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| Paul Lay remarks (Bringing up body won't bury arguments, 5 February) that one can say with certainty that Richard III would have preferred to be buried in Richmond. One presumes Lay means Richmond, North Yorkshire, for Sheen on the Thames had not yet been renamed in honour of Henry VII's earldom. But there is no evidence whatsoever that Richard III would have wished to have been buried there. He had, in 1478, upgraded Middleham parish church to a college, with perhaps an intention of making it his last resting place. | Paul Lay remarks (Bringing up body won't bury arguments, 5 February) that one can say with certainty that Richard III would have preferred to be buried in Richmond. One presumes Lay means Richmond, North Yorkshire, for Sheen on the Thames had not yet been renamed in honour of Henry VII's earldom. But there is no evidence whatsoever that Richard III would have wished to have been buried there. He had, in 1478, upgraded Middleham parish church to a college, with perhaps an intention of making it his last resting place. |
| But in 1484, as king, he initiated the foundation of a grandiose college of 100 priests within the Minster of York, on which work had started before his death. This was to have been a chantry, dedicated to Our Lady, St George and St Ninian, to pray for his and his kindred's souls. At the time, he almost certainly intended to be buried in this mausoleum. Had he enjoyed a long reign, he may well ultimately have preferred Westminster, or St George's Windsor. But he did not. If the king's own last known wishes are to be honoured, his remains should be reburied in York Minster. Professor AJ Pollard Darlington, Durham | But in 1484, as king, he initiated the foundation of a grandiose college of 100 priests within the Minster of York, on which work had started before his death. This was to have been a chantry, dedicated to Our Lady, St George and St Ninian, to pray for his and his kindred's souls. At the time, he almost certainly intended to be buried in this mausoleum. Had he enjoyed a long reign, he may well ultimately have preferred Westminster, or St George's Windsor. But he did not. If the king's own last known wishes are to be honoured, his remains should be reburied in York Minster. Professor AJ Pollard Darlington, Durham |
| • So the bones of Richard III are to be buried in the Anglican cathedral at Leicester, a diocese created in 1927. To the indignities inflicted on his dead body by his enemies, another insensitivity appears about to be added. Richard was a Catholic and originally buried in a Catholic friary. His remains should be re-interred in the former Benedictine abbey at Westminster after a requiem mass in Westminster cathedral. The presence of any member of the Mountbatten/Windsor family is quite irrelevant. Professor Terence Morris Winchester, Hampshire | • So the bones of Richard III are to be buried in the Anglican cathedral at Leicester, a diocese created in 1927. To the indignities inflicted on his dead body by his enemies, another insensitivity appears about to be added. Richard was a Catholic and originally buried in a Catholic friary. His remains should be re-interred in the former Benedictine abbey at Westminster after a requiem mass in Westminster cathedral. The presence of any member of the Mountbatten/Windsor family is quite irrelevant. Professor Terence Morris Winchester, Hampshire |
| • You are way behind: @HMRichardIII has had a Twitter account since September and has 6,500 Followers. Yesterday's tweet: "I bloody told you it was me." Mary Hoffman Carterton, Oxfordshire | • You are way behind: @HMRichardIII has had a Twitter account since September and has 6,500 Followers. Yesterday's tweet: "I bloody told you it was me." Mary Hoffman Carterton, Oxfordshire |
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