Personography: The People of Early Modern London
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| Name | Dates & additional information | Link |
| Abbot, George | 1562-1633; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1601-1606;
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1611-1633. | |
| Adams, Thomas | ||
| AeII | ||
| 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. | |
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.