[[26]] Sharon Turner, History of England during the Middle Ages. 5 vols. 8vo. 1830.

[[27]] John H. Jesse, Memoirs of King Richard III. 8vo. 1862.

[[28]] Dr. W. F. Hook, D.D., Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury. 9 vols. 8vo. 1860-72. He considers the slander of the Duchess of York incredible.

[[29]] Sir N. H. Nicolas, Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York. 1830. He utterly rejects the story of Richard having poisoned his wife, and having wanted to marry Elizabeth of York (p. liii.) Dr. W. Stubbs, Constitutional History of England, vol. ii. Thorold Rogers, Work and Wages, ii. 212.

[[30]] Dr. Lingard, History of England to the Revolution. 4th ed. 1837; 6th ed. 1854.

[[31]] James Gairdner, Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Reigns of Richard III. and Henry VII. 1861-63. Memorials of Henry VII. 1858. History of the Life and Reign of Richard III. 1878. Life of Henry VII. 1889. Article in the English Historical Review. 1891.

CHAPTER II

EXAMINATION OF THE CHARGES AGAINST RICHARD III