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London, England in 1590 was part of the British Empire under the rule of Queen Elizabeth.  She was the second daughter of King Henry VIII and the final child of his to reign over the kingdom.  By 1590 Elizabeth had been on the thrown for 32 years and was about 57 years old.  London was a city of roughly 200,000 run by a Lord Mayor (Cummings, 2003).  

Queen Elizabeth I