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Thomas Langton: Richard III’s Character Witness
Archbishop of Canterbury, Bologna, Cambridge, Charles Ross, Charles VII, credibility, Croyland, Dockray, Dunbar, Henry VI, Italy, John Morton, John Rous, Lionel Woodville, Louis XI, Macenas, Oxford, Padua, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, Salisbury, Scotland, Selling, St. David’s, Thomas Bourchier, Thomas Langton, Thomas Rotherham, Wales, Westmorland, Winchester, wine, witnessesOriginally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Amongst the glories of Winchester Cathedral, there is a chantry chapel of outstanding beauty and magnificence. The man who is buried there, and for whom the roof bosses provide a rebus clue, is Thomas Langton, who died of plague in 1501 only days after being elected by Henry VII as…