Read Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II Online
Authors: Paul Doherty
Dunheved, Thomas
88
,
115
,
124
,
217
,
231
Durell, Sir Richard
167
Eaglescliffe, John
139
Eastry, Henry
103
Eastwick, John
140
Edmund of Kent
see
Kent, Edmund Earl of
Eduardo II
(Benedetti)
190
Edward I, King
against marriage of Edward and Isabella
15–16
,
17
,
18–19
,
32
and the Catholic Church
7
desire for united realm
3–4
,
7–9
funeral of
40
relationship with son (Edward II)
26–30
Edward II, King
abdicates (1327)
112
after escape from Berkeley Castle
233–6
against marriage to Isabella
32
,
42
anniversary Mass for
131
at Battle of Bannockburn
59–60
becomes King
36
becomes Prince of Wales
26–7
betrothed to Isabella
13
,
15–16
,
18
bribes French Court
88
at Bury St Edmunds monastery
25–6
and Catholic Church
7
character of
23–5
,
28–9
,
30–1
,
51
,
235–6
childhood of
23–4
children of
35
,
54
,
60
,
62
,
67
,
80
,
95
,
109
,
120
,
133
,
142
,
175
coronation of
45–6
corpse embalmed
223–4
correspondence with Isabella
77
,
78
,
81
,
83
,
96–7
cut off by Edward I
29–30
death faked by Isabella and Mortimer
220–5
death of
127–31
,
133–4
,
136
,
138
,
142
deposed (1327)
109–12
escapes from Berkeley Castle
122–3
freed from Berkeley Castle by Dunheved gang
217–19
,
224
funeral
135–40
ill-treatment during imprisonment
118–20
,
133
,
225
,
233
ill-treatment of Isabella (1308)
47–8
illegitimate child of
35
imprisonment of
107–8
,
114–21
,
123
,
125–6
influenced by de Spencer
65
,
74
,
75
,
78
Kent conspiracy and
146–53
knighted
32
letter to Charles IV
97–8
marriage to Isabella
19
,
43–4
,
94
physical appearance of
35
popularity in Wales
219
pursued by Isabella
92–3
relationship with barons
36
,
39
,
46–7
,
51–3
,
59
,
67–8
relationship with father (Edward I)
26–30
relationship with Isabella
54
,
60
,
63
,
78–9
,
82–3
,
88
,
94–9
,
101–2
relationship with Piers Gaveston
25
,
27
,
28
,
33
,
36–9
,
43
,
44
,
45–8
,
65
,
98
rumoured still alive
184–215
Scottish campaign of
25–6
,
30
,
50
,
51
seeks divorce
88
support for (after imprisonment)
114
surrenders to Henry of Lancaster
94
visits France (1313)
55–6
Edward III, King
birth of
54–5
blackmailed by Fieschi
210–15
claim to French throne
175
correspondence with Pope John XXII
149
,
150
,
157–8
crowned (1327)
112
diplomatic ability of
156–8
doubts about father’s death
215
during minority
172
goes to France (1325)
82
increase in power of
158
marries Philippa of Hainault
141–2
peace treaty with Scotland (1328)
142
policy towards foreign clerics
210
relationship with Isabella
143–4
,
158
,
159
,
171
,
172
,
177
Eland, Robert
160
Eleanor of Aquitaine
22
Eleanor of Castile (Edward II’s mother)
23
,
30–1
Eleanor (Edward and Isabella’s daughter)
62
,
120
,
175
Eltham, John of (Edward and Isabella’s son)
11
,
60
,
109
,
120
,
175
,
179
English Church
6–7
Falaise, John
49
Felton, John
93
Ferre, Sir Guy
23
Fieschi, Carlo
189
Fieschi, Manuel
185–9
,
192–215
,
231–2
Flanders war (1302)
17
Folvill gang
81
Foriz, Gregory
