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People: Stjepan Konzul Istranin
Topic: Jacobite Invasion of 1708

Hostpur’s father, the elder Henry Percy, Earl …

Years: 1403 - 1403

Hostpur’s father, the elder Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, surrenders to the English crown.

Meanwhile, the arrow Henry had taken in battle has become lodged in his face.

An ordinary soldier would likely be left to die from such a wound, but Henry has the benefit of the best possible care, and, over a period of several days after the incident, the royal physician crafts a special tool to extract the tip of the arrow without doing further damage.

The operation is successful and leaves the prince with permanent scars which are to serve as a testimony to his experience in battle.

Hotspur is soon exhumed, by order of the King, when rumors circulate that he is still alive.

His body is first displayed in Shrewsbury, impaled on a spear, but is later cut up into four quarters and sent around all of England.

His head is stuck on a pole at York's gates.