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prince would' be a more easily credible deception . It is probable that Symonds acted throughout with the connivance of the Yorkist leaders, and especially of See also:

John de la See also:

Pole, earl of See also:

Lincoln, himself a See also:

NEPHEW

nephew of Edward IV., who had been named See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir' to the crown by Richard III . The Yorkists had many adherents in See also:

Ireland, and thither See also:

Lambert Simnel was taken by Symonds See also:

early in 1487; and, gaining the support of the earl of See also:

KILDARE

Kildare, the See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, the See also:

lord See also:

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor and a powerful following, who were, or pretended to be, convinced' that the boy was the earl of Warwick escaped from the Tower, Simnel was crowned as See also:

King Edward VI. in the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral in Dublin on the 24th of May 1487 . Messages asking for help were sent to See also:

Margaret, duchess of See also:

BURGUNDY

Burgundy, See also:

SISTER

sister of :Edward IV., to See also:

Sir See also:

Thomas See also:

Broughton and other Yorkist leaders . On the 2nd of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1487 Henry VII. held a See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council at Sheen to See also:

CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert See also:

MEASURES

measures for dealing with the See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy . See also:

Elizabeth Woodville, widow of Edward IV., was imprisoned in the See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of See also:

BERMONDSEY

Bermondsey; and the real earl of Warwick was taken from the Tower and shown in public in the streets of London . But although Lincoln is said to have conversed with Warwick on this occasion, he fled abroad immediately after the council at Sheen, where he was See also:

PRESENT

present .

In See also:

FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, Lincoln joined Lord See also:

LOVELL, FRANCIS LOVELL, VISCOUNT (1454-1487)

Lovell, who had headed an unsuccessful Yorkist rising in 1486, and in May 1487 the two lords proceeded to Dublin, where they landed a few days before the See also:

CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of Lambert Simnel . They were accompanied by 2000 See also:

German soldiers under See also:

Martin Schwartz, procured by Margaret of Burgundy to support the enterprise, Margaret having recognized Simnel as her nephew . This force, together with some See also:

ill-armed Irish levies commanded by Sir Thomas See also:

Fitzgerald, landed, in See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire on the 4th of See also:

JUNE

June . King Henry was at See also:

Coventry when the See also:

NEWS

news of the landing reached him, and immediately marched to See also:

Nottingham, where his See also:

army was strengthened by the addition of 6000 men . The invaders met with little encouragement from the populace, who were not well disposed towards a monarch whom it was sought to impose upon them by the aid' of Irish and German mercenaries . Making for the fortress of See also:

Newark, Lincoln and Sir Thomas Broughton, at the See also:

head of their See also:

motley forces, and accompanied by Simnel, attacked the royal army near the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Stoke-on-See also:

Trent on the 16th of June 1487 . After a fierce and stubborn struggle in which , the Germans behaved with See also:

GREAT

great valour, the Royalists were completely victorious, though they See also:

LEFT

left 2000 men on the See also:

field; Lincoln, Schwartz and Fitzgerald with 4000 of their followers were killed, and Lovell and Broughton disappeared never to be heard of again . The priest Symonds, and Simnel were taken prisoners . The former was consigned to a See also:

DUNGEON

dungeon for the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

LIFE

life; but Henry VII., recognizing that the youthful pretender had been a See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool in the hands of others and was in himself harmless, pardoned Lambert Simnel and took him into his own service in the See also:

MENIAL

menial capacity of scullion . He was later promoted to be royal See also:

falconer and is said to have afterwards become aservant in the See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of, Sir Thomas Lovell . The date of Simnel's See also:

DEATH

death is unknown, but he is known to have been still living in the year 1534 . See Rolls of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament .

VI.: See also:

Francis See also:

Bacon, See also:

HISTORY

History of Henry VII., with notes by J . R . Lumby (See also:

Cambridge, 1881); Richard Bagwell, Ireland under the Tudors (3 vols., London, 1885–189o) ; See also:

James See also:

GAIRDNER, JAMES (1828– )

Gairdner, Henry VII . (London, 1889) and Letters and Papers illustrative of the reigns of Richard III. and Henry VII . (" Rolls " See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, 2 vols., London, 1861–1863): . The See also:

POLITICAL

Political History of See also:

England, vol. v., by H . A . L . See also:

Fisher (London, 1906) ; and W . See also:

Busch, England under the Tudors (1895) . For a contemporary See also:

account of Simnel's imposture, see Polydore Vergil, Anglicae historiae, to which all the later narratives are indebted . (R .

J .

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