edwardslovelyelizabeth: On this day in history, 9th of April 1483, King Edward IV died at Westminste
edwardslovelyelizabeth:On this day in history, 9th of April 1483, King Edward IV died at Westminster Palace. Edward IV was twice king of England, first monarch from the House of York on the English throne.Edward had fell ill soon after March 30th 1483, made a short recovery and died on April 9th. The cause of his death has been attributed to, amongst other things, pneumonia, thyphoid and appendictis. According to Mancini he “allowed the damp cold to strike his vitals, when one day he was taken in a small boat, with those whom he had bidden go fishing, and watched their sport too eagerly”. The account of the Croyland Chronicler revels that the court was baffled by Edwards illness; when the king took to his bed, he was ‘neither worn out with old age nor seized with any known kind of malady, the cure of which would not have appeared easy in the case of a person of more humble rank’.By his will, dated 1475, he desired to be buried “in the church of the Collage of Saint George within owre Castell of Wyndesour, by us begoune of newe to bee buylded.’ He was to be buried in a vault with a chapel or closet over it with space for an altar, and tomb with his figure of silver and gilt; or at least of copper and gilt. The will further provided for a chantry of two priests, and for a company of thirteen poor bedesmen to live within the college.Pictured: 1. Tomb of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville is St. George’s Chapel, Windsor 2. Edward IV, portrait from The Queen’s College collection, University of Oxford -- source link
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