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Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the recall and reinstatement of his favourite, Piers Gaveston. On 8 January 1309 he summoned an assembly to meet … whether the earls were now prepared to consider allowing Gaveston to return to England. For their part, the earls may … of the earls were prepared to countenance the return of Gaveston. For his part, Edward II may have judged that if he …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… and the Ordinances is in the language used to describe Gaveston. 'In the clause dealing with Piers Gaveston, the Durham version states that his deeds were … Ordinances tone this down, and the only suggestion that Gaveston was guilty of treason comes with the statement that …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… his wife, Edward's sister Margaret, asking them to receive Gaveston, the latter may instead have passed through France, … in the county of Flanders. Edward was determined to recall Gaveston at the earliest opportunity, but there is no evidence that Gaveston was with Edward at Christmas, which the king spent …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… in England was again deteriorating rapidly. Although Gaveston's influence over the flow of royal patronage was … informed author of the Vita Edwardi Secundi recorded that Gaveston had one of the earl of Lancaster's retainers … between Gruffudd de la Pole and John Charlton, one of Gaveston's adherents, which began in the summer of 1309 and …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… affairs. On 18 January the king announced officially that Gaveston had rejoined him at York, after returning to England … clearly overtaken by the events surrounding the return of Gaveston to England, without being formally cancelled or … the earls of Pembroke and Surrey were deputed to pursue Gaveston, which led to his capture at Scarborough on 19 May …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… funeral ceremony attending the final burial of the body of Gaveston which was staged by Edward at the royal chapel in … of Lancaster , 165-6; Lay Taxes , 31-2; Hamilton, Piers Gaveston , 99-100: a posthumous papal absolution of Gaveston from archbishop Winchelsey's sentence of …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… of Canterbury's sentence of excommunication on Piers Gaveston should he return to England. The pope did so on the … with the earls and that those who formerly wished to exile Gaveston were now prepared to let him return. The pope also … the proper procedures of canon law in passing sentence on Gaveston. The bull arrived in England in early June and on 11 …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… about which he felt most deeply, the baronial demand that Gaveston should be regarded as a felon and an enemy of the …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… concluded by citing a series of precedents, ending with Gaveston's execution, to support this argument'. 2 The writs … in 1308 in order to justify the baronial attack on Gaveston. In a curious reversal, Despenser was alleged to … and other peers of the land". As in the process leading to Gaveston's exile in 1308, judgement was given by award, …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… tension grew rapidly as the king's favourite, Piers Gaveston, made himself increasingly objectionable to the … on 2 December. The formation of a baronial opposition to Gaveston and very soon to the king himself can probably be … March. Edward II crossed to France on 21 January, leaving Gaveston as regent in England, and married Isabella in a …