Legal Definition of distress. 1  1 : seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized; specifically : seizure by a landlord of a tenant's property to obtain satisfaction of arrearages in rent Editor's note: Distress is regulated by statute where available.
Discussion Forums. |. Search. EDWARD VI, King of England and Ireland, born at Greenwich on the 12th of October 1537, was the only child of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, who died of puerperal fever twelve days later.
The Princes in the Tower. When Edward IV died on 9 April, 1483, England was nearing the end of the tediously long conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. England needed a period of peace and stable government, but it was not going to get it. Edward had two children, Edward, aged 12, and Richard, aged 9. The other player in the scene was Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Edward IV's younger brother and most able supporter and ally.