1403. 1404. 1405. 1406. 1407. 1408. 1409. 1410. 1411. 1412. 1413. Conspiracy of the Percies, Mortimers, and Glendower, assisted by Douglas (caused by the poverty of Henry, who is unable to pay them his debts). Battle of Shrewsbury. Victory of Henry; death of Hotspur. The Bretons land in Wales and burn towns on the coast, in this and the next year. The French king makes a treaty with Glendower. Henry, at the special request of the Commons, names six bishops, nine Unsuccessful expedition of Henry against Glendower. The Commons insist upon a proper audit of the accounts of their The king has to concede the right of the Commons only to originate The Earl of Northumberland again rebels, is defeated at Bramham Sir Thomas Beaufort becomes chancellor. The knights of the shire now [as well as in 1404] propose to confiscate the property of the Church for military purposes. Henry sends troops to help the Duke of Burgundy. Retainers are prohibited by Parliament for the third time in this reign. Arundel becomes chancellor again, instead of Thomas Beaufort, and Prince Henry is removed from the Council. Henry, changing sides, sends an army to help Orleans under his second son, Clarence, who ravages Normandy and Guienne. Death of Henry. 1414. HENRY V., 1413-1422 (9 YEARS Born 1388; Married, 1420, Katharine of France. Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, becomes chancellor instead of Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury. Arundel urges Henry to persecute the Lollards. Sir John Old- Meeting of disaffected Lollards summoned at St. Giles' Fields. (a) The "Great Council" (Magnum Concilium regis et regni), a form of the national General Assembly which had survived from the time before the inferior clergy and the Commons were summoned, may be considered either as a sort of enlarged Privy Council, or as the House of Lords (or magnates) sitting out of Parliament. It was not unfrequently summoned by the Plantagenet kings after 1295, for purposes of deliberation and advice, 1414-1418. Council of Constance ends the "Great Schism." Pope Martin V. unanimously elected (nominated by the Bishop of London). Condemnation and burning of Huss. 1418. Massacre of the Orleanists in Paris. 1419. Assassination of John, Duke of Burgundy, by the party of the Dauphin. Philip the Good succeeds him. 1414. 1415. 1416. 1417. 1418. 1419. 1420. 1421. 1422. It is agreed by Parliament and the king that statutes shall be made Henry claims the French crown. A "Great Council" (a) is summoned, and resolves that war shall begin. Meeting of the troops at Southampton. A conspiracy to place Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, The Earl of Cambridge, father of Richard, afterwards Duke of Sept. Capture of Harfleur by siege. Oct. 2. Henry sets out on his march towards Calais. Oct. 25. Battle of Agincourt. English victorious. Death of Edward, Duke of York, and capture of Charles, Duke of Orleans. Nov. Henry returns to England. Sigismund, King of the Romans, visits England to mediate Henry (now in alliance with towns on the east and north-east of The Scots invade England. Sir John Oldcastle is captured and executed. [Martin V. becomes Pope at Council of Constance and ends the Henry continues his captures in Normandy. Rouen is taken (1419). Henry returns to England with his new queen, Katharine. Henry captures Meaux, falls ill, and dies. HENRY VI., 1422-[DETHRONED] 1461 (39 YEARS), [DIED] 1471. Born 1421; Married, 1446, Margaret of Anjou. The Council authorize Gloucester to summon a parliament. |