The Rose of England the allegorical statements refer to the shields of those involved. The garden is England, and the rose tree the House of Lancaster, with the king being Henry V of England. The boar is either the House of York, which claimed the throne in the person of Edward IV of England, or Richard III of England, who endangerd the future Henry VII of England's life, causing his uncle Jasper Tudor to flee the country with him—or represents both. The Rose of England The Rose of England is Child ballad 166. It is an account of Henry VII of England claiming the
Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England the Greyfriars Church at the north end of what was now the car park. In February 2009, Langley, Carson and Ashdown-Hill teamed up with Richard III Society members Dr David Johnson and his wife Wendy to launch a project with the working title "Looking for Richard: In Search of a King", which Langley envisaged as a "landmark TV special". Its premise was a search for Richard's grave "while at the same time telling his real story", with an objective "to search for, recover and rebury his mortal remains with the honour, dignity and respect so conspicuously denied following his death