Dual monarchy of England and France so allowed Bedford to concentrate in Normandy. Some Englishmen who feared an English government in France were opposed to the idea of Henry's being crowned in France before his coronation in England. During Henry's coronation as king of England in 1429, poems by John Lydgate were read to stress further Henry's dual inheritance of England and France. A direct link was made between Henry and his grandfather, Charles VI. The painted pedigree paralleled Henry's descent through his mother, Catherine of Valois, from Saint Louis, and his descent on his father's side from another saint, Edward the Confessor. This was not
Henry VI, Part 3 when, in 1681, John Crowne created a two-part play entitled "Henry the Sixth, The First Part" and "The Misery of Civil War". "Henry" comprised Acts 1–3 of "2 Henry VI" focusing on the death of Gloucester, "Misery" adapted the last two acts of "2 Henry VI" and much of "3 Henry VI". Writing at the time of Popish Plot, Crowne, who was a devout royalist, used his adaptation to warn about the danger of allowing England to descend into another civil war, which would be the case should the Whig party rise to power. Changes to the text include a