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The Princes in the Tower

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Bishop of Bath and Wells - The Bishop's Silence

Buckingham was trying to convince elizabeth to send richard to the tower. Plans for edward's coronation were carrying on. Was now scheduled for june 20. Second writs were issued for the first parliament that would assemble under the new king to meet in london. Young men who were eligible for knighthood were summoned to london as well so that they could be knighted at the coronation. But then it was alleged that the marriage of the late king, edward the fourth, to elizabeth ville had not been legal because he was already married to eleanor talbot,. This information may have come from robert stillington, bishop of bath

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