Lambert Simnel Being Edward V Is Laughable #england #history

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]Thus, to make Simnel into the missing king from the tower, we must first overlook Edward's true age and then rely on allegedly forged documents.

[00:00:11]We must also assume that the entire population of London conveniently forgot that Edward Plantaginet had been publicly paraded before them. If Simnel were Edward V, he must also have repressed or ignored the fact that the rebellion's leaders were Sir Francis Levelvel, Richard III's closest friend, John De La, Richard's presumed heir in 1485, and Thomas Fitzgerald, Lord Chancellor of Ireland under Richard III, who retained the office under Henry VIII.

[00:00:45]Among his notable English supporters was Bishop Robert Stillington, who had provided Richard III with the legal pretext to claim the crown. Edward would therefore have been placing his trust [music] in the very men who had betrayed him, stripped him of his crown, and declared him illegitim.