Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . an experience which proved veiy usefulto him when, five years later, he ascended the throne. Theking, who had suffered long from a troublesome disease,died in 1413. SUMMARY Henrys lack of hereditary title to the throne opened the way toopposition and conspiracy. The Welsh rebelled, trouble with Francearose, and the sympathy of Scotland with the French led to borderforays. The House of Commons greatly increased its power. Duringthis reign two men were
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . an experience which proved veiy usefulto him when, five years later, he ascended the throne. Theking, who had suffered long from a troublesome disease,died in 1413. SUMMARY Henrys lack of hereditary title to the throne opened the way toopposition and conspiracy. The Welsh rebelled, trouble with Francearose, and the sympathy of Scotland with the French led to borderforays. The House of Commons greatly increased its power. Duringthis reign two men were burned at the stake for heresy. 2. Henry V. 1413-1422 98. Suppression of the Lollards.—Henry V was sternly religious, and followed hisfathers policy in suppressingheresy. The leader of theLollards was now Sir JohnOldcastle, Lord Cobham,who had been a close friendof the king when Prince ofWales. He was tried £.idcondemned to be burned,but before the sentencecould be carried out, heescaped. His followersformed a plot to kill theking and his brothers, butHenry V their plans were found out, and thirty-nine of them were captured and put to. 1415] YORK AND LANCASTER 99 death. A few years later Oldcastle also was taken andhanged. After this the Lollards were driven out of thetowns, their books and their writings were burned, andlittle more is heard of them in England. 99. The Hundred Years War is renevTed.—At this timethe government of France was in the hands of a weak king,and Heniy seized the opportunity to revive his ancestralclaims to the French throne. The nobles were anxiousfor an opportunity to win glory, and, moreover, althoughHenry had become reconciled to most of the enemies ofthe late king, especially to the Percies, he felt that if heoccupied the attention of the nobles with a foreign war,they would be less likely to rebel against him. In 1415 Henry landed with a large army at Harfleur, nearthe mouth of the Seine, and after a terrible siege capturedthe city. Though he
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