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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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Life of Henry VIII by Edward Herbert

The life and raigne of King Henry the Eighth. Written By the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. 1649.

Robert Drury Trial and Execution

[After 26 Feb 1607]. A true report of the araignment, tryall, conuiction, and condemnation, of a popish priest, named Robert Drewrie (age 40) at the Sessions house in the old Baylie, on Friday and Wednesday, the 20. and 24. of February: the extraordinary great grace and mercie offered him, and his stubborne, traytorous, and wilfull refusall. Also the tryall and death of Humphrey Lloyd, for maliciouslie murdering one of the Guard. And lastly the execution of the said Robert Drewry, drawne in his priestly habit, and as he was a Benedictine fryer, on Thursdaie following to Tiborne, where he was hanged and quartered.

Several Speeches Upon the Scaffold

1649. The several speeches of Duke Hamilton Earl of Cambridge, Henry Earl of Holland, and Arthur Lord Capel, upon the scaffold immediately before their execution, on Friday the 9. of March. Also the several exhortations, and conferences with them, upon the scaffold, by Dr Sibbald, Mr Bolton, & Mr Hodges. Published by Special Authority. Printed for P. Cole, F. Tyton, and J. Playford,1649.