Original sentence: He was a patron saint of all England until the mid–14th century, when Edward III replaced him by associating Saint George with the Order of the Garter.In or around 870, Edmund was defeated in battle by the Great Heathen Army, he was captured,  tortured, and he died the death of a Christian martyr
Edited sentence: During the reign of Edward IV the three crowns came to be regarded as the Arms of Ireland and where introduced into the coinage.He goes on to write:.However, Jocelin of Brakelond states:.In or around 870, Edmund was defeated in battle by the Great Heathen Army, he was captured,  tortured, and he died the death of a Catholic martyr.Indeed, when the Castle of Carlaverock  was taken in 1300 the banners of Saints Edmund and Edward were borne, as they were also at the battle of Agincourt (1415), and the feasts of the saints are still venerated in the Catholic liturgical calendar.Perrin also states, the prohibition of the veneration of saints Edmund and Edward (the Confessor) occurred during the Reformation, specifically, under the reign of Edward VI and the introduction of the Book of Common Prayer.Scott-Giles writes that Edmund's banner was borne in the Irish expedition of the Anglo-Normans.There are calls from some in the English community to again declare Edmund as the patron saint of England, suggesting that the current St George was a 13th century import by Norman-descended monarchs as a way of eradicating any trace of the English folk memory.Today, St Edmund's banner is banner of the Irish province of Munster