See also:

• PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907)

PERKIN See also:

• PERKIN WARBECK (c. 1474-1499)

WARBECK (c. 1474-1499)  , pretender to the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, was the son of Jehan de Werbecque, a poor See also:

• BURGESS (Med. Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a borough, a town)
• BURGESS, DANIEL (1645-1713)
• BURGESS, THOMAS (1756–1837)

burgess of Tournay in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders and of his wife Katherine de See also:

• FARO
• FARO (from Pharaoh, a picture of the Egypidan king appearing on a card of the old French pack)

Faro . The exact date of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth is unknown, but as he represented himself as having been nine years old in 1483, it must have taken See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in, or See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close on, 1474 . His See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession made at the end of his See also:

• LIFE

life was an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years which is to some extent supported by other testimony . The names of his See also:

• FATHER

father and other relations whom he mentions have been found in the municipal records of Tournay, and the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official description of them agrees with his statements . According to this version, which may be accepted as substantially true, he was brought up at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp by a See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Jehan Stienbecks, and served a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of employers as a boy servant . He was for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with an Englishman See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Strewe at Middleburg, and then accompanied See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• BRAMPTON
• BRAMPTON, HENRY HAWKINS, BARON (1817-1907)

Brampton, the wife of an exiled See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, to See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . He was for a See also:

• YEAR

year employed by a Portuguese See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight whom he described as having only one See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye, and whom he names See also:

• VACZ (Ger. Waitzen)

Vacz de Cogna (Vaz da Cunha ?) . In 1491 he was at See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork as the servant of a See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant Pregent (See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• JEAN

Jean) Meno . See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland was strongly attached to the house of York, and was full of intrigue against See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII . See also:

• PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907)

Perkin says that the See also:

• PEOPLE

people seeing him dressed in the silks of his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master took him for a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of distinction, and insisted that he must be either the son of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CLARENCE, DUKES OF

Clarence, or a See also:

• BASTARD (O. Fr. bastard, mod. bdtard = fits de bast, "pack-saddle child," from bast, saddle)

bastard of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard III . He was more or less encouraged by the earls of See also:

• DESMOND (Des-Mumha)
• DESMOND, GERALD FITZGERALD, 15TH EARL OF (d. 1583)7

Desmond and See also:

• KILDARE

Kildare . The facts are See also:

• ILL

ill recorded, but it is safe to presume that intriguers who wished to disturb the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Henry VII. took See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of a popular delusion, and made use of the lad as 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 .

At this time he spoke See also:

• ENGLISH

English badly . By 1492 he had become sufficiently notorious to attract the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of King Henry's government and of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign sovereigns . He was in that year summoned to Flanders by See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, the widowed duchess of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, and See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward IV., who was the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main support of the Yorkist exiles, and who was the enemy of Henry VII. for See also:

• FAMILY

family reasons and for See also:

• PERSONAL

personal reasons also, for she wished to extort from him the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance of her See also:

• DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

dowry . She found the impostor useful as a means of injuring the king of England . Several See also:

• EUROPEAN

European sovereigns were moved to help him by the same See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason . The suppositions that he was the son of Clarence or of Richard III. were discarded in favour of the more useful See also:

• HYPOTHESIS (from Gr. inrorcOivat, to put under; cf. Lat. suppositio, from sub-ponere)

hypothesis that he was Richard, duke of York, the younger of the two sons of Edward IV., murdered in the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VIII., king of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, the counsellors of the youthful duke of Burgundy, the duke's father See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian, king of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, and See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James IV. of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, none of whom can have been really deceived, took up his cause more or less actively . He was entertained in France, and was taken by Maximilian to attend the funeral of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick III. in 1493 . At See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna he was treated as the lawful king of England . He was naturally the cause of considerable anxiety to the English government, which was well acquainted with his real See also:

• HISTORY

history, and made attempts to get him seized . His protectors entered into negotiations which in fact turned on the question whether more was to be gained by supporting him, or by giving him up . An See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile, met with no response .

In See also:

• JULY

July 1495 he was provided with a few See also:

• SHIPS

ships and men by Maximilian, now emperor, and he appeared on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent . No See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in his favour took place . A few of his followers who landed were cut off, and he went on to Ireland to join the See also:

• EARL

earl of Desmond in See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster . After an unsuccessful attack on See also:

• WATERFORD

Waterford in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, he fled to Scotland . Here King James IV. showed him favour, and arranged a See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage for him with See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, daughter of the earl of See also:

• HUNTLY
• HUNTLY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Huntly . He was helped fo make a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short inroad into See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland, but the intervention of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish government brought about a See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between England and Scotland . In 1497 Perkin was sent on his travels again with See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . two or three small vessels, and accompanied by his wife, who had See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne him one or two See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . After some obscure adventures in Ireland, he landed at Whitesand See also:

• BAY

Bay, near the See also:

• LAND

Land's End, on the 7th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, and was joined by a See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country people, who had been recently in revolt against excessive See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation . He advanced to See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter, but was unable to master the See also:

• TOWN

town . On the approach of the royal troops he deserted his followers, and ran for See also:

• REFUGE

refuge to the See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary of See also:

• BEAULIEU

Beaulieu in See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire . He then surrendered .

His wife was kindly treated and placed in the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of Henry's queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . Perkin was compelled to make two ignominious public confessions at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, and in Cheapside on the 15th and loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1498 . On the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1499 he was hanged on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of endeavouring to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from the Tower with the imprisoned earl of See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick . See James See also:

• GAIRDNER, JAMES (1828– )

Gairdner, Richard the Third, and the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of Perkin See also:

• WARBECK, PERKIN (c. 1474-1499)

Warbeck (See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, 1898) .