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312: 51: 303:. This incident caused a feud between Lancaster and Surrey; Lancaster seized two of Surrey's castles in retaliation. King Edward then intervened, and the two earls came to an uneasy truce. Thomas continued to hold the powerful earldoms of Lincoln and Salisbury. This was due to the marriage contract the two families had agreed; upon the death of his father-in-law, Thomas would hold these earldoms in his own right, not, as would be expected, in right of his wife. 476: 420:; and King Edward. Lancaster was not allowed to speak in his own defence, nor was he allowed to have anyone to speak for him. He was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. Because of their kinship and Lancaster's royal blood, the king commuted the sentence to beheading, as opposed to being 440:
successfully petitioned to take possession of the earldom of Leicester, and in 1326 or 1327 Parliament posthumously reversed Thomas's conviction, and Henry was further permitted to take possession of the earldoms of Lancaster, Derby, Salisbury and Lincoln.
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Upon his death, his titles and estates were forfeited, and the Scots, whom Lancaster gained aid from in his rebellion, mainly to weaken the English in their war, seized the opportunity to take his inheritance in the
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upon the death of his father-in-law in 1311. Master of five earldoms, he was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in England. Thomas was in possession of many key fortresses, including
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in 1314, Edward submitted to Lancaster, who in effect became ruler of England. He attempted to govern for the next four years, but was unable to keep order or prevent the
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was not successful. They had no children together, while he fathered, illegitimately, two sons named John and Thomas. In 1317 Alice was abducted from her manor at
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Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or, armed and langued azure, overall a label of three points azure, each point charged with three Fleur-de-lis or
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from raiding and retaking territory in the North. In 1318 his popularity with the barons declined and he was persuaded "to accept a diminished authority."
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Watson, G.W. (1895). "The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England". In H.W. Forsyth Harwood (ed.).
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On 23 March 1822, Thomas's remains were discovered in a large stone coffin buried in a field in the parish of
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Soon after Thomas's death, miracles were reported at his tomb at Pontefract, and he became venerated as a
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from 1311 to 1322. As one of the most powerful barons of England, Thomas was one of the leaders of the
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in Scotland, leaving the shrievalty in the care of deputies. He was present at the
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who demanded the banishment of Gaveston and the establishment of a baronial
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Lancaster was tried by a tribunal consisting of, among others, the two
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People executed under the Plantagenets for treason against England
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Thomas of Lancaster, 1307–1322: A study in the reign of Edward II
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Inherited from his father, Thomas bore the arms of the kingdom,
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1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman of the first
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People executed under the Plantagenets by decapitation
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Index

Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence

Earl of Lancaster
Leicester
Derby
Lincoln
Salisbury
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Pontefract
Yorkshire
Noble family
Lancaster
Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln
Edmund Crouchback
Blanche of Artois
House of Lancaster
Plantagenet Dynasty
Earl of Lancaster
Leicester
Derby
Earl of Lincoln
Salisbury
jure uxoris
baronial
Edward II
Edmund Crouchback
Blanche of Artois
Louis IX of France

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