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Events from the year 1504 in England.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Henry VII
- Lord Chancellor – William Warham
- Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe
- Secretary of State – Thomas Ruthall
Events
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
- John Paston, soldier and public official (born 1444)
- William Danvers, judge (born 1428)