Foedera
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Busting yet another Cairo myth
bigamy, Bishops of Bath and Wells, Brittany, denialists, Earl of Desmond, Edward Hall, Edward IV, executions, Foedera, Francis Duke of Brittany, George Duke of Clarence, health, Henry VII, Hicks, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, Marie Barnfield, Oliver King, Polydore Vergil, PreContract, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Richard III, Robert Stillington, William CatesbyBishop Robert Stillington was imprisoned soon after Bosworth and died in captivity in 1491, definitely by 15 May. It is generally thought that this was a punishment for providing the copious evidence that convinced the Three Estates, in June 1483, of Edward IV’s bigamy. This rendered Elizabeth of York and all her siblings legally illegitimate,…
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