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)