The fact that two persons claimed to be Richard led the 18th century writer Horace Walpole to argue that Richard had in fact escaped death, and that Warbeck genuinely was Richard, a view also supported by Malcolm Laing.
Det faktum, at personer hævdede at være Richard, førte til 1700-tals forfatteren Horace Walpole til at mene, at Richard i virkeligheden havde undgået døden, og at Warbeck i virkeligheden var Richard, hertug af York, en mening der også er støttet af [[Malcolm Laing.