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$Richard II resigning the Crown, 1399. Following his surrender to Henry of Bolingbroke at Flint on 19 August 1399, Richard agreed to abdicate on condition that his life was spared. He was thereupon taken to London, and on the way submitted to the humiliation of riding behind his rival. On 30 September deed of abdication was signed at the Tower, after which Parliament ordered that Richard should be kept in strict confinement. He was secretly taken to the castle of Pontefract, where he was done to death in 1400. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c 1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.$