1504 in England
# 1504 in England

Events from the year 1504 in England.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Henry VII
* Lord Chancellor – William Warham
* Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe
* Secretary of State – Thomas Ruthall

## Events

* 18 February – Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales following the death of his elder brother Arthur, Prince of Wales two years earlier
* March – Private liveried retainers banned as part of a clampdown on the feudal tradition
* Silver shilling is the first English coin to be minted bearing a recognisable portrait of the King.

## Births

* Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574)
* Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster (died 1556)
* John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (executed 1553)

## Deaths

* Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
* John Paston, soldier and public official (born 1444)
* William Danvers, judge (born 1428)

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