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Berkeley, James de (d. 1327), Bishop of Exeter (1327): 188
Berkeley, Margaret (1304–1337), Lady Berkeley (1326): 20, 95, 136, 173, 319–320
Berkeley, Maurice (1271?–1326), Lord Berkeley (1308): 23, 79, 104–105, 110, 122, 128–129, 189, 280 (n. 13)
Berkeley, Thomas (1293?–1361), Lord Berkeley (1326): 95, 104, 110, 136, 161, 197, 288 (n. 26), 290 (n. 8)
– relationship with Roger: 173
– custody of Edward II at Berkeley: 173, 177, 184, 185
– role in the Berkeley Castle plot: 186, 188–189, 191, 193, 198, 245, 247–252, 254, 257, 260, 262
– receives extates forfeited by Kent: 234
– trial for murder of Edward II: 248–251, 260
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: 33, 299 (n. 53)
Berkshire: 21, 34, 100, 107, 150, 177
Bermingham, Edmund de: 96
Bermingham, John de (d. 1329), Earl of Louth (1319): 88–89, 92–93, 96, 113, 132
Bernard, Raymond: 134
Berwick, Northumberland: 28, 44, 54–57, 128, 210–211, 217, 276 (n. 15), 313
Bethune, Richard de, alderman and Mayor of London: 130, 166–168, 213, 282 (n. 16)
Betton Strange, Shropshire: 115, 310
Bicknor, Alexander (d. 1349), Archbishop of Dublin (1317): 91, 94, 130, 153
Binnock, William: 56
Bishop, William: 173, 192, 194, 254
Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham: 178, 180
Bisley, Gloucestershire: 79
Blackhow, Yorkshire: 128
Blacklow Hill, Warwickshire: 52
Blackwater, River, Ireland: 70
Blaenllyfori Castle, Wales: 48
Blanchland Abbey, Northumberland: 180
Blount, Thomas le: 169
Blount, Walter le: 86
Boarhunt, Alice de: 131, 134
Boarhunt, William de: 134
Boccanegra, Simon (c. 1301–1363), Doge of Genoa: 255
Bockton, Ralph de: 131, 134
Bohun family, Earls of Hereford: 12, 296 (n. 11)
Bohun, Edward de (d. 1334): 234, 237
Bohun, Gilbert de: 82
Bohun, Henry de (d. 1314), nephew of Earl of Hereford: 59, 79
Bohun, Humphrey de (c. 1276–1322), Earl of Hereford (1298): 23, 26, 34–35, 38, 44, 56, 58, 65, 75, 82, 87, 110, 276 (n. 12)
– rebellion against Hugh Despenser: 87, 100, 102–109, 126, 281 (n. 11)
– defence of Badlesmere: 112–113
– events leading to Boroughbridge: 114, 122–125
– incarceration of his children: 121, 161, 319
– death: 124, 161
Bohun, Joan de, widow of Henry de Bohun: 79
Bohun, William de (c. 1312–1360), Earl of Northampton (1337): 319
Boltesham, John de: 39
Books: 15, 76, 116, 120, 155, 164, 211, 271 (n. 1)
Bordeaux, France: 111
Bore, Robert le: 302 (n. 40)
Boroughbridge, Battle of (1322): 123–124, 126, 220
Botetourt, John (d. 1324), Lord Botetourt (1305): 92
Botetourt, Thomas (d. 1322), heir to lordship of Botetourt: 79
Bothwell Castle, Scotland: 57
Boulogne, France: 35, 139–140
Boulogne, Count of: 134
Bourne, Lincs:
Boyne, River, Ireland: 41
Brabant, Belgium: 252
Brabant, Duke of: see John III
Bradley, Gloucestershire: 248
Braose, Maud/Matilda de (d. 1210), Lady Braose: 279 (n. 37)
Braose, Maud de, daughter of William: see Mortimer, Maud
Braose, Thomas de (1301–1361), Lord Braose: 323
Braose, William de (d. 1230), Lord Braose: 12
Braose, William de (d. 1326), Lord Braose of Bramber and Gower: 100, 104, 127
Braose, William de (d. 1211), Lord
Braose: 279 (n. 37) Brecon, Wales: 76, 103
Breton, Adam le: 96
Bridgewater Castle, Somerset: 14, 21, 78
Bridgnorth, Shropshire: 114–115, 126, 310
Bridlington Priory, chronicle of: 190, 194
Brill, Hainault: 149
Brimpsfield: see Giffard, John, of Brimpsfield
Bristol: 77–81, 83, 116, 125, 156–157, 159, 162, 191, 280 (n. 5), 306, 311, 320
Brittany, France: 57
Brittany, John de (1266–1344), Earl of Richmond (1306): 39, 109, 112, 115, 147
Bromyard, Herefordshire: 105, 209
