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1506 In England
Events from the year 1506 in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Henry VII * Lord Chancellor – William Warham * Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe * Secretary of State – Thomas Ruthall Events *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. These are signed by Philip while held by Henry VII at Windsor Castle *24 April – After being extradited to England as part of Henry's agreement with Philip, Edmund de la Pole is imprisoned in the Tower of London as a rival claimant to the throne. Births * 4 December – Thomas Darcy, Courtier (died 1558) *Elizabeth Barton, nun (died 1534) * Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543) *William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (died 1563) Deaths * 6 September – Sir Richard Guildford, courtier (born 1450) * 8 November – Edward Hastings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1506
__NOTOC__ Year 1506 ( MDVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 14 – The classical statue of ''Laocoön and His Sons'' is unearthed in Rome. On the recommendation of Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo, Pope Julius II purchases it, and places it on public display in the Vatican a month later. * January 22 – The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards under Pope Julius II. * April 18 – Pope Julius II lays the foundation stone of the new (current) St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, replacing the Old St. Peter's Basilica. * April 19– 21 – Lisbon Massacre: Thousands of Jews are tortured and killed by Catholics in Lisbon, Portugal. * April 30 – '' Malus Intercursus'', a treaty between King Henry VII of England and Duke Philip IV of Burgundy, is signed. July–December * August 6 – B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund De La Pole, 3rd Duke Of Suffolk
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk, KG (c. 147130 April 1513), Duke of Suffolk, was a son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth of York. Although the male York line ended with the death of Edward Plantagenet and the Poles at first swore loyalty to the Tudor king of England, they later tried to claim the throne as the Yorkist claimant. Edmund was ultimately executed at the Tower of London. Yorkist claim Edmund de la Pole was a son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, and Elizabeth of York. His mother was the second surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was also a younger sister to Kings Edward IV and Richard III. Service to the Tudors De la Pole's eldest brother John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (c. 14641487), was the designated heir of their maternal uncle Richard III, who gave him a pension and the reversion of the estates of Lady Margaret Beaufort. Meanwhile, Edmund was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1466 In England
Events from the 1460s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Henry VI (until 4 March 1461), then Edward IV * Parliament – 22nd of King Henry VI (starting 7 October 1460, until c. 4 March 1461), 1st of King Edward IV (starting 4 November 1461, until 6 May 1462), 2nd of King Edward IV (starting 29 April 1463, until 28 March 1465), 3rd of King Edward IV (starting 3 June 1467, until 7 June 1468) 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, Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings
Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, KB PC (26 November 1466 – 8 November 1506) was an English peer. Origins Edward Hastings was born in Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire to Sir William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Katherine Neville, the daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Alice Montagu, the daughter of Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury. At the time of the marriage Katherine Neville was the widow of William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington (1442–1460), beheaded after the Battle of Wakefield, by whom she had a daughter, Cecily. Edward Hastings had three brothers, Sir William, Sir Richard, and George, and two sisters, Anne, who married George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth. His brothers William and Richard were alive at the time he made his will on 4 November 1506. Career Edward Hastings was invested as a Knight of the Bath in 1475. He was High Steward of the Honour of Leicester in 1485. He was Constable of Leicester Castle 1485. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1450 In England
Events from the 1450s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Henry VI * Parliament – 17th of King Henry VI (until c. 8 June 1450), 18th of King Henry VI (starting 6 November 1450, until c. 31 May 1451), 19th of King Henry VI (starting 6 March 1453, until c. 21 April 1454), 20th of King Henry VI (starting 9 July 1455, until 12 March 1456), Devils (starting 20 November, until 20 December 1459) 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 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Guildford
Sir Richard Guildford (alias ''Guilford, Guldeford'', etc.), KG (c. 1450 – 1506) was an explorer, naval commander, and English courtier who held important positions at the court of Henry VII, including the office of Master of the Ordnance. Life He was the son of Sir John Guildford (1430–1493), Comptroller of the Household to Edward IV, by his first wife, Alice Waller. He was relied on as a councillor by Reginald Bray, who chose him as one of the four persons to whom he first communicated the plot behind Buckingham's rebellion against Richard III in 1483. Both father and son raised forces that year for the Earl of Richmond (the future Henry VII) in Kent, and were attainted in consequence. The son, who thereby forfeited some lands in Cranbrook, fled to Richmond in Brittany, and returned with him two years later, landing along with him at Milford Haven, where he is said to have been knighted. It is presumed he was with Henry at the Battle of Bosworth. Little more than a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1563 In England
