The Surrender of Calais Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Queen Elizabeth II greets crowds

Queen Elizabeth II greets crowds of wellwishers in Scotland

he had six wives in the course of his reign

Map of London in c1560

Military figure in the uniform of the fifth regiment of the Loyal London Volunteers

M'sieur Bool

The Surrender of Calais Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Queen Elizabeth II greets crowds'The Surrender of Calais', 19th century. A scene from the 100 Years War, in which Edward III of England, having finally taken Calais in 1346, asks for six citizens to be sent to him, to die for their town. The six volunteers were led by Eustache de St Pierre, one of the town's elders, who was the first to volunteer. Their lives were spared by the intervention of Edward's queen, Philippa of Hainault.