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  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...46
  • Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631, http://isni.org/isni/000000...41
  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...36
  • Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-170235
  • Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-166235
  • Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and statesman, ?1532-158830
  • Walsingham, Francis, Principal Secretary, c 1532–1590, http://isni.org/isni/000000...22
  • James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...20
  • Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/10472231816
  • Whitelocke, Bulstrode, lawyer and politician, 1605-1675, http://isni.org/isni/000000...16
  • Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547, http://isni.org/isni/000000...15
  • Wolsey, Thomas, royal minister, Archbishop of York, and cardinal, 1470/71-1530, http://isni.org/isni/000000...14
  • Beale, Robert, administrator and diplomat, 1541-1601, http://isni.org/isni/000000...12
  • Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-161211
  • Maurice, Prince of Orange; Count of Nassau, 1567-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...11
  • Philip II, King of England and Ireland, consort of Mary I, and King of Spain, 1527-159811
  • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, http://isni.org/isni/000000...10
  • Bodley, Thomas, Knight, scholar, diplomat, and founder of the Bodleian Library, 1545-1613, http://isni.org/isni/000000...9
  • Bowes, Robert, Treasurer of Berwick, English ambassador to Scotland, d 1597, http://viaf.org/viaf/540661349
  • Cromwell, Thomas, royal minister and Earl of Essex, ?1485-1540, http://isni.org/isni/000000...9
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