A Comparison Between Richard III And Henry VII

Every cold case has a suspect or perpetrator who is thought to have committed the crime. Even a crime that happened 500 yeas ago has several suspects in mind. The murder and disappearance of the two princes in the tower, Edward V and Prince Richard, Duke of York, is a case that has never been solved. The two main suspects are Richard III and Henry VII. Although there is not enough evidence to convict either Richard III or Henry VII, based on the evidence I think Richard III murdered his nephews, Edward V and Prince Richard. Richard III is guilty because he had several opportunities to murder the two princes, Tyrell’s confession, Henry VII’s Bill of Attainder, and the pre-contract. As the uncle of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, Richard

Richard III asked Sir Robert Brackenbury to murder the boys and with his refusal, he turned to Sir James Tyrell to complete the task. Richard sent a letter ordering Brackenbury to give Tyrell the keys to the tower for a night and had Tyrell devise a plan to murder the two princes. Tyrell had Miles Forest and John Dighton smother the two princes with pillows in their bedchamber. After they were murdered, Tyrell had them buried at the foot of the stairs. The account of the events mentioned above came from Tyrell’s confession before he was executed for treason against Henry VII. Most people will argue Tyrell’s confession never happened and More made it up, but one must have existed because More says it was his main source. The details of his account are considered authentic because they occur nowhere else. Also the details used and because More says he used it as a source implies he has seen it and even though no official record survives today, it does not mean that one did not exist at all. The fact that More used Tyrell’s confession is a testament to the fact Richard III murdered his nephews because Tyrell said he was hired by Richard and not Henry VII to murder the two princes and what reason would he have for lying? The confession was not coerced out of Tyrell and if it were why would he include John Dighton? It was also not fabricated by Henry VII because otherwise he would have used it as propaganda, which would have been to his advantage. Tyrell’s confession is significant evidence for the case against Richard III because it states how Richard had the two princes murdered, and is pretty important evidence in the case as a whole. If Richard III did not have Tyrell murder Edward V and Prince Richard, then why would Richard order Brackenbury to give Tyrell the keys to the tower for one