Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2

Monmouth, Volume 2, by J.
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Title: Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
Author: J. Endell Tyler
Release Date: January 31, 2007 [EBook #20489]
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[Illustration: Great Seal of Owen Glyndowr as Prince of Wales.
Published by R. Bentley, 1838]

HENRY OF MONMOUTH:
OR,
MEMOIRS
OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF

HENRY THE FIFTH,
AS
PRINCE OF WALES AND KING OF ENGLAND.

BY J. ENDELL TYLER, B.D.
RECTOR OF ST. GILES IN THE FIELDS.

"Go, call up Cheshire and Lancashire, And Derby hills, that are so free;
But neither married man, nor widow's son; No widow's curse shall go
with me."

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1838.
LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet
Street.

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. (p. iii)
CHAPTER XVII.
1413-1414.
Henry of Monmouth's Accession. -- National rejoicings. -- His
profound sense of the Awfulness of the Charge devolved upon him. --
Coronation. -- First Parliament. -- Habits of business. -- He removes the
remains of Richard to Westminster. -- Redeems the Son of Hotspur,
and restores him to his forfeited honours and estates. -- Generous
conduct towards the Earl of March. -- Parliament at Leicester. --
Enactments against Lollards. -- Henry's Foundations at Shene and Sion.
Page 1
CHAPTER XVIII.
1414-1417.
State of the Church. -- Henry a sincere Christian, but no Bigot. --
Degraded state of Religion. -- Council of Constance. -- Henry's
Representatives zealous promoters of Reform. -- Hallam, Bishop of
Salisbury, avowed enemy of the Popedom. -- Richard Ullerston:
primitive views of Clerical duties. -- Walden, his own Chaplain,
accuses Henry of remissness in the extirpation of Heresy. -- Forester's

Letter to the King. -- Henry Beaufort's unhappy interference. -- Petition
from Oxford. -- Henry's personal exertions in the business of Reform.
-- Reflections on the then apparent dawn of the Reformation. Page 32
CHAPTER XIX.
(p. iv)
1414.
Wars with France. -- Causes which influenced Henry. -- Summary of
the affairs of France from the time of Edward III. -- Reflections on
Henry's Title. -- Affairs of France from Henry's resolution to claim his
"Dormant Rights," and "Rightful Heritage," to his invasion of
Normandy. -- Negociations. -- His Right denied by the French. --
Parliament votes him Supplies. Page 70
CHAPTER XX.
Modern triple charge against Henry of Falsehood, Hypocrisy, and
Impiety. -- Futility of the Charge, and utter failure of the Evidence on
which alone it is grounded. -- He is urged by his people to vindicate the
Rights of his Crown, himself having a conscientious conviction of the
Justice of his Claim. -- Story of the Tennis-Balls. -- Preparations for
invading France. -- Henry's Will made at Southampton. -- Charge of
Hypocrisy again grounded on the close of that Testament. -- Its Futility.
-- He despatches to the various Powers of Europe the grounds of his
Claim on France. Page 89
CHAPTER XXI.
1415.
Preparations for invading France. -- Reflections on the Military and
Naval State of England. -- Mode of raising and supporting an Army. --
Song of Agincourt. -- Henry of Monmouth the Founder of the English
Royal Navy. -- Custom of impressing Vessels for the transporting of

Troops. -- Henry's exertions in Ship-building. -- Gratitude due to him.
-- Conspiracy at Southampton. -- Prevalent delusion as to Richard II. --
The Earl of March. -- Henry's Forces. -- He sails for Normandy. Page
119
CHAPTER XXII.
(p. v)
1415.
Henry crosses the Sea: lands at Clef de Caus: lays Siege to Harfleur. --
Devoted Attendance on his dying Friend the Bishop of Norwich. --
Vast Treasure falls into his hands on the Surrender of Harfleur. -- He
challenges the Dauphin. -- Futile Modern Charge brought against him
on that ground. Page 143
CHAPTER XXIII.
1415.
Henry, with Troops much weakened, leaves Harfleur,