{"slug": "thomas-2nd-earl-of-lancaster", "label": "Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Lancaster", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249183", "qid": "Q249183", "description": "English noble (1278-1322)", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1278, 1323], "span_label": ["1278 CE", "1323 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Thomas of Lancaster"], "related": [{"slug": "edward-ii", "label": "Edward II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-the-bruce", "label": "Robert the Bruce", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gloucester", "label": "Gloucester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "river-severn", "label": "River Severn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lancashire", "label": "Lancashire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liverpool-castle", "label": "Liverpool Castle", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1278, "year_label": "1278 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Thomas of Lancaster, English nobleman (d. 1322)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334774897#Births", "title": "1278", "revid": 1334774897, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1315, "year_label": "1315 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – Banastre Rebellion: A group of English knights start an uprising in Lancashire and revenge themselves on Thomas of Lancaster. After the rebellion, Liverpool Castle is granted to Robert de Holland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018303#October_–_December", "title": "1315", "revid": 1332018303, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1318, "year_label": "1318 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – Treaty of Leake: Edward II signs an agreement with the \"Middle Party\" led by his cousin, Earl Thomas of Lancaster, and his court followers at East Leake in Nottinghamshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361981975#July_–_September", "title": "1318", "revid": 1361981975, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1321, "year_label": "1321 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Confronting the rebellion of Thomas of Lancaster (his cousin), the Baron Badlesmere and Roger Mortimer, King Edward II of England arrives in Cirencester, then leads troops up the Severn Valley from Gloucester against the rebels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355655788#October_–_December", "title": "1321", "revid": 1355655788, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1321, "year_label": "1321 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – Faced with an invasion of London during the rebellion of Thomas of Lancaster, by troops led by the English rebel, the Baron Badlesmere, King Edward II of England offers safe conduct for any rebels who come over to the royalist side, but orders the Sheriff of Gloucester to arrest Badlesmere.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355655788#October_–_December", "title": "1321", "revid": 1355655788, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1322, "year_label": "1322 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – \"Despenser War\": Battle of Burton Bridge – King Edward II of England orders an attack on the fortified positions of the Contrariant army under his cousin Thomas of Lancaster at Walton-on-Trent in the Midlands. Thomas is heavily outnumbered and decides to withdraw, but is pursued by Edward's troops. He escapes with the remnants of his army to Tutbury Castle and evades Edward's patrols to cross the flooded River Dove. Finally, Thomas makes his way northwards.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350577150#January_–_March", "title": "1322", "revid": 1350577150, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1322, "year_label": "1322 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Thomas of Lancaster, English nobleman (b. 1278)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350577150#Deaths", "title": "1322", "revid": 1350577150, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1323, "year_label": "1323 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – Englishman Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, who had recently defeated rebel Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridge, commits treason by signing a peace treaty with Scotland's King Robert the Bruce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018212#January_–_March", "title": "1323", "revid": 1332018212, "section": "Events › January – March"}}]}