Editing Edward V (section)

==Epitaph==
[[File:Grab Edward V.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Sarcophagal urn of the presumed bones of Edward V and his younger brother, [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York]], in [[Westminster Abbey]]]]
As outlined above, on the orders of Charles II, the presumed bones of Edward V and his brother Richard were interred in Westminster Abbey; Edward was thus buried in the place of his birth. The white marble sarcophagus was designed by Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and made by Joshua Marshall. The sarcophagus can be found in the north aisle of the [[Henry VII Chapel]], near [[Elizabeth I]]'s tomb.

The Latin inscription on the urn can be translated as follows:

{{Blockquote|Here lie the relics of Edward V, King of England, and Richard, Duke of York. These brothers being confined in the Tower of London, and there stifled with pillows, were privately and meanly buried, by the order of their perfidious uncle Richard the Usurper; their bones, long enquired after and wished for, after 191 years in the rubbish of the stairs (those lately leading to the Chapel of the White Tower) were on the 17th day of July AD 1674 by undoubted proofs discovered, being buried deep in that place. Charles II, a most compassionate king, pitying their severe fate, ordered these unhappy princes to be laid amongst the monuments of their predecessors, AD 1678, in the 30th year of his reign.<ref>westminster-abbey.org</ref>}}

The original Latin text is as follows (original all in capitals):<ref>Google Images</ref>

{{Blockquote|{{Lang|la|H.SS Reliquiæ Edwardi V<sup>ti</sup> Regis Angliæ et Richardi Ducis Eboracensis

Hos, fratres germanos, Turre Londinˢⁱ conclusos iniectisq culcitris suffocatos, abdite et inhoneste tumulari iussit patruus Richardus Perfidus Regni prædo ossa desideratorum, diu et multum quæsita, post annos CXC&1~ scalarum in ruderibus (scalæ istæ ad Sacellum Turris Albæ nuper ducebant) alte defossa, indictis certissimis sunt reperta XVII die iulii Aº Dⁿⁱ MDCLXXIIII

Carolus II Rex clementissimus acerbam sortem miseratus inter avita monumena principibus infelicissimis. iusta persolvit. anno domⁱ 1678 annoq regni sui 30}}}}