They drew with them in their doom the wretched prisoner in whose name they had risen.

A great council held after the suppression of the revolt prayed "that if Richard, the late king, be alive, as some suppose he is, it be ordained that he be well and securely guarded for the safety of the states of the king and kingdom; but if he be dead, then that he be openly showed to the people that they may have knowledge thereof." The ominous words were soon followed by news of Richard's death in prison.
His body was brought to St.Paul's, Henry himself with the princes of the blood royal bearing the pall: and the face was left uncovered to meet rumours that the prisoner had been assassinated by his keeper, Sir Piers Exton.
[Sidenote: Revolt of Wales] In June Henry marched northward to end the trouble from the Scots.

With their usual policy the Scottish army under the Duke of Albany withdrew as the English crossed the border, and looked coolly on while Henry invested the castle of Edinburgh.

The wants of his army forced him in fact to raise the siege; but even success would have been fruitless, for he was recalled by trouble nearer home.

Wales was in full revolt.