1264 As usual, the initial fighting broke out in the west. Henry de Montfort scored an early triumph by bottling […]
Tag: Edward
Never to perjurers and apostates
1263 The turmoil resulted in much spoliation of property, the ruffians playing a major role in it, and the demands […]
On the brink
1263 Edward was the first to return. Scolded by his father for “indolence and wantoness” while the Welsh ravaged the […]
Henry resurgent, Simon goes into exile
1261 Henry’s basic grievance was that the barons had gone beyond the intentions of the Provisions. They had met and […]
Henry’s moves against Simon backfire…for now
1261 Father and son were soon reconciled, mostly because Henry, whatever his other faults, was a devoted family man. Relations […]
Edward joins the movement
1259 – 1260 At the opening of parliament in October, a group calling itself the ‘community of the bachelors of […]
The new faith
1258 Henry’s years of misrule were seemingly at an end. The provisions adopted at Oxford were akin to an unwritten […]
The lord Edward
1257 The Lusignans were despised for their arrogance and lawlessness, not least by Queen Eleanor. She saw these ill-bred in-laws […]
The third Eleanor
1254 It had been Henry’s intention to come to Gascony and show that it could be ruled with peace and […]
An absolute mess
1250 Henry’s policy in Gascony was an absolute mess. The province was nominally Richard’s, but now, at the queen’s insistence, […]
Birth of the cousins
1238 Impressed by this practical approach, the pope gave his blessing. The marriage was further helped by the arrival of […]