| Roger | Ascham | The Lady Elizabeth schoolmaster. |
| Kat | Ashley | Lady Elizabeth's governess. |
| Anne | Askew | English writer and poet. |
| Dr. John | Aylmer | Lady Jane Grey's new tutor. |
| John | Bale | English churchman, historian, and controversialist. |
| Anne | Boleyn | The second wife of King Henry VIII. Aka: Nan Bullen. |
| Jane | Boleyn | Viscountess Rochford, George Boleyn's wife. |
| Charles | Brandon | Duke of Suffolk. |
| Frances | Brandon | King Henry VIII's niece. |
| John | Bridges | The Lieutenant of the Tower. |
| Francis | Bryan | English courtier and diplomat during the reign of Henry VIII. |
| Margaret | Bryan | The lady governess to the children of King Henry VIII. |
| Heinrich | Bullinger | Swiss theologian. |
| Girolamo | Cardano | A renowned doctor and astrologer. |
| Peter | Carew | A Protestant troublemaker. |
| William | Caxton | English merchant, diplomat, and writer. |
| William | Cecil | Secretary to the council. |
| John | Cheke | English humanist and supporter of the Protestant Reformation. |
| Marcus Tullius | Cicero | Roman statesman, lawyer and philosopher. |
| Susan | Clarencieux | Favourite lady-in-waiting and long-time friend of Queen Mary I. |
| Lord | Clinton | The chief fortress in the kingdom. |
| Robert | Copland | English printer and author. |
| Edward | Courtenay | 1st Earl of Devon. |
| Master | Coverdale | Bishop of Exeter. |
| Richard L. | Cox | Cardiologist in Birmingham. |
| Archbishop | Cranmer | Conducted the nuptials of King Henry VIII and Catherine Parr. |
| Thomas | Cranmer | Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| James | Crofts | An officer of the British Army. |
| Thomas | Cromwell | Appointed as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540. |
| Thomas | Culpeper | A courtier and close friend of Henry VIII. |
| Mary | de Guise | Queen Regent of Scotland. |
| | de Scheyfve | The imperial ambassador. |
| Wynkyn | de Worde | Printer and publisher in London. |
| Anthony | Denny | A confidant of King Henry VIII of England. |
| Lady | Denny | An Irish philanthropist. |
| Francis | Dereham | Former lover of Queen Catherine Howard. |
| Margaret | Douglas | Daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor. |
| John | Dudley | 1st Duke of Northumberland. An English general. |
| Lady Mary | Dudley | One of Queen Katherine's ladies. |
| Mary | Dudley | John Dudley's daughter. Aka: Lady Sidney. |
| Queen | Eleanor | English queen consort, the first wife of King Edward I. |
| Lady | Elizabeth | One of King Henry VIII's daughters. |
| Richard | Feckenham | Abbot of Westminster. |
| Henry | Fitzalan | 12th Earl of Arundel. |
| Barnaby | Fitzpatrick | 2nd Baron Upper Ossory. |
| Barnaby | Fitzpatrick | 2nd Baron Upper Ossory. Educated at the court of Henry VIII. |
| John | Fowler | 1st Baronet. An English civil engineer. |
| Stephen | Gardiner | English bishop and politician. |
| Henry | Grey | 1st Duke of Suffolk. Frances Brandon Grey's husband. |
| Lady Jane | Grey | Frances' daughter. |
| Mary | Grey | Frances' third child. |
| Thomas | Grey | 2nd Marques of Dorset. Henry Grey's father. |
| William | Grindal | English scholar. Lady Elizabeth's tutor. |
| Edward | Guilford | Jane Guilford's grandfather. |
| Jane | Guilford | John Dudley's wife. |
| Dr. | Harding | Lady Jane's tutor. |
| Lady | Herbert | Queen Katherine's sister. |
| William | Herbert | Queen Katherine's brother-in-law. |
| Lady | Hertford | Edward Hertford's wife. |
| | Hooper | A Protestant bishop. |
| Catherine | Howard | Queen consort of England, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. |
| Queen | Isabella | Queen of Castile from 1474; Queen consort of Aragon from 1479. |
| King Edward | IV | King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470. |
| James | Knolly | The victor of the joust. |
| Lady | Lane | One of Queen Katherine's ladies. |
| John | Lassells | English sixteenth-century courtier. |
| William | Latimer | English noble, soldier, and diplomat. Aka: Lord Latimer. |
| Martin | Luther | German professor of theology, a priest. |
