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With the aid of his ‘aunt’, Margaret of Burgundy he began to amass an army. (Answer Commentary)
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Sir Thomas More: Saint or Sinner? To show his support for the Pretender, James IV offered Warbeck the hand in marriage of Lady Catherine Gordon, the beautiful, rich daughter of a Scottish nobleman.
Invasion of England
In September 1496 James IV invaded England in support of the Pretender.
He kept the pretender in his entourage, and subsequently at his court, although he periodically exposed him to the scorn of the Londoners.
The embodiment of genius and the pre-eminent scientist of the modern age, his theories and discoveries have profoundly affected the way people view and understand the world and their place in it.
The Spanish master kept a straight face and swore that he had never even heard of such a person: Warbeck, for his part, lay huddled up in an empty wine barrel in the ship’s prow. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London. The letters revealed that the pair planned to escape and overthrow the King.
Whomsoever of his adherents Henry VII could get hold of, were condemned as pirates and unceremoniously hanged. Warbeck learnt his part well, and was accepted by the King of France and by Edward IV's sister, Margaret of Burgundy - who both had good reasons for intriguing against the new King of England. James IV of Scotland, who was suspicious of English power, welcomed the self-styled Duke of York, and in September 1496 a Scottish army poured across the border and invaded the northern counties.
His wife, whom he had left in sanctuary at St Buryan, was entrusted to the care of Queen Elizabeth. Neither side could claim a victory, but a truce was agreed, under the terms of which the rebels would continue on their march east, if the earl of Devon would promise not to pursue them.
So the rebels marched on, and on 19 September 1497 reached Taunton.
It was at best an inglorious expedition. He tried to run but soon realised it was impossible. (Answer Commentary)
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References
(1) S. J. Gunn, Perkin Warbeck : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-2014)
(2) Ann Wroe, Perkin: A Story of Deception (2004) pages 148-151
(2) Roger Lockyer, Tudor and Stuart Britain (1985) page 2
(4) S.
J. Gunn, Perkin Warbeck : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-2014)
(5) S. J. Gunn, Henry VII : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-2014)
(6) Anthony Fletcher, Tudor Rebellions (1974) pages 11 and 12
(7) Roger Lockyer, Tudor and Stuart Britain (1985) page 2
(8) S.
J. Gunn, Perkin Warbeck : Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004-2014)
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On this day, 1499, Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, was hanged for treason, bringing an end to one of the most significant threats to Henry VII’s reign.
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Warbeck’s own following had shrunk from its original size to barely 300 men, but his English sponsors were able to raise fresh troops, so it was at the head of some 3,000 armed followers that the pretender marched on Exeter.
He claimed that he was recognised as Richard Duke of York, the the younger of Edward IV’s sons. In the first instance, Henry VII showed himself gracious. As a child, he exhibited an extraordinary curiosity for and understanding of the mysteries of science.