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==Fall from power (1326–1327)==
===Abdication===
{{Main|Parliament of 1327}}
[[Ficheiro:Eduard2 arest.jpg|miniatura|upright|alt=Painting of Isabella capturing Edward|A 15th-century depiction of Isabella capturing Edward]]
Isabella and Mortimer rapidly took revenge on the former regime. Hugh Despenser the Younger was put on trial, declared a traitor and sentenced to be disembowelled, castrated and quartered; he was duly executed on 24 November 1326.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=516–518}}</ref> Edward's former chancellor, Robert Baldock, died in [[Fleet Prison]]; the Earl of Arundel was beheaded.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=516}}</ref> Edward's position, however, was problematic; he was still married to Isabella and, in principle, he remained the king, but most of the new administration had a lot to lose were he to be released and potentially regain power.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=520–522}}</ref>
There was no established procedure for removing an English king.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=523–524}}</ref> Adam Orleton, the [[Bishop of Hereford]], made a series of public allegations about Edward's conduct as king, and in January 1327 a parliament convened at Westminster at which the question of Edward's future was raised; Edward refused to attend the gathering.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=524–525}}</ref> Parliament, initially ambivalent, responded to the London crowds that called for Prince Edward to take the throne. On 12 January the leading barons and clergy agreed that Edward II should be removed and replaced by his son.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=526}}</ref> The following day it was presented to an assembly of the barons, where it was argued that Edward's weak leadership and personal faults had led the kingdom into disaster, and that he was incompetent to lead the country.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=529–530}}</ref>
Shortly after this, a representative delegation of barons, clergy and knights was sent to Kenilworth to speak to the King.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=533}}</ref> On 20 January 1327, Henry of Lancaster and the [[John de Stratford|bishops of Winchester]] and [[Henry Burghersh|Lincoln]] met privately with Edward in the castle.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=534}}; {{harvnb|Haines|2003|p=191}}</ref> They informed Edward that if he were to resign as monarch, his son Prince Edward would succeed him, but if he failed to do so, his son might be disinherited as well, and the crown given to an alternative candidate.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=534}}</ref> In tears, Edward agreed to abdicate, and on 21 January, Sir [[William Trussell]], representing the kingdom as a whole, withdrew his homage and formally ended Edward's reign.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|p=535}}; {{harvnb|Haines|2003|pp=191–192}}</ref> A proclamation was sent to London, announcing that Edward, now known just as Edward of Caernarvon, had freely resigned his kingdom and that Prince Edward would succeed him. The coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 2 February 1327.<ref>{{harvnb|Phillips|2011|pp=536, 539, 541}}</ref>
== Morte (1327) ==
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