Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . CHAPTER IV. KING RICHARD II. DEPOSED IN FLINT CASTLE. Of all the different periods in the history of Flint, perhapsnone is more interesting than that of the reign of Richard II.,the son of the Black Prince. Richard was but a bo}, of eleven3ears of age, when he ascended the throne on the death of hisgrandfather, Edward III., on June 2nd, 1377. He was naturally of a gentle and amiable disposition; and inafter years sympathised with the people, and desired to amelio-rate their condition
Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . CHAPTER IV. KING RICHARD II. DEPOSED IN FLINT CASTLE. Of all the different periods in the history of Flint, perhapsnone is more interesting than that of the reign of Richard II.,the son of the Black Prince. Richard was but a bo}, of eleven3ears of age, when he ascended the throne on the death of hisgrandfather, Edward III., on June 2nd, 1377. He was naturally of a gentle and amiable disposition; and inafter years sympathised with the people, and desired to amelio-rate their condition and relieve them from the oppressive burdensunder which they laboured. But, through want of parental careand proper education, the evil habits he had contracted during hisminorit}, and in which he was indulged by his favourites,completely unfitted him for sovereign power; so that when heattained his majority (May, 1389), and took the reins of govern-ment into his own hands, he had neither the mind nor theresolution to act independently of the advice of those he sufferedto monopolize his favours and affect
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