1413. Sir John Oldcastle (commonly called Lord Cobham), one of the Lollards, condemned as a heretic. He escaped into Wales, but was captured and burnt in 1417. 1414. Henry demanded the crown of France; and that unreasonable claim being disregarded, he claimed Normandy, Maine, Touraine, Anjou, Guienne, and other districts, together with the hand of the Princess Catherine, and a large dower. 1415. Negotiations continued. The French finally offered the duchy of Aquitaine and the hand of Catherine, with 800,000 crowns; but these terms were rejected. =WAR WITH FRANCE.= Before setting sail for France, Henry detected a conspiracy to place the earl of March on the throne; Richard, earl of Cambridge, and other conspirators executed. Siege and capture of HARFLEUR (Sept. 22). =Henry gained a great victory at= AGINCOURT (Oct. 25); the French loss 10,000, the English, 1,600. 1419. ROUEN captured by the English, after a siege of nearly six months (Jan. 19). The duke of Burgundy assassinated in the presence of the dauphin: the duke's son at once joined the English. 1420. ~Treaty of Troyes~ (May 21): Henry was to marry Catherine, to govern France in the name of Charles, who was insane, and on his death to succeed him. 1421. The duke of Clarence, the king's brother, defeated and slain by the dauphin's troops at BEAUGÉ in Anjou (Mar. 22). 1422. Henry besieged and captured MEAUX (May). HENRY VI., of WINDSOR. =D.= He was the son of Henry V. =B.= at Windsor, 1421. =M.= Margaret of Anjou. Deposed, March, 1461. Probably =murdered= in the Tower, May, 1471. =R.= 38-1/2 years (1422 to 1461). 1422. The duke of Bedford appointed protector of England, and in his absence beyond sea, his brother, the duke of Gloucester. Bedford regent of France. Charles VI. died, and Henry was proclaimed king. 1423. The French and their Scottish allies defeated at CREVANT ON YONNE by the earl of Salisbury, one of the ablest of the English commanders (July 31). 1424. =The duke of Bedford gained a great victory over the French at Verneuil= (Aug. 17). 1428. Orleans besieged by the English; one of the first sieges in which cannon were found to be of importance. 1429. The French, endeavouring to intercept supplies for the English army, were defeated at ROUVRAI (the Battle of Herrings, Feb. 12). SIEGE RAISED BY JOAN OF ARC (May). The English defeated at PATAY (June 18). Charles VII. crowned at Rheims. 1430. Joan of Arc captured at the siege of Compiègne, and burnt, the next year, at Rouen for sorcery and witchcraft. 1435. ~Treaty of Arras~: the duke of Burgundy withdrew from the English alliance. Death of Bedford. 1436. Paris recovered by Charles VII. Richard, duke of York, became regent of France, but was recalled the next year, and succeeded by Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. He died in 1439, and York became regent a second time. 1440. John Beaumont created viscount, being the first of that title in England.