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  1. viscountessw on said:

    Excellent post, sparkypus. Thank you. You’re right, some people do write a load of old rubbish. Cobblers, some might say.

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  2. sighthound6 on said:

    John Howard was cheated of his rightful inheritance (after Anne Mowbray died) by a shameless piece of legislation which altered the normal rules of inheritance. Richard II gets absolutely crucified by historians for doing *far* less, indeed it is trotted out as one of the chief reasons why he was deposed. But when Edward IV (maybe we should call him the Blessed Edward IV, or St. Edward IV) does something which is far less justified (Howard had not committed treason, nor was he even hostile to Edward, but a very loyal supporter) this is somehow fine and dandy. And note carefully this was not the one and only time Edward interfered with the laws of inheritance. He did the same thing in the case of the Exeter inheritance, and of course, he ripped off the Countess of Warwick for the benefit of his brothers. This last case does attract some criticism – but only because it benefited Richard, who obviously twisted his saintly brother’s arm.

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  3. hoodedman1 on said:

    Funnily enough, I guessed who the author was before I even clicked on the link. Some other posts by the same person also seem rife with much over-wrought angst and melodrama, to say nothing of making excuses for Henry VIII’s tyranny due to (unproven) medical reasons.

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  4. Glenis Brindley on said:

    What a load of rubbish! Unfortunately we seem to be seeing more of this sort of thing and it gets more that a little wearing. I sometimes feel I’m running the opposite way to the crowd! Please, let it stop.

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  5. I read that article too. The writer of that article seems to have forgotten that john howard was a loyal yorkists, he was loyal to Edward iv. And how did Edward iv repay him by cheating him out of his inheritance. If another king did that e.g Edward ii, Richard ii, Richard iii they would be criticized mercilessly but since this dear st. Edward iv no problem.
    The writer of that article is very much pro Tudor and makes medical excuses for Henry viii tyranny.

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  6. sparkypus on said:

    Thank you. As I said the writer is a writer of rubbish…


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