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Warbeck was held in the Tower alongside Edward, Earl of Warwick.
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Warbeck and was
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 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 ".
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 held
The town held out for eleven days, and then, on Poynings's approach, Warbeck fled to Scotland.
Warbeck and Tower
* 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.
* November 23 – Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England, is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London.
* Channel 4 and RDF Media produced a drama about Warbeck for British television in 2005, Princes in the Tower.
* Warbeck was portrayed by British actor Richard Warwick in the 1972 BBC television series The Shadow of the Tower.
Channel 4 and RDF Media produced a drama about Perkin Warbeck for British television in 2005, Princes in the Tower.
Warbeck was probably an imposter, and would be locked up in the Tower of London and subsequently executed by Henry VII.
The cannons of Reginald's Tower helped repel the forces of Perkin Warbeck and Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond from Waterford in 1495 ..
Warbeck and Edward
* Perkin Warbeck claims to be the son of King Edward IV of England at the court of Burgundy.
Perkin Warbeck, an impostor claimant to the English throne, who claimed to be Edward's son Richard of Shrewsbury, reportedly resembled Edward.
Margaret consequently was a staunch supporter of anyone willing to challenge Tudor, and backed both Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, even going so far as to acknowledge Warbeck as her nephew, the younger son of Edward IV, the Duke of York.
When Perkin Warbeck impersonated her cousin Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, in 1499, her brother Edward was attainted and executed for involvement in the plot.
There have been some, a minority, in every generation since then who have believed that Warbeck was Richard, Duke of York, while others have alleged that he was an illegitimate son of either Edward IV or Richard III.
Warbeck and Earl
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.
After Warbeck had been hanged and the Earl of Warwick, another potential threat, beheaded in 1499, the rule of Henry VII stabilised.
Meanwhile in Ireland, a Yorkist stronghold, the struggles between the Butlers and Geraldines had reduced royal authority to a shadow even within the English Pale, and Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, the head of Geraldines and lord deputy, was in treasonable relations with Warbeck.
In 1487 the city refused to obey the direction of the Earl of Kildare to recognise Lambert Simnel as king and ten years later repulsed a second pretender, Perkin Warbeck.
Warbeck and Warwick
A plot between Warwick and Warbeck for Warwick's escape was alleged, and Warwick was beheaded for treason.
Warbeck and .
Then, in the Autumn of 1497, Perkin Warbeck tried to usurp the throne from Henry VII.
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, 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.
* 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.
* 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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