Prince Edward, later King Edward VI Franz Xaver Habermann 'How Mordred plotted against Sir

'How Mordred plotted against Sir Launcelot'

after a painting of 1699

Lewis Weston Dillwyn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1804

Original: pencil

View of the southside of Crown Court

Prince Edward, later King Edward VI Franz Xaver Habermann 'How Mordred plotted against Sir'Prince Edward, later King Edward VI', c1540, (1902). The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward VI (1537 1553) became king in 1547 when just 9 years old. His rule was characterised by harsh Protestant reform. He died, probably of tuberculosis, in his teens. Illustration from Henry VIII, by A F Pollard, published by Goupil and Co, (London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh, 1902).