Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck: Pretenders to the Throne?

02/02/2013

Before social security cards, driver's licenses, and DNA testing, how did you prove your identity? Join us to hear about two famous "pretenders" and their attempts to gain the English throne!

Author: Elizabeth

Further Reading

For some fun starting points on the history of both the Princes in the Tower and their pretenders, Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, check out the following:

Audrey Williamson, The Mystery of the Princes: an Investigation into a Supposed Murder (Sutton Pub Limited, 2002).

Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VIII (University Press, 1885). Full Text.

James Gairdner, History of the Life and Reign of Richard III, (including) The Story of Perkin Warbeck (Longman, Greens, & Co., 1879). Full Text.

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Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Comments

Michael M. Keohane

02/02/2013 11:31am

I agree that Lambert Simnel was a pretender. However, I have my doubts about Perkin Warbeck. I believe that there is a possibility that he was the younger prince, Richard. At least, Henry VII's wife and the sister of the princes thought that he was her brother.

Esther

02/05/2013 2:31am

Very interesting podcast! I actually had no idea who they were until I heard this.

markus bead link

04/24/2013 1:36pm

I think this website isn't very good for the kids because it isn't simple for them to understand and there isnt alot of writen things about them for people with no speakers like me.

Elizabeth

04/25/2013 4:48pm

Hi Markus, yes, this website is for people looking to listen to stories on history, although we do include some suggested reading. For children interested in Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel, I would suggest the following links:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/perkin_warbeck_rebellion.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/lambert_simnel_rebellion.htm

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