Inscription, now lost, recorded by Francis Bacon-
"Hereafter Death has a royal offspring in this tomb viz. the young and noble Elizabeth daughter of that illustrious prince, Henry the Seventh, who swayed the sceptre of two kingdoms, Attrapos, the most severe messenger of Death, snatched her away but may she have eternal life in Heaven."
Elizabeth appears to have died suddenly, aged three, at Elton Palace. Her parents were not with her. How did she die? Did she experience atrophy, or wasting disease? Alison Weir says there was no record of anyone being concerned for her. Her tomb was denuded of metalwork by 1700.
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| Young Elizabeth's Tomb in the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster. |
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| Elizabeth of York |
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