THE SCOTTISH FAILURE.
1297.Edward's unsuccessful campaign in Flanders.[210]
31 Jan., 1298.Truce of Tournai, and end of the French war.[211]
July.Edward's invasion of Scotland.[212]
22 July.Battle of Falkirk.[213]
Slowness of Edward's progress towards the conquest of Scotland.[215]
>19 June, 1299.Treaty of Montreuil.[216]
9 Sept.Marriage of Edward and Margaret of France.[217]
Mar., 1300.Articuli super cartas.[217]
July-Aug.Carlaverock campaign.[218]
20 Jan.-14 Feb., 1301.Parliament of Lincoln.[218]
The barons' letter to the pope.[219]
Edward of Carnarvon, Prince of Wales.[220]
1302.Philip IV.'s troubles with the Flemings and Boniface VIII.[221]
20 May, 1303.Peace of Paris between Edward and Philip.[222]
Increasing strength of Edward's position.[222]
The decay of the earldoms.[223]
Additions to the royal demesne.[224]
1303.Conquest of Scotland seriously undertaken.[225]
24 July, 1304.Capture of Stirling.[225]
Aug., 1305.Execution of Wallace and completion of the conquest.[226]
The settlement of the government of Scotland.[227]
1305.Disgrace of Winchelsea and Bek.[228]
Edward I. and Clement V..[230]
1307.Statute of Carlisle.[230]
1305.Ordinance of Trailbaston.[231]
10 Jan., 1306.Murder of Comyn.[232]
Rising of Robert Bruce.[233]
25 Mar.Bruce crowned King of Scots.[233]
Preparations for a fresh conquest of Scotland.[234]
7 July, 1307.Death of Edward I.[235]

CHAPTER XII.

GAVESTON, THE ORDAINERS, AND BANNOCKBURN.
Character of Edward II..[236]
1307.Peter Gaveston Earl of Cornwall.[238]
25 Jan., 1308.Marriage of Edward with Isabella of France.[239]
25 Feb.Coronation of Edward II.[239]
Power and unpopularity of Gaveston.[240]
8 May.Gaveston exiled.[241]
July 1309.Return of Gaveston condoned by Parliament at Stamford.[242]
1310.Renewal of the opposition of the barons to Gaveston.[243]
16 Mar.Appointment of the lords ordainers.[244]
Sept.Abortive campaign against the Scots.[245]
Character and policy of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.[245]
1311.The ordinances.[247]
Nov., 1311, Jan., 1312.Gaveston's second exile and return.[249]
The earls at war against Edward and Gaveston.[250]
Gaveston's surrender at Scarborough.[250]
19 June, 1312.Murder of Gaveston.[251]
Consequent break up of the baronial party.[252]
Oct., 1313.Edward and Lancaster reconciled.[253]
May.Death of Archbishop Winchelsea.[254]
1312.Fall of the Templars.[254]
Walter Reynolds Archbishop of Canterbury.[256]
Complaints of papal abuses.[256]
Progress of Bruce's power in Scotland.[257]
1314.The siege of Stirling.[258]
An army collected for its relief.[259]
24 June,Battle of Bannockburn.[260]
The results of the battle.[262]

CHAPTER XIII.

LANCASTER, PEMBROKE, AND THE DESPENSERS.
Failure of the rule of Thomas of Lancaster.[264]
1315.Revolts of Llewelyn Bren.[267]
1315.Rising of Adam Banaster.[267]
1316.The Bristol disturbances..[268]
1315.Edward Bruce's attack on the English in Ireland.[268]
1317.Roger Mortimer in Ireland..[271]
1318.Death of Edward Bruce at Dundalk.[272]
Lancaster's failure and the break up of his party.[272]
Pembroke and the middle party.[273]
9 Aug.Treaty of Leek and the supremacy of the middle party.[274]
1314-18.Progress of Robert Bruce..[275]
1319.Renewed attack on Scotland.[275]
Battle of Myton.[276]
Rise of the Despensers.[277]
1317.The partition of the Gloucester inheritance.[279]
1320.War between the husbands of the Gloucester heiresses in South Wales.[280]
June, 1321.Conferences at Pontefract and Sherburn.[281]
July.The exile of the Despensers.[281]
Break up of the opposition after their victory.[282]
23-31 Oct., 1321.The siege of Leeds Castle.[282]
Jan.-Feb., 1322.Edward's successful campaign in the march.[284]
11 Feb.Recall of the Despensers.[284]
The king's march against the northern barons.[284]
16 Mar.Battle of Boroughbridge.[285]
22 Mar.Execution of Lancaster.[286]
2 May.Parliament at York and repeal of the ordinances.[287]
The triumph of the Despensers.[288]

CHAPTER XIV.

THE FALL OF EDWARD II. AND THE RULE OF ISABELLA AND MORTIMER.