In the summer of 1495, after a few years gathering money and men at the court of the woman he called his aunt, Margaret of York, Perkin Warbeck finally invaded England, intending to recover what he claimed was his Yorkist birthright.
Oh goodie, you've found me here now. I don't recall saying anywhere in the video that it was a good or bad thing that Perkin Warbeck invaded with a foreign army. But just for you Michael:
"Henry Tudor was a usurper who invaded England with an overwhelmingly foreign army, one comprised mainly paid mercenaries" - Nathen Amin
Good video! I've read your wonderful book; will reread it as soon as I can. Having deep roots in Kent (and Wales and Norman Ireland; looking forward to your upcoming video), I say: FAFO! Don't f*** with the good people of Kent! Still researching the rebellious Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, near Cranbrook in Kent. Roberts escaped from Edward Stanley and John Savage, who'd been sent by Richard III to Roberts' manor house by climbing out a window with a bedsheet. Roberts claimed sanctuary along with his second wife Isabel Culpeper: they are probable direct ancestors of William Stoughton, Chief Justice of the Salem Witch Trials. And Henry VII set everything right for the Roberts after 1485.
Thank you! Good video. Keep them coming !
Love your videos—and books. Looking forward to the next one.
Henry Tudor arrived in Wales with a foreign army too! But that was okay was it? 🤔
Oh goodie, you've found me here now. I don't recall saying anywhere in the video that it was a good or bad thing that Perkin Warbeck invaded with a foreign army. But just for you Michael:
"Henry Tudor was a usurper who invaded England with an overwhelmingly foreign army, one comprised mainly paid mercenaries" - Nathen Amin
Good video! I've read your wonderful book; will reread it as soon as I can. Having deep roots in Kent (and Wales and Norman Ireland; looking forward to your upcoming video), I say: FAFO! Don't f*** with the good people of Kent! Still researching the rebellious Walter Roberts of Glassenbury, near Cranbrook in Kent. Roberts escaped from Edward Stanley and John Savage, who'd been sent by Richard III to Roberts' manor house by climbing out a window with a bedsheet. Roberts claimed sanctuary along with his second wife Isabel Culpeper: they are probable direct ancestors of William Stoughton, Chief Justice of the Salem Witch Trials. And Henry VII set everything right for the Roberts after 1485.
I’m in the middle of your book on this! Fascinating.
Warbeck was ambitious but fundamentally spineless. Not a man worth dying for.