Edward the Confessor was said to be a very pious man, meaning he was devoted to his religion and lived his life according to its rules. While at mass and receiving the Eucharist, a wafer said to represent the body of Christ, Edward looked down to see the Christ child in the wafer. In this image, the Christ child can be seen in the disk held by the priest who is about to turn and hand it to Edward.

Before Edward returned to England from Normandy, his brother Alfred travelled to England and was captured. Earl Godwin took Alfred to Harold Harefoot who tortured him but Alfred died from his wounds. Edward never forgave Earl Godwin for this betrayal and years later, after his own ascension to the throne, during a banquet at Windsor accused Earl Godwin of his brother’s murder. The Earl denied the murder, claiming that if he were guilty the morsel of bread he was eating would be his last. Legend tells that the Earl then choked on his bread, and died. This scene shows Godwin at the far right of the frame, preparing to eat his bread.