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The Life and Death of

Scene	Location		Historical Date
I. i.	Windsor Castle		28 April, 1398
I. ii.	London		A few days before I. iii.
I. iii.	Coventry		11 or 17 September, 1398
I. iv.	Windsor Castle	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	12 or 13 October, 1398 (departure of Bolingbroke) 3 February, 1399 (death of John of Gaunt. Ll. 53–63 show that II. i. ensues immediately upon I. iv.)
II. i.	London	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	3 February, 1399 18 March, 1399 29 May, 1399
			(The cancellation of Bolingbroke's letters-patent was published 18 March, and Richard did not sail for Ireland until 29 May; moreover, Bolingbroke was not invited to return until after Richard's departure)
II. ii.	London		After 4 July and before 22 July, 1399
			but a. Worcester's defection, ll. 59–60, took place after Richard's return; b. the Duchess of Gloucester died 3 October, 1399)
II. iii.	Wilds of Gloucestershire		27 July, 1399
II. iv.	North Wales		Before 1 August, 1399
III. i.	Bristol		29 July, 1399
III. ii.	Coast of Wales		22 or 26 July, 1399 (but the king's meeting with Salisbury occurred 1 August, 1399)
III. iii.	Flint Castle, in North Wales		19 August, 1399 (but the embassage of Northumberland had come to Richard at Conway several days before)
III. iv.	Langley in Hertfordshire		After 1 September, the day on which Richard was taken into London