Thomas Gurney († c. 7 July 1333) was a retainer of Thomas Berkeley. He was assigned to guard the deposed Edward II at Berkeley Castle. In 1330 he was accused of the murder of Edward II and sentenced to death in absentia. He fled to Spain, where he was captured…
Thomas Plantagent, Earl of Lancaster (* 1278, † 22 March 1322) was the eldest son of Edmund Crouchback, brother of Edward I. His mother Blanche d’Artois was a niece of Louis IX of France. He married Alice de Lacy, the only surviving child of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln,…
Walter Langton († 9 November 1321) began his stellar career around 1281 as a royal finance officer. Edward I held him in high esteem and secured his election as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in 1296. Langton was more of a diplomat and politician than a churchman. He was not…
William Trussel bore the same name as his father and one of his sons, so it is not so easy to follow his biography. He was a knight with landed property in Leicestershire and was one of Lancaster’s supporters. Edward II pardoned him for his role in the murder of…
