Newfies

The Battle of Agincourt,near Calais 601 years ago today, was fought because King Henry V invaded France in order to unite England. The country was divided because his father had usurped the throne. Henry V's success so stirred up the French that England then lost territories in France she had held for hundreds of years. All were lost except Calais which the French took in 1558. The loss of France led to bitter civil war - the Wars of the Roses. Henry V was born in Monmouth. Welsh archers won Agincourt. He married a French princess in Paris, who, in Shakespeare, accuses him of not liking France. On the contrary, he responds, he likes France so much he wants all of it. After his death his queen marries a Welsh courtier. Their progeny resulted in a Welsh dynasty - the Tudors. Henry Tudor, King Henry VII on winning the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, looked further afield now that France had been lost. He sent an expedition to Newfoundland.... (The rest is history.)