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Notes for THOMAS:
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OCCU Earl of Lancester
SOUR Encyclopedia says 1277
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led the barons against his cousin Edward II and was (1314-18) virtual ruler of
England. Defeated at the battle of Boroughbridge, he was beheaded for treason
- Encyclopedia, p.463; born about 1277
High steward of England and the holder of 5 earldoms, including Lancaster,
Leicester, and Derby...a man of overweening ambition but entirely lacking in
the qualities which must go with the achievement of high objectives -TTE,p129
THOMAS, son of EDMUND and BLANCHE DE ARTIOS
An insensitive, coarse, violent fellow, lethargic in person and dull of wit.
Because of his rank, however, he was the most powerful man in the kingdom and
certainly should never have been selected by the upstart Gascon as a butt for
his jests ... Cousin Lancaster was the leader of the opposition where Edward
II was concerned. He knew all about that young man's recordd and though
poorly of him from every standpoint. - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain,
p. 129
It was not a happy marriage. They had no children and the good earl indulged
himself in one illicit romance after another. About the time he began to
realize that holding the reins of power was not an unmixed advantage, the lady
ran away from their castle in Canefor in Dorset. There was one trait in
Lancaster's character that everyone knew: he would pursue a personal grudge
with unrelenting fury and he accused the Earl of Warenne of carrying her off.
Warenne denied this but he did acknowledge that he had assisted the lady in
making her escape. Lancaster refused to believe him and proceeded to burn the
Warenne lands. He even seized the earl's castle at Knaresborough. It turned
out later that Warenne had told the truth. The lady disappeared from sight
but when Lancaster died she emerged from hiding and married the man she had
loved all the time. He was a landless squire, lame moreover, named Ebulo le
Strange. It is not likely that the runaway countess lived happily ever after.
The path of one who stooped low enough to marry a mere squire was almost
certain to be a thorny one. - The Three Edwards, Thomas B. Costain, p. 173
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