Titulus Regius (was Embassy to Brittany)

Hilary wrote: //snip// "That was my original question to Marie - why did HT not also 'wipe' or lose the Parliament Rolls. which so clearly state Richard's claim to the throne?" Doug here: In another post Carol brought up the fact that Robert Morton had been dismissed by Richard from his position as Master of the roles and wondered if his dismissal was due to Robert possibly being connected with Buckingham's plot. While I certainly can't say his dismissal *wasn't* for that reason, I did suggest that Robert might have been dismissed because of incompetency and that (his incompetency) could explain why the precis remained in the Rolls - Robert didn't know it was there because he looked on his position as a sinecure and didn't do any more than what was absolutely necessary to keep it. So he made certain *copies* of TR were destroyed, which was easy as they would arrive so marked, but he didn't go digging amongst the Rolls for any mentionings of TR because that would have been *work!* Doug

Oh, dear. My post isn't showing up, but I just quoted (and analyzed) the original text of Rotuli Parliamentorum A.D. 1485 1 Henry VII, which shows clearly that there was no precis. If the message doesn't show up in the next half hour, I'll redo it. Sigh. Meanwhile, please go to http://partyparcel.co.uk/information/price-guarantee.html#annullment and see for yourself what Robert Morton, Master of the Rolls, actually recorded.

Carol