Henry Bolingbroke — exiled by Richard II — landed at the now-eroded Ravenspur spit at the mouth of the Humber in July 1399, the same spot where Harold Godwinson had repelled a rival claimant in 1066. He claimed only to have come for his Duchy of Lancaster inheritance, but rapidly raised support from the northern magnates including the Percys. Within weeks he had enough force to confront and depose Richard II. Yorkshire was the launchpad for the Lancastrian dynasty that would rule England for sixty years.
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