▁l ament able ▁death ▁of ▁Edward ▁the ▁second , ▁King ▁of ▁England , ▁first ▁published ▁ 1 5 9 4 ) ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁murder ▁at ▁Ber keley ▁Castle , ▁using ▁props ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Hol in sh ed , ▁and ▁popular ▁stories ▁of ▁a ▁red - hot ▁pok er ▁or ▁suff ocation ▁continue ▁to ▁circul ate . ▁The ▁cell ▁where ▁Edward ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁imprison ed ▁and ▁murder ed ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁seen , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁adjacent ▁ 1 1   m ▁( 3 6   ft ) ▁deep ▁d unge on , ▁which ▁supposed ly ▁echo es ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁murder ▁every ▁year ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁September . ▁Hol in sh ed ' s ▁account ▁records ▁that , ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁murder , ▁Edward ' s ▁keep ers ▁" l od ged ▁the ▁miser able ▁prisoner ▁in ▁a ▁chamber ▁ou er ▁a ▁fou le ▁fil th ie ▁d unge on , ▁full ▁of ▁dead ▁car r ion , ▁trust ing ▁so ▁to ▁make ▁an ▁end ▁of ▁him , ▁with ▁the ▁ab h omin able ▁st inch ▁there of : ▁but ▁he ▁bearing ▁it ▁out ▁strong lie , ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁a ▁t ough ▁nature , ▁continued ▁still ▁in ▁life ." ▁ ▁The ▁account ▁given ▁to ▁Parliament ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁that ▁Edward ▁had ▁met ▁with ▁a ▁fatal ▁accident , ▁but ▁Hol in sh ed ▁and ▁other ▁historical ▁sources ▁record ▁that ▁great ▁effort ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁murder ▁secret . ▁The ▁body ▁was ▁em