tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post2551592099320394426..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Friday FactsKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-78215529317886123562013-07-09T12:11:28.302+01:002013-07-09T12:11:28.302+01:00'According to the Westminster chronicle Flores...'According to the Westminster chronicle Flores Historiarum, Edward II often broke his word, "forgetting in the morning what he had said in the evening." This is somewhat reminiscent of what the author of the Song of Lewes said about his father Edward I: that he was inconstant and unreliable, making promises but forgetting them'<br />Interesting; it's not often that Edward II is said to be like his father... Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-41610711480093742552013-07-05T19:28:19.364+01:002013-07-05T19:28:19.364+01:00I do like mentions of Edward digging ditches and m...I do like mentions of Edward digging ditches and mixing with mariners - sounds a bit like Price Harry! Hmmm,I expect Tupholme Abbey was tring to screw a bot of money out of Edward!Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-20694249392562553532013-07-05T14:22:47.036+01:002013-07-05T14:22:47.036+01:00Thats our Eddie! :-D
And just to show that not al...Thats our Eddie! :-D<br /><br />And just to show that not all other english kings were taking their job so serious all the time either, duty of the tenant of the manor of Hemingstone, Suffolk, was to leap, whistle and fart every christmas day for the "King's amusement". Yes, not send a knight to a war or any other duty, but to whistle and fart for the king in christmas day. And this king was not our Edward but earlier one.Sami Parkkonennoreply@blogger.com