Richard Drake
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Richard Drake of Esher, was Equerry of the Stable and Groom of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I. He also held office as a Member of Parliament and Justice of the Peace.
Drake, by George Gower, 1577, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Dorothy Stafford
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Dorothy Stafford, Lady Stafford was an English noblewoman, and an influential person at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, to whom she served as Mistress of the Robes. Dorothy Stafford was the
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…to Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, from whom Drake must have purchased it. Drake married Ursula Stafford, daughter of Sir William Stafford and Dorothy Stafford, by whom he had a son, Francis Drake (d. 1634). Adams, Simon (2006). "Stafford, Dorothy, Lady Stafford (1526–1604)". Oxford Dictionary of National…
Dorothy Stafford