. Owen Glyndwr and the last struggle for Welsh independence, with a brief sketch of Welsh history;. ms. William ap Tudoroffered on behalf of his followers to surrender theplace if a full and unconditional pardon should begranted to all inside. Hotspur was inclined to acceptthis proposal, but the council at Chester and the Kinghimself, getting word of his intention, objected, andwith justice, to such leniency. So the negotiationsdrag on. The King in a letter to his son remarksthat, as the castle fell by the carelessness of HenryPercys people, that same dear and faithful cousin ought to see that
. Owen Glyndwr and the last struggle for Welsh independence, with a brief sketch of Welsh history;. ms. William ap Tudoroffered on behalf of his followers to surrender theplace if a full and unconditional pardon should begranted to all inside. Hotspur was inclined to acceptthis proposal, but the council at Chester and the Kinghimself, getting word of his intention, objected, andwith justice, to such leniency. So the negotiationsdrag on. The King in a letter to his son remarksthat, as the castle fell by the carelessness of HenryPercys people, that same dear and faithful cousin ought to see that it was retaken without concessionsto those holding it, and, moreover, pay all the ex-penses out of his own pocket. In any case he urgesthat, if he himself is to pay the wages and mainten-ance of the besieging force, and supply their impos-ing siege train, he would like to see something moresubstantial for the outlay than a full and free pardonto the rebels who had caused it. It was the begin-ning of July before an agreement was finally arrivedat, to the effect that if nine of the garrison, not. 1401] Owen and the Percys 141 specified, were handed over to justice, the restshould be granted both their lives and a free selection of the nine inside the castle was madeon a strange method, if method it can be the leaders, having made an arbitrary and privy-choice of the victims, had them seized and boundsuddenly in the night. They were then handed overto Percys troops, who slaughtered them after theusual brutal fashion of the time. A second letter of Henry Percys to the councildemonstrates conclusively how seriously he had beenat fault in his previous estimate. This time hewrites from Denbigh under date of May 17th, press-ing for the payment of arrears in view of the de-sperate state of North Wales, and further declaringthat if he did not receive some money shortly hemust resign his position to others and leave thecountry by the end of the month. But Hotspurros
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