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1505 In England
Events from the year 1505 in Kingdom of England, England. Incumbents * List of English monarchs, Monarch – Henry VII of England, Henry VII * Lord Chancellor – William Warham * Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe * Secretary of State (England), 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), William Cavendish, courtier (died 1557 in England, 1557) *Philip Hoby, politician (died 1558 in England, 1558) *Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, politician (died 1550 in England, 1550) *Thomas Tallis, composer (died 1585 in England, 1585) *Christopher Tye, composer and organist (died 1572 in England, 1572) Deaths * George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, nobleman and soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1505
__NOTOC__ Year 1505 ( MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – Pope Julius II issues the papal bull ''Cum tam divino'', decreeing a reform in the Roman Catholic Church to prohibit simony, the buying and selling of church offices ranging from bishops to the pope himself. * January 23 – Lunkaran begins his reign as the Rao of the Indian kingdom of Bikaner in what is now the Rajasthan state of India. * January 24 – Under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Pope Julius II sets the line of demarcation in the New World between Spain's and Portugal's territory as a line of longitude 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. The ambiguous definition of the measure of a league places the line between 42°30' W to 49°45' W. * February 7 – During a visit to Windsor Castle as guests of King Henry VII of England, Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, plays a game of tennis against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Hoby
Sir Philip Hoby (also Hobby or Hobbye) PC (1505 – 31 May 1558) was a 16th-century English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders. Early life He was born probably at Leominster, England, the son of William Hoby of Leominster by his first wife, Catherine Forster. He was the elder half-brother of Sir Thomas Hoby, father of Edward and Thomas Posthumous Hoby. Hoby became a diplomat, largely thanks to the support he gave to the Protestant Reformation during the reign of King Henry VIII. Career He travelled to Spain and Portugal in the royal service. On 10 March 1538 he arrived at Brussels with the painter Hans Holbein the younger. Thomas Cromwell had sent them to make a portrait of Christina, Duchess of Milan for Henry VIII. The English resident in Brussels, John Hutton, had already obtained a portrait, but realising this portrait was not as perfect as one made by ''Master Haunce'', "a man very excellent in makyng of phisanymies," he recalled his messenger. Hoby wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1462 In England
Events from the 1460s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Henry VI (until 4 March 1461), then Edward IV Events * 1460 ** 15 January – Wars of the Roses: Yorkists raid Sandwich, Kent and capture the royal fleet during the Battle of Sandwich. ** 26 June – Wars of the Roses: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March (eldest son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York) land at Sandwich with an army and march on London. Here the Earl of Salisbury remains and, with the support of the citizens, besieges the Tower of London whose Lancastrian commander, Lord Scales, on 4 July turns its weapons against the city. ** 10 July – Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Northampton, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry VI. Queen Margaret escapes with her son, Edward, across Cheshire to Harlech Castle. ** 19 July – Lord Scales surrenders the Tower of London to the Yorkists; he is subsequently murdered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Pole
Sir Richard Pole, KG (1462 – October 1504) was a supporter and first cousin of King Henry VII of England. He was created a Knight of the Garter and was married to Margaret Plantagenet, a member of the House of York. The marriage reinforced the Tudor alliance between the houses of York and Lancaster. Family A descendant of an ancient Welsh family, Sir Richard was a landed gentleman of Buckinghamshire, the son of Geoffrey Pole, Esquire of Worrell, Cheshire, and of Wythurn in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire (1431 – 1474 / 4 January 1479, interred in Bisham Abbey). His mother was Edith St John, daughter of Sir Oliver St John of Bletso, Bedfordshire (d. 1437) and the half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. They shared the same mother, Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, who had married three times; this made Richard a first cousin of the half blood to Henry VII. Sir Richard was thus first cousin of Alice St John, wife of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley and mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1446 In England
Events from the 1440s in England. Incumbents *Monarch – Henry VI Events * 1440 ** 7 July – Hundred Years' War: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury recaptures Harfleur from the French. ** 12 September – King Henry VI founds Eton College. * 1441 ** 2 April – King Henry VI founds King's College, Cambridge. ** 19 September – Hundred Years' War: French capture Pontoise and Île-de-France. * 1442 ** 19 January – Eleanor Cobham, wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, convicted of treason and witchcraft. ** 11 June – Hundred Years' War: France invades Gascony. * 1443 ** 23 April – perpetual truce signed with Burgundy. ** 13 May – John Stafford enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. ** August – Hundred Years' War: 8,000 strong expeditionary force under John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset lands at Cherbourg. * 1444 ** 22 May – the Treaty of Tours, signed between England and France, secures a truce in the Hundred Years' War for 5 years and includes an arrangement for H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wydow
