Simnel
Retrieval Key Events
Rebellion
Battle of
June 1487 Stoke – 16 th
assistance of 2000 German
mercenaries.
1. How was threatening?
rebellion the Simnel
Simnel pretends to be
Edward, Earl of Warwick.
High level Yorkists and Gerald
over theFitzgerald
ceremony presided
on 24th
International
Challenge support.
proposed by May 1487. The boy king wore
2. How is it like Lovell and splendid robes and
Maragret rich
Stafford rebellion? They
Simnel
both aim to take out gowns. He wasofsurrounded
Burgundy by
Henry. They both fail. great men of lordship in
They both are led by Ireland and the Anglo-Irish
Yorkists nobles.
3. How did Henry
manage VII
this threat? They
offered pardons to as
many people as possible
and battle killed most. Henry VIIin
started hearing
rumours November 1486 -
long before the coronation.
There is no official record of
his response until the Great
They realized Council in February 1486. He
Yorkist prince they needed
to head any a decided to parade the Real
Earl of Warwick in London.
serious challenge to Henry However, Henry VII had not
VII. The problem is that there realized the leading Yorkist
were no Yorkists princes at (Earl of Lincoln) was at the
the time. Edward IV’s sons heart of his government. This
had disappeared after being is the same counsel that
locked in the tower. Edward, deprived Henry VII’s mother-
Earl of Warwick had been in-law - Elizabeth Woodville -
locked up in the Tower of of all her states and confined
London. Their solution was to her to a Nunnery - possibility
find two young men to be to keep her loyal and not to
imposters. Simnel was support the imposture or to
groomed by Symons into recognise her own sons. Many
impersonating one of the managed to escape and Sir
Yorkist princes. Symons Edward Brampton - godson
would be rewarded with a Henry’s
Edward Reaction
IV fled to of
to Burgundy.
higher church post - as right
now he is just a simple priest. Imposture
Symons yacht Simnel - basic
Latin grammar, polite French,
the practical and social skills
of an aristocratic household
and details of Yorkists life.
The boy impressed the Anglo-
Irish nobles. It was also clear
to the Yorkists - they needed
foreign assistance to support
their rebellion. The Earl of
Lincoln and Viscount Lovell
persuaded Margaret of
Burgundy to sponsor the
Simnel imposture with both
financial and military
Retrieval Key Events
Rebellion
Battle of
June 1487 Stoke – 16 th
assistance of 2000 German
mercenaries.
1. How was threatening?
rebellion the Simnel
Simnel pretends to be
Edward, Earl of Warwick.
High level Yorkists and Gerald
over theFitzgerald
ceremony presided
on 24th
International
Challenge support.
proposed by May 1487. The boy king wore
2. How is it like Lovell and splendid robes and
Maragret rich
Stafford rebellion? They
Simnel
both aim to take out gowns. He wasofsurrounded
Burgundy by
Henry. They both fail. great men of lordship in
They both are led by Ireland and the Anglo-Irish
Yorkists nobles.
3. How did Henry
manage VII
this threat? They
offered pardons to as
many people as possible
and battle killed most. Henry VIIin
started hearing
rumours November 1486 -
long before the coronation.
There is no official record of
his response until the Great
They realized Council in February 1486. He
Yorkist prince they needed
to head any a decided to parade the Real
Earl of Warwick in London.
serious challenge to Henry However, Henry VII had not
VII. The problem is that there realized the leading Yorkist
were no Yorkists princes at (Earl of Lincoln) was at the
the time. Edward IV’s sons heart of his government. This
had disappeared after being is the same counsel that
locked in the tower. Edward, deprived Henry VII’s mother-
Earl of Warwick had been in-law - Elizabeth Woodville -
locked up in the Tower of of all her states and confined
London. Their solution was to her to a Nunnery - possibility
find two young men to be to keep her loyal and not to
imposters. Simnel was support the imposture or to
groomed by Symons into recognise her own sons. Many
impersonating one of the managed to escape and Sir
Yorkist princes. Symons Edward Brampton - godson
would be rewarded with a Henry’s
Edward Reaction
IV fled to of
to Burgundy.
higher church post - as right
now he is just a simple priest. Imposture
Symons yacht Simnel - basic
Latin grammar, polite French,
the practical and social skills
of an aristocratic household
and details of Yorkists life.
The boy impressed the Anglo-
Irish nobles. It was also clear
to the Yorkists - they needed
foreign assistance to support
their rebellion. The Earl of
Lincoln and Viscount Lovell
persuaded Margaret of
Burgundy to sponsor the
Simnel imposture with both
financial and military
