A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . bdication, the evidence is strongly to thecontrary effect. Peeris accuses Henry of double-dealingnot only towards Richard, but towards the Percies as well;and, having stated that Northumberland and Hotspur with-drew from Court after the Lancastrian assumption of thecrown, goes on to tell how the new king was punishedby Providence For his lurotigfull dealling^ atidperjury^As Polychronicon in his life dotheplainly expres^God punished him right sore and greuously ;For, after he had taken tipoti him the Croime
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . bdication, the evidence is strongly to thecontrary effect. Peeris accuses Henry of double-dealingnot only towards Richard, but towards the Percies as well;and, having stated that Northumberland and Hotspur with-drew from Court after the Lancastrian assumption of thecrown, goes on to tell how the new king was punishedby Providence For his lurotigfull dealling^ atidperjury^As Polychronicon in his life dotheplainly expres^God punished him right sore and greuously ;For, after he had taken tipoti him the Croime wrojigfiilly^Inimediatly strickene he was with contagious seknesOf Lepre, which is a disease remediles. On the other hand, we are told by the Annales Ricardi authority accepted by many later historians, that North-umberland induced Richard to leave Conway for FlintCastle; there handed him over to the Duke of Lancaster;and, on September 29, recited before the Council a promiseof abdication which he had received from the king, then * Annales Ricardi II. - Ibid. ^ De THE HOUSE OF PERCY 65 imprisoned in the Tower. It is also claimed that the earlofficiated at Henrys coronation. Whether it be true that the Percies wittingly helpedHenry to climb the throne ; or whether they were dupedby John of Gaunts right worthy offspring, and kept inignorance until too late; it is certain that, for a short timeafter his accession, Henry IV. saw fit to seek the goodwillof these north-country kinsmen by loading them with newhonours. His first signature as a king was attached toa charter making Northumberland Lord High Constable,and he shortly afterwards granted him the Isle of Manand its dependencies.^ Worcester was associated with theyouthful Prince John, Henrys second son, as Lord HighSteward ; and received in addition the posts of Governorto the Prince of Wales, Admiral of the Fleet, Treasurer ofEngland, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Lieutenant of SouthWales, and Governor of Aquit
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