Warbeck was proclaimed King Richard IV in Bodmin but Henry had little difficulty crushing the uprising.

* September 7 – Second Cornish Uprising in England: Perkin Warbeck lands near Land's End ; on September 10 he is proclaimed as King in Bodmin.

Both Warbeck and the Earl of Warwick were too dangerous to keep around even in captivity, and Henry had to execute them in 1499 before Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain would allow their daughter Catherine to come to England and marry his son Arthur.

Warbeck also promised that if he died before becoming king, his claim would fall to Maximilian.

Warbeck was probably an imposter, and would be locked up in the Tower of London and subsequently executed by Henry VII.

In 1493 Poynings was acting as deputy or governor of Calais ; in July he was sent with Warham on a mission to Archduke Philip to gain Perkin Warbeck's expulsion from Burgundy, where he had been welcomed by the dowager duchess Margaret ; the envoys obtained from Philip a promise that he would abstain not aid Warbeck, but the duke asserted that he could not control the actions of the duchess, who was the real ruler of the country.

The scheming of a second such false claimant, Perkin Warbeck, would have more dramatic consequences for the Plantagenets.

The treaty served to end an English invasion of France launched in order to stop France's support for the pretender Perkin Warbeck.

Tiffany and fellow coven members Lucy Warbeck and Petulia Gristle eventually acquit themselves well as witches ; Annagramma, however, finds that her training, under the tutelage of Letice Earwig, had not been enough to prepare her for the reality of witching life, and her onetime coven subordinates agree to help her get on her feet.

He only went to war twice, once in 1489 during the Breton crisis and the invasion of Brittany, and in 1496 – 1497 in revenge for Scottish support of Perkin Warbeck and for their invasion of Northern England.

The terms of the treaty included the English accepting French control of Brittany, the French withdrawing their support for Warbeck and a war indemnity of 742, 000 crowns, payable at 50, 000 crowns per annum.

They are routed before Warbeck himself can disembark, and he retreats to Ireland and then to Scotland.

* September 21 – 25 – James IV of Scotland invades Northumberland in support of the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck.

Warbeck was well received by James IV of Scotland who realised that his presence gave him international leverage.

Ferdinand was especially aware that Tudor rule was threatened by various pretenders, most notably Perkin Warbeck, and sent Pedro de Ayala as ambassador in Scotland, where Warbeck had found support.

The town held out for eleven days, and then, on Poynings's approach, Warbeck fled to Scotland.

The rebels marched on London to protest at King Henry VII's levying a tax to pay for an invasion of Scotland in retaliation for the Scots ' support for the pretender Perkin Warbeck.

At the time Henry VII was attempting to collect a subsidy in Cornwall for the despatch of an army to Scotland to punish James IV for supporting Perkin Warbeck.

In 1496, the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck was married to Catherine Gordon at Huntly Castle, an act witnessed by King James IV of Scotland.

Also in 2009, Worth entered into another book deal with the Penguin Group for Pale Rose of England, a novel on the life of Perkin Warbeck, the Pretender to the throne of England and his wife, Princess Catherine Gordon of Scotland.

A more serious menace was Perkin Warbeck, a Flemish youth who posed as Edward IV's son Richard.

Perkin Warbeck ( circa 1474 – 23 November 1499 ) was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England.

By claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV, one of the Princes in the Tower, Warbeck was a significant threat to the newly established Tudor Dynasty, and gained support outside England.

According to the confession, Warbeck was born to a man called John Osbeck ( also known as Jehan de Werbecque ).

These family ties are backed up by several municipal archives of Tournai which mention most of the people whom Warbeck declared he was related to.

After his time in the Netherlands, Warbeck yearned to visit other countries and was hired by a Breton merchant.

This merchant eventually brought Warbeck to Cork, Ireland in 1491 when he was about seventeen, and it was here that he learnt to speak English.

Henry complained to Philip of Habsburg, Duke of Burgundy, about the harbouring of Warbeck, and, since he was ignored, imposed a trade embargo on Burgundy, cutting off important Burgundian trade-links with England.

Warbeck was also welcomed by various other monarchs and was known in international diplomacy as the Duke of York.

Warbeck's small army was routed and 150 of the pretender ’ s troops were killed without Warbeck even disembarking.

Warbeck was permitted to marry James's distant cousin, Lady Catherine Gordon, a daughter of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly.

A red, gold and silver banner was made for Warbeck as the Duke of York ; James's armour was gilded and painted ; and the royal artillery was prepared.

Warbeck was captured at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire where he surrendered.

Warbeck was imprisoned, first at Taunton, then at the Tower of London, where he was " paraded through the streets on horseback amid much hooting and derision of the citizens ".

Warbeck was held in the Tower alongside Edward, Earl of Warwick.

Captured once again, on 23 November 1499, Warbeck was drawn on a hurdle from the Tower to Tyburn, London, where he read out a confession and was hanged.

Then, in the Autumn of 1497, Perkin Warbeck tried to usurp the throne from Henry VII.

* 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.

* November 3 – Peace of Etaples signed between England and France, ending French support for the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck.

* England imposes sanctions on Burgundy for supporting Perkin Warbeck.

* November 23 – Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England, is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.

* November 23 – Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter ( b. c. 1474 ) ( executed )

* October 4 – Leaders of the Second Cornish Uprising surrender to the King at Taunton ; the following day, Warbeck, having deserted his army, is captured at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire.

* May – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, recognises Perkin Warbeck as rightful King of England.

* November – Perkin Warbeck begins a campaign to take the English throne with a landing in Ireland.

* Perkin Warbeck claims to be the son of King Edward IV of England at the court of Burgundy.

** Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England ( d. 1499 )

Most historical accounts mention that Warbeck cost Henry VII over £ 13, 000, putting a strain on Henry's weak financial state.