Robert Wydow ( – 1505) was an English poet, church musician, and religious figure. Born in Thaxted, Essex, he was initially educated by his stepfather, who was the local schoolmaster. By 1455 or 1456, he was studying music and Latin in the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, where he was a chorister.Bowers, Roger (2004).Wydow, Robert (c.1446–1505). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (subscription required). Oxford University Press. Retrieved on May 20, 2008. He was admitted to Eton College as a scholar, where he studied from about 1460 to 1464, when he returned to King's College, graduating in either 1467 or 1468. He followed in his stepfather's footsteps post-graduation, becoming schoolmaster for Thaxted. He also tutored the sons of nobility.Bowers, Roger. "Wydow idowe, Viduus Robert". Grove Music Online'' (subscription required). ed. L. Macy. Retrieved on May 21, 2008. He came to the notice of Edward IV, who named him chaplain of the Black Prince's Chantry at Cante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1454 In England
Events from the 1450s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Henry VI Events * 1450 ** 9 January – Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester and Lord Privy Seal is murdered in Portsmouth by discontented unpaid soldiers. ** 7 February – John de la Pole marries Lady Margaret Beaufort. ** 15 April – Hundred Years' War: French defeat the English at the Battle of Formigny. ** 2 May – execution of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, while he is being sent into exile, being blamed for English losses in the Hundred Years' War. ** 6 June–12 July – Jack Cade's Rebellion: Jack Cade leads a rebellion in Kent and Sussex against war taxes. On 29 June, William Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury and confessor to the King, is dragged from mass at Edington Priory in Wiltshire and murdered by rebels. ** 12 August – Hundred Years' War: Cherbourg surrenders to the French, allowing France to take control of all of Normandy. ** September – Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York marches an army t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grey, 2nd Earl Of Kent
George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, (1454 – 25 December 1505) was the son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy. He was the Second Earl of Kent from 1490 to 1505. Biography George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, was the second son of the 1st Earl, his elder brother having died in 1480. He was made a Knight of the Bath by King Richard III in July 1483. He was a Justice of the Peace for Huntingdonshire from 1480, for Northamptonshire from 1480 and for Bedfordshire from 1483, for Buckinghamshire from 1494 and for Kent from 1496. Grey fought for Henry VII against the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel at the Battle of Stoke Field on 16 June 1487. In 1491 he was a commissioner to raise money in Bedfordshire for a war against France. On 17 June 1497, he again fought in a royal army when it defeated Cornish rebels at the Battle of Deptford Bridge (also known as the Battle of Blackheath). Grey died at Ampthill in December 1505. Earlier that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1572 In England
Events from the 1570s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Elizabeth I Events * 1570 ** 25 February – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the papal bull '' Regnans in Excelsis'' which is affixed to the door of Old St Paul's Cathedral in London on 24 May. ** Florentine banker Roberto di Ridolfi devises the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots. ** Whitechapel Bell Foundry known to be in existence in London. By 2017, when it closes its premises in Whitechapel, it will be the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. ** The home and library of John Dee at Mortlake begin to serve as an informal prototype English academy for gentlemen with scientific interests. ** Approximate date – Thomas Tallis composes his 40-part motet ''Spem in alium''. * 1571 ** 23 January – the Royal Exchange officially opened by Queen Elizabeth. ** April – Treason Act forbids criticism of the monarchy. ** May – A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Tye
Christopher Tye (before 1573) was an English Renaissance music, Renaissance composer and organist. Probably born in Cambridgeshire, he trained at the University of Cambridge and became the master of the choir at Ely Cathedral. He is noted as the music teacher of Edward VI and was held in high esteem for his choral music, as well as chamber works such as his 24 polyphonic ''In Nomine, In nomines''. It is likely that only a small percentage of his compositional output survives, often only as fragments; his ''Acts of the Apostles'' was the only work to be published in his lifetime. He ceased composing when he was ordained, returning to Ely Cathedral and later becoming rector of Doddington, Cambridgeshire. Today, he is perhaps best known for the hymn "Winchester Old", based on a theme from ''Acts of the Apostles'', which forms the basis of the most commonly performed version in the United Kingdom of "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks". Beginnings Little is known about Tye's orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1585 In England
Events from the 1580s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Elizabeth I Events * 1580 ** March – Thomas Legge's '' Richardus Tertius'', the first known history play performed in England, is acted at St John's College, Cambridge. ** 6 April – Dover Straits earthquake. ** 9 April – Anglo-Spanish War: English Fury at Mechelen: English and Scottish mercenaries, assisting the Dutch Republic, storm the city of Mechelen in the Spanish Netherlands, killing 60 civilians and plundering houses and churches. ** 21 June – England signs a commercial treaty with the Ottoman Empire. ** 6 July – new buildings banned within three miles of the City of London. ** 7 July – Robert Parsons and Edmund Campion begin a Jesuit mission in an attempt to restore Roman Catholicism to England, having landed the previous month. ** 26 September – Francis Drake returns to Plymouth from his voyage of circumnavigation (westabout) on the ''Golden Hind'', the first made by an Englishman. ** First record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis (; also Tallys or Talles; 23 November 1585) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's greatest composers, and is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship. Life Youth As no records about the birth, family or childhood of Thomas Tallis exist, almost nothing is known about his early life or origins. Historians have calculated that he was born in the early part of the 16th century, towards the end of the reign of Henry VII of England, and estimates for the year of his birth range from 1500 to 1520. His only known relative was a cousin called John Sayer. As the surnames ''Sayer'' and ''Tallis'' both have strong connections with Kent, Thomas Tallis is usually thought to have been born somewhere in the county. [Baidu] |
