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Court of Edward VI

  • Levina TeerlincLevina Teerlinc was born in Bruges, Flanders during the 1510s. She grew up as one of five daughters to Simon Bening and Catherine van der Goes.
  • John Dudley, 1st Duke of NorthumberlandJohn Dudley was seven years old when his father, Edmund Dudley, was executed for high treason in 1510. The new king, Henry VIII, needed scapegoats for the…
  • Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetEdward Seymour was born around the year 1500. He entered the household of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, in 1514 at about fourteen years old.
  • William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil arrived in the world on the 13th of September 1520 within the quiet village of Bourne, Lincolnshire. His father Sir Richard Cecil owned the…
  • William Paulet, 1st Marquess of WinchesterWilliam Paulet emerged from the manor of Paulet near Bridgwater in Somerset around 1483 or 1485. His father Sir John Paulet held command against Cornish…