| Become a history buff 3 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.
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