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unusual facts about Edward V of England



Black Deep

A rumour current in the sixteenth century, repeated by the chroniclers John Rastell and Edward Hall, by a continuer of John Hardyng's chronicle and subsequently by John Speed, suggested that Richard III, aided by the priest of Sir Robert Brackenbury, had disposed of the bodies of the murdered Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York in the Black Deep, "whereby they should never rise up, or be any more seen".

The Foretelling

Harry is also styled Earl of March, a title actually held by one of the young nephews of Richard III, Edward, Duke of Cornwall until 1483.

The Sunne in Splendour

Edward dies prematurely at age 40, and Richard becomes the Protector of the Realm for Edward's sons, Edward and Richard.


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