Biographies

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St. Abban Sir Richard Abberbury Senior Henry of Abingdon Siward of Abingdon Dr. Anthony Addington Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth Aelfric, Bishop of Sonning St. Aethelwold Richard Neville Aldworth-Neville King Alfred the Great James Pettit Andrews Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England Sir Elias Ashmole Herbert Asquith, Earl of Oxford Sir Arthur Aston Sir Richard Aston Jane Austen William Backhouse Anthony Bushby Bacon Francis Baily Richard Barry, Earl of Barrymore Richard Bateman Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St. Albans Edmund De La Beche Nicholas, Baron De La Beche Thomas Beckington, Bishop of Bath & Wells John Benn-Walsh, Baron Ormathwaite Elizabeth Berkeley, Margravine of Anspach St. Birinus Edward, the Black Prince Richard Doddridge Blackmore Sir William Blackstone Daniel Blagrave John Blagrave Joseph Blagrave Thomas Blagrave of Lambourn Thomas Blagrave of Reading Rev. Dr. Charles Blake Sir Gilbert Blane Mary Blandy William Blandy Oliver de Bordeaux Adm. Sir George Bowyer Sir John Boys Thomas Bradley John Breedon Senior St. Britwold of Ramsbury Sir Bernard Brocas Senior Sir Bernard Brocas Junior Sir John Brocas Sir Richard Browne Thomas Brunce, Bishop of Nowrich Louisa Brunton, Countess of Craven James Brydges, Duke of Chandos John Buckeridge, Bishop of Ely Thomas Bullock Col. Elizeus Burges Elizabeth De Burgh, Queen of Scots Joseph Butler, Bishop of Bristol William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan Cadwgan, Bishop of Bangor George Canning St. Thomas Cantilupe of Hereford Sir Nicholas Carew Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland John de Cella, Abbot of St. Albans Princess Charlotte of Wales Thomas Chaucer John Cheney, Baron Cheney Francis Cherry Apsley Cherry-Garrard William Chiffinch Dame Agatha Christie John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough Gilbert De Clare, Earl of Gloucester Sir John Conroy Henry Seymour Conway Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Hoby Thomas Courtenay, Earl of Devon Miles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter William Craven, Earl of Craven Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Richard Curtyn Cynegils, King of Wessex Sir William Danvers Maj-Gen. Matthew Chitty Darby-Griffith King David II of Scots William Davies Sir John Davies of Englefield Sir John Davis of Pangbourne Sir John Le Despenser Dr. Edmund Dickinson Henry Docwra, Baron Docwra of Culmore Henry Dodwell the Elder Edmund Dunch, Baron Burnell Edmund Dunch William Dunch Charles Dundas, Baron Amesbury Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas Claude Duval John D'Earley King Edgar the Peacemaker King Edward III King Edward the Elder Christopher Elderfield Henry Emlyn Sir Francis Englefield Senior Sir Francis Englefield Junior Sir Henry Charles Englefield Sir Thomas Englefield Senior Sir Thomas Englefield Junior Sir William Essex Faricius, Abbot of Abingdon Hugh Cook of Faringdon, Abbot of Reading Arabella Fermor Anthony Fettiplace John Fettiplace Richard Fettiplace Thomas Fettiplace Sir Thomas Fettiplace William Fettiplace Brian FitzCount George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland Alice FitzWarin Fulk FitzWarin Sir Ivo FitzWarin William, Baron FitzWarin Sir John Foxley Senior Sir John Foxley Junior Thomas Foxley Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales St. Frideswide Nicholas Fuller William Fynderne Gen. Victor Marion de Gaja John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster King George III Sir Balthazar Gerbier Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath & Wells Dr. Thomas Godwin Sir John Golafre John Golafre Lady Catherine Gordon Kenneth Grahame Richard Griffin-Neville, Baron Braybrooke Richard A. Griffin-Neville, Baron Braybrooke Nell Gwynne John Hampden Edward Hannes Thomas De Hanneye Emma Harcourt, Lady St. John John Harewell, Bishop of Bath & Wells Warren Hastings Frances Hawes, Viscountess Vane Thomas Hearne King Henry I King Henry VI Sir William Herschel Dr Peter Heylyn John Hildesley, Bishop of Rochester Sir John Coxe Hippisley Sir Edward Hoby Sir Philip Hoby Sir Thomas Hoby Sir Nathaniel Dance Holland John Howard, Duke of Norfolk Dr. Robert Huick Sir Robert De Hungerford

