Lovel's, Simnel's and Warbeck's Revolts
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- Lovel's, Simnel's and Warbeck's Revolts
- Lovel's Revolt 1486
- Causes
- Succession / Faction
- Key Events
- Francis Lovel - close associate of Richard III planed to kill the King
- Along with Thomas and Humphrey Stafford who had been in sanctuary since the Battle of Bosworth
- Lovel and the Staffords tried to raise rebellion in Worcester and the North around Middleham
- Henry VII was tipped off and sent an army of 3,000 north
- Lovel fled and Staffords went into sanctuary again
- Francis Lovel - close associate of Richard III planed to kill the King
- Aftermath
- Staffords were removed from sanctuary by force
- Thomas was forgiven, Humphrey was executed
- Henry was unable to catch Lovel, who became involved in Simnel's Revolt
- Staffords were removed from sanctuary by force
- Causes
- Simnel's Rebellion 1486-1487
- Causes
- Disputed Succession, factional grievances
- Henry VII had a weak claim to the throne
- Big rift between the houses of York and Lancaster
- Key Events
- Plot originated in Oxford with a similarity between Warwick and a parishioner called Simnel
- Simnel taken to Dublin and proclaimed King
- Margaret of Burgundy provided money and 2,000 mercenaries - Irish support followed
- Rebels landed in Lancashire in 1487 but failed to gain support
- Battle of Stoke Field was fought with Henry's forces winning
- Dangerous or not?
- Yes: occurred early in Henry's reign
- Yes: revolt had foreign support
- Yes: involved potentially dangerous nobles, Earl of Lincoln
- No: Simnel changed his story from being one of the Princes in the tower, to the Earl of Warwick
- No: Henry paraded the real Earl of Warwick in 1487
- Causes
- Warbeck's Revolt 1491-97
- Causes
- Factional grievances, dispute over the succession
- Key Events
- Warbeck arrived in Ireland convicng people he was Richard Duke of York
- 1492 - invtied to the court of Charles VIII
- Henry invaded France and forced the Treaty of Etaples
- Warbeck fled to Burgundy and recognised as the rightful King of England by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1494
- 1495 - Warbeck had a disastrous landing in Kent and fled to Ireland
- Wabreck went to Scotland and James IV provideed him with troops for an invasion which was a disaster with limited support in England
- 1497 - James agreed to the Truce of Ayton and stopped supporting Warbeck
- Warbeck had a final failed landing in Cornwall and was arrested and executed in 1499
- Dangerous or not?
- Yes: Warbeck was on the loose for 6 years and had various amounts of foreign backing
- Yes: Wabreck attempted two invasions of England
- No: James IV was the only backer to provide significant support
- No: The revolt did not reach London and Henry had fortified his position as King
- Causes
- Lovel's Revolt 1486
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