Sir Thomas More's account of the murder of the ‘princes in the Tower’ has been treated with varying degrees of scepticism over the past century and a half. More's History of King Richard III is notable, nonetheless, for the way it provides precise circumstantial detail and responsibility for the focal point of the succession crisis of 1483. More's account of those deaths is all the more striking because central to it were several individuals who were still alive at the time of its writing, survivors of the episode and their immediate families. This article explores the identity and experience of those at the heart of the murder story in the context of its creation in the 1510s, especially the man who may well have been the surviving murderer, John Dighton, and Edward and Miles, the prominent royal servant sons of his alleged partner in crime, Miles Forest – and More's contacts with them. In doing so, it sheds some light, if not on the history's absolute veracity, then at least on the first decades of its development in the England of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, and the implications for historiography and the nature of the contemporary regime.

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有关谋杀案的更多信息：“塔中王子”之死以及对亨利七世和亨利八世政权的历史学启示

在过去的一个半世纪中，托马斯·莫尔爵士的关于“塔中王子”被谋杀的说法受到了不同程度的怀疑。理查三世国王的更多历史尽管如此，它还是值得注意的，因为它为1483年继位危机的焦点提供了精确的环境细节和责任。更多关于这些死亡的记载更加引人注目，因为其核心是当时还活着的几个人剧集，剧集的幸存者及其直系亲属。本文从1510年代的故事背景出发，探讨谋杀故事核心人物的身份和经历，尤其是那些可能是幸存的凶手约翰·邓顿（John Dighton）和爱德华·迈尔斯（Edward and Miles）（著名的皇家仆人）他涉嫌犯罪的伴侣迈尔斯·森林（Miles Forest）的儿子，以及莫尔（More）与他们的联系。这样一来，即使不是根据历史的绝对真实性，也可以为我们提供一些启示，