Brotherton, Thomas of: see Thomas of Brotherton
Bruce, Alexander (d. 1307): 30–31
Bruce, Christina, sister of Robert Bruce: see Seton, Christina
Bruce, David (1324–1371), King of Scotland as David II (1329): 199, 209–210, 217
Bruce, Edward (d.1318), King of Ireland (1316): 54–55, 61–62, 66–71, 80–81, 85–90, 93, 96, 209, 278 (n. 26)
Bruce, Elizabeth (d. 1327), Queen of Scotland (1302): 28, 64, 276 (n. 15)
Bruce, Joan, ‘Joan of the Tower’ (1321–1362), Queen of Scotland (1329): 199, 209–210, 212, 217
Bruce, Mary: 27–28
Bruce, Neil (d. 1306): 27–28
Bruce, Robert (1210–1295), Lord of Annandale (1245): 24
Bruce, Robert (1274–1329), Earl of Carrick (1292), King of Scotland as Robert I (1306): 24–27, 30, 46, 54–67, 69, 83, 86, 121, 128, 175, 199–200, 204, 278 (n. 26)
Bruce, The: see Barbour, John
Bruce, Thomas (d. 1307): 30–31
Brut, The: 189–191, 193–194, 210, 220, 229, 236, 246
Buchan, Countess of: see Comyn, Isabel
Buckinghamshire: 21, 107, 150
Buildwas Abbey, Herefordshire: 202
Builth, Wales: 10, 16, 44, 225
Bullesdon, John de: 121
Burgh by Sands, Cumberland: 31
Burgh, Bernard de: 186
Burgh, Elizabeth de, daughter of Richard de Burgh: see Bruce, Elizabeth (d. 1327)
Burgh, Gilbert de: 85
Burgh, Hubert de: 85
Burgh, Richard de (c. 1259–1326), Earl of Ulster (1271): 64, 67–70, 83–86, 276 (n. 15), 278 (n. 26)
Burgh, Richard de (Mortimer family retainer): 120
Burgh, William de: 69
Burghersh, Bartholomew de (d. 1355), Lord Burghersh (1310): 79, 113, 227, 234
Burghersh, Henry de (1292–1340), Bishop of Lincoln (1320), Treasurer, 1327–28), Chancellor (1328–30): 130, 153, 161, 227
– attends Mortimer–Badlesmere wedding 1316: 79
– appointment as Bishop of Lincoln: 94
– threatened with loss of office by Edward II: 122
– accused of complicity in Roger’s escape: 134
– attends coronation: 171
– appointments as Treasurer and Chancellor: 202–203
– travels to Berwick for royal wedding: 209–210
– part of embassy to the Londoners 1328: 212
– included in Leintwardine chantry beneficiaries: 216, 222
– with Edward III in France: 221
– with Roger at his arrest: 237–239
Burgos, Spain: 249
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: 14, 152, 213, 310
Bury St Edmunds, Abbot of: 213
Bury, Richard de (1281–1345), Keeper of the Privy Seal (1329), Bishop of Durham (1333): 227
Butler, Edmund (d. 1321), Justiciar of Ireland (1315–16): 68, 81, 84–85, 88, 214, 280 (n. 5), 320
Butler, James (c. 1305–1338), Earl of Ormond (1328): 214
Caerlaverock Castle, Scotland: 14, 54
Caerphilly Castle, Wales: 74–75, 146, 157, 159–160, 186
Callan, Ireland: 97, 308
Cambridge: 213, 310
Cambridgeshire: 21, 107, 150
cannon, early forerunners of: 181
Canterbury, Kent: 111, 125, 221, 315
Canterbury, Archbishop of: see Winchelsey, Robert de; Reynolds, Walter
Carbury, Ireland: 274 (n. 34)
Cardiff, Wales: 75, 87, 106, 157, 258, 281 (n. 11)
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br /> Carlisle, Cumberland: 22, 26–28, 30–31, 177, 180
Carlisle, Earl of: see Harclay,
Andrew de Carmarthen, Wales: 99
Carmarthen, John de: see Kemerdyn,
John de Carmarthenshire, Wales: 203
Carmelites: 155
Carpets and rugs: 15, 118–120, 198, 208
Carrickfergus Castle, Ireland: 69–70, 81
Cashel, Ireland: 97, 308
Cashel, Archbishop of: see FitzJohn, William
Castle Kevin, Ireland: 42
‘Castle Olethon’, Ireland: 307
Castle Rising, Norfolk: 242
Castleconnell, Ireland: 84
Castledermot, Ireland: 81
Cecima, Italy: 253–254, 261
Cefnllys Castle, Wales: 14, 78
Chancellors of England: see Langton, John; Sandall, John; Baldock, Robert; Ayrmin, William; Hothum, John; Burghersh, Henry
Chancellor of Ireland: see Thornbury, Walter de
