Lambert Simnel and the rebellion of the Earl of lincoln

• Lambert Simnel and the rebellion of the Earl of Lincoln: 1487

  Yorkist conspiracy arranged by the Earl of Lincoln, using Lambert Simnel as a figurehead:
• • Lincoln fled to Margaret of Burgundy's court and joined Lord Lovell; they persuaded Margaret to support Simnel and pay for a force of mercenaries to invade England.
• • Henry neutralised Yorkist support in the north by reinstating the Earl of Northumberland, a traditional yorkist supporter, to power in the north as his supporter.
• • The rebels landed on the NW coast of England in Cumberland, and tried to accumulate support in the North, they failed...
• • Henry's army defeated these rebels at the Battle of Stoke Field, June 1487; Earl of Lincoln was killed.
• Reasons for Henry's victory:

  1. Hard work,
  2. Organisational skills,
  3. Military leadership,
• Significant as the battle of Stoke Field effectively ended the Wars of the Roses and Henry's position effectively became secure...
• • Simnel impersonated the imprisoned Earl of Warwick, and was crowned as King Edward in Ireland in May 1487.
• • Henry exhibited the real Earl of Warwick in London.