King William II of England killed by an arrow to the chest shot by one of his own men, Walter Tirel, while stag hunting in the New Forest, 1100. Death of William Rufus. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones’ History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

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