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BATTLE OF STOKE FIELD

The Battle of Stoke Field, took place on the 16th of June 1487 during the Wars of the Roses, and was a victory for Henry VII over the Lancastrian rebels, securing the safety of the Tudor dynasty and marking the end of the Wars Of The Roses. The battle occurred following an impostor called Lambert Simnel made out that he was Edward, Earl of Warwick. Sponsored by an Oxford priest and supported by the Earl of Lincoln he was crowned king of England in Dublin on May the 24th 1487 and on the 4th of June landed in Lancashire with Lincoln and Lovell and 1500 German mercenaries. As they marched they collected reinforcements. The 9000 strong rebel army met Henry and his 6000 strong army at Stoke Field, near Nottingham. The Royalists advanced in to the attack and in the next three hours wiped out the rebel army with the cost of 2000 of Henry's troops. Lovell and the commander of the German mercenaries, Martin Schwartz were killed and Simnel was captured and put to work in the royal kitchens. Lovell escaped by swimming the Trent and was never seen alive again.
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