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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Pageant of Gwent
The Pageant of Gwent took place in 1913 at Abergavenny as part of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales—the second time the arts festival had been held in the county following Newport in 1897. It ...
Lady Godiva Procession and Pageant
Pageantry was an ancient tradition in Coventry, dating back to medieval times. The comparatively recent Godiva Procession, to commemorate Lady Godiva’s famous ride through the town during the eleve...
Coventry Festival of Britain Godiva Pageant
In 1951 Coventry, perhaps more than anywhere else, had reason to wish for something better and to focus on its past rather than its ruined present. The heavy concentration of key war industries in ...
The Salisbury Peace Pageant
The Peace Pageant of Salisbury was the main event of the celebrations in the city following the Treaty of Versailles. It took place a week after the first official Peace Day of 19 July 1919—somewha...

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Historical Figure: Stafford, Henry, Second Duke Of Buckingham

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2 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1 Abergavenny/Y Fenni, Monmouthshire, Wales

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1 Turner, Leonard
1 Stevens, Frank
1 Seeley, Alfred
1 Adams, W. Bridges

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1 Stevens, Frank
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Leech, D.

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1 Williams, Charles
1 Trowbridge, Miss
1 Sparks, Franklin
1 Elgar, Edward
1 Alcock, W.G.

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4 Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham
2 Talbot, John, second earl of Shrewsbury and second earl of Waterford
2 Richard III
2 Philippa [Philippa of Hainault]
2 Neville, Richard, sixteenth earl of Warwick and sixth earl of Salisbury [called the Kingmaker]
2 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
2 Leofric, earl of Mercia
2 James VI and I
2 Isabella [Isabella of France]
2 Hereward [called Hereward the Wake]
2 Henry V
2 Godgifu [Godiva]
2 George, duke of Clarence
2 Elizabeth, Princess [Elizabeth Stuart]
2 Elizabeth [Elizabeth of York]
2 Elizabeth I
2 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince], prince of Wales and of Aquitaine
2 Edward III
2 Charles I
1 Woodville, Lionel
1 William III and II
1 William I [known as William the Conqueror]
1 William Herbert, second earl of Pembroke
1 Teilo [St Teilo, Eliau, Eliud]
1 Taliesin
1 Talbot, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury
1 Stuart, James, fourth duke of Lennox and first duke of Richmond
1 Stephen
1 Somerset, Henry, first duke of Beaufort
1 Somerset, Edward, second marquess of Worcester
1 Somerset [née Capel], Mary, duchess of Beaufort
1 Slingsby, Sir Henry, first baronet
1 Sir Roger Vaughan [of Tretower]
1 Scudamore, Sir John
1 Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch
1 Saunders, Lawrence
1 Rupert, prince and count palatine of the Rhine and duke of Cumberland
1 Richard II
1 Rhys, Sir, ap Thomas
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Poor [Pauper], Herbert
1 Percy, Sir Henry [called Henry Hotspur]
1 Pabo [called Pabo Post Prydain]
1 Osmund [St Osmund]
1 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1 Mowbray, Thomas
1 Morgan, William
1 Montagu [Mountagu], Edward, first earl of Sandwich
1 Montagu [Montacute], John, third earl of Salisbury
1 Merlin [Myrddin]
1 Matilda [Matilda of Flanders]
1 Mary [Mary Stewart]
1 Marmion, Robert
1 Longespée [Lungespée], William
1 Lindsay, John, seventeenth earl of Crawford and first earl of Lindsay [known as earl of Crawford-Lindsay]
1 Lewys [Llywelyn] Glyn Cothi
1 Leigh, Thomas, first Baron Leigh
1 Lanfranc
1 Julius Frontinus, Sextus
1 John [John of Gaunt], duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León
1 James II and VII
1 Ivie, John
1 Ifor ap Llywelyn [called Ifor Hael]
1 Howard, Thomas, first earl of Suffolk
1 Hood, Robin
1 Herbert [née Sidney], Mary, countess of Pembroke
1 Henry VII
1 Henry VI
1 Henry IV [known as Henry Bolingbroke]
1 Henry III
1 Henry II
1 Henry Frederick, prince of Wales
1 Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton
1 Guy of Warwick
1 Glyn Dŵr [Glyndŵr], Owain [Owain ap Gruffudd Fychan, Owen Glendower]
1 Glover, Robert
1 George IV
1 Elizabeth [née Elizabeth Woodville]
1 Ela
1 Edward IV
1 Dugdale, Sir William
1 Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester
1 Digby, John, first earl of Bristol
1 Dafydd ap Gwilym
1 Cynric
1 Cobden, Richard
1 Charles II
1 Catesby, Robert
1 Burgh, Hubert de, earl of Kent
1 Briouze [Braose], William
1 Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon
1 Bleddyn [Blethin], William
1 Bagot, Sir William
1 Arthur
1 Alan Rufus

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