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Sir,—All our historians assert that Richard, Duke of Glo'ster paved his way to the crown by bastardizing, imprisoning, and assassinating his two nephews, Edward Prince of Wales and Richard Duke of York. How then are we to account for the provision made in the Wardrobe Roll for the Coronation of Richard III., July 3rd, 1483, (published in the Antiquarian Repertory, Vol. I. p. 29, 1807;) "The deliveree of divers Stuff delivered for the use of Lorde Edwarde, son of late Kyng Edward the Fourthe, and of his Henxemen?" Then follows a particular account of the materials for the "apparaill and array" of "Prince Edward" and his "Henxemen." Was he really present at his uncle's coronation? There is no mention of the Duke of York. The Declaration of Tyrrell and Dighton, published in the ensuing reign by Henry VII., says, the young princes were murdered in July, 1483. If the words did not expressly state "Edwarde, son of late Kyng Edwarde the Fourthe," I should have concluded that it meant Richard III.'s own son Edward, by Lady Ann Nivelle, at that time about nine years of age.

Yours, &c. O. S.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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