Intriguing

The poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674) was the son of a Leicester ironmonger - related to the Mayor?

The Cathedral already has an effigy of Henry of Huntingdon, Richard's great-great-nephew.

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Perhaps some of us should join - it's quite a good site, generally, with a wide range of historical discussion. There are a number of threads about Richard, with some interesting points made, both for and against.

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It's here, Ishita:

http://www.historum.com/medieval-byzantine-history/51140-richard-iii-did-have-hunchback-spine-7.html

Be careful tilting at their clawed windmills, m'kay?

~Weds

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> What is the. Forum? I am going to cut and paste the press release from Riii society! I am despairing that Richard's reputation can never be put straight!
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> Ishita Bandyo
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> > I just ran into a discussion board where snotty flawed logic was being used to "prove" that if the skeleton has scoliosis, it means that all the chroniclers who got it "right" that Richard was a hunchback/crookback are therefore also right about his murdering the princes and all the other crimes laid at his feet.
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> > I can't help but recall a line from an ancient Goon Show: "I'm not saying you're insane, only that you leave your premises immediately."
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> > If all someone can see is what they've seen before, they're going to miss out on a lot of possibilities in life. So sad, too bad, their loss.
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> > > I hope that they are not going to try to use the scoliosis to try to say that the Tydder was right about him being a hunchback.
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