Then York’s armorer is effectively convicted by being killed in a trial by combat with his accuser. Act 2, scene 3 King Henry sentences the Duchess to public penance and exile, and removes Gloucester from his office as Lord Protector.

Act 2, scene 2 York persuades Salisbury and Warwick of the validity of his claim to the throne.

Buckingham then brings news of the Duchess’s arrest.

Gloucester exposes the miracle as a sham.

Act 2, scene 1 King Henry and his court are hunting when they are interrupted by an announcement of a miracle in nearby Saint Albans.

Act 1, scene 4 The Duchess of Gloucester watches while a spirit is conjured up to prophesy the fates of her rivals, but she is caught in the act by Buckingham and York.

The accusation that York’s armorer has declared York the rightful king puts York under suspicion of treason. Somerset and York then clash, as do Gloucester and Suffolk.

Act 1, scene 3 Queen Margaret and Suffolk dismiss petitioners seeking Gloucester’s aid and then conspire against Gloucester.

Act 1, scene 2 The Duchess of Gloucester’s dream of becoming queen is rebuked by her husband but encouraged by the treacherous priest John Hume.

Alone, York discloses his secret ambition for the crown. The nobles fall into dissension, with the Cardinal, Buckingham, and Somerset opposing Gloucester, and with Salisbury and Warwick supporting him.

Act 1, scene 1 King Henry meets his consort Queen Margaret, brought by Suffolk from France.

As the play ends, Richard’s forces also move toward London. Soon another revolt emerges: Richard, Duke of York, leads an army against King Henry, who flees back to London. Meanwhile, the cardinal dies, raving in madness because of his part in Gloucester’s death.A Kentish rebel, Jack Cade, leads a short-lived revolt, seizing London before his supporters desert him. Suffolk is banished, captured by pirates, and killed. Henry’s popular and powerful uncle Gloucester, the Lord Protector, soon comes under attack by Margaret, Suffolk, Cardinal Beaufort, and others.Gloucester’s wife is shamed and exiled and Gloucester himself removed from office, then murdered on Suffolk’s orders.

Entire Play With a weak, unworldly king on the throne, the English nobility heightens its struggle for power in Henry VI, Part 2, leading to the brink of civil war.At the start of the play, Henry meets his new bride, Margaret, to whom he has been married by proxy through Suffolk, her lover.

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