Just like his father

September 1264 – December 1264 The legate’s interference put enormous pressure on the English prelates who had thrown in their […]

Unmindful of his own honour

January 1264 A truce was to be observed during the course of arbitration. Henry being Henry, he ordered Roger Mortimer, […]

On the brink

1263 Edward was the first to return. Scolded by his father for “indolence and wantoness” while the Welsh ravaged the […]

More arbitration, more disaffection

1262 When the two sides could not agree on any amendments to the Provisions, the arbitrator, Richard of Cornwall, ruled […]

Cracks in the opposition

1259 In January, two years after he was elected King of the Romans, Richard prepared to return home. The barons […]