{195a} Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, in his work, called _Historic Doubts_, has attempted to disprove the charge against Richard III. of the murder of his nephews, the two princes, in the Tower of London. The work is curious and interesting; but that author seems to have failed in removing from Richard, the stigma of this shocking crime. “Si l’on a fait de lui, des jugemens téméraires, c’est lui, qui en est coupable. Il est certain qu’il enferma ses neveux dans la Tour; ils ne pararent plus, c’est à lui d’en répondre;” {195b} and perhaps few persons can read the remarks on the _Historic Doubts_, published by the Rev. Dr. Milles, and the Rev. Robert Masters, in the 1st and 2nd vols. _Archæologia_, pp. 361 and 198, without perceiving, that what the author of the _Historic Doubts_ relies on as proofs of Richard III.’s innocence, are very ably rebutted by those writers; and that what he terms the coronation roll of King Richard III., in which are items for robes, &c. for King Edward V. (from which he would infer, that the latter monarch was alive, and even present at the coronation of the former), is only a wardrobe account of Piers Curteys, the king’s wardrober, kept from the time of the death of Edward IV., of which the deliveries for the expected coronation, of course, form a considerable part; but that the robes, &c., alluded to were prepared for the use of Edward V., at his own intended coronation, and not at that of his uncle, who took effectual measures, that, notwithstanding Piers Curteys’s arrangements, they should never be used for the purpose which he contemplated. That idea receives a strong confirmation from Sir Thomas More, who, in his _History of the Life and Reign of Edward V._, mentions the preparations for his coronation. {195b} _Essai sur les Mœurs et l’Esprit des Nations_, Œuvres de Voltaire, tome 18me, p. 48. {196a} Hall, Bacon, Baker; _Catalogue of Nobility_, _&c._ by Ralph Brooke; Dugdale’a _Bar._, Sir T. More, Hutton, Pol. Virgil, Sandford, Banks, Walpole; Acts of Attainder, _Rot. Parl._ 17 Edward IV., 1 Richard III., 1 Henry VII., and 3 Henry VII.—See Pedigrees, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. {196b} She outlived her husband, Richard Duke of York, thirty-five years, died at the Castle of Berkhampsted, on the 31st of May, 1495, _an._ 10th of Henry VII., and was interred by the body of her husband, at Fotheringay.—Sandford’s _Genealogical History_, p. 369. {197} Precis du Siècle de Louis XV., Œurres de Voltaire, tome 22, pp. 210 and 223. {204} It will perhaps occur to the reader, from what has been already mentioned, that the words “Near this spot,” would be more appropriate and correct, than “On this spot.” {205} Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.—See Chap. II. p. 24, note 2. {206a} George Duke of Clarence.—See Chap. VII. {206b} Holinshed’s _Chronicles_, vol. i. fo. 684.