Should Richard III be laid to rest in Leicester? (POLL)

“I have no argument over the casket design but I do have reservations as to where he will be interred. As a Roman Catholic King his Final resting place was in keeping with that. He was ignominiously treated and dumped in the ground. He now needs to rest in peace in a manner suiting his status and faith.”

“Wholeheartedly agree with this statement by morriarty1:

"Greyfriars Priory should be excavated more and preserved since this is what will draw the tourists into the city, not a pile of bones. As for Richard's remains, they should be buried at York Minster since that is where the king wished to be buried, not where he was betrayed, killed and defiled. This is as about respecting human dignity as well as uncovering the truth about the events of 1485."”

“My Right to reply to David 5566
My suggestion and recommendation is to leave Richard in his grave in the Greyfriars Priory ruin foundation - the car park came later and can be readily removed allowing a fitting monument to be placed for all to see as was provided earlier in 1600. The appropriate burial rights in accordance with the Church of Rome will have been done as Richard was laid in sanctified ground within the priory special place chosen by the Roman Catholic Church Friars for a man they saw of importance and high standing even after death.
The car park area gives us a real opportunity to develop and display a real slice of history for all to wonder reflect and enjoy.
The cathedral site is not appropriate is my opinion – Leave well alone – why should Richard be taken from his place of rest he has enjoyed to this present day be moved for current day convenience?”

“Just to complete my last entry: "a new pub The Bosworth (now gone) was built on King Richard's Road about 700 yards from West Bridge. My isolated comment "Amateur dramatics" should have read and at one time a very successful amateur dramatics group carried the name KRR Players" Leicester's old West End was proud of its association with KRRIII”

“The longest ever Cold Case! Even though the belief of the maligned KRIII being tossed into the River Soar could be dispelled there is no reason whatsoever to cast aside the content of the West Bridge plaque recording the sooth sayer's forecast that "where his spur sfruck the ancient bridge on his way to Bosworth so would his head on return from battle". If it is decided the remains are his and should be re-interred in Leicester, West Bridge was the medieval route west out of the City towards Bosworth and the existing bridge should have amended plaques as part of a KRR trail
Just as the site of the former of the old Blue Boar Inn, Highcross Street where he stayed before the battle. Leicester has always appeared to want to identify with this erstwhile monach, naming three schools after him: KRR Infants, King Richard III Girls, KRRIII. Boys at road: King, Richard's Road, at one time even a Working Men's Club KRR WMC and in the 1960's a brand new pub opened bearing the name The Bosworth
Amateur Drama groups”

“He was laid to rest in Leicester and therefore that's where he should remain.”

“If you had read the whole statement from Jon Ashworth White_King, you would have noticed that the MP was suggesting that the remains be re buried at Leicester Cathedral, the only thing that would be on display is a new tomb for an anointed King of England, his remains would be inside like every other tomb on earth, it's better than laying under a car park, which is not the place for a former monarch.”

“Leave well alone
We have now found the last resting place of a man we now believe to be Richard 111 - Whilst his bones are visible the ground within his grave bears the shadow of the rest of his body - It is my view that he was buried in a holy place where sanctuary was that of a special place within the grey friars place of God and prayer - It is wrong in my opinion to move this mans remains to another place an act of defiling one of our kings graves - We should re invent the placed structures which defile this place of God and leave an important member of Leicester's buried dead to rest in peace.
Moving remains is creating a peep show of our past is not on – Robbing tombs should be a thing of the past – when will we ever become civilized.
To move this man to the Cathedral or other place defeats what we are attempting to do preserving our historic past where it is,
Are we discovering the past or moving the past around for todays convenience,

Signed: A Leicester God believing man who cares about our historic past
14/09/2012”

“The Cathedral, Mary de Castro or St Nicholas. Fotheringhay, where he was born, and where his parents and brother were/are buried, is the only other place that has a claim on Richard.”

“Greyfriars Priory should be excavated more and preserved since this is what will draw the tourists into the city, not a pile of bones. As for Richard's remains, they should be buried at York Minster since that is where the king wished to be buried, not where he was betrayed, killed and defiled. This is as about respecting human dignity as well as uncovering the truth about the events of 1485.”