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Wolvesey Castle and diplomacy with France

Central to Henry V’s pretext for war in 1415 was his claim of pursuing a just war against the French in support of his rights in France.  In the parliament of November 1414, Henry had been advised to send an embassy to France.  This was duly sent and arrived in Paris in February 1415, but although the French were prepared to make territorial concessions, the English delegates felt that they lacked the authority to accept the terms offered. Continue reading →

Day 9 – Artists and Family Fun! – by Dan C.

Background information Today the team were continuing with the re-excavation of the work done in the 1960’s from the previous dig that took place at Basing House. The main idea of the day again was too track down the trench boundaries left behind, as well as to continue further on from where the previous excavation had finished in an attempt to find any new finds or information that had not been previously discovered at the site before. Continue reading →