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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Pageant of the Black Prince
Trematon Castle was built around 1240, with a gatehouse added by Edward in 1350.[1] The pageant reverberates with the anxiety over war, shown through the Fortune Teller’s prediction of battleships ...
The Pageant of Launceston
Launceston’s Pageant Master, Mary Kelly, was key force behind the Village Dramatic Society. The society was founded in 1919 in Kelly’s native Devon, and put on numerous plays and pageants in the 19...
Bedale Festival Pageant
After the abject—and costly—failure of the 1947 Bradford Centenary Pageant, the tradition was suppressed across Yorkshire, with Wakefield cancelling its own centenary pageant. Despite Leeds being o...

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Historical Figure: Edward [Edward Of Woodstock; Known As The Black Prince], Prince Of Wales And Of Aquitaine English Throne And Military Commander

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1 Saltash, Cornwall, England
1 Launceston, Cornwall, England
1 Bedale, Yorkshire, North Riding, England

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1 Kelly, Mary
1 Archbold, Miss D.K.

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1 Porter, T.C.
1 Kelly, Mary
1 Diggens, Rev. W.A.
1 Archbold, Miss D.K.

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1 Schubert, Franz

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3 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince], prince of Wales and of Aquitaine English throne and military commander
1 Joan, suo jure countess of Kent, and princess of Wales and of Aquitaine [called the Fair Maid of Kent]
1 Hopton, Ralph, Baron Hopton d. 1652)
1 Grenville, Sir Richard, baronet 1600, d. 1659)
1 Grenville, John, first earl of Bath
1 Grandison, John Exeter [also known as Grandisson, John]
1 Goring, George, Baron Goring
1 Edward III England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine
1 Charles II England, Scotland, and Ireland
1 Carew, Sir Peter and conspirator
1 Arundell, Humphrey

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