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  1. Henry
    marries
    Joan
    of
    Brittany;
    Battle
    of
    Homildon
    Hill
  2. Coronation
    of
    Joan;
    Percys
    rebel;
    battle
    of
    Shrewsbury
    1. Death
      of
      Philip
      the
      Fair
      of
      Burgundy;
      accession
      of
      John
      the Fearless
    2. Rising
      in
      north
      under
      Northumberland
      and
      Archbishop
      of York
    1. Assassination
      of
      Duke
      Louis
      of
      Orleans;
      succession
      of
      son Charles
    2. Battle
      of
      Bramham
      Moor;
      Northumberland
      killed
    3. Fall
      of
      Harlech
      1411
      Expedition
      sent
      by
      Prince
      of
      Wales
      to
      help
      Burgundy
      in France
  1. Expedition
    under
    Clarence
    sent
    by
    King
    to
    help
    Orleans
  2. Death
    of
    Henry
    IV;
    accession
    of
    Henry
    V
  3. Lollard
    rebellion
    1. Henry
      invades
      France;
      Cambridge
      plot;
      siege
      of
      Harfleur; Agincourt
    2. Relief
      of
      Harfleur;
      visit
      of
      Emperor
      Sigismund
    3. Henry's
      second
      expedition;
      capture
      of
      Caen
    4. Capture
      of
      Rouen
      after
      long
      siege
    5. Murder
      of
      John
      the
      Fearless
    6. Treaty
      of
      Troyes;
      marriage
      of
      Henry
      and
      Katherine;
      Henry rides
      into
      Paris
    7. Coronation
      of
      Katherine;
      battle
      of
      Beauge;
      Henry's
      last campaign;
      birth
      of
      Henry
      VI
    8. Henry's
      death;
      accession
      of
      Henry
      VI;
      death
      of
      Charles
      VI; accession
      of
      Charles
      VII
  1. Siege
    of
    Orleans
    begins;
    death
    of
    Salisbury
    1. Coronation
      of
      Henry
      at
      Westminster;
      coronation
      of
      Charles VII;
      Battle
      of
      Patay

1431
Burning
of
Joan
of
Arc;
Henry
crowned
in
Paris

1437
Charles
VII
enters
Paris

1441
Duchess
of
Gloucester
accused
of
witchcraft

  1. Truce
    with
    France;
    formal
    betrothal
    of
    Henry
    and
    Margaret
    of Anjou
  2. Marriage
    (by
    proxy)
    of
    Henry
    to
    Margaret
  1. Death
    of
    Duke
    Humphrey
    of
    Gloucester;
    death
    of
    Cardinal Beaufort
  2. Maine
    surrendered
    to
    France
  3. Sack
    of
    Fougeres
    by
    Somerset;
    French
    regain
    Rouen;
    Richard of
    York
    goes
    to
    Ireland
  4. Battle
    of
    Formigny;
    disgrace
    of
    Suffolk;
    his
    death;
    Jack
    Cade's rebellion;
    Richard
    of
    York
    returns
    from
    Ireland
    without permission
  1. Richard
    of
    York
    marches
    on
    London
  2. Henry
    seriously
    ill;
    birth
    of
    son;
    arrest
    of
    Somerset
    1. Richard
      of
      York
      appointed
      Protector
      of
      Realm;
      Henry recovers
    2. Somerset
      back
      in
      power;
      first
      battle
      of
      St
      Albans

1460
Richard
of
York
makes
fourth
march
on
London
and
formally

claims
throne;
Act
of
Accord;
battle
of
Wakefield;
death
of Richard

  1. Battle
    of
    Mortimer's
    Cross;
    second
    battle
    of
    St
    Albans; Londoners
    rise
    against
    Lancastrians;
    Edward
    IV
    claims
    throne;
    Battle
    of
    Towton;
    death
    of
    Charles
    VII,
    accession
    of
    Louis
    XI
  2. Queen
    Margaret
    appeals
    to
    Louis
    XI
    1464
    Revolt
    in
    the
    north;
    Battle
    s
    of
    Hedgeley
    Moor
    and
    Hexham; Henry
    VI
    escapes,
    wanders
    through
    north
    for
    almost
    a
    year; Edward
    marries
    Elizabeth
    Woodville
    1. George
      Duke
      of
      Clarence
      marries
      Isabel,
      daughter
      of
      Warwick; revolt
      under
      Robin
      of
      Redesdale;
      battle
      of
      Edgcote;
      capture
      of King
      Edward
      by
      Warwick
      and
      Clarence
    2. Battle
      of
      Erpingham
      ('Lose-coat
      Field');
      Warwick
      and
      Clarence flee
      to
      France;
      Margaret's
      reconciliation
      with
      Warwick; Warwick
      lands
      in
      Devon
      calling
      for
      restitution
      of
      Henry
      VI; Edward,
      betrayed
      by
      Montagu,
      takes
      refuge
      in
      Holland;
      Henry VI
      reinstated,
      with
      Warwick
      in
      power
    3. Edward
      returns
      to
      England;
      his
      recoronation;
      Battle
      of
      Barnet; death
      of
      Warwick;
      Margaret
      and
      her
      son
      Edward
      land
      at Weymouth;
      battle
      of
      Tewkesbury;
      death
      of
      King
      Henry
      in Tower

1475
Edward
leads
army
to
France;
agreement
at
Picquigny;

Margaret
ransomed 1478
Trial
and
death
of
Clarence

  1. Richard
    of
    Gloucester
    leads
    army
    into
    Scotland,
    occupies Edinburgh
  2. Death
    of
    Edward
    IV;
    coup
    at
    Northampton;
    Richard
    transfers two
    Princes
    to
    Tower;
    Richard
    arranges
    to
    be
    asked
    to
    assume crown;
    his
    coronation;
    death
    of the
    Princes;
    revolt
    of Buckingham
  3. Death
    of
    Richard's
    son,
    Edward
    of
    Middleham
  4. Death
    of
    Queen
    Anne;
    Henry
    Tudor
    lands
    at
    Milford
    Haven; battle
    of
    Bosworth

Bibliography

THE
PLAYS

The
Arden
Shakespeare.
London,
various
editors
and
dates. (For
Edward III: Elizabethan History Plays
(ed.)
William
A.
Armstrong, OUP
1965.

CONTEMPORARY
WORKS

Adam
of
Usk.
Chronicle, 1377-1421.
Tr.
and
ed.
E.
M.
Thompson,

London
1904. Anon.
The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth.
i594?-8. Anon.
The First English Life of Henry V.
Ed.
C.
L.
Kingsford,
Oxford

1911.

Anon.
Gesta Henrici Quinti.
An
account
by
an
unknown
chaplain
to Henry
V,
ed.
B.
Williams
for
the
English
Historical
Society,
London 1830.

Anon.
Historie of the Arrivall of King Edward IV.
Ed.
J.
Bruce,
Camden

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