Historical Personography

This page lists historical people born before 1700 and tagged in MoEML content. Click on a person’s name to see where they are mentioned. Click on the links in the Related Resources column for more biographical information. Whenever possible, we provide a link to the ODNB entry. For mayors and sheriffs, we are particularly indebted to Anne Lancashire’s Mayors and Sheriffs of London project. If neither project has information about a person, we provide a link to the British Book Trade Index, British History Online, Encyclopedia Britannica, History of Parliament Online, Oxford Reference, Records of London’s Livery Companies Online, or Wikipedia.
Name Life dates and biographical information Related Resources
Abbot of Fleury (b. 945, d. 1004)
French abbot and historian.
 
Abraham Campion
Member of the Brewersʼ Company. Son of Henry Campion.
 
Abraham Cartwright
Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Joane Cartwright.
 
Abraham Cowley
Poet.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Abraham Gramer
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Abraham Hogenberg (b. 1578, d. 1653)
German painter and engraver. Son of Frans Hogenberg.
Wikipedia
 
Abraham Orelius
Preacher. Buried at St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate.
 
Abram Booth (b. 1606, d. 1636)
Dutch delegate and diarist.
 
Acliuillus
Constable of the Tower of London.
 
Adam Atwood
Esquire. Monument at St. Thomas Hospital.
 
Adam Bamme
Sheriff of London 1382-1383. Mayor 1390-1391 and 1396-1397. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Father of Richard Bamme. Buried at St. George, Botolph Lane.
MASL
 
Adam Bery  
Adam Brabazon
Sheriff of London 1347-1348. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam Breakspeare (d. 1400)
Chaplain. Monument at St. Olave, Old Jewry.
 
Adam Bruning
Sheriff of London 1259-1260. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam de Bassing
Sheriff of London 1243-1244. Mayor 1251-1252. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Possible son of Salomon de Basing.
MASL
 
Adam de Bury
Sheriff of London 1349-1350. Mayor 1364-1366 and 1373-1374. Member of the Skinners’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam de Hallingberi
Sheriff of London 1295-1296. Member of the Skinners’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam de Howton
Knight. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Adam de Pulteney  
Adam de Salisbury
Sheriff of London 1323-1324. Member of the Grocers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam de Stratton
Administrator and moneylender. Paid a large sum to purchase liberty from the Tower of London including a king’s crown said to belong to John I.
ODNB
 
Adam de Witebi
Sheriff of London 1210-1211.
MASL
 
Adam Fraunceys
Mayor of London 1352-1354. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Proposed the building of the Guildhall alongside Henry Frowyk. Buried at St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate.
MASL
ODNB
 
Adam Gill  
Adam Goodman  
Adam Helingbury
Helped prisoners escape the Conduit, Cornhill in 1299.
 
Adam Hone
Husband of Elizabeth Hone.
 
Adam Islip
Printer.
British Museum
 
Adam Karlill
Sheriff of London 1388-1389. Member of the Grocers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam le Blund de Foleham
Sheriff of London 1296-1297. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam Lucas
Sheriff of London 1340-1341. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam Lutkin
Sheriff of London 1312-1313. Member of the Bladers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam Murimuth (b. between 1274 and 1275, d. 1347)
Chronicler.
Wikipedia
 
Adam of Bentley
Sheriff of London 1245-1246. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam of Mirimuth (b. between 1274 and 1275, d. 1347)
Historian and diplomat.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Adam Stable
Sheriff of London 1371-1372. Mayor 1376-1377. Member of the Mercers’ Company.
MASL
 
Adam the Smith
Denizen of London.
 
Adam Wimondham
Sheriff of London 1368-1369. Possible member of the Mercers’ Company.
MASL
 
Ade de Buke
Hatter. Helped build a chapel at St. Mary Le Bow. Buried at St. Mary Le Bow.
 
Adeline Neville  
Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103, d. 1151)
Queen consort of England 1121-1135. Wife of Henry I.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Adhered
Earl of Mercia. Son-in-law of Alfred the Great.
 
Adrian Arten
Dutch denizen of London.
 
Adrian Stokes (b. 1519, d. 1586)
Courtier and politician. Second husband of Frances Grey.
Wikipedia
 
Ælfhun (d. between 1015 and 1018)
Bishop of London 1002-1018. Builder of St. Giles, Cripplegate.
Wikipedia
 
Aelfsie
Portreeve of London. Mentioned in the last charter of Edward the Confessor.
 
Aelfstan (d. between 995 and 996)
Bishop of London 959-996.
Wikipedia
 
Ælfweard of London (d. 1044)
Bishop of London 1035-1044.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Ælfwine of Elmham (d. between 1023? and 1038?)
Bishop of Elmham 1019-1030.
Wikipedia
 
Aelius Herodianus
Greek Grammarian of Alexandria.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Aesop
Greek fabulist and storyteller.
Wikipedia
 
Æthelberht of Kent
King of Kent.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Aethelnoth (d. between 816 and 824)
Bishop of London 805-811.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Æthelred (d. 911)
Lord of the Mercians 881-911. Son-in-law of Alfred the Great.
EB
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Æthelred II (b. between 966 and 968, d. 23 April 1016)
King of the English 978-1013 and 1014-1016.
EB
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Æthelstan (b. between 893 and 894, d. 939)
King of the Anglo-Saxons 924-927. King of the English 927-939.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Aethelweard of London (d. between 909 and 926)
Bishop of London 909-926.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Æthelwold of Winchester (b. between 904 and 909, d. 984)
Bishop of Winchester 963-984.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Agaster Roper
Master of houses in Southampton on Chancery Lane.
 
Agatha Aetheling (d. 1070)
Wikipedia
 
Agesilaus II
King of Sparta 398-360 BC.
Wikipedia
 
Agnes Arnold (née Warmford)  
Agnes Barton
Wife of John Barton. Benefactor of St. Michael Bassishaw.
 
Agnes Becket A History of the County of London
 
Agnes Bond (d. 4 February 1552)
Wife of William Bond.
 
Agnes Cachemaide
Wife of Henry Suckley.
 
Agnes Coxe (d. 13 April 1472)
 
Agnes Darr  
Agnes Dauntsey
Wife of William Dauntsey. Buried at St. Antholin.
 
Agnes Dennis  
Agnes Dixie (née Draper)  
Agnes fitz-Theobald  
Agnes fitz-William  
Agnes Galdset  
Agnes Gascoigne  
Agnes Henslowe  
Agnes Lewen
Wife of Thomas Lewen. Buried at St. Nicholas Olave.
 
Agnes Milborne (d. 1500)
Wife of William Milborne. Buried at St. Foster.
 
Agnes Niter
Daughter of Thomas Niter. Buried at All Hallows Staining.
 
Agnes Romany Ollarie (d. 1408)
 
Agnes Saint-John  
Agnes Streete
Wife of Simon Streete.
 
Agnes Young  
Ailwarde
Owner of a house that caught fire in 1135.
 
Alan Brett (d. 1425)
 
Alan de la Zouche (d. 1270)
Administrator and soldier. Warden of London 1267-1268 and possibly 1266-1267.
MASL
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Alan Everard
Sheriff of London 1415-1416. Member of the Mercers’ Company.
MASL
 
Alan Rufus (d. 1093)
First Earl of Richmond. Magnate during the reign of William the Conqueror.
ODNB
 
Albert I of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria and Earl of Holland and Hainault. Father of William II of Bavaria.
Wikipedia
 
Alcia Barwis
Buried at St. Gregory by St. Paul’s. Latin epitaph in Stow.
 
