Dick the Not-So-Dusty

[steepholm]

Richard the Third - "beyond reasonable doubt".

Yay for science!

Comments

[wolfinthewood]

My partner used to park her car in Greyfriars car park.

[steepholm]

A cat may look at a king, and now apparently a car may park on one.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Excellent news. We love our Richard in the Midlands.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

That Warwickshire lad had a few nasty things to say about him! :)

As a former resident of York I'd like to see his body repatriated, but it does look as if Leicester has it sewn up, legally.

[sovay]

Yay for science!

I just saw! Indeed.

[sovay]

As a former resident of York I'd like to see his body repatriated, but it does look as if Leicester has it sewn up, legally.

Ah. I was hoping for York also. What's the argument against?

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

As far as I can gather, permission for exhumation (or maybe just excavation) was given on condition that any remains be reburied in Leicester Cathedral.

I will still wouldn't rule out some Raids from the North, though! Richard may be the new Stone of Scone.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Utterly fascinating!

[gillo]

Midnight grave-robbing. Yorkshire lads might be up for't.

I gather it is a standard requirement that exhumed bodies be reburied in the nearest consecrated ground. The car park was deconsecrated at the Dissolution, so doesn't count.

[gillo]

I don't suppose Leicester Archaeology department will suffer in the REF from this!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Fabulous work!

Nine

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, isn't it?

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Indeed not - this is public engagement with a vengeance!

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Yes: wonderful teamwork.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Very exciting, for Ricardians and anyone else with the slightest human curiosity about the past.