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A battle ensued on the beach and eventually Warbeck’s army was forced to withdraw and abandon the amphibious assault. It is the only time in history – aside from Julius Caesar’s first visit to Britain – that an English force has opposed an invading army on the beaches. 6. He then sought support in Scotland.
- Tristan Hughes
Perkin Warbeck's personal history is fraught with many unreliable and varying statements. [3] Warbeck said that he was Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV, who had disappeared mysteriously along with his brother Edward V after Richard, Duke of Gloucester, usurped the throne as King Richard III following the elder Edward's death in 1483.
* The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy 1491-1499 by Ian Arthurson, Stroud 1994 * Richard of England by Diana Kleyn, reprint 2013 . Ann Wroe is an editor with a leading British publication. She is the author of several books including Pontius Pilate, and Perkin: A Story of Deception, Jonathan Cape 2003 (hbk), Vintage 2004 (pbk)
Jan 17, 2011 · Uncovering the Mystery of Perkin Warbeck. In 1492, the news of the survival of the younger prince in the Tower thundered across Europe, setting royal houses ablaze with intrigue and rocking the fledgling Tudor dynasty. Who was this mysterious young man the Tudors nicknamed “Perkin Warbeck” who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, younger ...
Jul 17, 2024 · It seemed almost as if Henry feared the Princes might yet return to haunt him. Ultimately, one of them did--in name at least. In 1491, a young Flemish merchant named Perkin Warbeck arrived in Cork, Ireland, and declared himself to be Richard, Duke of York, the younger son of Edward IV. Warbeck's testimony followed an intriguing tradition.
Perkin Warbeck (born 1474?, Tournai, Flanders [now in Belgium]—died Nov. 23, 1499, London, Eng.) was an impostor and pretender to the throne of the first Tudor king of England, Henry VII. Vain, foolish, and incompetent, he was used by Henry’s Yorkist enemies in England and on the European continent in an unsuccessful plot to threaten the new Tudor dynasty .
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Dec 24, 2021 · Warbeck also claimed he had been forced to take an oath not to reveal his identity for some years, in return for being spared. He had stayed in Europe under the protection of Yorkist loyalists from 1483 to 1490 but now intended to return to England. In 1491 Warbeck travelled to Ireland and John Atwater, the ex-Mayor of Cork, supported him. This ...
