1520s in England

Events from the 1520s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry VIII of England

Events

* 1520
** 26 May–31 May - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits King Henry VIII at Dover and Canterbury.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=204–210]
** 7 June–24 June - King Henry VIII and King Francis I of France meet at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
* 1521
** 17 May - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
** 25 September - Secret Treaty of Bruges signed by Emperor Charles V and Cardinal Wolsey agreeing to declare war on France in 1523.
** 11 October - Pope Leo X bestows Henry VIII with the title "Defender of the Faith" for his work "Assertio Septem Sacramentorum" ("The Assertion of the Seven Sacraments") attacking the teachings of Martin Luther.
* 1522
** May - England declares war on France and Scotland.
** 19 June - Charles V visits England and signs the Treaty of Windsor pledging a joint invasion of France.
* 1523
** April - Thomas More elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
** Thomas Howard raids Scotland, sacking Kelso and Jedburgh.
* 1524
** 25 May - Henry VIII and Charles V form an alliance to support Charles III, Duke of Bourbon in his dispute with Francis I of France.
* 1525
** June - The Amicable Loan, a form of poll tax imposed without the consent of Parliament, abandoned.
** June - Cardinal Wolsey gives Henry the lease of Hampton Court.
** 16 June - Henry VIII creates his illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
** 14 August - Peace is agreed between England and France.
** The New Testament translated into English by William Tyndale.
** Wolsey founds Cardinal College, Oxford.
** Hops first cultivated in Kent.
* 1526
** The first of several debasements of coinage, reducing the size of silver coins, and raising the value of the gold sovereign.
** William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible, printed in Germany, reaches England.
** German artist Hans Holbein the Younger visits England.
* 1527
** 30 April - By the Treaty of Westminster, Cardinal Wolsey signs an alliance between England and France.
** 17 May - Archbishop William Warham holds a secret inquiry into the legality of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
* 1528
** 22 January - Henry VIII and Francis I of France declare war on Emperor Charles V.
** March - trade suspended between England and the Netherlands because of the war with the Holy Roman Empire.
** June - Unrest in England caused by economic difficulties due to the war forces the government to seek a truce with the Empire.
** July - Major outbreak of sweating sickness in London.
* 1529
** May to July - Wolsey presides over a legatine court at Blackfriars, London to rule on the legality of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 142-145|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** 27 August - Henry VIII accedes to the Treaty of Cambrai.
** 26 October - Cardinal Wolsey falls from power due to his failure to prevent Habsburg expansion in Europe and obtain a divorce for Herny VIII. Thomas More succeeds him as Lord Chancellor.
** 4 November–17 December - first sitting of the Reformation Parliament.

Births

* 1520
** 13 September - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, statesman (died 1598)
* 1521
** Anne Askew, Protestant martyr (died 1546)
** John Aylmer, divine (died 1594)
** Thomas Chaloner, statesman and poet (died 1565)
** Philippe de Monte, composer (died 1603)
** Thomas Wyatt the younger, rebel (died 1554)
* 1522
** 24 May - John Jewel, bishop (died 1571)
* 1523
** Richard Edwards, poet (died 1566)
* 1524
** Thomas Tusser, poet and farmer (died 1580)
* 1525
** 25 September - Steven Borough, explorer (died 1584)
** Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (died 1586)
* 1526
** 4 March - Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died 1596)
** Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (died 1563)
* 1527
** 13 July - John Dee, mathematician, astronomer, and geographer (died 1608)
** Lawrence Humphrey, clergyman and educator (died 1590)
* 1528
** George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, statesman (died 1590)
** John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (died 1554)
* 1529
** Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (died 1586)

Deaths

* 1521
** 17 May - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (executed) (born 1478)
** Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (born 1459)
** Stephen Hawes, poet (birn 1502)
* 1522
** 25 February - William Lilye, classical scholar (born c. 1468)
** Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, nobleman (born 1479)
* 1523
** 24 May - Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney, politician (born 1447)
** October - William Cornysh, composer (born 1465)
* 1524
** 21 May - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, soldier and statesman (born 1443)
** 24 August - William Scott of Scott's Hall, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (year of birth unknown)
** 20 December - Thomas Linacre, humanist and physician (born 1460)
* 1525
** 24 February - Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the throne (killed in battle) (year of birth unknown)
** 22 July - Richard Wingfield, diplomat (born c. 1456)
* 1526
** 1 February - Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (born 1460)
* 1527
** May - Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1458)
** 15 November- Catherine of York Aunt of Henry VIII (born 1479)
** Jane Shore, mistress of King Edward IV of England (born c. 1445)
* 1528
** 5 October - Richard Foxe, churchman (born c. 1448)
* 1529
** 21 June - John Skelton, English poet (born c. 1460)

References

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