▁marks ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁higher ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁body ▁than ▁they ▁were . ▁The ▁circumstances ▁of ▁God f rey ' s ▁death ▁were ▁established ▁and ▁documented ▁by ▁two ▁do ctors , ▁Zach aria h ▁Sk ill ard ▁and ▁Nicholas ▁Cambridge , ▁for ▁an ▁in quest ▁held ▁at ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁ta vern ▁in ▁Prim rose ▁Hill . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁sur m ised ▁that ▁the ▁Wh ig ▁leaders ▁were ▁responsible ▁for ▁killing ▁God f rey , ▁partly ▁because ▁they ▁understood ▁how ▁much ▁he ▁knew ▁of ▁the ▁false hood ▁of ▁the ▁plot , ▁and ▁partly ▁because ▁his ▁death ▁could ▁so ▁easily ▁and ▁so ▁use fully ▁be ▁bl amed ▁on ▁the ▁C athol ics . ▁Histor ian ▁J . ▁P . ▁Ken y on ▁arg ues ▁that ▁neither ▁C athol ics ▁nor ▁Wh igs ▁had ▁a ▁sufficient ▁mot ive . ▁The ▁C athol ics ▁were ▁almost ▁certain ▁to ▁be ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁murder , ▁with ▁cal am it ous ▁consequences ; ▁while ▁neither ▁Sh aft es bury ▁nor ▁his ▁colle agues , ▁whatever ▁their ▁fault s , ▁were ▁likely ▁to ▁murder ▁an ▁innoc ent ▁man ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁social ▁class ▁whom ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁knew ▁and ▁liked , ▁ ▁on ▁the ▁mere ▁spec ulation ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁bring ▁them ▁some ▁benefit . ▁He ▁disc ount s ▁O ates ' ▁invol vement ▁on ▁the ▁ground ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁physical ▁cow ard ; ▁Bed lo e ' s ▁conduct ▁suggests ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁heard ▁something ▁about ▁the ▁murder ▁from ▁his ▁under world ▁connections