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Succession to Elizabeth I of England

Index Succession to Elizabeth I of England

The succession to the childless Elizabeth I of England was an open question from her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, when the crown passed to James VI of Scotland. [1]

113 relations: A Conference about the Next Succession, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alternative successions of the English and British crown, Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven, António, Prior of Crato, Anthony Browne (judge), Antonia Fraser, Álvaro de la Quadra, Bess of Hardwick, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland, Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox, Civil war, Common law, De natis ultra mare, Edmund Crouchback, Edmund Plowden, Edward Edwards (librarian), Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, Edward VI of England, Eleanor Brandon, Countess of Cumberland, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, Essex's Rebellion, Felony, Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, Fleet Prison, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Francis Newdegate, George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon, Gorboduc (play), Hamlet, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Henry V (play), Henry VIII of England, Henry, King of Portugal, Hindon (UK Parliament constituency), House arrest, House of Aviz, House of Lancaster, House of Tudor, ..., House of York, Isabella Clara Eugenia, James VI and I, John Ford (dramatist), John Hales (died 1572), John Lesley, John of Gaunt, John Ponet, John Stubbs, King Lear, Lady Arbella Stuart, Lady Jane Grey, Lady Katherine Grey, Lady Mary Grey, Leicester's Commonwealth, Lord John Grey (Tudor nobleman), Macbeth, Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby, Margaret Douglas, Margaret of Anjou, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Margaret Tudor, Mary I of England, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Mary, Queen of Scots, Michael Drayton, Morgan Phillips (priest), Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper), Order of succession, Patrick Collinson, Paul Wentworth, Perkin Warbeck (play), Peter Wentworth, Philip III of Spain, Philippa of Lancaster, Primogeniture, Privy Council of England, Puritans, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Richard II (play), Richard II of England, Richard Knightley, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, Robert Beale (diplomat), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert Persons, Third Succession Act, Thomas Keyes, Thomas Morgan (of Llantarnam), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, Thomas Wilson (record keeper), Titania, Tower of London, Walter Haddon, Will of Henry VIII of England, William Allen (cardinal), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, William Fleetwood (judge), William Stanley (Elizabethan), William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. Expand index (63 more) »

A Conference about the Next Succession

A Conference about the Next Succession was a pseudonymous book published by "Doleman" (N. Doleman or R. Doleman), and dealing with the succession to Elizabeth I of England.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96.

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Alternative successions of the English and British crown

British history provides several opportunities for alternative claimants to the Crown to arise, and historical scholars have on occasion traced to present times the heirs of those alternative claims.

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Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the kingdoms of Spain and England that was never formally declared.

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Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (née Stanhope) (c.1510 – 16 April 1587) was the second wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1500–1552), who held the office of Lord Protector during the first part of the reign of his nephew King Edward VI, through whom Anne was briefly the most powerful woman in England.

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Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven

Anne Stanley (May 1580 - Harefield, about 8 October 1647) was an English noblewoman.

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António, Prior of Crato

António, Prior of Crato (153126 August 1595; sometimes called The Determined, The Fighter or The Independentist), was a grandson of King Manuel I of Portugal and claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis.

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Anthony Browne (judge)

Sir Anthony Browne QS (1509–1567) was a British justice.

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Antonia Fraser

Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, (née Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction.

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Álvaro de la Quadra

Álvaro de la Quadra (? – 1564) was a Spanish churchman and diplomat.

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Bess of Hardwick

Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1527–1608), known as Bess of Hardwick (neé Elizabeth Hardwick), of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society.

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Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, (22 August 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn.

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Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

Charles Emmanuel I (Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630.

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Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland

Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (18 August 1542 – 16 November 1601) was an English nobleman and one of the leaders of the Rising of the North in 1569.

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Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox

Charles Stuart, 1st (or 5th) Earl of Lennox (April or May 1557–1576), was the fourth son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor and granddaughter of King Henry VII of England.

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Civil war

A civil war, also known as an intrastate war in polemology, is a war between organized groups within the same state or country.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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De natis ultra mare

De natis ultra mare, also known as the Status of Children Born Abroad Act 1350 was an English statute during the reign of Edward III.

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Edmund Crouchback

Edmund Crouchback (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), a member of the House of Plantagenet, was the second surviving son of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.

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Edmund Plowden

Sir Edmund Plowden (1518 – 6 February 1585) was a distinguished English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist during the late Tudor period.

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Edward Edwards (librarian)

Edward Edwards (1812–1886) was a British librarian, library historian, and biographer.

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Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp, KG (22 May 1539 – 6 April 1621), of Wulfhall and Tottenham House in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, of Netley Abbey, Hampshire, and of Hertford House, Cannon Row in Westminster, is most noted for incurring the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth I by more than one clandestine marriage.

