Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II, fled to Scarborough Castle when the barons rose against him in 1312. The castle was one of the strongest in England but Gaveston's provisions ran short. He surrendered to the Earl of Pembroke on a promise of safe-conduct for trial. He was subsequently abducted by the Earl of Warwick and executed on Blacklow Hill near Warwick — in violation of the terms of surrender. The episode triggered a constitutional crisis and foreshadowed the deeper conflicts of Edward II's reign.
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