Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . t Richard de Beauchampfought in Wales and captured the banner ofOwen Glendower. He was also instrumental inputting down an insurrection in Shropshire. But hischief military exploits were in the long war whichHenry V. waged against the French. It was a thoroughly unjust and iniquitous claim to the French throne differed from thatof Edward III. In that no possible quibble couldmake it appear valid. If any Englishman had a goodtitle, the claims of the House of Mortimer were ob-viously prior to those of the House of La
Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . t Richard de Beauchampfought in Wales and captured the banner ofOwen Glendower. He was also instrumental inputting down an insurrection in Shropshire. But hischief military exploits were in the long war whichHenry V. waged against the French. It was a thoroughly unjust and iniquitous claim to the French throne differed from thatof Edward III. In that no possible quibble couldmake it appear valid. If any Englishman had a goodtitle, the claims of the House of Mortimer were ob-viously prior to those of the House of Lancaster. ButEnglish King and English barons were alike spoil-ing for a fight, and French Internal dissensions offereda fair prospect of success. So the campaign began,of which the best-known landmarks are the battle ofAgincourt and the Peace of Troyes. Richard de Beauchamp does not seem to havebeen present at the battle of Agincourt; but, afterAgincourt, his name Is of constant occurrence In thechronicles. At Calais he received with due rever- 117 Warwick Castle ^. THE SECOND SEAL OF RICHARD DEBEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK. ence the EmperorSigismund. He wassent in \\\(i—prcestan-tissimus vir ComesV arvicensis he iscalled—to relieveHarfleur. At the siegeof Caen the Earlof Warwick and SirJohn Gray were onthe Kings righthand. He capturedCaudebec, and Mont Saint Michel, and Domfront,and Melun. He was sent on an embassy to theDuke of Burgundy, and treacherously ambuscadedby the way. He marched to the relief of Cosne,which the Dauphin was beleaguering. He was madeCaptain of Beauvais ; and he was at the siege ofRouen. This, though it is hardly so much as mentionedin the school-books, was one of the most memorablesieges in history. It lasted for six months. Thegarrison, in order that they might resist the longer,turned twelve thousand of the country folk who hadtaken refuge with them outside the walls to was no part of the policy of Henry V. to feedthem. War, he said, has th
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