15th century | 17th century | Other years in Wales
Other events of the century

This article is about the particular significance of the century 1501–1600 to Wales and its people.

Princes of Wales

  • Arthur (to 2 April 1502)
  • Henry (later Henry VIII) (1504–1509)

Princesses of Wales

Events

1501

1502

1503

1504

1505

1506

  • April - The betrothal of Prince Henry to the Dowager Princess of Wales (1503) is declared invalid (Henry's age at the time is used as a pretext).
  • Construction begins on tower of St Giles' Church, Wrexham.

1507

1508

1509

1510

1512

1516

1517

  • Lady Catherine Gordon marries her third husband, Matthew Craddock, and obtains permission to live with him in Wales when not at court.[9]

1519

1524

1525

1531

1534

1536

1537

1538

1539

1540

  • A Carmarthenshire land dispute becomes the last recorded case to be heard under Welsh law, four years after the 1536 Act stipulated that only English law was to be used in Wales.[14]

1541

1542

1546

1550

1551

1553

1557

1558

  • November - Thomas Parry, faithful servant of Princess Elizabeth, is made Comptroller of the Household on her accession to the throne, as well as receiving a knighthood.

1559

1563

1565

1566

1568

1570

1571

1573

1574

1576

1577

1578

1584

1587

1588

1589

1595

  • February - A riot breaks out in Cardiff as the result of the activities of Sir William Herbert (a relative of the Earl of Pembroke) and his henchmen.

1596

  • Sir William and Nicholas Herbert are convicted by the Court of Star Chamber,[27] gaoled in the Fleet Prison, and fined 1000 marks for their part in the previous year's affair.

1597

Arts and literature

Books

1502

  • Rhys Nanmor - Elegy on the death of Arthur, Prince of Wales

1540

1542

1546

  • Sir John Price - Yn y Llyvyr Hwn (first Welsh language book to be printed)

1547

  • William Salesbury - A dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe, moche necessary to all suche Welshemen as wil spedly learne the Englyshe tongue

1550

  • William Salesbury
    • The baterie of the Popes Botereulx, commonlye called the high Altare
    • Ban wedy i dynny air yngair alla o ben gyfreith Howel da... A certaine case extracte out of the Auncient Law of Hoel da... whereby it may be gathered that priestes had lawfully maried wyues at that tyme
    • A briefe and a playne introduction, teachyng how to pronounce the letters in the British tong (now commenly called Walsh)...

1556

  • Robert Recorde - The Castle of Knowledge, containing the Explication of the Sphere both Celestiall and Materiall, etc.

1559

1564

1567

1568

1573

  • Sir John Prys - Historiae Britannicae Defensio (published posthumously)

1584

c.1586-7

  • "G.R. of Milan" (Gruffydd Robert or perhaps Robert Gwyn (c.1540/50-1592/1604)) - Y Drych Cristianogawl (first part; the first book printed in Wales, on the clandestine Catholic press on the Little Orme, with a false imprint of "Rouen, 1585")[25]

1587

1589

  • John Penry - Exhortation to the governours and people of Wales...

1594

1595

  • Robert Holland - Dau Gymro yn Taring yn bell o'u Gwlad

1600

  • Robert Holland - Darmerth, neu Arlwy i Weddi
  • William Vaughan - Golden Grove

Births

1504

1505

1510

1511

1512

1515

1527

1528

1534

1546

1558

1560

1565

1572

1575

1582

1587

1592

Deaths

1500

1502

1503

  • date unknown
    • Richard Amerike, English merchant, royal customs officer and sheriff, of Welsh descent
    • Sir John Donne, courtier, diplomat and soldier, commissioner of the Donne Triptych[41]

1505

  • date unknown - Sir Thomas Salusbury, Tudor supporter

1509

1510

1512

1513

1514

1521

1525

1526

1531

1537

1543

1549

1554

1555

1558

1559

1560

1564

1570

1574

1581

1584

1585

1586

1589

1590

1591

1592

1593

1595

1596

1597

1598

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