•
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. 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. • 26 December –
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, is proclaimed an outlaw at Ipswich on suspicion of plotting against the King. •
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 the
Henry VII Chapel at
Westminster Abbey begins. • March – restrictions placed on
livery and maintenance, i.e. the keeping of a retinue of retainers by noblemen. • 28 June – planned marriage of Henry Tudor and
Catherine of Aragon postponed when the
dowry fails to arrive from Spain. • 21 December – Henry VII arranges a marriage between his younger daughter,
Mary Tudor, and Habsburg
Archduke Charles. • 29 June – death of
Lady Margaret Beaufort initiates foundation of
St John's College, Cambridge • Formation of the Troop of Gentlemen as a royal escort, origin of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. •
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==