Chandlos, Thomas de: 201
Chaplais, Pierre, historian: 261
Charles IV ‘the Fair’ (1294–1328), King of France (1322): 36–37, 123, 133–138, 140–143, 162, 204, 283 (n. 10, 14)
Charlton, Alan de: 116–118, 121
Charlton, Hawise (fl. 1309–1345), Lady Charlton (1313): 48–49
Charlton, John de (d. 1353), Lord Charlton of Powys (1313): 17, 33, 41, 47–49, 79, 103–104, 114, 273 (n. 23), 273 (n. 13), 320
Charlton, John de (d. 1360), heir to lordship of Powys: 94, 121, 320
Charlton, Maud de (fl. 1319–45), wife of John de Charlton (d. 1360): 94, 121, 320
Charlton, Thomas de (d. 1344), Bishop of Hereford (1327), Treasurer (1328–29): 94, 203, 227
Chelmsford, John de: 79
Chepstow, Monmouthshire: 157, 251, 258–259
Cheshire: 107
Chester, Cheshire: 191
Chichester, Sussex: 315
Chichester, Bishop of: see Langton, John
Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire: 136, 322
Chigwell, Hamo de (fl. 1319–1330), six times Mayor of London: 126, 155, 212–213, 220, 228–229
Chirbury, Shropshire: 225, 228
Chirk Castle, Wales: 13, 114
Church Stretton, Shropshire: 201
Cirencester, Gloucestershire: 113–114, 311
Clare, Eleanor: see Despenser, Eleanor
Clare, Elizabeth de: see Damory, Elizabeth de
Clare, Gilbert de (1243–1295), Earl of Gloucester (1262): 7–8
Clare, Gilbert de (1291–1314), Earl of Gloucester (1295) see also earldom of Gloucester: 17, 32–33, 39, 46, 58–59, 61, 64–65, 73–75, 87, 99, 276 (n. 12, 14)
Clare, Joan de (1272?–1307), Countess of Gloucester (1290): 32
Clare, Margaret de, daughter of Gilbert de Clare: see Gaveston, Margaret
Clare, Richard de (d. 1318), lord of Thomond: 79, 97, 101
Clayhanger, John de, Abbot of Wigmore (1318): 93, 130
Clement V (c. 1260–1314), Pope (1305): 42, 52, 93
Cleobury, Richard de: 201
Cleobury, William de: 44
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire: 79
Clerk, Henry le: 85
Clerkenwell, Priory of St John: 108
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire: 234
Clifford, Robert de (1274–1314), Lord Clifford (1282): 17, 64, 275 (n. 11)
Clifford, Roger de (1300–1322), Lord Clifford (1314): 102, 105, 123–125
Clinton, William (d. 1354), Lord Clinton (1330), Earl of Huntingdon (1337): 237
Clipstone, Nottinghamshire: 306, 314, 317
Clonmel, Ireland: 88, 307
Clun, Wales: 107, 114, 228, 281 (n. 11), 309, 316
Coleraine, Ireland: 68
Coleville, John de: 79
Cologne, Germany: 252, 260–261
Comyn, Isabel (fl. 1306–13), Countess of Buchan: 25, 27–28, 30, 121
Comyn, John (d. 1306): 24–25
Comyn, Robert (d. 1306): 24, 28
Condover: see Grey, Richard de, Lord of Codnor
Connacht, Ireland: 67, 69–70
Connor, Battle of (1315): 69–70, 277 (n. 26)
Controne, Pancio de: 237
Conway, Wales: 201, 304
Corfe Castle, Dorset: 188–190, 220, 227, 229, 231, 252, 254, 256–258, 262, 266
Cork, Ireland: 88, 96–97, 307, 309
Cornwall: 21, 43, 247
Cornwall, Earl of: see Gaveston, Piers; John of Eltham
Coronations: 12, 37–38, 170–171, 229
Costume: 15, 30, 38, 108, 117–119, 144, 169, 170, 207, 226, 240
Couhé, France: 272 (n. 6), 320–321
Courtenay, Hugh de (1303–1377), heir to earldom of Devon (Earl of Devon, 1340): 170
Coventry, Warwickshire: 242, 314
Craon, Amaury de: 53
Crombek, Richard de: 238
Croft, Hugh de (d. 1317): 44, 82, 85, 278 (n. 18)
Cromwell, John de (d. 1335?), Lord Cromwell (1308), Steward of the Royal Household (1314–16): 49, 104, 147, 202
Culpeper, Thomas (d. 1321): 113
Culpeper, Walter (d. 1321): 112–113
Cumberland: 123
Cusack, John de: 89, 96
Cusack, Walter de: 81
Cuttino, George Peddy, historian: 253–254, 260
Dalry, Scotland: 26
Dalswinton Castle, Scotland: 54
Damory, Elizabeth (c. 1295–1360), Lady Damory (1317): 127
