Murderer of the Princes in the Tower? How plausible is Sir James Tyrell's confession?

Title: Murderer of the Princes in the Tower? How plausible is Sir James Tyrell's confession? If Tudor historiography had its way, there would be no mystery surrounding the princes in the Tower. According to this narrative, Edward the Fifth and his brother Richard of York were murdered on behalf of their uncle, Richard, who had recently seized the throne as Richard the Third. Allegedly, the crime was confessed to by Sir James Tyrell, the man tasked with carrying it out. However, the only source for this confession is Thomas More. Other historians, such as Polydore Virgil, also mention Tyrell as the perpetrator but offer no further details. More, it should be noted, had a flexible relationship with the truth when it suited him. However, a significant problem arises for those who wish to dismiss More's account: in 1674, bones were discovered during construction work in the Tower of London. These bones, which belonged to two children of the right age, were found roughly where Tyrell's confession—according to More—had indicated they would be. Today, these remains rest in an urn in Westminster Abbey, where they are identified as those of the princes in the Tower. I intend to investigate whether it is even possible and plausible that More had knowledge of this confession. #PrincesintheTower #RichardIII #HenryVII #JamesTyrell #TudorHistory Chapters: I. Introduction 00:00 II. What did More write? 05:19 II.1 What else do we know about Tyrell? 08:52 III. Bone find: apparently the right place 13:12 IV. What else does the research say? 18:41 V. Who is John Dighton? 23:31 VI. More’s Providers of Information 26:43 VII. Doubts and contradictions 32:19 VIII. Judgment 35:42 My Tudor History Playlist:    • Tudor History Documentaries And More   My Princes in the Tower Playlist:    • The  Princes in the Tower   Tudor Chamber Books to follow the money: https://www.tudorchamberbooks.org/edi... Examples for literature used to produce this video: Carson, A. (2013): Richard III: A Small Guide to the Great Debate https://amzn.to/4e1m9Ih extremely valuable for beginners who want to win orientation Carson, A. (2015): Richard Duke of Gloucester as Lord Protector and High Constable of England https://amzn.to/3yRk6ap Carson, A. (2023): Richard III: The Maligned King https://amzn.to/3zaaWpi really, really good Hicks, M. (2007): The Prince in the Tower: The Short Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Edward V https://amzn.to/47hKfvK Wilkinson, J. (2014): The Princes in the Tower: Did Richard III Murder His Nephews, Edward V & Richard of York? https://amzn.to/3Xt8O5i she can write, it’s fun to read Music: I used several songs under the Creative-Commons-Licence from the following artists: Aakash Gandhi Aaron Kenny Amulets Amy Lynn & the Honeymen Allagro Asher Fulero Audionautix Biz Baz Studio Blacksmith Brian Bolger Causmic Cooper Cannell Coyote Hearing Dan Bodan Dan Henig Density&Time DivKid DJ Williams Doug Maxwell ELPHNT 1 Esther Abrami French Fuse Geographer Godmode Hainbach Hanu Dixit Jeremy Blake Jimena Contreras John Patitucci Kevin MacLeod Media Right Productions Mini Wandals Myuu Nathan Moore NEFFEX Patrick Patrikios Quincas Moreira RVKC Sir Cubworth Squadda B SYBS Telecasted The 126ers The 129ers The Tower of Light The Westerlies The Whole Other Traversing Trevor Garrod Twin Musicom Underbelly & Ty Mayer Ugonne Onyekwe VYEN All videos and pictures are also under the Common Creative licence, publicly avaible or my own. Become a member and get access to exclusive perks:    / @lemmy-historian   Gear used to produce the videos: Mac Mini M1 https://amzn.to/4dXnD6w Logitech MX Keys https://amzn.to/451Tdfj Logitech MX Master 3 https://amzn.to/3UXFD8i iPhone 14 Pro https://amzn.to/3x3A9AG iPad Pro 11 (2018) https://amzn.to/4bC3u4g Apple Pencil 2nd Generation https://amzn.to/4aBVnDF Blue Yeti X https://amzn.to/3KkmYhZ Sennheiser HD 59 https://amzn.to/3WTqJCx Lenovo D24-25 https://amzn.to/4aBsmbi This is a channel dedicated to people searching for a history documentary and other academic stuff. You like social scienes, the humanities and want to learn something and feel entertained? Please feel welcome. Medieval history documentaries will be my focus, cause I specialized in the period of the Middle Ages. But it is far from all of the content you will find here. My socials: Twitter:   / historydocus   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Instagram:   / david_schwarz_history   TikTok:   / historydocumentaries