Henry VII- Perkin Warbeck 1491-1497
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- Created on: 22-09-20 18:50
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- Perkin Warbeck
- Legitimacy
- Born between 1472-4 making him same age as Richard, Duke of York
- Brought up in the Netherlands, learnt English and travelled to Ireland at 17
- Plausible claim as there was no way to disprove. Stronger than Simnel's.
- Timing
- Could've been a bigger threat is he arrived in May-June 1497 and exploited tax revolt
- However he didn't arrive till September so timing wasn't a big issue
- Support
- Earl of Kildare was reluctant to help directly but Earl of Desmond help contact European leaders.
- Charles VIII invited him to France were he was treated like a prince
- Margaret of Burgundy was visited and she recognised him as her nephew, gave him 300 men
- Henry's step-uncle Jasper was implicated, trailed and executed which was worrying due to his personal access to Henry
- Failed to get support in Deal in Kent, gained support from James IV after he left England and eventually retreated there
- Resources and Military Threat
- Didn't raise army at first but was getting support and popular which worried Henry
- Agents from Burgundy infiltrated England
- in July 1495, Warbeck arrived in Kent and tried to raise support but failed. Those waiting for him were tried and executed.
- In 1496 he tried to invade England with 1,400 men but failed to gain support and retreated
- Outcome
- Threat meant Henry had to raise taxes to fund army leading to rebellion in Cornwall.
- 15,000 men marched to London making Henry divert troops from North, 1,000 rebels were killed
- James IV was tiring of support and Warbeck failed to gain support from Ireland
- Landed in Cornwall in 1497 and got support from 3,000 to 8,000 men but no gentry.
- Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon came close to losing Exeter while defending it but didn't
- Henry wanted to treat Warbeck well as he saw him as a muppet but he tried to escape and was sent to prison
- became implicated in plot with Warwick and they were both executed
- Legitimacy
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