Damory, Roger (d. 1322), Lord Damory (1317): 33, 79, 90–92, 94–95, 97, 99–101, 103–105, 110, 124, 126
Daniel, John (d. 1326): 160
Darcy, John (d. 1347), Justiciar of Ireland (1323): 175
Darlington, Co. Durham: 177
Deddington, Oxfordshire: 52
Dee, River, N. Wales: 13
Dee, River, Ireland: 70
Denbigh, Wales: 171
Derbyshire: 234
Desmond, Ireland: 88
Despenser family: 16
Despenser, Eleanor (1292–1337), Lady Despenser (1314): 135, 171, 200
Despenser, Hugh (c. 1223–1265), Lord Despenser: 8, 65
Despenser, Hugh (1261–1326), Lord Despenser (1295), Earl of Winchester (1322): 1, 33, 103, 107–111, 114, 123–124, 128–129, 137, 143, 156, 159–161, 163
Despenser, Hugh (d. 1326), Lord Despenser (1314): 1–2, 97, 199, 231–232, 239, 259, 273 (n. 23)
– at coronation of Edward II: 38
– rise to prominence, 1314–1320: 65, 87, 90, 95, 99
– role in negotiating Treaty of Leake, 1318: 91–92
– antagonism of Roger and other Marcher lords: 99–104
– war with Marcher lords: 105–110, 114, 266
– banishment: 109–111, 113
– return to England: 123
– government 1322–1326: 121, 124, 126–127, 131, 137–139
– acquisitiveness: 127, 172, 201
– unwelcome in France: 136, 143, 283 (n. 10)
– attempts to prevent Edward leaving England: 142
– ordered to leave court by Pope: 148
– tries to bribe French to kill Isabella: 148
– Lord Mortimer of Chirk dies in his custody: 149
– compared with Roger as a strategist: 153
– price of £2,000 set on his head by Roger and Isabella: 154
– compared with snake in Garden of Eden: 155
– takes flight with king: 153–157, 251
– arrest, judegment and execution: 159–164
– forfeited estates: 171, 173, 202, 228, 234
Deveril, John: 229–230, 258, 262
Devon: 21
Deuddwr, Wales: 78
Dinas Castle, Wales: 48
Dinbaud Castle, Wales: 14, 78
Dominicans: 176, 217, 231, 276 (n. 15)
Donald (d. 1332), Earl of Mar (1305?): 181, 231
Doncaster, Yorkshire:
Doncaster Petition: 113
Donnington Castle, Berkshire: 234
Donore, Ir
eland: 45
Dordrecht, Holland: 149
Dorset: 21, 107, 177
Douglas, Archibald (d. 1333), brother of James Douglas: 181
Douglas, James ‘Black Douglas’ (1286?–1330), Lord of Douglas: 56–57, 61, 177, 181–183, 205, 210
Dover, Kent: 30, 34, 36, 109, 131, 162, 221, 273 (n. 7), 315
Drogheda, Ireland: 49, 87–88, 97, 307–309
Droitwich, Worcestershire: 233, 312
Droxford, John (d. 1329), Bishop of Bath and Wells (1309): 122, 130
Dublin, Ireland: 41–42, 49, 66, 70–71, 81, 83–89, 96–98, 125, 304–309
Dublin, Archbishop of: see Leche, John de; Bicknor, Alexander
Dublin University: 97–98, 280 (n. 18)
Duleek, Ireland: 40
Dumfries: 24, 25, 28, 32, 55
Dun, Thomas, Scottish naval captain: 70, 83
Dunamase, Ireland: 22, 46
Dunaverty Castle, Scotland: 27
Dunbar, Scotland: 57
Dundalk, Ireland: 68, 81, 93
Dundee, Scotland: 54
Dunheved brothers: 173, 176
Dunstable, Bedfordshire: 152, 154, 227, 274 (n. 28), 310, 316
Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland: 123
Durham: 177, 183, 312
Durham, Bishop of: see Bek, Anthony; Beaumont, Louis de
Eaglescliff, John (d. 1346), Bishop of Llandaff (1323): 186
Edinburgh, Scotland: 57, 67
Edmund of Woodstock (1301–1330), Earl of Kent (1320): 5, 19, 115, 129, 132, 239, 250
– role in St Sardos campaign: 137
– marries Margaret Wake: 285 (n. 32)
– role in 1326 invasion: 147, 151, 158–160
– role on regency council: 288 (n. 21)
– role in Weardale campaign: 177, 181, 183
– instigates grant to Roger: 201
– receives grant of Despenser manors: 202
– present at Edward II’s funeral: 246
– support of Henry of Lancaster 1328: 211, 216–218
– learns Edward II still alive: 216–217
– deserts Lancaster and joins Roger: 218, 220