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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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Biography of Thomas Crane 1808-1859

In March 1808 Thomas Crane was born.

In 1840 Thomas Crane (age 31) and Marie Kearsley were married.

1840. Thomas Crane (age 31). Portrait of [his wife] Marie Kearsley.

Marie Kearsley: In 1840 Thomas Crane and she were married. After 15th August 1845 Thomas Crane and Marie Kearsley went to live in Liverpool in the early "forties". He became Secretary and Treasurer of the Liverpool Academy of Art, a post which he resigned on being ordered to Torquay on account of his health, as consumption was feared.

On 15th August 1845 [his son] Walter Crane was born to Thomas Crane (age 37) and [his wife] Marie Kearsley in Liverpool, Lancashire [Map] at Maryland Street, Liverpool [Map]. Her father was a "maltster," a prosperous man in a good position in Chester. Her mother seems to have died early, and her father married a second time.

After 15th August 1845 Thomas Crane (age 37) and [his wife] Marie Kearsley went to live in Liverpool in the early "forties". He became Secretary and Treasurer of the Liverpool Academy of Art, a post which he resigned on being ordered to Torquay on account of his health, as consumption was feared.

In July 1859 Thomas Crane (age 51) died.