Lambert Simnel’s Kitchen Fate

In 1487, a young boy claimed to be Edward Plantagenet, the Yorkist heir to the English throne, during the reign of King Henry VII. Backed by Yorkist supporters, the boy was crowned “King Edward VI” in Dublin, Ireland, and became the figurehead of a rebellion against the Tudor king. The uprising ended after Henry VII’s forces defeated the rebels at the Battle of Stoke Field, widely considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. Because of the boy’s young age, Henry pardoned him and put him to work in the royal kitchens, and the pretender’s real name remains unknown even today.

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