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Transcribers Note The page headers on the odd pages of Chapters I to VIII of - photo 1
Transcribers Note
The page headers on the odd pages of Chapters I to VIII of the original text provided a running account of the year and topic discussed. These are retained as highlighted notes such as 14XX] TOPIC In Chapters IX and X, there are no dates in these topic notes.
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.
From an Arras Manuscript.

HUMPHREY
DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
A Biography
BY
K. H. VICKERS, M.A.
EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD
LECTURER IN MODERN HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, BRISTOL
ORGANISER AND LECTURER IN LONDON HISTORY FOR THE
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY
LIMITED
1907
Edinburgh: T and A. Constable , Printers to His Majesty

TO
THOSE KIND FRIENDS WITHOUT WHOSE
SYMPATHY AND KINDNESS THIS
BOOK WOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT TO
COMPLETION

PREFACE
The following pages have been written amidst many interruptions and completed amidst great difficulties. The excuse for their existence is to be found in the total absence of any adequate biography of their subject, and the attraction (to the author at any rate) of a varied and interesting career. My indebtedness to those who have made a study of the fifteenth century is acknowledged in the bibliography, but my obligations extend much further. My thanks are due to many librarians who have given me every facility to inspect manuscripts in their care, but to Mr. Falconer Madan of the Bodleian Library at Oxford I am under no ordinary debt of obligation. His consistent kindness and interest has made many paths smooth that would otherwise have been rough. I am indebted to Lord Leicester for his kindness in allowing me to examine a manuscript life of the Duke which forms part of his Library, and to Mr. Yates Thompson for a similar permission with regard to the Dukes Psalter. Still more do I desire to thank Dean Kitchin for his courtesy and kindness in sending me a transcript of a letter in a Durham manuscript, whilst Professor Oman has given me the great encouragement of his sympathy and advice. To Dr. Morris of Bedford I owe assistance on some points of difficulty, and Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty, Garter, was kind enough to answer several questions with regard to the Dukes armorial bearings. To my mother, who has spent many weary hours in copying my manuscript; to my sister, who is largely responsible for the index; and to my friend, Mr. H. W. Ward of Frenchay, whose assistance, both clerical and critical, has been freely given, the mere record of my gratitude is not sufficient.
Mr. E. Alfred Jones has kindly allowed me to reproduce the photograph of a cup which once belonged to Duke Humphrey, and which forms part of the collection he has made for his book on The Old Plate of the Cambridge Colleges, whilst the possessor of the manuscript copy of Beccarias dedication to Duke Humphrey, prefaced to his translation of Boccaccio, was good enough, through the kind instrumentality of Mr. Strickland Gibson of the Bodleian Library, to allow me to photograph this unique document.
K. H. V.
Frenchay , August 1907.

CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction
CHAPTER I
EARLY LIFE
Birth of Humphrey: his parentsThe change of dynastyThe Order of the BathPlot to kill Henry IV. and his sonsHumphrey made a Knight of the GarterVisit to Abbey of BardneyAccession of Henry V. Humphrey created Earl of Pembroke and Duke of GloucesterNegotiations between England and FrancePreparations for warThe Southampton Conspiracy: its warningGloucesters retinue in the 1415 campaignThe siege of HarfleurMarch from Harfleur to AgincourtThe battle of AgincourtThe Kings return to England,
CHAPTER II
THE WAR IN FRANCE
Various phases of Gloucesters careerThe Emperor Sigismunds visit to England: reception by GloucesterThe Treaty of CanterburyGloucester hostage at St. Omer for the safety of the Duke of Burgundy visiting Henry V. at CalaisGloucester and Sigismund: a contrast in charactersRenewal of the warThe siege of CaenGloucesters military qualitiesThe sieges of Alenon and FalaiseGloucester despatched to subdue the CtentinThe Ctentin expeditionThe siege of CherbourgGloucester joins Henry V. at the siege of RouenGloucesters negotiations for a wifeFurther military undertakings: the capture of IvryGloucester returns to England,
CHAPTER III
THE EVOLUTION OF GLOUCESTERS POLICY
Gloucester Regent of England: terms of his commissionState of the country at this time; the rise of the Middle Classes and their support of GloucesterThe King of Scotland and GloucesterThe Treaty of Troyes proclaimed in EnglandInfluence of this treaty on Gloucesters policyRestlessness of ParliamentThe return of Henry V. to EnglandCoronation of Queen CatharineThe misfortunes of Jacqueline of Hainault: her arrival in England and meeting with GloucesterHenry V. s policy with regard to JacquelineThird French campaignThe siege of DreuxGloucesters second Regency of EnglandDeath of Henry V. : his wishes for the government of his kingdomsClaimants for the Protectorate: Henry Beaufort, Bedford, and Gloucester: their qualificationsOpposition to Gloucesters claims: his removal from the RegencyAppointment to the Protectorate: the limitations placed on Gloucesters power and their effectAlliance between Gloucester and Bedford and its significanceDissensions in the Regency CouncilExecution of Sir John Mortimer and death of the Earl of March,
CHAPTER IV
GLOUCESTER AND HAINAULT
Jacquelines treatment in EnglandHer marriage to GloucesterVisit of Gloucester and Jacqueline to St. AlbansBurgundy objects to Gloucesters pretensions to govern HainaultAttempted arbitration between Gloucester and BurgundyGloucesters claimHis departure with Jacqueline for HainaultRenewed attempts at arbitrationMarch from Calais to HainaultReception in Hainault: attitude of MonsThe Estates of Hainault accept Gloucester as RegentComplaints of the behaviour of the English soldiersPapal procrastination in deciding Jacquelines divorce appealBurgundy prepares for armed interferenceSiege of Braine-le-ComteGloucesters inactivityCorrespondence of Gloucester and Burgundy who agree to a duelIncreased hostility to Gloucester in HainaultGloucester returns to EnglandThe motive and wisdom of his Hainault policy,
CHAPTER V
THE PROTECTORATE
Gloucesters reception in England: attitude of the CouncilJacqueline loses ground in HainaultThe duel between Gloucester and Burgundy forbiddenGloucester loses interest in Hainault affairs: failure of an expedition to relieve JacquelineThe quarrel between Gloucester and Beaufort: Beaufort summons Bedford to EnglandGloucesters position before and after Bedfords returnCouncil of St. AlbansParliament of Leicester: Gloucesters attack on Beaufort: the decision of the LordsThe Council asserts its rights: its communication to GloucesterResults of Bedfords interventionGloucester suppresses lawlessnessJacqueline seeks assistance: money voted by the Council for her reliefAbandonment of the contemplated expeditionPublic feeling hostile to GloucesterThe Pope refuses the divorceGloucester marries Eleanor CobhamDisturbances in the MidlandsBeaufort attacked for accepting the CardinalateCoronation of Henry VI. ,
CHAPTER VI
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