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1286. Death of Alexander III. of Scotland

1286-89. Regency in the name of the Maid of Norway

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
CHAPTER I. Ch.2
1217. Rising of Wilkin of the Weald Ch.3
CHAPTER II. Ch.4
1219. Pandulf the real successor of William Marshal Ch.5
1225. Expedition of Richard of Cornwall and William Ch.6
1228. The Kerry campaign Ch.7
1231. Henry III.'s second Welsh campaign Ch.8
1232. Riots of Robert Twenge Ch.9
CHAPTER III. Ch.10
1234. Richard Marshal in Ireland Ch.11
1235. Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln Ch.12
1243. Truce with France Ch.13
CHAPTER IV. Ch.14
1254. Marriage and establishment of Edward the king's son Ch.15
1254. Llewelyn ap Griffith sole Prince of North Wales Ch.16
1257. Welsh campaign of Henry and Edward Ch.17
1257. Richard of Cornwall elected and crowned King of the Romans Ch.18
1224. Arrival of Agnellus of Pisa and the first Franciscans Ch.19
CHAPTER V. Ch.20
1263. Reconstitution of parties Ch.21
CHAPTER VI. Ch.22
1266. The revolt of the Disinherited Ch.23
1267. Statute of Marlborough Ch.24
CHAPTER VII. Ch.25
1285. Deaths of Philip III., Charles of Anjou, Peter of Ch.26
1278. Statute of Gloucester Ch.27
CHAPTER VIII. Ch.28
1277. Treaty of Aberconway Ch.29
1282. Edward's second Welsh campaign Ch.30
1283. Parliaments and financial expedients Ch.31
CHAPTER IX. Ch.32
1291. Treaty of Tarascon Ch.33
1290. Statute of Westminster, the third (_Quia emptores_) Ch.34
1291. The courts at Ystradvellte and Abergavenny Ch.35
1290. Expulsion of the Jews Ch.36
1286. Death of Alexander III. of Scotland Ch.37
1290. Treaty of Brigham Ch.38
1290. Death of Eleanor of Castile Ch.39
CHAPTER X. Ch.40
1294. Edmund of Lancaster's failure to procure a settlement Ch.41
1294. Revolts of Madog, Maelgwn, and Morgan Ch.42
1295. Failure of the Gascon campaign Ch.43
1296. Gascon expedition and death of Edmund of Lancaster Ch.44
CHAPTER XI. Ch.45
1297. Edward's unsuccessful campaign in Flanders Ch.46
1302. Philip IV.'s troubles with the Flemings and Boniface VIII Ch.47
1303. Conquest of Scotland seriously undertaken Ch.48
1305. Disgrace of Winchelsea and Bek Ch.49
1305. Ordinance of Trailbaston Ch.50
CHAPTER XII. Ch.51
1307. Peter Gaveston Earl of Cornwall Ch.52
1310. Renewal of the opposition of the barons to Gaveston Ch.53
1311. The ordinances Ch.54
1312. Fall of the Templars Ch.55
1314. The siege of Stirling Ch.56
CHAPTER XIII. Ch.57
1318. Death of Edward Bruce at Dundalk. Ch.58
1319. Renewed attack on Scotland. Ch.59
1320. War between the husbands of the Gloucester heiresses Ch.60
CHAPTER XIV. Ch.61
1324. Their breach with Queen Isabella. Ch.62
1324. Affair of Saint-Sardos. Ch.63
1325. Treachery of Charles IV. and second sequestration of Ch.64
1326. Relations of Mortimer and Isabella Ch.65
1327. Abortive Scottish campaign Ch.66
CHAPTER XV. Ch.67
1337. The new earldoms Ch.68
1333. Attempt to procure his restoration Ch.69
1341. Return of David Bruce from France Ch.70
1328. Accession of Philip of Valois in France Ch.71
1328. The legal and political aspects of the succession Ch.72
1336. Abandonment of the crusade by Benedict XII Ch.73
1337. Mission of the Cardinals Peter and Bertrand Ch.74
1337. Breach between France and England Ch.75
CHAPTER XVI. Ch.76
1339. Edward's invasion of France Ch.77
1343. Battle of Morlaix. Ch.78
1346. Siege of Aiguillon and raid in Poitou. Ch.79
CHAPTER XVII. Ch.80
1351. Statute of labourers. Ch.81
1353. First statute of _præmunire_. Ch.82
1349. Foundation of the Order of the Garter. Ch.83
1352. Battle of Mauron Ch.84
1352. Capture of Guînes Ch.85
1355. Failure of the negotiations and renewal of the war Ch.86
1356. Operations of John of Gaunt in Normandy in alliance Ch.87
1358. Preliminaries of peace signed between Edward III. Ch.88
CHAPTER XVIII. Ch.89
1365. Treaty of Guérande Ch.90
1366. Expulsion of Peter the Cruel from Castile by Du Ch.91
1371. Battle in Bourgneuf Bay. Ch.92
1371. The Black Prince's return to England with shattered Ch.93
1370. Futile expeditions of Lancaster and Knowles. Ch.94
1372. Edward III.'s last military expedition. Ch.95
1374. Ruin of the English power in France. Ch.96
CHAPTER XIX. Ch.97
2. Map of Southern Scotland and Northern England in the XIIIth and Ch.98
CHAPTER I. Ch.99
CHAPTER II. Ch.100
CHAPTER III. Ch.101
CHAPTER IV. Ch.102
introduction to his translation of _Chronicles of the Mayors Ch.103
CHAPTER V. Ch.104
CHAPTER VI. Ch.105
1263. And the dissolution of the dominant faction once more gave Edward Ch.106
CHAPTER VII. Ch.107
CHAPTER VIII. Ch.108
1265. The alarm created by this shows that Edward perceived the danger Ch.109
CHAPTER IX. Ch.110
CHAPTER X. Ch.111
CHAPTER XI. Ch.112
1296. It was Wallace's glory that he fought his fight and paid the Ch.113
1306. Scotland was obedient; the French alliance was firmly cemented; Ch.114
CHAPTER XII. Ch.115
1309. It was simply that popular co-operation was regarded as Ch.116
1313. He left behind him the reputation of a saint and a hero, and a Ch.117
CHAPTER XIII. Ch.118
1318. Twice Edward himself went to the north, and on one occasion Ch.119
CHAPTER XIV. Ch.120
CHAPTER XV. Ch.121
16. There, on July 22, Edward revoked all commissions addressed to the Ch.122
CHAPTER XVI. Ch.123
1312. Edward was not the sort of man to endure the thraldom that his Ch.124
CHAPTER XVII. Ch.125
CHAPTER XVIII. Ch.126
CHAPTER XIX. Ch.127
1330. Lionel's death added to the vast inheritance of the Mortimers and Ch.128
1371. The old king was a mere pawn in the game. His health had been Ch.129
1200. Fragments of Pipe Rolls for our period can be seen in print in Ch.130
Chapter X, Paragraph 4, for Earl of Cornwall read Earl of Lancaster. Ch.131