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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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On 8th January 1297 John Gerulfing I Count Holland and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland were married at Ipswich, Suffolk. She by marriage Countess Holland. The wedding was attended by her sister [her aunt] Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant, her father [her grandfather] King Edward I, her brother [her uncle] Edward and her future second husband [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Floris Gerulfing V Count Holland and Beatrix Dampierre.
On 14th November 1302 [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. Westminster Abbey. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Edward I of England and [her grandmother] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of [her grandfather] Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex and [her grandmother] Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford.
On 17th October 1304 Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde was born to [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland.
On 5th May 1316 [her sister] Isabel Bohun was born to [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. His mother Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland died in childbirth. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey.
Around 1322 [her daughter] Petronella Butler was born to [her future husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde. She married Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot, son of Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot, and had issue.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere, Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March, John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford, Nicholas Longford, Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray were captured.
Warin Lisle was hanged after the battle at Pontefract.
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle and she in Sempringham Priory.
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton, Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke, William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby, Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar and Peter Saltmarsh fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton was captured.
[her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex was killed. [her brother] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield was captured.
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In 1325 [her brother] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex and [her sister-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Countess Essex and Hereford were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. She the daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. He the son of [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland.
After 1325 [her brother] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Basset Countess Essex and Hereford were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. He the son of [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland.
On 11th August 1325 [her brother-in-law] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon and [her sister] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon were married. She the daughter of [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon and Agnes St John Countess Devon.
In 1327 James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick.
In 1328 [her husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde was created 1st Earl Ormonde. Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde by marriage Countess Ormonde.
In 1328 [her daughter] Anne Butler was born to [her husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde. She died aged one in 1329.
In 1329 [her daughter] Anne Butler died.
In 1330 [her daughter] Eleanor Butler was born to [her husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde.
In 1330 [her son] John Butler was born to [her husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde. He died aged less than one years old.
In 1330 [her son] John Butler died.
On 4th October 1331 [her son] James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde was born to [her husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde. He married 15th May 1346 Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde, daughter of John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare, and had issue.
In 1335 [her brother] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton were married. He the son of [her father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [her mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland.
On 20th January 1336 [her brother] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex died. [her brother] Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex succeeded 6th Earl Hereford, 5th Earl Essex.
On 6th January 1338 [her husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde died. [her son] James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde succeeded 2nd Earl Ormonde.
On 24th June 1340 King Edward III of England attacked the French fleet at anchor during the Battle of Sluys capturing more than 200 ships, killing around 18000 French. The English force included John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick, [her brother] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton, Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham, William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby, John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle, Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford, Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster, Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny, Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer and Richard Pembridge.
Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer died from wounds. Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer succeeded 3rd Baroness Monthermer.
On 23rd December 1340 Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon died. [her brother-in-law] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon succeeded 2nd Earl Devon, 5th Baron Okehampton, 2nd Baron Courtenay. [her sister] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon by marriage Countess Devon.
In 1343 Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland.
In 1346 [her daughter] Eleanor Butler died.
On 15th May 1346 [her son] James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde were married at Ormond, County Tipperary. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. She the daughter of John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth and Joan Burgh Countess Kildare. He the son of [her former husband] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde.
On 26th August 1346 the army of King Edward III of England defeated the French army at the Battle of Crécy. The English army was commanded by King Edward III of England, his son Edward "Black Prince", Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick, [her brother] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Warwick.
The English army was included: Bishop Thomas of Hatfield, Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer, Bernard Brocas, Thomas Felton, James Audley, Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier, Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh, Bartholomew "The Younger" Burghesh 2nd Baron Burghesh, Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham, John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth, Robert Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley, Richard Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton, William Scrope, Stephen Scrope, William Latimer 4th Baron Latimer of Corby, John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle, Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, Nicholas Longford, Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Walter Paveley 4th Baron Burghesh, Michael Poynings 1st Baron Poynings, Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk, John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford, Thomas West, John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby, John Wingfield, Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy, [her brother-in-law] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon (possibly), Walter "Elder" Devereux, John Devereux, Enion Sais Brecon, John Chandos, Richard Pembridge and John Sully.
The French army suffered significant casualties. King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France was wounded. William de Coucy and his son Enguerrand 6th Lord de Coucy and were killed.
Charles Valois Count Alençon was killed. Charles Valois Archbishop of Lyons succeeded Count Alençon.
