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English rebels

  • Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of NorthumberlandThomas Percy stood eight years old when the executioner's blade fell at Tyburn on the 2nd of June 1537. His father, Sir Thomas Percy, had led a rebellion…
  • Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of LeicesterSimon de Montfort arrived in England in 1229 with no knowledge of the English language. He was a younger son of Alix de Montmorency and Simon de Montfort…
  • Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux entered the world on the 10th of November 1565 at Netherwood in Herefordshire. He was the eldest son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex…
  • Thomas Wyatt the YoungerThomas Wyatt the Younger entered the world in 1521 as the eldest of four boys born to Sir Thomas Wyatt and Elizabeth Brooke.