title: 1504 in England
text: # 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)
  
  vteYears in England (927–present) :
  
  