Louis Chatillon II Count Blois I Count Chatillon was killed. Louis Chatillon III Count Blois Count Soissons succeeded III Count Blois.
Louis Dampierre II Count Nevers I Count Flanders was killed. Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders succeeded III Count Nevers, II Count Flanders.
King John I of Bohemia was killed. Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg succeeded IV King Bohemia.
Rudolph "Valiant" Metz I Duke Lorraine was killed. John Metz I Duke Lorraine succeeded I Duke Lorraine.
Jean IV de Harcourt was killed.
After 20th June 1347 [her husband] Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth was created 1st Baron Dagworth. Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde by marriage Baroness Dagworth.
Patent Rolls. 6th November 1348. Sandwich. Inspeximus and confirmation to [her husband] Thomas de Daggeworth, Eleanor, his wife, sister of [her brother] William de Bohun, earl of Northampton and constable of England, and the heirs of Thomas, of a charter (in French) of the earl, dated at London, 1 September, 1348, granting to them the castles, lordships, manors, isles, towns, lands and rents, with the chaces, parks, warrens, meadows, pastures, mills, waters, stanks, stews, rivers, fisheries, seccherif», customs, services, rights, profits and other things, knights* fees and advowsons of churches to the same pertaining, late of the lord of Lyons in the parts of Lyoims, Crondon, Cornewaile, Grey and elsewhere in the duchy of Brittany, which John de Mountfort, late duke of JJrittany, gave to the grantor, and which came into the hands of the duke hy the forfeiture of the said lord, to hold to them and the heirs of Thomas of John son and heir of John de Mountfort, now duke of Brittany and his heirs. By p.s.
Patent Rolls. 26th May 1349. Woodstock. [her husband] Thomas de Dagworth and Eleanor, his wife, staying in Brittany, have letters nominating Wiilliam de Bromleye, clerk, and Peter Mercer, vicar of the church of Yoghill, as their attorneys in Ireland for two years. William de Newenham received the attorneys.
Patent Rolls. 27th November 1349. Westminster. Whereas the king by letters patent lately granted to Eleanor la Botillere late the wife of James le Botiller, earl of Ormond, the farm which the alien prior of Wylmynton has to render to him for his priory during the war with France, [her husband] Thomas de Daggeworth, who has married the said countess, and the countess have made petition to him showing that they cannot obtain due payment of such farm because Tidemann de Limbergh now holds land pertaining to the priory for 86/. \\s. IM. to be rendered to the king yearly during the war: the king has granted, therefore, that they shall have the said rent by the hands of Tidemann for such time as the priory remain in the king's hands, if Eleanor sunrive so long, provided always that so much of the yearly payment which the prior used to render to them out of his said farm be withdrawn in the same form. By p.s.
Vacated because surrendered and otherwise in the Patent Roll of the twentyfourth year.
Mandate in pursuance to the said Tidemann.
Vacated because surrendered and nothing was done herein.
In 1351 [her husband] Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth was killed. [her son] Nicholas Dagworth 2nd Baron Dagworth succeeded 2nd Baron Dagworth.
In September 1359, a case of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings, siblings from the de Bohun family, children of [her brother] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton, his only children, and the Fitzalan family, children of , were married:
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and [her niece] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey were married. She the daughter of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and [her former sister-in-law] Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey.
[her nephew] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton.
On 13th April 1360 a freak weather event known as Black Monday Hailstorm occurred as the army of King Edward III of England were camped outside Chartres. Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick, [her brother] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton, Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster, Edward "Black Prince" and Walter Mauny were present. Around one thousand English were killed, with up to six thousand horses. King Edward III of England believed the event to be an Act of God and proceeded to negotiate with the French resulting in the Treaty of Brétigny.
On 28th April 1360 Guy Beauchamp died from injuries received during the Black Monday Hailstorm.
On 16th September 1360 [her brother] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton died. He was buried either in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel at Exeter Cathedral or at Waldon Priory and Abbey. [her nephew] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 15th October 1361 [her brother] Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex died. [her nephew] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton succeeded 7th Earl Hereford, 6th Earl Essex. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.
In 1363 Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde died.
Around November 1483 Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde escaped to Henry VII in Brittany. Walter Hungerford, Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney and Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon took part. The rebellion was suppressed by Richard Guildford and Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 9th Baron Latimer.
[her son] Nicholas Dagworth 2nd Baron Dagworth was born to Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde.
[her daughter] Elizabeth Butler was born to James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde and Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde.