archery Act attempts to ensure competence in use of the English longbow by most adult males.
- Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, begins reconstruction of Thornbury Castle in South Gloucestershire as a residence.
- Major fire at Sherston, Wiltshire.
1512
- February – following Strode's case – that of Member of Parliament Richard Strode imprisoned by a stannary court due to his attempts to introduce a bill alleviating the harsh conditions of tin miners – Parliament passes an act granting MPs immunity from such prosecutions.^[5]
- March – Parliament authorises a new poll tax to pay for the War of the League of Cambrai.^[3]
- 10 August – War of the League of Cambrai: the English fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Howard, secures victory at the Battle of Saint-Mathieu over the French-Breton fleet, though with loss of its flagship, the Regent, through explosion.
- Woolwich Dockyard established for the Royal Navy.
- Boys aged from 7 upwards are required to be instructed in archery.^[6]
- Wolverhampton Grammar School is founded by Sir Stephen Jenyns.
1513
- 5 April – Treaty of Mechlin signed by Henry, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Pope Leo X against France.^[4]
- 30 April – execution of Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk.
- July – War of the League of Cambrai: Scotland declares war on England,^[4] in breach of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace.
- 16 August – War of the League of Cambrai: Henry VIII leads his troops to victory over the French at the Battle of Guinegate.^[4]
- 9 September – War of the League of Cambrai: at the Battle of Flodden, King James IV of Scotland is defeated and killed by an English army under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey.^[4]
- 24 September – War of the League of Cambrai: the city of Tournai surrenders to England.^[4]
- Deptford Dockyard established for the Royal Navy.
1514
- April – Henry VIII declares a truce with France in the War of the League of Cambrai.^[4]
- 20 May – Trinity House is established as a guild of mariners at Deptford to regulate pilotage.^[4]
- June – Battle of Hornshole in the Scottish Borders: young men from Hawick defeat a raiding party from England.^[7]
- 13 June – Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard, is dedicated at Erith.^[3]^[8]^[9]
- 7 August – Henry VIII concludes an independent peace treaty with France in the War of the League of Cambrai, negotiated by Thomas Wolsey.
- 15 September – Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York^[4] and begins to build York House in London.^[3]
- 9 October – marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor (sister of Henry VIII) as part of the peace with France.^[4]
1515
- 2 July – Manchester Grammar School endowed by Hugh Oldham, the first free grammar school in England.
- 10 September – Thomas Wolsey invested as a Cardinal.^[4]
- 24 December – Wolsey is named the Lord Chancellor.^[4]
- Wolsey commissions the rebuilding of Hampton Court Palace.^[4]
- Structural completion of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.^[10]
1516
- Gillingham School founded in Dorset.
- c. December – Thomas More's Utopia is first published (in Latin at Leuven).^[3]
1517
- 1 March – Corpus Christi College, Oxford, established by Richard Foxe.^[4]
- 1 May – Evil May Day riots in London against foreigners.^[4]
- A third epidemic of sweating sickness hits Oxford and Cambridge.
1518
- August – construction of the Manchester Grammar School is completed.
- 23 September – Royal College of Physicians founded in London.^[4]
- 3 October – Cardinal Wolsey's Treaty of London is signed by France, England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Papacy, Spain, Burgundy and the Netherlands allying the European powers against the Ottoman Empire.^[4]
1519
- May – Henry VIII stands as a candidate in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor.^[4]
- 15 May – official opening of Saint George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.^[3]
- Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey completed.^[3]

Births[]

1510
- 6 October
  - John Caius, physician (died 1573)
  - Rowland Taylor, Protestant martyr (died 1555)
- 28 December – Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper (died 1579)
1511
- 1 January – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII of England (died 22 February)
1512
- August ? – Catherine Parr, queen consort (died 1548)
- Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, admiral (died 1585)
1513
- 23 December – Thomas Smith, scholar and diplomat (died 1577)
- Elizabeth Seymour, sister-in-law of Henry VIII (died 1563)
- Thomas Watson, Catholic bishop (died 1584)
1514
- 16 June – John Cheke, classical scholar and statesman (died 1557)
- December – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII (stillborn)
1515
- 15 June – Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, born Anne Parr (died 1552)
- 22 September – Anne of Cleves, German-born fourth queen of Henry VIII (died 1557)
- approx. date
  - Roger Ascham, scholar and didactic writer (died 1568)
  - William Baldwin, writer, editor and theatrical director (died c.1563)
  - Leonard Digges, mathematician and surveyor (died c.1559)
  - Thomas Seckford, lawyer and royal court official (died 1587)
1516
- 18 February – Queen Mary I of England (died 1558)^[11]
- approx. date – Laurence Nowell, antiquarian (died 1571)
1517
- 16 July – Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, granddaughter of Henry VII (died 1559)
- approx. date – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, aristocrat (died 1547)
1518
- approx. date – Edmund Plowden, legal scholar (died 1585)
1519
- approx. date
  - Thomas Gresham, merchant and financier (died 1579)
  - Nicholas Grimald, poet (died 1562)
  - Edwin Sandys, bishop (died 1588)

Deaths[]

1510
- 17 August
  - Edmund Dudley, statesman (born c. 1462)
  - Richard Empson, statesman (year of birth unknown)
1511
- 11 February – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII of England (born 1 January)
1513
- 10 March – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, general (born 1443)
- 30 April – Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (born 1471)
- 27 October – George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
- Robert Fabyan, chronicler (year of birth unknown)
1514
- 2 January – William Smyth, bishop and statesman (born 1460)
- December – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII of England (stillborn)
1516
- 25 April – John Yonge, diplomat (born 1467)
1518
- 20 November – Marmaduke Constable, soldier (born c. 1455)
1519
- 10 September – John Colet, churchman and educator (born 1467)
- William Grocyn, scholar (born 1446)

References[]

^ Powicke, F. Maurice; Fryde, E. B., eds. (1961). Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed.). London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. p. 39.
^ "Erasmus, Desiderius (ERSS465D)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 139–142. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 197–204. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Text of the 1510s in England as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
^ The Statutes of the Realm. 3:2-3.
^ "Hornshole Battle Site". Discover the Borders. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
^ Paine, Lincoln P. (1997). Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-85177-739-2.
^ Henry Grace à Dieu.
^ Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.
^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Mary I (1516 - 1558)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[1] Powicke, F. Maurice; Fryde, E. B., eds. (1961). Handbook of British Chronology (2nd ed.). London: Butler & Tanner Ltd. p. 39.

[2] "Erasmus, Desiderius (ERSS465D)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[CBH-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 139–142. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

[Cassell's_Chronology-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 197–204. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

[5] Text of the 1510s in England as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

[6] The Statutes of the Realm. 3:2-3.

[7] "Hornshole Battle Site". Discover the Borders. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2013-08-06.

[8] Paine, Lincoln P. (1997). Ships of the World: an Historical Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-85177-739-2.

[9] Henry Grace à Dieu.

[10] Sutton, Ian (1999). Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-20316-3.

[11] "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Mary I (1516 - 1558)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

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