| Mrs. | Mallory | The wet nurse. |
| Thomas | Malory | English writer. |
| John | Mandeville | Author. |
| Emma | Manners | Duchess of Rutland. A British noblewoman from Cardiff. |
| Empress | Matilde | One of the claimants to the English throne. |
| Lord | Morgan | Chief Justice. |
| Mary | Odell | The midwife. |
| Dr. | Owen | The young King's physician. |
| Catherine | Parr | One of the six wives of King Henry VIII. Aka: Lady Latimer; Kate. |
| Master | Partridge | The Gentleman Gaoler of the Tower. |
| Mrs. | Partridge | Master Partridge's wife. |
| William | Paulet | Marques of Winchester. |
| Robert | Peel | Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom. |
| Simon | Renard | An advisor to Emperor Charles V and his son Philip II. |
| Tegwyn | Rhys | John Dudley's acquaintance. |
| Robert | Rochester | The comptroller of Lady Mary's household. |
| Edward | Seymour | 1st Earl of Hertford. Eldest brother of Queen Jane Seymour. |
| Jane | Seymour | Queen of England, the third wife of King Henry VIII. |
| Lady | Seymour | Tom Seymour's mother. |
| Mary | Seymour | Queen Katherine's daughter. |
| Thomas | Seymour | 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley. Brother of the late Queen Jane. |
| Henry | Sidney | Edward's closest friend. |
| Anne | Stanhope | Duchess of Somerset. Second wife of Edward Seymour. |
| Adrian | Stokes | Frances' young master of horse. |
| Lady | Suffolk | One of Queen Katherine's ladies. |
| Lady | Throckmorton | One of Queen Elizabeth's favorite ladies. |
| Nicholas | Throckmorton | One of Lady Mary's most loyal friends at court. |
| Mrs. | Tilney | Mrs. Ellen's family friend. |
| Mary | Tudor | Daughter to Henry VII and younger sister of King Henry VIII. |
| Elizabeth | Tyrwhitt | The Queen's lady-in-waiting. |
| Mr. | Underhill | A yeomen warder of the tower. |
| Mrs. | Underhill | The wife of one of the yeomen warders of the Tower. |
| Anne | Vaux | One of Queen Katherine's ladies. |
| Dr. | Wendy | King Henry VIII's physician. |
| Lady Anne | Wharton | One of Lady Mary's ladies. |
| Katherine | Willoughby | Duchess of Suffolk. |
| Lady | Willoughby | Lord Willoughby's wife. |
| Lord | Willoughby | Great landowners in the part of Essex. |
| Thomas | Wriothesley | 1st Earl of Southampton. English Politician. |
| Thomas | Wyatt | A Protestant gentleman of Kent. |
| Elizabeth | Wydeville | Henry Grey's great-grandmother. |
| William | Yates | The master cook. |
| William | Yaxley | John Dudley's friend. |
| Mrs. | Zouche | One of Lady Dorset's women. |
| Ambrose | | One of John Dudley's sons. |
| Anna | | Coachman's wife. |
| Arthur | | King Henry VIII's brother. |
| Bessie | | Mrs. Ellen's sister. |
| Boudica | | Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe. |
| Catherine | | The first wife of King Henry VIII. Catherine of Aragon. |
| Charles V | | Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria. |
| Edward | | King Henry VIII's son. |
| Edward VI | | The King of England. He was crowned at the age of nine. |
| Guilford | | One of John Dudley's sons. |
| Harington | | One of Thomas Seymour's men. |
| Harry | | One of John Dudley's sons. |
| Henry VII | | King of England and the father of King Henry VIII. |
| Henry VIII | | King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. |
| James V | | King of Scotland. |
| John | | One of John Dudley's sons. |
| Katherine | | Lady Jane's sister. Aka: Kat. |
| King Arthur | | Legendary British leader. |
| King Edward I | | King of England from 1272 to 1307. |
| Lady Anne | | The fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Anne of Cleves. |
| Lady Mary | | King Henry VIII's daughter. |
| Mary | | James V's daughter. |
| Meg | | The cook's daughter. |
| Mrs. Ellen | | A nurse. |
| Philip II | | King of Spain. |
| Phoebe | | A pony. |
| Polly | | Katherine's doll. |
| Richard III | | King of England and Lord of Ireland. |
| Robert | | One of John Dudley's sons. |
| Will | | The executioner's assistant. |
| William I | | The first Norman King of England. Aka: William the Conqueror. |
