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Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her brother, Edward VI, bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels. (Source.)
Queen Elizabeth established her own religion in England, declaring herself its head. Fines were inflicted upon those who did not attend her services, and severe measures were taken to supress the Catholic Church. Harboring a Catholic priest was punishable by death; a priest ordained oversees was condemmed as a traitor. St. Edmund Campion is a well-known example of one of these. (For more information on a Catholic perspective of this time period, read the autibiography of Father Gerard, "During the Persecution")

Born 7 September 1533
Died 24 March 1603

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  • Cover of: By the Queene: a proclamation for the prices of wines

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  • Cover of: By the Quene: the Quenes Maiestie vnderstandyng that of late tyme sundrye persons beyng infected with certayne daungerous and pernicious opinions in matters of religion, contrary to the faith of the church of Christe, as Anabaptistes ..

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  • Cover of: Book of Common Prayer: King James, Anno 1604. Commonly Called the Hampton Court Book

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  • Cover of: Elizabeth I: Autograph Compositions and Foreign Language Originals

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  • Cover of: The letters of Queen Elizabeth I

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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation commanding all persons vpon the borders of England, to keepe peace towards Scotland, vpon the like proclamation by the King of Scots towards England

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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation for bringing into the realme of vnlawfull and seditious bookes

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  • Cover of: By the Queene. A proclamation for maintenaunce of tillage

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  • Cover of: By the Queene. A proclamation to represse all piracies and depredations vpon the seas

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  • Cover of: A declaration of the iust causes moouing Her Maiestie to send a nauie, and armie to the seas, and toward Spaine

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  • Cover of: Iniunctions geuen by the Queenes Maiestie, anno Domini 1559, the first yere of the raigne of our soueraigne lady Queene Elizabeth

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  • Cover of: The public speaking of Queen Elizabeth: selections from her official addresses

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  • Cover of: Letter from the Oueens [i.e. Queens] Maiestie to the Lord Maior of London.

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  • Cover of: Letters of Queen Elizabeth and King James VI. of Scotland: some of them printed from originals in the possession of the Rev. Edward Ryder, and others from a ms. which formerly belonged to Sir Peter Thompson, kt.

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  • Cover of: An acte for the maintenance of the peere and cobbe of Lyme Regis, in the countie of Dorset

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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation against the deceiptfull winding and folding of wools

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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation concernnig [sic] the souldiers appointed to serue in Her Maiesties seruice beyond the seas, vnder the charge of Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Francis Drake

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  • Cover of: By the Queene, a proclamation for restraint of transportation of grayne beyonde the seas

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Born 7 September 1533
Died 24 March 1603

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