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 advisor, Hugh Despenser the Younger, was a sodomite, rather than the late King.
A primeira suxestión específica de que Eduardo mantiña relacións sexuais con homes foi rexistrada en 1334, cando Adam Orleton, o bispo de Winchester, foi acusado de afirmar en 1326 que Eduardo era "un sodomita", aínda que Orleton se defendeu afirmando que o que pretendía dicir é que o conselleiro de Eduardo, Hugh Despenser o Novo, era un sodomita, en lugar do rei.