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John Habington, MerchantJOHN HABINGTON London merchant, cofferer to Queen Elizabeth, founder of Henlip House. Date: 1515 - 1581
Simon GuillainSIMON GUILLAIN French sculptor Date: 1581 - 1658
FRANCKEN II, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642). Hagar and the Angel. Genesis, chap.16, verse 7-14. Hagar, fugitive, is found
Johann Geog Von ArnimJOHANN GEORG (or Hans) von ARNIM German soldier and diplomat Date: 1581 - 1641
Johann Georg Von ArnimJOHANN GEORG VON ARNIM (or Arnheim) German military leader and diplomat in the service of the Elector of Saxony. Date: 1581 - 1641
Thomas Overbury / HardingSIR THOMAS OVERBURY - English poet and victim of court intrigue (poisoned in the Tower of London). Date: 1581 - 1613
Thomas Overbury (Oval)SIR THOMAS OVERBURY - English poet and victim of court intrigue (poisoned in the Tower of London). Date: 1581 - 1613
Staple Inn, HolbornThe half-timbered structure of Staple Inn in Holborn, one of the few surviving Tudor buildings in central London. Dating from 1581, it was formerly an Inn of Chancery. Date: 16th century
John WarnerJOHN WARNER English churchman, bishop of Rochester, Royalist during the Civil War, benefactor who founded Bromley College Date: 1581 - 1666
Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford, c. 1600Engraved portrait of Lucy Harrington (or Harington) (1581-1627), Countess of Bedford, pictured c.1600
James 4th Earl MortonJames Douglas, fourth earl of MORTON Statesman, regent of Scotland
James Ussher (Stent)JAMES USSHER Greek scholar and neo- Platonist philosopher, a violent opponent of Christianity
German NoblewomanA noblewoman from northern Germany
Swiss GentlemanA Swiss gentleman of quality
Woman of Villetri
Woman of ClevesYoung woman of Kleve (Cleves)
Turkish NoblewomanA Turkish woman of quality in the 16th century
Noblewoman of AntwerpA noblewoman of Antwerp
Granduchessa, VeniceUnidentified granduchessa of Venice, possibly the wife of Sebastiano Venier, Doge of Venice
Young Woman of KolnYoung woman of Koln (Cologne)
German PrincessA Bavarian princess
Marguerite De JoyeuseMARGUERITE DE LORRAINE, duchesse de la JOYEUSE lady of the French court, sister of the queen
Drake Knighted / 1581 / MonoSIR FRANCIS DRAKE Queen Elizabeth knighting Drake on board his ship, the Golden Hind, at Deptford on 4 April 1581 after his round- the-world voyage
Guillaume PostelGUILLAUME POSTEL French scholar and visionary who believed he was divinely sent to regenerate mankind; he found an old Italian woman he identified as the new Eve
1581 / Cossacks in SiberiaYermak Timofeyevich leads a Cossack invasion of Siberia. He defeats the khan, Kuchum, and occupies the capital, Kashlyk, on the Irytsh River
Tiberius Decianus / LarmesTIBERIUS DECIANUS Italian jurist
Raleigh & ElizabethThe gallant Sir Walter Raleigh lays down his cloak at the feet of Queen Elizabeth I to prevent her from stepping in the mud
Vincent De Paul (Dev Cd)saint VINCENT DE PAUL French divine, noted for his charitable works; he founded the Congregation of the Mission in 1625
IVANs SON MURDERED 1581Ivan IV Vasilyevich, known as The Terrible, clasps the bloody head of his son Ivan, whom he murdered in a fit of anger
DECIANUS (1508-1581)TIBERIUS DECIANUS Author of Tractatus Criminalis
Francisco Borgia (Later)FRANCISCO DE BORJA (BORGIA) Noble of Spanish branch of the family, Viceroy in Peru, poet. (Do not confuse with Jesuit saint Francisco Borgia)
Lady Mary VereLady MARY VERE - wife (1) of William Hobby, and (2) sir Horace Vere : governess to the dukes of York and Gloucster, and the princess Elizabeth. - with her autograph
Campion & Parsons 1581Edmund Campion (1540-1581) suspected of papist leanings, hanged at Tyburn, shown with fellow Jesuit Robert Parsons whose mission was to reclaim England for catholicism
German Ship ClockShip clock made at Augsburg for the emperor Rudolph
Raleigh Lays Cloak DownRaleigh comes to the court, where he soon wins the favour of Elizabeth by thoughtful little actions such as laying his best cloak in the mud for her to walk upon
Francis Drake KnightedSIR FRANCIS DRAKE English admiral knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Deptford on 4 April 1581, on board his ship, Golden Hind after his round the world voyage