Biography of Thomas Englefield 1453-1514
Paternal Family Tree: Englefield
Around 1455 Thomas Englefield probably in Englefield.
Before 1488 Thomas Englefield and Margery Danvers (age 38) were married.
Around 1488 [his son] Thomas Englefield was born to Thomas Englefield and [his wife] Margery Danvers (age 39).
In 1497 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 14 Nov 1501 Arthur Prince of Wales (age 15) and Catherine of Aragon (age 15) were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Henry Deane assisted by William Warham Bishop of London (age 51) and a further eighteen bishops. She wore a white satin dress with a farthingale and over her head wore a veil of fine silk trimmed with gold and pearls. She would, eight years later, marry his younger brother King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 10) - see Marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She the daughter of Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 49) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 50). He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 44) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 35). They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Prince Henry (age 10) who escorted her up the aisle and gave her away.
Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 32) bore the train, Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 24) was Chief Answerer.
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 18) and Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 23) attended.
Thomas Englefield was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Immediately after their marriage Arthur Prince of Wales (age 15) and Catherine of Aragon (age 15) resided at Tickenhill Manor, Bewdley [Map] for a month. Thereafter they travelled to Ludlow, Shropshire [Map].
Letters and Papers 1509. 11 Jun 1509. 43. The Coronation. Commission to Thomas Earl of Surrey (age 66), High Treasurer, George Earl of Shrewsbury (age 41), Steward of the Household, Sir John Fyneux (age 68), Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and Sir Th. Inglefield, to hear, in the White Hall within Westminster Palace, petitions of the King's tenants and others claiming to perform special services at the approaching coronation. Del. Westm., 11 June, 1 Henry VIII. S.B. (countersigned: Ri. Wynton, C. Somerset, Thomas Lovell.) [164.]
In 1510 [his wife] Margery Danvers (age 61) died.
In 1510 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 04 Jan 1514 [his former brother-in-law] John Danvers (age 62) died.
On 03 Apr 1514 Thomas Englefield died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Englefield was born to Thomas Englefield and Margery Danvers.