Aleksei Ziuzin
Russian ambassador.
 
Alessandro Magno
Venetian writer. Documented his visit to London in 1562.
 
Alexander Andrew
Keeper of Newgate during the reign of Henry VIII.
 
Alexander Billesdon
Father of Robert Billesdon.
 
Alexander Bonner
Conservator.
 
Alexander Brome (b. 1620, d. 30 June 1666)
Poet and lawyer. Brother of Richard Brome.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Alexander Cheyney  
Alexander Cooke
Actor with the King’s Men.
Wikipedia
 
Alexander Dikes
Husband of Johan Dikes. Buried at St. John’s of Jerusalem.
 
Alexander Every
Merchant. Buried at St. Michael, Cornhill.
 
Alexander Hay
Owner of Hayʼs Wharf.
 
Alexander Heyband  
Alexander II of Scotland (b. 24 August 1198, d. 6 July 1249)
King of Scotland 1214-1249. Brother of Marjorie Marshal.
Wikipedia
 
Alexander King
Husband of Elizabeth King.
 
Alexander Kippinge
Denizen of London.
 
Alexander Neckam (b. 1157, d. 1217)
Scholar, teacher, and theologian.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Alexander Neville (b. 1544, d. 1614)
Author and scholar.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Alexander Polyhistor
Greek writer. Raised in Rome.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Alexander Pope (b. 1688, d. 1744)
Poet.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Alexander Prescot
Sheriff of London 1612-1613. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Husband of Martha Prescot. Father of Elizabeth Prescot.
MASL
 
Alexander Purpoint  
Alexander Serle
Husband of Margaret Serle. Latin epitaph in Stow 1633.
 
Alexander the Great
King of Macedon 336–323 BC.
Wikipedia
 
Alfred Aetheling (b. 1005, d. 1036)
Son of Æthelred II. Brother of Edward the Confessor and half-brother of Harthacnut.
Wikipedia
 
Alfred of Beverly (Alredus) (fl. 1143)
Chronicler and priest.
Wikipedia
 
Alfred the Great (b. between 848 and 849, d. 899)
King of Wessex 871-886. King of the Anglo-Saxons 886-899. Father of Ethelfled. Father-in-law of Æthelred and Adhered.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Algare Secusme
Member of the Knighten Guild.
Wikipedia
 
Alice Ashfed  
Alice Atcourt  
Alice Atte-Bow
Mistress of Ralph Crepyn.
 
Alice Babham  
Alice Balstred  
Alice Barnard
Wife of John Barnard.
 
Alice Bartlet  
Alice Bateman
Donated funds to the Parish of St. Katherine Cree.
 
Alice Bayly  
Alice Beecher (née Heron)
Wife of Henry Beecher. Daughter of Thomas Heron. Buried at St. Christopher le Stocks.
 
Alice Blundell (d. 21 November 1574)
Benefactor of the poor in the Parish of Saint Laurence (Jewry). Wife of Hugh Methwold. Mother of William Methwold and Anne Methwold.
 
Alice Blunt (née Kebyll)
Wife of Sir William Browne. Daughter of Sir Henry Kebyll. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Alice Brome (d. 1433)
 
Alice Byng (née Burton) (d. 21 May 1616)
 
Alice Carne  
Alice Carter
Wife of Ralfe Carter.
 
Alice Clarell  
Alice Coleman (née Gainsford) (d. 4 March 1581)
 
Alice Collet  
Alice Courtney  
Alice Daniel (d. 13 October 1481)
Wife of John Daniel. Mother of Gerard Daniel. Buried at St. Margaret Moses.
 
Alice de Hakeneie  
Alice de Warenne (b. 1287, d. 1338)
Countess of Arundel. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.
Wikipedia
 
Alice Dent  
Alice Dogget
Wife of John Dogget. Monument at St. Leonard, Eastcheap.
 
Alice Elkyn (née Wilkes)
Wife of William Elkyn. Mother of Ursula Elkyn. Daughter of Thomas Wilkes.
 
Alice Eyre
Wife of Sir Simon Eyre. Mother of Thomas Eyre.
 
Alice Fletcher
Wife of Henry Suckley.
 
Alice Foster  
Alice Glover  
Alice Haines  
Alice Hanbury  
Alice Heyward  
Alice Hulton (née Howton)
Wife of John Hulton. Daughter of John Howton. Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
 
Alice Hungerford
Hanged at Tyburn for murdering her husband. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Alice Lambe
Wife of William Lambe.
 
Alice Ludlow  
Alice Mackeley  
Alice Neville
Wife of Sir John Neville. Not to be confused with Lady Alice Neville.
 
Alice Poulsted  
Alice Pyat (née Birtles)
Wife of Richard Pyat. Daughter of John Birtles.
 
Alice Rishby  
Alice Rutt  
Alice Shepley  
Alice Spencer (née Bromefield)  
Alice Vigures (née Kendrick)
Mother of Simon Gandy. Sister of John Kendrick, William Kendrick, James Winche, and Anne Newman. Mentioned in the will of John Kendrick.
 
Alice Walcot (née Halsy)
Wife of Humphrey Walcot. Daughter of Richard Halsy.
 
Alice Whittington (née fitz-Warren)
Wife of Richard Whittington. Daughter of Hugh and Molde fitz-Warren.
 
Alice Winslow
Wife of Thomas Winslow. Buried at St. Martin Orgar.
 
Alice Wolfe
Wife of John Wolfe.
 
Alicia Beaumond
Wife of Thomas Beaumond. Not to be confused with Alicia Beaumond.
 
Alicia Beaumond
Wife of Thomas Beaumond. Not to be confused with Alicia Beaumond.
 
Alicia Slaney  
Alienar Ingham  
Alison Dalusse  
Alison Heriot (d. 16 April 1612)
Wife of George Heriot. Buried at St. Gregory by St. Paul’s. Latin epitaph in Stow 1633.
 
Allectus (d. 296)
Roman administrator. Emperor of Britannia 293-296. Killed in one of London’s fields in 296.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Allen Barker
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Resident of Aldgate Ward.
 
Allen le Sopar
Namesake of Soper Lane.
 
Allen Thredder (d. 1381)
Captain of the rebels during the Peasant’s Revolt of 1381.
 
Allice Percival  
Almundus  
Alnothus
Bishop of Dorchester 970–977.
Wikipedia
 
Alphonso (b. 1273, d. 1284)
Earl of Chester. Son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. Heart buried at Blackfriars Monastery.
Wikipedia
 
Althoneus
Priest.
 
Aluredus Copeley (d. 5 February 1598)
Buried at St. Gregory by St. Paul’s. Latin epitaph in Stow.
 
Alwine
Member of the Knighten Guild.
 
Alwinus (fl. 1010)
Bishop of London.
 
Alwinus Child
Founder of Bermondsey Abbey in 1081.
Wikipedia
 
Alwyne
Bishop of Helmeham.
 
Amadeus IV of Savoy (b. 1197, d. 24 June 1253)
Wikipedia
 
Amadeus V of Savoy (b. 4 September 1249, d. 16 October 1323)
Fifth Count of Savoy.
Wikipedia
 
Ambrose Charcam  
Ambrose Cresacre
Monument at Mercers’ Hall.
 