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Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp

Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hatch (21 September 1561 – 21 July 1612) had a theoretical strong claim to the throne of England, but in reality, he was a cipher whose legitimacy was questioned.

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Edward VI of England

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death.

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Eleanor Brandon, Countess of Cumberland

Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 – 27 September 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Princess Mary Tudor, the Dowager Queen consort of France.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter

Elizabeth of Lancaster (bf. 21 February 1363 – 24 November 1426) was the third child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his first wife Blanche of Lancaster.

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Essex's Rebellion

Essex's Rebellion was an unsuccessful rebellion led by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in 1601 against Elizabeth I of England and the court faction led by Sir Robert Cecil to gain further influence at court.

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Felony

The term felony, in some common law countries, is defined as a serious crime.

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Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1559 – 16 April 1594) was an English nobleman and politician.

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Fleet Prison

Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet.

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Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman, the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII's younger sister, Princess Mary, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.

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Francis Newdegate

Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate, (13 December 1862 – 2 January 1936) was an English Conservative Party politician.

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George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon

Sir George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December 1604) was an English nobleman.

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Gorboduc (play)

The Tragedie of Gorboduc, also titled Ferrex and Porrex, is an English play from 1561.

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Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602.

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Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset (17 January 1517 – 23 February 1554), was an English courtier and nobleman of the Tudor period.

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Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

Sir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG, KB (ca. 1535 – 14 December 1595) was an English Puritan nobleman.

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Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (aft. 1538 – 19 January 1601) was a Welsh nobleman, peer and politician of the Elizabethan era.

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Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, KG (27 April 1564 – 5 November 1632) was an English nobleman.

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Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby

Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG (September 1531 – 25 September 1593) was a prominent English nobleman, diplomat, and politician.

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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

Henry Stuart (or Stewart), Duke of Albany (7 December 1545 – 10 February 1567), styled as Lord Darnley until 1565, was king consort of Scotland from 1565 until his murder at Kirk o' Field in 1567.

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Henry V (play)

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Henry, King of Portugal

Cardinal Henry (Henrique; 31 January 1512 – 31 January 1580) was King of Portugal and the Algarves and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)

Hindon was a parliamentary borough consisting of the village of Hindon in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1448 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

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House arrest

In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a residence.

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House of Aviz

The House of Aviz (modern Portuguese: Avis) known as the Joanine Dynasty was the second dynasty of the kings of Portugal.

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House of Lancaster

The House of Lancaster was the name of two cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.

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House of Tudor

The House of Tudor was an English royal house of Welsh origin, descended in the male line from the Tudors of Penmynydd.

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House of York

The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.

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Isabella Clara Eugenia

Isabella Clara Eugenia (Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633) was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France, together with her husband Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Ford (dramatist)

John Ford (1586c. 1639) was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras born in Ilsington in Devon, England.

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John Hales (died 1572)

John Hales (c.1516 – 26 or 28 December 1572) was a writer, administrator, and member of parliament during the Tudor period.

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John Lesley

John Lesley (or Leslie) (29 September 1527 – 31 May 1596) was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian.

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John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English nobleman, soldier, statesman, and prince, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England.

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John Ponet

John Ponet (c. 1514 – August 1556), sometimes spelled John Poynet, was an English Protestant churchman and controversial writer, the Bishop of Winchester and Marian exile.

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John Stubbs

John Stubbs (or Stubbe) (c. 1544 – after 25 September 1589) was an English pamphleteer, political commentator and sketch artist during the Elizabethan era.

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King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.

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Lady Arbella Stuart

Lady Arbella Stuart (1575 – 25 September 1615; also spelled Arabella, Stewart) was an English noblewoman who was for some time considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey (Her exact date of birth is uncertain; many historians agree on the long-held estimate of 1537 while others set it in the later half of 1536 based on newer research. – 12 February 1554), known also as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage) and as "the Nine Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman and de facto Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553.

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Lady Katherine Grey

Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568), born Lady Katherine Grey, was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey.

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Lady Mary Grey

Lady Mary Grey (c. 1545 – 20 April 1578) was the youngest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Frances Brandon, and through her mother had a claim on the crown of England.

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Leicester's Commonwealth

Leicester's Commonwealth (originally titled) (1584) is a scurrilous book that circulated in Elizabethan England and which attacked Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

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Lord John Grey (Tudor nobleman)

Lord John Grey (1523/24 – 19 November 1564) was an English nobleman and Tudor courtier, who was seated at Pirgo Place after 1559.

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Macbeth

Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606.

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Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady Margaret Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon.

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Margaret Douglas

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578), was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.

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Margaret of Anjou

Margaret of Anjou (Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was the Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.

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Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), was an English peeress.

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Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scots from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to James IV of Scotland and then, after her husband died fighting the English, she became regent for their son James V of Scotland from 1513 until 1515.

