swuklink.com: Cardinal Henry Beaufort (c.1377-1447)

The illigitimate son of John of Gaunt (1340-1399) legitimised by Richard II in 1397, Bishop of Lincloln (1398), Chancellor (1403, 1413 & 1424), Bishop of Winchester (1404) and Cardinal (1426).

Beaufort combined political intrigue with trading which included wool, silver mining in Cornwall and Devon and money lending. His wealth allowed him to lend money to kings to finance wars and at one time he held the royal crown in "pawn".

Henry VI was crowned King of France by Beaufort in 1431 and he was one of the judges at the trial of Joan of Arc.

Beaufort held important political positions during the reigns of Henry IV, V & VI. As Cardinal, he was active against the Hussites.

With the later years of the reign of Henry IV being dominated by the king's ill health from 1405, the government was in the control of the Prince of Wales (later king Henry V) aided by Henry Beaufort and his brother Thomas from January 1410.

His enemy, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, attempted to overthrow Beaufort but without success.

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1398		Henry Beaufort made Bishop of Lincoln
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1399.Sep.30+		Deposition of Richard II, last Plantagenet king of England, by Henry, Duke of Lancaster who ruled as Henry IV (-1413) The imprisoned Richard was murdered, the first casualty of the Wars of the Roses
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1403		Henry Beaufort made Chancellor
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1404		Henry Beaufort made Bishop of Winchester
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1410.Jan		The Prince of Wales effectively controls the governemnt of England aided by his uncles Henry and Thomas Beaufort because of the king\'s ill-health
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1413		Henry Beaufort made Chancellor

1413.Mar.20		Death of Henry IV, king of England, from an illness which had plagued him since 1405. He was succeeded by his 25-year-old son as King Henry V
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1424		Henry Beaufort made Chancellor
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1426		Henry Beaufort becomes a cardinal
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1431		Henry VI crowned as king of France by Cardinal Henry Beaufort
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1447		Death of Cardinal Henry Beaufort
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