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The Lambert Simnel Rebellion
Monday 29th September 2014
There is a popular misconception that all Henry Tydr’s troubles came to an end on Bosworth Field in 1485 when the truth is that his reign was dogged by plots, discontent and uprisings. Two of these centred around Yorkist pretenders to his throne and whilst many people know a little about the second of these men, Perkin Warbeck, perhaps because of television dramatisations, very few have heard if the first, Lambert Simnel, whose rebellion two years after Bosworth threatened to plunge England once more into civil war and resulted in a bloody battle near Newark.
Dr. Christopher Scott, a member of the Battlefields Trust and a founder of the Guild of Battlefield Guides recently took a group of fellow historians and guides on a tour of the site of that battle and for it prepared a short lecture to set the engagement in context. It is an exciting story of opportunism, clandestine intrigue, high finance, and international wheeling and dealing which came to a bloody and dramatic climax and comes complete with tales of murderous atrocities and a walled-up skeleton.
Includes a sandwich lunch and an opportunity to explore the Tower. Charge £20 for Trust members £25 for non members. Booking details at the website below.
For further information.
- Contact email : helen@battlefieldstrust.org
- Contact phone : 0207 387 6620
- Also see : http://www.justgiving.com/Stokefield1487
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