The earls arrived armed and claimed that Gaveston was concealed in the king's chamber, forcing Warenne, Gloucester, and Richmond to police London and guarantee safe conduct. A meeting intended to address Robert Bruce instead became Lancaster's indictment of royal finance, evil counsel, Magna Carta violations, and failure in Scotland. Edward II yielded to the election of twenty-one Ordainers empowered to reform the kingdom and royal household for a year. The membership balanced reformers with royal sympathizers, while Warenne was one of only three earls omitted. Parliamentary reform emerged from a security crisis as well as from constitutional principle.
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An armed Parliament creates the Ordainers
Fear of Gaveston brought armed earls to Parliament, where Lancaster displaced the Scottish agenda with a constitutional attack on Edward II's household government.