Simnel
Events
Rebellion
Simnel was taken
prisoner.
1. Background:
was a challenge The
to plot
Henry
VII's claim to the throne.
It was based on the claim
that a boy named 1. Weakness
Lambert Simnel was
Edward, Earl of VII’s Claim:of Henry
Warwick, a legitimate Henry VII’s claim to the
Yorkist heir. Simnel's throne was tenuous. He
identity is uncertain, but was a distant relative of
he was likely a the ruling House of
commoner who was Lancaster and had seized
presented as a royal the throne after
figure by those defeating Richard III at
discontented with Henry the Battle of Bosworth
VII's rule. in 1485. His reign was
still viewed as
2. plot
ThewasConspiracy:
backed byThe illegitimate by many
several Yorkist nobles Yorkists, who questioned
and former supporters of his right to rule.
Richard III. Key figures 2. Many
Yorkist Resentment:
Yorkists were
involved were John de la discontented with
Pole, a nephew of Henry’s rule, particularly
Richard III, and because he had married
Margaret of Burgundy, Elizabeth of York, uniting
who supported the the two Causes
feuding factions
Yorkist cause and (Lancaster and York), but
provided troops and had failed to restore
funding. Yorkist heirs to key
3. was
Simnel’s
crownedClaim: Simnel
as King positions of power. Some
Edward VI in a symbolic Yorkists felt betrayed or
ceremony in Ireland in marginalized under
1487. Ireland had strong Henry's rule.
Yorkist sympathies, and 3. the
ThePrinces
Disappearance
in the of
many there rallied to the Tower:
cause, believing Simnel The mysterious fate of
was the true heir to the Edward V (the son of
throne. Edward IV) and his
4. Henry
HenryVII VII’s Response:
responded by brother Richard, Duke
gathering an army and of York, who
confronting the rebels. disappeared in the
The two sides met at the Tower of London in
Battle of Stoke Field 1483, created a power
on June 16, 1487. vacuum. Many believed
they were murdered by
5. The
Battle of Stoke
rebellion wasField: Richard III, but there was
crushed decisively. also uncertainty about
Henry's forces, led by the the legitimacy of their
king himself, defeated deaths, fuelling
the rebels. Key leaders, continued Yorkist support
including John de la Pole, for rival claimants.
were either killed or 4. The
Simnel:Claim of Lambert
captured. Lambert The real catalyst for the
plot was the emergence
Events
Rebellion
Simnel was taken
prisoner.
1. Background:
was a challenge The
to plot
Henry
VII's claim to the throne.
It was based on the claim
that a boy named 1. Weakness
Lambert Simnel was
Edward, Earl of VII’s Claim:of Henry
Warwick, a legitimate Henry VII’s claim to the
Yorkist heir. Simnel's throne was tenuous. He
identity is uncertain, but was a distant relative of
he was likely a the ruling House of
commoner who was Lancaster and had seized
presented as a royal the throne after
figure by those defeating Richard III at
discontented with Henry the Battle of Bosworth
VII's rule. in 1485. His reign was
still viewed as
2. plot
ThewasConspiracy:
backed byThe illegitimate by many
several Yorkist nobles Yorkists, who questioned
and former supporters of his right to rule.
Richard III. Key figures 2. Many
Yorkist Resentment:
Yorkists were
involved were John de la discontented with
Pole, a nephew of Henry’s rule, particularly
Richard III, and because he had married
Margaret of Burgundy, Elizabeth of York, uniting
who supported the the two Causes
feuding factions
Yorkist cause and (Lancaster and York), but
provided troops and had failed to restore
funding. Yorkist heirs to key
3. was
Simnel’s
crownedClaim: Simnel
as King positions of power. Some
Edward VI in a symbolic Yorkists felt betrayed or
ceremony in Ireland in marginalized under
1487. Ireland had strong Henry's rule.
Yorkist sympathies, and 3. the
ThePrinces
Disappearance
in the of
many there rallied to the Tower:
cause, believing Simnel The mysterious fate of
was the true heir to the Edward V (the son of
throne. Edward IV) and his
4. Henry
HenryVII VII’s Response:
responded by brother Richard, Duke
gathering an army and of York, who
confronting the rebels. disappeared in the
The two sides met at the Tower of London in
Battle of Stoke Field 1483, created a power
on June 16, 1487. vacuum. Many believed
they were murdered by
5. The
Battle of Stoke
rebellion wasField: Richard III, but there was
crushed decisively. also uncertainty about
Henry's forces, led by the the legitimacy of their
king himself, defeated deaths, fuelling
the rebels. Key leaders, continued Yorkist support
including John de la Pole, for rival claimants.
were either killed or 4. The
Simnel:Claim of Lambert
captured. Lambert The real catalyst for the
plot was the emergence
