Excerpt from Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII, Vol. 1: From Original Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office It is not proposed to attempt anything in this short introduction in the way of description of Henry's pre vions history, or the circumstances which led to his accession. These subjects will be considered more in detail at a future period of the series. But a few words referring to his position as conqueror and successful claimant to the crown, may not be out of place. The shouts that rent the air when Stanley placed the battered crown upon his head after the bloody day at Bosworth, were not only the expressions of joy and triumph on the completion of a well-won victory they were the words of consolation and hope which the nation dared now to utter after many years of civil distraction and strife, brought to an end by the death of the last of the Plantagenets, who if he lived an ambitious tyrant, died at least a brave and gallant soldier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.