The controversial brother of King Edward IV, Richard reigned as King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field in The Wars of the Roses. The victor, Henry Tudor, thereby became Henry VII.

King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399 by Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, who became Henry IV. Probably his most noteworthy act was facing down the Peasant's Revolt (or Wat Tyler Rebellion) in 1381.

Known as "the Lionhearted," for his brave fighting in the Crusades, Richard I's legend was popularized through a number of sources as part of the Robin Hood legends.

An English theatre manager and actor. He is responsible for the popularization of English pantomime. Rich built and opened the first Covent Garden Theatre in 1732 with profits from his successful management of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.

A French epistolary novelist, Riccoboni's influence in England depended on early translations of several of her novels, including Histoire de M.

Spanish artist also known as José de Ribera and as "Lo Spagnoletto." His paintings followed those of Caravaggio in style but emphasized scenes of agony and horror such as The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, depicting the saint's flaying.

Frederick Reynolds was a prolific if only moderately successful English playwright. Among his many plays was the comedy The Dramatist, or Stop Him Who Can (1789).

An French churchman, who claimed literary fame for his memoirs, published in 1717, which detail the political intrigues of France between 1648 and 1652.

Italian baroque painter of mythological and religious subjects, very much admired in England during the Romantic period. A portrait of Beatrice Cenci ascribed to him inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley's play The Cenci (1819).

A Leipzig bookseller.