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Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster ( c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman of the first House of Lancaster of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty. He was Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby from 1296 to 1322, and Earl of Lincoln and Salisbury jure uxoris from 1311 to 1322.
His abduction in 1317 of Alice, countess of Lancaster, involved him in a private war (1317–18) with Thomas, 2nd earl of Lancaster, that cost him many of his estates.
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Name: Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Herald date: 1298-1320. Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or a label of five points Azure semee de lys Or. Thomas Plantagenet (1278-1322) was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in medieval history. Cousin to the King, Edward II, he was also one of his staunchest opponents.
When, in 1399, the Duke of Lancaster seized the crown from Richard II, he achieved a rough-and-ready settlement of a troublesome situation that had first come to a head ninety years earlier, with the antagonism between Edward II and Thomas, the second Earl of Lancaster.
There are no rolls for this battalion under the 1777 arrangement, and no clues to the origen of the companies other than the captain's names. The names of Michael App, John Graff and Christ. Petrie appear as privates on the 1780 of the rolls indicated as theirs. The other Lancaster companies have been matched arbitrarily.
Apr 28, 2013 · Thomas of Lancaster, Second Earl of Lancaster. Posted on April 28, 2013. Thomas of Lancaster was the son of Edmund Crouchback who was the second surviving son of King Henry III. Crouchback refers to the fact that he fought in the ninth crusade so was entitled to wear a cross stitched onto the back of his clothes – no Richard III tendencies.
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Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to Edward II of England. A descendant of Henry III of England, Edward was his cousin. Thomas Lancaster led two rebellions against Edward.
