Edward II

Edward II's eldest niece Eleanor Despenser née de Clare was widowed from her first husband Hugh Despenser the Younger on 24 November 13...

Today is the official release date of my biography of Edward III's queen Philippa of Hainault ( c . 1314-69), the first biography of h...

On 9 October 1325, Edward II gave ten shillings to one Jack the Trumpeter of Dover, who had bought forty-seven caged goldfinches for Edward...

Edward II attended two weddings at Waltham Abbey, Essex on 29 and 30 September 1308: those of his eldest nephew Gilbert de Clare, earl of G...

The Surrey manor of Woking belonged to Philip, Lord Basset (d. 1271) - it's called 'Wocking' in his inquisition post mortem tha...

The Surrey manor of Byfleet belonged to Edward II personally; Sir Henry Leyburne (uncle of Juliana Leyburne, d. 1367, countess of Huntingdo...

Photos of various places in Lincolnshire and Rutland: Oakham Castle, Essendine, Kettlethorpe,  Stow Minster,  Temple Bruer,  Somerton Cas...

Joan Martin was one of the three children of William, Lord Martin, a landowner in the West Country and South Wales who was born c. 1257 and...

Sad, though not entirely surprising, to see Wikipedia repeat this annoying myth.  See here and here . The source for this statement...

A post about a woman whose existence I've only very recently discovered and who fascinates me! She lived so long that when she died, he...