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.
Edward VI (12 October 1537 â 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch raised as a Protestant.
But with the abdication, George VI said he had to 'save this rocking throne'. With George V and George VI, it created a terrific continuity.''. Victoria's eldest son and second child King Edward VII, who ruled from 1901 to 1910, was christened Albert Edward. Named after his father Prince Albert, he was, like George VI, known to his family as ''Bertie''.