Mr Snappleweed, the LEG headmaster, has compiled another list of British notables:

CARDINAL WOLSEY
c.1475-1530. Failed to engineer Henry VIII's divorce.

SIR THOMAS MORE
1478-1535. Lord Chancellor who defied Henry VIII.

THOMAS CRANMER
1489-1556. Creator of the Book of Common Prayer.

KING HENRY VIII
1491-1547. Broke with Rome to form Church of England.

WILLIAM TYNDALE
c.1494-1536. Martyr and translator of The Bible.

QUEEN MARY I
1516-1558. 'Bloody Mary', who burned heretics at the stake.

QUEEN ELIZABETH I
1533-1603. Defeated the Armada.

KING EDWARD VI
1537-1553. Boy King, came to throne aged nine.

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
c.1540-1596. English sailor and explorer.

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
1542-1587. Executed by Elizabeth I.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH
1552-1618. English explorer, courtier and poet.

EDMUND SPENSER
1552-1599. Author of the epic The Fairie Queene.

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
1564-1593. Spy and playwright, wrote Dr Faustus.