Edward II

A post about the five children of Richard (Fitzalan), earl of Arundel ( c . 1313-76) and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster ( c . 1316/18...

This blog has now been running for just over fourteen years, since 3 December 2005! It's yet another festive season, and here's a f...

Thomas Romeyn or Romayn was a wealthy pepperer, i.e. spice-trader, in London late in the reign of Edward I and early in the reign of Edward...

Last year, I was interviewed in Cologne for a documentary about Edward II, which was shown on the Arte TV channel (a French-German collabor...

Hugh Audley, made earl of Gloucester by his wife Margaret's first cousin Edward III in 1337, died on 10 November 1347. He was the only ...

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...