9 April 1413 A.D. Lancastrian Henry V (Henry Monmouth) Crowned at Westminster Abbey—King, Conqueror, Legend & Subject of Shakespearean Play
9 April 1413 A.D. Lancastrian Henry V (Henry Monmouth) Crowned at Westminster Abbey—King, Conqueror, Legend & Subject of Shakespearean Play Casterly, Minerva. “Henry Monmouth’s Coronation: King, Conqueror and Legend.” Tudors and Other Histories. 9 Apr 2015. https://tudorsandotherhistories.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/henry-monmouths-coronation-king-conqueror-and-legend/ . Accessed 9 Apr 2015. Henry Monmouth’s Coronation: King, Conqueror and Legend. King Henry V. Historian Peter Ackroyd writes he was “clipped and precise … an efficient administrator, who looked to the details of his policies; he demanded much in taxation from his kingdom, but he never squandered money unwisely.” According to one of his contemporaries he was a King of great speech and refinement. On the 9th of April, 1413 , the second and probably the most important monarch in the Lancaster Dynasty was crowned on Passion Sunday on Westminster Abbey. “The weather was said to pres...