| JAMESI | King of England whose mother was Mary, Queen of Scots |
| EDWARD | King of England whose army defeated the French force under Philip Vi at the Battle of Crecy, where his son the Black Prince acquired the emblem of three white feathers (6) |
| RICHARD | _ III, King of England whose body was discovered in Leicester in 2012 (7) |
| RICHARDII | Depicted in the Wilton Diptych and Froissart's Chronicles, king of England whose throne was usurped by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, the future Henry IV (7,1,1) |
| HOWARD | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| CATHERINE | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| DEN | Pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt whose mother was believed to be Merneith |
| WESTMORLAND | Former county of England whose administrative centre was Kendal (11) |
| ICENI | Ancient tribe of England, whose queen, Boadicea, led an insurrection against the Romans. (5) |
| SAKI | Pen name of author Hector Hugh Munro whose works include Tobermory, When William Came and Beasts and Super-Beasts and whose mother was killed by a cow (4) |
| SOANE | Architect noted for the original Bank of England whose home was preserved as a museum when he died in 1837 (5) |
| WESTSUSSEX | County of England whose administrative capital is Chichester (4,6) |
| NORFOLK | County of England whose administrative centre is Norwich (7) |
| WILTSHIRE | Ceremonial county of England whose administrative headquarters is in Trowbridge (9) |
| DORSET | County of England whose administrative centre is Dorchester (6) |
| XVII | The Louis whose mother was Marie Antoinette |
| NERO | Emperor whose mother was Agrippina the Younger |
| SAMUEL | Hebrew prophet whose mother was Hannah (6) |
| LIZA | Iconic entertainer whose mother was Judy Garland, _ Minnelli (4) |
| CAROL | Journalist whose mother was Britain's first female Prime Minister, _ Thatcher (5) |
