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)