1505 in England
# 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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