Imagining the era

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A list of Tudor women and men in court

Characters of the period

Women:

Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth 1, Katharine of Aragon , Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr, Mary Tudor, Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), Lady Jane Grey, Mary Boleyn, Bess of Hardwick

Men:

Henry VIII, Henry VII, Thomas Cromwell, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cranmer, Robert Dudley, William Shakespeare, Sir Francis Drake, Francis Bacon

In the royal household: 

Squire, Court jester — Will Kemp, Magician/wizard/astrologist/alchemist (John Dee, Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer), Lady in waiting, Master of the horse, Musicians, Artists

Characters: 

Shakespearean plays, Legend of King Arthur revered: , King Arthur, Lancelot , Guinevere, Lady of the Lake, Merlin

Stream any number of the below period films or documentary to get you in the Tudor mood or for costume inspiration.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age