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Lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I who secretly married Sir Walter Raleigh in 1591
The 'Holy Maid of Kent' executed 1534 for prophecying against Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn
Mother of Henry VIII's illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy
Queen at the time of the Spanish Armada
Queen consort to Edward IV
Queen consort to George VI
18th-19th century prison reformer called the 'Angel of Prisons'
Actress twice married to Richard Burton
Victorian author of 'Cranford', 'North and South' and 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë'
Queen consort to Henry VII
Countess of Worcester, lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, first person to accuse Anne of adultery 1536
Victorian poet, author of 'How Do I Love Thee?' and 'Sonnets from the Portguese'
British-born physician, first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
Lady Cromwell, sister of Henry VIII's third wife
Author, creator of 'The Wombles' first published 1968
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