ELD4872272: Henry Count of Anjou (then Henry II) met Stephen of England at Wallingford (Oxfordshire) to end the conflict over the succession to the throne of England, 1153 (Henry of Anjou (henry II) (1133-1189) and Stephen of Blois (1096-1154) confer across the Thames about the rightful heir to the throne and agree a truce) Illustration from “A icle-of- England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4872281: The body of Richard II brought to St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1400 - After he died in prison at Pontefract Castle in unknown circumstances, the body of the deposed King Richard II (1367-1400) was brought to St Paul church, London Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873070: Treaty of Picquigny (Department of the Somme) August 29, 1475 between Louis XI and Edward IV ends the Hundred Years' War (Meeting of King Edward IV and Louis XI of France at Pecquigny, 29th August 1475) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873343: Anarchy, English Civil War, Battle of the Standard: Walter Espec (12th century) pledging to defeat the Scots of David I of Scotland, 22/08/1138” (Anarchy, Battle of the Standard or Battle of Northallerton, 22nd August 1138: the oath of Walter l'Espec, a prominent military and judicial figure in the north of England in reign of Henry I, grasping the hand of William Earl of Albemarle before the battle) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873493: Submission to Chester: King Edgar (943-975) climbs up the Dee aboard a barge of which eight kings formed the crew thus proving his loyalty (including Kenneth II of Scotland, Mael Coluim mac Domnall of Strathclyde, the Welsh princes Iago ab Idwal and Hywel ab Ieuaf and the King of the Islands Mac Harald, Bath, 973) The Barge of King Edgar manned by eight kings on the Dee - 973 Kenneth, king of Scotland, his son Malcolm, king of Cumbria, Mac Oric, of the Isles, with Dufnal, of South Wales, Siferth and Howel, of North Wales, Jacob, of Galloway, and Jukel, of Westmoreland who all took the oath of homage to their superior lord at the church of St John the Baptist in Bath) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873568: King of Wessex Alfred the Great (846-899) on horseback on the bank of the River Lea twenty miles up the Thames from London where he planned the capture of the invading Danish fleet, 892 Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873740: High Priest Coifi destroys the idols of the Paian temple of Goodmanham when King Edwin of Northumbria converted to Christianity, circa 625 (High priest Coifi (Cofi) profanes the temple of the idols by calling for horse and a spear (both forbidden to him by heathen law) and hurling the spear into the temple - ordering that it be destroyed by fire This act was done after Edwin, a King of the Bretwalda (Northumbria) declared in favour of embracing Christianity, 627 AD) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873918: Emperesse Matilda (Mathilde) (1102-1167) authorized by King Stephen (Stephen of Blois) (1096-1154) to leave Arundel Castle in 1139 (Matilda (1102-1167), the daughter of Henry I of England, is permitted by Stephen of Blois (1096-1154) to leave Arundel castle and escorted, under the safeguard of the legate, to the outposts of the Earl of Gloucester, 1139) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874045: King Alfred the Great (849-899) forgets the cakes prepared by the Danish house under her roof in Athelney, and burns them, 878 - Back in the little house, she blames the king for its inattention (Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes, allowed her cakes because he became distracted while stringing his bow, 878) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874087: Harold II (1020-1066) last Anglo-Saxon King crown in 1064, sworn in on sacred relics before William I the Conquerant to support his cause in the throne of England at the death of Edward the confessor, around 1064 (Harold swearing an oath on sacred relics (c 1064) before William of Normandy to support his claim to the English throne on death of Edward the Confessor) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4874983: Canterbury Archeveque Thomas Becket opposes Robert II of Beaumont Earl of Leicester Justice of England who announces his sentence at Northampton Council, October 1164 (Thomas Becket (1118-1170) Archbishop of Canterbury forbids Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104-1168) Justiciar of England to pass sentence on him, council of Northampton, October 1164) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4862580: War of Hundred Years: “” The Young Joan of Arc healing and comforting the wounded after the siege of Orleans, 1429” (War of Hundred years: the young Joan of Arc healing and comforting the wounded after the siege of Orleans, 1429) Illustration by Henry Morin (1873-1961) in “” Our-Glories-Nationals” 1920 DR Private Collection, Morin, Henry (1873-1961) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4862583: War of Hundred Years: “” The Young Joan of Arc wounded by the English during the siege of Orleans, 1429”” (War of Hundred years: the young Joan of Arc wounded by the English during the siege of Orleans, 1429) Illustration by Henry Morin (1873-1961) in “” Our-Glories-Nationals” 1920 DR Private Collection, Morin, Henry (1873-1961) / Bridgeman Images