Deaths on August 5

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham

Died on August 5, 1415

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (b. 1370)

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham KG, also known in older sources as Lord Scrope (c. 1373 – 5 August 1415) was a favourite of Henry V, who performed many diplomatic missions. He was beheaded for his involvement in the notional Southampton Plot to assassinate the king. Some historians believe that the charge was trumped-up to punish him for other acts of disloyalty, and that there may never have been such a plot.

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Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
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Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeat the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.

Deaths on August 5

Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham

Died on August 5, 1415

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