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William Warham (1450?-1532) Archbishop of Canterbury & Lord Chancellor
Hans Holbein (1497/8 - 1543)
George Vertue (1684 - 1756)
Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (1708-72) Lord Chancellor
Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779)
James MacArdell (1729 - 1765)
Sir Nicholas Bacon (1510-1579) Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
British 16th century unknown
James Crook (1759 - c.1789)
John Somers, Baron Somers (1651-1716) lawyer and politician
Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)
George Vertue (1684 - 1756)
Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet (1609-1674) judge
Robert White (1645 - 1703)
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1621-1682) Lord Chancellor
Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)
Robert White (1645 - 1703)
Thomas, 1st Baron Coventry (1578-1640) lawyer, judge and politician
Cornelius, (After) Johnson
Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637-1685) Lord Keeper
John Riley (1646 - 1691)
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley (1540-1617) Lord Chancellor
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Thomas Wilson (1523/4-1581) [not as inscribed Nicholas Bacon] Secretary of State, diplomat and humanist
Federico Zuccaro (1540 - 1609)
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England to King Henry VIII
Hans Holbein (1497/8 - 1543)
George Vertue (1684 - 1756)
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (1665-1723) politician; Lord Chancellor
Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)
John, I Smith (1652 - 1743)
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