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was no plot in 1415 to assassinate Henry V and his three brothers and that heinous charge, by far the most sensational in the indictment, was fabricated to ensure that Cambridge, Grey and Scrope did not escape the death penalty as a well-deserved punishment for the various other offences that they undoubtedly had committed".
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in 1400, but was forestalled by Mortimer's revelation of the conspiracy to the King on 31 July. Pugh, however, finds Scrope's exculpatory statements at trial unconvincing, and states that Scrope never pretended that he had intended to inform the King of the conspiracy. Pugh also contends that "there
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The nominal principal, the Earl of March, informed King Henry of the plot on 31 July, stating that he had only just become aware of it. Richard, Scrope, and Grey were promptly arrested. The trial took place in Southampton; traditionally it is claimed that trial took place on the site now occupied by
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Scrope's involvement in the conspiracy surprised contemporaries, and continues to puzzle historians, as he was a royal favourite.
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claims Scrope had merely insinuated himself into the confidence of Cambridge and Grey to betray the conspiracy, just as
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became heir to the title, which would eventually be returned to him after Henry V's death. Through
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The three ringleaders of the plot were Edmund Mortimer's brother-in-law,
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Conspiracy to depose King Henry V of England, revealed in 1415
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Index


Portchester Castle
conspiracy
Henry V of England
Hundred Years' War
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence
Edward III
Philippa of Clarence
Henry V
Henry IV
John of Gaunt
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
heir presumptive
Richard II
Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge
Edmund of Langley
Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham
Richard le Scrope
1405 revolt
Sir Thomas Grey
Isabel
Red Lion Inn
Bargate
Ian Mortimer
Edward, Duke of York
Epiphany Rising
the Duke of York
Battle of Agincourt

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