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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Staffordshire Women’s Institute Pageant
Women’s Institute pageants were highly popular during the 1920s and early 1930s, and county pageants were also greatly successful: The following pageants were held: Norfolk (1926)Oxfordshire (1926)...
Lady Godiva Procession and Pageant
Pageantry was an ancient tradition in Coventry, dating back to medieval times. The comparatively recent Godiva Procession, to commemorate Lady Godiva’s famous ride through the town during the eleve...

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Historical Figure%3Atrelawny%2C Sir Jonathan%2C Third Baronet
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1 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1 Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England

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1 Seeley, Alfred
1 Davies, Howell

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Names of script-writers and other credited authors

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1 Shakespeare, William
1 Hardy, Sir Reginald
1 Garbett, Miss H.L.E.

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2 Mary [Mary Stewart]
2 Elizabeth I
2 Charles II
1 William III and II
1 Talbot, John, second earl of Shrewsbury and second earl of Waterford
1 Talbot, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury
1 Stephen
1 Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham
1 Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch
1 Rupert, prince and count palatine of the Rhine and duke of Cumberland
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Philippa [Philippa of Hainault]
1 Percy, Sir Henry [called Henry Hotspur]
1 Neville, Richard, sixteenth earl of Warwick and sixth earl of Salisbury [called the Kingmaker]
1 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1 Mowbray, Thomas
1 Marmion, Robert
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Leofric, earl of Mercia
1 Leigh, Thomas, first Baron Leigh
1 Johnson, Samuel
1 John [John of Gaunt], duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León
1 John [John of Gaunt] duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León
1 James VI and I
1 James II and VII
1 Isabella [Isabella of France]
1 Howard, Thomas, first earl of Suffolk
1 Hereward [called Hereward the Wake]
1 Henry V
1 Henry IV [known as Henry Bolingbroke]
1 Henry II
1 Henry Frederick, prince of Wales
1 Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton
1 Guy of Warwick
1 Godgifu [Godiva]
1 George, duke of Clarence
1 George IV
1 Elizabeth, Princess [Elizabeth Stuart]
1 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince], prince of Wales and of Aquitaine
1 Edward IV
1 Edward III
1 Edward II [Edward of Caernarfon]
1 Dugdale, Sir William
1 Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester
1 Charles I
1 Catesby, Robert
1 Bagot, Sir William

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