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

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Warwickshire Coronation Pageant
The Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 heralded a ‘new Elizabethan Age’, evidenced by the music of Benjamin Britten (whose opera Gloriana was unfortunately a failure), the photography of Cec...
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...
Pageant of Coventry 1962
Coventry Cathedral was largely destroyed during several air raids on 14-15 November 1940. After much careful thought, it was decided to build a new cathedral next to the ruins, the award for the de...

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Historical Figure: Mowbray, Thomas

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1 Turner, Leonard
1 Seeley, Alfred
1 Parker, Anthony

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1 Shakespeare, William
1 Parker, Anthony

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1 Parker, Anthony
1 Gibbons, Orlando
1 Elgar, Edward
1 Cook, John
1 Byrd, William

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3 Mowbray, Thomas
3 Elizabeth I
2 Rupert, prince and count palatine of the Rhine and duke of Cumberland
2 Richard II
2 Leofric, earl of Mercia
2 James II and VII
2 Godgifu [Godiva]
2 Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester
2 Charles II
2 Charles I
1 Æthelflæd [Ethelfleda]
1 William III and II
1 Victoria
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 Sidney, Sir Philip
1 Shuckburgh, Sir Richard
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Shakespeare, John
1 Scott [formerly Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Radcliffe, Henry, fourth earl of Sussex
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 Mary [Mary Stewart]
1 Marmion, Robert
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Lindsay, John, seventeenth earl of Crawford and first earl of Lindsay [known as earl of Crawford-Lindsay]
1 Leigh, Thomas, first Baron Leigh
1 John [John of Gaunt], duke of Aquitaine and duke of Lancaster, styled king of Castile and León
1 James VI and I
1 Isabella [Isabella of France]
1 Hyde, Edward, first earl of Clarendon
1 Howard, Thomas, first earl of Suffolk
1 Hereward [called Hereward the Wake]
1 Henry VIII
1 Henry V
1 Henry IV [known as Henry Bolingbroke]
1 Henry II
1 Henry Frederick, prince of Wales
1 Harvey, William
1 Hamilton [née Lyon], Emma, Lady Hamilton
1 Guy of Warwick
1 Grey, Henry, duke of Suffolk
1 Grey [other married name Stokes], Frances [née Lady Frances Brandon], duchess of Suffolk
1 Greville, George, second earl of Warwick and second Earl Brooke
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 Dugdale, Sir William
1 Dudley, Ambrose, earl of Warwick
1 Drake, Sir Francis
1 Cecil, William, first Baron Burghley
1 Catesby, Robert
1 Bussy, Sir John
1 Bagot, Sir William
1 Arundel [Fitzalan], Thomas
1 Arnold, Thomas
1 Anne [Anne Boleyn]
1 Albert [Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]

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