Ambrose Smith  
Amir Timur (b. 1336, d. 1405)
Founder of the Timurid Empire. Famously represented in Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great.
Wikipedia
 
Ammianus Marcellinus
Roman soldier and historian. Author of the Res Gestae.
Wikipedia
 
Amy Eyre
Wife of John Eyre. Mother of Sir Simon Eyre.
 
Amy Gomersall (née Edlyn)
Wife of Robert Gomersall. Daughter of Richard Edlyn. Buried at St. Martin, Ludgate.
 
Andrew Aubrey (d. 1356)
Sheriff of London 1331-1332. Mayor 1339-1341 and 1351-1352. Member of the Pepperers’ Company. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
MASL
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Andrew Buchevite
Provost during the reign of Stephen I.
 
Andrew Bukerel
Sheriff of London 1223-1225. Mayor 1231-1238. Member of the Pepperers’ Company.
MASL
 
Andrew Burel
Gentleman of Gray’s Inn. Buried at St. Michael, Crooked Lane.
 
Andrew Evenger (d. 1556)
Member of the Salters’ Company. Monument at All Hallows Barking.
 
Andrew Evenger
Member of the Salters’ Company. Buried at All Hallows Barking.
 
Andrew Fraunces  
Andrew Fuller
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Churchwarden of St. Mary Le Bow.
 
Andrew Fursland
Denizen of London.
 
Andrew Geneway  
Andrew Horn (b. 1275, d. 1328)
Administrator and chronicler.
ODNB
 
Andrew Kendricke
Apprentice of John Kendrick. Son of John Kendricke. Witness of the will of John Kendrick.
 
Andrew Michael
Member of the Vintners’ Company. Husband of Joan Michael. Buried at St. Nicholas Acon.
 
Andrew Nevelun
Sheriff of London 1215-1216. Son of Peter Nevelun.
MASL
 
Andrew Partridge
Possible member of the Tallow Chandlers’ Company.
 
Andrew Pikeman (d. 1391)
 
Andrew Pykeman
Sheriff of London 1377-1378. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company.
MASL
 
Andrew Seywell
Possible member of the Tylers and Bricklayers’ Company.
 
Andrew White
Son of Edward White.
 
Andrew White
Father of a victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Andrew Wise
Publisher.
 
Angel Dune
Member of the Grocers’ Company.
 
Angell Feldynge  
Anicius
Archdeacon of Surrey. Had a hospital move onto his lands in 1228 by the consent of Peter des Roches.
 
Anketin de Betevile
Sheriff of London 1282-1283. Member of the Drapers’ Company.
MASL
 
Anketinus de Arden
Alderman.
 
Anna Gips
Daughter of George Gips.
 
Anna Trapnel (fl. 1642-60)
Alleged prophet.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Andrews (d. 12 June 1606)
 
Anne Askew (b. 1521, d. 1546)
Writer and Protestant martyr.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Audley
Buried at Bermondsey Abbey.
 
Anne Bacon
Wife of James Bacon.
 
Anne Bartelet  
Anne Bayning
Viscountesse Bayning. Wife of Paul Bayning.
 
Anne Beaumont (d. 7 September 1581)
Wife of Nicholas Beaumont. Daughter of William Saunders. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Anne Beckingham  
Anne Blount
Daughter of John Blount. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Anne Blunt (d. 1504)
Daughter of Walter Blunt. Buried at St. John’s of Jerusalem.
 
Anne Boleyn (b. 1500, d. 1536)
Queen consort of England 1533-1536. Second wife of Henry VIII. Executed on grounds of treason.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Boughton
Wife of Henry Suckley.
 
Anne Bowdler  
Anne Bowes (née Barrett) (d. 1553)
Wikipedia
 
Anne Branche  
Anne Burley  
Anne Burton
Wife of Simon Burton.
 
Anne Carew  
Anne Cecil (b. 5 December 1556, d. 5 June 1588)
Countess of Oxford. Daughter of Sir William Cecil and Mildred Cecil. Sister of Sir Robert Cecil. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Chamberlain  
Anne Clarke
Benefactor of the poor.
 
Anne Coldock
Daughter of Francis Coldock and Alice Byng.
 
Anne Colepepper (née Slaney)  
Anne Cordel (née Blundell)  
Anne Crosby  
Anne Dancer  
Anne Davison
Daughter of Mr. Davison. Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Anne Digges (née St. Leger)  
Anne Dimock
Wife of John Dimock.
 
Anne Dockwray  
Anne Dudley (née Seymour) (b. 1538, d. 1588)
Countess of Warwick. Writer. Wife of Sir John Dudley. Daughter of Anne Seymour and Edward Seymour.
Wikipedia
 
Anne Farrant (née Bower) (d. 1582)
Wife of Richard Farrant. Daughter of Richard Bower.
 
Anne Ferrar (d. 12 July 1613)
Wife of John Ferrar. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.
 
Anne Field
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Anne Fiennes (née Sackville) (d. 10 May 1595)
Gentlewoman and benefactor. Wife of Gregory Fiennes. Daughter of Sir Richard Sackville. Sister of Thomas Sackville.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Frithwith
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Anne Goodwine  
Anne Goodwine (née Peacocke)
Wife of Thomas Goodwine. Mother of Anne Goodwine. Daughter of Thomas Peacocke.
 
Anne Gough (née Par)
Wife of Thomas Gough. Daughter of John Par and Mary Par.
 
Anne Griffin
Printer.
BBTI
 
Anne Gunter (d. 1582)
 
Anne Harby (née Saltonstall)
Wife of John Harby. Mother of Richard Harby and Daniel Harby. Daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall.
 
Anne Hart (née Manwood)  
Anne Heneage (née Poyntz) (d. 1593)
Wife of Sir Thomas Heneage. Daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz. Mother of Elizabeth Finch. See related ODNB entry for Sir Thomas Heneage.
 
Anne Henslowe  
Anne Herbert (née Parr) (b. 1515, d. 1552)
Lady-in-waiting to the wives of Henry VIII. Wife of William Herbert. Buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Heyward  
Anne Higham (née Stoneley)
Wife of William Higham. Daughter of Joane Branche and Richard Stoneley. Sister of Dorothie Dantrey.
 
Anne Hobdin
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Anne Layton
Wife of John Blount.
 
Anne Leigh (d. 1618)
 
Anne Lyon (née Murray) (b. 1579, d. 27 February 1618)
Countess of Kinghorne. Alleged mistress of James VI and I.
Wikipedia
 
Anne Methwold
Daughter of Alice Blundell and Hugh Methwold.
 
Anne Middleton (b. 1538, d. 1602)
Mother of Thomas Middleton.
 
Anne Mording  
Anne Morgan (b. 1529, d. 1607)
Baroness Hunsdon. Wife of Henry Carey.
Wikipedia
 
Anne Neville (b. 1456, d. 1485)
Wife of Richard III. Daughter of Richard Neville. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Newman
Wife of Thomas Newman. Mother of Thomas Newman. Sister of John Kendrick, William Kendrick, James Winche, and Alice Vigures. Mentioned in the will of John Kendrick.
 
Anne Newman
Daughter of Gaius Newman and Anne Newman. Not to be confused with Anne Newman or Anne Newman.
 
Anne Newman (née Cullum)  
Anne Nockes
Deputy of Philip Henslowe’s pawn business.
 
