A night errant is a man who goes around in the night in search of adventures.
The Middle Ages come in between antiquity and posterity.
The War of the Roses was between the white and the red.
Henry Eight was famous for being a great widower having lost several wives.
Lady Jane Grey studied Greek and Latin and was beheaded after a few days.
Queen Mary married the Dolphin.
Elizabeth was called the Virgin queen because of her many accomplishments and she had a great many fine dresses.
The unfortunate Charles First was executed and after he was beheaded he held it up exclaiming Behold the head of a trater!
Cromwell was only a parallel with Bonaparte.
Queen Victoria was the 4th son of George Third the Duke of Kent.