Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, being led to execution Product:Fine art poster the home of Sir Henry

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Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, being led to execution Product:Fine art poster the home of Sir HenryThomas, Earl of Lancaster, being led to execution, Pontefract, Yorkshire, 1322 (1864). Thomas Plantagenet (1278 1322), 2nd Earl of Lancaster allied with the Scots against Edward II, but was defeated and captured at Boroughbridge in 1322. In 1312 he had been responsible for the killing of Piers Gaveston, Edward's favourite and, possibly, lover. Thomas was tried and convicted of treason (he was not allowed to speak in his defence) and was executed on