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Sir James Balfour: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich
Born c.1525
Died 1583
Role In Reformation
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
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Andrew Melville, engraving
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Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
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Thomas Cranmer
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Sir Francis Walsingham
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Huldrych Zwingli
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Philipp Melanchthon
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John Wycliffe
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Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
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Portrait painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, seated at a desk holding a paper, wearing dark robes and a black cap.
Thomas Cromwell
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