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Stafford and Lovell rebellion

Years: 1486 - 1486

The Stafford and Lovell rebellion is the first armed uprising against King Henry VII after he wins the crown at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

The uprising is led by Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell and the Stafford brothers, Sir Humphrey Stafford (c. 1426/7 – July 8, 1486) of Grafton, Worcestershire, and Thomas Stafford, and occurs during Easter 1486.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)