Personography: The People of Early Modern London

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Abbot, George
1562-1633; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1601-1606; Archbishop of Canterbury, 1611-1633.
Adams, Thomas
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Alfred, King
Allen, John, Sir
Mayor of London, 1525–1541.
Alleyn, Edward
c.1566–1626.
Anne, Queen
c.1574–1619; consort to King James I.
Aragon, Catherine of
c.1485–1536; first wife of Henry VIII.
Bacon, Sir Nicholas
c.1509/10–1579.
Barnard-Castle, Thomas
Baynard
Baynard, William
Belmeis, Richard de
Boleyn, Anne
c.1500(?)–1536; second wife of Henry VIII.
Bourne, Nicholas
1584?-1660; printer, bookbinder, and bookseller.
Brutus
Mythical founder of London.
Buchell, Arend Van
Bunch, Mother
Burbage, Cuthbert
c.1564/5–1636.
Burbage, James
c.1531–1597.
Burbage, Richard
c.1568–1619; actor.
Cecil, Robert
c.1563–1612.
Cecil, William
c.1520/21–1598.
Chamberlain, John
c.1553–1628.
Charles I
c.1600–1649.
Charles I of Spain
1500–1558; reigned 1516-56 as King of Spain; reigned 1519-1556 as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Charles II
c.1630–1685.
Chatterton, Thomas
c.1752–1770; poet.
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Chicheley, Henry
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Chicheley, John
Chamberlain of London.
Chicheley, Robert
Mayor of London.
Chicheley, William
Archdeacon of Canterbury.
Chicheley, William
Alderman of London.
Clarence, George
c.1449–1478; Duke of Clarence.
Cleves, Anne of
c.1515–1557.
Clinton, Geoffrey of
Clinton, William of
Cnut
Coma, Saint Antony of
Corineus the Briton
Cromwell, Thomas
Crosby, Sir John
D'Israeli, Isaac
c.1766–1848.
Day, John
Debora
Dekker, Thomas
c.1572–1632; playwright, poet, and author.
Deloney, Thomas
died c.1600; silkweaver and writer of ballads and prose fiction.
Disraeli, Benjamin
c.1804–1881.
Dixie, Sir Wolstan
c.1524/5–1594.
Dogberry
dramatic character; the constable in Much Ado About Nothing.
Donne, John
c.1572–1631; writer and Dean of St. Paul's.
Dugdale, Sir William
1605-1686; antiquary and herald.
Dull
Dyson, Humphrey
Easeby, John
Edgar
Edward I
c.1239–1307.
Edward II
c.1284–1327.
Edward III
c.1312–1377.
Edward IV
c.1442–1483.
Edward VI
c.1537–1553.
Edward the Black Prince
c.1330–1376.
Edward the Confessor
c.1003/5–1066.
Elbow
Eleanor of Castile
1241–1290; Queen of England, consort of Edward I.
Elizabeth I
c.1533–1603.
Elizabeth I
Erasmus
c.1467–1536.
Erkenwald, St.
Escalus
Estfield, Sir William
Eyre, Simon
c.1395–1458; Mayor of London.
Eyre, Simon
Falstaff
Firk
Fitzmary, Simon
Fitzstephen, William fitz
Flash, Sir Petronel
dramatic character in Eastword Ho!
Fleetwood, Sergeant
Recorder of London.
Foster, Agnes
wife of Stephen Foster.
Foster, Stephen
Foxe, John
c.1516/17–1587.
Frith, Mary
alias Moll Cutpurse.
Garrick, David
c.1717–1779.
Gascoigne, George
c.1534/5?–1577.
Gaunt, John of
c.1340–1399; Duke of Aquitaine and Duke of Lancaster.
George IV
Gibbons, Grinling
c.1648–1721.
Gibson, Avice
Gogmagog the Albione
Grafton, Richard
c.1511?–1573; printer and historian.
Gresham, John
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Gresham, Sir Thomas
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Gresham, Sir Thomas
c.1518–1579.
Grey, Lady Jane
c.1537–1554.
Grinkin, John
Hal, Prince
dramatic character in 1 Henry IV and 2 Henry IV.
Hans (Lacey)
dramatic character in The Shoemaker's Holiday.
Hariot, Sir John
Harlow, Robert
Harman, Thomas
Harrison, William
Harvey, Thomas
Haughty, Lady
Henry I
c.1068/9–1135.
Henry II
c.1133–1189.
Henry III
c.1207–1272.
Henry IV,
Henry V
c.1386/7–1422.
Henry VI
c.1421–1471.
Henry VII
c.1457–1509.
Henry VIII
c.1491–1547.
Henslowe, Philip
c.1555–1616.
Herbert, Henry
b. in or after 1538, d. 1601.
Herbert, William
c.1580–1630.
Heywood, Thomas
c.1573–1641.
Hobson, Old
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody and fictional character in jestbooks.
Hogarth, William
Holinshed, Raphael
c.1525?–1580?; historian and principal author of the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Holland, Thomas
c.1374–1400. Sixth earl of Kent and duke of Surrey.
Hollar, Wenceslaus
c.1607–1677.
Honesty
Hooke, Robert
Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey
c.1516/17–1547.
Howes, Edmund
Chronicler active from c.1602–1632.
Isabel
Richard's wife in Shakespeare's Richard II.
Iwarby, John
James I
c.1566–1625.
John I
c.1167–1216.
Jones, Inigo
c.1573–1652.
Jonson, Ben
c.1572–1637.
Knollys, Sir Robert
Son of Sir Francis Knollys, brother to William Knollys; first Earl of Banbury.
Lacy, Henry de
1249-1311; 5th Earl of Lincoln.
