A separate household was quickly constituted for the prince, and later also provided for his younger siblings.
He never became prince of Wales or earl of Cornwall, though he was supported by revenues from both these lordships he was also given control of the king's lands on the Isle of Wight. On 24 November 1312 the prince was granted the counties of Chester and Flint there is no record of his formal creation as earl of Chester, but this was to be his style throughout childhood and the title under which he first received a summons to parliament in 1320. The French contingent present at the time requested that the child be Philip after his maternal grandfather, but Edward II insisted on calling him Edward after his own father. The prince was nursed by Margaret Chandeler and Margaret Daventry.Įdward was baptized on 16 November 1312, in St Edward's Chapel, Windsor, by the papal nuncio Arnold, cardinal-priest of Santa Prisca: his godparents included Louis, count of Évreux (the queen's brother), and John, duke of Brittany and earl of Richmond ( d.
Her yeoman John Launge and his wife, Joan, the queen's lady, were later granted a joint annuity of £80 out of the fee farm of London for bringing the news to the king the information was said to have consoled briefly Edward II for the recent loss of his friend Piers Gaveston. Isabella herself wrote to the citizens of London to announce the birth, and the news was greeted with great celebrations. The queen was attended at the birth by Henri de Mondeville, surgeon to her father, Philippe IV of France ( r. Edward was born at Windsor on 12 November 1312.
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