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

In March 1550, a poem was composed, dedicated to the life and achievements of the recently deceased Marguerite of Navarre - The Hecatodistichon.

Elizabeth I had reigned as Queen of England for forty-four years, when her health entered into a final decline in February 1603, whilst her court was at Richmond Palace.

Thomas Seymour was born in c.1508, a younger brother to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford and later Duke of Somerset, and older brother to Jane Seymour, Queen of England. Their parents were Sir John Seymour and Margaret Wentworth, and their family seat was Wulfhall, in Wiltshire.

Sir Christopher Blount, born c.1555, was the second son of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster (c.1525-1568) and his wife Margery Poley.