ides p read ▁support , ▁other ▁than ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel . ▁This ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁assumption ▁that ▁neither ▁Win chester ▁Man us cript ▁nor ▁Ca xt on ' s ▁first ▁edition ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁author ▁reflect ▁confusion ▁in ▁identity ▁by ▁an ▁early ▁copy ist . ▁If ▁the ▁hypothesis ▁is ▁accepted ▁that ▁the ▁real ▁Mal ory ▁was , ▁indeed , ▁both ▁a ▁kn ight ▁and ▁a ▁prisoner , ▁then ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel ▁becomes ▁the ▁only ▁possible ▁candidate , ▁as ▁no ▁other ▁Mal ory ▁family ▁contained ▁a ▁Thomas ▁who ▁was ▁kn ight ed ▁or ▁who ▁spent ▁many ▁years ▁in ▁a ▁prison ▁with ▁a ▁good ▁library ▁( the ▁Tower ▁of ▁London ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel ). ▁In ▁the ▁entry ▁on ▁Mal ory ▁in ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁National ▁Biography , ▁P . J . C . ▁Field ▁str esses ▁that ▁recent ▁scholar ship ▁has ▁focused ▁firm ly ▁on ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel , ▁especially ▁because ▁" he ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁kn ight ▁of ▁the ▁right ▁name ▁alive ▁at ▁the ▁right ▁time ". ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁over ▁the ▁centuries , ▁many ▁alternative ▁ident ities ▁have ▁been ▁proposed ▁for ▁Mal ory , ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁perce ived ▁gap ▁between ▁the ▁cr imes ▁charged ▁against ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel ▁and ▁the ▁ch ival ric ▁ide als ▁esp oused ▁in ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur . ▁The ▁supporting ▁evidence ▁for ▁these ▁claim