Lambert Simnel

 On 24 May 1487, a boy named Lambert Simnel was crowned king of England in Dublin. (King Henry VII was not impressed!). Simnel claimed to be Edward Plantagenet. Edward disappeared a few years before and he was almost certainly murdered. But he had a claim to the throne.

Simnel's forces invaded England but were easily defeated by the army of King Henry VII. Simnel was captured but he was lucky. King Henry spared his life, making him a royal kitchen servant. Simnel died about 1535.