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Definitely. The Parliament had issued the Titulus Regius spelling out the succession, which pushed aside the children in favor of Richard (on the basis that their father had been married before, albiet briefly, making the children illegitimate -- this was before Henry VIII's schism), who was not therefore a usurper, but the legitimate monarch. After Richard's murder by treachery on the battlefield, Henry VII had to get the Titulus Regius destroyed, and all were collected and burned, save one that was overlooked (hence its contents and existence is known). He did this in order to marry the sister of the Little Princes so that he'd have a claim to the throne that would hold up; but by relegitimizing the princess, the Little Princes suddenly became the legitimate heirs of Richard III's late elder brother and predecessor. So, he had them disappear, pinned it on Richard III...

Indeed. Have you ever heard of the Richard the Third Society? It is an organization dedicated to clearing Richard's name of the scurrilous charges made against him. In 1985, the Society was able to have an official funeral mass said for Richard marking the 500th anniversary of his death. Everything ever written about Richard prior to Henry's ascension to the throne indicated that Richard was a man of honor and integrity. He was not interested in court life, or the power and intrigue that went with it.

One other thing, Sir Thomas More while employed by Cardinal Morton, was commissioned by the Cardinal to write a history of Richard's reign and eventual overthrow by Henry VII. Of course Morton expected that Sir Thomas would tow the party line and give a glowing account of how Henry defeated the evil Richard on the battle field and saved England from his tyranny. The manuscript was never published by More. More was a trusted member of Morton's household and probably knew a great deal about the events unfolding in England at the time. Being a man of indisputable integrity, More could not put his name to such rubbish.