125
Gascelyn, Edmund
115
Gascony, Duchy of
8–9
,
12–14
,
79
,
80
,
146
,
191
Gaveston, Piers
burial of
56–7
made Earl of Cornwall
39
made Regent in Ireland
48
relationship with Edward II
25
,
27
,
28
,
33
,
36–9
,
43
,
44
,
45–8
,
65
,
98
relationship with Isabella
50
,
94–5
Germain, Alexandre
189
Giles of Spain
166–7
Gilles, Archbishop of Narbonne
18
Gisors, John de
86
Glanville, Hugh
137
,
165
,
199
,
222–3
,
224
Gloucester Cathedral
134
,
135
,
138–9
,
140
,
169
tomb of Edward II at
35
,
140–1
,
169–70
Got, Bertrand de
see
Clement V, Pope
government
see
Parliament
Gravesend, Stephen
147
,
226
,
227
,
228
Grey, Thomas de
76–7
Gurney, Thomas
after escape of Edward II
221
,
225
favoured by Isabella
134
is custodian of Edward II
117
named as assassin of Edward II
129
,
165
on plaque at Melazzo de Acqui
190
pursued by Edward III
166–9
,
196
,
230
,
232–3
reports death of Edward II
133–4
Hainault, John of
109
Hainault, Philippa of
141–2
,
146
Hainault, William Count of
89
Hastings, Isabella
80
Hastings, John de
145
Haye, Thomas
115
Henry II, King
22
Hert, Walter
176
Hinkley, John
87
Holcott, Robert
172
Howell, Robert
146
Hull, William
115
Ingham, Oliver
158
Isabella, Queen
anger at Earl of Kent
153
,
228–9
arranges Edward II’s funeral
136–7
,
138–9
arranges Gascony truce
81
arrives in England (1308)
44–5
betrothed to Edward
13
,
15–16
,
18
childhood of
16–17
children of
35
,
54
,
60
,
62
,
67
,
80
,
95
,
109
,
120
,
133
,
142
,
175
at coronation of Edward III
112–13
coronation of
45–6
correspondence with Edward II
77
,
78
,
81
,
83
,
96–7
death of
178
disapproved of by Pope John XXII
145
,
150
,
155
,
157
dresses as widow
82–3
,
111
,
135
,
140
at execution of de Spencer
106
in France (1325–1326)
81–5
,
88–90
funeral of
178–9
given Great Seal
71
greed of
113
at Hainault
89
ill-treatment by Edward (1308)
47–8
invades England (1326)
90–1
love of music
176
madness of
173–4
nearly captured by Scots
62–4
,
76–8
opposes Lancaster
61–2
physical appearance of
11
piety of
175–6
possible pregnancy by Mortimer
145
,
156
pursues Edward
92–3
relationship with de Spencer the Younger
66
,
75–80
,
83
,
95–6
,
99
,
100–2
relationship with Edward II
54
,
60
,
63
,
78–9
,
82–3
,
88
,
94–9
,
101–2
relationship with Edward III
143–4
,
158
,
159
,
171
,
172
,
177
relationship with Gaveston
50
,
94–5
relationship with Mortimer of Wigmore
84–5
,
87–8
,
102
role after death of Mortimer
171–2
,
173–8
role in civil war (1321)
72
sets up government in Paris
83
and silken purses scandal
57
,
58–9
support from Pope John XXII
88–9
tomb of
179
under house arrest
162
,
171
,
173–4
visits France (1313)
55–6
visits France (1314)
57
withdraws from court
142–3
Johanna (Edward and Isabella’s daughter)
67
,
120
,
142
,
175
,
177
John of Eltham (Edward and Isabella’s son)
11
,
60
,
109
,
120
,
175
,
179
John of Nottingham
80–1
John XXII, Pope
against de Spencer
81
correspondence with Edward III
149
,
150
,
157–8
disapproves of Isabella and Mortimer
145
,
150
,
155
,
157