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  • Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631, http://isni.org/isni/000000...50
  • Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-166245
  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...45
  • Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-170244
  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...35
  • Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547, http://isni.org/isni/000000...31
  • Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and statesman, ?1532-158828
  • Wolsey, Thomas, royal minister, Archbishop of York, and cardinal, 1470/71-1530, http://isni.org/isni/000000...25
  • Walsingham, Francis, Principal Secretary, c 1532–1590, http://isni.org/isni/000000...24
  • James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...23
  • Whitelocke, Bulstrode, lawyer and politician, 1605-1675, http://isni.org/isni/000000...20
  • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, http://isni.org/isni/000000...17
  • Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/10472231816
  • Margaret of Austria, archduchess, princess of Asturias, duchess of Savoy, and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1480-153013
  • Beale, Robert, administrator and diplomat, 1541-1601, http://isni.org/isni/000000...12
  • Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-161212
  • Maurice, Prince of Orange; Count of Nassau, 1567-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...12
  • Selden, John, lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, 1584-1654, http://isni.org/isni/000000...12
  • Cromwell, Thomas, royal minister and Earl of Essex, ?1485-1540, http://isni.org/isni/000000...11
  • Knight, William, Secretary of State to Henry VIII, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1475-154711
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