June 16, 1487 · England Theater
June 16, 1487
Yorkist diehards backed Lambert Simnel, a boy pretender claiming to be the Earl of Warwick, and invaded England from Ireland with German and Irish mercenaries under the command of the Earl of Lincoln. Henry VII met them at Stoke Field in Nottinghamshire. The Yorkist mercenaries fought with unexpected ferocity, but without the noble support they had hoped to attract in England, they were ultimately overwhelmed. Lincoln was killed; Simnel was captured and put to work in the royal kitchens — a deliberate act of contemptuous mercy.
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