IN reply to your article "Was he pushed or did he jump?" I would say it is very nice to see that Worcester is now celebrating its part in mediaeval history, besides the Civil War.
I have no doubt that Henry VII had sickly Prince Arthur sent to Ludlow to hasten his demise. The young Henry was waiting in the wings to become Henry VIII.
Before and after the death of Richard III on Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor's propaganda campaign was unsurpassed in English History.
When he became King after Richard's treacherous defeat, he even had portraits of Richard altered to enhance his slight deformity.
Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, played no active part at the Battle of Bosworth. Before the events of Bosworth when Richard III was crowned King, he visited Worcester Cathedral to pay his respects to his ancestor, John Plantagenet - King John.
Your paper wrongly stated that Richard I died in battle on April 4, 1199. In fact, he died some time after a siege, when a bolt wound from a crossbow became infected.
J BADGER, Oriel Close, Worcester.
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