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.
Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley â review. A surprisingly successful king â¦ Edward VII on his favourite pony at Sandringham, Norfolk. Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley â review. In 1857 the 16-year-old Albert Edward, Queen Victoria's first son and so heir to her throne, was set an essay on whether kings should be elected.