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ELD4872242: Henry Stafford head of a conspiracy against King Richard III, seeks to cross the River Severn a Gloucester, 1483 (Having previously supported his taking of the throne, Henry Stafford (1455-1483), 2nd Duke of Buckingham led a rebellion against the recently crowned Richard III (1452-1485) of England in 1483, with the intention of replacing Richard with Henry Tudor - Buckingham attempted to cross the Severn at Gloucester but ten days of storms and rain swelled the waters so it became impassable - He was captured and executed for treason at Salisbury on 2nd November 1483) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images