Henry of Monmouth
Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England
Biography & Memoir, Royalty, Nonfiction, History, British
| Author: | J. Endell Tyler | ISBN: | 1230000143173 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue | Publication: | June 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | J. Endell Tyler |
| ISBN: | 1230000143173 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue |
| Publication: | June 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This edition features
• two complete books
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes
CONTENTS (abridged list)
VOLUME I.
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.
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CHAPTER XVI.
Story of Prince Henry and the Chief Justice, first found in the Work of Sir Thomas Elyot, published nearly a century and a half subsequently to the supposed transaction. — Sir John Hawkins — Hall — Hume. — No allusion to the circumstance in the Early Chroniclers. — Dispute as to the Judge. — Various Claimants of the distinction. — Gascoyne — Hankford — Hody — Markham. — Some interesting particulars with regard to Gascoyne, lately discovered and verified. — Improbability of the entire Story.
APPENDIX.
VOLUME II.
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.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
The Case of John Clayton, Richard Gurmyn, and William Taylor, burnt for Heresy, examined. — Result of the Investigation. — Henry not a Persecutor. — Reflections.
APPENDIX.
This edition features
• two complete books
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes
CONTENTS (abridged list)
VOLUME I.
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 XVI.
Story of Prince Henry and the Chief Justice, first found in the Work of Sir Thomas Elyot, published nearly a century and a half subsequently to the supposed transaction. — Sir John Hawkins — Hall — Hume. — No allusion to the circumstance in the Early Chroniclers. — Dispute as to the Judge. — Various Claimants of the distinction. — Gascoyne — Hankford — Hody — Markham. — Some interesting particulars with regard to Gascoyne, lately discovered and verified. — Improbability of the entire Story.
APPENDIX.
VOLUME II.
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.
...
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Case of John Clayton, Richard Gurmyn, and William Taylor, burnt for Heresy, examined. — Result of the Investigation. — Henry not a Persecutor. — Reflections.
APPENDIX.
