[agere_contra]

Thomas More made all this stuff up because he grew up in the house of Thomas Morton - Richard’s mortal enemy.

IIRC its thought that Thomas More copied out Mortons diatribe against Richard III as a Latin exercise when he was a student. More didn't publish the screed - it was found after his death and may have been mis-characterized by posterity.

[miss marmelstein]

Yes, I’ve heard that theory. Or that More was writing a satire. Surely, More didn’t not believe that Richard gestated in the womb for two years!!