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| Richard II (1377 - 1399) |
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1387 | Apr |  Future Henry V born
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| | It is believed that Henry, the future king of England Henry V, was born at the gatehouse tower of Monmouth castle in late summer. His father was Henry Bolingbroke the future Henry IV king of England and his mother was Mary de Bohun. Mary was seventeen when Henry was born. |
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| Henry IV (1399 - 1413) |
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1399 | Oct 15 | A new Prince of Wales
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| | Bolingbroke's son Henry, Prince of Monmouth, was made Prince of Wales. The Prince was not the true heir to the English throne as this honour fell to the young Earl of March, but Henry would become Henry V, king of England. |
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1401 | | Hotspur takes control in North Wales
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| | Henry IV gave his son Prince Henry, the future Henry V, the task of defeating Glendower in North Wales. As the boy was only 13 years old, Hotspur a knight and jouster of importance was given the role of guardian over the Prince. Hotspur was the son of Henry Percy the Earl of Northumberland. |
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| Jun | Hotspur resigns
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| | After accusing the king of not paying his army, Hotspur resigned his guardianship of the king's son in North Wales and he left to resume fighting the Scots. |
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1403 | | Prince Henry in command
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| | Prince Henry, now sixteen, took control of this army in Wales. He took his troops looking for Owen Glendower but could not find him and so burnt villages and killed any prisoners that were taken. Henry's main problem, like Hotspur's before him was that the King was not providing enough money to pay the English troops. |
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1405 | Spring | Battles of Grosmont and Usk
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| | English forces fought and defeated Welsh forces in two battles at Grosmont and Usk. Sir John Talbot defeated Glendower at Grosmont and Prince Henry forced the Welsh to flee at Usk. Glendower's eldest son was captured at Usk and sent to the Tower of London where he died. |
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1407 | | Prince Henry besieges Aberystwyth
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| | Prince Henry laid siege to the castle at Aberystwyth in an attempt to remove the Welsh who had captured it in 1404. |
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1408 | Autumn | Aberystwyth falls to Henry
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| | The Welsh surrender the castle at Aberyswyth. They had held out for a year. Prince Henry had tried destroying the castle with canons but had no success. |
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| Winter | Henry IV very ill
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| | The King's mysterious illness had resurfaced and he was extremely ill and close to death. Prince Henry was temporarily put in control of the country. |
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| Henry V (1413 - 1422) |
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1413 | Apr 9 | Henry V crowned
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| | Henry V was crowned at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was marked by a very bad snow storm but people were uanble to decide if this was a bad omen or a good one. |
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| Autumn | Sir John Oldcastle arrested
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| | As the leader of the Lollards, the friend of the King was arrested and sent to the Tower of London. |
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| Dec | Richard II's body moved
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| | In an act of respect to Richard II, Henry had the dead king's body moved to its proper resting place in Westminster Abbey. |
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1414 | Summer | Henry claims French territories
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| | France was in the midst of a civil war between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs. Charles VI, the king of France, had joined the Armagnacs. Henry came in on the side of the Burgundians and saw the opportunity to reclaim lost lands in France. Henry's plan was to invade France but he needed a good reason. He gave the French king a list of demands including the French throne, the restoration of the Angevin empire and the hand of the king's daughter in marriage. If the demands could not be met Henry could go to war. |
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1415 | Aug 1 | Plot to overthrow the King
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| | Led by Richard Earl of Cambridge, Henry's cousin, a plot to assassinate the King and replace him with the Earl of March who was the true heir to the throne was hatched. The revolt brought together all the old enemies of Henry including Lord Scrope (Archbishop Scrope's nephew) and the Lollards. The Earl of March whose loyalties were with the king informed Henry of the plot the night before and the rebels were arrested. Several were executed. |
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| Aug 11 | Henry sails for France
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| | Preparations for war were complete and Henry's army set sail from Southampton for the French coast. |
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| Aug 16 | English fleets lands in Normandy
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| | Henry's army landed on the north bank of the Seine estuary near to the town of Harfleur (now part of Le Havre). Henry organised the siege of the town and waited for it to fall. |
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| Sep 22 | Harfleur falls to the English
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| | The town held out for five weeks in which time the English soldiers were starting to suffer from disease caught from their camps in the marshes. The people in the town were not doing much better and when it was clear that the town was not going to be rescued, the citizens surrendered. Henry treated the towns people with respect and let them leave. |
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| Oct 8 | The march to Calais
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| | Henry's plans for invading France had been dented by the time it took to capture Harfleur and the affect of disease on his men. He decided to move his men to Calais which was under English control. |
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| Oct 19 | Henry crosses the Somme
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| | Henry's plan was to get across the Somme at its estuary where it was relatively easy to cross but he recieved word that the crossing was being guarded by the French. Henry had no other choice but to follow the west bank of the Somme south into French territory to find a suitable crossing point. His men were short of food as Henry had told them to take only a few day's supplies expecting them to reach Calais. Henry tinally found a crossing point that was unguarded and his army crossed the Somme. |
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| Oct 25 | The Battle of Agincourt
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| | The English army met the French army near the town of Agincourt. Although the English were outnumbered three to one, Henry used the local terrain to his advantage. The French cavalry were hit heavily by the English archers and French knights got bogged down in the wet fields. The French were defeated and Henry ordered that no prisoners should be taken apart from the extremely important knights who could be ransomed. The death toll amongst the French nobility was high. |
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| Nov | Henry returns to England
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| | After a few weeks recovering in Calais from their ordeal, Henry and the English army returned to England to a hero's welcome. |
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1420 | May 21 | Treaty of Troyes
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| | Henry V pledged to recover all the lands of the dauphin Charles and (24.5) Henry recognised as heir to the French throne.
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| Jun 2 | Henry marries
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| | The marriage of Henry and Catherine the daughter of Charles VI king of France sealed the Treaty of Troyes. |
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1421 | Feb 23 | Queen Catherine crowned
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| | Queen Catherine was crowned at Westminster Abbey. |
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| Dec 6 | Birth of Henry (VI)
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| | Prince Henry (later Henry VI) was born at Windsor. |
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| Henry VI (1422 - 1461) |
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1422 | May | Meaux falls to the English
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| | The French town of Meaux finally fell to the English besiegers. This being Henry's last great victory against the French. |
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| Aug 31 | Henry V dies
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| | Henry had fallen ill during the previous winter and had not recovered during the spring and summer. He died at the age of 34 in Bios de Vincennes in France on August 31st and was buried in Westminster Abbey. |