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Mary I of England

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.

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Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Mary Tudor (18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France and later progenitor of a family that claimed the English throne.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.

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Michael Drayton

Michael Drayton (1563 – 23 December 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era.

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Morgan Phillips (priest)

Morgan Phillips (also Philipps or Philippes) (died 1570) was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest, now remembered as a benefactor of Douai College.

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Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper)

Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.

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Order of succession

An order of succession is the sequence of those entitled to hold a high office such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility in the order in which they stand in line to it when it becomes vacated.

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Patrick Collinson

Patrick "Pat" Collinson (10 August 1929 – 28 September 2011) was an English historian, known as a writer on the Elizabethan era, particularly Elizabethan Puritanism.

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Paul Wentworth

Paul Wentworth (1533–1593), a prominent English member of parliament (1559, 1563 and 1572) in the reign of Elizabeth I, was a member of the Lillingstone Lovell branch of the family.

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Perkin Warbeck (play)

Perkin Warbeck is a Caroline era history play by John Ford.

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Peter Wentworth

Sir Peter Wentworth (1529–1596) was a prominent Puritan leader in the Parliament of England.

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Philip III of Spain

Philip III (Felipe; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain.

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Philippa of Lancaster

Philippa of Lancaster (Filipa; 31 March 1360 – 19 July 1415) was Queen of Portugal from 1387 until 1415 by marriage to King John I. Born into the royal family of England, her marriage secured the Treaty of Windsor and produced several children who became known as the "Illustrious Generation" in Portugal.

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Primogeniture

Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the paternally acknowledged, firstborn son to inherit his parent's entire or main estate, in preference to daughters, elder illegitimate sons, younger sons and collateral relatives; in some cases the estate may instead be the inheritance of the firstborn child or occasionally the firstborn daughter.

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Privy Council of England

The Privy Council of England, also known as His (or Her) Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma

Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1592.

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Richard II (play)

King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595.

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Richard II of England

Richard II (6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.

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Richard Knightley

Sir Richard Knightley (1533 – 1 September 1615) of Fawsley Hall in Northamptonshire was an English Member of Parliament (MP) and leading patron of the Puritans during the reign of Elizabeth I. The Knightleys were one of the leading families of Northamptonshire.

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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York

Richard of York (also known as Richard Plantagenet), 3rd Duke of York KG (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), was a leading medieval English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father, and a great-great-great-grandson of the same king through his mother.

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Robert Beale (diplomat)

Robert Beale (1541 – 25 May 1601) was an English diplomat, administrator, and antiquary in the reign of Elizabeth I. As Clerk of the Privy Council, Beale wrote the official record of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, to which he was an eyewitness.

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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1 June 1563? – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his skillful direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603).

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601), was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599.

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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I's, from her first year on the throne until his death.

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Robert Persons

Robert Persons (24 June 1546 – 15 April 1610), later known as Robert Parsons, was an English Jesuit priest.

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Third Succession Act

The Third Succession Act of Henry VIII's reign was passed by the Parliament of England in July 1543, and returned both Mary and Elizabeth to the line of the succession behind their half-brother Edward.

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Thomas Keyes

Thomas Keyes or Keys (by 1524 – before 5 September 1571) was captain of Sandgate Castle, and serjeant porter to Queen Elizabeth I. Without the Queen's consent, he married Lady Mary Grey, who had a claim to the throne.

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Thomas Morgan (of Llantarnam)

Thomas Morgan of Llantarnam (or Bassaleg, a branch of the Morgan of Tredegar) (1546–1606), of the Welsh Morgan of Monmouthshire, was a confidant and spy for Mary, Queen of Scots, and was involved in the Babington plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 – 19 April 1608) was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist.

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Thomas Wilson (record keeper)

Sir Thomas Wilson (1560?–1629) was an English official.

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Titania

Titania is a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Walter Haddon

Walter Haddon LL.D. (1515–1572) was an English civil lawyer, much involved in church and university affairs under Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Elizabeth I. He was a Cambridge humanist and reformer, and was highly reputed in his time as a Latinist: his controversial exchange with the Portuguese historian Jerónimo Osório attracted international attention based largely on the scholarly reputations of the protagonists.

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Will of Henry VIII of England

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William Allen (cardinal)

William Allen (1532 – 16 October 1594) was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, (13 September 15204 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.

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William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman, and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

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William Fleetwood (judge)

William Fleetwood (1535?1594) was an English lawyer and politician.

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William Stanley (Elizabethan)

Sir William Stanley (1548 – 3 March 1630), son of Sir Rowland Stanley of Hooton (died 1612), was a member of the Stanley family.

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William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, KG (1561 – 29 September 1642) was an English nobleman and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_to_Elizabeth_I_of_England

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