Henry VII Pardoned Crowned Impostor

In 1487, a working-class boy known as Lambert Simnel claimed to be Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick and a Yorkist claimant to England's throne. Yorkist rebels crowned him "King Edward VI" at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin on May 24, then used him to front an uprising against English king Henry VII. After royal forces crushed the rebellion at the Battle of Stoke Field on June 16, Henry pardoned Simnel because adults had manipulated him and employed him as a spit-turner in the royal kitchen.

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