Battle of Stoke Field
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The Battle of Stoke was held on June 16, 1487 and was the last battle of the Wars of the Roses.
Henry VII of the House of Lancaster was at this time king of England. By marrying the heiress of the house of York, Elizabeth of York, no resistance was to be expected from this page. His power was not yet consolidated. He therefore considered the only male heir of the house of York, the first cousin of the Queen, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick ( son of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence ) caught in the Tower of London.
The impostor Lambert Simnel, who posed for Edward Plantagenet, caught the attention of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. Although Lincoln had just reconciled with the king from the House of Tudor family, he was the last Plantagenet, Richard III. appointed by England to the royal heir and had thereby also entitled to the throne. He probably had no doubt as to Simnels true identity, however, saw an opportunity for revenge.
On March 19, 1487 Lincoln fled the English court and went to the court of Malines, where his aunt Margaret of Burgundy lived. Margaret supported him financially and militarily in the form of 1,500 German and Swiss mercenaries, led by the German commander Colonel Martin Schwartz. At Malines some English rebels came to Lincoln: Lord Lovell, of Richard III. had always loyally supported, Sir Richard Harleston, the former governor of Jersey and Thomas David, a captain of the British base in Calais.
The Rebellion of the Yorkists
The Yorkistische fleet set sail and arrived in Dublin on May 4, 1487 at. With the help of Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lincoln recruited 4,500 mercenaries there. With the support of the Irish nobility and clergy Lincoln crowned on May 24, 1487 Lambert Simnel Dublin to ' King Edward VI. '. However, Lincoln had no intention to remain in Ireland, but sailed with the entire army to Lancashire.
After landing at the June 4, 1487 he was reinforced by local forces under the leadership of Sir Thomas Boughton. In the subsequent march put the now 8,000 -strong army Yorkistische in 5 days about 200 miles back and reached in the night of June 10, Tadcaster, where they attacked 400 commanded by Lord Clifford Lancastrians headed by Lovell and defeated.
Lincoln then maneuvered the northern army of King Henry under the command of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, and John, Lord Scrope of by a small part of his troops feigned an attack on Bootham Barm York on June 12. Lord Scrope moved north and took Percy's troops with it.
However, Lincoln and the main part of the army moved south. Doncaster Before he met the Lancastrian cavalry under Lord Scales. There followed three days banter in Sherwood Forest. Lincoln forced Scales back to Nottingham. The battle had weakened the army of the House of York, this allowed Henry to strengthen his troops what happened under Lord Strange on June 14 in Nottingham. On 15 June, King Henry moved to the northeast towards Newark. There he received the message that Lincoln had crossed the Trent. About 9 clock in the morning on 16 June, the troops of King Henry met on a hilltop on the army of the Yorkist.
The Yorkist left their tactically favorable position on the hill and attacked. The battle lasted three hours, but eventually meant the great losses of the Irish troops defeat their army.
Not able to retreat the Germans and Swiss led the fight to end. All commanders of the army Yorkistischen, Lincoln, FitzGerald, Boughton and Schwartz fell in battle. Only Lovell escaped and died at his home. Simnel was captured, but later pardoned.
With the death of Lincoln ended the House of York and the Wars of the Roses. Even after this occurred every now and then "false prince " on, but the reign of Henry could not seriously threaten.