CHAPTER I

EARLY LIFE

Birth of Humphrey: his parents--The change of dynasty--The Order of the Bath--Plot to kill Henry IV. and his sons--Humphrey made a Knight of the Garter--Visit to Abbey of Bardney--Accession of Henry V.--Humphrey created Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Gloucester--Negotiations between England and France--Preparations for war--The Southampton Conspiracy: its warning--Gloucester's retinue in the 1415 campaign--The siege of Harfleur--March from Harfleur to Agincourt--The battle of Agincourt--The King's return to England, 1-32