Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England

    • Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England
    Linked To: Edward I Plantagenet, King of England (1239-1307)
    Country:England (ENG)
    Region:Cumbria (CMA)
    City:Burgh by Sands
    Latitude:54.9222
    Longitude:-3.05111
    • Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England
    Edward I Plantagenet, King of EnglandDeathBurgh by Sands, Cumbria, England [S186] Jul 7, 130768y 
    dysentery
    Edward died at Burgh by Sands, having been intermittently ill for some time. At the end he was suffering from dysentery, and his determination to go north to fight the Scots was misguided; he was in no fit state to travel. His servants came to him at noon on 7 July 1307 to lift him from his bed so that he could eat; he died in their arms. The corpse was brought south, and on 27 October the funeral service took place in Westminster Abbey, conducted by his old friend, and recent adversary, Antony Bek, bishop of Durham.
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