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough John Kendrick Sir John Kentwood Sir Francis Knollys Senior Sir Francis Knollys Junior Henry Knollys Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex & Leicester Richard Knollys Sir Robert Knollys William Knollys, Earl of Banbury Adm. Sir Charles Knowles Sir William Laken William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury William Lenthall Adm. John Leveson-Gower Sir George Lisle Gerard de Lisle, Baron Lisle Sir Warin de Lisle Dr. John London John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace of Hurley John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace of Hurley John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace of Hurley Richard Lovelace, Baron Lovelace of Hurley Robert Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage Rev. William Lyford Sir Thomas De La Mare William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Sir Henry Marten Henry Marten Sir John Mason Matilda, Empress of Germany Baptist May Charles Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe Sir Christopher Milton St. Aebbe of Minster, Queen of Magonset Mary Russell Mitford John Montacute, Earl of Salisbury Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury Sir Francis Moore Sir Samuel Morland James Morrison William Neile Sir Henry Neville Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury Richard the Kingmaker Neville, Earl of Warwick Richard Cornwallis Neville, Baron Braybrooke Ralph Newbery Sir Edward Norreys Henry Norreys Sir Henry Norreys, Baron Norreys of Rycote Sir Henry Norreys Sir John Norreys Senior of Ockwells & Yattendon Sir John Norreys Junior of Ockwells & Yattendon Sir John Norreys of Yattendon Sir William Norreys of Fifield Sir William Norreys of Rycote Sir William Norreys of Yattendon St. Odo the Good, Bishop of Sonning Jocelyn Palmer Sir Thomas Parry Senior Sir Thomas Parry Junior John Paulet, Marquis of Winchester William Penn William Perkins Sir Constantine Phipps Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall Edmund Plowden Prof. Edward Pocock Sir George Pocock Sir Isaac Pocock Isaac Pocock Junior Nicholas Pocock William Innes Pocock Eleanor Poole, Lady Fettiplace Alexander Pope Rev. Dr. John Pordage Henry Powle Margery Poynings, Lady De la Beche Stephen Poyntz Sir Henry James Pye Sir Robert Pye Marmaduke Rawdon Sir Thomas Reade Robert De Reading Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury St. Alice Rich St. Edmund Rich of Abingdon Blessed Margaret Rich Robert Rich Amy Robsart, Lady Dudley Sir Charles Rowley Sir Benjamin Rudyard Almaric St. Amand, 1st Baron St. Amand Almaric St. Amand, 3rd Baron St. Amand William De St. Carileph, Bishop of Durham Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke Oliver St. John, Viscount Grandison Matilda De St. Valery Thomas Sandby Catherine Sawbridge, Mrs. Macaulay Graham Sir Robert Sawyer John Scott, Earl of Eldon William Scott, Baron Stowell Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick Percy Bysshe Shelley Sigeric the Serious, Bishop of Sonning George Blackall Simonds William Blackall Simonds Sir Thomas Smith Hannah Snell Sir John Soane Sir Stanley Spencer George Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough Thomas Stackhouse Miles, Baron Stapleton Sir Simeon Steward Anthony Morris Storer Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd Thomas Tesdale Eleanor Touchet, Lady Davies William Trumbull Sir William Trumbull William Trussell Junior Owen Tudor Jethro Tull Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely Thomas Turner, Dean of Canterbury Sir Edward Unton Col. Edward Unton Sir Henry Unton Tanfield Vachell Sir Peter Vanlore Adm. Edward Westby Vansittart Gen. George Henry Vansittart Gov. Henry Vansittart Adm. Henry Vansittart Prof. Robert Vansittart Adm. Sir Edward Vernon John of Wallingford Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans William of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans Hon. Edward Walpole Maria Walpole, Duchess of Gloucester Col. John Walsh Thomas Warde Brig-Gen. Richard Waring Alfred Waterhouse Sir Richard Weston Sir Thomas White Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke Edmund Whitelocke Joseph Wilcocks Sir John Wildman Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester John Williams, Baron Williams of Thame John Winchcombe Senior John Winchcombe Junior Sir Francis Windebank Sir Thomas Windebank Sir Thomas Wood Robert Wright, Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester Adm. Sir George Young

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