Sir Robert Brackenbury was an English courtier, who was Constable of the Tower of London during the reign of Richard III.
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12 Facts About Robert Brackenbury
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Robert Brackenbury is believed to have been responsible for enabling the murders of the Princes in the Tower, though there is no conclusive evidence to prove it.
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Robert Brackenbury died defending the King at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
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Robert Brackenbury was a younger son of Thomas Brackenbury of Denton, County Durham, England.
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Robert Brackenbury was treasurer of Richard's household when he was Duke of Gloucester.
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When King Edward died Robert Brackenbury was almost certainly one of the Northerners who accompanied Richard to London.
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Shortly after Richard took the throne Robert Brackenbury received a number of appointments, including Constable of the Tower of London.
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Robert Brackenbury must have been better rewarded than all but three or four of the household.
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Robert Brackenbury seems to have been a man of popularity and wide learning.
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Robert Brackenbury, says More, replied "that he would never put them to death, though he should die therefore".
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Robert Brackenbury's attainder was partly reversed in 1489 in favour of his sisters and bastard son, allowing them to recover the family lands but not the new grants from Richard III.
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