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Also Known As Davide Rizzio
Born c.1533 • Italy
Died March 9, 1566 • Edinburgh • Scotland
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archbishop of Canterbury
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Hugh Le Despenser
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Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Thomas Cromwell
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William Laud
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Scottish statesman
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Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
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