Events from the 1560s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Elizabeth I * Parliament – 2nd of Queen Elizabeth I (starting 11 January 1563, until 2 January 1567) Events * 1560 ** 27 February – Treaty of Berwick: Terms agreed with the Lords of the Congregation in the Kingdom of Scotland for English forces to enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise. ** 6 July – Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland, ending the Siege of Leith. The French withdraw from Scotland, largely ending the ''Auld Alliance'' between the two countries, and recognise Elizabeth I of England. ** Solihull School founded. * 1561 ** 1 March – Kingston Grammar School is chartered. ** 4 June – the spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London catches fire and crashes through the nave roof, probably as the result of a lightning strike. The spire is not rebuilt. ** 25 June – astrologer Francis Coxe is pilloried at Cheapside in London, and makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert (15069 June 1563), was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. Early life He was the son of John Pachett or Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of London. He was born in Staffordshire in 1506, and was educated at St Paul's School when William Lily was its headmaster, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to the University of Paris. At St Paul's, he befriended the future antiquary John Leland and later acted as one of his benefactors.Carley, "Leland, John (''c''.1503–1552)" Political career He served as Member of Parliament for Lichfield in 1529 and for Middlesex in 1545. Probably through the influence of Stephen Gardiner, who had early befriended Paget, he was employed by King Henry VIII in several important diplomatic missions; in 1532 he was appointed Clerk of the Signet and soon afterwards of the privy council. He beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1543 In England
__NOTOC__ Year 1543 ( MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of the years sometimes referred to as an "Annus mirabilis" because of its significant publications in science, considered the start of the scientific revolution. Events January–June * February 11 – King Henry VIII of England allies with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, against France. * February 21 – Battle of Wayna Daga: A joint Ethiopian-Portuguese force of 8,500, under Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defeats Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi's army of over 14,000, ending the Ethiopian–Adal war. * March ** King Gustav Vasa's troops crush the forces of Swedish peasant rebel Nils Dacke in battle, ending the uprising. Dacke escapes, but is captured and killed in the summer. ** Consolidating Act of Welsh Union: The Parliament of England establishes counties and regularises parliamentary representation in Wales. * April &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Lee (lady-in-waiting)
Lady Margaret Lee ( Wyatt; ) was an English courtier. She was a sister of the poet Thomas Wyatt and a friend of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England. Historians have speculated that she may have been present during Boleyn's execution. Family Margaret Wyatt was the daughter of Sir Henry Wyatt by Anne Skinner, the daughter of John Skinner of Reigate, Surrey. She had two brothers: *Sir Thomas Wyatt, who married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham, by Dorothy Heydon, daughter of Sir Henry Heydon and Elizabeth or Anne Boleyn, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn. *Henry Wyatt, assumed to have died an infant. Life Margaret is best remembered for having been a companion of Anne Boleyn, whose family estates lay near the Wyatts' and who later employed Margaret as one of her ladies-in-waiting. A portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger shows a woman presumed to be Margaret at the age of thirty-four, and it is assumed that it was painted ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1534 In England
Events from the 1530s in England. Incuments * Monarch – Henry VIII * Parliament – Reformation (until 14 April 1536), 6th of King Henry VIII (starting 8 June, until 18 July 1536), 7th of King Henry VIII (starting 28 April 1539) Events * 1530 ** 26 January – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire becomes Keeper of the Privy Seal. ** January – the first printed translation of the Torah into English, by William Tyndale, is published in Antwerp for distribution in Britain. ** 6 February – Charles Brandon becomes Lord President of the Council. ** 4 November – Cardinal Wolsey arrested as a traitor for secretly communicating with Pope Clement VII. ** Parliament of England passes the Egyptians Act in attempt to expel Gypsies. * 1531 ** 11 February – Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of the Church of England. ** March – Statute Against Vagabonds requires registration of all genuine beggars; unlicensed beggars to be whipped or pilloried. ** Sir Thomas Elyot's treatise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Barton
Elizabeth Barton (1506 – 20 April 1534), known as "The Nun of Kent", "The Holy Maid of London", "The Holy Maid of Kent" and later "The Mad Maid of Kent", was an English Catholic nun. She was executed as a result of her prophecies against the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn. Early life Little is known about Barton's early life. She was born in 1506 in the parish of Aldington, about 12 miles from Canterbury, and she appears to have come from a poor background. She was working as a servant in 1525 when she said her visions began. Visions On Easter of 1525, at the age of 19, while working as a domestic servant in the household of Thomas Cobb, a farmer of Aldington, Barton suffered from a severe illness and claimed to have received divine revelations that predicted events, such as the death of a child living in her household or, more frequently, pleas for people to remain in the Catholic Church. She urged people to pray to the Virgin Mary and to undertake p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
