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16th-century English businesspeople

  • Ralph Warren (Lord Mayor)Ralph Warren entered the world around 1486 as the son of Sir Thomas Warren. His family roots lay in Feering, Essex, where his grandfather William Warren had…
  • William BoleynWilliam Boleyn entered the world at Blickling Hall in Norfolk during 1451. He was the younger son of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn and Anne Hoo.
  • John ShakespeareJohn Shakespeare arrived in Stratford-upon-Avon during 1551. He left his father Richard behind in the village of Snitterfield.
  • Thomas ThorpeThomas Thorpe was born in 1569 to an innkeeper father in Barnet, Middlesex. He spent nine years working as an apprentice under Richard Watkins in a small…