Saying grace before a meal in the Middle Ages, the servant says grace on the floor in front of the table. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Edgar, c.?943 - 975, aka the Peaceful or the Peaceable. King of England, 959 - 975. Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, c. 1425 1485. English nobleman, soldier, politician. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

A king using small hammers to play hand-bells which were suspended from a wooden stand. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Men playing a game of Tric Trac, aka Tables, an early French form of backgammon. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Henry III, 1207 1272, aka Henry of Winchester. King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

After a specimen from the Magna Carta. The passages are a portion of the Preamble, the forty-sixth clause and the Attestation. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Coronation of Henry IV, 13 October 1399. Henry IV, 1367 - 1413, aka Henry of Bolingbroke. King of England and Lord of Ireland. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Geoffrey V, 1113 1151, called the Handsome or the Fair and Plantagenet. Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine, Duke of the Normans. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Sir Thomas Erpingham, c.?13551428. English knight who became famous as the commander of King Henry V's longbow wielding archers at the Battle of Agincourt. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Stephen, c.?1092/6 1154, aka Stephen of Blois. King of England, 1135 - 1154, Count of Boulogne, 1125- 1147 and Duke of Normandy, 1135 - 1144. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Facsimile of a specimen from the Domesday Book, a record of the Great Survey of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

A circular chess board from the Middle Ages. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.