This is the second You Tube video that Richard III Society has posted, debunking some of the myths regarding Richard. They are quite short, between five and just over ten minutes long.
Here is this one:
Who was Richard III? Busting the Mythology: 2. Did He Murder Hastings?
Did Richard III Murder Hastings?
I suggest ‘murder’ is such a loaded term, and that ‘execute’ be preferred?
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I used the word deliberately, as that is what he is often accused of – we know he definitely executed Hastings, so the title wouldn’t make sense with ‘execute’.
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Either way, Lord William Parr wasn’t having any of that due to his wife, whose aunt, Katherine Neville, was married to Hastings. Parr’s wife, Elizabeth, stayed and was lady to Queen Anne, but Parr refused his role in the coronation and headed north to Kendal where he died. Thanks.
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I don’t understand your point. Are you saying that he disapproved of Richard’s actions? Yet his wife was OK about it?
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It seems like that. Why else didn’t he attend? His wife was related to Queen Anne (and Richard for that matter) and her family was in the coronation train behind Anne.
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And you know what about a figure I’ve been studying for well over a decade? You seem to not take anything I have to say seriously and are basically try to assert yourself as some authority over this topic. Thanks.
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I think you’re the one trying to assert herself. I didn’t say anything very controversial, did I? You, yourself, said Parr’s wife stayed, so it doesn’t seem obvious to me that he stayed away for that reason. When I asked a question, I was puzzled because I don’t understand why Parr should be more upset than his wife, who was more closely related to Hastings. I’m not an expert in Parr at all, but I am an expert on Richard III.
Perhaps there is documentary evidence that Parr stayed away because of Hastings, I don’t know. Is there? Because, just from what you have said: ‘Parr refused his role in the coronation and headed north to Kendal where he died’, I would have assumed the reason might have been illness. Please let me know if there is some other evidence – I’m genuinely interested.
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