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Polydore Vergil’s destruction of evidence.

May 27, 2015

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“Tudor” propaganda, Cambridge, denialists, evidence, Human Shredder, Jeremy Potter, John Caius, Polydore Vergil

The claim that Polydore Vergil destroyed a large amount of evidence while compiling his history is often derided. Indeed, in certain circles it is the basis of running jokes – I rather think these people think it is an allegation invented by the Richard III Society, or perhaps by ‘romantic lady novelists.’ In Jeremy Potter’s…
The powers of the Constable of England

Mar 23, 2015

law

Constable of England, denialists, Edward IV, Human Shredder, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lord Protector of the Realm, Richard Earl Rivers, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, treason

We know that Edward IV made the Duke of Gloucester Constable of England for life in 1471, when he was restored but deprived of the services of John Tiptoft (Earl of Worcester) and Richard, Earl Rivers, both of whom had been executed during the Warwick-Lancastrian revolt. So he was definitely Constable in the aftermath of…