1327: King Edward III crowned
Edward II is deposed by Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer, and Edward III is crowned King of England aged fourteen. Edward II’s second John of Eltham is created Earl of Cornwall and granted possession of Berkhamsted Castle.
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