This English translation of the will of Henry V, 10 June 1421, with codicils of 26 August 1422, is translated from the Latin text published by P. and F. Strong, ‘The Last Will and Codicils of Henry V’, English Historical Review, 102 (1980), pp. 89–102. The Latin text is a contemporary copy surviving in the records of Eton College.

The 1421 will restates much of what was in the first will made by Henry at Southampton on 24 July 1415 (also in Latin and printed in Foedera, ix, pp. 289–93). In this translation of the 1421 will, major differences from the first will are indicated but small variations in word order have not been noted.

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[i] In the name of the Most High and Indivisible Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We, Henry, by the grace of God king of England, heir and regent of the realm of France and lord of Ireland, being sound in both body and mind, thanks be to the Most High, shall proceed in this manner to make this our testament and final will. First, at my passing from this world, Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, Lord God of Truth. And, if not by my own merits – for I am a sinful man –, I hope none the less that the bosom of Abraham may receive me through the redemption of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the merits and intercessions of the most exalted mother of God Mary, of the saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and all the angels and archangels, of the saints John the Baptist and all the patriarchs, of the saints Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, John and all the apostles, of the saints George, Denis, Thomas, Alban and all the holy martyrs, of the saints Edward, Remy, John of Bridlington and all the confessors, of the saints Anne, Magdalene, Bridget, matrons, of Winifred, Katherine, Barbara, Ethelreda, Ursula and the 11,000 and all the holy virgins, and of all the heavenly court.

[ii] Item, we devoutly commend to the most high mercy of the Most High Saviour the faith, hope and charity, strength, prosperity and peace of our successors as kings, and of our realm of England, that God in his goodness may protect, visit and defend them from divisions, dissensions and especially the fallacy of heretics. Amen.