Richard III

[Kaz]

Elaine there is already one on the go York is fighting Leicester for the right to have Richard interred there, and on this BBC News page there is a link to the petition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21336248

[elusivelaine]

Yes, I see that. I hope he is buried at York. Some else mentioned that his son is buried there already. Where was his wife Anne buried? Does anyone know?

[elusivelaine]

I have found this:

"Anne was the younger daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, and Anne Beauchamp. She was born at Warwick Castle on 11 June 1456. The date of her marriage to Richard, Duke of Gloucester (who became Richard III) is not known. When Richard usurped the throne in 1483 Anne was crowned with him in the Abbey on 6 July. Their son Edward, Prince of Wales, died in 1484 and Anne herself died at the Palace of Westminster on 16 March 1485 during an eclipse of the sun. She had a magnificent funeral and was buried on the southern side of the Abbey near the altar. No stone or monument marked her grave, possibly because Richard was killed that year at Bosworth."

So - her grave wasn't marked (a plate was put up on the South wall of the Abbey marking her death, but not on the exact burial site). His body and grave were never marked...

I think they should both be buried together at York. But I am a romantic at heart.

[Kaz]

Ah I was just about to say Westminster Abbey

[Workingman]

Where do we start a petition?

A petition? We need a WAR!.

Richard III was the last Plantagenet and Yorkist King, and his personal wish was to be buried at York.

However, permission to exhume his (assumed) remains was given only on the grounds that if they were him he was to be reburied in Leicester. Without a written will that must be the case.

Fascinating story, though, and if it comes your way Elaine, C4 is the UK TV Channel, the programme is well worth watching.

It is good to know that the Tudor and Shakespeare versions of Richard are now under scrutiny. I am a Yorkshireman, and went to a Catholic Secondary school, and Shakespeare's play was never studied there - it was not viewed favourably, even after 500 years.

[Kaz]

[elusivelaine]

Kaz, what was the name of the book about the police detective who was researching Richard III's story from his hospital bed? You told me once and I read it (fascinating!) but I've forgotten the title and author. Thx.

[Kaz]

Daughter of Time?

[Kaz]

The author will come to me..............

[cromwell]

He was double crossed at the Battle of Bosworth, that's for sure.
The idea that he should be buried in Leicester, a place he had no connection with, seems bizarre to me. He paid for 100 monks to pray for his soul at York Minster and should be buried there.
I reckon we should make a big do out of it as well; make it a public holiday.