Anne of Bohemia (b. 1366, d. 1394)
Queen consort of England 1382-1394. Wife of Richard II. Daughter of Charles IV of Bohemia. Sister of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne of Burgundy (d. 1433)
Duchess of Bedford. Wife of John of Lancaster. Sister of Philip the Good. Buried at Holmes College in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
 
Anne of Cleves (b. 1515, d. 1557)
Queen of consort England 1540. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne of Denmark (b. 12 December 1574, d. 2 March 1619)
Queen consort of Scotland 1589–1619. Queen consort of England and Ireland 1603–1619. Wife of James VI and I. Daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Sister of Christian IV of Denmark, Elizabeth of Denmark, and Ulric of Denmark.
MoEML
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne of Gloucester (b. in or before 1383, d. 1438)
Countess of Stafford. Daughter of Thomas of Woodstock.
Wikipedia
 
Anne of Lodbury
Drowned in a pool near St. Giles, Cripplegate in 1244.
 
Anne Oliff  
Anne Parnell (née Baxter)
Wife of Henry Prannell. Daughter of Edmond Baxter.
 
Anne Paston  
Anne Roberts (née Glover)  
Anne Seymour (née Stanhope) (b. 1510, d. 1587)
Duchess of Somerset. Wife of Edward Seymour. Mother of Edward Seymour and Jane Seymour. Briefly the most powerful woman in England. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Shirley
Daughter of Ralph Shirley. Buried at St. Katherine Cree.
 
Anne Smith
Wife of William Nisam. Not to be confused with Anne Smith.
 
Anne Smith
Possessee. Received care in the Earl of Lincoln’s home on Cannon Row.
 
Anne Smith (née Mullert)
Wife of John Smith. Mother of Mary Smith. Daughter of Fulke Mullert. Not to be confused with Anne Smith.
 
Anne Talbot (née Herbert)
Wife of Francis Talbot. Daughter of William Herbert. See related ODNB entry for William Herbert.
 
Anne Wase (née Prettyman)
Wife of Christopher Wase. Daughter of William Prettyman.
 
Anne Watkins
Wife of John Watkins. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
 
Anne Wells (b. 1491, d. 1499)
Daughter of John Wells. Buried at Austin Friars.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anne Westwick  
Anne Wood  
Anselme Becket
Held a chantry at St. Olave, Old Jewry.
 
Anthonis van den Wijngaerde (b. 1525, d. 1571)
Artist known for his 1543 panorama of London.
 
Anthony Abdy
Sheriff of London 1630-1631. Member of the Clothworkers’ Company.
MASL
 
Anthony Bonvice
Italian merchant. Resident of Crosby Hall after Richard III.
 
Anthony Browne (b. 1528, d. 1592)
Lord Mountacute. First Viscount Montague. Son of Sir Anthony Browne.
Wikipedia
ODNB
BHO
Google Books
 
Anthony Cage (d. 24 June 1583)
 
Anthony Duffield
Benefactor of the poor.
 
Anthony Gamage
Sheriff of London 1574-1575. Member of the Ironmongers’ Company.
MASL
 
Anthony Hall
Servant of Mr. Davison. Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Anthony Hungerford  
Anthony Kingston (b. 1508, d. 1556)
Royal Officer.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anthony Mills
Son of John Mills. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.
 
Anthony Munday (bap. 1560, d. 1633)
Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the Drapers’ Company or Merchant Taylors’ Company.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anthony Palmer  
Anthony Ratclyffe
Sheriff of London 1585-1586. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company.
MASL
 
Anthony Ruyskaert
Dutch denizen of London.
 
Anthony Shirley
Esquire. Father of Judith Randolph.
 
Anthony Sondes
Esquire. Father of Panclin Palmer.
 
Anthony Sonds
Esquire. Father of Lady Elizabeth Barkley.
 
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter.
Wikipedia
 
Anthony Wells
Son of John Wells. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.
 
Anthony Wolhouse
Member of the Haberdashersʼ Company. Father of Sarah Smithes.
 
Anthony Wood
Antiquary.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anthony Woodville (b. 1440, d. 1483)
Second Earl Rivers. Son of Richard Woodville and Jaquetta de Luxembourg.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Anthony Wotton
Clergyman and religious controversialist. Held a lectureship at All Hallows Barking.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Antoninus of Florence (b. 1389, d. 1459)
Writer, archbishop and saint. Canonized in 1523.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Antoninus Pius
Emperor of the Roman Empire 138-161.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Antonio da Correggio
Italian painter.
Wikipedia
 
Arcadius (b. between 377 and 378, d. 1 May 408)
Emperor of the Roman Empire 395-408. Son of Theodosius I. Brother of Honorius.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Archibald Douglas (b. 1489, d. 1557)
Sixth earl of Angus. Father of Margaret Douglas.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Arendt van Buchell
Friend of Johannes de Witt. Known for having made a copy of Johannes de Witt’s sketch of the Swan.
EB
 
Arion Williams
Denizen of London.
 
Aristotle (b. 384 BCE, d. 322 BCE)
Greek philosopher.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Arnold de Tolinea
Financier of Greyfriars.
 
Arnold Hatfield
Printer. Freed from the Stationers’ Company in 1581.
ROLLCO
 
Arnold le Reus
Denizen of London.
 
Arnold Macknam  
Arnold Phillip
Father of Matthew Phillip.
 
Arsaces I of Parthia
King of the Arsacid dynasty 247–217 BC.
 
Arthur Aynscombe
Merchant. Mentioned in the will of John Kendrick.
 
Arthur Golding (b. between 1535 and 1536, d. in or before 13 May 1606)
Translator.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Arthur Medlycote (d. 27 July 1605)
 
Arthur Plantagenet (d. 1542)
First Viscount Lisle. Illegitmate son of Edward IV. Appointed Lord Deputy of Calais under Henry VIII.
Wikipedia
 
Arthur Plantagenet
Sheriff of London 1599-1600. Member of the Salters’ Company.
MASL
 
Arthur Troffote
Esquire. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
 
Arthur Tudor (b. 1486, d. 1502)
Husband of Catherine of Aragon. Son of Henry VII. Brother of Henry VIII. Buried at St. Olave, Old Jewry.
Wikipedia
 
Arthur Wilson (bap. 14 December 1595, d. between 1 October 1652 and 15 October 1652)
Historian, playwright, and poet.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Asser (d. 909)
Bishop of Sherborne 895-909. Author of Life of King Alfred.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Athelaise de Mandeville Westminster Abbey
 
Athelgoda (d. 615)
 
Atheline Raison  
Aubrey de Vere (d. 1141)
Sheriff of London. Portgrave of London during the reign of Henry I and Stephen I. Father of Aubrey de Vere. Buried at Austin Friars.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Aubrey de Vere (d. 1194)
First Earl of Oxford and Count of Guînes. Principal magistrate of Bassinghall Ward. Son of Aubrey de Vere.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Audrey Gresham (née Lynne) (d. 28 December 1522)
 
Augustine Cope
Denizen of London.
 
Augustine Hynde (fl. 1550-51)
Sheriff of London 1550-1551. Member of the Clothworkers’ Company. Husband of Dame Elizabeth Hynde. Buried at St. Peter, Westcheap.
MASL
 
Augustine Matthews (fl. between 1608? and 1653?)
Printer.
BBTI
BBTI
Wikipedia
 
Augustine of Hippo
Theologian and philosopher. Patron of the Austin Friars.
Wikipedia
 
Augustine Phillips (d. 1605)
Actor with the King’s Men.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Augustine Ryther (d. 1593)
Cartographer, engraver, and translator.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Augustus Caesar
Emperor of the Roman Empire 27 BCE–14 CE.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Aulus Gellius
Latin author and grammarian.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Aunc Skinner  
Austin Reinolds
Denizen of London.
 
