[Bookworm_Girl]

That’s the main reason why the mystery is so intriguing today because there simply isn’t much contemporary evidence available. I’m surprised at how litttle credit is given to More’s writing. It’s the big point of Tey’s message suggesting that it was just gossip in a later era and actually written by someone else (Morton). However Weir argues that it was based on eye-witness accounts, including his own father who was a judge and present at some of the council meetings. In addition she argues that his writing is corroborated independently by some of the contemporary writing to give it further credibility.