On the 6th of May in 1502, Sir James Tyrell was executed for treason, his crime, contrary to what most people think and what the chronicles of history tell us, was not the murder of the Princes in the Tower but his support of the Yorkist cause.
His downfall you might say was in 1501, when he sheltered Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk and let him escape to France.
Tyrell never confessed to harming the Princes, his name wasn't mentioned in reference to their disappearance until ten years after his death. The most famous account, of course, was written by Thomas More in his History of Richard III, he states
His downfall you might say was in 1501, when he sheltered Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk and let him escape to France.
Tyrell never confessed to harming the Princes, his name wasn't mentioned in reference to their disappearance until ten years after his death. The most famous account, of course, was written by Thomas More in his History of Richard III, he states
"...very truth it is and well known that at such time as Sir James Tyrell was in the Tower, for treason committed against the most famous prince King Henry the Seventh, both Dighton and he were examined, and confessed the murder in manner above-written, but whither the bodies were removed they could nothing tell."
James Tyrell was beheaded outside the Tower of London, the usual place for a traitor. His body was interred in the Church of the Austin Friars in London.
The only images available to illustrate this post are of Tyrell doing away with the princes and that won't do! Instead, I've chosen to place an image of Thomas More writing his lies, and ensuring that Tyrell is seen as a villain for eternity.
The only images available to illustrate this post are of Tyrell doing away with the princes and that won't do! Instead, I've chosen to place an image of Thomas More writing his lies, and ensuring that Tyrell is seen as a villain for eternity.
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