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  • Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631, http://isni.org/isni/000000...41
  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...38
  • Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-170236
  • Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-166236
  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...29
  • Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and statesman, ?1532-158824
  • James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625, http://isni.org/isni/000000...19
  • Walsingham, Francis, Principal Secretary, c 1532–1590, http://isni.org/isni/000000...19
  • Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547, http://isni.org/isni/000000...18
  • Whitelocke, Bulstrode, lawyer and politician, 1605-1675, http://isni.org/isni/000000...16
  • Wolsey, Thomas, royal minister, Archbishop of York, and cardinal, 1470/71-1530, http://isni.org/isni/000000...14
  • Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/10472231812
  • 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
  • Beale, Robert, administrator and diplomat, 1541-1601, http://isni.org/isni/000000...10
  • Atye, Arthur, secretary to the Earl of Leicester, d 1604, http://viaf.org/viaf/968542368
  • Bodley, Thomas, Knight, scholar, diplomat, and founder of the Bodleian Library, 1545-1613, http://isni.org/isni/000000...8
  • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, http://isni.org/isni/000000...8
  • Cromwell, Thomas, royal minister and Earl of Essex, ?1485-1540, http://isni.org/isni/000000...8
  • Davison, William, diplomat and administrator, d 16088
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