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In 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV, was privately executed for treason in the Tower of London
In 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of King Edward IV, was privately executed for treason in the Tower of London. After the death of his wife, Isabel Neville, in 1476, George's mental health seems to have suffered. He became convinced that his wife had been poisoned and ended up accusing one of her ladies-in-waiting, Ankarette Twynho, of the “murder”. George had poor Ankarette hanged immediately, without having the propper authority to do so. Historians, however, believe Isabel actually died of either consumption or childbed fever. George then went on to accuse the Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, of witchcraft. He also kept a document, granted to him when King Henry VI had been restored to the throne, declaring George heir to the Lancastrian line if it happened to fail. It's also been said that he tried to predict the deaths of the King and his eldest son by hiring someone who practised black magic. When put on trial for treason, it also came to light that Ge...