Lambert Simnel And The Battle Of Stoke.

Question 1

Who was lambert Simnel? And what did he do?

Answer 1

• his origins are unknown but had a strong resemblance to members of the yorkist dynasty.
• he pretended to be Edward, Earl of Warwick
• trained by priest Richard simon.

Question 2

Where did simon take simnel and who else did they gain support from?

Answer 2

• went to Ireland
• accepted by pro - yorkist nobleman.
• also supported by Margaret of Burgundy
• viscount Lovell - who was with Margaret at Flanders creating a plan.
• sir Thomas Broughton
• John de la pole , Earl of Lincoln

Question 3

Where did Henry VII believe Lincoln was going to invade? And who did he go with?

Answer 3

East anglia

• went with earls of Oxford and derby.

Question 4

When did Henry reach Coventry to meet with more supporters?

Answer 4

22nd April 1487

Question 5

When did Henry hear the rebels left Flanders and were Heading west towards England?

Answer 5

4th May 1487

Question 6

What did the king issue to the supporters and where did he go?

Answer 6

• said to go home but be ready for a call if the rebel’s are near.
• Henry retired to kennilworth castle.

Question 7

When did the rebel’s land in Ireland and who did Henry ask for advice?

Answer 7

13 May 1487

• HVII. Asked the Earl of Oxford for help.

Question 8

When was lambert simnel crowned Edward VI?

Answer 8

24 May 1487

Question 9

Which other men joined the simnel group after the coronation? And who sent them?

Answer 9

• Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare
• Martin Schwartz , commander or German and Swiss mercenaries.
• Margaret of Burgundy

Question 10

What did the addition Fitzgerald and Schwartz prevent Henry from doing?

Answer 10

Containing them in Ireland.

Question 11

Where did Simnel and his men go after the coronation and when?

Answer 11

Landed at Piel island on the 4th June 1487

Question 12

What was the kings response and worry to the rebel’s landing at Piel?

Answer 12

• summoned a council to discuss military action
• worried about yorkist supporters in England joining the rebel forces. Ie John lord Scrope of Bolton and son Thomas lord scrope of masham - Neville connections

Question 13

Why didn’t York allow simnel and is men in?

Answer 13

• worried because of the revolt from Lovell in 1486.

- also foreign mercenaries didn’t want them.

Question 14

When did the Earl of Northumberland promise he would reach York to stop the rebel’s?

Answer 14

10th June 1487

Question 15

When did the rebel’s make it to York?

Answer 15

8th of

June

Question 16

Where did lord clifford attack the rebel’s and what was the outcome?

Answer 16

Tadcaster but was forced back to York where he met Northumberland on the 10th June.

Question 17

What intelligence prevented Northumberland and Clifford joining the kings men?

Answer 17

The lord scrope’s were nearby, they returned to York to protect it and stayed there for 1 week untill 14th June.

Question 18

What was the problem with Henry’s forces?

Answer 18

They were too slow.

• had to stay a nearby village near Nottingham on the 13th June.

Question 19

Who joined Henry at the small village?

Answer 19

Lord strange with more men.

Question 20

Where did the kings men catch the rebel’s and when?

Answer 20

The river Trent, stoke on the 16th June at around 9am.

Question 21

How many men did the Earl of Lincoln have to respond to the royal purge? What was the problem?

Answer 21

8,000 men

• heavily outnumbered
• oxford’s forces alone could tackle the rebel’s army.

Question 22

Who was on the royal side?

Answer 22

• Earl of Shrewsbury
• viscount Lisle
• lords grey of Ruthin, Hastings, ferrers of chartley.

Question 23

Who died at the battle and what happened to simnel?

Answer 23

4,000 Irish does - ill equipped

Lincoln + Schwartz killed
Simnel + Richard simon captured.