1

The Siege of Saint-James

By Edward Hall

Henry VI’s campaign to confirm himself as King of France looked to be in trouble after the Duke of Brittany switched sides.

2

Away to Your Own Country

By Joan of Arc

As the Duke of Bedford and other English captains were besieging Orleans, they received a startling letter from a seventeen-year-old girl.

3

St John of Beverley at Agincourt

By The Convocation of the Church of York

Following the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, King Henry V instructed the Church of York to recognise the contribution of one of her eighth-century bishops.

4

A Stout Answer

From Holinshed’s Chronicles

A few weeks after a large French raiding party had been driven away from the Isle of Wight, another flotilla arrived from across the Channel demanding money with menaces.

5

A War of Words

From Holinshed’s Chronicles

A few years before the Battle of Agincourt, the Duke of Orléans challenged King Henry IV to meet him in Bordeaux for a winner-takes-all joust.

6

Up Before the Bench

By Thomas Elyot

As a young prince Henry V was ‘fierce and of wanton courage,’ Thomas Elyot tells us, but there was one man with courage to match his.