When Robert Stalham was christened on 15 March 1569, in St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich, Norfolk, England, his father, Christopher Stratton Stalham, was 33 and his mother, Joan Drake, was 21.
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The Royal Exchange was organized in January 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham. Gresham is known as the father of English banking.
England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
Elizabeth I signed the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots, on February 1, 1587, as she was found guilty of plotting to assasinate Elizabeth. Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England on February 8, 1587.
English: locative name from Stalham (Norfolk).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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