1486 viscount lovell+ staffords rebellion

• 1486-viscount lovell+the staffords:

  • minor rising, focused on traditional yorkist heartlands of Yorkshire+the midlands
  • led by viscount lovell (Yorkshire) + Humphry stafford, with his brother Thomas stafford(midlands)
  • attracted little support+ was easily suppressed
  • lovell escaped to burgundy; Humphrey stafford was captured + executed
  • Significance= little support for the Yorkist cause