Henry Bolingbroke has ascended the throne as King Henry IV. Hounded by misgivings over slaying Richard II, he endorses a crusade in the Holy Land but is thwarted by unrest in Scotland and Wales.

When King Richard II is dethroned and King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar.

Pope Adrian IV remains the only Englishman to have ever held the papal throne ... after Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church, have made it unlikely that another Briton would ascend to ...

He hears of another rebellion stirring and goes to the country to recruit men to defend the throne. Meanwhile, Prince Hal again disappoints King Henry IV because of continued association with the ...