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CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
CHAP. XVII.
RICHARD II.
Government during the Minority. Insurrection of the
common People. · Discontents of the Barons. · Civil
Commotions. Expulsion or Execution of the King's
Ministers.-Cabals of the Duke of Gloucester - Murder
of the Duke of Gloucester.- Banishment of Henry, Duke
of Hereford. Return of Henry. - General Insurrec-
tion. - Deposition of the King. His Murder His
Character. Miscellaneous Transactions during this
Reign. Page 1
CHAP XVIII.
HENRY IV.
Title of the King. An Insurrection. An Insurrection
-
in Wales. The Earl of Northumberland rebels. -
CHAP. XIX.
HENRY V.
The King's former Disorders - His Reformation. -
The Lollards. - Punishment of Lord Cobham. - State
of France. Invasion of that Kingdom. - Battle of
Azincour. State of France. - New Invasion of France.
Assassination of the Duke of Burgundy. — Treaty
of Troye. Marriage of the King. His Death —
and Character.- Miscellaneous Transactions during this
Reign.
Page 85
CHAP. XX.
HENRY VI.
Government during the Minority. State of France. -
Military Operations.- Battle of Verneuil. Siege of
Orleans. The Maid of Orleans. The Siege of Or-
leans raised. — The King of France crowned at Rheims.
Prudence of the Duke of Bedford.- Execution of
the Maid of Orleans. Defection of the Duke of Bur-
gundy. Death of the Duke of Bedford. Decline of
the English in France. -Truce with France.-Mar-
riage of the King with Margaret of Anjou.-Murder
of the Duke of Gloucester. State of France. - Re-
newal of the War with France. - The English expelled
France.
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CHAP. XXI.
Claim of the Duke of York to the Crown. The Earl of
Warwick. Impeachment of the Duke of Suffolk. - His
Banishment and Death. - Popular Insurrection.-
The Parties of York and Lancaster. First Armament
of the Duke of York. First Battle of St. Albans.
Battle
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Battle of Blore-heath of Northampton. - A Parlia-
ment. Battle of Wakefield. Death of the Duke of
York. Battle of Mortimer's Cross. Second Battle
of St. Albans. Edward IV. assumes the Crown.
Page 179
Scotland. — A
Henry taken Pri-
soner, and confined to the Tower. King's Marriage
with the Lady Elizabeth Gray. - Warwick disgusted.
Alliance with Burgundy. Insurrection in York-
shire. Battle of Banbury. Warwick and Clarence
banished.-Warwick and Clarence return.-Edward IV.
expelled. Henry VI. restored.-Edward IV. returns.
- Battle of Barnet, and Death of Warwick. - Battle of
Tewkesbury, and Murder of Prince Edward. - Death
of Henry VI. Invasion of France. Peace of Pec-
quigni. — Trial and Execution of the Duke of Clarence.
- Death and Character of Edward IV.
CHAP. XXIII.
EDWARD V. and RICHARD III.
216
Edward V. State of the Court. The Earl of Rivers
arrested. Duke of Gloucester Protector. Execution
of Lord Hastings. The Protector aims at the Crown.
Assumes the Crown.
the Duke of York.
ingham discontented.
Jingham executed.
Richard III.
Murder of Edward V. and of
Richard III. Duke of Buck-
The Earl of Richmond.- Buck-
Invasion by the Earl of Richmond.
Battle of Bosworth. Death and Character of
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