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Piers Gaveston

(Gaveston, Piers, approximately 1284-1312)

The head of Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, is delivered to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster; Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford; and Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, for inspection. This was published in: Doyle, James William Edmund (1864)

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Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – 19 June 1312) was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England. (From Wikipedia)

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The History of the Most Unfortunate Prince, King Edward II: With Choice Political Observations on Him and His Unhappy Favorites, Gaveston and Spencer, Containing Several Rare Passages of Those Times, not Found in Other Historians (presumed in this edition to be by Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland; now usually attributed to his wife Elizabeth; London: Printed by A. G. and F. P., 1680), by Elizabeth Cary, contrib. by Henry Cary Falkland (multiple formats at Google)

5 additional books about Piers Gaveston in the extended shelves:

Piers Gaveston; a chapter of early constitutional history. (T. F. Unwin, 1899), by Walter Phelps Dodge (page images at HathiTrust)
Pierre de Gavaston, comte de Cornouailles; sa biographie et son rôle pendant le commencement du règne d'Édouard II, 1307-1314 (É. Bouillon, 1898), by Marin Dimitresco (page images at HathiTrust)
Piers Gaveston; a chapter of early constitutional history. (T. F. Unwin, 1899), by Walter Phelps Dodge (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire tragiqve et memorable, de Pierre de Gaverston (s.n.], 1588), by Thomas Walsingham and Jean Boucher (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of the most unfortunate prince, King Edward II : with choice political observations on him and his unhappy favourites, Gaveston & Spencer : containing several rare passages of those times not found in other historians (Printed by A.G. and J.P. and sold by J. Playford, 1680), by John Playford, Edward Fannant, and Henry Cary Falkland (page images at HathiTrust)

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