The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (64 page)

Carbury, Ireland: 274 (n. 34)

Cardiff, Wales: 75, 87, 106, 157, 258, 281 (n. 11)

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, Ireland: 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

– visits Pope at Avignon: 225

– plots restoration of Edward II: 225, 252

– returns to England: 229

– at coronation of Queen Philippa: 229

– seizure of at Winchester: 229

– trial, judgement and confession: 229–231, 240

– execution: 231–234, 247, 263

– forfeited estates: 234

– said to be innocent by Roger at his execution: 241, 268

– wife:
see
Wake, Margaret de

Edward I (1239–1307), King of England (1272): 7–8, 10–12, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23–33, 54, 78, 135, 245

Edward II, ‘Edward of Carnarvon’ (b. 1284), Prince of Wales (to 1307), King of England (1307–1327): 1–5, 48

– as Prince of Wales: 14–16, 18–19, 22–26, 28–31

– accession: 32

– favouritism of Gaveston: 19, 33–39

– marriage to Isabella: 36–37

– coronation: 37–38

– in crisis of 1308: 38–40

– engineers Gaveston’s return from Ireland: 42–43

– reaction to Gaveston’s murder: 51–53, 55–56

– campaign in Scotland, 1313–14: 55–64

– involvement in Irish affairs, 1315–17: 69, 72

– reaction to grievances of Llywelyn Bren and subsequent revolt: 74–76