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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… in 1309 both were granted to the king's favourite Piers Gaveston (d. 1312), earl of Cornwall. 3 Queen Isabella held …
A History of the County of Hertford
… and granted Berkhampstead to his favourite Piers Gaveston in 1309, 53 but in the following year he confirmed …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… le Bon et Charles V (Geneva, 1982). Chaplais, P., Piers Gaveston, Edward II's Adoptive Brother (Oxford, 1994). … 1284-1330 (Montreal, 2003). Hamilton, J. S., Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, 1307-1312: Politics and Patronage …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… pardoned for his share in the execution or murder of Piers Gaveston, having been an adherent of the Earl of Lancaster, …
A New History of London
… causes. Edward I. perceiving his son's attachment to Piers Gaveston, a Gascon of insinuating manners, had banished him, … recal him. No sooner however was the old king dead, than Gaveston was invited back, honoured with the earldom of … went over to France to espouse the princess Isabella; Gaveston was left guardian of the realm, with very ample …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… from Rymer, and other authorities, that in the year 1309, Gaveston, the profligate favourite of Edward II., had so … conduct very soon produced its natural consequences, and Gaveston became the object of universal detestation. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and to have granted the lands to his favourite, Piers de Gaveston. The river Wey, and the Guildford canal, pass …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Carnarvon was for a short time the retreat of Piers Gaveston, the imperious favourite of that monarch, who landed …
Chalgrove
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… 13 and successive earls retained the advowson until Piers Gaveston's death in 1312, when it reverted to the Crown. 14 …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Coke did not wish the like success to any as happened to Gaveston and Cardinal Wolsey. All eased their hearts of their …