Edward the Martyr arriving at Corfe mb-code 1237925 View of The Royal Archers

View of The Royal Archers in Finsbury Fields

Inscribed below the image 'SIR ISAAC NEWTON DRAWN AND SCRAPED MDCCLX BY JAMES MACARDEL FROM AN ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PAINTED BY ENOCH SEEMAN NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THOMAS HOLLIS F

'Men for the Fleet

An official Parliamentary copy of the Imperial Standard Pound as defined by the 1855 Weights and Measures Act

Edward the Martyr arriving at Corfe mb-code 1237925 View of The Royal ArchersEdward the Martyr arriving at Corfe, Dorset, 978 (1864). King Edward (c963 978) received by his stepmother Elfrida (945 1000) before being murdered at Corfe castle, Dorset on 18 March 978. He was stabbed to death in cold blood by the retainers of his younger brother Ethelred. From a private collection.