Differences Between a Surviving York Court and the Tudor Court of OTL

On the topic of the Howards, is it likely that John Howard could be made Earl of Oxford, as he had taken much of the de Vere lands (the original Earls)? I thought it might work in my Yorkist TL anyway.

That's actually an interesting idea. I was planning on just bumping him up to earl of Surrey, but Oxford as an earldom would work too. (The present earl is currently in exile in Denmark).
 
I asked upthread about the relationship between Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury (as well as their respective personalities). I've been reading Starkey's "Virtuous Prince" bio of Henry VIII and there are many places where Starkey draws parallels between Richard and Henry.

Would it be unthinkable, for the purposes of the TL, to imagine Edward V and RoS as being a sort of proto-Arthur+Henry? Edward was bright and promising, RoS was "spoiled" and petted, stubborn and fond of music. (Starkey theorizes that Elizabeth of York was as close to her second son as she was because he reminded her a lot of RoS).
 
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