Francis Knollys, the eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Knollys and his wife Lettice Penninston, was born c.1512, likely at Rookes Manor...

Richard Empson, Henry VII and Edmund Dudley. English School, 16thc. ©Belvoir Castle Edmund Dudley, esq. was the grandson of John Dudley,...

From 1574, cartographer Christopher Saxton (born c.1540, Dewsbury, Yorkshire), began a survey of England...

Lady Anne Clifford, Duchess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, was born January 1590 at Skipton Castle.

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was appointed 'Lord Protector' of England and Head of the Regency Council