(?) – John Leland, antiquarian (died 1552) John Frith, Protestant priest and martyr (died 1533) Approximate date – Thomas Wyatt, lyrical poet and diplomat (died 1542) 1504 6 August – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574) c. December – Nicholas Udall, playwright and schoolmaster (died 1556) John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (executed 1553) 1505 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) 1506 Elizabeth Barton, nun (died 1534) Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543) William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, statesman (died 1563) 1507 Ralph Sadler, statesman (died 1587) Deaths 1500 29 May – Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (born 1423) 19 June – Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, son of Henry VII (born 1499) 15 September – John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1420) 1 October – John Alcock, Bishop of Ely (born c. 1430) 1501 April – John Doget, diplomat (year of birth unknown) 20 September – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born c. 1453) 1502 2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales (born 1486) 6 May – James Tyrrell, knight, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower (executed) (born c. 1450) 1503 11 February – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (born 1466) 15 February – Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1440) 16 March – Edward Story, Bishop of Carlisle and Chichester (year of birth unknown) 24 June – Reginald Bray, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and architect (born 1440) 23 November – Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (born 1446) Richard Amerike, merchant and patron of John Cabot (born 1445) 1504 29 July – Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435) 1507 24 August – Cecily of York, princess (born 1469) 1508 13 October – Edmund de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, politician (born 1446) 1509 29 April – King Henry VII of England (born 1457) 29 June – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII (born 1443) References