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1500Leonardo da Vinci
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1505Tower of London
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1509Henry VIII's Coronation
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1511Jousting Rules
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1511Catherine of Aragon's pregnancy
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1516Utopia by Thomas More
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1518Songs written by Henry VIII
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1520The Field of Cloth of Gold
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1526First printed Bible in English
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1528Henry VIII's 'Great Matter'
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1534Last letter from Thomas More to Henry VIII
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1539Dissolution of the Monasteries
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1540Henry VIII's Great Bible
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1540Henry VIII's Psalter
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1543Minstrels at a feast
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1543Chopping Wood
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1543Vesalius's anatomy lessons
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1543Copernicus
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1547Edward VI's diary
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1549Henry VIII's assets
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1553Letter from Elizabeth I
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1556Circular zodiac chart
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1558Elizabeth I's Map
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1567The First National Lottery
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1570Elizabeth I in a golden chariot
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1575Handwritten recipe
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1577Elizabethan dress codes
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1582First English Dictionary
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1585Recipe for pancakes
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1587Mary Queen of Scots
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1588Elizabeth's Tilbury speech
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1592Elizabethan thieves
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1592Doctor Faustus by Marlowe
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1595A cure for drunkenness
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Intro
To celebrate the birth of his son Prince Henry in 1511, King Henry VIII proclaimed an allegorical tournament of the sort developed in the previous century at the court of the Dukes of Burgundy.
This challenge, issued on 12 February and signed by the King, lists the rules to be followed and explains the background story. Queen ‘Noble Renown’ of the kingdom of ‘Noble Heart’, rejoicing at the happy event, had sent four knights, Ceure Loyall, Vailliaunt Desyre, Bone Voloyr and Joyous Panser, to joust in England against all comers. Their shields appear in the margin. In reality they were Henry and three of his leading courtiers, Sir Thomas Knyvet, Lord William Courtenay and Sir Edward Neville. Other courtiers signed up to answer the challenge.
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