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I need to cross this back to Botetourt and Edward II.
Thomas a Lancaster must have had something to do with the build-up to the War of Roses. Again, my history is letting me down here as I feel that I should know this.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
From what I can see in the rest of my history of the country Thomas Lancaster had a dispute with Edward II and the Despener War was ended at the Battle of Boroughbridge. Sir John de Botetourt fought on Lancaster's side against the king, was fined and then appeared to be part of the Parliament after 1311.
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. As one of the most powerful barons of
England, Thomas was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to his first cousin, King Edward II.
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