Æthelweard [Ethelwerd] (d. 998
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Æthelweard [Ethelwerd] (d. 998?), chronicler and magnate
Patrick Wormald
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Anstis, John (1669–1744)
Maker: Thomas Hudson
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John Anstis (1669–1744) attrib. Thomas Hudson The College of Arms
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Anstis, John (1669–1744), herald and antiquary
Stuart Handley
Anstis, John (1669–1744), herald and antiquary, was born at St Neot, Cornwall, on 28 or 29 August 1669, the first son of John Anstis (d. 1692), registrar of the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and Mary (1641×52–1669), daughter of George Smith of Lantewy and ...
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Anstis, John (1708–1754), herald
Adrian Ailes
Anstis, John (1708–1754), herald, was born on 17 November 1708 in St Clement Danes, Westminster, the seventh of fourteen children and eldest surviving son of John Anstis the elder (1669–1744), Garter king of arms, and his wife, Elizabeth (c.1675–c.1735)...
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Ascham, Roger (1514/15–1568), author and royal tutor
Rosemary O'Day
Ascham, Roger (1514/15–1568), author and royal tutor, was born at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the third of the four sons of John Ascham (d. 1544), steward to Henry, seventh Lord Scrope of Bolton, and his wife, ...
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Bacon [née Cooke], Anne, Lady Bacon (c. 1528–1610), gentlewoman and scholar
Lynne Magnusson
Bacon [née Cooke], Anne, Lady Bacon (c. 1528–1610), gentlewoman and scholar, was probably born at Gidea Hall, Essex. She was third of the nine children of Sir Anthony Cooke (1505/6–1576), one of the humanist educators who tutored Edward VI, and Anne (...
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Bacon [Cooke], Anne, Lady Bacon (c. 1528–1610)
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Anne Bacon, Lady Bacon (c. 1528–1610) by unknown artist reproduced by permission of the Earl of Verulam. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Balfour, Sir James, of Denmiln and Kinnaird, first baronet (1600–1657), antiquary and herald
Alexander Du Toit
Balfour, Sir James, of Denmiln and Kinnaird, first baronet (1600–1657), antiquary and herald, was probably born at Denmiln, Fife, the son of Sir Michael Balfour of Denmiln (c.1580–1652), later MP for Fife and comptroller of the household to Charles I, and his wife, ...
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Balfour, Sir James, of Denmiln and Kinnaird, first baronet (1600–1657)
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Sir James Balfour of Denmiln and Kinnaird, first baronet (1600–1657) by unknown artist Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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Balliol, Dervorguilla de, lady of Galloway (d. 1290), noblewoman and benefactor
G. P. Stell
Balliol, Dervorguilla de, lady of Galloway (d. 1290), noblewoman and benefactor, was a daughter of Alan, lord of Galloway (b. before 1199, d. 1234), and his second wife, Margaret, eldest daughter of David, earl of Huntingdon (d. 1219). Born some time after 1209, the date of her parents' marriage, her distinctive Gaelic name, ...
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Banks, Thomas Christopher (1765–1854), genealogist
T. F. Henderson
revised by Michael Erben
Banks, Thomas Christopher (1765–1854), genealogist, was the eldest child of Thomas Banks, a gentleman pensioner. He claimed a relationship to the Banks family of Whitley; on his mother's side, he claimed descent from the Nortons of Barbados. He studied law, and on the strength of his genealogical knowledge offered his services as an agent in cases of disputed inheritance. From 1813 to 1820 he practised at ...
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Barker, Sir Christopher (d. 1550), herald
Robert Yorke
Barker, Sir Christopher (d. 1550), herald, was one of three sons of William Barker of Stokesley, Yorkshire, and his wife, Jane, daughter of William Carlill or Carlisle of Newcastle; there were also half-brothers and a half-sister. Christopher Carlill (d. 1511), Norroy king of arms, was his uncle, and another ...
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Barron, (Arthur) Oswald (1868–1939), genealogist and heraldist
John Campbell-Kease
Barron, (Arthur) Oswald (1868–1939), genealogist and heraldist, was born in West Ham, Essex, on 3 January 1868, the second of three sons (there were two daughters) of Henry Stracey Barron (1838–1918), consulting mechanical engineer and one-time chief engineer of the Imperial Ottoman Arsenal...
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Belmaine, Jean (fl. 1546–1559), royal tutor
Gordon Kipling
Belmaine, Jean (fl. 1546–1559), royal tutor, is of uncertain origins. He probably came to England from France in the wake of the French persecutions of religious evangelicals after the edict of Fontainebleau (1540). He certainly had Calvinist sympathies: his corrections to Edward VI's...
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Beltz, George Frederick (1774–1841), genealogist
Thomas Woodcock
Beltz, George Frederick (1774–1841), genealogist, was born on 9 August 1774, the eldest son and second of seven children of George Nicholas Beltz of St George's, Bloomsbury, coal merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1796), only child of Samuel Gutteridge of Purley, Berkshire...
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Benolt, Thomas (d. 1534), herald and diplomat
Robert Yorke
Benolt, Thomas (d. 1534), herald and diplomat, may have been born at Rouen; his mother's maiden name was Meautis, but his father's identity is not known. It was with Calais, however, that the family had its strongest links; Benolt is generally thought to have been a native of ...
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Bentinck [née Temple; other married name Berkeley], Jane Martha, countess of Portland (1672–1751), royal governess
Juliet Learmouth
Bentinck [née Temple; other married name Berkeley], Jane Martha, countess of Portland (1672–1751), royal governess, was the sixth daughter of the Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician, Sir John Temple (1632–1705) and his wife, Jane, née Yarner (d. 1708). ...
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Bentinck [née Temple; other married name Berkeley], Jane Martha, countess of Portland (1672–1751)
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Jane Martha Bentinck, countess of Portland (1672–1751), by Michael Dahl, c. 1695–9
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Bigland, Ralph (1712–1784), herald and cheesemonger
P. L. Dickinson
Bigland, Ralph (1712–1784), herald and cheesemonger, was born on 29 January 1712 at Stepney, Middlesex, the only son of Richard Bigland (1658–1725) of Wapping, tallow chandler, and his second wife, Mary (1676–1736), daughter of George Errington of Benwell, Northumberland. His father was a native of ...
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Bigland, Ralph (1712–1784)
Maker: Charles Townley
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Ralph Bigland (1712–1784) by Charles Townley, 1771 (after Richard Brompton) © National Portrait Gallery, London
