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Warbeck was proclaimed King Richard IV in Bodmin but Henry had little difficulty crushing the uprising.
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 well received by James IV of Scotland who realised that his presence gave him international leverage.
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 proclaimed that he would put a stop to extortionate taxes levied to help fight a war against Scotland and was warmly welcomed.
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.

Warbeck and captured
* 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.
The mayor of Cork and several important citizens went with Warbeck to England but when the rebellion collapsed they were all captured and executed.
The second invasion, in 1499, found Warbeck in Cornwall gathering support from that disaffected county, but when a strong English force arrived he deserted his men and was captured and imprisoned.

Warbeck and at
* Perkin Warbeck claims to be the son of King Edward IV of England at the court of Burgundy.
Warbeck first claimed the English throne at the court of Burgundy in 1490.
On 3 July 1495, funded by Margaret of Burgundy, Warbeck landed at Deal in Kent, hoping for a show of popular support.
The Scottish host assembled near Edinburgh and James IV and Warbeck offered prayers at Holyrood Abbey on the 14 September, and on the next day at St Triduana's Chapel and Our Lady Kirk of Restalrig.
On 7 September 1497, Warbeck landed at Whitesand Bay, near Land's End, in Cornwall hoping to capitalise on the Cornish people's resentment in the aftermath of their uprising only three months earlier.
Henry VII sent his chief general, Giles, Lord Daubeney, to attack the Cornish and when Warbeck heard that the King's scouts were at Glastonbury he panicked and deserted his army.
During the Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 Perkin Warbeck surrendered when he heard that Giles, Lord Daubeney's troops, loyal to Henry VII were camped at Glastonbury.
Less successfully, Stanley ’ s brother William unwisely supported the later pretender Perkin Warbeck, and was, at last, executed for treason in 1495.
Henry VII sent his chief general, Giles, Lord Daubeney to attack the Cornish and when Warbeck heard that the King's scouts were at Glastonbury he panicked and deserted his army.
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.
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.
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.
His first season was in director Buzz Goodbody's noted opening year at The Other Place, playing the Ghost to Ben Kingsley's Hamlet and Sir William Stanley in Perkin Warbeck.

Warbeck and Beaulieu
Twenty-six years later Perkin Warbeck fled to Beaulieu from the pursuing armies of Henry VII.

Warbeck and where
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.
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.

Warbeck and .
Then, in the Autumn of 1497, Perkin Warbeck tried to usurp the throne from Henry VII.
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.
* 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.
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.
* November 3 – Peace of Etaples signed between England and France, ending French support for the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck.
They are routed before Warbeck himself can disembark, and he retreats to Ireland and then to Scotland.
* 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 )
* September 7 – Second Cornish Uprising in England: Perkin Warbeck lands near Land's End ; on September 10 he is proclaimed as King in Bodmin.
* September 21 – 25 – James IV of Scotland invades Northumberland in support of the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck.
* 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, 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.

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