Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, being led to execution mb-height 4258 18th February 1981

18th February 1981

or Berlin blue

which closed when the line was extended to Waterloo in 1848

written by Coward

Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, being led to execution mb-height 4258 18th February 1981Thomas, 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