the English 'to appeal'. The group was called the "Lords Appellant" because its members invoked a legal procedure called an "appeal" to begin prosecution: the favourites were charged under an "appeal of treason", a device borrowed from English civil law, which led to some procedural complications.

Members

There were originally three Lords Appellant:
* Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III

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