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St. Albans Pageant, 1907: Queen Elizabeth at Gorhambury.

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Pageant of Runnymede
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Author%3Aashburner%2C F.J.
Author%3Amilton%2C John
Composer%3Apurcell%2C Henry
Historical Figure%3Arupert%2C Prince And Count Palatine Of The Rhine And Duke Of Cumberland
Historical Figure%3Avere%2C John De%2C Thirteenth Earl Of Oxford
Historical Figure%3Awilliam Ii %5Bknown As William Rufus%5D
Historical Figure: Fitzwalter, Robert
Historical Figure: Marshal, William
Pageant Master%3Ahawtrey%2C George P.

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 Place

Names of locations of pageants; doesn't include specific locales such as town square

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1 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1 Egham, Surrey, England

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 Pageant Type

Type of social collective or organization a pageant was intended to celebrate

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2 town
1 national

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 Pageant Master

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1 Swinson, Arthur
1 Lally, Gwen

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 Author

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1 Swinson, Arthur
1 Radice, Fulke
1 Lally, Gwen
1 Home, Gordon
1 Drinkwater, John

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1 Swinson, Arthur
1 Darewski, Hermann

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 Historical Figure

Includes any figure with listing in ODNB, important foreigners (eg. Julius Caesar), mythological and fictional characters

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2 Roches, Peter des [Peter de Rupibus]
2 Marshal, William
2 Langton, Stephen
2 Henry VIII
2 Fitzwalter, Robert
1 Wolsey, Thomas
1 Wells, Hugh of
1 Wellesley [formerly Wesley], Arthur, first duke of Wellington
1 Warenne, William
1 Vespasian [Titus Flavius Vespasianus]
1 Vescy [Vesci], Eustace de
1 Vere, Robert de, third earl of Oxford
1 Tresilian, Sir Robert
1 Temple, Sir Richard, third baronet
1 Stafford, Ralph, first earl of Stafford
1 Seymour, Charles, sixth duke of Somerset
1 Seymour [née Percy], Elizabeth, duchess of Somerset
1 Scott [Scot], Thomas
1 Robinson, Luke
1 Richard II
1 Pole, Michael de la, first earl of Suffolk
1 Philippa [Philippa of Hainault]
1 Peter [Peters], Hugh
1 Pagham, John of
1 Mowbray, William de
1 Mortimer, Roger
1 Montagu, William [William de Montacute], second earl of Salisbury
1 Monck [Monk], George, first duke of Albemarle
1 Mogg, Mary [Molly]
1 Mary I
1 Mare, Thomas de la
1 Longespée [Lungespée], William
1 London, Henry of [Henry de Loundres]
1 Lacy, John de, third earl of Lincoln
1 Kéroualle, Louise Renée de Penancoët de, suo jure duchess of Portsmouth and suo jure duchess of Aubigny in the French nobility
1 Katherine [Catalina, Catherine, Katherine of Aragon]
1 John II
1 John
1 Joan [Joan of the Tower]
1 Jeune, Francis Henry, Baron St Helier
1 Hilary
1 Gwyn, Eleanor [Nell]
1 Gumble, Thomas
1 Grimston, Sir Harbottle, second baronet
1 Gray, Walter de
1 Grant, Anthony
1 Godolphin, Sidney, first earl of Godolphin
1 Geoffrey fitz Peter, fourth earl of Essex
1 Gay, John
1 Forz [Fortibus], William de, count of Aumale
1 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince]
1 Edward II [Edward of Caernarfon]
1 David II
1 Cowper, Francis Thomas de Grey, seventh Earl Cowper
1 Coppock, James
1 Clarke, Sir William
1 Clarges, Sir Thomas
1 Clare, Richard de, sixth earl of Gloucester and fifth earl of Hertford
1 Clare, Gilbert de, fifth earl of Gloucester and fourth earl of Hertford
1 Churchill [née Jenyns], Sarah, duchess of Marlborough
1 Charles V
1 Charles II
1 Burgh, Hubert de, earl of Kent
1 Bohun, Jocelin de
1 Bohun, Henry de, first earl of Hereford
1 Bell, Jacob
1 Beckett, Edmund [formerly Edmund Beckett Denison], first Baron Grimthorpe
1 Beauchamp, Thomas, eleventh earl of Warwick
1 Aubigny, William d' [William de Albini], third earl of Arundel
1 Anne [Anne of Bohemia]
1 Anne [Anne Boleyn]
1 Anne

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