29 May 1500 – Death of Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York 1521-.CHARLES V. to HENRY VIII. Have received by Sir Ric. Wingfield, your ambassador, your letters of the 5th, and am glad to hear of the good health and prosperity of yourself and my aunt. Was...
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28 May 1509 – Death of Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon. 28 May 1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V 28 May 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne...
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27 May 1444 - Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader 27 May 1510-Henry VIII to Ferdinand,King of Aragon Has not written lately, having no news; but takes this occasion, as the Spanish ambassador is returning to Spain, to...
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26 May 1520 - Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon met with Charles V at Dover 26 May 1536 – Princess Mary to Cromwell "Master Secretary, I would have been a suitor to you before this time to have been a mean for me to the King's Grace to have obtained...
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25 May 1420 – Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. 25 May 1452 -Death of John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury 25 May 1521 -Emperor Charles V Declares Martin Luther a Criminal and Heretic 25 May 1524- TREATY with CHARLES...
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24 May 1425 - Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician 24 May 1487- The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign....
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23 May 1430-Joan of Arc is Sold to English and Condemned to Die for Heresy 23 May 1533 - King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon's marriage declared null and void 23 May 1533-Charles V. to Ferdinand of Hungary. I wrote on the 12th what I had learned about...
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22 May 1455- Start of the Wars of the Roses 22 May 1455-King Henry VI is taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans 22 May 1455 - Death of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.He was an English nobleman and military commander in the...
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21 May 1471-King Henry VI is killed in the Tower of London. 21 May 1471-Edward IV takes the throne. 21 May 1524-Death of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.He was the only son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Katherine Moleyns....
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20 May 1535 - The imprisoned Bishop John Fisher was made a Cardinal by Pope Paul III. 20 May 1536 – Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Chapuys to Granvelle. Wrote yesterday very fully to the Emperor and Granvelle. Has just been informed, the bearer...
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