Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 / Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England

by James Endell Tyler

TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS,
IN THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

[*] Those years, months, or days, respectively, to which an asterisk is attached, are not considered to have been so fully ascertained as the other dates.

1340*	Feb.*	John of Gaunt born.
1340 1341		Earl of Northumberland, Hotspur's father, born, before Nov. 19, 1341.
1359	May 19,	John of Gaunt married to Blanche.
1358 1359		Owyn Glyndowr born, before Sept. 3, 1359.
1366	April 6,	Henry Bolinbroke born.
1365 1366	May 20,*	Henry Percy (Hotspur) born before 30th Oct. 1366.
1367	Jan.	Richard II. born at Bourdeaux.
1369*		Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt died.
1371*		John of Gaunt married Constance.
1376	June 8,	Edward the Black Prince died.
1377	June 21,	King Edward III. died.
1378	Nov.	Hotspur first bore arms at Berwick.
1381		Bolinbroke nearly slain by the rioters.
1382		Richard II. married to Queen Anne.
1384	Dec. 31,	Wickliffe's death.
1386*		Bolinbroke married Mary Bohun.
1387		John of Gaunt went to Spain.
1387*	Aug. 9,*	Henry born at Monmouth.
1388		Hotspur taken prisoner by the Scots.
1388		Thomas Duke of Clarence born.
1389	Nov. 9,	Isabel, Richard II.'s wife, born.
1389*	Nov.*	John of Gaunt returned from Spain.
1389*		John Duke of Bedford born.
1390*		Humfrey Duke of Gloucester born.
1390 1391		Bolinbroke visited Barbary.
1392 1393		Bolinbroke visited Prussia and the Holy Sepulchre.
1394*		Mary, Henry's mother, died.
1394*		Constance, John of Gaunt's wife, died.
1394	June 7,	Anne, Richard II.'s Queen, died.
1396		John of Gaunt recalled from Acquitaine by Richard II.
1396		John of Gaunt married Katharine Swynford.
1397		Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, banished.
1397	Sept. 29,	Bolinbroke created Duke of Hereford.
1397*		John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, banished.
1397	Nov. 4,	Richard II. married to Isabel.
1398*		Henry of Monmouth resided in Oxford.
1398	July 14,	Henry Beaufort consecrated Bishop of Lincoln.
1398	Sept. 16,	Bolinbroke and Norfolk at Coventry.
1398		Bolinbroke banished.
1399	Feb. 3,	John of Gaunt died.
1399	May 29,	Richard II. sailed for Ireland.
1399	June 23,	Henry of Monmouth knighted.
1399	June 28,	News of Bolinbroke's designs reached London.
1399	July 4,	Bolinbroke landed at Ravenspur.
1399	August,	Henry shut up in Trym Castle.
1399	August,	Richard landed at Milford.
1399	Aug. 14,	Richard fell into Bolinbroke's hands.
1399	August,	Bolinbroke sent to Ireland for Henry.
1399	August,	Death of the young Duke of Gloucester.
1399	Sept. 1,	Bolinbroke brought Richard captive to London.
1399	Oct. 1,	Richard's resignation of the crown read in Parliament.
1399	Oct. 13,	Bolinbroke crowned as Henry IV.
1399	Oct. 15,	Henry created Prince of Wales.
1400	Jan. 4,	Conspiracy against the King at Windsor.
1400*	Feb. 14,*	Richard II. died at Pontefract.
1400*	Oct. 25,*	Chaucer died.
1400	June	Henry IV. proceeded to Scotland.
1400	June 23,	Lord Grey of Ruthyn's letter to Henry.
1400	Sept. 19,	First proclamation against the Welsh.
1400		Owyn Glyndowr in open rebellion.
1401		Henry in Wales, before April 10.
1401	April 10,	Hotspur's first Letter.
1401*	Sept. 13,*	Katharine, Henry's Queen, born.
1401*	Nov. 11,*	Restoration of Isabel.
1402	April 3,	Henry IV. espoused to Joan of Navarre.
1402	June 12,*	Edmund Mortimer taken prisoner.
1402	Sept. 14,	Battle of Homildon.
1402*	Nov. 30,*	Edmund Mortimer married to a daughter of Owyn Glyndowr.
1403	March 7,	Henry appointed Lieutenant of Wales.
1403*	May 30,	Henry's Letter to the Council.
1403	July 21,	Battle of Shrewsbury.
1404	May 10,	Glyndowr dated "the fourth year of our Principality."
1404	June 10,	Welsh with Frenchmen overran Archenfield.
1404	June 25,	Henry's letter to his father.
1404	Oct. 6,	Parliament at Coventry.
1405	Feb. 20,	Sons of the Earl of March stolen from Windsor.
