Edward III Finish:10-pack Interior view of Bridewell Hall

Interior view of Bridewell Hall

with ships in the foreground

People looking at placards inviting subscriptions to unsound companies pasted on a wall outside a hospital for the victims of speculation mania

The Lord Mayor is seated in the centre at a table set with various fruits

Edward III Finish:10-pack Interior view of Bridewell HallEdward III, King of England from 1327, (1932). Edward (1312 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. His fifty year reign began when his father, Edward II of England, was deposed on 25 January 1327, and lasted until 1377. In 1337 he declared himself the rightful heir to the throne of France, beginning the Hundred Years War. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, 1932.