FURTHER CHARGES AGAINST RICHARD III
Some account of Morton, the chief accuser . . . . . . . . [205-207] Misrepresentation of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [208-210] Cunning misrepresentations respecting Hastings . . . . . . [210-212] Falsification of dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [215-217] The accession. The true claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [218] Attempt of Henry VII. to destroy the evidence . . . . [219] Polydore Virgil's version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [220] Morton's version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [221] Fabyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [222] Further falsification of dates . . . . . . . . . . . . [223] Buckingham's treason. False reason given for
his discontent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [223] The truth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [224] Morton's account of conversations . . . . . . . . . . [225], [226] Second coronation. Statement disproved . . . . . . . . . [227] Death of the Queen. Slanders of Polydore and Rous . . . . [228] Elizabeth of York. Absurd rumour spread . . . . . . . . . [229] Elizabeth's letter to the Duke of Norfolk . . . . . . [229-230] Intrigues of Henry's mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . [231] Lord Strange. The truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [232]
CHAPTER IV
THE MAIN CHARGE AGAINST RICHARD III
Rests on the truth or falsehood of previous crimes . . . . [233] Richard's antecedents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [234] Nothing to fear from his nephews . . . . . . . . . . . . . [235]
Treatment of others in the same position . . . . . . . . . [236] His nephews were probably members of his household . . . . [236] Bill, in March 1485, for the elder nephew . . . . . . . . [237] Conduct of the mother and sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . [238-239] Alleged rumours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [240-242] Assertion of the French Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . [242] Statements of Fabyan, Rous, Polydore, André . . . . . . . [244] Sir William Stanley's conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [244] Baseless rumours promulgated by Henry . . . . . . . . . . [245]
CHAPTER V
HENRY TUDOR IN THE DOCK
Description of Henry VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [246] His lawless executions after Bosworth . . . . . . . . . . [247] Responsible for the lives of royal children . . . . . . . [248] Henry's character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [249] Necessity to strengthen his position . . . . . . . . . . . [250] His Parliament of outlaws. Unjust attainders . . . . . . [251] Loyal men attainted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [252] Silent about the late King's nephews. Were they missing? [253] If alive, Henry's marriage necessitated their deaths . . . [254] Henry's treatment of other victims in his way . . . . . . [255] The fate of the princes, if alive, was sealed by
the marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [256] Imprisonment of the Queen Dowager . . . . . . . . . . . . [257] Henry put forward a story, in Polydore Virgil . . . . . . [258] A more detailed story, published by Rastell and Grafton [260-263] Rewards alleged to have been given by Richard
to murderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [264], [265] Confession of Tyrrel and Dighton fabricated . . . . . . . [267] Genesis of these stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [267] Some account of Sir James Tyrrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . [268] Henry's grant to John Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [269] Tyrrel taken into favour. His two pardons . . . . . . . . [269] Murder of the two Princes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [269] Relations silenced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [270-271] Hush money to 'Black Will' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [271] Reward to Dighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [272] Rewards and employments for Tyrrel . . . . . . . . . . . . [272] Treacherous arrest and hurried execution of Tyrrel . . . . [273] Dighton to reside at Calais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [274] The story put forward and generally accepted . . . . . . . [274]