University of Leicester archaelogists find medieval penny and maybe Richard III

Human remains uncovered by University of Leicester-led archaeological search reveal circumstantial evidence consistent with battle wounds –but not in keeping with the Tudor sources that portrayed the warrior king as a wicked hunchback

The stunning findings of human remains excavated by the archaeologists came from the Choir of the Grey Friars Church.

This site has a photo of the penny but only one side of it:
http://www.historyextra.com/gallery/richard-iii

General information:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/...iscovery-has-potential-to-rewrite-history2019

 

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http://www.thehistoryblog.com/ has been covering this alot too. I think its pretty cool. Would suck though if it isnt Richard III though.

 

​Soooo, if its Richard III. I guess they would intern the remains in Westminister.

 

very interesting!!! thanks for posting.

 

No hunchback, not likely the king. Why the tradition in England to bury people in the Church.

 

It's Dick!

DNA tests have confirmed that human remains found buried beneath an English car park are those of the country's King Richard III.

British scientists announced Monday they are convinced "beyond reasonable doubt" that a skeleton found during an archaeological dig in Leicester, central England, last August is that of the former king, who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/world/europe/richard-iii-search-announcement/index.html

 

More on the above on this BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882

.. and also to answer an early query, he will be re-interred in Leicester Cathedral.

 

Floors me how tech & science are. Very interesting.

 

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Update on Richard III's reburial - now York is arguing the case for him to go there!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21369559

 

Images "work" fine now. Hee hee ... As for the idea to have him buried in York, I find that - well, at least the arguments for not having him in Leicester - a little strange. "They misplaced him for 500 years, now we have to have him"? Puh-leeze.

Poor Richard III. First Shakespeare gives him that fairly bad reputation, and now he is going to be the Car Park King ...

Christian

 

Was Shakespeare's depiction of him exaggerated? His qualities seem...less than angelic, shall we say...

 

Not many medieval kings could claim to be "angelic" in any way! Richard III's only fault was to be on the losing side, and as we know, history is written by the victors. (Not that I am a fan of him any more than any other English king - but there are seriously ardent fans defending his case these days.)

I always like the tale of Edward the Martyr - a Saint according to the history books. Read a little closer and you find he was so violent and obnoxious to all around him, he was murdered by his own mother!

Or Sir Thomas More - the "Man for all Seasons" and another Saint - who was responsible for more people being burnt at the stake than anyone else around in his time.

Man has always been incredibly beastly to his fellow man - it is only in modern times that we have come to expect our leaders to behave like angels all the time. Not surprisingly, very few live up to it.

 

The hunt is now on for Richard III's son. This article from the BBC has some interesting info on a forgotten character of medieval history.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21366578

 

More news on Richard III:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21427369

Over here he has often been referred to as "Richard the Turd" - now he has been dubbed "Richard the Re-interred"!

 

His new coffin looks OK to me. an ungrade.