Today in 1487 the ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI. In an attempt to threaten Henry VII’s throne, he was pretending to be the Earl of Warwick, who, as it happens, was still alive, and locked up in the Tower.
Henry VII conveniently procured the confused young Earl, and paraded him around so all could see that he was alive and well. Henry was actually fairly lenient on Lambert, giving him the job of a spit-boy in the Royal kitchens. Those who plotted the whole thing, though, wouldn’t be so lucky.
That’s your Tudor Minute for today. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.com.
Suggested links:
Matthew Lewis on the survival of the Princes in the Tower
Tudor Summit: Tudor Rebellions
Episode 051: Rebellions One
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. She writes books, created the original Tudor Planner (a yearly diary filled with Tudor history) and in 2019 created the world's first Tudorcon (you can "attend" online this year!). She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.