All English Ports were sealed, and all writs of passage collected on 14th January 1388. The period was turbulent in England. In November 1386 a number of senior nobles, known now as the Lords Appellant, had…
The marriage of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III to Katherine Swynford on 13th January 1396 was unannounced and rather controversial. John of Gaunt’s role within government John was a son of King…
In 1401 many men of high status were faced with dilemma. Men who had been strongly associated with the previous regime, there was a question mark over their loyalty to the new regime. This uncertainty…
After years of conflict and division, attempts to reconcile the Burgundians and supporters of the Dauphin had been made at the highest levels by the late summer of 1419. The divisions were deep, having resulted…
Fall of Romorantin to Edward of Woodstock’s men Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, had launched his campaign from Gascony. Using the chevauchee approach, he attacked Limousin and Berry. His scouts then reported the presence…
Letter from Richard Wynkeley, regarding the Battle of Crecy A week after the Battle of Crécy the English had reached Bologne. Here, the English had time to take stock of what had occurred in the…
One 1st September 1359 the Dauphin and Charles II of Navarre rode side by side into Paris as a public showing of their reconciliation. France had been plagued by a bitter rivalry between the Dauphin and…
The Battle of Crécy was the first major victory on land by the English in the Hundred Years War. Fought on 26th August 1346, the battle of Crecy was well recorded by contemporaries. Prelude to…
French forces landed at Milford Haven in support of Owain Glyn Dwr, 7th August 1405 Owain Glyn Dwr held a claim to the title of Prince of Wales that had not been claimed by a…
The Southampton Plot was a conspiracy to depose King Henry V and replace him with Edward Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. The Southampton Plot, 1415 It was the Earl of March himself who revealed the…