Wars of the Roses Thomas Bourchier, the Archbishop of Canterbury, then persuaded Elizabeth Woodville to allow her younger son, the 9-year-old Richard, Duke of York, to join Edward in the Tower. Having secured the boys, Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells then alleged that Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville had been illegal and that the two boys were therefore illegitimate. Richard then claimed the crown as King Richard III. The two imprisoned boys, known as the "Princes in the Tower", disappeared and are assumed to have been murdered. There was never a trial or judicial inquest on the matter. Perkin Warbeck claimed
Princes in the Tower Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time" and four novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, as well as aspects of George R. R. Martin's "Game of Thrones", wherein boy heirs are apparently murdered. The continued publishing of these novels and stories have contributed to the continued fascination with this mystery. The brothers also appear in the Victorian-era themed manga series, "Black Butler", better known as "Kuroshitsuji", by Yana Toboso. Princes in the Tower "The Princes in the Tower" is an expression frequently used to refer to Edward V, King of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. The two