. A short history of England and the British Empire. ly, a powerful clan on the Welsh border which was related by marriage to Lionel, John of Gaunts older brother. The MortimersThe Mor- •* , ? . , timers, the had vast domains and were able to muster large Nevilles, and forces 0f tenants and retainers. A nationalistic the Pcrcics. uprising in Wales also promised to be of advantageto the Mortimers, for the Welsh rebels allied themselves withtheir old enemies of the March, who were now hoping to seizethe English throne. Two powerful noble families in the north,the Nevilles of Westmoreland and the
. A short history of England and the British Empire. ly, a powerful clan on the Welsh border which was related by marriage to Lionel, John of Gaunts older brother. The MortimersThe Mor- •* , ? . , timers, the had vast domains and were able to muster large Nevilles, and forces 0f tenants and retainers. A nationalistic the Pcrcics. uprising in Wales also promised to be of advantageto the Mortimers, for the Welsh rebels allied themselves withtheir old enemies of the March, who were now hoping to seizethe English throne. Two powerful noble families in the north,the Nevilles of Westmoreland and the Percies of Northumber-land, had also become dissatisfied with Henry IV and hadjoined the partisans of Mortimer. But while on their marchBattle of toward the Welsh border where the Mortimers Shrewsbury, were mustering, these northern earls were inter-cepted by the Lancastrian forces at Shrewsbury,where a bloody battle was The king was victorious, 1 Cheyney, No. 157; Gardiner, 292, 298, 300. HENRY IV: EARLY DIFFICULTIES OF HIS REIGN 183. > P, 184 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REVOLUTION and as the Mortimers were deprived of their allies, the con-spiracy collapsed (1403). 163. Henry Allies Himself with the Church: Persecutionof the Lollards. Realizing that his title to the crown wasdefective and that he ruled by sufferance only, Henry of Lan-
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