Leicester VIII. However, in September 2012, an archaeological investigation of the car park revealed a skeleton which DNA testing helped verify to be related to two descendants of Richard III's sister. It was concluded that the skeleton was that of Richard III because of the DNA evidence and the shape of the spine. In 2015 Richard III was reburied in pride of place near the high altar in Leicester Cathedral. On 4 November 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was arrested on charges of treason and taken from York Place. On his way south to face dubious justice at the Tower of London,
Leicester King Leicester King Leicester King (born in Suffield, Connecticut, May 1, 1789 – September 19, 1856) was a 19th-century businessman, judge, and state senator in the Ohio State Assembly. Married to Julia Ann Huntington, he moved to Warren, Ohio in 1817, where he worked as a mercantilist until 1833. After leaving the mercantile business, he devoted his time to the building of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal until being appointed associate judge of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas. In 1835, King, a staunch abolitionist, was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he served two terms, until 1839. He was