Aveline de Forz (b. 1259, d. 1274)
Wife of Edmund Crouchback. Daughter of William de Forz. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
Wikipedia
 
Avery Randolph
Originally from Badlesmere, Kent. Father of Thomas Randolph.
 
Avice Gibson BHO
 
Avice Middleton
Sister of Thomas Middleton.
 
Aylmer of Risden
Father of Mary Warner.
 
Aymer de Valence (d. 1324)
Earl of Pembroke. Husband of Mary de St. Paul. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Aymon of Savoy (b. 15 December 1210, d. 22 June 1343)
Count of Savoy. Son of Amadeus V of Savoy.
Wikipedia
 
Baldwin
Son of Stephen I.
 
Baldwin I of Jerusalem (b. 1058, d. 1118)
Leader of the First Crusade.
Wikipedia
 
Barbara Herdson
Wife of Henry Herdson.
 
Barbara Hungerford (née Writhesley)  
Barbara Thornix (d. 11 April 1613)
Daughter of Thomas Thornix.
 
Barbara Writhesley  
Barnard Randolph (d. 7 August 1583)
Gentleman. Commons Sergeant of London. Monument at and buried at St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
 
Barne Roberts  
Barney Reymer
Merchant. Mentioned in the will of John Kendrick.
 
Baron Clarke  
Bartholomew Barnes (d. 1 October 1606)
 
Bartholomew Barnes  
Bartholomew Bavin
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Bartholomew Billington  
Bartholomew Burwash
Tenement owner in Castle Baynard Wall. Father of John Burwash. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Bartholomew Caster
Knight. Buried at Christ Church.
 
Bartholomew de Almain
Financier of Greyfriars.
 
Bartholomew de Frestlyng
Sheriff of London 1357-1358. Member of the Grocers’ Company.
MASL
 
Bartholomew de la Vauch  
Bartholomew Deumars
Sheriff of London 1340-1341. Member of the Corders’ Company.
MASL
 
Bartholomew Linsled BHO
 
Bartholomew of the Castle
Financier of Greyfriars.
 
Bartholomew Rede (fl. 1497-1503)
Sheriff of London 1497-1498. Mayor 1502-1503. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Benefactor of the Parish of St. John Zachary. Buried at the Charterhouse.
MASL
 
Bartholomew Rutt  
Bartholomew Seman
Goldbeater. Master of the Kingʼs mints in London, Calais, and York. Monument at St. John Zachary. See related ODNB entry for Moneyers.
 
Bartram of Hamburg
Donated funds to Bishopsgate Ward.
 
Bartrand Descure (née Austrie)  
Bastard de Scales  
Beatrice of Provence (b. 1229, d. 23 September 1267)
Wikipedia
 
Beatrice of Savoy (b. 1205, d. 4 January 1267)
Wikipedia
 
Beatrix Barners (née Cotton) (d. 5 November 1616)
Wife of Robert Baners. Daughter of George Cotton.
 
Beatrix Brown  
Bede (b. between 672 and 673, d. 735)
Monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth. Known as the Father of English History. Author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
EB
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Ben Jonson (b. 1572, d. 1637)
Poet and playwright.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Benedick Augustine  
Benedict Barnham (bap. 1559, d. 1598)
Sheriff of London 1591-1592. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Buried at St. Clement, Eastcheap.
MASL
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Benedict Botewrite
Merchant of London. Finished the rebuilding of the London Bridge.
 
Benedict de Folesham
Sheriff of London 1324-1325. Member of the Grocers’ Company.
MASL
 
Benedict of Nursia
Patron saint of Europe and students.
Wikipedia
 
Benedict Reding
Buried at St. Martin Orgar.
 
Benedict Senturer
Sheriff of London 1216-1217. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company.
MASL
 
Benedict Shorne
Member of the Stock Fishmongers’ Company. Benefactor of St. Benet Sherehog.
 
Benjamin Cole (b. 1697, d. 1783)
Printmaker.
British Museum
 
Benjamin Fisher
Printer.
BBTI
 
Benjamin Nicholson  
Bennet Abbot of Wirall
Master of Bede.
 
Bennet Webb (née Draper)  
Bennett Gerard (d. 1403)
Member of the Brewersʼ Company. Buried at St. Botolph, Aldersgate.
 
Benomye Mittun  
Bernabò Visconti (b. 1323, d. 1385)
Lord of Milan 1354-1385. Father of Donnina Hawkwood.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Bernard Alsop
Printer.
BBTI
 
Bernard Cooper
Husband of Mary Bagwell.
 
Bernard of Clairvaux
Abbot and leader in the formation of the Cistercian order.
Wikipedia
 
Bernard Williamson
Benefactor of the poor.
 
Berosus (fl. between 300 BCE and 201 BCE)
Writer, historian, and astronomer.
Wikipedia
 
Berseba Taylor (née Hall)
Wife of John Taylor. Mother of Elizabeth Freake. Daughter of Edward Hall.
 
Betty Martin (née Lane)
Sister of Doll Powell.
Pepy’s Diary Project
 
Bevis Bond
Financier of Greyfriars.
 
Bevis Lea  
Blackstanus
Member of the Knighten Guild.
 
Blanch Waterton
Daughter of Sir Hugh Waterton. Buried at the Charterhouse.
 
Blanche
Daughter of Edward III. Sister of William of Windsor. Died shortly after birth. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
Wikipedia
 
Blanche of Lancaster (b. 25 March 1342, d. in or before 12 September 1368)
Wife of John of Gaunt.
Wikipedia
 
Blase White
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.
 
Boniface IX (d. 1404)
Pope 1389-1404. Made John Attleborough the first Abbot of the house at Bermondsey Abbey.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Boniface of Savoy (b. 1217, d. 18 July 1270)
Archbishop of Canterbury 1241–1270. Son of Thomas I of Savoy. Brother of Amadeus IV of Savoy, Thomas of Flanders, Peter II of Savoy, Philip I of Savoy, and Beatrice of Savoy.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Boniface Tatam  
Boris Godunov
Tsar of Russia 1598-1605.
Wikipedia
 
Boudica (d. 60)
Queen of the British Celtic Icen. Led her people in revolt against Roman governance.
ODNB
EB
Wikipedia
 
Brian Briset
Father of Ralph Briset. Grandfather of Jordan Briset.
 
Brian de Lisle (d. 1234)
Soldier.
Wikipedia
 
Bridget Billingsley (née Draper)  
Bridget Digges
Wife of Leonard Digges. Mother of Thomas Digges. Daughter of Thomas Wilford.
 
Brihthelm (d. between 957 and 959)
Bishop of London 951-959.
Wikipedia
 
Britannicus (b. 41, d. 45)
Son of Claudius.
Wikipedia
 
Burchard of Würzburg (d. 753)
Bishop of Würzburg 741–754. Secretary of Offa.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Burgred of Mercia
King of Mercia 852-874.
Wikipedia
 
Cadar
Archbishop of London.
Wikipedia
 
Cadwaladr (fl. 655?-82?)
King of Gwynedd, Wales 655-682.
Wikipedia
 
Caleb Willis
Lecturer of rhetoric.
 
Canute I (d. 12 November 1035)
King of England 1016–1035. King of Denmark 1019–1035. King of Norway 1028–1035.
EB
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Captain Pod
Known exhibitor of puppet shows. Alluded to in John Day and Henry Chettle’s The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green.
 