1405	March 1,	Crown settled on Henry and his brothers.
1405	March 11,	Battle of Grosmont.
1405	May,	Revolt of the Earl of Northumberland and Bardolf.
1405	June 8,	Scrope, Archbishop of York, beheaded.
1405	June 7,	Testimony of the Commons to Henry's excellences.
1406*	June 29,*	Isabel married to Angouleme.
1407*	Nov. 1,*	Henry went to Scotland.
1408	Feb. 28,*	Earl of Northumberland, Hotspur's father, fell in battle.
1408	July 8,	Henry in London, as President of the Council.
1409	Feb. 1,	Henry, Guardian of the Earl of March.
1409	Feb. 28,	Henry, Warden of Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover.
1409*	Sept. 13,*	Death of Isabel, Richard II.'s widow.
1410	March 5,	Warrant for the burning of Badby.
1410	March 18,	Henry, Captain of Calais.
1410	June 16,	Henry sate as President of the Council.
1410	June 18,	Do. do.
1410	June 19,	Do. do.
1410	June 23,	Affray in Eastcheap, by the Lords Thomas and John, his brothers.
1410	July 22,	Henry, as President.
1410	July 29,	Do.
1410	July 30,	Do.
1411	March 19,	Henry with his father at Lambeth.
1411	August,*	Duke of Burgundy obtained succour.
1411	Nov. 3,	Parliament opened.
1411	Nov. 10,	Battle of St. Cloud.
1412	May 18,	Treaty with the Duke of Orleans.
1412*	June 30,*	Henry came to London attended by "Lords and Gentils."
1412	July 9,	The Lord Thomas created Duke of Clarence.
1412*	Sept. 23,*	He came again with "a huge people."
1413	Feb. 3,	Parliament opened.
1413	March 20,	Henry IV. died.
1413	April 9,	HENRY V. CROWNED.
1413	May 15,	Parliament at Westminster.
1413	June 26,	Convocation of the Clergy.
1413		Lord Cobham cited.
1413		Lord Cobham escaped from the Tower.
1414	Jan. 10,	Affair of St. Giles' Field.
1414	April 20,	Parliament at Leicester.
1414		Henry founded Sion and Shene.
1414		Council of Constance.
1415	May 4,	The Council of Constance condemned Wickliffe's memory, and commanded the exhumation of his bones.
1415	July 6,	John Huss condemned.
1415	July 20,	Conspiracy at Southampton.
1415	Aug. 11,	Henry sailed for Normandy.
1415	Sept. 15,	Death of Bishop of Norwich in the camp.
1415	Sept. 22,	Surrender of Harfleur.
1415		Clayton and Gurmyn burnt for heresy.
1415	Oct. 25,	Battle of Agincourt.
1415	Nov. 16,	Henry returned to England.
1415	Nov. 22,	Thanksgiving in London.
1416	April 29,	Emperor Sigismund visited England.
1416	May 30,	Jerome of Prague burnt.
1416	Aug. 15,	League signed by Henry and Sigismund.
1417	July 23,	Henry's second expedition.
1417	Sept. 4,	Surrender of Caen.
1417	Dec.	Execution of Lord Cobham.
1418	July 1,	Rouen besieged.
1419	Jan. 19,	Rouen taken.
1419	May 30,	Henry and Katharine first met.
1419*	July 7,	Henry's letter concerning Oriel College.
1420	May 30,	Henry and Katharine married.
1420	July,	Katharine lodged in the camp before Melun.
1420		Henry and Katharine, with the King and Queen of France, entered Paris.
1421	Jan 31,	Henry and Katharine arrived in England.
1421	Feb 23,	Katharine crowned in Westminster.
1421	March 23,	They passed their Easter at Leicester.
1421	Between March & May,	They travelled through the greater part of England.
1421	March 23,	Death of the Duke of Clarence.
1421	May 26,	Taylor condemned to imprisonment for heresy.
1421	June 1,	Henry left London on his third expedition.
1421	June 10,	Henry landed at Calais.
1421	Oct. 6,	Siege of Meaux began, and lasted till the April following.
1421	Dec. 6,	Henry's son born at Windsor.
1422	May 21,	Katharine landed at Harfleur.
1422		Henry met her at the Bois de Vincennes.
1422		They entered Paris together.
1422	Aug.	Henry left Katharine at Senlis.
1422	Aug. 31,	Death of Henry.
1423	March 1,	William Taylor burnt for heresy.

CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

1387-1398.

[Henry of Monmouth's Parents. — Time and place of his Birth. — John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster. — Henry Bolinbroke. — Monmouth Castle. — Henry's infancy and childhood. — His education. — Residence in Oxford. — Bolinbroke's Banishment.]

CHAPTER II.