| THOMASMORE | One-time chancellor of England who wrote the influential History of King Richard III (6,4) |
| SIDNEY | Poet born at Penshurst Place described as the "flower of England" who wrote The Defence of Poesy (6) |
| GEORGE | One-time Chancellor of the Exchequer, _ Osborne (6) |
| PLATH | Poet who wrote the influential roman à clef The Bell Jar |
| COLEPORTER | One-time chancellor delivered drink to songwriter (4,6) |
| SAMUELTAYLORCOLERIDGE | Along with Wordsworth, the founder of the Romantic Movement in England, who wrote the poem Kubla Khan (6,6,9) |
| NAHUM | First name of the Poet Laureate who wrote The History of King Lear (5) |
| IDDO | Minor prophet in the Books of Chronicles who composed a history of King Rehoboam |
| TOYNBEE | Whose influential history coined the term "Industrial Revolution" to describe the changes that transformed British life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries? (7) |
| DUKEOFYORK | Edmund of Langley is Richard II's uncle. What is his title in The Tragedy of King Richard the Second? |
| JOANOFKENT | The Black Prince's wife and mother of King Richard II (4,2,4) |
| MARGARET | Who is the widow of King Henry VI and confronted by Richard III in the funeral cortege in The Tragedy of King Richard the Third? |
| PATTISMITH | US singer-songwriter who made the influential 1975 album Horses |
| STEVEOVETT | Middle-distance runner from England who won gold in 1980 at Moscow in the 800m (5,5) |
| EDGAR | 'The Atheling,' last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England who was proclaimed King of England in 1066 |
| EWEYN | Known as Forkbeard, the first Viking king of England who was the father of Canute the Great (5) |
| AQUITAINE | Eleanor of ---, medieval queen consort of France and England; the mother of King Richard I and King John (9) |
| EDWARD | First name of the king of England who banned football in place of longbow practice (6) |
| IRONSIDE | Edmund, Anglo-Saxon King of England who was the son of Ethelred the Unready (8) |
| ELEANOR | ___ of Aquitaine was the mother of king Richard I of England (7) |
