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In February 1485, Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, wrote a letter to the Duke of Norfolk. Elizabeth had, along with her brothers and her mother, been dispossessed and dishonoured by her uncle, Richard. He had declared his brother’s offspring illegitimate and marriage false as a preface to – or a pretext for – seizing the throne himself.
Nobody had seen Elizabeth’s younger brothers for months. Many assumed Richard had done away with them, as he had with Elizabeth’s maternal uncle
