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Which rebellion threatened Henry V’s rule in 1414?
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English king Henry V, painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1414, the rule of Henry V was threatened by a Lollard rising led by Sir John Oldcastle.123
Oldcastle, a former confidant of the king, had been convicted of heresy but escaped from the Tower of London in 1413. He subsequently conspired to kidnap the king and organized a Lollard assembly at St. Giles’s Fields, near London, on the night of January 9, 1414. Henry V was forewarned of the plot, and the rebellion was quickly defeated and dispersed by royal forces. This event resulted in severe reprisals against the movement and marked the end of the Lollards' overt political influence.412