Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors (77 page)

The golden badge of an eagle with a snake in its mouth, discovered at a separate location, possibly near the windmill where the Duke of Norfolk was captured and Richard’s vanguard was defeated.

The gravesite of Richard III, discovered in August 2012 under a carpark on the site of Greyfriars Church. The hands of the skeleton have been tied.

The bones of Richard III clearly demonstrate a noticeable curvature of the spine known as scoliosis.

Wounds inflicted on Richard’s skull include a severe blow to the back of his head, slicing through the bone that would have certainly proved fatal and a puncture wound at the top of the skull. In total, ten wounds to the skeleton have been identified.

St James’ Church, Dadlington, where the ‘bones and bodies’ of the Bosworth dead were buried. In 1511, Henry VIII signed a warrant allowing the churchwardens to fundraise for a battlefield chapel.

A terracotta bust of Henry VII by Pietro Torrigiano.

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First published in Great Britain in 2013
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Ebook first published in 2013
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