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Henry VII’s stridently anti-Lancastrian queen, Elizabeth of …
Years: 1487 - 1487
Henry VII’s stridently anti-Lancastrian queen, Elizabeth of York, with her sister and John de la Pole, has had young Lambert Simnel trained to impersonate Edward, Earl of Warwick, a Yorkist incarcerated in the Tower of London.
The conspirators in 1486 had arranged to introduce Simnel to Yorkist Ireland, where he had mustered strong support and was crowned king.
The following year, Simnel returns to England with several thousand mercenaries commanded by Pole and paid by Burgundy.
Henry’s troops defeat and kill Pole and capture Simnel, who receives a royal pardon. (Simnel, according to legend, becomes a scullion in the royal kitchen.)
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Years: 1487 - 1487
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