PIERS See also:GAVESTON (d. 1312)
, See also:earl of See also:Cornwall, favourite of the See also:English See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:Edward II., was the son of a Gascon See also:knight, and was brought up at the See also:court of Edward I. as See also:companion to his son, the future king
.
Strong, talented and ambitious, See also:Gaveston gained See also:great See also:influence over See also:young Edward, and See also:early in 1307 he was banished from See also:England by the king; but he returned after the See also:death of Edward I. a few months later, and at once became the See also:chief adviser of Edward II
.
Made earl of Cornwall, he received both lands and See also:money from the king, and added to his See also:wealth and position by marrying Edward's niece, See also:Margaret, daughter of See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert de See also:Clare, earl of See also:Gloucester (d
.
1295)
.
He was See also:regent of the See also:kingdom during the king's See also:short See also:absence in See also:France in 1308, and took a very prominent See also:part at Edward's See also:coronation in See also:February of this See also:year
.
These proceedings aroused the anger and See also:jealousy of the barons, and their wrath was diminished neither by Gaveston's See also:superior skill at the See also:tournament, nor by his haughty and arrogant behaviour to themselves
.
They demanded his banishment; and the king, forced to assent, sent his favourite to See also:Ireland as See also:lieutenant, where he remained for about a year
.
Returning to England in See also:July 1309, Edward persuaded some of the barons to See also:sanction this proceeding; but as Gaveston was more insolent than ever the old jealousies soon See also:broke out afresh
.
In 1311 the king was forced to agree to the See also:election of the " ordainers," and the ordinances they See also:drew up provided inter See also:cilia for the perpetual banishment of his favourite
.
Gaveston then retired to See also:Flanders, but returned secretly to England at the end of 1311
.
Soon he was publicly restored by Edward, and the barons had taken up arms
.
Deserted by the king he surrendered to See also:Aymer de See also:Valence, earl of See also:Pembroke (d
.
1324), at See also:Scarborough in May 1312, and was taken to Deddington in See also:Oxfordshire, where he was seized by See also:Guy de See also:Beauchamp, earl of See also:Warwick (d
.
1315)
.
Conveyed to Warwick See also:castle he was beheaded on Blacklow See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill near Warwick on the 19th of See also:June 1312
.
Gaveston, whose See also:body was buried in 1315 at King's See also:Langley, See also:left an only daughter
.
See W
.
See also:Stubbs, Constitutional See also:History, vol. ii
.
(See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1896); and See also:Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I. and Edward II., edited by W
.
Stubbs
.
Rolls See also:series (See also:London, 1882-1883)
.
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