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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Historical Pageant
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Historical Pageant took place in June 1935, in Wollaton Park. According to a correspondent writing in the Nottingham Guardian, the city’s effort was inspired by L...
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...
Bristol: Cradle of Empire
The 1924 Bristol Pageant was dogged both by bad luck and hubris. The event made major losses and proved a sore reminder that, despite Bristol’s perceived historical place as ‘Cradle of Empire’, its...

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Historical Figure%3Awallace%2C Sir William
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Historical Figure%3Aedward I
Historical Figure%3Amenteith%2C Sir John
Historical Figure%3Asandwich%2C Sir Ralph
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Author%3Amackenzie%2C Agnes Mure
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Pageant Type: Large Town/City
Historical Figure: Edward Iv

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1 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
1 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1 Ashton Park, Bristol, Somerset, England

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3 large town/city
1 empire
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Person/s with primary responsibility for execution of the pageant

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1 Seeley, Alfred
1 Monck, Nugent
1 Lascelles, Frank
1 Baring, Edward

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Names of script-writers and other credited authors

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1 Worts, F.R.
1 Wilkins, H.J.
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Roberts, C.E.
1 McIntire, W.T.
1 Matthews, H. Norton
1 Lennard, Major E.W.
1 Latham, Charles F.
1 Jones, Frederick C.

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1 Whitehall, Harold
1 Weelkes, Thomas
1 Smyly, Cecil F.
1 Smith, Arthur
1 Savile, Jeremy
1 Roeckel, Joseph
1 Rawlings, Grace
1 Purcell, Henry
1 Minot, Laurence
1 Miles, P. Napier
1 Hunt, Hubert
1 Hopkins, H.J.
1 Harrison, Ralph
1 Gunn, Stanley
1 Davies, Sir John
1 Byrd, William
1 Bevin, Elway
1 Benet, John
1 Bellringer, Mrs Frances

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 Historical Figure

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

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3 Rupert, prince and count palatine of the Rhine and duke of Cumberland
3 Edward IV
2 Talbot, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury
2 Mary [Mary Stewart]
2 Henry II
2 Elizabeth I
2 Charles I
1 Woodville [Wydeville], Richard, first Earl Rivers
1 Woodville [Wydeville], Anthony, second Earl Rivers
1 Wolsey, Thomas
1 Willoughby, Sir Hugh
1 William III and II
1 William I [known as William the Conqueror]
1 White, Henry Kirke
1 Verney, Sir Edmund
1 Ulf Fenisc
1 Turpin, Richard [Dick]
1 Tuck, Friar
1 Tiptoft [Tibetot], John, first earl of Worcester
1 Thoroton, Robert
1 Talbot, John, second earl of Shrewsbury and second earl of Waterford
1 Talbot, George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury
1 Talbot [née Hardwick], Elizabeth [Bess; called Bess of Hardwick], countess of Shrewsbury
1 Sutton, Robert, first Baron Lexington
1 Stephen
1 Stanhope, Sir Michael
1 Stanhope, Philip, first earl of Chesterfield
1 Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham
1 Selkirk, Alexander
1 Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch
1 Sandby, Thomas
1 Sandby, Paul
1 Robinson, John
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Pierrepont, Henry, marquess of Dorchester
1 Pierrepont, Francis
1 Philippa [Philippa of Hainault]
1 Peverel, William
1 Percy, Sir Henry [called Henry Hotspur]
1 Penn, William
1 Paulinus [St Paulinus]
1 Odo, earl of Kent
1 Neville, Richard, sixteenth earl of Warwick and sixth earl of Salisbury [called the Kingmaker]
1 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1 Mowbray, Thomas
1 Mowbray, John
1 Maurice, prince palatine of the Rhine
1 Matilda [Matilda of Flanders]
1 Marshal, William
1 Marmion, Robert
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Leofric, earl of Mercia
1 Leigh, Thomas, first Baron Leigh
1 Lee, William
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 Ireton, Henry
1 Hutchinson, John
1 Hutchinson [née Apsley], Lucy
1 Howard, Thomas, first earl of Suffolk
1 Hood, Robin
1 Hereward [called Hereward the Wake]
1 Henry V
1 Henry IV [known as Henry Bolingbroke]
1 Henry III
1 Henry Frederick, prince of Wales
1 Heathcoat, John
1 Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton
1 Hacker, Francis
1 Guy of Warwick
1 Godgifu [Godiva]
1 George, duke of Clarence
1 George IV
1 Fiennes, John, appointed Lord Fiennes under the protectorate
1 Elizabeth, Princess [Elizabeth Stuart]
1 Elizabeth [née Elizabeth Woodville]
1 Eleanor [Eleanor of Aquitaine], suo jure duchess of Aquitaine
1 Edward [Edward of Woodstock; known as the Black Prince], prince of Wales and of Aquitaine
1 Edward III
1 Dugdale, Sir William
1 Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester
1 Dampier, William
1 Clifton, Richard
1 Charles II
1 Cavendish, William, first earl of Devonshire
1 Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Cavendish, Henry
1 Cavendish, George
1 Cavendish, Charles
1 Cavendish [née Lucas], Margaret, duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Catesby, Robert
1 Canynges, William
1 Cabot, Sebastian
1 Cabot, John [Zuan Caboto]
1 Byron, John, first Baron Byron
1 Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron
1 Burke, Edmund
1 Brewster, William
1 Boudicca [Boadicea]
1 Bonington, Richard Parkes
1 Belasyse [Bellasis], John, first Baron Belasyse of Worlaby
1 Becket, Thomas [St Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London]
1 Bagot, Sir William
1 Arkwright, Sir Richard

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