title: 1505 in England
text: # 1505 in England
  
  Events from the year 1505 in England.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Henry VII
  * Lord Chancellor – William Warham
  * Lord Privy Seal – Richard Foxe
  * Secretary of State – Thomas Ruthall
  
  ## Events
  
  * 28 June – planned marriage of Henry Tudor and Catherine of Aragon postponed when the dowry fails to arrive from Spain.
  * Christ's College, Cambridge is granted a royal charter at the instigation of Lady Margaret Beaufort, the King's mother, refounding it under its present name.
  
  ## Births
  
  * William Cavendish, courtier (died 1557)
  * Philip Hoby, politician (died 1558)
  * Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, politician (died 1550)
  * Thomas Tallis, composer (died 1585)
  * Christopher Tye, composer and organist (died 1572)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, nobleman and soldier (born 1554)
  * Robert Wydow, poet and church musician (born 1446)
  * Sir Richard Pole, courtier (born 1462)
  * William Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London (born 1451)
  
  vteYears in England (927–present) :
  
  