2-645-478 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Edward I', (1239-1307), c1787. Also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, Edward I, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. He spent much of his reign reforming royal administration and common law and was focused during the 1290s on extensive military campaigns requiringhigh levels of taxation. From A New, Universal and Impartial History of England by George Frederick Raymond. [J. Cooke, London, c1787]