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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Historical Figure: Matilda [Edith, Mold, Matilda Of Scotland]

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1 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1 Hursley, Hampshire, England
1 Cardiff/Caerdydd, Glamorganshire, Wales

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Type of social collective or organization a pageant was intended to celebrate

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1 town
1 national
1 institutional

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1 Weir, Mrs Robert
1 Swinson, Cyril
1 Hawtrey, George P.

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 Author

Names of script-writers and other credited authors

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1 Vaughan, Arthur Owen
1 Swinson, Cyril
1 Stevens, F.E.
1 Shakespeare, William

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Includes any figure with listing in ODNB, important foreigners (eg. Julius Caesar), mythological and fictional characters

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3 Matilda [Edith, Mold, Matilda of Scotland]
2 Henry VIII
2 Henry I
2 Elizabeth I
2 Catherine [Catherine of Valois]
1 Ælfthryth
1 Windsor, Gerald of
1 William [William Ætheling, William Adelinus, William Adelingus]
1 William II [known as William Rufus]
1 Whethamstede [Bostock], John
1 Warenne, William
1 Vortigern [Gwrtheyrn]
1 Vere, John de, twelfth earl of Oxford
1 Vaughan, Sir Gruffudd, fychan
1 Tudor, Owen [Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur]
1 Tudor, Jasper [Jasper of Hatfield], duke of Bedford
1 Trollope, Sir Andrew
1 Teilo [St Teilo, Eliau, Eliud]
1 Stephen
1 Stanley, Sir William
1 Stanley [née Sackville-West], Mary Catherine, countess of Derby [other married name Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, marchioness of Salisbury]
1 Seymour, Edward, first earl of Hertford
1 Salisbury, Roger of
1 Robert, first earl of Gloucester
1 Robert fitz Haimon [Robert FitzHaimon, Robert fitz Hamo]
1 Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart]
1 Rhys ap Gruffudd
1 Rhodri Mawr
1 Prise, Sir John [Syr Siôn ap Rhys]
1 Pole, John de la, second duke of Suffolk
1 Philippa [Philippa of Hainault]
1 Percy, Henry, third earl of Northumberland
1 Owain ap Hywel
1 Neville, Richard, sixteenth earl of Warwick and sixth earl of Salisbury [called the Kingmaker]
1 Nest
1 Mowbray, John
1 Monmouth, Geoffrey of [Galfridus Arturus]
1 Merlin [Myrddin]
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Map, Walter
1 Magnus Maximus
1 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth [called Llywelyn Fawr]
1 Lisle, Lady Alice [née Alice Beconsawe]
1 Lee, Rowland
1 Kyriell, Sir Thomas
1 Kentigern [St Kentigern, Mungo]
1 Jeffreys, George, first Baron Jeffreys
1 Jane [née Jane Seymour]
1 Iestyn ap Gwrgant
1 Hywel Dda [Hywel Dda ap Cadell]
1 Humphrey [Humfrey or Humphrey of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester [called Good Duke Humphrey]
1 Humphrey [Humfrey or Humphrey of Lancaster]
1 Holland, Henry, second duke of Exeter
1 Henry VII
1 Henry VI
1 Henry V
1 Gruffudd ap Rhys
1 Grimston, Sir Samuel, third baronet
1 Glyn Dŵr [Glyndŵr], Owain [Owain ap Gruffudd Fychan, Owen Glendower]
1 Gildas [St Gildas]
1 Gerald of Wales [Giraldus Cambrensis, Gerald de Barry]
1 George, prince of Denmark and duke of Cumberland
1 George IV
1 Fitzherbert [née Smythe; other married name Weld]
1 Eleanor [Eleanor of Castile]
1 Edward [Edward of Westminster], prince of Wales
1 Edgar [called Edgar Pacificus]
1 David [St David, Dewi]
1 Dafydd ap Gwilym
1 Churchill, John, first duke of Marlborough
1 Churchill [née Jenyns], Sarah, duchess of Marlborough
1 Catton [known as Bronde], Robert
1 Caratacus [Caractacus]
1 Cadog [St Cadog, Cadoc, Cadfael, Cathmáel]
1 Cadell ap Rhodri
1 Brude mac Bile [Bridei son of Beli]
1 Bray, Sir Reynold [Reginald]
1 Brackenbury, Sir Robert
1 Bourchier, Henry, first earl of Essex
1 Boudicca [Boadicea]
1 Bonville, William, first Baron Bonville
1 Boleyn, George, Viscount Rochford
1 Bloet, Robert
1 Beuno [St Beuno]
1 Berengaria [Berengaria of Navarre]
1 Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter
1 Beaufort, Henry, second duke of Somerset
1 Beauchamp, Richard, thirteenth earl of Warwick
1 Bacon, Sir Nicholas
1 Bacon, Francis, Viscount St Alban
1 Bacon, Anthony
1 Bacon [née Cooke], Anne, Lady Bacon
1 Astley, John
1 Arthur
1 Anne [Anne Boleyn]
1 Anne
1 Anarawd ap Rhodri

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