1487
Arrest of Lambert Simnel
Lambert Simnel is captured after the Yorkist defeat at Stoke Field and is later taken into royal service.
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Lambert Simnel is captured after the Yorkist defeat at Stoke Field and is later taken into royal service.
Supported by Lovell & the Earl of Lincoln. An army of German mercenaries & Irish lands at Furnes, Lancashire
Supported by Lovell & the Earl of Lincoln
Legislation strengthens the king's council in dealing with public disorder and powerful offenders.
Simnel's supporters land in Lancashire with Irish troops and Flemish mercenaries before marching inland.
Fights at the Battle of Stoke
Henry's army defeats the Yorkist rising built around Lambert Simnel; the Earl of Lincoln is killed.
Supports Simnels plot for the throne but is killed in battle
The Yorkist pretender is defeated, he is sent to work in the Royal kitchens. Defeat ends the war
Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey.
Falsely claiming to be the Earl of Warwick, crowned in Dublin as Edward VI of England
Yorkist supporters crown Lambert Simnel in Dublin as Edward VI, presenting him as the imprisoned Earl of Warwick.
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