Viscount Lovell and the Staffords

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  • Viscount Lovell and the Staffords: 1486
    Minor rising, focused on traditional Yorkist heartlands of Yorkshire and the Midlands.
    • Led by Viscount Lovell (Yorkshire) and Humphery Stafford (Midlands)
    • Attracted little support and was easily suppressed
    • Lovell escaped to Burgundy; Humphery Stafford was captured and executed.
    Significant as it demonstrated that there was little support for a Yorkist uprising at this point.