Richard can be called an unpopular king. He made a couple of wrong decisions during his reign, but it was his usurpation on Henry V that caused a lot of angst, especially with Buckingham and the Woodvilles. Buckingham was key in Richard's usurpation but as Warwick the 'kingmaker' before him, he enacted a change of mind. It was after this change of mind that Buckingham hatched the idea to put Henry Tudor up as a candidate for the throne. It was also Buckingham's idea to wed Henry Tudor to Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, in order to make Henry Tudor's claim more creditable. Soon after the devise of this plan Buckingham invited Henry back to England from exile in Brittany. After discovering word of Buckingham's plans, Richard raised an impressive army and marched on Exeter. …
