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Edward I Documentary - Biography of the life of Edward Longshanks King of England

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While not nearly as exciting, this story does match with the fact that Edward’s entire body was never boiled or dismembered, and instead interred at Westminster Abbey. There, it remained undisturbed until 1774 when the dean and a group of history enthusiasts opened the tomb and examined the body. It was remarkably complete. The poet and artist William Blake even made a sketch. Edward I in his tomb, 1774. Sketch by William Blake