Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
CHAPTER XXXIV.
REIGN OF HENRY IV.
His Coronation--The Insecurity of his Position--He courts the Clergy and the People--Sends an Embassy to France--Conspiracy to Assassinate him--Death of King Richard--Rumours of his Escape to Scotland--Expedition into Scotland--Revolt of Owen Glendower--Battle of Homildon Hill--The Conspiracy of the Percies--The Battle of Shrewsbury, where they are Defeated--Northumberland Pardoned--Accumulating Dangers--Second Rebellion of the Percies with the Archbishop of York--The North Reduced--The War in Wales--Earl of Northumberland flies thither--The Plague--Battle of Bramham Moor--Reduction of the Welsh--Expedition into France--Death of Henry 515