The 1480s decade ran from January 1, 1480, to December 31, 1489.
Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey.
Ribe is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,365 (2023). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding municipality and county. It is now part of the enlarged Esbjerg Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the oldest town in Denmark.
Edmund Grindal was Bishop of London, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though born far from the centres of political and religious power, he had risen rapidly in the church during the reign of Edward VI, culminating in his nomination as Bishop of London. However, the death of the King prevented his taking up the post, and along with other Marian exiles, he was a supporter of Calvinist Puritanism. Grindal sought refuge in continental Europe during the reign of Mary I. Upon Elizabeth's accession, Grindal returned and resumed his rise in the church, culminating in his appointment to the highest office.
Edward Fiennes, or Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln KG was an English landowner, peer, and Lord High Admiral. He rendered valuable service to four of the Tudor monarchs.
Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools. Some of these early cathedral schools, and more recent foundations, continued into modern times.
Thomas Young was a Bishop of St David's and Archbishop of York (1561–1568).
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII.
James Pilkington (1520–1576), was the first Protestant Bishop of Durham from 1561 until his death in 1576. He founded Rivington Grammar School and was an Elizabethan author and orator.
The Tudor period in London started with the beginning of the reign of Henry VII in 1485 and ended in 1603 with the death of Elizabeth I. During this period, the population of the city grew enormously, from about 50,000 at the end of the 15th century to an estimated 200,000 by 1603, over 13 times that of the next-largest city in England, Norwich. The city also expanded to take up more physical space, further exceeding the bounds of its old medieval walls to reach as far west as St. Giles by the end of the period. In 1598, the historian John Stow called it "the fairest, largest, richest and best inhabited city in the world".
Events from the 1500s in England.
Events from the 1540s in England.
Events from the 1550s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Elizabethan era.
Walter Haddon LL.D. (1515–1572) was an English civil lawyer, much involved in church and university affairs under Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Elizabeth I. He was a University of Cambridge humanist and reformer, and was highly reputed in his time as a Latinist. He sat as an MP during the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth. His controversial exchange with the Portuguese historian Jerónimo Osório attracted international attention partly on account of the scholarly reputations of the protagonists.
Robert Huick, Huicke, or Hewicke, of London, Enfield and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, was an English physician. He was also briefly a member of parliament for a few weeks in the years 1547 and 1553. He was educated at Merton College, University of Oxford. By 1546, he was married to Elizabeth Slighfield, a sister of Henry and Walter Slighfield of Peckham, Kent; they had one or two daughters. He later married Mary Woodcock, and they had one daughter. One of his daughters was Anna Huick, wife of Sir Mark Steward (1524-1604), MP, of Stuntney in Cambridgeshire. Huick was an academic of the University of Oxford and served as Principal of St Alban Hall from 1535 to 1536. He was also a physician and was briefly a Member of the Parliament of England for Wootton Bassett in 1547 and for Camelford in March 1553.
