A) King Edward III, B) William Shakespeare, or C) Winston Churchill?

是A）英王爱德华三世，B）威廉·莎士比亚，还是C）温斯顿·丘吉尔？

It was a good guess, Sam, but the actual answer was A) King Edward III.

这是一个不错的猜测，萨姆，但实际答案是A）英王爱德华三世。

The real-life seeds of war were sewn by the death of King Edward III in 1377.

战争的起因是从1377年，爱德华三世逝世开始。

From the 25th of Edward III.

从爱德华三世 25 日开始。

The money price of wool, therefore, in the time of Edward III.

因此，在爱德华三世时代， 羊毛的货币价格。

But in the 16th year of Edward III.

但在爱德华三世十六年。

This guy was the great-great-great-grandson of Edward III going back to their family tree and descended from John of Gaunt so he was technically a Lancaster.

这个人是爱德华三世的曾曾曾孙，追溯他们的族谱，他是冈特的约翰的后代，所以他是兰开斯特家族的一员。

In 1332 the castle passed to the powerful Percy family, a gift from King Edward III.

1332 年，这座城堡被爱德华三世国王赠予强大的珀西家族。

Tenpence: a-bushel, therefore, had, in the 25th of Edward III.

Tenpence：a-bushel，因此，在爱德华三世的 25 日。

Yet another descendant of Edward III came onto  the scene in the personage of Henry Tudor.

爱德华三世的另一位后裔以亨利·都铎的身份出现在现场。

But by the 1500s, the medieval world of Edward III was well and truly over.

但到了 16 世纪，爱德华三世所在的中世纪时代真正结束了。

By some old statutes of Edward III, Henry VIII. and Edward VI. the exportation of all metals was prohibited.

根据爱德华三世的一些旧法令，亨利八世。和爱德华六世。禁止出口所有金属。

King Edward III ceased his attacks on France,   creating a brief reprieve just a few years into the Hundred Years War.

爱德华三世国王停止了对法国的进攻，在百年战争刚刚开始几年后创造了一个短暂的缓刑期。

Both were descended from Edward III so they both had claims to the throne while Henry was currently the King, Richard theoretically had a good claim on it as well.

他们都是爱德华三世的后代，所以他们都有王位继承权，而亨利现在是国王，理查理论上也有权利继承王位。

Almost 400 years passed until we get to the real-life events of the Wars of the Roses but it really begins way down the family tree with this guy named Edward III.

近 400 年过去了，我们才要讲到现实事件中的玫瑰战争，但它真正开始于家族树状图上一个叫爱德华三世的人。

You see, Edward III had five sons and he would think that his eldest son — this guy — named Edward the Black Prince would probably become the king after he dies, right?

爱德华三世有五个儿子，他认为他的长子，也就是那个叫黑太子爱德华的人，很可能会在他死后成为国王，对吧？

We have a piece of Edward III., with the king in a ship, and little leopards and fleurs-de-lys all along the gunwale, so delicately worked.

我们有一块爱德华三世的作品，国王在船上， 船舷上到处都是小豹子和百合花， 做工精细。

In England, however, notwithstanding the flourishing state of its woollen manufacture, the price of English wool has fallen very considerably since the time of Edward III.

然而，在英国，尽管其羊毛制造业蓬勃发展，但英国羊毛的价格自爱德华三世时代以来已大幅下跌。

In the forty-seventh year of Edward III., a duty of sixpence in the pound was imposed upon all goods exported and imported, except wools, wool-felts, leather, and wines which were subject to particular duties.

爱德华三世在位四十七年，除羊毛、羊毛毡、皮革和酒类征收特殊关税外， 所有进出口商品均征收每英镑六便士的关税。

There were silver coins in England in the time of the Saxons; but there was little gold coined till the time of Edward III nor any copper till that of James I. of Great Britain.

撒克逊人时代的英格兰有银币；但是在爱德华三世之前几乎没有金币铸造，在英国的詹姆斯一世时代之前几乎没有铜币铸造。