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SIR JAMES TYRRELL (d. 1502)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 551 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JAMES See also:TYRRELL (d. 1502)  , the supposed murderer of the See also:English See also:king See also:Edward V., and of his See also:brother See also:Richard, See also:duke of See also:York, was a son of See also:William See also:Tyrrell and a See also:grandson of See also:Sir See also:John Tyrrell (d. c . 1437), who was treasurer of the royal See also:household and was on three occasions See also:Speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons . The See also:family is said to descend from See also:Walter Tirel, the murderer of William See also:Rufus . During the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses See also:James Tyrrell fought for the Yorkists; in 1471 he was knighted; and in 1477 he was member of See also:parliament for See also:Cornwall . With regard to his See also:share in the See also:murder of the See also:prince in 1483 he appears to have been selected by Richard III. and sent to the See also:Tower of See also:London, where he supervised the See also:crime which was carried out by his subordinates . Afterwards he received several appointments from Richard and was sent to See also:Flanders . He was also employed by See also:Henry VII. and was made See also:governor of Guisnes, but he seems to have incurred the king's displeasure through his friendship with See also:Edmund de la See also:Pole, See also:earl of See also:Suffolk . Having been treacherously seized he was conveyed to See also:England and was executed on the '6th of May 1502 . Just before his See also:death he made a See also:confession about the murder of the princes . Members of the same family were Sir See also:Thomas Tyrrell (1594-1672), See also:justice of the See also:common pleas under See also:Charles II., and See also:Anthony Tyrrell (1552–c . 161o), a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:priest and See also:spy, who afterwards became a clergyman of the See also:Church of England .

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