CHAPTER XI.

The Scottish failure.

1297.  Edward’s unsuccessful campaign in Flanders
31 Jan., 1298.  Truce of Tournai, and end of the French war
July.  Edward’s invasion of Scotland
22 July.  Battle of Falkirk
Slowness of Edward’s progress towards the conquest
of Scotland
19 June, 1299.  Treaty of Montreuil
9 Sept.  Marriage of Edward and Margaret of France
Mar., 1300. Articuli super cartas
July-Aug.  Carlaverock campaign
20 Jan.-14 Feb., 1301.  Parliament of Lincoln
The barons’ letter to the pope
Edward of Carnarvon, Prince of Wales
1302.  Philip iv.’s troubles with the Flemings and Boniface viii
20 May, 1303.  Peace of Paris between Edward and Philip
Increasing strength of Edward’s position
The decay of the earldoms
Additions to the royal demesne
1303.  Conquest of Scotland seriously undertaken
24 July, 1304.  Capture of Stirling
Aug., 1305.  Execution of Wallace and completion of the conquest
The settlement of the government of Scotland
1305.  Disgrace of Winchelsea and Bek
Edward I. and Clement V.
1307.  Statute of Carlisle
1305.  Ordinance of Trailbaston
10 Jan., 1306.  Murder of Comyn
Rising of Robert Bruce
25 Mar.  Bruce crowned King of Scots
Preparations for a fresh conquest of Scotland
7 July, 1307.  Death of Edward I.

CHAPTER XII.

Gaveston, the ordainers, and Bannockburn.

Character of Edward ii.
1307.  Peter Gaveston Earl of Cornwall
25 Jan., 1308.  Marriage of Edward with Isabella of France
25 Feb.  Coronation of Edward ii. 
Power and unpopularity of Gaveston
8 May.  Gaveston exiled
July 1309.  Return of Gaveston condoned by Parliament at Stamford
1310.  Renewal of the opposition of the barons to Gaveston
16 Mar.  Appointment of the lords ordainers
Sept.  Abortive campaign against the Scots
Character and policy of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster
1311.  The ordinances
Nov., 1311, Jan., 1312.  Gaveston’s second exile and return
The earls at war against Edward and Gaveston
Gaveston’s surrender at Scarborough
19 June, 1312.  Murder of Gaveston
Consequent break up of the baronial party
Oct., 1313.  Edward and Lancaster reconciled
May.  Death of Archbishop Winchelsea
1312.  Fall of the Templars
Walter Reynolds Archbishop of Canterbury
Complaints of papal abuses
Progress of Bruce’s power in Scotland
1314.  The siege of Stirling
An army collected for its relief
24 June, Battle of Bannockburn
The results of the battle

CHAPTER XIII.

Lancaster, Pembroke, and the Despensers.