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Article: Conspirator Perkin Warbeck captured. (English history)(Freeze Frame: October 5th, 1497)(Brief Article)
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- October 1, 1997
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Perkin Warbeck's capture in Beaulieu by Henry VII's troops marked the end of his 'reign' as the self-proclaimed Richard IV and exposed him as the imposter he really was. It was then that he finally confessed that he was not Edward V's brother, as he had claimed for six years, but was in fact descended from a Tournai boatman. By embarking on a number of conspiracies intended to topple Henry, Warbeck had been a major thorn in the king's side ever since he was mistaken -- deliberately or otherwise -- for the Duke of York in 1491.
In the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, Henry's position remained precarious, as doubts persisted over his questionable claim to the ...