Above: War of the Roses Henry V, who ascended the throne in 1413, was so engrossed with France that he gave hardly any attention to Ireland ; so that there was little or no change in Irish affairs during his reign; and there was strife everywhere. Matters at last looked so serious that in 1414 the king sent over an able and active military man as lord lieutenant, Sir John Talbot Lord Furnival, subse- quently earl of Shrewsbury, who became greatly dis- tinguished ... Read More