Lancaster, Humphrey of
c.1390–1447; Duke of Gloucester.
Langley, Edmund of
c.1341-1402; first Duke of York.
Langley, Francis
c.1548–1602.
Legget, Helming
Leofstane
dramatic character in Chrusothriambos.
Lloyd, Edward
Longchamp, William de
Louvain, Adeliza of
Love, Reynold
Lovekyn, John
d. 1368.
Lucio
dramatic character in Measure for Measure.
Lud
mythical king who supposedly gave his name to London (Lud's Town).
Lupton, Donald
Lyly, John
c.1554–1606.
Mabbe, John
Marbecke, Mary
Marlowe, Christopher
bap. 1564, d. 1593.
Mary I
c.1516–1558.
Mary, Queen of Scots
c.1542–1587.
Mason, Sir John
Massinger, Philip
Playwright.
Matilda
Mauritius
Merian, Matthius
Middleton, Anne
Middleton, Avice
Middleton, Edward
Middleton, Sir Hugh
c.1556/60?–1631.
Middleton, Sir Thomas
c.1549/56–1631. Grocer; Lord Mayor 1613-14.
Middleton, Thomas
Bap. 1580, d. 1627; playwright.
Middleton, William
Milton, John
Monson, Robert
c. 1525-1583. Judge. Sent to Fleet Prison for "his protest against the punishment of John Stubbe."
More, Sir Thomas
c.1478–1535.
Mosley, Nicholas
1527?–1612. Lord Mayor of London, 1599-1600. Knighted in 1612.
Mowbray, John, VII
c.1444–1476; fourth duke of Norfolk.
Mulcaster, Richard
c.1531/2–1611; educator and author.
Munday, Anthony
bap. 1560, d. 1633; playwright and writer.
Nashe, Thomas
Neville, Ralph
Newport, Bishop Richard
Nichols, Humphrey
Norden, John
Norman, John
Lord Mayor, 1453.
Nouncy, John
Nowell, Doctor
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Okes, Nicholas
printer.
Osborne, Francis
Overdo, Dame
dramatic character in Bartholomew Fair (Justice Adam Overdo's wife).
Overdone, Mistress
dramatic character in Measure for Measure.
Peele, George
bap. 1556, d. 1596; playwright.
Pemberton, Sir James
Goldsmith; Lord Mayor 1611–1612.
Pepys, Samuel
c.1633–1703.
Philip II of Spain
1527-1598. King of England and Ireland, King of Spain; consort of Mary I of England.
Pindar, Sir Paul
c.1565/6–1650.
Poins
dramatic character.
Pole, John de la
c.1442–1492; second Duke of Suffolk.
Pompey
dramatic character in Measure for Measure.
Pope, Alexander
c.1688–1744.
Presbiter, William
Purslowe, George
English printer; printed the 1618 edition of John Stow's A Survey of London.
Quick
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Quickly, Mistress
dramatic character.
Rafe
dramatic character in The Shoemaker's Holiday.
Raleigh, Sir Walter
c.1554–1618.
Ramsey, Lady
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Ramsey, Thomas
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Randolph, Barnard
Richard I
c.1157–1199.
Richard II
c.1367–1400.
Richard III
c.1452–1485.
Rowland, John
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody; nicknamed Tawny-Coat.
Rowley, Samuel
d. 1624.
Russell, John
c.1485–1555. First earl of Bedford.
Ruxley, Gregory of
Scholond, Roger de
Seymour, Edward
Duke of Somerset.
Shakespeare, William
c.1564–1616.
Shelley, Sir Thomas
Sonderash, John
Spencer, Gabriel
c.1576–1598.
Spencer, John
Lord Mayor of London, 1595.
Stafford, Henry
c.1455–1483; second Duke of Buckingham.
Stephen I
c.1092–1154.
Stow, John
author of A Survey of London.
Stow, Thomas
grandfather of John Stow.
Stow, Thomas
father of John Stow.
Stow, Thomas
brother of John Stow.
Strype, John
c.1643–1737; author of The Survey of London, a revised version of Stow?s A Survey.
Swift, Jonathan
c.1667–1745.
Swynnerton, Sir John
Lord Mayor 1612-1613.
Talbot, George
sixth earl of Shrewsbury.
Tanner, Giffrey
Taylor, John
the Water Poet.
Thinbeard, Timothy
dramatic character in 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas
Tilney, Sir Edmund
Master of the Revels 1578–1610.
Time
character in mayoral pageants.
Tomlinson, Thomas
Treswell, Ralph
Vere, Aubrey de
Victoria I
c.1819–1901.
Vincentio, Duke
dramatic character in Measure for Measure.
Visscher, Claes Van
Walderne
Lord Mayor, 1422.
Walsingham, Sir Francis
c.1532–1590.
Wasp
Webster, John
c.1578?–1638?
Wells, Mother
Whitney, Isabella
fl. 1566–1573.
Whittington, Richard
c.1350–1423.
Will, Black
dramatic character in When You See Me, You Know Me.
William I
William the Conqueror.
William II
c.1060–1100.
Windet, John
fl. 1584-1611. English printer who held several important offices in the Company of Stationers and at some point became Printer to the City of London.
Witt, Johannes de
Wolfe, John
1548?-1601. English printer and bookseller. Printer to the City of London 1593-1601.
Woodroffe, Richard
Woodstock, Thomas of
c.1355–1397. Duke of Gloucester.
Wotton, Sir Henry
c.1568–1639.
Wren, Christopher
c.1589–1658.
York, Elizabeth of
c.1466–1503.
York, Richard of
c.1411–1460. Third duke of York.

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