 The only people excluded from the pardon were Mortimer and the Folville gang, who Edward obviously suspected were intrinsically linked.Opposition to the invasion proved to be almost non-existent and so many barons, sheriffs and knights joined the rebellion that they gained control within just two months.Both Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger were quickly and gruesomely executed by Mortimer once captured.