Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of EnglandTyler, James Endell
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Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England
Tyler, James Endell
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422
William Gwyn of Llanstephan, was in the army of the enemy on the field
of Agincourt, and his corpse was found among the slain. His castle of
Llanstephan was in consequence forfeited to the crown, and was granted
to the King's brother, Humphrey Duke of Gloucester.
[Footnote 142: The fact is recorded in the Patent
Rolls, P. 2, 3 Hen. V.]
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Being left master of the field, Henry withdrew his army a few paces,
and addressed them in a speech very characteristic of his mind. After
thanking them for their services, he bade them consider his success as
undoubted proof of the justice of his cause; and directed them not to
pride themselves on the event, but to give the glory to God. Henry
then called to him Montjoye, the principal herald of France, and
demanded of him to whom the victory belonged; who replied, that it was
to the King of England. He then asked the name of the neighbouring
castle; and, being informed that it was Agincourt, "Then," said he,
"this shall for ever be called
"THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT."[143]
[Footnote 143: The spot from which the battle of
Agincourt took its name has been confounded with a
place named Azincourt, near the town of Bouchain in
French Flanders. On the position of the real field
of battle, and its present condition, the Author
has much satisfaction in making the following
extract from a paper read before the Royal Society
of Literature, April 4, 1827, by John Gordon Smith,
M.D. who had visited and examined the spot under
circumstances of peculiar interest:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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