Editing Henry V of England (section)

=== Domestic affairs ===
Henry tackled all of the domestic policies together and gradually built on them a wider policy. From the first, he made it clear that he would rule England as the head of a united nation. He let past differences be forgotten—the late Richard II was honourably re-interred; the young [[Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March]], was taken into favour; the heirs of those who had suffered under the last reign were restored gradually to their titles and estates. Yet, where Henry saw a grave domestic danger, he acted firmly and ruthlessly, such as during the [[Oldcastle Revolt|Lollard discontent]] in January 1414 and including the execution by burning of Henry's old friend, Sir John Oldcastle, in 1417 to "nip the movement in the bud" and make his own position as ruler secure.<ref name=EB1911/>

[[File:English chancery hand 1418.png|thumb|English [[Middle English#Chancery Standard|chancery hand]]. Facsimile of a letter from Henry, 1418.]]

Henry's reign was generally free from serious trouble at home. The exception was the [[Southampton Plot]] in favour of Mortimer,<ref name=EB1911/> involving [[Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham|Henry, Baron Scrope]], and [[Richard, Earl of Cambridge]] (grandfather of the future [[King Edward IV]]), in July 1415. Mortimer himself remained loyal to the King.

Starting in August 1417, Henry promoted the use of the English language in government<ref>{{cite book |last=Fisher |date=1996 |first=J. |title=The Emergence of Standard English |url=https://archive.org/details/emergencestandar00fish |url-access=limited |page=[https://archive.org/details/emergencestandar00fish/page/n32 22] |publisher=The [[University Press of Kentucky]] |place=[[Lexington, KY]] |isbn=978-0-8131-0852-0 |author-link=John Hurt Fisher }}</ref> and his reign marks the appearance of [[Chancery Standard]] English as well as the adoption of English as the language of record within government. He was the first king to use English in his personal correspondence since the [[Norman Conquest]] 350 years earlier.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Harriss |date=1985 |editor-first=G. L. |title=Henry V: The Practice of Kingship |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=46 |editor-link=G. L. Harriss }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Mugglestone | first = Lydia | title = The Oxford History of English |publisher=Oxford University Press |place=UK |year=2006 |isbn=0-19-924931-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780199544394/page/101 101] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780199544394/page/101}}.</ref>