Comments on: Uncertain Past of Perkin Warbeck - March '93 British Heritage Feature http://www.historynet.com/uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck-march-93-british-heritage-feature.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 25 May 2013 03:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mary http://www.historynet.com/uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck-march-93-british-heritage-feature.htm#comment-870062 Mary Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:42:56 +0000 #comment-870062 Fascinating article. Ever since I read Josephine Tey's \Daughter of Time,\ many years ago, I've been far more of the opinion that Henry VII was responsible, than Richard III. The only thing that is still a nagging question, one that Tey touches upon, is why didn't they just say the Princes died of plague or something, have a state funeral, and be done with it?? My guess? You can't have a funeral if you don't have the bodies. So I think it is very likely that at least one of the Princes did indeed escape, and very well could have been Perkin Warbeck. Perhaps they were secreted out under Richard III, for their own protection from supporters of Henry VII, or, perhaps it was supporters of Henry that somehow got into the Tower, murdered young Edward, but allowed Richard to live. I don't think the fact that Richard/Perkin never named who was sent to kill him is a big problem. He was only a child, and very well had never before seen the person who was sent to kill him. In any event, it is all quite fascinating....perhaps with the recent identification of Richard III's remains, Queen Elizabeth will allow DNA testing on some of the remains that have never been definitively identified, Fascinating article. Ever since I read Josephine Tey's \Daughter of Time,\ many years ago, I've been far more of the opinion that Henry VII was responsible, than Richard III.

The only thing that is still a nagging question, one that Tey touches upon, is why didn't they just say the Princes died of plague or something, have a state funeral, and be done with it??

My guess? You can't have a funeral if you don't have the bodies.

So I think it is very likely that at least one of the Princes did indeed escape, and very well could have been Perkin Warbeck. Perhaps they were secreted out under Richard III, for their own protection from supporters of Henry VII, or, perhaps it was supporters of Henry that somehow got into the Tower, murdered young Edward, but allowed Richard to live. I don't think the fact that Richard/Perkin never named who was sent to kill him is a big problem. He was only a child, and very well had never before seen the person who was sent to kill him.

In any event, it is all quite fascinating….perhaps with the recent identification of Richard III's remains, Queen Elizabeth will allow DNA testing on some of the remains that have never been definitively identified,

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]]> By: Richard Clark http://www.historynet.com/uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck-march-93-british-heritage-feature.htm#comment-43911 Richard Clark Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:01:27 +0000 #comment-43911 As a traditionalist, the "Perkin Warbeck" story does little to exonerate Richard III of the murders of the two princes. Even by Warbeck's own dubious story, someone was sent to murder them. They were under the "care" of their uncle, Richard III. He had the means and the motive to have them murdered. There were still many Yorkists who believed that Edward V was the rightful king. After the July 1483 attempt to free the princes from the Tower of London failed, the usurper, Richard III decided to do away with his nephews. As a traditionalist, the "Perkin Warbeck" story does little to exonerate Richard III of the murders of the two princes. Even by Warbeck's own dubious story, someone was sent to murder them. They were under the "care" of their uncle, Richard III. He had the means and the motive to have them murdered. There were still many Yorkists who believed that Edward V was the rightful king. After the July 1483 attempt to free the princes from the Tower of London failed, the usurper, Richard III decided to do away with his nephews.

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