The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA (39 page)
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Authors: John Ashdown-Hill
5. The seal of Richard III's nephew, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. (© Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service)
6. Richard III's nephew, Edward of Clarence, Earl of Warwick. Engraving of 1859, after the Rous Roll.
7. Richard III's nieces (the four eldest surviving daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville): Elizabeth, Cecily, Anne and Catherine. Fifteenth-century stained glass from Little Malvern Priory, Worcs. (© Geoffrey Wheeler). Unlike the figures from the Royal Window at Canterbury (which have been heavily restored), these are authentic contemporary representations of Richard III's nieces.
8. Copy of Richard III's earliest surviving portrait. © The Dean and Chapter of Leicester.
9. Richard III's preferred prospective bride, Infanta Joana of Portugal (© Geoffrey Wheeler). Redrawn from the portrait attributed to Nuño Gonçalves in the Museu de Aveiro.
10. Richard III's alternative prospective bride, Infanta Isabel of Spain (© Geoffrey Wheeler). Redrawn from âOur Lady of Grace with the family of the Catholic Monarchs', painting of
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1485, the Cistercian Monastery, Burgos.
11. Henry VI as a saint, from the fifteenth-century rood screen, Eye church, Suffolk.
12. A medieval Corpus Christi procession: a bishop, walking beneath a canopy, carries the Host in a monstrance.
13. & 14. Courtyard of St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry. north-west view; south-east view. Richard III probably stayed at the Guildhall while attending the Coventry Corpus Christi celebrations in June 1485. (© Robert Orland)
15. Kenilworth Castle, where Richard III stayed in MayâJune 1485. Engraving of 1829.
16. The approach to the hunting lodge, Bestwood Park (Sherwood Forest), where Richard III stayed for about a week in mid-August 1485. (© John Beres)
17. Deer were probably Richard III's quarry at Bestwood Park. Fifteenth-century wood carving from the Guildhall, Eye, Suffolk.
18. The outer wall and gateway of Nottingham Castle where Richard III stayed from late June to August 1485. (© Anne Ayres. Image courtesy of the Richard III Society Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Group)
