Piers Gaveston

This blog is dedicated to Piers Gaveston, Earl Of Cornwall. Piers, also known as Perrot, was the favourite of Edward II. Depending on historical interpretation, the definition of 'favourite' ranges from 'brother', 'beloved friend' or 'lover'. This blog will be a mix of historical narrative, personal opinion and hopefully some lighter postings! The Plus will cover other historical matters.

Monday, 18 July 2022

If only........

If only.......this had happened, or hadn't happened. Many history fans have often thought this. And it's noticeable there are ...

Sunday, 19 June 2022

June 19th - anniversary of the death of Piers Gaveston

Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, was taken from Warwick Castle by Edward II's cousin, Thomas of Lancaster on June 19th 1312. Undoubt...

Thursday, 19 May 2022

May 19th - Piers Gaveston surrenders Scarborough Castle and Anne Boleyn is executed, 1536

May 19th is always an important date of rememberance for me. It's the date when Piers Gaveston surrendered Scarborough Castle. You ca...

Thursday, 14 April 2022

Princess Nest

Following on from my St David's Day post and Pembroke Castle, here's a tale from another Welsh castle, Carew about Princess Nest. ...

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Celebrating St David's Day with Pembroke Castle

Wales is often called the land of castles, and an awful lot of them were built by Edward 1st. However, they had always been hill forts, w...

Saturday, 5 February 2022

A New Year, but same old myths.......

As I'm sure a lot of people did, I got quite a few books for Christmas, and am making my way through them. I'm currently reading ...

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Best Books of 2021

As is usual for me this time of year, here are my ‘best reads’ of 2021. Been a bit of a struggle for me in 2021, as I know it has been for...

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Anerje: I have a B.A. Honours in History, specialising in Medieval/Tudor history.

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