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[date 1412] HEnry the fyfth began his reigne y• .xx. day of March in the yeare of our lorde, 1412. and deceased the last day of August in the yere 1422. so he reigned .ix. ye∣res, fyue monethes and ten dayes. He was a prince of great noblenes & pro∣wes, of stature and parsonage tall and selender, of nature gentle and liberal,
in dedes of armes expert and cunning, wherby he coquered manfully his ene∣mies, and brought Fraunce to his sub∣iection: before the death of his father he applied and gaue him selfe to al vice and insolencie of lyfe, and drewe vnto him riotous and wildely dispased▪ per∣sons: but when he was admitted to the rule of the lande sodaynly he became a newe man, and turned all the rage of wildnes into sober and wise behauior, and vice into vertue: and that he might not be agayne corrupted, he charged all his olde companions, that vpon payne of theyr liues, none of them shold come within ten myles of the place that he was lodged in.
This yere about haruest tyme, was syr Iohn Oldecastel knight appeached* 1.1 for an heretike, and committed to pri∣son, but he brake out of the tower, and wente to wales, where he lyued .iiii. yeres after.
Certayne adherentes of the forena∣med syr Iohn Oldecastell, assembled them in Thickets fielde, nere vnto S. Gyles in great number, whereof the
kinge beyng informed, toke the fielde afore them, and toke of them so manye, that all the prisons in and about Lon∣don, were filled. The chief of thē whi∣che were .xxix. wer condempned by the Clergie of heresie, and attaynted of high treason, as mouers of war against theyr king, by the temporall law in the Guild hall, and adiudged for treason, to be drawen and hanged, and for here∣fye to be consumed with fyre, whiche was executed accordyngly in January folowyng. The chiefe wherof was syr Robert Acton knighte, Iohn Browne Esquier, and Iohn Beuerley priest.
This yere the king made great pro∣uision to sayle into France with an ar∣my, & while he was shipping of his pe¦ple, syr Richard erle of Cambridge, syr Richard Scrope treasorer of England and syr Thomas Graye knighte, were arrested for treason, and so strayghtlye examined, that it was cōfessed that they were purposed to haue slayn the king, by the corrupting of the Frenche men:* 1.2 wherfore they were all three adiudged
to dye, and were headed at Hampton? Then king Henry toke shipping with a great power, and sayled into Normā die, & toke the town of Harflew, wher he was compassed about with a greate host of frenchmē, to ye nūber of. 40000 He hauinge but. 13000. footemen, and 2000. speares. He slew of his enemies* 1.3 10000. and toke pri••oners nie as many▪ This was called ye battel of Agincourt
This yere the▪ Emperour Sigi••mond came into Englād, to entreat a meanes of peace betwene the kinges of Eng∣land & Fraunce: but all was in vaine, for in the ende no peace coulde be con▪¦cluded, and king Henry went agayne into Fraunce.
This yere in France kinge Henry obteined many victories, and gotte all the townes and holdes in Normandy, sauing Rohan, whiche he strongly be∣sieged.
This yere on Ester day, was a great* 1.4 fraye in saint Dustons Church in the Easte parte of London: the beginners therof was the lord Strange, and syr Iohn Trussel knight, through the qua¦rell of theyr two wyues: through the whiche fraye manye people were sore wounded and hurt, and one Thomas Petwarden Fishmonger slayne out of ••••••••de, wherfore both the fraiers were brought to the counter in the Pultrey, and the lord Strange for beginning the sayd fray, was the next sunday accur∣sed at Paules crosse.
This yere syr Iohn Oldcastell was* 1.5 sent vnto London by the lorde Powes out of Wales, the whiche syr Iohn for he••esye and treason was conuicte, and for the same was drawē to saint Giles fielde, where he was hanged on a new payre of Gallowes with cheynes, and after consumed with fyre.
About this time the person of Wrot∣ham* 1.6 in Norfolke, whiche had haunted newe Market heath, and there robbed & spoyled many of the kings subiects, was with his concubine brought vp to
Newgate where he lastly died
King Henry conquered Roan, sub∣dued al Normandy, and was proclay∣med Regent of Fraunce for terme of the lyfe of Charles beyng then kinge. And after his decease ye croun of Frāce with al rightes belonging to the same: to him and his heyres. For confyrma∣tion wherof he toke to wife Catherin•• the daughter of Charles.
This yere king Henry returned into England & so to London, and at West∣minster Katherin his wife was crow∣ned the xxiiii. day of February.
The duke of Clarence king Henries brother was ouerset by the Dolphin of France, and slayn, to the kinges great displeasure.
King Henry went agayn into France and made warre vpon the Dolphin.
The beginning of this yere. Q. Cathe∣rin was deliuered at Windsor of a yōg prince, whose name was Henry, and the tenth day of August was the newe wether cocke set on Paules steple.
And this yere the Queene returned into Fraunce to Kinge Henry, where was a ioiful meting, but ••f••er folowed sorow: for shortly after the king beyng at Bois in Vincente, he wexed sicke &* 1.7 died, the last day of August, in the yere of our lord .1422. when he had reigned nine yeres fyue monethes & ten dayes, he builded the Shene and Sion, and lyeth buried at Westminster.
Oldcastel.
Execution.
Battell of Agincourt
A fraye in saint Dun∣stons Church
Execution.
The person of Wrothā with his concubine
Shene and Sion buil¦ded.