Carvilius
One of four kings of Kent during Julius Caesar’s second expedition to Britain. Ally of Cassivellaunus.
Wikipedia
 
Casimir III the Great (b. 1310, d. 1370)
King of Poland 1333-1370. King of Ruthenia 1340-1370.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Cassivellaunus
King of the Catuvellauni. Appears in Geoffrey of Monouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.
ODNB
OR
Wikipedia
 
Castell Camps (d. 1611)
Esquire.
 
Catherine Howard
Queen consort of England 1540-1541. Fifth wife of Henry VIII. Executed on grounds of treason.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Catherine of Aragon (b. 16 December 1485, d. 7 January 1536)
Queen consort of England 1509-1533. First wife of Henry VIII.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Catherine of Braganza (b. 25 November 1638, d. 31 December 1705)
Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1662-1685.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Catherine of Valois (b. 27 October 1401, d. 3 January 1437)
Queen consort of England 1420-1422. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI. Grandmother of Henry VII through her secret marriage to Sir Owen Tudor. Originally buried at Henry VII’s Chapel.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Catherine Parr (b. 1512, d. 5 September 1598)
Queen consort of England and Ireland 1543-1547. Sixth wife of Henry VIII.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cato the Elder (b. 234 BCE, d. 149 BCE)
Roman senator and historian. First person to write history in Latin. Great-grandfather of Cato the Younger.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Cato the Younger (b. 95 BCE, d. 46 BCE)
Roman senator and historian. Great-grandson of Cato the Elder. Opposed Julius Caesar.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Cecilie Franke  
Cecily Bowes (née Eliott) Wikipedia
 
Cecily Neville (b. 1425, d. 1450)
Duchess of Warwick.
Wikipedia
 
Cedd (b. 620, d. 26 November 664)
Bishop of the East Saxons 654-664.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cenwalh of Wessex (d. 672)
King of Wessex 642–645 and 648–672.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Ceolberht (d. between 845 and 869)
Bishop of London 815-859.
Wikipedia
 
Charles Blount
Lord Montjoy. Buried at St. Mary Aldermary.
 
Charles Blout (b. 1516, d. 1544)
Courtier and Fifth Baron Mountjoy. Benefactor of St. Mary Aldermary.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Charles Booth (d. 1535)
Bishop of Hereford 1516–1535.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Charles Brandon (b. 1484, d. 1545)
First Duke of Suffolk. Husband of Mary Tudor of France. Nephew of Sir Thomas Brandon. Grandson of Sir William Brandon. John Stow claims that he helped build Suffolk House during the reign of Henry VIII.
Wikipedia
ODNB
EB
 
Charles Darcy  
Charles Howard (b. 1536, d. 14 December 1624)
Second Baron Howard of Effingham and First Earl of Nottingham. Commander of the English fleet in opposition to the Spanish Armada.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Charles I (b. 1600, d. 1649)
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1625-1649.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Charles I of Anjou (b. 1226, d. 7 January 1285)
King of Sicily 1266–1285. Proclaimed King of Albania 1272–1285. Purchased a claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1277.
Wikipedia
 
Charles II (b. 1630, d. 1685)
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1660-1665.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332, d. 1387)
King of Navarre 1349-1387.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Charles IV of Bohemia (b. 14 May 1316, d. 29 November 1378)
King of Bohemia and the Romans 1346–1378. Holy Roman Emperor 1355–1378. Father of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia and Anne of Bohemia.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Charles Somerset (b. 1640, d. 1526)
First earl of Worcester 1514-1526.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Charles Stuart (b. 1555, d. 1576)
First Earl of Lennox. Son of Margaret Douglas. Buried at Westminster Abbey.
Wikipedia
 
Charles V (b. 1500, d. 1558)
Holy Roman Emperor 1519-1556. King of Germany 1519-1556. King of Italy 1530-1556. King of Spain 1516-1556.
OR
Wikipedia
 
Charles VI of France (b. 3 December 1368, d. 21 October 1422)
King of France 1380-1422. Father of Catherine of Valois.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Charles VII of France (b. 22 February 1403, d. 22 July 1461)
King of France 1422-1461.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Charles VIII of France (b. 30 June 1470, d. 7 April 1498)
King of France 1483-1498.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Christian IV of Denmark (b. 12 April 1577, d. 28 February 1648)
King of Denmark and Norway 1588-1648. Son of Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Brother of Anne of Denmark, Elizabeth of Denmark, and Ulric of Denmark.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Christian Robinson (née Anderson) (d. 24 April 1592)
Wife of John Robinson. Daughter of Thomas Anderson.
 
Christian Towerson  
Christine Barantyn (b. in or before 1415, d. 1427)
Wife of Drugo Barantyn. Buried at St. John Zachary.
 
Christopher Arnold (b. 1627, d. 1686)
Professor of history, rhetoric, and poetry at the University of Altdorf.
 
Christopher Ayer  
Christopher Bales
Catholic priest and martyr.
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Banaster
One-time owner of Pike Gardens. Father of John Banaster.
 
Christopher Barker
Printer.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Beeston (b. between 1579 and 1580, d. 1638)
Actor and theatre entrepreneur. Founder of the Cockpit Theatre.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Bumsted
Father of Susanna Deane.
 
Christopher Carleill (b. 1551, d. 1593)
Soldier and naval commander. Son-in-law of Sir George Barne.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer.
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Croker
Member of the Vintners’ Company. Husband of Doll Stodie. Appears in Richard Johnson’s Nine Worthies of London.
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Eliot (fl. 1491-1505)
Member of the Goldsmithsʼ Company. Warden of London Bridge. Monument at St. John Zachary.
BHO
 
Christopher Feliocke  
Christopher Hawes
Sheriff of London 1503-1504. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Alban, Wood Street.
MASL
 
Christopher Hobbs
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Christopher Holt  
Christopher Jennie
Sergeant at Arms. Appointed in 1531.
 
Christopher Litcot
Esquire. Father of Dame Dorothy Edmonds.
 
Christopher Marlowe (bap. 1564, d. 1593)
Playwright and poet.
EB
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Christopher Pack
Apprentice of John Kendrick. Mentioned in the will of John Kendrick.
 
Christopher Rawson (d. 2 August 1518)
 
Christopher Ruddy
Yeoman.
 
Christopher Southaws
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Christopher Tolderney  
Christopher Tolderney  
Christopher Turner
Surgeon to Henry VIII. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
 
Christopher Warter
Sheriff of London 1451-1452. Member of the Skinners’ Company.
MASL
 
Christopher Wase
Member of the Goldsmithsʼ Company. Husband of Anne Wase. Buried at St. Foster.
 
Christopher Web
Husband of Elizabeth Web.
 
Christopher Woodroffe  
Christopher Wormeall
Owner of Horse Ferry.
 
Christopher Wren (b. 1632, d. 1723)
Architect, mathematician, and astronomer.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cicely Heath
Wife of John Heath.
 
Cicero (b. 106 BCE, d. 43 BCE)
Roman philosopher, politician, and lawyer.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Cingetorix
One of four kings of Kent during Julius Caesar’s second expedition to Britain. Ally of Cassivellaunus.
Wikipedia
 
Ciran
Butler of Lucius of Britain. Aided in building St. Peter upon Cornhill.
 
