Roy Henry

Roy Henry ("King" Henry) (fl. around 1410) was an English composer, almost certainly a king of England, probably Henry V, but also possibly Henry IV. His music, two compositions in all, appears in a position of prominence in the Old Hall Manuscript.

Musicologists have not been able to agree on which English monarch wrote the two mass movements which appear, at the head of their respective sections, in the Old Hall Manuscript. Henry IV, who reigned from 1399 to 1413, was in his early forties when the music was most probably written, since stylistic evidence places it around 1410. However by the time 1410 Henry IV was suffering from a disfiguring disease and struggling to maintain his regal power. Therefore it is of little possibility that he, albeit a talented musician, could be the composer of the two pieces. Whereas Henry V, despite of him being extremely 'busy on campaigns' after his succession, was recorded never had ceased his fondness on music. In 1420 the Pell Rolls recorded payments for two new harps to be shipped to the King in France. And the King even went so far as to take his chapel to the Agincourt campaign. This, along with substantial proves of his piety, suggests that the son be the composer.

Roy Henry (footballer)

Roy Henry (30 May 1907 – 25 November 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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