PRINCES IN THE TOWER SERIES
After a little more than two months on the throne, Edward V was replaced by Richard III, following a series of machinations that led to the young king and his brother being declared illegitimate and therefore unfit to serve. Martin has confessed to being fascinated with Richard III and has expressed a deep interest in the historical questions surrounding his rise to power.Īccording to More’s account, Richard III’s associate Sir James Tyrell contracted two men, Miles Forest and John Dighton, to dispose of Edward V, age 12, who had served briefly as king after the death of his father, Edward IV (Richard III’s brother), and Edward V’s brother Richard, age 9, who carried the title of Duke of York. This is likely not a coincidence, since Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Sir Thomas More’s story of how Richard III ordered the murder of his two innocent nephews is a sordid tale that seems like something straight out of Game of Thrones. ( Public Domain ) A Real-Life Shakespearean Tragedy We now have substantial grounds for believing that the detail of More’s account of a murder is credible.”ĭid Sir Thomas More discover the truth? Portrait by Hans Holbein. “He wasn’t writing about imaginary people. “I have shown that the sons of the chief alleged murderer were in court in Henry VIII’s England, and that they were living and working alongside Sir Thomas More,” Thornton continues. “This has been the greatest murder mystery in British history, because we couldn’t really rely on More as an account of what happened-until now,” Thornton exclaims in a Huddersfield University news release which presents the professor’s research findings. Thornton introduced his research and explained the reasons for his conclusions in the December 28 edition of History, the Journal of the Historical Association. Thornton has identified two associates of More as the sons of one of the hired assassins who actually committed the murders, concluding that More discovered the true story about the fate of the two princes through his contact with these individuals. Historians have long wondered whether More’s contention that Richard III ordered the execution of his nephews was credible, but Professor Thornton asserts that his research proves it was.
The accusation against Richard III first gained widespread attention in 1513, when the famed statesman and philosopher Sir Thomas More published his scathing biography The History of King Richard III. ( Public domain ) Did Richard III Really Murder His Nephews?
The children of Edward IV of England depicted in a painting by Pedro Américo. The Huddersfield University professor, Tim Thornton, believes that his recent discoveries have confirmed the claim that King Richard III, the final king of England from the House of York, murdered his two young nephews in 1483 to secure his own hold on the crown. Evidence has emerged that may have solved one of the world’s longest-standing murder mysteries.
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