The contemporary evidence supporting their homosexual relationship comes primarily from an anonymous chronicler in the 1320s who described how Edward "felt such love" for Gaveston that "he entered into a covenant of constancy, and bound himself with him before all other mortals with a bond of indissoluble love, firmly drawn up and fastened with a knot.". The first specific suggestion that Edward engaged in sex with men was recorded in 1334, when Adam Orleton, the Bishop of Winchester, was accused of having stated in 1326 that Edward was a "sodomite", although Orleton defended himself by arguing that he had meant that Edward's adviser, Hugh Despenser the Younger, was a sodomite, rather than the late king.. The Meaux Chronicle from the 1390s simply notes that Edward gave himself "too much to the vice of sodomy"..
the contemporary evidence supporting their homosexual relationship comes primarily from an anonymous chronicler in the 1320s who described how edward "felt such love" for gaveston that "he entered into a covenant of constancy and bound himself with him before all other mortals with a bond of indissoluble love firmly drawn up and fastened with a knot" the first specific suggestion that edward engaged in sex with men was recorded in 1334 when adam orleton the bishop of winchester was accused of having stated in 1326 that edward was a "sodomite" although orleton defended himself by arguing that he had meant that edward's adviser hugh despenser the younger was a sodomite rather than the late king the meaux chronicle from the 1390s simply notes that edward gave himself "too much to the vice of sodomy"