. Historical portraits ... attle of Tewkesbury, and is believed to have thereassisted his next brother, Richard, afterwards King Richard III,to murder Prince Edward of Lancaster. Richard married thewidow of his victim, and he and Clarence forthwith quarrelled overthe partition of the vast Neville inheritance: Edward interfered H 2 TOO GEORGE DUKE OF CLARENCE decisively on the side of Richard. Clarence was present at Edwardsfutile campaign in France in 1475, and during the next three yearsappears to have been steadily heaping up causes of complaintagainst himself, largely by his frequent interf
. Historical portraits ... attle of Tewkesbury, and is believed to have thereassisted his next brother, Richard, afterwards King Richard III,to murder Prince Edward of Lancaster. Richard married thewidow of his victim, and he and Clarence forthwith quarrelled overthe partition of the vast Neville inheritance: Edward interfered H 2 TOO GEORGE DUKE OF CLARENCE decisively on the side of Richard. Clarence was present at Edwardsfutile campaign in France in 1475, and during the next three yearsappears to have been steadily heaping up causes of complaintagainst himself, largely by his frequent interference with theordinary processes of justice in the law-courts, an offence known as maintenance. Whether the Kings jealousy was more stimulatedby his wifes relations or by Richard of Gloucester is uncertain ;but in January 1478 Clarence was attainted in Parliament of hightreason, and disappeared privately at the Tower in February. False, fleeting, perjured Clarence, Shakespeares verdict, probablysums up his character ^ _o
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