First Council of Henry VIII

Members of Henry's First Council - Listed by Polydore Virgil

Henry VII d. Age 52

William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Chancellor

AGE IN 1509 -59

Far from being elbowed out by him, [Wolsey] it is possible that these two [Fox & Warham] certainly Fox brought Wolsey forward as a protege and gratefully stood down once he was established. Scara 42

Richard Foxe Bishop of Winchester

AGE in 1509 - 62

5 November 1509
Former chaplain to Henry VII and Secretasry to Bishop Fox ,Thomas Wolsey appointed Kings Almoner

As also stated above in Warham.Far from being elbowed out by him, [Wolsey] it is possible that these two [Fox & Warham] certainly Fox brought Wolsey forward as a protege and gratefully stood down once he was established . Scara 42

Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey Lord Treasurer

AGE IN 1509: 66 !! .......sOLDIER
Surrey was an executor of the will of King Henry VII when the King died on 21 April 1509, and played a prominent role in the coronation of King Henry VIII, in which he served as Earl Marshal. He challenged Thomas Wolsey in an effort to become the new King's first minister, but eventually accepted Wolsey's supremacy. Surrey expected to lead the 1513 expedition to France, but was left behind when the King departed for Calais on 30 June 1513. Shortly thereafter James IV launched an invasion, and Surrey, with the aid of other noblemen and his sons Thomas and Edmund, crushed James's much larger force near Branxton, Northumberland, on 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden. The Scots may have lost as many as 10,000 men, and King James was killed. The victory at Flodden brought Surrey great popular renown and royal rewards. On 1 February 1514 he was created Duke of Norfolk, and his son Thomas was made Earl of Surrey. Both were granted lands and annuities, and the Howard arms were augmented in honour of Flodden with an escutcheon bearing the lion of Scotland pierced through the mouth with an arrow.[3]

George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Master of the Royal Household

AGE 1509 - 41.......sOLDIER

Under King Henry VII, the Earl was a distinguished and honoured warrior. The Earl fought with distinction against Lambert Simnel at the Battle of Stoke. The Earl was created a Knight of the Garter after the battle. In 1489 he joined the English expedition to Flanders to aid the Emperor against the French.[3] The same year, upon the birth of Henry's second child, a daughter named Margaret Tudor, Talbot became the first Tudor princess's godfather.[1]

Charles Somerset Lord Chamberlain of the Household

Illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset by his mistress Joan Hill.

Thomas Lovell Chancellor of the Exchequer

AGE IN 1509 about 60

Sir Henry Wyatt

AGE IN 1509 - 49/50

Sir Henry Wyatt (c.1460–1536), politician and courtier, was a younger son of Richard Wyatt, of Yorkshire, and Margaret, the daughter and heir of William Bailif, of Reigate. His skill as a soldier and reliability as a financier made him one of the longest-serving courtiers of Henry VII and Henry VIII. His support for Henry Tudor began before 1483, and he probably participated in Buckingham's unsuccessful revolt against Richard III in that year.

Thomas Ruthall Bishop of Durham, Secretary to Henry VII

Sir Edward Poynings

AGE IN 1509 - 50
Soldier, administrator and diplomat, and Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII of England

John Fisher

Wier 87

John de Vere, Earl of Oxford,Lord Admiral d. 10 Mar 1513

Wier 87
AGE IN 1509 - 67
He was the principal commander of King Henry VII's army at the Battle of Bosworth, and again led Henry's troops to victory at the Battle of Stoke two years later. He became one of the great men of the King's regime.