Editing Robert Winchelsey (section)

===Exile and return===
Winchelsey and the barons joined in demanding reforms from the king at the parliament of Lincoln in 1301, but Winchelsey's support of Boniface VIII's claim to be the protector of Scotland broke the alliance. One of the reasons which led the archbishop to ally with the barons was his hostility to Edward's adviser, Walter Langton, Bishop of [[Lichfield]]. The king took no action against Winchelsey until the Gascon and former royal clerk Bertrand de Got was named Pope Clement V in 1305.<ref name=Edward540>Prestwich ''Edward I'' pp. 540–41</ref> Edward then sent two envoys&nbsp;– Langton and [[Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln|Henry Lacy]]&nbsp;– to the pope, to press his claim that Winchelsey was plotting against him. Clement suspended the archbishop on 12 February 1306.<ref name=BHOCant/> Winchelsey left England and went to the papal court at [[Bordeaux]], where he stayed until Edward's death in July 1307. Only [[Antony Bek (bishop of Durham)|Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham]] supported the archbishop.<ref name=DNB/>

After the death of Edward I, the new king, Edward II, asked that Winchelsey be restored,<ref name=Powell266>Powell and Wallis. ''House of Lords'', p. 266</ref> which the pope agreed to on 22 January 1308.<ref name=BHOCant/> Soon after his return to England in early 1308 the archbishop joined the king's enemies.<ref name=Weir42>Weir. ''Queen Isabella'' p. 42</ref> The archbishop, along with the [[Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick]], were the only people to object to the return of the new king's favourite [[Piers Gaveston]] to England in 1309.<ref name=Weir49>Weir ''Queen Isabella'' p. 49</ref> Winchelsey aided the [[baron]]s in their prosecution of Edward II by sentencing their enemies to excommunication.<ref name=Weir55>Weir. ''Queen Isabella'' p. 55</ref> He was appointed an [[Ordinances of 1311|Ordainer]] in 1310,<ref name=Powell275>Powell and Wallis ''House of Lords'' pp. 275–276</ref> and died at [[Otford]] on 11 May 1313.<ref name=DNB/><ref name=Handbook233/>