. Historical portraits ... se expeditions, he crossed Germany to Venice and thence paida flying visit to Jerusalem, being thus the only English King beforeEdward VII who saw the Holy Sepulchre. From his return toEngland in 1393 he took until 1397 little part in politics, but whatinfluence he had was used upon the side of the Crown and againsthis own friends of ten years before. He was created Duke ofHereford in 1397: in this capacity he had an open quarrel withThomas, Duke of Norfolk, whom he accused of treasonable quarrel was to be decided by combat in the Kings presenceat Coventr
. Historical portraits ... se expeditions, he crossed Germany to Venice and thence paida flying visit to Jerusalem, being thus the only English King beforeEdward VII who saw the Holy Sepulchre. From his return toEngland in 1393 he took until 1397 little part in politics, but whatinfluence he had was used upon the side of the Crown and againsthis own friends of ten years before. He was created Duke ofHereford in 1397: in this capacity he had an open quarrel withThomas, Duke of Norfolk, whom he accused of treasonable quarrel was to be decided by combat in the Kings presenceat Coventry in September 1388; King Richard stopped thecombat when the duellists were already in the lists and banishedboth of them, although professing to Hereford great regret atdoing so. Henry went to Paris and waited his opportunity ofrevenge. This opportunity came at the death of his father, John ofGaunt, in February 1399, for Richard, who had promised the exilethat his paternal estates should be secured to him, now confiscated. HENRY IV From the picture in the National Portrait GalleryPainter unknown Face /. 4 HENRY IV 5 the whole of the Lancastrian inheritance. Henry, whose wholelife in England had been devoted, in accordance with the traditionsof his house, to a quiet but steady conciliation of popular favour,was no doubt well informed of the growing unpopularity ofRichard; he therefore took advantage of Richards absence inIreland to land in Yorkshire with a few followers, professing toclaim only his paternal inheritance of Lancaster. But, as headvanced south-westwards, he was received with such acclamationsand joined by such powerful men, notably the Percys of North-umberland, that he was able to take a sharp vengeance on theunpopular ministers of Richard, many of whom he beheaded, andto advance in overwhelming force to meet the King on his returnfrom Ireland. Richard submitted tamely, and Henry issued writs,still in Richards name, for a Parliament in London. At this Parlia-ment
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