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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.
{Between} 1421 {March &} They travelled through the greater part of
England. {May, } 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. (p. xviii) 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. (p. xix)
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. Page 1
CHAPTER II.
1398-1399.
Henry taken into the care of Richard. -- Death of John of Gaunt. --
Henry knighted by Richard in Ireland. -- His person and manners. --
News of Bolinbroke's landing and hostile measures reaches Ireland. --
Indecision and delay of Richard. -- He shuts up Henry and the young
Duke of Gloucester in Trym Castle. -- Reflections on the fate of these
two Cousins -- of Bolinbroke -- of Richard -- and of the widowed
Duchess of Gloucester. Page 32
CHAPTER III.
(p. xx)
1398-1399.
Proceedings of Bolinbroke from his Interview with Archbishop
Arundel, in Paris, to his making King Richard his prisoner. -- Conduct
of Richard from the news of Bolinbroke's landing. -- Treachery of
Northumberland. -- Richard taken by Bolinbroke to London. Page 52
CHAPTER IV.

1399-1400.
Richard resigns the Crown. -- Bolinbroke elected King. -- Henry of
Monmouth created Prince of Wales. -- Plot to murder the King. --
Death of Richard. -- Friendship between him and Henry. -- Proposals
for a Marriage between Henry and Isabel, Richard's Widow. -- Henry
applies for an Establishment. -- Hostile movement of the Scots. --
Tradition, that young Henry marched against them, doubted. Page 68
CHAPTER V.
1400-1401.
The Welsh Rebellion. -- Owyn Glyndowr. -- His former Life. --
Dispute with Lord Grey of Ruthyn. -- That Lord's Letter to Prince
Henry. -- Hotspur. -- His Testimony to Henry's presence in Wales, -- to
his Mercy and his Prowess. -- Henry's Despatch to the Privy Council.
Page 88
CHAPTER VI.
(p. xxi)
1403.
Glyndowr joined by Welsh Students of Oxford. -- Takes Lord Grey
prisoner. -- Hotspur's further Despatches. -- He quits Wales. --
Reflections on the eventful Life and premature Death of Isabel,
Richard's Widow. -- Glyndowr disposed to come to terms. -- The
King's Expeditions towards Wales abortive. -- Marriage proposed
between Henry and Katharine of Norway. -- The King marries Joan of
Navarre. Page 108
CHAPTER VII.
1402-1403.
Glyndowr's vigorous Measures. -- Slaughter of Herefordshire Men. --

Mortimer taken prisoner. -- He joins Glyndowr. -- Henry implores
Succours, -- Pawns his Plate to support his Men. -- The King's
Testimony to his Son's conduct. -- The King, at Burton-on-Trent, hears
of the Rebellion of the Percies. Page 129
CHAPTER VIII.
1403.
The Rebellion of the Percies, -- Its Origin. -- Letters of Hotspur and the
Earl of Northumberland. -- Tripartite Indenture between the Percies,
Owyn, and Mortimer. -- Doubts as to its Authenticity. -- Hotspur
hastens from the North. -- The King's decisive conduct. -- He forms a
junction with the Prince. -- "Sorry Battle of Shrewsbury." -- Great
Inaccuracy of David Hume. -- Hardyng's Duplicity. -- Manifesto of the
Percies probably a Forgery. -- Glyndowr's Absence from the Battle
involves neither Breach of Faith nor Neglect of Duty. -- Circumstances
preceding the Battle. -- Of the Battle itself. -- Its immediate
consequences. Page 141
CHAPTER IX.
(p. xxii)
1403-1404.
The Prince commissioned to receive the Rebels into allegiance. -- The
King summons Northumberland. -- Hotspur's Corpse disinterred. -- The
Reason. -- Glyndowr's French Auxiliaries. -- He styles himself "Prince
of Wales." -- Devastation of the Border Counties. -- Henry's Letters to
the King, and to the Council. -- Testimony of him by the County of
Hereford. -- His famous Letter from Hereford. -- Battle of Grosmont.
Page 178
CHAPTER X.
1405-1406.

Rebellion of Northumberland and Bardolf. -- Execution of the
Archbishop of York.