Despenser, Hugh le, the baron’s justiciar, 199; his death, 209 Despenser, Hugh le, the favorite of Edward II., 279; sentence against, 277; avarice and arrogance of, 284 Despenser, Hugh le, Earl of Winchester, hanged, 287 Dictum de Kenilworth, 209 Dunbar, battle of, 258 Durham, Bishop of, 114 Earls, appointment of, 20 Ecclesiastical school in the reign of Stephen, 64 Ecclesiastical quarrels, 247 Edmund of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 179; driven into exile, 185 Edmund of Cornwall, as regent, 238 Edmund, Earl of Kent, 288 Edward I., at the battle of Lewes, 205; proclaimed king, 210; joins the crusade, 210; political education of, 212; motives determining his crusade, 213; his English policy, 213; his idea of kingship, 214; crusade of 1270, 215; his accession to the throne, 216; administration of the kingdom during his pilgrimage, 216; his coronation, 217; rebellion of the prince of North Wales, 218; conquest of Wales, 219; as a lawgiver, 220; principles of his legislation, 222; his legal reforms, 222; parliamentary settlement of revenue on, 232; his first parliament, 233; national policy of, 237; evil consequence caused by his absence, 237; his claims upon Scotland, 239; his relations with Philip IV., 243; quarrel with Philip IV., 243; consequences thereof, 244; his relations with the clergy, 245; quarrels with the clergy, 247; resistance of his subjects, 248, 249; dissatisfied with his subjects, 252; quarrels with Archbishop Winchelsey, 254; his relations with foreign merchants, 255; concludes peace with France, 258; marries Margaret, sister of Philip IV., 258; truce concluded with Scotland, 258; his new constitution for Scotland, 260; his death, 261; his character and motives, 262 Edward II., reactionary policy of, 263; personal tastes and favorites of, 264; his character, 264; peace with Scotland, 266; married to Isabelle of France, 267; coronation of, 267; controlled by the barons, 273; his struggles in favor of Gaveston, 273; changes in the administration, 274; new favorites of, 278; at war with the barons, 282; his campaign in the north, 282; truce concluded with Scotland, 282; summoned to do homage to Charles IV., 284; intrigues of the queen against, 285; helplessness of, 286; overthrow and deposition of, 287; murder of, 288; importance and significance of his reign, 288; constitutional results of the epoch closing with his downfall, 290 Edward III., 287; appointed governor of the kingdom, 288 Eleanor, daughter of Henry II., 99, 100 Eleanor de Montfort, wife of Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, 219