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St. Albans Pageant, 1907: Queen Elizabeth at Gorhambury.

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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1 Widnes, Lancashire, England
1 Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
1 Greenwich, Kent, England
1 Coventry, Warwickshire, England

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 Pageant Type

Type of social collective or organization a pageant was intended to celebrate

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2 large town/city
1 national
1 london
1 institutional

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1 Seeley, Alfred
1 Lally, Gwen
1 Bryant, Arthur

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2 Shakespeare, William
1 Bryant, Arthur

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1 Wood, Henry
1 Warlock, Peter
1 Purcell, Henry
1 Parry, Hubert
1 Lally, Gwen
1 Elgar, Edward
1 Bowling, Tom
1 Bowen, Marjorie
1 Arne, Thomas

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4 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
4 Elizabeth I
4 Charles II
4 Charles I
3 Ralegh, Sir Walter
3 Drake, Sir Francis
2 Wolfe, James
2 William III and II
2 Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Arthur, first duke of Wellington
2 Shakespeare, William
2 Philippa [Philippa of Hainault]
2 John [John of Gaunt], duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León
2 James II and VII
2 Isabella [Isabella of France]
2 Howard, Thomas, first earl of Suffolk
2 Henry VIII
2 Henrietta Maria [Princess Henrietta Maria of France]
2 Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton
2 George IV
2 Edward III
2 Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester
1 Æthelstan [Athelstan]
1 Æthelflæd [Ethelfleda]
1 Æthelberht I
1 Áedán [St Áedán, Aidan]
1 Wulfstan
1 Wren, Sir Christopher
1 Wolsey, Thomas
1 William IV
1 William I [known as William the Conqueror]
1 Warton, Thomas
1 Walsingham, Sir Francis
1 Waller, Sir Hardress
1 Villiers, George, first duke of Buckingham
1 Victoria
1 Vavasour [married names Finch, Richardson], Anne
1 Tyler, Walter [Wat]
1 Talbot, John, second earl of Shrewsbury and second earl of Waterford
1 Talbot, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury
1 Talbot [née Hardwick], Elizabeth [Bess; called Bess of Hardwick], countess of Shrewsbury
1 Stokesley, John
1 Stephen
1 Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham
1 Spenser, Edmund
1 Smith [Smyth], William
1 Sidney, Sir Philip
1 Sidney [née Dudley], Mary, Lady Sidney
1 Siddons [née Kemble], Sarah
1 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1 Scott, Sir Walter
1 Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch
1 Rupert, prince and count palatine of the Rhine and duke of Cumberland
1 Richard II
1 Rhodes, Cecil John
1 Philip II
1 Percy, Sir Henry [called Henry Hotspur]
1 Otto I [the Great]
1 Neville, Richard, sixteenth earl of Warwick and sixth earl of Salisbury [called the Kingmaker]
1 Napoléon Bonaparte
1 Mowbray, Thomas
1 Montagu, Henry, first earl of Manchester
1 Monck [Monk], George, first duke of Albemarle
1 Mary [Mary of Modena]
1 Mary [Mary Stewart]
1 Mary II
1 Marmion, Robert
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Livingstone, David
1 Leofric, earl of Mercia
1 Leigh, Thomas, first Baron Leigh
1 Jones, Inigo
1 James VI and I
1 Howard [née Tilney], Agnes
1 Hood, Robin
1 Hereward [called Hereward the Wake]
1 Herbert, Philip, first earl of Montgomery and fourth earl of Pembroke
1 Henry V
1 Henry IV [known as Henry Bolingbroke]
1 Henry II
1 Henry Frederick, prince of Wales
1 Hawkins, Sir John
1 Guy of Warwick
1 Gordon, Charles George
1 Godgifu [Godiva]
1 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
1 George, duke of Clarence
1 George [St George]
1 George III
1 George I
1 Frobisher, Sir Martin
1 Francis I
1 Elizabeth, Princess [Elizabeth Stuart]
1 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince], prince of Wales and of Aquitaine
1 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince]
1 Edward VII
1 Edward IV
1 Edgeworth, Maria
1 Dunstan [St Dunstan]
1 Dugdale, Sir William
1 Davenant, John
1 Crabbe, George
1 Cook, James
1 Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey
1 Churchill, John, first duke of Marlborough
1 Charlotte [Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]
1 Charlotte Augusta, Princess [Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]
1 Charles I [Charlemagne]
1 Cecil, William, first Baron Burghley
1 Cavendish, Henry, second duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Catesby, Robert
1 Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances [Fanny]
1 Brummell, George Bryan [known as Beau Brummell]
1 Bertha
1 Bagot, Sir William
1 Bacon, Francis, Viscount St Alban
1 Austen, Jane
1 Augustine [St Augustine]
1 Augusta Sophia, Princess
1 Anne [Anne Boleyn]
1 Aldhelm [St Aldhelm]

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