Here at Kenilworth the King hears himself deposed.
‘Edward, once King of England,’ is hereafter accounted ‘a private person, without any manner of royal dignity.’
Here Edward, in a plain black gown, sees the steward of his household, Sir Thomas Blount, break his staff of office, done only when a King is dead, and discharge all persons engaged in the royal service.
Parliament decided to take this strong measure in January; in the following September Edward was murdered in cold blood at Berkeley Castle.
EDWARD THE THIRD
Reigned fifty years: 1327-1377.
Born 1312. Married, 1328, Philippa of Hainault.