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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Composer: Williams, Ralph Vaughan
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Historical Figure: Richard I [Called Richard Coeur De Lion, Richard The Lionheart]

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1 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
1 Wembley, Middlesex, England
1 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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1 Lascelles, Frank
1 Bergerac, Bernice de
1 Bedford, Cicely

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1 Wrey, Sir Bourchier
1 Wade, F.C.
1 Tennyson, Alfred Lord
1 Stuart, J.
1 Struben, A.
1 Spenser, Edmund
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Ross, E. Denison
1 Rawnsley, F.A.
1 Petrarch, Francesco
1 Oman, Charles
1 Luffman, Captain
1 Kirwan, Patrick
1 Hammersley-Heenan, Mr
1 Foster, William
1 Dryden, John
1 Darbyshire, T.
1 Burrows, Ione
1 Blankenberg, Lady
1 Binyon, Laurence
1 Bergerac, Bernice de
1 Bedford, Cicely

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3 Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart]
2 Cabot, John [Zuan Caboto]
1 Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad [M' Íte; Deirdre; Ita]
1 Wykeham, William
1 Wolsey, Thomas
1 Wodelarke, Robert
1 Wilson, Allan
1 William Savile, second marquess of Halifax
1 William III and II
1 White, Sir Thomas
1 Waynflete [Wainfleet, Patten], William
1 Wakefield, William Hayward
1 Vernon, James
1 Sutton, Sir Richard
1 Stanley, Sir Henry Morton
1 St Pol, Mary de, countess of Pembroke
1 Speke, John Hanning
1 Smythe [Smith], Sir Thomas
1 Smith [Smyth], William
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Shaka
1 Scott, Robert Falcon [known as Scott of the Antarctic]
1 Scoresby, William, junior
1 Roe, Sir Thomas
1 Rodney, George Bridges, first Baron Rodney
1 Rhodes, Cecil John
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Raffles, Sir
1 Radcliffe [née Sidney], Frances, countess of Sussex
1 Pope, Sir Thomas
1 Philip the Good
1 Petre, Sir William
1 Petrarch, Francesco
1 Pelham, Thomas, first Baron Pelham
1 Patrick [St Patrick, Pádraig]
1 Park, Mungo
1 Orso, Count of Anguillara
1 Newland [Nailheart], John
1 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1 Morgan, Sir Henry
1 Mildmay, Sir Walter
1 Merton, Walter of
1 Margaret [St Margaret]
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Marconi, Guglielmo
1 Malcolm III [Mael Coluim Ceann Mór, Malcolm Canmore]
1 Livingstone, David
1 Lancaster, Sir James
1 Johnson, Samuel
1 John [John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford
1 Jervis, John, earl of St Vincent
1 Jahangir
1 Isabella of Portugal
1 Humphrey [Humfrey or Humphrey of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester [called Good Duke Humphrey]
1 Hudson, Henry
1 Howe, Richard, Earl Howe
1 Howard, Henry, seventh duke of Norfolk
1 Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood
1 Hood, Robin
1 Henry VIII
1 Henry VII
1 Henry VI
1 Henry V
1 Henrietta Maria [Princess Henrietta Maria of France]
1 Hawke, Edward, first Baron Hawke
1 Harley [née Holles], Henrietta Cavendish, countess of Oxford and Mortimer
1 Guy, John
1 Grenville, Sir Richard
1 Grant, James Augustus
1 Gonville [Gonvile], Edmund
1 Godolphin, Francis, second earl of Godolphin
1 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
1 George [St George]
1 George III
1 Fynn, Henry Francis
1 Franklin, Sir John
1 Flemming [Fleming], Richard
1 Elizabeth [Elizabeth of York]
1 Elizabeth I
1 Eleanor [Eleanor of Castile]
1 Eleanor [Eleanor of Aquitaine], suo jure duchess of Aquitaine
1 Eglesfield [Egilsfeld], Robert [Robert de Eglesfeld]
1 Edward IV
1 Edward II [Edward of Caernarfon]
1 Edward I
1 Durham, William of
1 Drake, Sir Francis
1 Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw
1 David [St David, Dewi]
1 Dampier, William
1 Cromwell, Oliver
1 Cook, James
1 Clare, Elizabeth de [Elizabeth de Burgh; known as lady of Clare]
1 Chichele, Henry
1 Charles VI
1 Charles I
1 Caxton, William
1 Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Cavendish, Thomas
1 Cavendish, Henry, second duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Cavendish, Charles
1 Cameron, Sir Duncan Alexander
1 Caius [Kay, Key], Thomas
1 Cabot, Sebastian
1 Brome, Adam
1 Blake, Robert
1 Bingham [Byngham], William
1 Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-, third duke of Portland
1 Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish [née Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley], duchess of Portland
1 Beaufort, Margaret [known as Lady Margaret Beaufort], countess of Richmond and Derby
1 Beauchamp, Richard, thirteenth earl of Warwick
1 Bateman [Norwich], William
1 Balsham, Hugh of
1 Balliol, Dervorguilla de, lady of Galloway
1 Balliol [Baliol], John de
1 Baldwin [Baldwin of Forde]
1 Baffin, William
1 Arthur
1 Anson, George, Baron Anson
1 Andrew [St Andrew]
1 Alcock, John

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