George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence not present – Edward himself prosecuted his brother, and demanded that Parliament pass a Bill of Attainder against his brother, declaring that he was guilty of "unnatural, loathly treasons" which were aggravated by the fact that Clarence was his brother, who, if anyone did, owed him loyalty and love. Following his conviction, he was "privately executed" at the Tower on 18 February 1478, by tradition in the Bowyer Tower, and soon after the event, the rumour gained ground that he had been drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine. Richard III biographer Paul Murray Kendall believes that the reason that
Hired armed cutter Duke of Clarence Brent Clements. Clements received the mission to take "Duke of Clarence" to patrol between the Minquiers and Chausey to meet a boat bringing intelligence from France. On 24 November 1804, "Duke of Clarence" sighted a large French lugger and set off in chase, with the hired armed cutter "Albion" joining in. The lugger's crew ran their boat on shore near Granville, Manche. "Duke of Clarence" sent a boat in to examine the lugger, which turned out to have a cargo of oysters and cider. As "Duke of Clarence" awaited her boat's return she hit a submerged rock with the result