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Crime History: Knight beheaded for murder of Princes in Tower

By Scott McCabe
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Crime History: Knight beheaded for murder of Princes in Tower

On this day, May 6, in 1502, Sir James Tyrrell was beheaded after supposedly confessing to the murders of the Princes in the Tower.

In 1483, the princes, Edward V of England and his brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, were sent to live in the Tower of London, a royal residence at the time.

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