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England in 1517

Historical records for England in 1517, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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8Events
7Named people
3Places
5Categories

Historical records

January

17 January 1517Birth of Henry GreyHenry Grey Dorset, 3rd

House / House of Grey

Birth of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquis of Dorset

November

11 November 1517Death of Thomas ParrThomas Parr

House / House of Parr

Death of Thomas Parr, father of Catherine Parr

Other Events

1517Corpus ChristiRichard Fox

Oxford · Humanities / Social Science

The Bishop of Winchester founds & opens Corpus Christi College

1517CounsellorThomas More

Government / Government of England

More enters the King's service as Counsellor and personal servant

1517Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo XThomas Cromwell Essex, 1st

Rome · Government / Government of England

Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo X a Papal Bull of Indulgence for the town of Boston in Lincolnshire

1517Papal BullThomas Cromwell Essex, 1st

Rome · Government / Government of England

Cromwell leads an embassy to Rome to obtain from Pope Leo X a Papal Bull of Indulgence for the town of Boston in Lincolnshire

1517PlagueHenry VIII

London · House / House of Tudor

Henry travels regularly to stay ahead of the plague

1517SuccessionCatherine of Aragon

London · House / House of Tudor

Suffers from 2 miscarriages

Names involved

Catherine of AragonHenry Grey Dorset, 3rdHenry VIIIRichard FoxThomas Cromwell Essex, 1stThomas MoreThomas Parr

Places involved

LondonOxfordRome

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.