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CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
[A.D. 1483.
both Dighton and him were examined, and confessed the murder in manner above written." Henry, in consequence, sought for the bodies, but at that time they could not be found, the chaplain, the depository of the secret, being dead.
The Murder of the Princes in the Tower.
When, in addition to this, it shall be seen that Richard was anxious to marry Elizabeth of York, the sister of these young princes, and to prevent Richmond marrying her, nothing can be more conclusive of the death of the boys as described—for, otherwise, the issue of Elizabeth
