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Personalities of the Past

 
Queen Ælfgifu

Queen Ælfgifu

d.c.970
William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror

1028–1087
Robert, Count of Mortain

Robert, Count of Mortain

c.1031–c.1095
Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

1119/1120–1170
Geoffrey fitz Piers

Geoffrey fitz Piers

c.1162–1213
Waleran Teutonicus

Waleran Teutonicus

c.1200
Richard, Earl of Cornwall

Richard, Earl of Cornwall

1209–1272
Earls of Cornwall

Earls of Cornwall

1227
Edmund of Almain, Earl of Cornwall

Edmund of Almain, Earl of Cornwall

1249–1300
Queen Isabella

Queen Isabella

1295–1358
Edward the Black Prince

Edward the Black Prince

1330 –1376
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

c. 1343–1400
Henry of Berkhamsted

Henry of Berkhamsted

d.1398
Cecily, Duchess of York

Cecily, Duchess of York

1415–1495
Richard III

Richard III

1452–1485
Sir Edward Carey

Sir Edward Carey

c.1540–18 July 1618
Charlotte Catherine Anne, Countess of Bridgewater

Charlotte Catherine Anne, Countess of Bridgewater

1763–1849
John Wolstenholme Cobb

John Wolstenholme Cobb

1829–1883
John Egerton-Cust, 2nd Earl Brownlow

John Egerton-Cust, 2nd Earl Brownlow

1842–1867
Richard Mildmay Foot

Richard Mildmay Foot

1865–1933
Graham Greene

Graham Greene

1904–1991

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