Battle of Stoke Field: The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses
Ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned King of England in Dublin — a baker's son, coached by a priest, dressed in borrowed robes. Henry VII's army met the Yorkist rebels at Stoke Field in June 1487, and the fighting lasted just three hours. Around 4,000 men died in a ditch called the Trent. But Henry didn't execute Simnel. He put the boy to work in the royal kitchens instead. The kid who almost ended the Tudor dynasty spent his life washing dishes for it.
June 16, 1487
539 years ago
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