Claes Jansz. Visscher (b. 1587, d. 19 June 1652)
Cartographer. Drew a map of London in 1616.
Wikipedia
 
Claude de Jonghe (b. 1605, d. 1663)
Dutch painter.
Wikipedia
 
Claudian
Roman poet.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Claudius (b. 10 BCE, d. 13 October 54)
Emperor of the Roman Empire 41-54. Father of Brtiannicus.
EB
OR
Wikipedia
 
Claudius Ptolemy (b. 100, d. 170)
Greco-Egyptian writer, mathematician, astronomer, and poet from Alexandria.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Clemens Langley (née Whitton)
Wife of Richard Langley. Daughter of Thomas Whitton and Joane Whitton. Buried at St. Martin Outwich.
 
Clement de Jonghe (b. 1624, d. 1677)
Dutch printer and map dealer.
BM
 
Clement I
Pope 88-97 or 92-101.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Clement Scudamore
Sheriff of London 1605-1606. Member of the Vintners’ Company.
MASL
 
Cleostratus
Greek astronomer.
Wikipedia
 
Coenwalh (d. between 793 and 796)
Bishop of London 789-796.
Wikipedia
 
Commius (fl. between 57 BCE and 50 BCE)
King of the Atrebates. Ally to Julius Caesar until 54 BC, when he took part in the great revolt of the Gauls.
EB
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Commodus (b. 161, d. 192)
Holy Roman Emperor 176-192. Son of Marcus Aurelius.
Wikipedia
 
Conan
Archbishop of London.
Wikipedia
 
Conrad Gessner (b. 1516, d. 1565)
Swiss naturalist and zoologist. Author of the five-volume Historiae animalium, now considered a landmark text of modern zoology.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Conrad Gessner
Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist.
Wikipedia
 
Constance Alleyn (née Donne)
Wife of Edward Alleyn. Daughter of John Donne.
 
Constance Knolles  
Constance of Castile (b. 1354, d. in or before 24 March 1394)
Duchess of Lancaster. Wife of John of Gaunt. Daughter of Peter of Castile.
Wikipedia
 
Constance Taylor (née Wooddeson)  
Constantine fitz-Aelulfe
Sheriff of London 1197-1198. Hanged in 1222.
MASL
 
Constantine fitz-Alulf
Sheriff of London 1212-1213. Possible son of Constantine fitz-Aelulfe.
MASL
 
Constantine I (d. 27 May 337)
Emperor of the Western Empire 312-324. Emperor of the Roman Empire 324–337. First Roman emperor to profess Christianity.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Constantius Bennet  
Constus
Governor of Alexandria 286–305. Father of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
 
Cornelis Danckerts I (b. 1603, d. 1656)
Dutch engraver and printer.
British Museum
 
Cornelius Fish
Chamberlain of London 1603-1626.
 
Cornelius Godfrey
Merchant.
 
Cornelius Van Dun
Yeoman of the Guard. Monument at Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Abbey
 
Cunobeline (d. 40)
King of Britain 10-40.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cuthbert (b. 635, d. 687)
Bishop of Lindisfarne 685–687.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cuthbert Burbage (b. between 1564 and 1565, d. 1636)
Actor. Son of James Burbage. Brother of Richard Burbage.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cuthbert Tunstall (b. 1474, d. 1559)
Bishop of London 1522-1530. Bishop of Durham 1530–1552 and 1553-1558. Lord Privy Seal 1523–1530.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Cyriacus Kale
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.
 
Cyrus the Great
King of Persia 559–530 BC. King of Media 550–530 BC. King of Lydia 547–530 BC. King of Babylon 539–530 BC.
Wikipedia
 
Dabridge Court  
Damasus I (b. 305, d. 384)
Pope 366-384.
Wikipedia
 
Dame Agnes Bardolf (d. 1403)
 
Dame Agnes Clifford  
Dame Agnes Danvars  
Dame Agnes Forster (d. 1484)
Prison reformer. Wife of Stephen Forster. Buried at St. Botolph, Billingsgate.
 
Dame Alice Isham  
Dame Alice More (née Harpur) Wikipedia
 
Dame Alice Pierce
Concubine of Edward III.
 
Dame Alice Ramsey (née Lea)
Wife of Sir Thomas Ramsey. Daughter of Bevis Lea.
 
Dame Alice Steward  
Dame Alice Turke
Wife of Robert Turke. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.
 
Dame Anne Awnsham  
Dame Anne Lodge  
Dame Anne Pakington (fl. 1530-63)
Wife of Sir John Pakington. Buried at St. Botolph, Aldersgate. See related ODNB entry for Sir John Pakington.
 
Dame Anne Radcliffe  
Dame Barbara Stone  
Dame Beatrix Narbrough
Wife of William Narbrough. Buried at Crossed Friars.
 
Dame Bridget Trussel  
Dame Bridgit
Wife of Humphrey Style. Mother of Nicholas Style.
 
Dame Christian Morris  
Dame Christian Warren  
Dame Daniel  
Dame Dorothy Edmonds (née Litcot)  
Dame Eleanor Mortimer  
Dame Elizabeth Arundell  
Dame Elizabeth Berkeley (b. 1386, d. 1422)
Countess of Warwick. Wife of Richard Beauchamp. Mother of Margaret Talbot.
ODNB
 
Dame Elizabeth Bowes  
Dame Elizabeth Huberthorn  
Dame Elizabeth Hynde  
Dame Elizabeth Langton
Wife of Sir Thomas Langton. Daughter of Sir Edward Stanley. Buried at St. Sepulchre.
 
Dame Elizabeth Martyn  
Dame Elizabeth Mellington (née Botelar)
Wife of Sir Thomas Mellington. Daughter of William Botelar. Buried at Crossed Friars.
 
Dame Elizabeth Narborough  
Dame Elizabeth Salvage (fl. 1539)
Abbess of the Abbey of St. Clare.
 
Dame Elizabeth Sandys (née Windsor) (d. 29 December 1559)
Wife of Henry Sandys. Daughter of William Windsor. Mother of William Sandys. Sister of Edward Windsor. Buried at St. Faith Under St. Paul’s.
 
Dame Elizabeth Yarford  
Dame Grisilde Tewke  
Dame Ide Devereux (née de Ferrers)  
Dame Ide West
Wife of Sir Thomas West. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Isabel Heningham  
Dame Isabell Edward
Wife of William Edward. Buried at Crossed Friars.
 
Dame Isabell Spencer
Daughter of Sir Hugh Spencer. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Isabella (b. 1195, d. 1253)
Countess of Norfolk. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.
Wikipedia
 
Dame Jahu Strange
Daughter of Thomas Strange. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.
 
Dame Jane Sayne
Daughter of Sir John Lee. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Jane Smith  
Dame Joan Astley (fl. 1445-46)
Nurse of Henry VI.
 
Dame Joan Beaufort (b. 1379, d. 1440)
Countess of Westmorland. Daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. Buried at Nunnery of St. Mary Clerkenwell.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dame Joan Daubeney ODNB
 
Dame Joan de Beauchamp (b. 1396, d. 1430)
Countess of Ormond. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dame Joan Norris
Lady of Bedford. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Joan Peach
Wife of William Peach. Buried at St. Nicholas Acon.
 
Dame Joan Ratcliffe  
Dame Joan Warren  
Dame Joan Whittington  
Dame Joane Amcotts  
Dame Joane Borough
Buried at the Charterhouse.
 
Dame Joane de Berkeley  
Dame Joane de Greystoke
Baroness of Greystoke. Buried at Nunnery of St. Mary Clerkenwell.
 
