page_title: John Blanke
hierarchical_section_title: John Blanke
caption_attribution_description: English: Black Trumpeter at Henry VIII's Tournament."
context_page_description: John Blanke was a black musician in London in the early 16th century.
  He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501. He is one of the earliest recorded black people in England after the Roman period. His name may be a reference to his skin colour, derived either from the word "black" or from the French word "blanc" meaning white.
context_section_description: John Blanke (also rendered Blancke or Blak) (fl. 1501–1511) was a black musician in London in the early 16th century.
  He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501. He is one of the earliest recorded black people in England after the Roman period. His name may be a reference to his skin colour, derived either from the word "black" or from the French word "blanc" meaning white.
caption: Extract from the Westminster Tournament Roll almost certainly showing John Blanke, the only figure wearing a orange turban latticed with yellow.
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