The Piers Gaveston Society, or Piers Gav for short, is a dining club founded in 1977 at the University of Oxford. It is named in honour of Piers Gaveston, favourite of King Edward II of England. In recent years, parties run by the society have been the focus of increased tabloid news coverage revolving around lurid allegations of debauched behaviour, such as Piggate.
Edward II. and his Favourite, Piers Gaveston, Marcus Stone, 1872.
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of Edward II of England.
15th-century representation of Gaveston lying dead at the feet of Guy de Beauchamp
Initial from the charter granting Gaveston the earldom of Cornwall, showing the arms of England at top, and Gaveston's coat of arms impaled with those of de Clare below.
View of Warwick Castle from St Mary's Church
Gaveston's Head Shown to the Earl of Lancaster, from a popular history book of 1868