Historical place archive

Eltham in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Eltham in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels4 people1495–1525

Historical events in Eltham

1495

14 September 1495
Death of Elizabeth
Elizabeth · House of Tudor

Death of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VII

14 September 1495
Death of Princess Elizabeth
Henry VII · House of Tudor

Princess Elizabeth, young daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, dies at Eltham.

1515

24 December 1515
Inauguration
Thomas Wolsey · Government of England

Sworn in as Lord Chancellor before Henry VIII at the chapel at Eltham

1525

December 1525
Ordinance
Henry VIII · House of Tudor

Wolsey & Henry VIII draw up the "Eltham Ordinances" to reform the Household & Chamber

December 1525
Plague
Henry VIII · House of Tudor

Spends a "still Christmas" away from the plague

Provenance

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