Agincourt600 – Commemorating 600 years since the Battle of Agincourt

Simon Leach The highest ranking English casualty at Agincourt was Edward, Duke of York, who commanded the right wing. He is buried...

Simon Leach Henry V was born in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle in 1386. Various works of reference do...

By Simon Leach Juliet Barker in her book Agincourt gives several examples of knights who augmented their coats of arms to commemorate...

By Stephen Cooper The outer walls of Portchester Castle date from the late 3rd century, when the Roman province of Britannia came...

By Dan Spencer In the fifteenth century Norwich was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in England. By the end of...

By Dan Spencer In the fifteenth century Salisbury was a wealthy and populous city due to its manufacture of cloth. In the...

By Dan Spencer In 1414, Richard de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, was appointed captain of Calais. His indenture specified that the garrison...

By Geoff Hilton Kenilworth Castle, a Lancastrian fortress, became a palace when John of Gaunt built his magnificent Hall and State Apartments,...

By Dan Spencer Central to Henry V’s pretext for war in 1415 was his claim of pursuing a just war against the...

By Dan Spencer In the summer of 1415 all ships over 20 tons at London were ordered to assemble at Southampton to...