This site provides the text of Titulus Regius in full – in understandable English! Worth a look.
The text of Titulus Regius….
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Good article but does not mention the elephant in the room the treasonable behaviour of the Woodvilles.
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[…] the crown by the Three Estates of the Realm. Later the decision of the Three Estates of the Realm was formally enacted by the Parliament of 1484′ (1) . Thus to describe Richard as a usurper is incorrect and a […]
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[…] Year Book, detailing Henry VII’s attempts to persuade Bishop Stillington to confess so that Titulus Regius could be annulled and not just destroyed unread. The last three all name Stillington or refer to […]
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[…] he couldn’t marry a bastard. So he overturned Richard III’s legitimate right to the throne, declared Elizabeth trueborn, married her and gave us the delightful Henry VIII. Thank you very […]
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[…] until today in 1485 or married until 18th January. Both of these events post-date the repeal of Titulus Regius, which arguably legitimised those born to Edward IV’s bigamous […]
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[…] claim that Edward V was a bastard did have traction in the localities after the passing of Titulus Regis in January […]
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[…] wanted to get into Elizabeth Woodville‘s bed! Edward always knew his children by her were illegitimate and died fully intending one of them to take the throne. And by so doing he robbed the only brother […]
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[…] therefore conclude that all such incriminating scribbles went into the same rusty Tudor shredder as Titulus Regius. So, hopefully, a surviving example will indeed come to light one […]
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[…] After this, from Part Three, Warner investigates the evidence that Edward did live on, before balancing it against the traditionalist case that is so glibly and frequently recited. The Fieschi Letter first appeared in the nineteenth century and can be compared in significance to Barrie Williams’ 1980s discovery of Richard III’s remarriage plans in the Portuguese records. It explains a lot about people’s conduct after the traditional “murder date”, including the Earl of Kent, the Earl of Mar and the Archbishop of York, inter alia, in a similar way to Titulus Regius. […]
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[…] work he knew to be unreliable. He had rediscovered, through the Crowland Chronicle, a reference to Titulus Regius 1484, that had apparently been totally suppressed two years later, attesting to the […]
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[…] book continues with the aftermath of Richard’s death and the problems besetting Henry VII such as Titulus Regius, and various Pretenders to the throne. Thus a new legend had to be born out of necessity. Mrs […]
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[…] Edward V. To get around this, Richard publishes an “utterly shameless” press release called the Titulus Regius in which he claims that Edward V and Edward IV were bastards – the latter from his mother’s […]
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[…] III (don’t forget, Richard was the lawful king, not sticky-fingered Henry). Then he repealed Titulus Regius, to make his illegitimate queen legitimate again. Then he sliced his way through anyone he thought […]
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[…] course, the proofs had previously been presented at the time of Richard’s accession – Titulus Regius was merely a formalisation of what had already been accepted. It is worth mentioning though that […]
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[…] recognised as illegitimate. Those who didn’t accept it did have a motive in that reversing Titulus Regius would effectively restore the former Edward V or crown his brother– both […]
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[…] particulary in the margins which he had much used for annotation. He was the first to rediscover Titulus Regius from Crowland, thereby disproving More‘s substitution of “Elizabeth Lucy” for […]
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[…] What do you call it? Titulus Regius? In it you will ruin the lives of your brother’s […]
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[…] they are both still alive and therefore a great danger to him because he has reversed Richard’s lawful declaration of their illegitimacy. He had to because he’d promised to marry Elizabeth. You, John, will one day raise another […]
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[…] by which time Henry “Tudor” had re-legitimated them both by repealing the original Titulus Regiuss unread. Both went on to challenge Henry, albeit unsuccessfully. The evidence, verified by the […]
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[…] some must still have remembered that the real woman in question was Eleanor Talbot as written in Titulus Regius. Yes, Henry Tudor had ordered all copies destroyed (one was not, fortunately, so we know what was […]
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[…] Henry VII and his successors suppressed Titulus Regius in order to re-legitimate his wife, it is his underhand and unprecedented method of destroying the […]
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[…] For instance, Lady Eleanor Talbot, who died today in 1468, would have been styled as “Dame” as the daughter of an Earl and then as the wife firstly of Sir Thomas Butler. This reference was indeed made in Titulus Regius. […]
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