Thomas, Earl of Lancaster

Also known as: Thomas · Family: England · Role: earl · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 2

Life events

King Edward the Second arrested the assembled lords and ordered twenty-two barons executed.(Book 1, Chapter 2)
- With: King Edward the Second Sir Hugh Spencer
- “The king caused all these lords to be arrested on a certain day when they were met together, and without delay ordered the heads of twenty-two of the greatest barons to be struck off, without assigning any cause or reason.”
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster was the first of the barons to be executed.(Book 1, Chapter 2)
- “Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, suffered the first.”

younger kin: King Edward the Second “The chief of them was Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, uncle to the king.”
with King Edward the Second (The king ordered Thomas's execution.) “The king caused all these lords to be arrested on a certain day when they were met together, and without delay ordered the heads of twenty-two of the greatest barons to be struck off, without assigning any cause or reason. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, suffered the first.”

Extracted from the original text of The Boy's Froissart. Made with Rho MD.