HOUSEHOLD-BOOK Of Queen Elizabeth, with additional matter interspersed relating to the royal household, etc., during the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Mary. The contents are:- 1. " A calendar for venison " : statement of the number of deer t... [1526-1603]

Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553

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Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because he never reached maturity. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st ...

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558

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Mary I (b. February 18, 1516 –d. November 17, 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Mary was the only child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive to adulthood. Her younger half-brother Edward VI (son of Henry and Jane Seymour) succeeded their father as king in 1547 at the age of nine. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because he assumed she wo...

Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536

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Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533. She was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales. The daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, Catherine was three years old when she was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir apparent to the English throne. They married in 1501, but Arthur di...

Woodford, James, Clerk of the Offices to Qu. Elizabeth

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Epithet: Clerk of the Offices to Qu. Elizabeth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x000202 ...

Philip II

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Title: Duke of Savoy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0000b1 Accession date: 1556,1554 Places: Spain,Netherlands,England,Naples and Sicily Title: of Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x000388 Epithet: of United Kingdom Title: of Spain ...

Royal Household (active 1201-1910)

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Cholmley, William

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Brandon, Charles

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Epithet: of Seal LXXXVII Title: Duke of Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000567.0x0002d1 Epithet: of Add MS 25114 Title: Duke of Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000567.0x0002cf Epithet: of Add MS 32648 Title: Duke of Suffolk B...