Edward II

Some random examples of murder, assault and candidates for Darwin awards, etc, in Edward II's reign that I found amusing or noteworthy, ...

A post about the Dunheved brothers, Stephen and Thomas, fanatical supporters of Edward II and leaders of the group of men who temporarily fr...

A newsletter of late 1306, describing the visit of a Spanish cardinal to England, made the astonishing claim that the magnates of Castile ha...

Today marks the 687th anniversary of the battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322, when Andrew Harclay, sheriff of Cumberland, defeated the ...

Edward II's inspirational poster, from Motivator , via Susan Higginbotham : Some blog searches from the last few days: Edward II really ...

Regular readers of this blog will know about Margaret de Clare , Edward II's niece, who married Piers Gaveston and Hugh Audley. What is ...

Because I'm in a silly mood today, here's a silly post featuring anagrams and tombstones, and a link to Susan Higginbotham's pos...

Something of a hotch-potch of a post today: a rant about the crapness of many things on the internet, names and spellings. Spotted on the we...

A post about yet another of those fourteenth-century bad boys. I know, I know, I'm obsessed. This time, the subject is William Aune, som...

Here's a list of books owned by Edward II: - A romance (which meant any kind of fiction, not necessarily a love story) in French, which ...