Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te puna tuatahi a Shakespeare mo "Henry V", mo te nuinga o ana hitori hitori, ko Raphael Holinshed's "Chronicles"; ko te whakaputanga o te putanga tuarua i te 1587 e whakarato ana i te "terminus post quem" mo te taakaro. Ko Edward Hall's "The Union of the Two Illustrious Families of Lancaster and York" te ahua nei i tirotirohia hoki, ana ko nga kairangahau i whakaaro ko Shakespeare e mohio ana ki te waiata a Samuel Daniel mo te
nga pakanga ā-iwi. Ko te whakaari o mua, ko te "Famous Victories of Henry V" e kiia ana he tauira mo te mahi.