Cornish rebellion of 1497
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The Cornish rebellion of 1497, also known as the First Cornish rebellion, was a popular uprising in the Kingdom of England, which began in Cornwall and culminated with the Battle of Deptford Bridge ne
Statue of Michael Joseph the Smith and Thomas Flamank in St Keverne Cornwall.
Commemorative plaque in Cornish and English for Michael Joseph the Smith (An Gof) and Thomas Flamank mounted on the north side of Blackheath, south east London, near the south entrance to Greenwich Park
Perkin Warbeck
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Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, w
Cornish rebellion of 1497
…immediate outcome was military defeat, the execution of its main leaders, and death or other punishment for many of its participants. It may have led Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, to choose Cornwall as his base later in the year for another attempt to overthrow Henry VII: an episode known as…
16th-century copy by Jacques Le Boucq of the only known contemporary portrait of Warbeck, Library of Arras
Perkin Warbeck spent Christmas 1495 at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland.
Perkin Warbeck and James IV prayed for victory at Restalrig
Painting of rebels under Perkin Warbeck as they attempt to burn Exeter's West gate by Mary Drew c1900 and 1920 in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum's fine art collection