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The Southampton Plot of 1415 was a conspiracy against King Henry V of England, aimed at replacing him with Edmund Mortimer 5th Lord of March. The three ringleaders were Richard de Conisburgh 3rd Earl of Cambridge, Mortimer's brother-in-law, Henry Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (whose uncle Richard le Scrope had been executed for his part in the 1405 revolt), and Sir Thomas Grey. They were charged with plotting to murder Henry at Southampton before his embarkation into France; revolts in favour of Mortimer by Lollards under Sir John Oldcastle in the West Country, and by the Percies in the North, would follow.
The plot was disclosed to its nominal principal, the Earl of March, shortly before it was to take effect. However, he promptly informed King Henry (on July 31), and the three ringleaders were promptly arrested and put to death...
WI Edmund Mortimer kept his mouth shut and Henry V was assassinated in 1415? Could he become Edmund I of England and secure his crown? How would the Dukes of Clarence, Bedford and Gloucester react to the assassination of their brother? How is this death affects History? Any thoughts?
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