The Crimes of Richard III
Kimberly:
I've been digging around some of my Richard III Society stuff this morning and I thought we might share info./opinions on these four major accusations against Richard. These four crimes are;
1) the murder of Edward of Lancaster on the battlefield at Tewkesbury on May 4th 1471.
2) The murder of Henry VI in the Tower of London in 1471.
3)The murder of George Duke of Clarence.
4) Anne Neville-marriage and poisening.
Its probably obvious to you that I am a passionte fan and supporter of this exceptional man :-* but what do you think?
Prince_Lieven:
Gosh Kim you are engergetic today.
Anyway . .
1. It is possible, but then any one of the thousands of Yorkist soldiers could have killed Edward. This seems likely to be Lancastrian (or Tudor) propaganda against Edward IV's most loyal supporter.
2. Henry VI - again possible, and perhaps more likly than no 1. Some could argue that Edward IV would have trusted only Richard to dispatch Henry. Others could say that the murder of someone who could have been killed by a hired hitman been assigned to the Duke of Gloucester seems unlikely.
3. George - Hmm . . . Richard had no real reason to kill George - George had been an irritant to him for a long time, but if he had put up with it for so long why would he suddenly decide that George had to be killed? IMO, Edward ordered George's muder.
4. This seems the most unlikely of all - Tudor porpaganda entirely, IMO. If Richard wanted Anne dead, he could have had her killed ages before her actual death.
I pronounce the denfendat not guilty!!!!!
Kimberly:
Ra-Ra Prince Lieven
Elisabeth:
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I've been digging around some of my Richard III Society stuff this morning and I thought we might share info./opinions on these four major accusations against Richard. These four crimes are;
1) the murder of Edward of Lancaster on the battlefield at Tewkesbury on May 4th 1471.
2) The murder of Henry VI in the Tower of London in 1471.
3)The murder of George Duke of Clarence.
4) Anne Neville-marriage and poisening.
Its probably obvious to you that I am a passionte fan and supporter of this exceptional man :-* but what do you think?
You are forgetting the illegal executions of Hastings, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan and Haute in the summer of 1483. These should be added to Richard's list of crimes - especially since they are proven crimes.
Kimberly:
Here's another "crime", a misguided leniency towards traitors. He should have shortened Morton and Stanley whilst he was at it!
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