A History of England, Period I. Mediæval MonarchyBright, J. Franck (James Franck)
History
A History of England, Period I. Mediæval Monarchy
Bright, J. Franck (James Franck)
Great Britain -- History
1265 Parliament assembles, 165
Conditions of Prince Edward’s liberation, 165
=De Clare forsakes the Barons=, 166
He joins the Marchers, 166
=Escape of Edward=, 166
Leicester opposes Edward in Wales, 166
Defeat at Kenilworth, 166
=Battle of Evesham=, 167
1266 Dictum of Kenilworth, 168
1267 De Clare compels more moderate government, 168
=Constitutional end of the reign=, 168
=Views of the people on the war=, 168
SETTLEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
EDWARD I. 1272-1307.
1272 =Edward’s accession and character=, 171
The first English King, 172
His political views, 173
His legal mind, 173
His success, 173
His enforced concessions, 174
1275 His first Parliament, 174
Statute of Westminster, 174
Establishment of Customs, 174
1278 =Edward’s restorative measures=, 174
New coinage, 175
1279 Statute of Mortmain, 175
=Affairs in Wales=, 175
1275 Llewellyn’s suspicious conduct, 175
1277 War breaks out, 176
Llewellyn submits, and is mercifully treated, 176
1282 Second rising in Wales, 176
Death of Llewellyn, 176
1288 Execution of David, 176
1284 Statute of Wales, 177
=Annexation of Wales=, 177
1282 Foreign affairs call Edward abroad, 177
1284 The Sicilian Vespers, 177
1286 Edward acts as mediator between France and Aragon, 178
1288 His award is repudiated, 178
1289 Disturbances in England during his absence, 178
He returns, punishes corrupt judges, banishes the Jews, 179
=Second period of the reign=, 179
=Relations with Scotland=, 180
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