Earl Thomas of Lancaster
(1278-1322)
Earl of Leicester and 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Died aged c. 44
Wikidata WikipediaThomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Derby, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Lincoln and jure uxoris 5th Earl of Salisbury (c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman. A member of the House of Plantagenet, he was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to his first cousin, King Edward II.
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The Battle Cross. This cross, which stood in the Market Place of Boroughbridge until 1852, stands monument to commemorate the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, when Thomas Earl of Lancaster, who was in collusion with the Scots, was defeated by Sir Andrew Harcla, Edward II's General.
Junction of Low Road and Front Street, Aldborough, United Kingdom where they was defeated (1322)