Thomas More

Thomas More

male, deceased (1535)
Roman Catholic, executed under the Tudors, from the City of London, English Renaissance humanist, Old Waynflete, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era…henryviii
Thomas More Thomas More Thomas More had an education suited to a son of a gentleman, and seemed destined for the legal career mapped out by his...
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

male, deceased (1616)
poet, macbeth, hamlet, English poet, Authors whose works are in the public domain, Lord Chamberlain's Men…Henry VI, part 2, henryviii, Henry VI, part 3, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, part 2
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour

female, deceased (1537)
wife, Edward VI, henryviii, Death in childbirth
Jane Seymour (1507/1508 - 24 October 1537) was the third wife of Henry VIII. She died of post-natal complications following the birth of her only...
Alison Weir

Alison Weir

female, 58 years old
writer, historian, Biographer, British, henryviii, Old Paludian
Alison Weir (born 1951) is a popular British writer of history books for the general public, mostly in the form of biographies about British kings...
Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer

male, deceased (1556)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, Christian heresy, Christianity in Oxford, executed under the Tudors, queen mary, Tudor clergy…henryviii
Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and...
Elizabeth Of York

Elizabeth Of York

female, deceased (1503)
Elizabeth, Princess of England, Women of the Tudor period, Women of medieval England, buried at Westminster Abbey, Edward V, from WestmInster…henryviii, henry vii
Elizabeth of York, born Elizabeth, Princess of England (February 11, 1466 - February 11, 1503) was the Queen Consort of King Henry VII of England,...
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I of England

female, deceased (1603)
Women writer, Protestant monarch, Pretenders to the throne of the kingdom of France, buried at Westminster Abbey, queen of france, English women writer…child of Henry VIII, Henry VIII's children, henryviii, henry vii
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558...

Thomas Wyatt

male, deceased (1542)
Whoso list to hunt, henry vii, Noli me tangere for Caesar’s I am, maidstone, Sonneteers, Allington Castle…henryviii
Sir Thomas Wyatt was born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone in Kent, though his family was originally from Yorkshire. His father, Henry Wyatt,...
Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis

male, deceased (1585)
16th century, tudor, dover, composer, Benedictine, augustinian…henry vii, henryviii
Thomas Tallis (circa 1505-23 November 1585) was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician during the often stormy 16th century in...
Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor

female, deceased (1541)
House of Stuart, henryviii, Women ruler, House of Tudor, James IV, St. Margaret's, Westminster
Margaret Tudor (29 November, 1489 - October 1541) was the eldest of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and...