A KING'S SKELETON
REPORTED DISCOVERY
A leaden coffin containing a skeleton which may be that of Richard 111 has been found during excavations for the new wing of the Leicester College of Arts and Technology, built ou the site of the former church of St. Mary of the Newarkes.
The church was built by Henry, Duke of Lancaster, in 1353, and was destroyed during the Reformation.
Richard 111 was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. It was understood that he was buried in this church, but historians have recorded that later his body was unearthed/and his bones thrown by a mob over Bow Bridge into the river.
Mr. L. W. Kershaw, principal of the college, says the skull of tho skeleton has a receding forehead and a projecting jaw, the attributes of King Richard.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 115, 11 November 1935, Page 8
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A KING'S SKELETON
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 115, 11 November 1935, Page 8
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