Dame Joanne Milborne  
Dame Joanne Tesle  
Dame Joanne Zouch  
Dame Johan Carne
Daughter of Sir John Carne. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.
 
Dame Johan Saye  
Dame Julian Lacy
Wife of Sir Richard Lacy. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Katharine  
Dame Katharine Gresham  
Dame Katharine Hawkins  
Dame Katherine Bailey  
Dame Katherine Stoke
Wife of John Stoke. Monument at St. Saviour (Southwark).
 
Dame Katherine Terrell
Wife of Sir John Terrell. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Katherine Vaux
Mother of Nicholas Vaux. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.
 
Dame Lucy Knowles
Countess of Kent. Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Margaret Barkely (née Chevie)  
Dame Margaret Blancke  
Dame Margaret Elrington  
Dame Margaret Gristles  
Dame Margaret Hawkins  
Dame Margaret Jenyns  
Dame Margaret Lenthaine
Wife of Sir John Lenthaine. Daughter of John Fray. Buried at the Charterhouse.
 
Dame Margaret Milborne  
Dame Margaret of Glamorgan  
Dame Margaret Osborne  
Dame Margaret Pope
Wife of Thomas Pope. Buried at St. Stephen Walbrook.
 
Dame Margaret Rade (d. 1510)
Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Margaret West
Buried at Austin Friars.
 
Dame Margery Twyford (d. in or after 1390)
Wife of Sir Nicholas Twyford and Drugo Barantyn. Buried at St. John Zachary. See related ODNB entry for Sir Nicholas Twyford.
 
Dame Mary Gresham  
Dame Mary Ramsey (née Dale)
Wife of Sir Thomas Ramsey. Daughter of William Dale.
 
Dame Mary S. Maure  
Dame Mary Senelare
Daughter of Sir Thomas Talbot. Buried at Whitefriars Church.
 
Dame Maud Peach  
Dame Molde fitz-Warren  
Dame Sybill Thornehurst  
Dame Thomason
Wife of Sir John Percival. Donated funds to Holborn Conduit.
 
Daniel Balgay (d. 20 December 1608)
Member of the Mercers’ Company.
 
Daniel Defoe
Writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Daniel Harby
Son of John Harby and Anne Harby. Brother of Richard Harby.
 
Daniel Rawlinson (d. 11 July 1679)
Member of the Vintners’ Company. Owner of Mitre Tavern.
 
Daniël Mijtens the Elder (b. 1590, d. 1647)
Dutch portrait painter and artist.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Darby Morgan
Landowner.
 
Darius III of Persia
King of the Achaemenid Empire 336-330 BC.
Wikipedia
 
David ap Williams
Welsh bard.
 
David Dee  
David Die
Welsh bard.
 
David II of Scotland
King of Scotland 1329-1371.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
David Jones
Churchwarden of St. Giles, Cripplegate.
 
David Lindsay
First Earl of Crawford. Won a jousting contest against John de Welles that took place on London Bridge.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
David Smith (d. 10 August 1587)
Embroiderer. Husband of Katherine Smith. Buried at St. Benet, Paul’s Wharf.
 
David Woodroffe
Sheriff of London 1554-1555. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Father of Sir Nicholas Woodroffe. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft.
MASL
 
Davie Vaughan
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Deborah Willet
Maid of Samuel Pepys. Engaged in an affair with Samuel Pepys, resulting in her dismissal. See related ODNB entry for Servants of Samuel Pepys.
Wikipedia
 
Decimus Laberius
Roman knight and writer of mimes.
Wikipedia
 
Dedwin
Archbishop of London.
Wikipedia
 
Deorwulf
Bishop of London 853–883.
 
Derich Born (b. 1510, d. 1549)
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.
 
Derick Berck
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.
 
Desiderius Erasmus (b. 1467, d. 1536)
Humanist scholar.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dicaearchus
Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician, and author. Student of Aristotle.
Wikipedia
 
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña (b. 1 November 1567, d. 2 October 1626)
Conde de Gondomar and Spanish ambassador.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dio Cassius (b. 150, d. 235)
Roman statesman and historian.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Diocletian
Emperor of the Roman Empire 284-305.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Dirk Tybis
Prominent Hanseatic merchant. Resident of the Steelyard. Painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.
 
Doll Powell (née Lane)
Sister of Betty Martin.
Pepy’s Diary Project
 
Doll Stodie
Wife of Christopher Croker. Possible daughter of Sir John Stodie.
 
Domitian (b. 24 October 51, d. 18 September 96)
Emperor of the Roman Empire 81-96.
EB
Wikipedia
 
Donald Lupton (d. 1676)
Clergyman and writer.
ODNB
 
Donnina Hawkwood (née Visconti)
Illegitimate daughter of Bernabò Visconti. Wife of Sir John Hawkwood. See related Wikipedia entry for Sir John Hawkwood.
 
Dorothie Dantrey (née Stoneley)
Wife of William Dantrey. Daughter of Joane Branche and Richard Stoneley. Sister of Anne Higham.
 
Dorothie Franke  
Dorothie Honywood (née Crooke)
Wife of Robert Honywood. Daughter of John Crooke and Dorothie Manwood.
 
Dorothie Long (née Clarke) (d. 1618)
Wife of Henry Long. Mother of Elizabeth Long. Daughter of Nicholas Clarke. See related Wikipedia entry for Henry Long.
 
Dorothie Manwood (née Theobald) (d. 14 September 1575)
 
Dorothy Halye of Ipswitch (d. 20 September 1601)
 
Dorothy Simons
Victim of the Fatal Vespers, a 1623 disaster in Blackfriars, Farringdon Within where the upper floor of a house collapsed under the weight of those attending a religious service led by Robert Drury and William Redyate.
 
Dorothy Tamworth
Wife of Henry Cotton. Buried at St. Sepulchre.
 
Dorothy Weld
Daughter of John Weld and Dorothy Weld.
 
Dorothy Weld (née Greswolde)  
Dr. Alexander Burnett (d. 25 August 1665)
Doctor of Samuel Pepys. Resident of Fenchurch Street.
 
Dr. Allen
Doctor. Donated funds to the steeple of St. Mary Le Bow that was finished in 1512.
 
Dr. Ashbold
Doctor and Parson.
 
Dr. Barnes
Doctor. Master of the Rolls.
 
Dr. Chadwell
Physician. Buried at St. Benet, Paul’s Wharf.
 
Dr. Gabriel Goodman (b. 1528, d. 1601)
Dean of Westminster.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dr. Henry Mountlow
Doctor of civil law and lecturer.
 
Dr. Hugh Weston (b. 1505, d. 1558)
Dean of Westminster and Dean of Windsor.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dr. John Bull
Composer, musician, and lecturer.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dr. John Chambers
Physician of Edward III.
 
Dr. John Story
Member of Parliament. Executed at Tyburn for high treason.
Wikipedia
 
Dr. Jones
Doctor.
 
Dr. Layton
Doctor.
 
Dr. Mathew Guin
Doctor and lecturer.
 
Dr. Matthew Sutcliffe (b. between 1549 and 1550, d. 1629)
Dean of Exeter.
ODNB
Wikipedia
 
Dr. Miles Dicar
Doctor in St. Brides.
 
Dr. Page
Preacher.
 
Dr. Pendleton
Preacher.
 
Dr. Richard Yaxley
Physician to Henry VIII. Buried at St. Michael, Cornhill.
 
Dr. Stephen Gardiner (d. 1555)
Bishop of Winchester