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[[underline]] Edward 5th 1483 [[/underline]] Edward the 5th Eldest Son of Edward the 4th succeeded his father in 1483, at twelve years of age he was at Ludlow when his father died but being sent for to London he on the 4th of May received the oaths of the principal nobility & his Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester was made Protector of the King and Kingdom-- He obliged the Queen to deliver up to him the Duke of York the Kings brother and sent them both to the Tower under pretence of their waiting there till every thing was prepared for the Coronation the Duke of
